OBITUARIES
Eleanor Obituary
Feb 21, 2012
Eleanor Podell Agron, 93, died on February 21, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She was born in 1918 to Max and Ida Podell, nee Lester. Along with her sister and two brothers, she was brought up in Queens, New York. Eleanor earned her bachelor's degree from Hunter College and later a master's degree in education from the...
Annabelle Obituary
Feb 11, 2012
Annabelle LaFern Ryon, 92, of Oak Ridge passed away peacefully at her residence with her family present Saturday February 11, 2012. Mrs. Ryon was a native of Tiffin, Ohio the daughter of Anna Bowman and Harry Daywalt who are now deceased. She was the youngest of nine children, all who are deceased. She was a member of First United Methodist...
Marion Obituary
Feb 9, 2012
Marion Ula DeVor, 70, of the Marlow community, passed away Feb. 9, 2012, at Covenant Health Hospice Care Center as a result of multiple strokes and a brain tumor. He was born Aug. 7, 1942, in Hopkins, Mo., at home on the family dairy farm. He grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and worked for the city paper for 20 years....
Charles Obituary
Jan 17, 2012
Charles Steven Normand "Steve", age 55, of Oak Ridge, went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Steve was born in Stuttgart, Germany, while his father was serving his country in the US Army, and he moved to Oak Ridge soon after birth, where he grew up and spent a large part of his life. Steve...
Martin Obituary
Jan 16, 2012
Martin S. Lubell, age 79, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday January 16, 2012 at his home in Oak Ridge. Mr. Lubell was born June 5, 1932 in New York City, New York to the late Abraham and Bertha Schaffel Lubell. A graduate of MIT and Berkley Mr. Lubell moved to Oak Ridge from Pittsburgh in 1959 and worked as...
Hazel Obituary
Jan 16, 2012
Hazel Lloyd Sims, age 96, formerly of Oak Ridge died Monday January 16, 2012 at the Harriman Care and Rehab Center where she had resided since June 2010. Mrs. Sims was born in Chickamauga, Georgia on December 22, 1915 the third of four children born to the late Charles and Mary Lloyd. She came to Oak Ridge in 1944 to...
Clyde Obituary
Jan 14, 2012
Clyde V. Jenner, age 89, of Oak Ridge passed away Saturday January 14, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center. He was born in Norwood, NY June 19, 1922 to parents Carroll W. and Teresa Sheehan Jenner. Clyde was a veteran of WWII having served in the Philippines and Japan. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a member...
Willie Obituary
Jan 12, 2012
Willie Hugh Wilson, age 69, of Clinton passed away Thursday January 12, 2012 at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Willie was born May 1, 1942 in New River to the late Claude and Nola Patterson Wilson. He was a member of the Farmers Grove Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing, camping, and working on cars. In addition to his parents...
Virginia Obituary
Jan 7, 2012
Virginia Sleap Wilkinson, age 87, died peacefully at her home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Saturday morning, Janumy 7, 2012. Members of her immediate family were with her at the time of her death. She had fought a brave battle with lung cancer over the past year. Virginia was born in Palatka, Florida, on August 14, 1924, and received her...
George Obituary
Jan 1, 2012
George W. Stair, age 86, of Clinton passed away Sunday January 1, 2012 at the Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton. Mr. Stair was born January 7, 1925 in Clinton, Tennessee to the late George F. and Edith Bardill Stair. George was a World War II United States Army Veteran and served as a military policeman in the E.T.O. near the...
Elliot Obituary
Dec 30, 2011
Elliot Volkin, distinguished biochemist and founding member of the Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, died Friday morning, December 30, 2011. He was 92. He was born April 23, 1919, in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, the youngest of seven children born to Morris and Jennie Volkin, both now deceased. Until his death, Elliot was the last remaining sibling. He graduated Phi Beta...
Harry Obituary
Dec 26, 2011
Harry Richard Livesey, born September 11, 1928 passed away at his home on December 26, 2011 following a long and full life. He was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. His family came to Oak Ridge for his father to work on the Manhattan Project at Y-12. Harry graduated Oak Ridge High School in 1945 among the first classes to...
Karl Obituary
Dec 21, 2011
Karl W. West, 86, of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully December 21, 2011 at his home. He was born October 17, 1925 in Glenville, WV to Albert N. and Dosha Rymer West and was the youngest of four children. After graduating from Glenville High School, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. In 1945, as...
Cora Obituary
Dec 16, 2011
Cora Scleanor Cole, age 91, went home to be with the Lord on Friday December 16, 2011 At Methodist Medical Center. Cora was born February 13, 1920 in Luka, Mississippi to the late Harry and Ida Mae Maxwell Crouse. Cora belonged to Highland View Church of Christ. Her church was her life and she was there every time the doors...
Roy Obituary
Dec 11, 2011
Roy Chambers, age 86, of Solway passed away Sunday December 11, 2011 at the Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton. Roy was born May 15, 1925 in Scott County, Tennessee to the late George and Mary Elizabeth Thompson Chambers. Roy was an honorably discharged World War II veteran having served in the United States Marine Corp. He married his wife of...
Roy Obituary Jr.
Dec 8, 2011
Roy P. Norris, Jr., age 83, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday December 8, 2011 at Golden Living Center- Windwood in Clinton. Roy was born February 2, 1928 in Murfreesboro, TN to the late Roy P. Norris, Sr. and Margaret Carlton Norris. After graduation for college Roy moved to Oak Ridge in the early 1950's where he met his future...
Doretha Obituary
Dec 3, 2011
Doretha Doris Savage Livesey, age 78, of Oak Ridge passed away Saturday December 3, 2011 at Methodist Medical Center. Doretha was born February 25, 1933 in Leonard, TX to the late Elmo Edwin and Lilly Lee Jenkins Savage. She was a very active member of Kern Memorial United Methodist Church serving as a Sunday school teacher, working with the youth...
Tony Obituary
Nov 29, 2011
Tony Dean East, 63, of Oak Ridge, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born Nov. 30, 1947, in Birmingham, Ala., to Quinton T. and Gladys Cotton East, both now deceased. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge and was a clerical worker for Martin Marietta...
Dr. Obituary
Nov 28, 2011
Dr. Barry F. Beck passed away November 28, 2011, at the age of 67 after a series of strokes left him debilitated with "Locked-in syndrome" for over the past 2 years. Born in Hershey, PA to father, Daniel Beck, and mother, Verna Beck, Barry was raised almost entirely in a lower class setting in Rochester, NY. Paving his own path...
Earl Obituary
Nov 16, 2011
Earl Vernon Davis, 84, of Oak Ridge went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday November 16, 2011. Mr. Davis was born on November 16, 1927 in Person County North Carolina to the late Charles Burch Davis, Sr. and Sadie Hawkins Davis. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps and served as an armed courier...
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