Grace Elizabeth Horis Downey
Jul 11, 2011
Grace Horis Downey passed away July 11, 2011 at Blount Memorial Hospital due to complications to Alzheimer’s. She had lived the last 8 years at Sterling House Assisted Living. Grace was born in Mississippi in 1923. She met Earl Downey in Memphis and was married September 11, 1948. After 52 years of a very successful marriage, Earl passed away in...
Jason Everett Carroll
Jul 11, 2011
Jason Everett Carroll age 29 of Louisville passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at the family home. He was a United States Army Veteran serving in Bagdad, Iraq. He was a graduate of Port St. Jose High School in Florida and worked at TNA Travel Center in Knoxville. Preceded in death by: Mother, Linda Kay Carroll; Survivors include: Grandparents, Tom...
James Owen Large
Jul 11, 2011
James O. Large age 72 of Townsend passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at home. He was a Veteran of United States Air Force in Germany. James retired from Norfolk Southern as a Railroad Detective. He had a great passion for traveling which took he and his wife around the world. He was an avid family man who will truly...
Carl Preston Stinnett
Jul 11, 2011
Carl Preston Stinnett age 80 of Friendsville, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at his home. He was a member of Maryville First Church of Nazarene and proudly served in the US Navy during the Korean War. He retired after 38 years of service with South Central Bell. Carl was a member of the Blount County Republican Executive Committee and...
Sylvester Yates Pierce, Jr.
Jul 10, 2011
Sylvester Yates Pierce, Jr., age 83, of Louisville, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011 at home with his family by his side. He was a WWII veteran with the U.S. Army and flew for the Civil Air Patrol. Mr. Pierce was an avid hunter and aviation enthusiast. He was a longtime employee of Piedmont Airlines and was known for his...
Jack Ross Johnson
Jul 10, 2011
Jack Ross Johnson, age 76 of Maryville passed away on Sunday July 10, 2011 at Asbury Place Maryville. He was a devoted Christian and loving Daddy. After graduating from Lenoir City High School in 1952, he served honorably in the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957 with the 72nd Bomb Squadron, Strategic Air Command. After education at Middle...
Rev. Clifford Eugene Gann
Jul 7, 2011
Rev. Clifford “Gene�? Eugene Gann age 88 of Louisville passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. He was a Pastor for over 61 years in churches in Sevier and Blount Counties. Gene was a member of Madison Avenue Baptist Church. He was a Disabled World War II Veteran serving in the United States Army....
Evert Owen Switzer
Jul 5, 2011
Evert Owen Switzer was born April 12, 1944 to Charles Williams and Ellen Eileen (Horn)Switzer Lakey, in Leadville, Colorado. He entered into his eternal rest on Wednesday, July 05, 2011. He spent most of his childhood living with his paternal grandparents, Lee & Ethel Switzer at Jericho Springs, MO. He was a United States Veteran serving in Korea and Vietnam....
Vesta Jane Ausmus
Jul 5, 2011
Vesta Jane Ausmus age 85 of Huntsville, TN, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Scott Co. She was a member of Brantley’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church. Preceded in death by: Son, James Calvin Mays; Mother, Flora Ausmus; Sister, Essie Mae Thomas. Survivors include: Son & Daughter-in-law, Ron & Cathy Mays of Kansas City, Missouri; Daughter...
Nelle C. Goins
Jul 3, 2011
Nelle C. Goins age 87 of Maryville passed away Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Colonial Hills Nursing Center. She was a member of First Church of God. Preceded in death by her parents, Millard D. and Margaret Ann Cabe; husband, Homer E. Goins; brothers and sisters, James O. Cabe, Edith Hackney, Gertie Bradley, John Walter Cabe, and Robert Lynn Cabe;...
Foster K. Cather
Jul 3, 2011
Foster K. Cather, 95, died Sunday, July 3rd at 11:30 pm at Blount Memorial Hospital. Foster was born in Pell City, AL in 1915. Foster was an accomplished musician playing the trumpet until 95 years old. While legally blind, he continued reading the Bible and his Sunday School lessons that he taught up until his death. As a newspaper man,...
Linda Sue Breeden
Jul 2, 2011
Linda Sue Breeden age 63 of Maryville, went to be with her heavenly father on July 2, 2011. She is preceded in death by: Father, Roy L. McGhee; Daughter, Carla Michelle Breeden; Niece, Jean Marie Breeden. She is survived by: Loving Husband of 46 years, Carl R. Breeden (Pete); Mother, Wanda Jean McGhee Swift; Sisters, Carol Douglas, Pamela Hurst, Ruby...
Wayne Gordon Swaney
Jul 1, 2011
Wayne Gordon Swaney, age 70, a lifelong resident of Maryville, departed this life on Friday, July 1, 2011 into the hands of God, his Savior, where he is now reunited with his precious family and friends. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was retired from Alcoa after 30 years and a member of the 25...
Rachel Ledbetter Pack
Jul 1, 2011
Pack, Rachel Ledbetter, age 88 of Maryville, passed away July 1, 2011 at UT Medical Center. She was born in Cades Cove to the late Manual and Lorena Shields Ledbetter. Preceded in death by: Husband, Tommie Pack, son, Thomas Pack and daughter-in-law, Donna Pack. Survivors include: Sons; Estes Pack and Hank Pack and wife Peggy of Maryville; daughters, Gwenda King...
Mary O'Connor
Jun 30, 2011
Mary O’Connor age 76 of Maryville passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Asbury Place. Mary was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and a hard worker in the Bus Ministry Program. She was a Loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, John H. O’Connor, parents and her son, Timothy “Timmy�? Gibson. Survivors...
Joyce Gross Woolf
Jun 29, 2011
Joyce Gross Woolf, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Maryville Health Center. Mrs. Woolf was born in LaFollette, Tennessee, in 1938. Her parents, Charles V. Gross and Ruth G. Gross, moved to Blount County in 1942, where her father was employed by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA, Inc.). She graduated from Alcoa High School in...
Tommie Joyce Hitch DeLozier
Jun 29, 2011
Tommie Joyce Hitch DeLozier, 86, of Maryville, died June 29, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 10, 1925, and was a life-long resident of Maryville. She graduated from Everett High School and attended Maryville College, graduating with high honors from Carson-Newman College. Tommie Joyce married Arthur Garland DeLozier after college, and at the time...
Jimmy Wade Waters
Jun 28, 2011
Jimmy Wade Waters age 64 of Maryville, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 in Birmingham, Alabama while awaiting a heart transplant. He was a loving father and grandfather. He had a compassion for everyone he met especially children. Jimmy had a great relationship with his ex-wife, Susie Key and he loved his long time friend, Gary Teffeteller, like a brother....
Rev. Joseph Charleston Reed
Jun 28, 2011
Rev. Joseph Charleston (J.C.) Reed died on June 28, 2011, just two weeks short of his 97th birthday. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in May 1942. He pastored churches in Cocke, Knox and Blount Counties. He was pastor emeritus of East Maryville Baptist Church where he served 18 years. He also served as interim pastor of several churches...
Everly Pabilona Galang Smith
Jun 28, 2011
Everly Pabilona Galang Smith, age 36, of Maryville, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011. She is survived by her husband, Charles “Len�? Smith Jr.; Son, Brandon Tyler Adams and Daughter, Cassandra Marie-Galang Kelley; Parents, Julio Vilisaro Galang and Estrella Pabilona Galang of Saucier, MS; Brother, Oliver Galang of San Diego; Sisters, Jennifer Galang of New York City, and Eileen Galang...