Ruby Jean Smith, 78, of Pikeville, Tennessee, died, Friday, August 9, 2019 with family by her side. She was of the Baptist faith and worked in a textile factory for many years. Ruby Jean loved her family, enjoyed quilting, and traveling. Preceding her in death was her husband, Robert Lee Smith; daughter, Frances St. Clair;…

Ralph A. Simmons, 90, of Waynesville, Ohio passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Kettering Hospital. Ralph retired from Frigidaire in 1976 after 30 years of service. He also owned and managed several rental properties throughout the Miami Valley and in Tennessee. He was a long-time member and deacon of the First Baptist Church in…

Stephen Thomas Greer, 70, prominent attorney, devoted father and spouse, and lifelong resident of Dunlap, passed away on August 6, 2019, at Erlanger Hospital. Greer was born on September 9, 1948. He was the son of Lota Applewhite Greer and the late Judge Arthur Thomas Greer, Jr.  Greer was married to the love of his…

Elizabeth Bell Gadd, 88, of the Brayton Community on Graysville Mountain, passed away Sunday morning, August 11, 2019 at her home. She was born on November 3, 1930 in Washington, DC, the daughter of the late Carl and Eleanor (Bennett) Pumphrey. Elizabeth was also preceded in death by her son Jeff Gadd, Sr.; her sisters,…

Patricia “Pat” Anne Dill, 74, passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. She was a longtime member of Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She loved to cook and liked to bring recipes from her favorite cooking shows to life. She was also a proud Mamaw of her grandkids. Preceded in death by her parents, William…

Orie Lavaun (Dee) DeBord was born on October 2, 1928, and passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 9, 2019, at 90 years of age. Orie was born and raised in a two-room cabin on Griffith Mountain, outside of Pikeville, Tennessee. The son of Grace and Oscar DeBord, he was one of ten children…

Brenes Laverne DeBord, 80 of Pikeville, Tennessee, passed away, Tuesday, August 6, 2019. He was a 1957 graduate from Bledsoe County High School and enjoyed getting together once a month with his classmates.  Brenes worked for 35 years  as a manager at  American Decal which was a machinery manufacturing company, was an avid reader, especially…

William Stanley Brown, 88, of the Brayton Community, died, Friday, August 9, 2019.  Stanley was an Army Veteran serving in the Corp of Engineers during the Korean War for four years. During that time he earned two Bronze Stars, U.N. Service medal, National Defense medal, and Army Good Conduct Medal. He was a coal miner…

Sara Lane Brown, 73, passed away on July 27, 2019 at her home in Chattanooga. She was born in Montuzuma, Georgia and formerly of Dayton and Pikeville. She was a 1964 graduate of Rhea County High. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie Grace and Clyde Lane; her grandparents, Billie and Jane Worthington,…