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LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEATH NOTICES FROM 2003
Frances Buckner Savage, 74, of Dayton, Ohio, died Jan. 9. She was a native of Luttrell. Cooke Mortuary.
Danny E. Settle, 46, of Fountain City, died Jan. 10. He is survived by his parents, Clifford and Betty Miller Settle, and others. Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel.
Ida "Blanche" Stiles, 72, of Powell, died Jan. 10. Evergreen Chapel.
Raymond J. Suarez, 85, of Knoxville, died suddenly at his home. He was a member of the Fountain City Lions Club and a retired civil engineer at TVA. Gentry-Griffey Chapel.
Robert Henry Thomas, 50, of Powell, died Jan. 15. Mynatt’s.
David "Dewayne" Taylor, 31, of Mascot, died Jan. 14. McCarty Mortuary.
Winnie A. Palmer McDonald, 95, of Maynardville and Knoxville, died Jan. 5 at UT Medical Center.
Her ancestors were among the first to settle in Union County in the 1770s. She was active in numerous civic and historical associations. Subsequently, she served as Union County Historian for 23 years as well as coauthoring five books.
Friends say Mrs. McDonald represented all that was good. Her many accomplishments were only overshadowed by the person she was.
While Mrs. McDonald achieved much in her life, she is best remembered for her service to others. She taught English at Horace Maynard High School for 30 years.
Wanza Sharp, longtime friend of 70 years, recalled the joys they had over the years teaching together. "Winnie was a truly wonderful person and my best friend."
Many students acknowledge the impact she had on their lives. Her excitement for learning was contagious. She loved literature and poetry. Mrs. McDonald was an accomplished poet.
Anthony Malone, Horace Maynard Middle School teacher, reminiscenced about the first time he met Mrs. McDonald: "She was 90 years old and she recited poetry that she had written. I was so impressed."
County Executive Larry Lay recalled how she taught him about the importance of hard work and disciple. "I didn’t always like to mind too well back then," he added with a sheepish grin, "She often made me sit in the front row."
Kenny Hill, county commissioner and former student, remembered Mrs. McDonald as a person "you could always go to if you had a problem."
One of her final poems was written in September, 2002, on her 95th birthday. It reads:
"The years stretch out long,
And time dwindles short,
Now 95 has come.
Yet, if I reach a century,
My race has just begun
The corridors of time wind on,
And today becomes the past,
The future’s in tomorrow’s hands,
When I will go home at last.
Mother, husband, beloved ones,
Wait on that distant shore.
My friends, one day I’ll see you there too,
When I am here no more.
When we’re all together there,
Our one desire will be,
To run together, our last race,
In God’s eternity.
She was a 50-year member of First Baptist Church of Maynardville and was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Parls A. (Pat) Palmer and Belle Miller Palmer, and husband, Thomas L. (Tad) McDonald. She is survived by: daughter, Sharon McDonald and son-in-law, Doug Shelton; son, Joseph P. McDonald and wife, Janie; grandsons, Paul and Andrew McDonald. – Lynsey Smith
Cleo Nicely Walker, 86, of Knoxville, died Jan. 9 at St. Mary’s Residential Hospice. She was a member of Pennington Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors: husband of 59 years, Earl B. Walker; sons and daughter-in-law, Don and Roberta Walker; Larry and Anne Walker; daughter, Charlotte Smalley, Chattanooga; grandchildren. Cooke Mortuary.
