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VANHOOSIER, NORA TREVA, MISS, (1945 – 2016), 70, of Palmer, passed away Sunday June 19, 2016 at the Tennova Healthcare facility in Cleveland, Tennessee. She was born in Palmer, Tennessee on November 9, 1945 to Isaac VanHoosier and Nora Layne VanHoosier who preceded her in death along with her sister, Sue Campbell. She is survived by her sisters, Faye (Melvin) Fults, Edith Magdalene Fults and Linda (Boyd) Fults; a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Ministers, Delbert Layne and Mack Hampton officiating with burial to follow in the Fall Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were provided by Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, TN.
TATE, CLARA, RUTH, MRS., age 85, (1931 – 2016), of Jasper, Tennessee passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Standifer Place in Chattanooga. She was born in Palmer, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Graham Nunley and Sarah Cannon Nunley and was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Holt Tate who died on June 12, 1994 and a sister, Doris Allene Hargis. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Billie and Ken Precord; brother, Billy Ray Nunley; sister, Judy Elliott. A graveside service was held Tuesday at the City cemetery in Tracy City with Ministers Ronnie Cas and Tony King officiating. She was buried beside her husband's grandparents who had raised her husband, Bill. Arrangements are by Foster & Lay Funeral Home of Tracy City.
GROOMS, MR. HAROLD C., 73, (1942 – 2016), of Palmer, passed away Monday June 13, 2016 at the NHC Heathcare in Smithville, Tennessee. He was born in Palmer, Tennessee on December 26, 1942 and was the 9th child to Hobert M. and Bessie May Parmley Grooms who preceded him in death along with his brothers, George Edward, James Paul, Clyde William, Douglas and Howard Grooms. Harold was a painter, artist, poet, gardener and carpenter. He is survived by his son, Earl (Megan) Grooms, Woodbury, TN; daughters; Mickey (Danny) Meeks, Gruetli-Laager, Carolyn White, Manchester and Susie (Danny) Hale, McMinnville; sisters, Melba Wilson, Chattanooga, Joyce (Joe) Scruggs, Nashville and Bessie Leigh Grooms Massey, Houston, Texas; 7 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Thursday in the funeral home chapel with burial to follow in the Fall Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were provided by Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, TN.
MEEKS, MRS. MARY LOUISE “Lady Bug” Mrs. Mary Louise "Lady Bug" Meeks, age 89 of Coalmont, Tennessee passed away Thursday in Sewanee. She was a daughter of the late Alvin Cantrell and Vivian Tigue Cantrell and was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Meeks, Sr. ; son, Ricky Allen Meeks; brother, Bobby Cantrell. Survivors include her children, Dennis L. Meeks, Claude (Elaine) Meeks, Jr., Mary Margaret (Larry) Haynes, Donna (Anthony) Jones; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Minister Clayton Jones officiating. Burial was in Plainview Cemetery. Arrangements were provided by Foster & Lay Funeral Home, Tracy City, TN
SIBLEY, MR. John, age 55, (June 3, 1961 – June 16, 2016), of Carrollton, Georgia passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia. He was born June 3, 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Mrs. Bettye Josephine McBee Sibley and the late Mr. James E. Sibley. He was a retired truck driver with Overnite Transportation, and was also an entrepreneur in various fields of interest. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by grandparents: Reynold and Thelma McBee and Julian E. and Mattie Mae Sibley. Survivors include his mother, Bettye Sibley of Riverdale, Georgia; brothers: James R. Sibley of Stockbridge, Georgia, Jerry L. Sibley of Riverdale, Georgia, and Jeffrey W. Sibley of Sharpsburg, Georgia; sister, Susie LLinas of Houston, Texas; eight nieces and nephews; and five great nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel in Carrollton, Georgia on Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 4:00 PM CST from the Chapel of Cumberland Funeral Home in Monteagle, Tennessee with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in the Gudger Family cemetery in Suwanee, Tennessee. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www. martin-hightower. com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel has charge of the arrangements. VISITATION Saturday June 18, 2016, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel
HALEY, MRS. MARY ELLEN, (June 12, 1916 – June 12, 2016), age 100, Mary Ellen was born in Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL, on June 12, 1916, the oldest daughter of James C. Roberts and Mary Louise Albright Roberts. She graduated from Coffee High School in 1933. She was editor of the student newspaper and elected upon graduation as the most popular member of her class. In 1937 she graduated from Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW) in Columbus, MS, also serving on the college newspaper as managing editor. Upon graduation she moved to New York City (Greenwich Village) and subsequently to Katonah, NY, as a teacher at Bailey Hall, a home for the mentally disabled. In 1938 she married
Charles Little Haley III, a recent West Point graduate also from Florence, in the First Presbyterian Church of Florence. Her two sons, Chip and John Owen, were both born at Ft. Bragg, N. C., in the years just before U. S. entry into WWII and the four-year long deployment of her husband in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, and Germany. After the war and the return of her husband, she lived on army posts in Oklahoma (Ft. Sill), Kansas (Ft. Leavenworth) . and Atlanta (Ft. MacPherson) . Her first daughter, Marian, was born at Ft. Sill. Between 1952 and 1955 she lived in Caracas, Venezuela, while her husband served as military attaché the U. S. Embassy. Her second daughter, Ninian, was born in Florence the summer after her return. The family subsequently lived in Carlisle, PA (Army War College), Ft. Meade, MD, and Birmingham, AL. In 1960, after her husband’s retirement, the family moved to Memphis, TN and then in 1963 returned to Florence. For several years thereafter she was the director of the Hope Haven School for special education in Sheffield, AL. From age two Mary Ellen regularly spent summers in the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly in Monteagle, Grundy County, TN, first with her grandmother, Ellen Stedman Albright, her parents, and finally her children. She became a member of the Assembly with the purchase of a cottage in 1957 and resided there year-round after her husband’s death in 1983. She is survived by her four children-- Chip and John Owen, both currently of Tucson, AZ; Marian Farmer of Austin, TX; and Ninian Williams of O’Brien, FL—seven grandchildren and seven—soon to be eight—great grandchildren as well as her one niece, Ann Hayden Bangert of Bloomington, IN, and sole nephew, James R. Megar of Florence, AL.
JOHNSON, MRS. MONA V., age 75, (June 24, 1940 - May 18, 2016) Monteagle, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, at the Bridge of Monteagle. She is preceded in death by her husband Dennis Clayton “Butch” Johnson; parents, Celo and Pearl Campbell; brother, Kinson Campbell; sister, Greta Campbell. Survivors include her brothers, Dennis Campbell, Bailey, Autry, and Pernell Campbell; sisters, Dean Perry, Phyliss King, Alice Meeks, Jonah Sanders and Pamela Phipps. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 20, 2016 in the Foster & Lay Chapel with Minister Dennis Campbell officiating, burial will be in the Bonny Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P. M. Arrangements are provided by Foster & Lay Funeral Home, Tracy City, Tennessee, (931) 592-3691.
JOHNSON, MRS. MARY MAGDALENE THOMAS, JOHNSON, age 93, of (June 5, 1922 - May 17, 2016) Monteagle passed away Tuesday morning at her home. She was a daughter of the late Jim Earl Thomas and Clara Irene Layne Thomas and was preceded in death by her husband, Embrey Johnson; brothers, James and Billy Thomas; sisters, infant sister, Hazel Thomas, Thelma Cox, Lela Mae Purdy, Robena MaGouirk, Jean Ann Rakauskas and Earl Dean Metcalfe. Survivors include her children, Leona Hamby, Glenda Faye Scissom of Monteagle and Danny Lee (Joy) Johnson of Tracy City; brother, Frank “Pete” (Carolyn) Thomas of Chattanooga; grandchildren, Cindy, Sherrie, Debbie, special caregiver and granddaughter, Marinell, Julie, Dava, Timmy, Shelly, Chris, Ryan and Dana; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; special friend and sister-in-law, Linda Thomas and special friend, Carrie Sue Sanders. A memorial services for Mrs. Johnson will be held at a later date and time to be announced. Cremation services are provided by Cumberland Funeral Home, 207 Mabee Avenue, Monteagle, Tennessee.
MEEKS, MRS. GLADYS FAYE, (December 23, 1942 - May 17, 2016, age 73 of Tracy City passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. She was a native of Grundy County and a daughter of the late, Richard Fults and Perry Myers Fults and was preceded in death by a son, Troy Lawson; brothers, Ernest Ray Fults and James “Marvin Fults. Survivors include her husband, James A. Meeks; daughters, Rose (Ralph) Green, Monteagle, Faye Boswell, Tracy City; sister, Betty Fults, Tracy City; brothers, Justin Wayne “Smiley” (Nila) Fults and Willie (Rita) Fults, Tracy City; 9 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday in the funeral home chapel with Minister John Potts officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday 5-9 P.M. And Thursday 9:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. At the funeral home. Arrangements are by Foster & Lay Funeral Home of Tracy City, Tennessee.
HOWELL, MRS. MARY ELIZABETH, 98, (1917 – 2016) of Coalmont, passed away Monday May 16, 2016 at the home of her sister on Suck Creek Mountain. She was born in Coalmont, Tennessee on October 16, 1917 to George and Margaret Dyer Tate who preceded her in death along with her husband, Harvey L. Howell; daughter, Rosy Nell McCarver; brothers, Clifford and Lynn Clyde Tate; sisters, Mae Jocylean Collins and Carolyn Marie Tate. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Coalmont and a 50 plus year member of the Order of the Eastern Star #266 Tracy City Chapter. She is survived by her daughter, Betty Jean (Carl) James, Dunlap, Tennessee; sisters, Mildred Brown, Tracy City, Georgia Dishroon, Cookeville, Dortha Sanders, Chattanooga, Claudine Shirley, Chattanooga and Jeanetta Finch, Gruetli-Laager; grandchildren, Willma "Jenny" Masterson, Calvin "Bud" Tate, Kristena Krengel, Timothy McCarver and Sherry Bailey; 9 great grandchildren; 3 great great grandchildren; a host of loving nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Jimmy King officiating. Burial followed in the Bonnie Oaks Cemetery. Arrangements were provided by Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, TN.
RIGSBY, MRS. NANCY CLEEK, 92, (1923 – 2016) of Gruetli – Laager, passed away Wednesday May 11, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Palmer, Tennessee on November 27, 1923 to Henry A. Roberts and Oda Rebecca James Roberts who preceded her in death along with her husband and father of her children, Woodrow Cleek; daughter, Woody Wynell Walls; son, Joseph Eugene Cleek; brothers, James and Dillard Roberts; sisters, Agnes Coffelt, Kathleen Jones, Mara Lee Caldwell and Joyce Hargis; husband, John Lesser. She was a member of the Palmer First United Methodist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, Tennessee Teachers Association and the Florida Teachers Association. She retired from the Polk County, Haines City Florida School System. She is survived by her, husband, Earl Haskel Rigsby; grandchildren, Celisa (Ronald) Walls Cook, Michael (Stephanie) Walls and Jeffrey (Christina) Walls all of Florida; sister, Mary Lou Creighton of Chattanooga; 6 great grandchildren; a host of loving nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Ministers John Ross Jones and John Kennedy officiating. Burial followed in the Fall Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were provided by Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, TN.
RORER, MR. QUENTIN ORION, age 17, (October 9, 1998 - May 7, 2016) of Pelham, Tn. passed away Saturday May the 7, 2016. He was a Junior at Grundy County High School, he loved Kayaking and fishing. Preceding him in death was his paternal grandparents Charles and Dorothy Rorer; great-grandparents Blue Hamby, Lonnie Layne, L. D. and Elleanor Rorer, Mr. and Mrs. Suiter. Survivors include, parents Charles and Amber Layne Rorer; brother Ethan Rorer and his girl friend, Summer Caldwell; special aunt, Dava Roberts; grandparents Peggy (Ernest Michael) Burnett, David “Rocky” Layne and Maria Lyra Mula Cabrera; great-grandparents JoAnn Hamby and Earlene Layne; countless cousins, aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Minister J. T. Steele officiating. Burial will be in Monteagle Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5 to 9 PM Tuesday at the funeral home. Arrangements are made by Cumberland Funeral Home, 207 Mabee Ave, Monteagle Tn.
YATES, MRS. CLAUDIA IRENE, (January 14, 1921 - May 4, 2016), age 95 of Sewanee passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the Willows of Winchester. She was born in Sewanee, a daughter of the late Claude and Irene Long Young, and was preceded in death by her husband, Leesul Yates; daughter, Mary Frances Yates; granddaughter, Karen Bailey; an infant child; brother, John Wesley McBee; sister, Gail Lappin. Survivors include her daughter, Connie Warner; son and daughter in law, Lonnie & Elizabeth Yates; grandchildren, Michael Reid and Stacy Yates; great grandchildren, Zachary Ty Reid, Samantha Jordan Reid and Todd Yates; brother, Wayne (Carol) McBee; brother in law, Joe Lappin. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Brother Robert Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Eastern Star Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening 5-8 P.M. at the funeral home. Arrangements are by Cumberland Funeral Home, 207 Mabee Avenue, Monteagle, Tennessee.
COFFELT, FRANCIS MARVIN LEE "LECK" AND BETTY RUTH CREIGHTON, Francis was 92 and Betty was 88, (1927 – 2016) of Palmer, passed away together in the morning hours of Wednesday May 4, 2016. He was in the Hospital at Sewanee and she was at home. They were married
for 66 years. Betty was born in Tatesville on November 22, 1927 to John Armfield and Mable Hobbs Creighton who preceded her in death along with her granddaughter, Audrey Lea McBee Nunley; brothers, Jimmy Creighton and Jack Preston Creighton. She was a loving mother and was a member of the Faith Missionary Church. In addition to her children she is survived by her brothers, John A. (Sue) Creighton and Bobby W. (Patricia) Creighton ; sisters, Patsy L. (Kelly) Higgins and Martha Carol (Lecil) Nolan; a host of nieces and nephews.
Leck was born in Coalmont on March 6, 1924 to Wesley and Mattie Roberts Coffelt who preceded him in death along with his granddaughter, Audrey Lea McBee Nunley; brothers, Amos, Irvin, Dan, Luke and Matthew Coffelt; sisters, Abbie Nunley, Molly Nunley, Mable Roberts, Frankie Coffelt, Rosa Lou Coffelt and Bessie Ann Edith Coffelt. He served honorably in the United States Army defending this great country in WWII. His hobbies were fishing, hunting and whittling. In addition to his children he is survived by his sister Margaret Burnett and his little dog Trixie. A host of nieces and nephews. Together they are survived by their children; son, Ronald Coffelt; daughters, Angela (Charlie) McBee, Jennifer (Charles) Griffith and Francine (Charlie Ed) Nunley; 6 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren. Graveside Funeral services were held Friday at the Palmer cemetery with Ministers, Danny Coffelt and Brett Meeks officiating. Mr. Coffelt will receive full military honors provided by the Sequatchie Valley Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Miracle on the Mountain Play outside park. Which can be made at the funeral home or Citizens Tri-County Bank. Arrangements were provided by Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, TN.
