Stanley Addis
Stanley G. Addis, a longtime resident of Lookout Mountain, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at his home. He was 72.
The Chattanooga native was a graduate of the Marion Military Institute and a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal.
Survivors include an aunt, Marguerite Denis McCormack; and four cousins.
A memorial service will be Friday at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal, 211 Franklin Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350, or Metropolitan Ministry, Episcopal, 661 Douglas St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
There will be no visitation at Wann Funeral Home.
The Rev. Willie Bonds Jr.
The Rev. Willie Bonds Jr. died Sunday, April 30, 2000, in a local health care facility. He was 72.
The funeral will be today at noon at Greater St. Mary Baptist Church with the Rev. Grady Woods officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Crombie-Pinkard Funeral Service.
Lillian Cannon
Lillian Cannon died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 92.
Survivors include nieces and nephews.
There will be no service or visitation. Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Martin-Boyd Christian Center, 6845 Standifer Gap Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
Arrangements are by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Lloyd Davenport
Lloyd Davenport died Monday, May 1, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 68.
Mr. Davenport was a member of Greater Friendship Primitive Baptist Church and was retired from the Mueller Co. after 25 years and from Memorial Hospital after 19 years.
He was the father of the late Drusilla Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Clara N. Davenport; daughter, Izola D. Porter, Stone Mountain, Ga.; two sons, Mortimer Davenport, Nashville, and Darrow Davenport, Knoxville; sister, Melve Bush, Carlton, Ga.; three brothers, Jessie and Walter Davenport, both of Detroit, and Grady Davenport, Decatur, Ga.; three grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Greater Friendship Primitive Baptist Church with elder James Penny and elder Jimmy Ingram officiating.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Visitation will be today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Earl Edmonds
Earl Edmonds of Signal Mountain died Monday, May 1, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 63.
The funeral will be today at 11 a.m. at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Miller officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
William Edwards
William Jenkins Edwards died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at his home. He was 62.
The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Dodds Avenue Chapel of Turner Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Carl Ball officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mary Fields
Mary G. Fields of East Ridge died Tuesday, May 2, 2000. She was 80.
The funeral will be today at 11:30 a.m. at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with minister Jim Lewis officiating.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.
Willie Finley
Willie Mae Knox Finley died Sunday, April 30, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 76.
The funeral will be today at 12:30 p.m. at Tucker Baptist Church with pastor Melvin Thompson officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements are by the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Melba Gentry
Melba Louise Gentry died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in a local health care facility. She was 88.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Walter Gentry.
Survivors include a daughter, Louise G. Sprayberry; three sons, Bud, Dan and Fred Gentry, all of Chattanooga; two sisters, Freida Duggan and Bonnie Schlinkert, both of Cincinnati; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Bethlehem Center, P.O. Box 2156, Chattanooga, TN 37409, or the Ronald McDonald House, 200 Central Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road.
Margaret Holcomb
Margaret Gilley Holcomb died Monday, May 1, 2000, in a local health care facility. She was 65.
The funeral will be today at 11:30 a.m. at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery.
Ricky Johnson
Ricky Arney Johnson died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at his home. He was 42.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Jessie Jones
Jessie B. Jones died Saturday, April 29, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 55.
The Meridian, Miss., native was a member of Tucker Baptist Church and was a nurse at Hutcheson Medical Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clara and A.D. Butchee; two brothers, Egertis and Calvin Butchee; and a sister, Gracie Johnson.
Survivors include a daughter, Neidre Anderson, Chattanooga; three sisters, Glenda Butchee and Ynetta Campbell, both of Greenbelt, Md., and Ernestine Smith, Chattanooga; two grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Tucker Baptist Church with the Rev. M.T. Billingsley officiating.
Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Randall Jones Jr.
Randall R. "Randy" Jones Jr. of Hixson died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. He was 19.
He was a graduate of Red Bank High School, where he was on the football and wrestling teams and was a member of ROTC and the Drama Club. He attended Chattanooga State.
He was the grandson of the late Albert A. Jones.
Survivors include his parents, Randall R. Jones Sr. and Deborah Hixson-Jones, Hixson; grandparents, Oma and Melvin Parker, Soddy-Daisy, Bill and Alwayna Hixson, Sale Creek, and Johnnie Opal Jones, Rossville, Ga.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. David Stancil officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Visitation will be today from 1 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
William Leslie
William Earl Leslie died Saturday, April 29, 2000. He was 51.
Mr. Leslie was a graduate of Riverside High School and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Carrie Leslie.
Survivors include two daughters, Kimberley Leslie and Joangela Reed; three sisters, the Rev. Ocie Fullilove, Catherine Fox and Ruthie Wright; two brothers, John I. and Nathaniel Leslie; one grandson.
A graveside service will be today at 1 p.m. in Chattanooga National Cemetery with the Rev. Fullilove officiating.
Arrangements are by Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Harold Minderman Jr.
Harold F. Minderman Jr. died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 59.
Mr. Minderman was a retired machine tool salesman and a member of Ooltewah United Methodist Church and the Highland Sportsman Club.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Minderman; two sons, Harold M. Minderman, Jackson, Tenn., and Wesley Minderman, Chattanooga; two brothers, Thomas and Donald Minderman; and a sister, Mary Ware.
A memorial service will be Friday at 7 p.m. at Ooltewah United Methodist Church, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m.
A graveside service will be Saturday at 3 p.m. in Ararat Baptist Church Cemetery in Jackson. The family will receive friends after that service in the fellowship hall of the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Ooltewah United Methodist Church, 9202 Amos Road, Ooltewah, TN 37363, or to Hospice of Chattanooga, 165 Hamm Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405.
Arrangements are by Wann Funeral Home.
Billy Mysinger
Billy Joe Mysinger of Soddy-Daisy died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at his home. He was 55.
Mr. Mysinger was a former employee of Hiwassee Gas Co. He was preceded in death by his parents, Doc and Leila Mysinger; two sisters, Mary Arwin Varner and Adeana Lee Mysinger; and two brothers, Jerry and George Mysinger.
Survivors include his wife, Sharyn Mysinger; son, Jerry Mysinger, West Virginia; two stepsons, Stanton and Andrew Pitts, both of Chattanooga; four sisters, Linda Bilbrey, Carolyn Varner and Wanda Mysinger, all of Soddy-Daisy, and Thelma Minnis, Decatur, Tenn.
The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Williamson & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Bolton officiating.
Burial will be in Wilcoxen Cemetery.
Geraldine Pugh
Geraldine N. Pugh died Thursday, April 27, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 32.
She was a corrections officer at Silverdale Correctional Facility, a member of St. John Unified Freewill Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., and a U.S. Army veteran.
She was preceded in death by a brother, William E. Newton Jr., and grandparents, Lorraine and Alexander Reaves.
Survivors include a son, Jonathan E. Pugh Jr.; two daughters, Diamond and Emerald Walker, Newark; mother and stepfather, Carolyn and David Wood, Newark; father, William Newton Sr., Elizabeth, N.J.; brother, Denzel Wood; and a sister, Ursula Newton, Newark.
The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at St. John Unified Freewill Baptist Church, Newark. Burial will be in New Jersey Veterans Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home.
Florence Stevens
Florence L. Stevens died Monday, May 1, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 73.
A memorial service will be today at 5 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road, with pastor David Seymour officiating.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Tom Strong
Tom H. Strong died Friday, April 28, 2000, in a local hospital.
Arrangements will be announced by Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Elizabeth Sutton
Elizabeth Sutton died Saturday, April 29, 2000, at her home. She was 87.
A graveside service will be today at 3:30 p.m. in Forest Hills Cemetery with the Rev. Harold Nicholas officiating.
Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Sallie Thomas
Sallie A. Thomas of the Falling Water community died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in a local health care facility. She was 92.
She was a native of Nashville and a member of Falling Water Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Brady Thomas; and three children, B.W. and James Thomas and Betty Rawlston.
Survivors include two daughters, Alberta Daughtery and Frances Woy, both of Soddy-Daisy; 15 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Canada officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Glenda Tucker
Glenda M. Tucker died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 57.
Mrs. Tucker was a graduate of Kirkman High School, a member of Joy Baptist Church and was retired from McKee Bakery after 17 years.
She was past matron of Evangeline 48 and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a volunteer for the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross and was a former gray lady at Parkridge Hospital.
She was the daughter of the late Arles Alvin and Pauline O. Burkhart.
Survivors include her husband, Hugh Tucker; son, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Japan; two daughters, Angela D. Tucker and Tracy E. Sweatt, both of Chattanooga; four brothers, Dewayne, Charles H. and James E. Burkhart, all of Chattanooga, and Jack Brannon, San Antonio; and a sister, Patricia F. Land, Lakesite.
The funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Highway 58 Chapel of Turner Funeral Home with Capt. Edward Lee and the Rev. John S. Welch officiating.
Burial will be in Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park.
Visitation will be Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 800 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
William West
William E. West died Sunday, April 30, 2000, in an area hospital. He was 43.
Arrangements will be announced by the Trammell Chapel of Hardwick & Sons Funeral Home.
George Williams III
George Williams III died Saturday, April 29, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 45.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Leslie Williams
Leslie Williams died Saturday, April 29, 2000.
Arrangements will be announced by Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
