Marcus Arnold Sr.
Marcus Todd Arnold Sr. died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a hospital in Atlanta. He was 34.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
James Brooks
James Grady Brooks died Tuesday, April 11, 2000. He was 69.
Arrangements will be announced by the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
Hilda Bush
Hilda Bush died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a local hospital.
Arrangements will be announced by Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Aakeem Cagkler
Aakeem Dewayne Cagkler died Monday, April 10, 2000, at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He was 10.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Josephine Carr
Josephine Walker Carr died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a local nursing home.
She retired from Signal Thread Co. as an executive secretary. She was a member of Brainerd Presbyterian Church and the widow of Martin Lynn Carr.
There are no immediate survivors.
Graveside services will be held today at 11 a.m. at Chattanooga Memorial Park with the Rev. Ronald Ragon officiating.
There will be no visitation at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Ben Chang
Ben Burt Chang, a native of Saigon, Vietnam, died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 48.
He was an employee of McKee Foods in the shipping department.
He was a son of the late Hiep and Van Banh Truong.
Survivors include his sisters, Clara C. Hwang, Connie C. Chang, and Nfa Truong; two brothers, Nguyen Truong and Charlie Chang, all of Chattanooga.
The funeral will be Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Chapel of Devotion at Hamilton Memorial Gardens with pastor Leong Guan Lee officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be Friday from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Armele Davidson
Armele Davidson died Saturday, April 8, 2000, in a local health care facility. He was 79.
The funeral will be today at noon at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home with the Rev. Edward Jackson officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Bonnie Day
Bonnie Lou Murphy Day died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, at her home.
Graveside services will be today at 10 a.m. at Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Arrangements area by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Florence Drakeford
Florence S. Drakeford died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, at her home. She was 80.
Mrs. Drakeford was a member of East Ridge Baptist Church and was active as a teacher, G.A. leader and vacation Bible school teacher. She worked closely with her husband, Gene Drakeford, in bringing East Ridge Community Hospital to a reality.
Survivors other than her husband include her daughters, Gayle Fox and Madeleine Byrd, both of Chattanooga, and Debra Wages, Lubbock, Texas; sister, Flora Mae Renfro, Birmingham, Ala., and a brother, Floyd Stewart, Opeleika, Ala.; six granddaughters, and two great-grandsons.
The funeral will be held Friday at 12:30 p.m. at East Ridge Baptist Church with Dr. Ronnie Mitchell and the Rev. C. Henry Preston officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
William Dunn
William B. "Buddy" Dunn, a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, at his home. He was 76.
He was a retired truck driver from Yellow Freight System, a Baptist and a member of Woodman of the World Lodge 6.
He was the father of the late Mary Elizabeth Dunn.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice M. Dunn; two sisters, Frances Garner, Rossville, Ga., and Eunice Brown, Hampton, Ga.; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday at 3 p.m. at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Cape officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Eugene Fairbanks
Eugene H. "Bud" Fairbanks of Ooltewah died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 79.
He was retried from the Hamilton County Highway Department and was a member of Eklesia Baptist Tabernacle and Harrison Masonic Lodge 114 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife, Edna McBee Fairbanks; sons, Mark and Billy Joe Fairbanks, both of Ooltewah, Bobby Fairbanks, Chattanooga, Curtis Fairbanks, Soddy-Daisy, Richard Fairbanks, Perth, Australia, and Michael Fairbanks, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; foster son, Eddie Cross, Chattanooga; sisters, Emma Brooks and Frankie Johnson, both of East Ridge, Thelma Blair, Norfolk, Va., and Margie Hutcheson, Cleveland, Ohio; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Ken Roberts and the Rev. James Vaughn officiating.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Sarah Fredriksen
Sarah S. Fredriksen of East Ridge died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a local nursing home. She was 81.
The funeral will be today at 2 p.m. CST at Usrey's Funeral Home in Talladega, Ala. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon until the time of service at Usrey's Funeral Home.
Local arrangements are by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Sue Gardner
Sue Gardner died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 64.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
L.C. Green
L.C. Green died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 70.
He retired from Scholze Tannery after 23 years. He served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years and was a member of St. Elmo Missionary Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary E. Green; two sons, Kevin L. Green, Fort Worth, Texas, and Inman Montgomery III, Chattanooga; daughter, Sandra R. Green, Chattanooga; two brothers, Guy and Herbert Green, both of Chattanooga; two sisters, Mary Bell Calloway and Lu Helen Stewart, both of Chattanooga; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at St. Elmo Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Church and other ministers officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Visitation will be after noon today at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Donald Hawk
Donald Francis Hawk died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 80.
He was a retired supervisor for McKee Bakery after 24 years. He was a member of St. John United Methodist Church and fought in the Battle of the Bulge while in the U.S. Army.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Hawk Wilson.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Frances Craig Hawk; son, Gary F. Hawk, Nashville; daughter, Donna F. Long, Marietta, Ga.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Gary Grogg officiating.
Visitation will be today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Ira Henegar
Ira C. Henegar, a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, April 11, 2000. He was 61.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Henegar; son, DeLon Henegar, Ringgold, Ga.; two daughters, Monique Baker, Chattanooga, and Teresa Smith, Hixson; brother, Robert Bailey, Boston; sister, Glenda Gass, Rossville, Ga.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Fugatt and the Rev. Edmond Sims officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Visitation will be today after 3 p.m. at the funeral home.
Robert Hernandz
Robert Philip Hernandz died Tuesday, April 11, 2000. He was 49.
He lived in Los Angeles prior to moving to Chattanooga 10 years ago.
Survivors include a son, Robert Alexander Hernandz, Chattanooga; two daughters, Vanessa and Danielle Hernandz, both of Los Angeles; several grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
The family will receive friends today after 1 p.m. at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
J.D. Hunter
J.D. Hunter died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 79.
Arrangements will be announced by Crombie-Pinkard Funeral Service.
Faye Kerley
Faye Elizabeth Pendergrass Kerley of Collegedale died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 70.
She retired from the Lupton City plant of Dixie Yarns after 43 years and was employed by the Samaritan Center in Ooltewah. She attended the Old Fashion Gospel Tabernacle in Cleveland, Tenn.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Nathan Kerley.
Survivors include a son, Alan R. Caraway, Athens, Tenn.; sister, Jewel Hyder, Sale Creek; brother, Howard L. Pendergrass, Hixson; and four grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. A.V. Fisher and the Rev. Ronnie Kesley officiating.
Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home.
James Ledford
James David Ledford of Red Bank died Monday, April 10, 2000. He was 17.
Survivors include his wife, Tara Taylor; daughter, Destiny Taylor; mother, Tammy Ledford; stepfather, Monty Hullander; brother, Coty Boles, Red Bank; sisters, Brandy, Crystal, and Sonya Hullander, all of Chickamauga, Ga.; grandparents, Jim and Diane Ledford, Chattanooga.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements are by the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
Lovie Luster
Lovie C. Luster died Friday, April 7, 2000, in an area health care facility. She was 84.
She was a member of Mount Zion Monumental Baptist Church where she served on the Mother's Board, as a Sunday school teacher and in other capacities of the church.
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. John N. Luster; two sisters, Rosie Currie and Dollie Hayes, both of Chattanooga; four grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Mount Zion Monumental Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Jones and other ministers officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Visitation will be today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Clara Mitchell
Clara Mitchell died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a local health care facility. She was 85.
She retired from the Hamilton County Nursing Home and was a member of Rock Island Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Janice L. Mitchell, Los Angeles; eight grandchildren, two of whom she raised, Patty Mitchell and Jerome Brown.
The funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Rock Island Baptist Church with the Rev. Andrew Bullard and minister Michael McMurray officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Memorial Garden.
Visitation will be today after noon today at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Louis Orr Jr.
Louis C. Orr Jr., formerly of Chattanooga, died Tuesday, April 4, 2000, in an Ohio nursing home. He was 84.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with pastor Bill Henry officiating.
Herschel Owens
Herschel W. Owens of Ooltewah died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 55.
The Nashville native had lived in Chattanooga for the past 32 years. He retired from Unisys after 35 years of service and was an Air Force veteran.
He was the son of the late Egbert and Jenny Owens and a member of East Brainerd Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Owens; three sons, Jason Owens, Chattanooga, Michael Owens, Nashville, and Danny Owens, Birmingham, Ala.; daughter, Bridget Gibson, Red Bank; brother, Dillard Owens, Laverne, Tenn.; two sisters, Marie Weakley, Nashville, and Wanda Royal, Springfield, Tenn.; five grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road, with minister Jim Wood officiating.
Burial will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. and Friday from noon until the time of service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Boyd-Buchanan School.
Lillie Rains
Lillie Rains died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a local hospital.
The funeral will be today at 2 p.m. at Ooltewah Baptist Church with the Rev. Steven Passmore officiating.
Burial will be in Ooltewah Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 12:30 until the hour of the service at the church.
Arrangements are by J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home.
Wendall Richardson Sr.
Wendall Richardson Sr. died Saturday, April 8, 2000, in a local hospital. He was 50.
The funeral will be today at 1 p.m. at the Avondale Chapel of Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold K. Lester and the Rev. Kevin Adams officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens.
Edgar Schmitt
Edgar William "Ed" Schmitt of East Brainerd died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a local health care facility. He was 88.
The funeral will be today at 11 a.m. at Concord Baptist Church with Dr. Gordon Grimes and the Rev. Herschel Woodburn officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road.
Thomasine Stansell
Thomasine Martin Stansell died Sunday, April 9, 2000, in Cobb County, Ga. She was 54.
Arrangements will be announced by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral home.
Odessa Stevenson
Odessa Stevenson died Tuesday, April 11, 2000, in a local hospital.
Arrangements will be announced by Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Jessie Toomey
Jessie Toomey died Wednesday, April 12, 2000, in a local hospital. She was 74.
Arrangements will be announced by Taylor Funeral Home.
Eddie Tuggle
Eddie Mae Tuggle died Sunday, April 9, 2000, in a local nursing home. She was 84.
Arrangements will be announced by Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home.
Henry Turner
Henry A. Turner died Monday, April 10, 2000, in a local life care center. He was 64.
He was a graduate of Howard High School, a retiree from TVA and a member of New Zion Baptist Church. He was an officer of Lilly White Lodge 243 and Hyksos Temple 123.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Earnestine Turner; his parents, John and Estelle Turner, a sister, Fannie Mortley, and brother, John Turner Jr.
Survivors include a daughter, Angelia Turner; three sons, Ricardo Turner Sr., Frederick Turner and Robert Turner; sisters, Gwendolyn Berte, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Denise Davenport, Chattanooga; brother, Capt. James Cunningham; 12 grandchildren
The funeral will be Friday at noon at New Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Allen officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Visitation will be today from 7 to 8 p.m., and one hour before the service Friday at the church.
Arrangements are by the Trammell Chapel of Hardwick & Sons Funeral Home.
