OBITUARIES

Mary Hogan

Mary Hogan

May 9, 2017

Mary Ruth Hogan, 92, of Oak Ridge, left us with memories of her sincere love on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Mary was born in Cheatham County, Tenn., February of 1925. She was loved by many for her wit, congeniality, graciousness and generosity. Mary worked as a K-25 switchboard operator and later drove a bus for Oak Ridge Schools. She later...

Walter Zobel

Walter Zobel

May 4, 2017

Walter Zobel age 92 of Oak Ridge is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Mr. Zobel passed away May 4, 2017 at Greenfield Assisted Living in Oak Ridge. He was born August 12 1924 to Ludwig and Gertrude Zobel in Berlin Germany. Walter Zobel retired from the United States Army as a Colonel and served our country...

Linda Smith

Linda Smith

May 1, 2017

Linda Turner Smith age 70 of Oak Ridge Tennessee is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Linda passed away May 1, 2017 at her home in Oak Ridge. She was born July 7, 1946 in Clinton, Tennessee to Earl "Sie "and Helen Hill Turner. She was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband Billy...

James Burns

James Burns

Apr 30, 2017

James Vernon Burns 71 of Oak Ridge is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Mr. Burns passed away April 30, 2017 at his home. He was born November 20, 1945 in Fountain City, Tennessee to James and Vestus Hawkins who preceded him in death. He is survived by his neice Cherie Ferguson on Troy, Michigan. Graveside services...

Barbara Hudson

Barbara Hudson

Apr 27, 2017

Barbara (Della) Hudson age 78 of Oliver Springs is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Barbara passed away April 27, 2017 at her home. She was born June 25, 1938 in Kingsport Tennessee to Elmer and Evelyn Tunnell and attended Sullivan County High School. A longtime employee of the Garden Plaza Hotel as Executive House Keeper for...

Gloria Krewson

Gloria Krewson

Apr 21, 2017

Gloria Joanne Krewson - Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, Sister, Aunt, and Great-aunt, Successful Ceramic Artist, Passionate Gardener, and Supporter of Community Arts Gloria Joanne Krewson, known as Joanne to most, died in the early morning hours of Friday, April 21, 2017 while in comfort care. She had been hospitalized the previous Monday morning after suffering a stroke related to...

Joshua Langfur

Joshua Langfur

Apr 19, 2017

Cmdr. Joshua A. Langfur, USN Joshua A. Langfur of Oak Ridge and formerly of Memphis, passed away peacefully on April 19. He was 96. The Brooklyn-born musician and retired U.S. Naval Commander learned to play cello at the age of five. He studied cello at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and later at the University of Miami on scholarship. Visually...

Ralph Conner

Ralph Conner

Apr 10, 2017

Ralph David Connor, 78, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017. Born Aug. 13, 1938 in Canton, Ohio, Ralph went into the Army on Oct. 18, 1961 and was honorably discharged in October 1967. After getting married to Susan Hummel in Canton, they moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn., to raise their family. He worked with Union Carbide until he was...

Kathryn Lovegrove

Kathryn Lovegrove

Apr 9, 2017

Kathryn Lovegrove, age 92 passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at NHC, Oak Ridge.. Kathryn was born November 5, 1924 in Fish Springs, Tn to William Henry and Bessie Folsom Markland. Kathryn made Oak Ridge home in 1954 and became a member at Central Baptist Church where she and Jack raised their family. She was very active in the adult...

Hazel Floyd

Hazel Floyd

Apr 7, 2017

Hazel Bearden Floyd passed away peacefully on April 7, 2017 at age 79. Hazel was born May 10, 1937 in Wrens, Georgia. After several moves throughout the southeast she settled in the Clinton TN area in 1968 to start her family. She loved the natural beauty of the area and remained there for the rest of her life. Hazel was...

Caroline Burgess

Caroline Burgess

Apr 3, 2017

Caroline (Cari) Nolte Burgess, 51, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, passed away peacefully Monday morning April 3, 2017, with her husband at her side. Visitation will be at Saint Mary Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM concluding with a prayer service at 7:00 PM. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM...

Mary Williams

Mary Williams

Apr 2, 2017

Mary Louise Williams, 93, passed peacefully from this world into the welcoming arms of our Lord on Sunday, April 3rd, 2017 at The Waterford assisted living apartments in Smyrna, TN Born as Mary Louise Wyrick on March 12, 1924 to Turley Bailey and Gertrude Wyrick, she graduated Rush Strong High School and soon afterwards married her high school sweetheart Charles...

Henry Blake

Henry Blake

Mar 31, 2017

In the early morning hours of March 31, 2017, in Oak Ridge Tennessee, H. Wayland Blake PhD said goodbye to the ones who love him most on Earth and hello to the One who loves him best in Heaven. He spent his entire career in Oak Ridge, TN, at the three different facilities, Y-12, the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant...

Betty Phillips

Betty Phillips

Mar 27, 2017

Betty Lou Phillips age 85 is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Betty passed away March 27, 2017 at Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland Ohio. She was born March 6, 1932 in Harriman Tennessee to Lon and Lona Adkisson. Betty was preceded in death by her parents; Lon and Lona Adkisson, husband; McKay Phillips, sons; James D. King...

Catherine Gorder

Catherine Gorder

Mar 24, 2017

Catherine Frances Carroll Gorder passed peacefully in Oak Ridge on March 23, 2017. She was 92 years old. Catherine was a resident of Oak Ridge for over 70 years. Cathy Gorder was born on May 16, 1924 in Rutherford, North Carolina to Howard and Edna Benson Carroll of Forest City, North Carolina. Cathy spent her younger years living between Forest...

Perry Burnette

Perry Burnette

Mar 21, 2017

Perry Frank Burnette of Knoxville is in the care of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. Perry passed away March 21, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Burnette was born April 14, 1956 in Knoxville, Tennessee to Billy Frank and Shirley Hutchens Burnette. A graduate of Oak Ridge High School and a graduate of Cumberland County Vocational School...

David Man"

David Man"

Mar 16, 2017

David L. Baker, 76, of Oak Ridge TN, passed away on March 16, 2017 due to health issues with family by his side. David was born at home in Maryville Tennessee on February 2, 1941. MSGT Baker retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service for his country. During his service time he served in Vietnam, Philippines,...

Terie Graham

Terie Graham

Mar 15, 2017

After defying the odds, time after time, Terie Nichols Graham passed away on March 15, 2017 due to complications of lung cancer at the age of 54. She was born February 8, 1964 in Greenville, Mississippi to Joe and Jean Nichols. She was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School, a daycare worker throughout Oak Ridge, as well as in...

Willard Norton

Willard Norton

Mar 11, 2017

Willard Grant Norton passed away March 11, 2017. He was 99 years old. He was born in North Scituate, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1917, to Lester Reed Norton and Helen Dewees Souder Norton. He had one sister (deceased) and one brother, who was killed in Italy during World War II. Because his father was a reverend, he lived his early...

Anna Denham

Anna Denham

Mar 10, 2017

Anna Marie Denham died peacefully at her home in Oak Ridge on Friday, March 10, 2017. She was 94 years old. Born July 20, 1922, Anna was the third of four children born to Hess and Nellie Webb; both now deceased, in Somerset, KY. The family spent her formative years in Hillsboro, OR, where she discovered and grew her talent...