OBITUARIES
Donald Obituary
May 24, 2011
Donald Ray Kelsheimer, age 77, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday May 24, 2011 at his home. Donald was born October 31, 1933 in Mecca, IN to the late Charles and Bessie Richardson Kelsheimer. He moved to Oak Ridge in 1957 and had worked as a Stack Sampler at K-25until his retirement in 1991. He was a member of West...
Edith Obituary
May 5, 2011
Edith M. Roy, age 86, a resident of Oak Ridge since 2003, passed away quietly Thursday, May 5, 2011 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Mrs. Roy was the daughter of the late Wayne G. and Margaret McGowan Sr. of Covington, TN. Her brother, Wayne G. McGowan Jr, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Vershall...
Selma Obituary
May 3, 2011
Selma Kravit Shapiro died at her home on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011. Selma was born in 1924 and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. In the early years her strong interest in the arts and social service was encouraged by her mother, and she attended art classes at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. At the behest of her father...
Mary Obituary
May 2, 2011
Mary Irene Pieratt Plumlee, age 97, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday May 2, 2011 at her home. Mary was born on January 1, 1914 in Morgan County, Kentucky. She was the eighth child of twelve children of Napoleon and Loulie Ellen Pieratt. She grew up hard and poor on a hillside farm in rural Eastern Kentucky--hoeing corn, making molasses,...
William Obituary
Apr 27, 2011
William Lee. McCullough died April 27, 2011 at the age of 82. He was born October 30, 1928 in Jackson Mississippi, the son of Helen Shoemaker McCullough Damus and the late William Lee McCullough. Mr. McCullough was graduated from the University of Cincinnati and was a registered mechanical engineer in Ohio. He was employed by General Electric for many years...
Joseph Obituary
Apr 21, 2011
Joseph W. Gilliam, age 80, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday April 21, 2011 at the Methodist Medical Center. Joseph was born September 3, 1930 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to the late Arthur J. Gilliam, Sr. and Della Mae Garner Gilliam. Joseph moved to Oak Ridge in 1947 and was employed at Y-12 as a Dispatcher until his retirement. A member...
Mary Obituary
Apr 17, 2011
Mary Miriam Hildreth Ruble was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee August 12, 1959 and spent the majority of her life in Oak Ridge. She raised three talented children Dustin Bolin, Joy Williams, and Joseph Roszell. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Mickie Hildreth and sister of the late Paul Hildreth. She is survived by her loving husband,...
James Obituary
Apr 4, 2011
James W. Robinette of Oak Ridge, Tennessee passed away on April 4, 2011 at 90 years of age. Mr. Robinette was born June 12, 1920, in Cumberland, Maryland but lived in Japan, Germany, and other parts of the United States as part of his U. S. Army career but considered Tennessee his home. He was a veteran of the Normandy...
Mary Obituary
Mar 29, 2011
Mary Scarbrough Pickard, age 64, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday March 29, 2011 at Hillcrest Healthcare North. Mary was born January 2, 1947 to the late Douglas and Ina Henry Scarbrough in Monterey, Tennessee. Mary owned and operated her on business, Pickard's Alterations in Jackson Square's Greenwich Village, for many years. She was a lover of all the fine...
Thomas Obituary
Mar 19, 2011
MULLINIX, THOMAS F. - 86, of Oak Ridge passed away March 19, 2011. Tom was born in Louisville, KY and moved to Oak Ridge in 1945. He retired from Union Carbide after 37 years of service at K-25 as an electrical engineer. He was very active in politics and sports. He was an active member of the Oak Ridge Elks...
Richard Obituary III
Mar 18, 2011
Richard Adrian Walker III, 44, died at his home in Oak Ridge on March 18, 2011. Mr. Walker was born May 1, 1966, in Atlanta, Georgia, to former Oak Ridgers Richard (Dixie) Adrian Walker Jr. and the former Amelia (Mimi) Rector Bell. Mr. Walker served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS America; after his military service he...
Gerald Obituary
Mar 18, 2011
Gerald Mack Cordle, age 69, formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday March 18, 2011 at Victorian Square Assisted Living in Rockwood, TN. He was born in Raven, Virginia and grew up in the Oak Ridge area. Gerald was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and retired as a mill worker. He enjoyed fishing, camping, and...
Billie Obituary
Mar 17, 2011
Billie Jean Adams George, 83, of Oak Ridge died at her home on March 17, 2011. Her children Jerry, Jr., Jennifer, and Carolyn were by her side. Words cannot satisfy the loss, nor the love felt due to her passing. Billie was born November 7, 1927 in Wallins Creek, Kentucky to the late William McKinley and Helen Franks Adams. Her...
Betty Obituary
Mar 12, 2011
Betty Lee Norris, age 86, of Oak, passed away Saturday March 12, 2011 at the Golden Living Center-Windwood in Clinton. Betty was born July 16, 1924 in Rogersville, TN to the late Robert E. Lee, Sr. and Ann Jones Lee. Betty was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge, Past President of the Woman's Club, member of...
Mary Obituary
Mar 8, 2011
Mary L. Vella, age 47, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday March 8, 2011, after a strong and courageous battle of 22 years with cancer, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. Mary was born September 3, 1963 in Hialeah, Florida to George and Norma Baker Purdy. Mary was of the Catholic faith and has been in the Oak...
Virginia Obituary
Feb 17, 2011
Virginia Morgan Defenderfer passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at age 94 on February 17, 2011 at the Oak Ridge Methodist Medical Center. Virginia was born November 6, 1916 in Cottage Grove, TN. Her parents, William Edward Morgan and Inez Elizabeth Hatler Morgan were West Tennessee educators who instilled the values of religion, education, and family to all of their children....
Mr. Arthur Obituary
Feb 12, 2011
Mr. Arthur Paul Snyder, age 66, died in his home on Feb. 12, 2011. He was born Dec. 27, 1944, in Oak Ridge and, except for short periods of residing in Texas and California, made Oak Ridge his home. Paul was the firstborn son of Arthur Herbert Snyder and Margaret Fox Snyder, also of Oak Ridge. Mr. Snyder received his...
Dorothy Obituary
Feb 3, 2011
Dorothy Hyatt, wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully to be with the Lord, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge following complications from hip surgery on February 3, 2011. Mrs. Hyatt was born in Sylva, North Carolina on January 18, 1922. She resided in several places growing up in Western North Carolina, including Ravensford, now a part of...
Gloria Obituary
Feb 2, 2011
Gloria Ann "Tut" Chesney, age 83, of Clinton formerly of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday February 2, 2011 at her home in Clinton. Gloria was born February 16, 1927 in Asheville, North Carolina to the late John Sullivan and Anna Elizabeth Gilliam Fullam. Gloria moved to Oak Ridge over 64 years ago and was of the Baptist faith. She enjoyed...
Ltc. Obituary
Jan 31, 2011
Ltc. Milkovich, George, age 96 of Oak Ridge died on Jan. 31, 2011, after an extended illness. George was born in Midland, PA, July 17, 1914, of Milan and Mary Milkovich. George played football in high school, and later played college football at the University of Kentucky and the University of New Mexico. He joined the U. S. Army in...
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