OBITUARIES
Sue Morrow Jenkins
Aug 30, 2023
Sue Morrow Jenkins, age 74 of Oak Ridge, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 from complications of Parkinson’s.
Sue was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Oak Ridge where she also served as the librarian. Sue was a 1966 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, as well as a graduate of...
Kenneth May
Aug 28, 2023
Kenneth (Ken,Kenny) Yon May, age 73, passed away on August 28, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was born May 21, 1950 at Oak Ridge Hospital to Glen May and Geraldine Killion May and grew up in Oliver Springs, TN.
Ken graduated from Oliver Springs High School and graduated college from Tennessee Tech. He worked for Johnson Wholesale Floor Covering as a District Manager for over 40 years.
Ken truly enjoyed his time as an Assistant Scoutmaster for Cub Scouts Troop 334 and Boy Scouts Troop...
Ellen Gayle Brown
Aug 27, 2023
Gayle Brown passed away at home surrounded by family on August 27, 2023, after a long, brave struggle with illness. Gayle was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.
She was an extremely talented artist, crafts person, cook, baker, avid reader, and a lover of cats.
Some people in our lives are like roses in a garden. They...
Barbara Katherine Moon
Aug 26, 2023
Barbara Katherine Longfellow Moon, age 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 26, 2023. Barbara met her husband, Ralph, during their senior year of high school in Kansas City, MO and they married in 1950 after her graduation from Vassar College. In 1963 they moved to Oak Ridge, TN with their four children and Barbara began her involvement in numerous...
Mabel Inez Penland
Aug 24, 2023
Mabel Penland, age 92, passed away peacefully on August 24, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was born October 16, 1930 in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina to Henry Oden Penland and Effie Patterson Penland. Mabel was preceded in death by her parents, son Michael Penland; brothers Edwin Penland and Carl Penland; sisters Bessie Hudson and Kate Amos; nieces Donna Richardson and Sheila Hudson. She came to Oak Ridge in 1950 and worked at the K-25 and Y-12 Plants. She loved...
David Medovich
Aug 14, 2023
David Medovich, age 76, of Oak Ridge passed away on August 14, 2023. He was born on January 2, 1947, to his parents Stephen and Dorothy Hrusecky Medovich. David grew up in Irvington, NY. He served in the Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama from 1967 to 1970. After moving to Oak Ridge, he embarked on a thirty-year career at...
Robert Luttrell
Aug 10, 2023
ROBERT PATRICK (BOB) LUTTRELL
Born on June 25, 1942, in Frankfort, KY, Robert Patrick (Bob) Luttrell, beloved son, brother, father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at the age of 81 years.
Bob was an active member of St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Nashville, TN and was a former member of St. Mary’s Catholic...
Doris Edna Carl
Aug 8, 2023
Doris Edna Carl died peacefully with family and friends at the age of 70 on August 8th 2023. Doris worked at the Doubletree hotel for over 20 years during which she touched many lives and hearts and will be dearly missed. While Doris was proceeded in death by her husband Robert Carl and her son Robert Mettler, she is survived...
Clyde Drummond Jr.
Aug 8, 2023
Clyde Henry (CH) Drummond Jr. passed away August 8, 2023, in Oak Ridge, TN. CH was born on July 9, 1943, in Claiborne County (Tazewell) Tennessee to parents Clyde Henry Drummond Sr., and Trula Carmen Drummond (both deceased). He was also predeceased by his first wife, Shirley Oldaker Drummond and daughter Tina Drummond. He is survived by his wife, Carol...
Dorothy Estelle Butler
Jul 29, 2023
On July 29, 2023 our family matriarch Dorothy Estelle Atkins Butler left us for the great mountain in the heavens at 100 years of age. Dorothy who fondly was known as Dot, Mama Dot, and Hot Dot, was born in Old Hickory, Tennessee to Molly and Ted Atkins. She is preceded in death by her parents and brothers Charles William...
Mary Susie Guthrie
Jul 16, 2023
Mary Susie Guthrie, age 90, of Dandridge, Tennessee, passed away on July 16, 2023 after a short illness. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel Edward Guthrie, and is survived by her children Carol Guthrie, Linda Turley, Steven Guthrie, and Samuel Evans Guthrie as well as her grandchildren Ian Windham, Caitlin Cutrone, and Tyler Turley, and her great-grandchildren Charlotte...
Janet Lee Harlan
Jul 15, 2023
Janet Lee Harlan, age 86, of Oak Ridge passed away on July 15, 2023, surrounded by family at NHC.
Jan was born on May 28, 1937, in Witcher, West Virginia. The family moved to Oak Ridge in 1944 when her father was transferred. Jan enrolled at Highland View School in the second grade and graduated Oak Ridge High School in 1955, continuing her education at Tennessee Tech University. She then embarked on a 40+ year...
Dorothy Jean Cunningham
Jul 14, 2023
Dorothy Jean Cunningham passed away in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Friday, July 14, 2023 at the age of 95. She is survived by her son, Glenn Cunningham; son Gerald (Jerry) Cunningham and nine grandchildren. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Robert Cunningham, daughter Linda Branning and son Bruce Cunningham.
Dorothy was born February 6, 1928 to Mayme E. and...
William Jebediah Dean York
Jul 14, 2023
William Jebediah Dean York “Jeb” passed away unexpectedly on July 14, 2023 at 22 years old. He was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and an electrician apprentice at Ace Electrical. Jeb loved spending his time fishing, playing guitarand being with friends and family. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Billy Phillips and grandmother Georgie Smith. Immediate survivors include his father and stepmother William...
Kenny Lynn Cook
Jul 11, 2023
Kenny Lynn Cook, age 72, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 following a long illness. Kenny was born on March 13, 1951, in Alton, Illinois to Cecil and Delma Cook. The family moved to Oak Ridge, where Kenny grew up. Kenny served as a Sergeant in the United States Air Force, working as an aircraft mechanic,...
Beverly A. Starbuck
Jun 6, 2023
Beverly A. (Holt) Starbuck, age 87, died June 6, 2023 at her home in Knoxville, TN. She was born June 19, 1935 in rural Madison County, Ohio, the third child of Edward F. and Lucille (Rector) Holt.
Beverly graduated from London High School (where she was the 1952 Homecoming Queen) in 1953. She did volunteer work at the Madison...
Joan Eliza Meredith
Jun 3, 2023
Joan Eliza Meredith crossed over at home Saturday, June 3, after a long and brave struggle with illness. Joan is survived by her mother, Roslyn Gift; stepfather, Elwood Gift; brother and sister in law, Mark and Suzie Meredith; nieces, Amy Meredith and Wendy Meredith; and longtime friend Stan Guffey.
Joan is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and the...
James Scott Grubb
May 31, 2023
James Scott Grubb, age 65, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Scott was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and loved animals. He had a love for people, both young and old. Scott lived by the motto “A Country Boy Can Survive” and took pride in teaching others how to live off the land.
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Alan T. Ballard
May 30, 2023
Alan T. Ballard, age 68, of Oak Ridge, TN, passed away on May 30, 2023. He was born on Christmas Day, 1954, in Knoxville, TN to the late Carl W. and Irene P. Ballard. Alan was retired after working most of his life in retail at various companies. As a young man he enjoyed dabbling in art and playing the...
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