Obituaries
Knoxville, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for Knoxville and Knox County, TN
Alice Geneva Crider
Feb 24, 2022
Alice Geneva Crider, age 91 of Knoxville, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 24th, 2022. She was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. She also had enjoyed square dancing with her loving husband. Some other hobbies she liked were music and reading. Preceded in death by the Love of her life, John Crider; daughters, Teresa Smith,...
April Renee White
Feb 24, 2022
April Renee White, age 51, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She had a very passionate personality with a beautiful heart. If she loved you, she would do anything for you and if you needed her, she was there. She was very proud of her children and grandchildren; they were the light of her life....
Gladys Pauline Williams
Feb 24, 2022
Gladys Williams, age 93, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022. She was a lifelong member of Liberty Baptist Church. Gladys’s personality was bigger than life itself, and she was the glue that held our family together. Her laugh was contagious and she always had the right words to make your gloomy day a sunny one. She loved the tradition...
Ken Maynard Weaver
Feb 24, 2022
Ken Maynard Weaver Jr., born on Wednesday, February 20, 1974 passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Preceded in death by parents, Mary S. Weaver and Ken M. Weaver Sr.; and grandparents, Lockie and Joe Weaver and Annie and Albert Lowe. He is survived by stepmother, Mary Jane Weaver; sisters, Anna (Ray) Moore and Laura Cox; nephew, Matthew Moore; nephews...
Theodore Emerson Wilson
Feb 24, 2022
Ted E. Wilson Sr., age 77 of Corryton, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Fishing and riding the grandchildren around on his John Deere mower were just a few of the many hobbies that Ted enjoyed throughout the years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Stella Wilson; brothers, Charles, Bill, and French Wilson; and sisters,...
Lowell J. Hutcheson
Feb 24, 2022
Lowell J. Hutcheson, age 79 of Clinton passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Lowell worked at Carlisle Tire in Clinton for 28 years. He was a devoted Christian, a loving Father, brother, Grandfather, and great-great grandfather. He loved boating and fishing. Lowell proudly served in the Army during the Vietnam conflict. Preceded in death by his wife Alma Hutcheson;...
Tyberious Dominique Watkins
Feb 23, 2022
Tyberious Dominique Watkins Jr. “Man Man” age 4 months of Knoxville went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at Children’s Hospital. “Man Man” was loved, he was a lit lil bubbly baby. He had an uncle that already dubbed him Ty Duse the Sequel who had a wealth of miss adventurous plans that mom couldn’t stop. God...
Donnie Ray Cox
Feb 23, 2022
Donnie Ray Cox, age 84, of Knoxville, Tennessee passed from this life February 23, 2022, at UT Medical Center. Don worked at UT Medical Center for 22 years as the UT Medical Surgical Supply Manager and retired in 1999. Don was born June 29, 1938, in Powell Tennessee and he was the son of the late John Alfred Cox and...
Delores M. Fillinger
Feb 23, 2022
Delores Minerva (Irwin) Fillinger slipped peacefully into the arms of Jesus with a hymn on her lips February 23, 2022. She was attended by her children throughout her final days, reminiscing about a life well-lived and singing old songs, like “Mockingbird Hill”, which she performed on the radio at the age of 15. Affectionately known as “Dee” by all, she...
Carolyn Marie Johnson Adkins
Feb 23, 2022
Carolyn Marie Johnson Adkins, age 83 of Knoxville, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Carolyn was a member of Heavenly View Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Preceded in death by 1st and 2nd husband, Raymond Johnson and Paul Adkins; daughter, Sharon Johnson Shelton; parents, Samuel and Helen Roberts; and 2 brothers and 3 sisters....
Carole Marie Morris
Feb 23, 2022
Carole Marie Morris, age 75, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2022. She was born on April 18, 1946, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Carole began school there, and later moved with her family to Knoxville, where she graduated from Fulton High School. She was a graduate of Warren Wilson Junior College and went on to earn a B.S....
Billy Franklin O'Shell
Feb 22, 2022
Billy Franklin O’Shell, age 89 of Morristown passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Billy proudly served and retired from the Air Force. Preceded in death by his wife, Lois Ann O’Shell; parents, Leonard and Mary O’Shell; father and mother-in-law, Earl and Dorothy Stone; siblings, Leonard O’Shell Jr., Dean O’Shell, Wilma Shoup, and Fonnie Coker. He will be greatly missed by...
Edith Eva Shelton
Feb 22, 2022
Edith Eva (Webber) Shelton, age 95 of Knoxville, went to be with Jesus, the afternoon of Tuesday, February 22, 2022. She was a longtime member of Mynatt Road Baptist Church. Edith was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dewey Burnett (D.B.) Shelton; daughter, Sue and grandson, Dwaine. She is survived by her loving granddaughters, Judy Finley, Jodie (Junior) Williams...
Lolita Collette Dailey
Feb 20, 2022
Lolita Collette Dailey, age 62, of Knoxville went to her heavenly home on Sunday, February 20, 2022. Preceded in death by her parents, Chad and Aline Elkins; sister, Sheila Hooks; son, Dennis Welch. Survived by sisters, Fauna Stooksbury, Rhonda Phibbs, and Yvonne Mitchell; brothers, Dawn and Barry (Lisa) Elkins; son and daughter, Richard and Ashley Dailey; grandchildren, Colin, Keira, and...
Walter Luchsinger
Feb 20, 2022
Walter Luchsinger, passed away on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at the age of 85. Walt was born in New Jersey, spent his childhood in Germany and Switzerland, and his last 13 years in Knoxville, TN. He was a member of Sharon Baptist Church. Walt served in the National Guard, was a school teacher, businessman, and had a wonderful sense of...
Reece Mills
Feb 20, 2022
Reece Mills passed away peacefully, February 20, 2022, while his wife was holding his hand after fighting Covid and pneumonia. He is and will be missed more than words can describe. He was a precious jewel and was greatly loved. Reece served as an Air Force mechanic during the last part of the Korean War. After being honorably discharged from...
Larry Wayne Beal
Feb 19, 2022
Larry Wayne Beal, age 68, of Knoxville, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022. He was a retired truck driver. He is preceded in death by parents, Charles and Loretta Beal; wife, Judy Beal; brothers, Ray Beal, Bobby Beal and Stanley Beal; sisters, Joyce Eldridge, Wanda Williams and Faye Free. He is survived by sons, Michael Beal (Sonia), Dustin Beal...
Sabrina Lorene Dobbins
Feb 19, 2022
Sabrina “Gussie” Lorene Dobbins, age 38, passed away on February 19, 2022 unexpectantly at home. She graduated from Fulton High School and attended Cumberland College where she was a youth leader and elm street kid. Proceeded in death by her mother Joann Dobbins, grandparents; Guy and Dollie Cooper and Roy Dobbins Sr. and Lorene Doane, and her cousin Josh Cloud....
Albert James Beeler
Feb 18, 2022
Albert James “AJ” Beeler, Jr., went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, February 18, 2022. AJ was a Vietnam Veteran. Preceding him in death are his parents, Albert James Beeler Sr. and Mildred Beeler. Survivors include daughter, Kelli Jobe and husband Danny, Buffi Dickenson and husband Jeremy; grandchildren, Braiden Hudson and fiancé Sophi Fields, Landry...
Regina Ann Gillespie Hancox
Feb 18, 2022
Regina Gillespie Hancox, age 56, died on Friday, February 18, 2022, at approximately 6:30am from natural causes. She was and is a beautiful person inside and out, and for everyone who knew her, loved her. She would do anything for anybody and took so many of our friends in and fed them and loved them like her own children. She...
