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Wanda Faye Shadoan

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Wanda Faye Shadoan

Wanda Faye Shadoan

Wanda Faye Shadoan, age 75, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Monday, Jan. 28, at Fort Sanders Specialty Select Medical Center in Knoxville.

Mrs. Shadoan was born May 17, 1937, in Scott County. She lived in California and Ohio before moving back to Tennessee in 1982.

Wanda Faye was a loving mother and grandmother, and she worshipped at the Old Time Missionary Baptist Church in Goshen, Ohio. She was employed as a greeter at Walmart for 10 years before her retirement. Her hobbies included outdoor activities around the lake. [Read more…]

Phyllis Lila Wichner

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Phyllis Lila Wichner

Phyllis Lila Wichner

Phyllis Lila Wichner, 80, a native New Yorker and longtime resident of Oak Ridge, died at home early Saturday morning, surrounded by close family members after a short severe illness.

Phyllis is deeply missed by her husband Robert, daughter Robin, son Joel, sister Rosalind Benton, niece and nephew Michelle Clift and Bruce Benton, sister and brother in-law Suzanne and Phil Goldman, and nieces Jill Goldman, Nancy Resnik, and Andrea Cole.

She was a loving wife and mother, and for many years she was a co-owner of a specialty clothing shop in the Greenwich Village Mall.

She was a prolific and creative artist with a long-term involvement with the Oak Ridge Art Center. She will be missed by her many friends in the print-making group of the Oak Ridge Art Center, fellow members of the L.U.N.A. art group, and fellow bridge group members.

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Louise Strickland Fairchild

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Louise Strickland Fairchild

Louise Strickland Fairchild

Louise Strickland Fairchild, age 80, a resident of Oliver Springs, went home to be with her Lord, Friday, Jan. 25, at her home, while surrounded by her family.

Mrs. Fairchild was born May 3, 1932, in the Wheat Community in Roane County.

Louise graduated from the Oliver Springs High School in 1950. Following her high school graduation, she married her late husband of 61 years, Harold “Sonny” Fairchild.

She enrolled in the Knoxville Business College, and following her graduation, she was employed at the K-25 and X-10 federal plants in Oak Ridge as a clerical typist. She also served as bookkeeper of the Fairchild Trucking Company for 42 years. [Read more…]

Rayburn Seiber

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Rayburn Seiber, age 67, a resident of Coalfield, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, at Parkwest Medical Center.

Mr. Seiber was born Aug. 19, 1945, in the New River community of Anderson County.

Rayburn was a retired coal miner. He enjoyed fishing, squirrel hunting, going to NASCAR races, and gardening. [Read more…]

Paul Timothy Davis

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Paul Timothy Davis

Paul Timothy Davis

Paul Timothy Davis, age 41, of Oak Ridge, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 23, at his home in his sleep.

He was a 1989 graduate of Oak Ridge High School and was employed with BWXT at the Y-12 plant. He enjoyed fishing.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marsha Lynn Pickard Davis, on June 26, 2010, and by his brother, Matthew Steven Davis.

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Julia Michelle Long

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Julia Michelle Long, age 40, of Lake City, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 17, at Methodist Medical Center.

Julia is survived by husband, William Long of Lake City; son, Ty Harcourt of Lake City; daughters, Kaila Gunter of Moraine, Ohio, and Sadie Long of Lake City; sister, Nicole Dalton of Huber Heights, Ohio; grandchildren Kaylee and Kylie Burrell of Moraine, Ohio; and father, Marvin Harcourt of Dayton, Ohio, and mother, Laura Kaley of Huber Heights, OH. [Read more…]

Edwin Harold Massey

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Edwin Harold Massey, age 74, formerly of Oak Ridge, died Jan. 17 at the Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, La.

He was born June 26, 1938, in Cookeville, the son of Charles F. and Lindsey Apple Massey.

Mr. Massey was a 1956 graduate of Oak Ridge High School and served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of New Life Church of the Nazarene. He was also an avid sports fan, and friends and family called him a “walking sport encyclopedia.” [Read more…]

Pauline ‘Polly’ Tate Varnadore

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Pauline 'Polly' Tate Varnadore

Pauline ‘Polly’ Tate Varnadore

Pauline “Polly” Tate Varnadore, 85, was released from the bonds of earth to be welcomed into the arms of her heavenly Father on Jan. 19 at NHC Healthcare of Oak Ridge.

Polly was born Sept. 20, 1927, in Bemis, Tenn. She began working in Oak Ridge during World War II in a control room. During that time, she met the love of her life, a young sailor by the name of Ted Varnadore. The pair instantly fell in love and married three weeks later, a marriage that would last 67 years. [Read more…]

Michael Allen Brown

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Michael Allen Brown, age 36, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, in Oliver Springs.

Michael was born Oct. 13, 1976, in Knoxville. He lived in Florida and Pennsylvania before moving back to Oliver Springs.

Michael was a professional baseball pitcher who was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before the team was franchised into major league baseball. While playing at Tampa Bay, the team was franchised, and the first pitch of the first game was signed by the entire team of the Devil Rays and the baseball is now archived in Cooperstown, in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He played for the Tampa Bay Rays for four years and later for the Pittsburgh Pirates for two years. Following a career-ending injury, he returned home and worked in auto sales at Toyota of Knoxville. [Read more…]

Robert Lynn Gaylor

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Robert Lynn Gaylor, infant son of Jordan Mills of Oak Ridge and Charlie Gaylor of Oliver Springs, died Friday, Jan. 11, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Robert Lynn is also survived by his maternal grandparents, Kimberly Deforest and husband James of Oak Ridge, and Paul Mills of Virginia; and by paternal grandparents, Robert and Della Robbins of Oliver Springs. [Read more…]

Kathleen Carr Holbrook

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Kathleen Carr Holbrook

Kathleen Carr Holbrook

Kathleen Carr Holbrook, age 84, of Clinton, went to be with the Lord on Jan. 9.

She was born on May 28, 1928, to the late Ezra and Anna Carr.

Kathleen was a member of South Clinton Baptist Church and was employed at Magnet Knitting Mills for 21 years. She enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Kathleen is also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Arnold Holbrook; sisters, Gertrude McFarland, Gladys Eppard, and Martha Turner; and brother, Sherman Carr. [Read more…]

Claude Smith Harvey Jr.

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Claude Smith Harvey, Jr.

Claude Smith Harvey Jr.

Claude Smith (C.S.) Harvey Jr. was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 12, 1931, and passed away at Methodist Medical Center on Thursday, Jan. 10.

He and his family moved to Oliver Springs when he was three years old, and they have lived there until the present time.

He was educated in the Roane County Schools through his graduation from Oliver Springs High School in 1948. It was there that he met and later married the love of his life, Jennie Maxine Brown Harvey. The two were married on Sept. 30, 1949. He opened Harvey’s Furniture and Appliance Company, which he operated for 64 years until his death.

Mr. Harvey dedicated much of his life to showing his faith in Christ by helping others and working in his church. He was a member of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church since 1952 and served as choir director and Sunday school teacher for over 50 years. He was also named as a lifetime deacon. He served as the church’s first youth director for over 20 years and helped in driving the senior citizens bus for many years. He was a man who genuinely lived his Christianity every day. [Read more…]