Aline E. Messer, age 96, a resident of Harriman, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Heart Of Georgia Hospice Center in Perry, Ga.

Mrs. Messer was born Aug. 1, 1916, in Decatur, Ala. She has lived in Tennessee since 1954.

She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, a faithful Christian, and a member of the First Baptist Church in Oliver Springs.

Aline was preceded in death by her husband, Nathan L. Messer; by her parents, J.H. Eaton Sr. and Mattie Sandlin Eaton; by brothers, William Neal Eaton and J.H. “Sonny” Eaton; and by a sister, Audie Mae Woodruff. [Read more…]