Cleveland High Tennessee Alumni Obituaries

Donald R. Lorentz Sr. 84 of Wilmington Ohio went home to be with the Lord on Sunday January 4 2026. He was born on October 22 1941 in Edenton Ohio son of the late John and Madeline Lorentz. Don graduated from Blanchester High School. He attended Bearing Precious Seed College in Milford Ohio and Virg...

Don DeWees age 82 of Macomb Illinois formerly of Astoria Illinois passed away at 558 am Tuesday November 3 2020 at his home. He was born on October 27 1938 in Cleveland Tennessee the son of Willard and Mary Gilliland DeWees. On June 19 1960 Don married Betty Ann Cufaude in Mason City Illinois. Sh...

Nancy Franks McGehee age 90 years of Cleveland Tennessee passed away peacefully on Monday January 19 2026. Nancy was born in Sweetwater Tennessee on August 1 1935 to the late Stella and Andrew Franks and was the youngest of twelve children. She is preceded in death by her husband William Malcolm McG...

Burton was born May 30 1959 in Byrdstown Tennessee. He attended Pickett County High School and after graduation he joined the U.S. Air Force serving 4 years. Burton graduated from Tennessee Tech University in 1988. He was employed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency as a game warden for 29 ye...

Richard Lee Yoder 88 of rural West Liberty went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 19 2025. He was born in Bellefontaine on February 9 1937 to the late Harold L. and Nina Shumaker Yoder. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years Darlene D. Yoder and their three children Mich...

Glenda Janette Griffus Sutton of Florence Alabama was born January 25 1948 and raised in Marion County Alabama. She graduated from Hamilton High School in 1966 and lived a life marked by faith service and devotion to Christ family and community. She was a devoted mother grandmother greatgrandmother ...

Mrs. Noris Geneva Coleman Kendall of Clarksville Tennessee passed away on Sunday January 4 2026 surrounded by love at Northwestern Rehab and Nursing Home in Berea OH. Noris Geneva Coleman was born from the Union of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Coleman and Mrs. Naomi Hillman Coleman on March 30 1944.In Clarks...

Nancy Ann Sparkman Bell passed away on Jan 12 2026. She was born in Doyle Tennessee in White County on April 8 1936 to Martha Jane Earles and Thomas Lansford Sparkman. She was the youngest of seven children raised on a farm near Doyle. She graduated from White Count High School in Sparta and attende...

Sara Jane Locke 75 of Dayton Tennessee passed away on Thursday January 12026 at Hospice of Chattanooga. Mrs. Locke was born January 91950. She was a member of the Ford and Locke families pioneer residents of Rhea County. Mrs. Locke was a devoted mother and grandmother and will be missed by many life...

Cleveland Anthony "Tony" Hayden, 68, passed away peacefully January 21, 2026 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center due to numerous debilitating conditions. Tony was the youngest of three children and only son born to Barbara Anne Bruner Hayden and Grover Cleveland Hayden on April 1, 1957.He i...

Our dear mother went home to be with the Lord on November 2, 2025, after a period of declining health.Donna Joyce (Shrimplin) Edington, 92, was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio to Paul E. and Ida M. (Belcher) Shrimplin on December 24, 1932.Donna married Raymond "Dutch" Edington on June 28,1952. They enjoyed...

Harley Ray Hickman 87 passed away at his home on January 17 2026. He was born on May 9 1938 in the White Oak Mountain area of Cleveland TN to Charlie June and Nellie Grace Lawson Hickman. He was raised in the Avondale area of Chattanooga and was a 1957 graduate of Kirkman Vocational High School. Mr....

Waymon Ray Hinson PhD age 76 of Denison Texas passed away on January 22 2026 following a brief battle with Rapidly Progressive Dementia RPD. Dr. Hinson was born on October 6 1949 in Cleveland Texas to Bula Mae Vann and Luther James Hinson. He grew up in Trinity Texas and graduated from Trinity High ...

eldest son of the late Clinton and Roberta Murrell was born March 14 1940 in Oakland Tennessee. He departed his earthly life on Saturday January 17 2026 in Nashville Tennessee. Doug accepted Christ at an early age and began his faith journey at Nollies Chapel Church Oakland Tennessee. Over the years...

Tomika McCauley was born in Cleveland Ohio in October 1972 the second child of Charles McCauley Sr. and Joyce McCauley. She peacefully transitioned from this earthly life to eternal life on January 1 2026. In August 1977 she relocated with her family Joyce and Charles Jr. to Nashville Tennessee wher...

David James Kline age 77 of Nolensville TN passed away on December 25 2025. He was born March 14 1948 in Cleveland OH to the late John F. Sr. and Lois Jean Kline. David grew up in Wickliffe OH and graduated from Wickliffe High School in 1966 where he won a state wrestling championship. He went on to...