Knoxville Sr High School Illinois Alumni Obituaries

Mrs. Alice Virginia Gray Cleveland 78 of Woodleaf NC received her wings and transitioned to be with the Lord on Monday January 5 2026 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in WinstonSalem North Carolina. Alice was born on March 15 1947 in Rowan County to the late Bishop W.O.K. Gray and Mrs. Minnie Lee Fis...

Ethel S. Grasmuck 98 of Brunswick passed away on January 1 2021 at her home after a long illness. Ethel was born in the middle of the Smokey Mountains in a small town of Petros TN to Nathaniel Jackson and Tressie Patrick Stonecipher on March 26 1922. Her father a coal miner and her mother also farme...

Gastonia, North CarolinaMarvin Roy Short, Jr., 90, devoted husband and loving father, died peacefully in his sleep on January 26, 2026. Born in 1935 in Gastonia, North Carolina, Roy lived there most of his life and remained deeply connected to the community he loved. His Aunt Minnie Lee Peedin of Pe...

Wallace Nathaniel Bailey Jr. was born on February 9 1955. He was born in Newport News Virginia to Catherine Shirley Robinson and Wallace N. Bailey Sr. He went to TC Irwin and Dunbar Elementary Schools in Newport News Virginia Thorpe Junior High School in Hampton Virginia and Lindsey Junior High in H...

She was born February 11 1952 in Galesburg the daughter of Robert E. and Cora A. Hurley Kemp Sr. She married John A. Yarde Sr. on November 26 1972 in Galesburg. He preceded her in death on June 18 2017 after nearly 45 years of marriage. She is survived by her children John Lisa Yarde Jr. of Bettendo...

of Knoxville Tennessee passed away Tuesday December 16 2025. Mrs. Jones was born on September 8 1963. She graduated from Fulton High School Class of 1981. Ethel was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and she was employed at Alcoa Aluminum and Lance Cunningham Ford Dealership. Mrs. Jones was prec...

Ellis Patton Hetzer, the one and only “Pat,” entered the perfect beyond of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Nov. 21, 2025, following a short illness and transitory journey through UK Kings Daughters Medical Center. He left us to meet his forevermore sweetheart, “Doe,” and angling buddies at the b...

Daniel Danny Francis Gibson age 89 of Morristown passed away Wednesday January 14 2026 at his home. He was a great man a loving father grandfather and greatgrandfather. He was a hardworking man who never missed a day in 51years retired from Foamex LLC. Conover NC and worked on farms in Hamblen Count...

JAMES RALPH HICKMAN, Sr. - age 84, passed away Tuesday, January 13 at Sacred Grounds Hospice in Knoxville. Ralph was born in Knoxville on December 19, 1941 to James E. Hickman and Mary McClellan Hickman. His family moved to Fountain City when Ralph was four years old, and he spent the rest of his li...

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...

Judith “Judy” Underwood Brewer, age 83 of Knoxville, TN passed away peacefully on Monday, June 30, 2025, at Beverly Park Place Health and Rehab. She was of the Baptist Faith. She graduated from Fulton High School in 1960 and from UT Memorial Research Center & Hospital School of Nursing in 1963 a...