Mitchell High Tennessee Alumni Obituaries

Edna Earl Mitchell was born on February 18 1938 in Mount Pleasant Texas to the late Earl Williams and Odessa Brown. She transitioned peacefully following injuries sustained in an automobile accident that occurred on December 29 2025 in Longview Texas. Her beloved grandson Jamie Mitchell was also inv...

Shelisa Elaine McGill lovingly known as Honey was born on May 4 1968 in Mount Pleasant Texas to Bobby Glenn Rockwell and Johnnie Ruth McGill. In 1986 she proudly participated in pageants and later attended and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School. Shelisa was known for her kind heart and free s...

Our beloved Mary Phillips entered into rest on December 18 2025 at the age of 72. Mary was born on November 27 1953 in Lee High Arkansas to Edward Phillips and Emma Lou Foster. She was educated in Memphis Tennessee and graduated from Southside High School. She married at the age of 17 and was a fait...

Kathy Sarah Byrd age 75 of Kingsport TN passed away on Monday September 16 2024 at her home. A native of Mitchell County NC she was the daughter of the late Jack and Pauline Wilson Byrd. In additional to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brother Dr. Keith Byrd. After high school Kath...

Sara June Knight Tomlinson known lovingly to all as June aged 78 peacefully entered into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ on February 18 2026. She was born on July 15 1947 in Murfreesboro TN to George VanBuren Knight and Daisy Parker Knight. June was the younger of two daughters and shared a clos...

In the quiet stillness of the midnight hour Mr. Mack Stacy Ellis 73 peacefully answered the divine call to eternal rest while at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. Born on March 14 1952 in Kingsport Tennessee he was the beloved son of the late Mack H. Ellis and Virgealia Loony Ellis. Mack was a man...

Marion Hammontree of Maryville Tennessee passed away peacefully on February 14 2026 at the age of 90. Marions greatest passion and joy in life was her family. Though small in physical stature she possessed a great and steady spirit. She was a gentle strength to many a nurturer encourager and quiet a...

Celebration of Life Services for Ms. Betty Jean Elder age 75 of Henderson will be held Saturday February 14 2026 at 1100 a.m. at the First Baptist Church 207 West Main Street Henderson. Burial will follow in the Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery 1001 N. Van Buren Street Henderson under the direction o...

Peggy Ann Sharp Cooper, 94, of Knoxville, died peacefully on January 17, 2026, with her daughters at her side. She was born in Knoxville on January 9, 1932, to Manus A. and Hazel Bradburn Sharp and grew up in the Inskip community. She attended Inskip Elementary School and graduated from Central High...

1st Lady Tarshona Jones was born on November 3 1969 to the late Mr. Mack King and Mrs. Rosie KingMcDavis. At a young age Tarshona accepted Christ as her personal savior and joined Power House Deliverance Templein Indianola Mississippi under the leadership of the late Apostle Terry W. Roberson where ...

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....

Robert Lee Bob Swain of Newport News peacefully went home to be with his Lord on January 25 2026 at the age of 92. Bob was born on March 18 1933 to Samuel Alfred Swain and Sarah Charlotte Hammond Swain in Memphis Tennessee. He attained the rank of an Eagle Scout before graduating from Lanier High Sc...

Samuel Joseph "Joey" Harris passed away peacefully on the evening of Sunday November 30th at the age of 64. A graduate of Bishop Byrne High School and Christian Brothers University always CBC to him Joey went on to serve the United States in the Air Force stationed in Germany and Saudi Arabia. Upon ...

Deborah Lee Pope Horst 75 of Brandywine West Virginia passed away peacefully on Saturday January 10 2026 surrounded by family and loved ones at Blue Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation in Harrisonburg Virginia. She was born on December 18 1950 in Harrisonburg Virginia at Rockingham Memorial Hospital to...

Betty Diane Jernigan was born in Bells Tennessee on November 3 1949. She was the daughter of R.C. Jernigan and Willie Geneva Gilmer Jernigan. She departed this life at her home in Caruthersville Missouri on December 22 2025. She was 76 years old. Diane graduated from Cooter High School. After high s...

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...

The Reverend C. Clifton Garris a native of Washington NC went home to be with the Lord on December 29 2025. After graduation from Washington High School Cliff enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and honorably served with the Flying Tigers as a Radar Technician from 1956 1962. Cliff attended Rollins Coll...

Emily Augustine Roan was born on October 31 1940 in Natchez Mississippi to the union of the late Reverend Henry Roan Jr. and the late Fanny Ridley Simmons. At the early age of 10 Emily accepted Christ as her personal Savior and was baptized by the Reverend Q.T. Ellis at the Ebenezer Baptist Church i...

Mr. Edward Lee Jackson age 62 of Hixson Tennessee departed this life on January 19 2026 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga Tennessee. Known to many as Ed Eddie and as he proudly liked to be called Dad Pawpaw and Action Jackson Ed was truly one of a kind. A 1981 graduate of Red Bank High School Ed w...