Obituaries in Hixson, TN

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...

Susan Kennedy a worldly woman of style and substance died on Monday December 8 2025 following a brief illness. Born on August 26 1943 in New York City she was the oldest child of Nancy C. and Daniel G. Kennedy. She grew up in Rochester NY and attended Our Lady of Mercy High School before graduating ...

Robert A. Smith age 82 passed away peacefully on Sunday December 14 2025 surrounded by family and friends. He retired more than 20 years ago from his duties as Deputy Superintendent of Hamilton County Schools. Then retired from the Hamilton County Court System where he served for several years as Fo...

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of James Samuel Hamill on November 25 2025 due to complications from Parkinsons Disease combined with Bulbar ALS. He was 86. James was born on March 19 1939 to Ephriam James Hamill Sr. and Rosa Hill Hamill. He was the youngest of their five ch...

Edward Earl Ellett passed away peacefully on January 14 2026 with his beloved wife Jane by his side. Ed was born January 17 1931 in Tuscumbia AL to John and Willie Ellett. He was of the Christian faith. Ed joined the Navy and was stationed in San Diego and Pearl Harbor After the Navy Ed moved to Cha...

Virgina Borders Richeson Mabe 93 of Hixson TN went to be with the Lord on Wednesday January 7 2026. She was born on August 201932 in Omaha NE to Lee Arthur and Constance Potter Borders. Her family moved to Dallas TX when she was 7 years old. They moved again to Red Bank TN when she was 15. She gradu...

Leonard L. Pete Smith born in North Chattanooga was 83 years old and was welcomed into heaven by His Heavenly Father which he had studied searched the scriptures about talked about and taught about for years on Saturday December 13 2025. Pete was a 1960 graduate of Kirkman High School and then atten...

He was born in Chattanooga TN and was a retired mail carrier at the United States Postal Service. He loved boating fishing football basketball mostly TN Volunteer football and basketball and sports in general. He is preceded in death by his father Joel R. Williams mother Carolyn R. Williams uncles a...

Douglas Earl Gilmore Doug age 62 of Chattanooga Tennessee was called to Jesus on November 3 2025 after a short battle with glioblastoma with his fiance Amy Behrmann by his side. Doug was born on April 12 1963 in Lincoln Illinois to Norma and the late Earl Gilmore. He had a lifelong passion for all t...

Elizabeth Faye West formerly of Chattanooga passed away on November 2nd 2025 in Knoxville Tennessee. Even in her final moments Fayes warmth humor and kindness never faded. These qualities defined her life and touched everyone who knew her. She opened her home and heart to all caring deeply for famil...