Juanita Gatlin, 97, was born on December 30, 1925 to Calvin and Arvina Phillips in Bell County, Kentucky and passed away on July 23, 2023 in Monterey, TN.
She is survived by her children Patricia Ann Zorn, Jane (Dave) Conaghan, Carol Easter, Michael (Nancy) Gatlin, Nancy (Roger) White, Pam (George) Richards, and Barbara Hodges; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren; and siblings Gloria Alford, Charles Phillips, Calvin Phillips, Alfred Phillips, and David Phillips.
Juanita was preceded in death by her parents Calvin and Arvina (Ruffner) Phillips; and grandson Aaron Gatlin.
Services will be held on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home, Visitation will be from 10-11am with the service to follow at 11am, Pastor David Mahan officiating. Burial will be in Green Acres immediately following the service.
Sandra Pleasant, age 73, was born on June 27, 1950 to the late Jacob and Lottie (Honeycutt) Laxton in Oneida, TN and passed away on July 19, 2023 in Crossville, TN.
Sandy enjoyed thrift shopping, eating out, and she loved going and participating in church, but most of all she loved spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband Jimmie Pleasant; children Michelle (Richard) Tipton, Kimberly (John) Neal, Lorrie (Joe) Kerley, James Ray Pleasant Jr, and Jenny (Stuart) Wood; grandchildren Nathan Brown, Allison Fagan, Chelsea Jones, Tiffany Sharp, Brandon Jones, Kristen Washburn, London Tipton, Jacob Kerley, Audree Shelton, Justin Kerley, and Tyler Kerley; 13 great grandchildren; and siblings Margaret, Ann, Wilma, Loretta, and Chester.
Sandra was preceded in death by her parents and several siblings.
Services will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at First Freewill Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 12-2pm with the service to follow at 2pm, Mike McCoy officiating. Burial will be in Thomas Springs Cemetery immediately following the service.
Yvonne Norris, age 61, was born on January 1, 1962 to Kenneth and Norella (Hyso) French in Crossville, TN. She passed away on July 17, 2023 in Crossville.
Yvonne loved to read books, but most of all, she loved her dog Rosie.
She is survived by her mother Norella (Ralph) Wilson; children Sean Norris (Ashley Phillips), Tristan (Lynda) Norris, and Eric Parsons; granddaughter Emma Norris; and siblings Dwayne Wilson, Anita French, and Jeff French.
Yvonne was preceded in death by her father Kenneth E French.
Services will be held on Friday, July 21, 2023 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11a-1p with the service to follow at 1p, Walt Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Bowman Cemetery immediately following the service.
Virginia Ann Dempsey Treadaway of Fairfield Glade joined her Lord and Savior in heaven on July 10, 2023. Virginia was a devout Christian lady. Virginia passed peacefully at home surrounded by her family.
Virginia was born April 3, 1939 to Burt Dempsey SR. and Zona Tolbert in Rome, GA.
Virginia met her husband, John Treadaway at the Dempsey Family dairy in 1958 and was married six months later. Virginia and John both worked a number of years for Dempsey Brother’s Dairy.
Virginia and John moved to Charlotte, NC in 1965 where she joined Rohm & Haas Chemical Co. as a customer service agent. She took early retirement at 50 years of age after 20 years of service.
After retirement, Virginia traveled with John covering most of the east coast. She enjoyed laying by the hotel pool reading her books while John made his sales calls.
Both Virginia and John retired in 1995 and moved to Carolina Beach, NC into a condo. During this time Virginia and John traveled to all 50 states, New Zealand, Australia Canada and Mexico. After five years they built a house in Hampstead, NC where they lived for ten years. In 2010 they moved to Crossville, TN in a small community named Fairfield Glade Retirement Community.
Virginia is survived by her husband of 65 years. Three sons: J. Craig Treadaway and his wife Lisa, Chris M. Treadaway and Christie and Timothy Treadaway and his wife Janice, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren, sister Faye and brother Bill.
John would like to thank Dana Boileve and Chris Treadaway for their loyal help with Virginia in her extended illness. Their help enabled him to keep Virginia at home.
A celebration of Virginia’s life will be held at Hampstead Baptist Church, 67 Factory Rd, Hampstead, NC 28443, August 11, 2023 @ 11:00AM.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in honor of Virginia Ann Treadaway to Hampstead Baptist Church, 67 Factory Rd, Hampstead, NC 28443 or Hospice of Cumberland County, 30 East Adams Street, Crossville, TN 38555.
Austin Padgett, age 87, was born on April 28, 1936 to Edwin and Irma Padgett in Crawford, TN and passed away on July 15, 2023 in Knoxville, TN.
Austin enjoyed watching wrestling, MMA, Nascar, basketball, and was a defender of Donald Trump until his last breath.
He is survived by his wife Patsy (Pigg) Padgett; son Randall Scott Padgett; grandson Scott Alexander Padgett; and brother Oleth (Wilese) Padgett.
Austin was preceded in death by his parents Edwin B and Irma Mae (Howard) Padgett and his daughter Terri Thomas.
Services will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 12-2pm with the service to follow at 2pm, Michael Weedman officiating. Burial will be in Green Acres Memory Gardens immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Crossville Memorial Funeral Home to help cover the cost of services.
Alvin Paul Mumma Jr., 83, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at his home in Crossville, TN. Born in Lancaster, PA on November 7, 1939, to the late Lucy (Snyder) and Alvin P. Mumma Sr.
Al grew up in Lancaster and retired from Ross Technology. He is survived by his wife Evelyn Darlene (Davis) Mumma; two children Kathryn Ann (Charles) Hammer and Alvin (Tanya) Mumma; grandchildren Robert Mack, Emily Hammer, and Jason Mumma; and siblings Betty Coble and Arthur Mumma.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and siblings Shirley Haldeman, Pauline Bleacher, Annamae Yake, Roseanna Booth, Richard Mumma, and Melvin Mumma.
Al will be lovingly and dearly missed by his family.
A private service will be held on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:00am at Salem Hellers Church in Lancaster, PA.
Russell Jameson Threet, 11 months, was born on July 28, 2022 to Cody and Mashayla Threet in Crossville, TN and passed away on July 8, 2023 in Crossville.
Russell is survived by his parents Cody Alexander and Mashayla Brooke (Underwood) Threet; siblings Hunter, Kamden, Hensley, and Kyser Threet; grandparents Donald & Tammie Underwood, Tim & Chrissy Threet, and Stacey Simons; great grandmother Norma Threet; and many other relatives.
He was preceded in death by Earl & Margaret Byers and James Threet.
Services will be held on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 2-4pm with the service to follow at 4pm, Don Haston officiating. He will be laid to rest in New Pleasant Hill Cemetery immediately following the service.
Phillip Lee Lamb, age 74, was born on May 9, 1949 in Sparta, TN and passed away in Rhea County on July 3, 2023. He served his country in the Army and enjoyed his job as a truckdriver for Floyd Turner Trucking Co.
He is survived by his companion- Nancy Gibbons and her family and children- Randy, Terri, and William Lamb.
The family will receive friends on Monday, July 10, 2023, from 5 to 7 with a Celebration of Life afterward.
Edwin Frederick Wilde Jr., 92, died on July 7, 2023 from complications due to Parkinson’s disease. He was born January 14, 1931 in Elmhurst, Illinois to Edwin F. Wilde Sr. and Carrie Bell (Hammond) Wilde.
A first generation college graduate, Ed graduated with a PhD in mathematics from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois in 1955, where he met his wife Connie Mae (Rawlings) Wilde. Together they celebrated almost 50 years of marriage until her untimely death in 2001. “Dr. Wilde” was a beloved and esteemed math professor and administrator in four different collegian settings: Beloit College (Wisconsin); Roger Williams College (Rhode Island); University of Tampa (Florida); and University of South Carolina Upstate (South Carolina). He always treated his students and fellow faculty members with respect and always endeavored to instill a love of learning both in his work and at home.
Ed loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter, fisher, hiker, gardener, and beekeeper. He was a life-long athlete as a state champion wrestler, regular jogger, and even competed and won events in the SC Track and Field Octogenarian Olympics. Throughout his life, he was a die-hard fan of the Chicago White Sox, and really enjoyed watching their winning season last year. He was a member of Rotary and the Men’s Gardening Club, helped build houses with Habitat for Humanity, and was a founding member of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Spartanburg, SC. In quieter moments, you could find him diligently working through the daily crossword and sudoku puzzles, or figuring out how to solve a Rubik’s cube or some other mathematical challenge. He met and married Kathleen Marie (Wright) Wilde on an elder hostel trip hiking, biking, and kayaking, and they enjoyed 15 years of marriage until her passing in 2019.
In addition to his parents and wives, Ed was predeceased by his sister, Sally and son, Brad. He is survived by his brother, Carroll and wife Roxy (Carmel, CA); his son Bruce and wife Karen (Mechanicsville, MD); his daughter Elizabeth and husband Michael (Crossville, TN); seven grandchildren Sarah, Kayla, Trevor, Matthew, Thomas, Anna, and Jackson; and four great grandchildren Parker, Preston, D’asia, and Deon. He also had a bevy of beautiful caregivers in South Carolina (Sophie), New York (Lynda, Marlene, Caroline, Barnaby, and Talisha), and Tennessee (Marie, Lorie, Hannah, Christie, Carol, Holly, Bea, Stefanye, and Vicki) who were kind and caring for him in good days and bad. He will be remembered as a kind, loving, and generous man by all who knew him.
A funeral will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Crossville, TN in early August and a service of remembrance will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina on a yet to be determined date. A private interment will follow later at the Turtle Creek Cemetery in Shopiere, Wisconsin. In lieu of flowers, the family requests gifts to be made to Parkinson’s Research at https://apdaparkinson.org/.
Bruce Kneisler, age 66, was born on September 15, 1956 to Harry and Catherine Kneisler, Sr. in New Orleans, LA and passed away on July 2, 2023 at his home in Crossville, TN.
Bruce loved motorcycle riding, crawfish boils, working in his garage, playing pool, and most of all, spending time with his grandchildren. He had the biggest heart that was open to anyone and everyone in the world and he loved putting a smile on everyone’s face. His door was always open and he would help anyone who needed it.
He is survived by his wife Michele (Boehm) Kniesler; children Bruce Boehm and Lindsey Boehm (Michael Telles); grandchildren Haylee Hollingsworth, Hunter Hollingsworth, Jennavecia Boehm, Jeremiah Telles, and Adrian Telles; and siblings Harry Kneisler, Jr., Debbie Kneisler, and Cathy Lang.
He was preceded in death by his parents Harry Kneisler, Sr. and Catherine (Flake) Kneisler; and brother Ricky Kneisler.
Services will be held on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 2-4pm with the service to follow at 4pm.
