From the Knoxville News sentinel 5 Dec 2004 NEWPORT, FLORA - age 79 of Harriman PHILLIPS, TORA KAY - age 9 of Kingston RUBLE, GEORGE HARVEY, JR. - age 60, of Clinton, SEXTON, MR. WADE M. - age 48, STOKES, LENA LOIS "COLLINS" - age 96, of Clinton, WISE, BOBBY - age 63 of Clinton, TN NEWPORT, FLORA - age 79 of Harriman passed away Friday December 3, 2004 at Ft Sanders Select Specialty Hospital in Knoxville. Preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one sister. She was retired from Burlington Hosiery Mill after more than 25 years of service. She enjoyed making quilts & loved to cook for her family. Survivors sister, Mamie C. Newport of Harriman; brothers, Arthur Newport of Harriman, Barney Newport & wife Geneva of Charleston, Tn; numerous nieces & nephews. Funeral 8:00 P.M. Sunday at Kyker Funeral Home Chapel in Harriman with Pastor Willard Gunter officiating. Interment 11:00 AM Monday at Roane Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Sunday at Kyker Funeral Home in Harriman. www.kykerfuneralhome.com PHILLIPS, TORA KAY - age 9 of Kingston passed away Wednesday December 1, 2004 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. She was a member of Bethel Presbyterian Church. Preceded in death great grandfathers Thomas Wright, Henry Wright, John Phillips, Johnny Martin, great aunt Sue Stewart, great great aunt Jo Phillips. Survivors: parents: Rick and Shane Phillips; sister: Brandi Phillips all of Kingston; grandparents: Jack and Vickie Phillips of Spring City, Kay and Shorty Wright of Harriman, Bobbie and Bill Finger of Lenoir City; aunt: Scott and Julie McGill; beloved cousins: Jared and Thomas McGill all of Kingston, Amanda Brown of Oak Ridge. Funeral 1 pm Tuesday December 7, 2004 at the Bethel Presbyterian Church with Rev. Marc Sherrod officiating. Burial in New Midway Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 9 pm Monday at the Kyker Funeral Home in Kingston.www.kykerfuneralhome.com RUBLE, GEORGE HARVEY, JR. - age 60, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2004 at Methodist Medical Center. He was a member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps. He worked as a clerk with the United States Postal Service in Oak Ridge. Preceded in death by parents, George H. Ruble Sr. & Nelda Mae Walker Ruble; sister, Jaime Phillips. Survivors: wife, Mary Beth Ruble of Clinton; daughters, Brandi Ruble of Clinton, Amanda "Mandi" Walters of Clinton, Kelley Richardson of Oak Ridge; brother, Stephen & wife Susan Ruble of Knoxville; grandchildren, Spencer & Cuyler Walters, Seth Richardson. The family will receive friends 5:00-7:00 PM, Monday, December 6, 2004 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home. The graveside service will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday at Anderson Memorial Garden with Rev. Steve Ruble & Rev. Frank Cannon officiating. Holley- Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements. SEXTON, MR. WADE M. - age 48, passed away Friday, December 3rd, 2004, at his home in Wartburg. Wade was a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Preceded in death by his father, Donald C. Sexton, sister, Donna Sexton McCray. He is survived by his son; Alexander Sexton, of Wartburg; mother; Vera Heidel Sexton, of Wartburg; brother; Gary Sexton, of Signal Mtn., Tenn.; sisters; Sharon Brightwell, of Orlando, Fla., Marie Sexton, of Knoxville, Tn; aunts; Georgia Mae Coffman and Elsie Murphy, both of Wartburg, Tenn. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon, December 5th, 2004 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg. Funeral services will follow at 3:00 p.m., with Rev. Robert Pfaff officiating. Interment will follow in the Morgan Memorial Gardens, Wartburg, Tenn.. STOKES, LENA LOIS "COLLINS" - age 96, of Clinton, passed away Friday, December 3, 2004 at Methodist Medical Center. She was born October 30, 1908 in Campbell County, she lived in Clinton since 1943. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Clinton for 52 years and also a Sunday school teacher. She loved gardening and planting flowers and watching them grow. Preceded in death by husband, Z. William Stokes; parents, Joseph Uriah and Emma Florence Collins and step-mother, Martha Collins; daughter, Lena Shirley Stokes that died in 1939; brothers, Hobart, Homer and Goebel Collins; sisters, Goldie Ridenour, Gertrude Sharp and Verdie Collins who died earlier. Survivors: daughters, Mary June & husband Max O. Burris of Meridian, MS, Wanda Sue & husband Troy Estes of Harriman; sons, Norris H. & Angela Stokes of Phoenix, AZ, William A. & wife Hazel Stokes of Clinton, Jerry A. Stokes & Diane of Kingston; 13 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; 2 honorary grandchildren, Daryl & Jason Phillips of Memphis; sisters, Estella Melton, Evelyn Melton; brother, James Virgil Collins; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 5:00-7:00 PM, Monday, December 6, 2004 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home with funeral services following in the chapel with Rev. George Williams and Rev. Mike Thompson officiating. The graveside will be 11:00 AM, Tuesday at Norris Memorial Garden. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements. WISE, BOBBY - age 63 of Clinton, TN passed away Friday, December 3, 2004 at Fort Sanders Regional in Knoxville, TN. The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 pm Sunday, December 5, 2004 at Jones Mortuary. A graveside service will be 2:00 pm Monday at Sunset Cemetery in Clinton, TN with the Rev. Terry Wise & Rev. Burl Covington officiating. 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