From the Knoxville News Sentinel 25 Sep 2004 CUMMINS, PAUL W. "WOODY" - age 91 DAVIS, DENT C. JR. - age 86 of Knoxville, HENSLEY, BARBARA SUE (TUCKER) - age 64, of Knoxville, JONES, BOBBY EUGENE - age 72, of Briceville, Tn., LAMB, BERLEAN - age 86 of Lake City, TN, RUFFNER, LUCILLE J. - age 89, of Coalfield, CUMMINS, PAUL W. "WOODY" - age 91 passed away Thursday September 23, 2004 at Windwood Nursing Home in Clinton. Preceded in death by wife: Grace Carver Cummins, daughter: Carolyn Wilcox. He was a Member of Beulah United Methodist Church; retired from the State Dept. of Revenue, He worked in several Civic and Fraternal including Lions Club, Over the Hill KHS Trojan Athletic Club and the ORGAN-IZERS of Oak Ridge. Survivors: daughter: Mary Ann and husband Cecil Conner of Clinton; 6 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; 13 half brothers and sisters; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service 3:00 P.M. Sunday Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel with Rev John Mays and Rev Ashley Calhoun officiating. Family and friends will meet at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery 11:45 A.M. Monday for interment at 12:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to Bethel United Methodist Church or to Millers Chapel United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. Sunday at Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel. DAVIS, DENT C. JR. - age 86 of Knoxville, died at Ft. Sanders Regional Thursday, September 23, 2004. Mr. Davis was retired as a Chemical Engineer with the US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge. He is survived by; wife, Josephine (Jo) Davis; sons & daughters-in-law, Rev. Dr. Dent C. Davis and Mary Davis of Decatur, GA, Kent C. and Becky Davis of Alpharetta, GA; grandchildren, Karyl, Denny, Micah, Seth and Amber Davis, Rachel Bargo, Kim and David Heuberger and Katrina Turgeon. A memorial service will be 1:00 PM Monday, at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church with Dr. William R. Barron officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church memorial fund, 3700 Keowee Ave., Knoxville, 37919. Arrangements provided by Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel. HENSLEY, BARBARA SUE (TUCKER) - age 64, of Knoxville, passed away September 24, 2004 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. She was born in Petros, but lived most of her growing up years in Caryville and LaFollette before going to Business College in Knoxville. She was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father Horace E. Tucker in 1974, brother Jimmy Ray Tucker in 1987, husband Jack LaVaughn in 1999 and son Michael Scott Hensley in 2001. She is survived by son Mark Steven Hensley and wife Michelle; 2 grandsons, Noah age 5 and Nicholas age 20 months all of Suwanee, GA; mother Lorene A. Tucker Claiborne of LaFollette; sister Norma Jean (Tucker) Lumpkin and husband C. Poe of Huber Heights, Ohio. Family and friends will meet, 1:45 p.m., Monday, Halls Memory Gardens for a graveside service at 2:00 p.m., Dr. Charles Earl officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Mynatt Funeral Home. JONES, BOBBY EUGENE - age 72, of Briceville, Tn., passed away Friday, September 24, 2004 at the U. T. Medical Center in Knoxville. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 26, 2004 from 6 to 8 pm at the Holley- Gamble Funeral Home in Lake City with the funeral service to follow at 8 pm in the chapel with Rev. Albert Slusher officiating. Interment will be Monday, September 27, 2004 at 1:00 PM at Circle Cemetery in Briceville. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Lake City in charge of all arrangements LAMB, BERLEAN - age 86 of Lake City, TN, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2004 at the St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. He was born March 5, 1918 in Knox County, Tennessee to the late William Tell and Irene Estella Waddell Lamb. Berlean was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. He loved old cars, building and woodworking. Berlean was the founder of the Green Valley Truck Stop and Lamb's Inn Motel and Restaurant. He is preceded in death by: his parents, brothers, Clarence Lamb and Rev. Bill Lamb. Survivors: sons, Berlean "Jake" Lamb, Jr. & wife Mary Lou Clinton, TN, William Joe Lamb, Clinton, TN, Roger Lamb, Clinton, TN; daughters, Rita Jean Beach & husband Tom, Richfield, NC, Linda Wells, Clinton, TN; sister, Opal Hickey, Clinton, TN; 11 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren. Visitation 6-8:00 pm Saturday, September 25, 2004 at the Hatmaker Funeral Home. Funeral service 8:00 pm Saturday, September 25, 2004 in the Hatmaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Hanes officiating. The family will be at the home of Jake Lamb in Clinton, TN. Hatmaker Funeral Home of Lake City in charge of arrangements. RUFFNER, LUCILLE J. - age 89, a lifelong resident of Coalfield, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2004 at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. She was born May 6, 1915 in Coalfield, Tennessee. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Coalfield. Mrs. Ruffner retired from the Morgan County School Systems where she had worked as a cafeteria worker. Preceded in death by her husband, Doyle Ruffner; sons, Donald & Harold Ruffner; parents, Richard & Abbie Craig Jackson; brothers, Oliver William "Pete" Jackson and Joseph "Sabe" Jackson; sisters, Mary Sampsell, Kate Irene Stubbs, Elberta Fagan and Gertrude Purdy; daughter-in-law, Lori Ruffner. Survivors: sons, Ralph W. Ruffner of Coalfield, Earl Thomas Ruffner of Coalfield, Jimmy D. Ruffner of Dayton, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; A host of friends and extended family members. The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Monday, September 27, 2004 at Sharp Funeral Home with funeral service following at 8:00 pm, in the chapel with Dr. Billy Edmonds officiating. Burial and graveside service will be held 11:00 am, Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at the Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. Sharp Funeral Home of Oliver Springs in charge of all arrangements. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD