From The Knoxville News Sentinel 15 Aug 2004 HATMAKER, FRED W. - age 63, of LaFollette & Knoxville, passed away Friday, August 13, 2004. Former educator (too confining); banker (problems with FDIC); and businessman (poor health). Loved controversy, politics, and poker. A lifelong Democrat. Publicly, rascal and curmudgeon; privately, caring, compassionate, and charitable. Natural comedian, master storyteller (many not true - all embellished). A common person who became comfortable with the powerful, but remained a champion of the people - a voice for those who were otherwise unheard. Preceded in death by parents, Glenn & Hester Hatmaker. Survivors: Devoted wife Doris; sons; Phillip and Wes (wife Thalia); grandchildren Ben and Abigail (who don't know what they missed); sisters Margaret Ayers and Betty Taylor; brothers A. J. and Mike Hatmaker; special uncle Walter; other relatives and friends too many to name. Funeral service: 7 p.m., Monday, August 16, Cross Chapel Rev. Darrell Ross officiating. Interment: 11 a.m. Tuesday Woodlawn Cemetery. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the Children's Center of the Cumberlands, or a church or other charitable organization of the donor's choice. The family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Cross Funeral Home, LaFollette. =========================================== 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