PRATT, SHERMAN W. - age 92 of Knoxville passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at his home. Member and Deacon of East Sunnyview Baptist Church and also attended St. Paul's United Methodist Church. US Navy veteran of WWII who served his country in the Atlantic and the Pacific. Retired from R. E. Express Co. He fought the good fight, kept the faith, and finished the course. He is now in glory with our Savior. Saved at a young age at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and grew up in the community. Preceded in death by parents, John and Cynthia Pratt; several brothers and sisters; and daughters-in-law, Sandra Pratt and Betty Pratt. Survived by wife of 72 years, Geneva Pratt; sons, Harold and Billy Pratt; son and daughter-in-law, David and Jackie Pratt; grandchildren, Brian Pratt, Mitzi Booher, Dr. Mark Pratt, Rebecca Slagle, Jacob Pratt, Zachary Pratt; great-grandchildren, Tripp Booher, Baylor Booher, Caden Booher, Reece and Carson Whitlock, Harper E. Pratt, Morgan Hanson, Alex Pratt, Cha! nce Slagle, and Edward Pratt; sister, Leda Ruth Wade. Special thanks to Carol Harris for her kindness. Funeral services will be 7:00 pm Friday, December 7, 2007 in the chapel at Bridges Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Lee and Rev. Don Watkins officiating. Family and friends will meet 10:15 am Saturday at Bridges Funeral Home and proceed to Caledonia Cemetery for an 11:00 am interment. Pallbearers: Brian Pratt, Mitzi Booher, Mark Pratt, Rebecca Slagle, Jacob Pratt, and Zachary Pratt. Honorary pallbearers: Tommy Sherrod Sr., Pete Houser, B.J. McCubbins. The family will receive friends 5:00-7:00 pm Friday at Bridges Funeral Home, 5430 Rutledge Pike, 523-4999. www.bridgesfuneralhome.com RUSSELL, NORMA JEAN - age 49 of Kodak, finally won her battle with cancer on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. She was a member of Seymour United Methodist Church. Among her many ministries, she found much joy in the Celebrate Recovery and Lost Sheep ministries. Norma also considered Relay For Life to be an important and meaningful part of her life. A 14-year employee of Sevierville Police Department, Norma also found time to serve in many capacities at the Friends of the Kodak Library. Survivors include her: husband: David E. Russell; son: Adam Russell; daughter: Stephanie Trueblood; parents: Delmar and Dorothy Bohanan; mother-in-law: Nancy Russell; brothers and sisters-in-law: William "Tony" Bohanan and Bonnie, David Bohanan and Dana, Rick Bohanan and Jayne, Bryan Russell, Paul Russell and Darlene; special daughters: Erika Donohoo, Erica Wombles; special son: Brandon Scharer; several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles; many special friends too numerous to mention; her family at ! the Sevierville Police Department. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sevier County Relay For Life, c/o Teri Newman, 3629 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863. Memorial service 7 PM Saturday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Brad Hyde, Rev. Charlie Harkleroad, and Capt. Steve Rose officiating. The family will receive friends 4-7 PM Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. www.atchleyfuneralhome.com SANDERSON, MRS. EDNA MARIE PHILLIPS age 93, of Wartburg, passed away, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, in the Life Care Center of Morgan County. She was born September 20, 1914 in Huntsville, Tn to the late Harrison and Bess Parker Phillips. She married Garnet Sanderson in 1934 and moved to Morgan County in 1935. She spent 14 years in Gobey and her remaining time in Wartburg. She was a devoted member of First Baptist Church, Wartburg for 65 years serving the Lord daily with kindness to all she came in contact with. She also was a past matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Wartburg. She later demitted to the Petros Order. Mrs. Sanderson retired in 1980 from the Highland Telephone Cooperative in Sunbright, after 25 years of service as one of the cooperatives first four employees. She enjoyed her association with her life-long friends and relatives. She represents a generation that devoted her life to her faith, her family and her country. She was preceded in death by her husband:! Garnet Sanderson; brother: Virgil Phillips; sisters: Edith Phillips and Wilda Eastham; nephew: Harold Dean Phillips; and grandson: Robert Dean. Mrs. Sanderson is survived by sons: Robert Bryan Sanderson and wife, Joan of Sevierville, David Parker Sanderson and wife, Betty of Crossville; daughter; Tillie Ann Sisson and husband Earl of Knoxville; grandchildren: Tara Lynn Sanderson, David Mitchell Sanderson, Amy Marie Simpson, Kevin James Sanderson, Leelan Beaver, Sarah Steinfeld and Susan Lower; great-grandchildren: Ashley Sanderson, William Parker Simpson; sister-in-law; Imogene Byrd of Huntsville. The family would like to express a debt of gratitude to the staff of Life Care Center for their excellent care of our mother during her stay. The family will receive friends Saturday, December 8th, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Wartburg. Funeral services will follow at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. Tom Mooty officiating. Interment will follow in the Morgan Memorial Garden! s. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First Baptist C! hurch, W artburg. Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg in charge of arrangements. SHELTON, OLIVER FRANK, JR. - age 83, passed away December 6, 2007 at UT Hospital. He was very much loved and survived by his daughter and son, three brothers, two sisters, and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. Funeral 8 PM Sunday, Berry Chapel. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Sunday in the chapel of Berry Funeral Home Chapman Highway. TIPTON, ROY A. - age 83, passed away Thursday Dec. 6, 2007 at Hillcrest North. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Gentry-Griffey Chapel. VESTER, MOLLIE ELY - 75, of Knoxville died at Parkwest Hospital December 3, 2007. She was a member of Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church and former member of First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. Mollie had a childhood love of horses which became a lifelong interest. She attended the University of Tennessee where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority and then worked for Land Title Company and, later, East Tennessee Title Company prior to retirement in 1995. She had multiple sclerosis but it did not define her; she lived her life with joy and a rich sense of humor. Atria Weston Place Assisted Living was her home for 12 years where her many good friends among the residents and staff became her second family. While at Weston Place, she was one of the original "Red Hatters" in their Red Hat Society. Preceded in death by husband, Tom Vester, Jr., brother Myron Ray Ely, Jr., and parents, Mollie Farmer and Myron Ray Ely. Survived by her children: Mollie DeLozier and husband Hugh! , Shebbie Graves and husband Jim Williams, Pom Graves and wife Jan, Carole Graves and partner, Mark Dowell; sister Carole Fields and husband Bud, brother Myron Cliff Ely and wife Jayne; step children: Tom Vester III and wife Blanche, Art Vester and wife Stephanie, Mary Lafollette and husband George, Elizabeth Watson and husband Rick; grandchildren: Aaron, Luke, Taylor, and Kelsey Graves, Sara and Rachel DeLozier, Allison Williams, Pryor and Tommy Vester and Lauren Watson; nephews and nieces: Art Fields, Cissy King, Mary Zirkle, Julia Whipple, Olwen, Mary Pom and Reed Claiborne; former sister-in-law, Bebes Claiborne and many wonderful lifelong friends. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Saturday at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church with Dr. William R. Barron officiating. Interment will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church 3700 Keowee Avenue, 37919 or the National Multiple Sclerosis Society - National Mid South Chapter, 9051 ! Executive Park Dr., 37921. The family will receive friends 5-7! :00 P.M. Friday at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel. www.rosemortuary.com WAGONER, LAMAR EUGENE - of Knoxville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Parkwest Medical Center. He was born on May 25, 1944 in Knoxville, Tennessee to the late Elmer P. and Annie G. Wagoner. He was a graduate of Austin High School class of 1963. He enlisted in the Air Force and served four years of active duty and later served eighteen years in the reserves reaching the rank of Master Sergeant. He worked as a draftsman for Union Carbide/Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin, retiring in 1997. He later worked as a security officer for five years at TVA in Knoxville. He was a member of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church for almost forty years. He loved his church and served on the deacon board, trustee board, usher board, Male Chorus, Sanctuary Choir and as Sunday School Superintendent. He also used his talents to happily build any prop that was needed for special children's programs. He is survived by: his wife, Ronnie Wagoner; son, Kevin Wagoner; dau! ghter, Kimberly (Eugene) Roller; step-daughters, Tamara (Earl) Sangster, Marysha Adams, Ronita Adams; sisters, Ona Mae Campbell, Ann Hawkins, Marion Jones, Elnora Locke, Jo Ann (Doug) Taylor, Liz (Fletcher) Tippitt, Ruby (Henry) Wilson; brother, Charles (Bessie) Wagoner; four grandsons; many nieces, nephews and special friends to include Harold and Brenda Johnson of Knoxville, Tennessee. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 10, 2007 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 2137 Martin Luther King Avenue, with funeral to follow. Reverend Melvin Wright, officiating. Rev. Melvin Solomon and Rev. Hardil Thomas will also provide pastoral support. Interment, 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at the TN Veterans Cemetery, 5901 Lyons View Pike. Full Military Honors by Volunteer State Honor Guard. Viewing of remains at Unity Mortuary in Knoxville on Friday, December 6, 2007 starting at 10:00 A.M. until day of service. Additional viewing betwe! en 5:30 until 6:00 P.M. at Tabernacle Baptist Church on Monday! , Decemb er 10, 2007. The casket will be closed prior to family entering church. Arrangements by Unity Mortuary. Mr. Wagoner's guestbook can be signed on-line at: www.unitymortuaryknox.org WATTS, CARDONNIA ELIZABETH - of Knoxville, departed this life on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at UT Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Unity Mortuary. WHITE, BILLY M. - 74 of Jefferson City, formerly of Lake City, entered the presence of the Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at his home after a very short battle with cancer. He was an Air Force veteran having served during the Korean War, a member of New Market Baptist Church for the past three years where he served as usher and a former member of Main Street Baptist Church in Lake City where he served as custodian for 17 years. Billy was a police man and a fire man while living in Lake City. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Ocie White; brothers Charles and James White; sister, Anna Ruth White and a daughter, Jennifer White. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Chris White of Jefferson City; daughter and son in law, Lisa and Johnny Watkins, Talbott and a precious granddaughter, Lyndsey, all of whom he loved very much; brother and sister in law, Fred and Inez White of Oliver Springs and a sister in law, Jane White of Davy, West Virginia; sev! eral nieces and nephews. Funeral service 4 p.m. Saturday at Fielden Funeral Chapel with the Rev. J.W. Taylor officiating. The family will receive friends 2-4 p.m. prior to the service. The body will be taken to Main Street Baptist Church in Lake City where the family will receive friends 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday December 9, 2007, before interment at 4 p.m. in Leach Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Phillips conducting the committal service. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Building Fund of the New Market Baptist Church 921 Churchview St. New Market, TN 37820. Arrangements by Fielden Funeral Home in New Market. WHITE, NORMAN - age 54 of Lake City passed away Friday, November 30, 2007 at his residence. Norman was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. His three granddaughters were his little angels. Norman loved coal mining and was a miner for 16 years. He is preceded in death by his father, Randolph White; sister, Diane Bowels; brother, Randolph White Jr. He is survived by wife of 27 years, Sandra White of Lake City; son, Brian Mitchell and wife Amy of Jacksboro; mother, Lillian Drainer White Bullock of Lake City; sister, Mae Raulston and husband Micheal of Lake City; half brother, Issac White of Caryville; granddaughters, Amber LeAnn Mitchell, Emily Brooke Mitchell, Madison Grace Mitchell. Special thanks to brother in law and sister in law Nina and Lonnie Carden, the hospice nurses, Dr. Luchsinger, and Regina Overton Barnes FNP. The family will receive friends at the Holley Gamble Funeral Home in Lake City from 6-8 PM on Monday-December 3, 2007 with the funeral service to foll! ow at 8 PM in the chapel with Rev. Jeff Hawkins and Rev. Justin Phillips officiating. His burial will be Tuesday December 4, 2007 at 11 AM at the Island Ford Cemetery in Lake City. Holley Gamble Funeral Home in Lake City is in charge of all arrangements. WOLFF, GRAHAM RICHARD - age 9 of Kodak, Tennessee, went to be with his best friend Jesus on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the New Hope Church Worship and Arts School, 2450 Winfield Dunn Parkway, Kodak, Tennessee, 37764. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 7 PM Monday, December 10, 2007 at New Hope Church in Sevierville, Tennessee. YON, GEORGIA CLAIRE LOVELL - age 79, of South Knoxville, died peacefully after a brief but spirited battle with lung cancer. Preceded in death by parents, Ralph and Gladys Lovell; husband, Veo S. Yon and son, Peter V. Yon. She was a graduate of ETSU and was an elementary school teacher for over 40 years. Claire retired after 20 years at Mt. Olive Elementary School. She was a delegate to The National NEA Convention for many years and received one of the 1991 Knoxville B.E.S.T. awards. Claire was a member and past president of K.C.E.A. and member of T.E.A. She was a member of Mt. Vista Garden Club, Timberlake Garden Club and a former president of Knox County Counsel of Garden Clubs. Claire was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and the Ruth Sunday School class. She enjoyed her bridge club, the Retired Teachers Association, and her Bible study class and was a former member of the Sweet Adelines and the Knoxville Seniors' Choral Group. Claire was an energetic and progressive e! ducator and affected the lives of countless children. She will be greatly missed by all those who knew her. Survivors include, daughter, Jane Anne Yon; daughter and son-in-law, Linda Lovell and Robert John Sinko; grandchildren, John and wife Anne, Matthew, Georgia and Lydia Sinko; sister, Janice Brown; brother, Howard and wife, Shelia Lovell; several nieces, nephews and many friends. The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 AM Saturday in the chapel of Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway, with memorial service to follow at 11:00 AM, Dr. Deron Cobb officiating. Inurnment will follow at Sherwood Memorial Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be John, Matthew and Robert Sinko and Howard Lovell. Memorials may be made to Baptist Hospice, P.O. Box 22, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 or to Heifer International, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202. www.berryfuneralhome.com YOUNT, ROBERT "LYNN" (U.S. NAVY RET.) - age 77 of Lenoir City, passed away early Thursday morning, December 6, 2007 at his home. He was born in Bonnie Blue, Virginia, grew up in Etowah, Tennessee and attended Etowah High School. Lynn was retired from the United States Navy, serving 28 years, including a tour of duty in Thailand with the U.S. Embassy. After his retirement from the military he worked as a realtor in Northern Virginia for three years. He enjoyed spending time at Blue Springs Marina in Ten Mile, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Evelyn Henson Yount; first wife, Loretta Olvey Yount; sister, Jo Anne Yount and brother, James Yount. Lynn is survived by his wife, Shirley Yount; son, Michael Yount and wife, Diane; daughters: Lora Keating, Sheila Caldwell, Jo Beach and husband Richard; step-son, Scott Quindry and wife Shari; grandchildren: Chris Caldwell and wife Diane, Tony Caldwell, Joy Jenkins and husband "T.J.", Jason Tolley, Matthew You! nt an d wife, Stacie; Shawn, Richard and Darien Yount, Carrie and Brandon Quindry, Jessica Pearson; great- grandchildren, Shania Tolley, Jordon Cabral, Preston Quindry, Sierra and Brayden Pearson; brother, Harold Yount and wife, Kitty along with several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on December 9th, from 6 to 8 p.m. and funeral services will be held on December 10th, at 10 a.m. at Click Funeral Home in Lenoir City. Rev. Betsy Switzer, Rev. Ron Fisher and Rev. Cecil H. Carroll, Jr. will officiate. Interment will be in the Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors on February 11, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.. Click Funeral Home, 109 Walnut Street, Lenoir City, TN 37771, is in charge of arrangements. www.clickfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the ALS organization (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at (888) 949-2577 or on line at https://www.alsa.org/donate/secure/. Carol Gigante Beltsville, MD 20705 _____________________________________________________________ Financial Career Training - Click Here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iigiCsiwsPGhWV1pWQoUNksFTbJsQdRt77plbh5XOsL7tjcam/