From the Knoxville News Sentinel 5 Dec 2005\\ KIDWELL, MR. ARNOLD RAY JR. - age 41, Ozone Community, Rockwood, TN, WHITMAN. GRAYDON DUANE - 84 of Oak Ridge, KIDWELL, MR. ARNOLD RAY JR. - age 41, Ozone Community, Rockwood, TN, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a member and song leader of Calvary Baptist Church in Kingston, TN. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and was employed for 16 years as a Security Inspector at Y-12 in Oak Ridge. Preceded in death by: father, Arnold Kidwell, Sr. Survivors include: wife, Regina Kidwell, Rockwood, TN; daughters, Kristy Hodges & husband, Stacy, Chattanooga, TN, Arah Kidwell, Rockwood, TN; son, Josiah Kidwell, Rockwood, TN; grandchildren, Cheyanne & Lydia Hodges; mother, Joyce Kidwell, Rockwood, TN; sisters, Gwen Hasbrouck & husband, Rick, Oak Ridge, TN, Kathy Kidwell, Rockwood, TN, Lisa Dayton & husband, Allen, Harriman, TN; nieces, Kerigan Smith, Gracea Smith, Tasha Lowery, Autumn Dayton; nephews, Derek Lowery, A.J. McNeal, Hutson Smith, Titan Dayton; father & mother-in-law, Jerry & Vivian Hutson, Rockwood, TN; sister & brother-in-law, Greta & Tim Smith, Crossville, TN. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Evans Mortuary with Rev. Jeff Plemons officiating. Graveside and interment will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in the Ozone Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at the Evans Mortuary. Evans Mortuary of Rockwood is serving the family of Mr. Arnold Ray Kidwell, Jr. WHITMAN. GRAYDON DUANE - 84 of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, December 3, 2005 at St. Mary's Residential Hospice in Knoxville. Born March 12, 1921 in Fostoria, Ohio the son of Cassius E. and Florence E. Whitman. Graduated from Fostoria High School where he played on a 1938 undefeated football team ranked second in the State. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and came to Oak Ridge in March of 1944 as a member of the Special Engineer Detachment. He retired from Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. in 1986. He worked in a variety of operation, development, design and management positions in isotope separation, high temperature component development, heat transfer, nuclear reactor operation, gas cooled reactors, nuclear reactor safety and pressure vessel technology. He was a Supervisor in Calutron operation in Y12 and worked in Calutron development in stable isotope separations. He conceived and designed high temperature sodium heat transfer equipment and held patents on steam generators. He was an Operations Supervisor on the Aircraft Reactor Experiment the forerunner of the Molten Salt Reactor. He managed and participated in a number of seismic analyses of gaseous diffusion plants. He was manager of the Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor activities at ORNL. He was editor of the Technology of Pressure Vessels For Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors and participated in the development of and was a manager of the Heavy Section Steel Technology Program which is internationally recognized for contributions to light water reactor pressure vessel code rules and safety. At retirement he was a Section Head in the Engineering Technology Division at ORNL. He was a member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and served as chairman of the local section. He was a member of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, Pressure Vessel Research Committee, American Concrete Institute and was a Corporate Engineering Fellow, Union Carbide Corporation and Martin Marietta Energy Systems. He was active in an early Anderson County Sportsmen's Club and participated in many fishing tournaments and environmental activities. He had a great interest in golf and was a member of the Oak Ridge Country Club and the East Tennessee Senior Golf Association and served as a club representative and board member for the latter. He participated in many tournaments throughout the area. He was a member of the Oak Ridge Dance Club, one of the oldest social organizations in Oak Ridge, having been founded in 1946. He worked at the Oak Ridge Convention an Visitors Bureau as a volunteer for many years and developed data on visitation patterns and conducted tours. He served as a guide on DOE plant tours and gave presentations on early Oak Ridge activities to many groups. He was a member of The First United Methodist Church and served on the church board and as an usher. Graydon is survived by: his beloved wife of 58 years, Lucille Cobble Whitman; their son, Richard B. Whitman and his wife, Michelle; their daughter, Patricia W. Griffin and her husband, Stephen D. Griffin, Jr.; and their five grandchildren, Chelsie A. Griffin, Stephen Dale Griffin, ill. Lauren T. Whitman, MeKenzie B. Whitman, and Braden A. Whitman, all of Knoxville. Following his wishes his body was cremated, and his remains will be buried in the Memorial Garden at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 6, 2005 from 1 to 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge prior to the memorial service at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Completing the Gift Fund of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge. The family would like to especially thank Drs. David Stanley, Michael Thompson, and Phillip Ricks at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge as well as the staff at St. Mary's Residential Hospice in Knoxville for their kindness and compassion. Weatherford Mortuary in charge of the arrangements. An on-line guestbook can be signed at: www.weatherfordmortuary.com. =========================================== 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