From the Knoxville News sentinel 13 Oct 2005 GONZALES, CIPRIANO - of Lake City, Tennessee, McCRACKEN, HOWARD L. "MAC" - long time resident of Oak Ridge, GONZALES, CIPRIANO - of Lake City, Tennessee, departed this life, Sunday, October 9, 2005 at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, TN. Born in Rio Grande, Zacatelas Mexico, July 22, 1983. Employed by Ruby Tuesday, Clinton Hwy. Survivors: son, Blake Ethan Gonzales, Lake City, TN; parents, Josephina and Antonio Gonzales, Knoxville; siblings, Antonio Jr., Lorenzo and San Juana; grandparents, Lorenzo Gonzales and Manuela Zalazar, Maria Estella and Jose Canales; other relatives and many friends. The body may be viewed from 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m., Sunday at Jarnigan & Son Mortuary. McCRACKEN, HOWARD L. "MAC" - long time resident of Oak Ridge, died October 10, 2005 at the LifeCare Center of Centerville, Tennessee. He was born September 25, 1919 in New York and raised in Venice, Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida, he worked briefly in Langley, Virginia and Denver, Colorado before settling in Oak Ridge in 1947. He remained in Oak Ridge for the next fifty years with his wife Lois, who preceded him in death. Mr. McCracken worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1943-1946 and the Bureau of Reclamation Engineering Division from 1946-1947. In 1947 he moved to Oak Ridge, leading to a position with the Atomic Energy Commission/DOE. He began his career as a structural engineer and then went on to become Assistant Chief of Design Coordination Branch; Chief, Design Analysis Branch; Deputy Director, Engineering Division; and Director, Design Division until his retirement in January of 1980. He is survived by: children, Gayle McCracken Drummond (James) of Pasco, Washington, Steve McCracken (Debbie) of Oak Ridge, Debbie McCracken Starnes (Dan) of Nashville; grandchildren include: Brian Pritchard of Brooklyn, New York, Brad Pritchard of Carlsbad, California, Brook McCracken and Andrew McCoy; son, Thane of Dayton, Ohio, Sarah McCracken of Springfield, Missouri, Erin, Joey, Patrick, and Ryan Starnes, all of Nashville; also survived by sister-in-law, Shirley Alford of Venedy, Illinois. Graveside services will be Saturday, October 15 at 11:00 am at Oak Ridge Memorial Park for family and close friends. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday evening at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 7:00 pm with a Celebration of Life reception to follow the service. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church or the charity of your choice. Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An on-line guest book 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