>From The Knoxville News Sentinel 6 Jul 2003 ADKINS, DAVID E. - age 61 of LaFollette, CALWAY, WANDA FAY EVA - age 36, of Maryville, formerly of Oak Ridge, CLAPP, DR. NEAL KEITH - age 74, of Clinton, JOHNSON, DR. JAMES DAVID, SR. - 83, ============================================ ADKINS, DAVID E. - age 61 of LaFollette, passed away Friday evening, July 4, 2003 at his home. He was a former employee of Baltimore Gas and Electric for 21 years, Campbell County school bus for the past 14 years and drove many athletic teams to ball games and was called "Bulldog" by all the children. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Preceded in death by parents, Steele and Geneva Adkins; sister, Sally Roberts. Survivors: wife, Wanda Adkins, LaFollette; sons, David Roy Adkins and Eugene J. Swann both of LaFollette; daughters, Teresa Turner of Indiana and Denise Ann Bolton of LaFollette; several grandchildren; and 1 great grandchild; brothers, Bill Adkins, Jacksboro and Benny Adkins, Baltimore, Maryland; sister, Mary Helen Thomas of LaFollette. Funeral service 8 p.m. Sunday July 6, 2003 at Cross Chapel, Rev. Mike Smith officiating. Interment 10 a.m. Monday July 7, 2003 Leach Cemetery, Lake City. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Sunday prior to service. Arrangements by Cross Funeral Home. CALWAY, WANDA FAY EVA - age 36, of Maryville, formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away Friday, July 4, 2003 at Whispering Pines in Maryville. She was a member of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Maryville. She loved fishing and going to the chalet in the mountains. Wanda loved her family very much. She was born March 15, 1967 in Knox County. Survivors: parents, Robert & Patsy Calway of Oak Ridge; sister, Kelly Calway Machleit & husband, Shane of Oak Ridge; niece & nephew, Katelyn Machleit & Codey Machleit of Oak Ridge; several aunts, uncles & cousins; the Carter family of Clinton; special friends, Mom Jean Marshal of Maryville, Tip Gardner of Maryville, friends at Whispering Pines. The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Sunday, July 6, 2003 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday at Edgemore Baptist Church in Claxton with Rev. Mike Petty officiating. Interment will follow the service at Farmers Grove Cemetery. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton in charge of all arrangements. CLAPP, DR. NEAL KEITH - age 74, of Clinton, passed away Friday, July 4, 2003 at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born October 14, 1928 in Waldron, Indiana. He was a graduate of Waldron High School in Waldron, Indiana. He received his B.S. degree at Purdue University, D.V.M. Degree at Ohio State University and his Masters & Ph.D. at Colorado State University. During his ministry he served as minister at various churches, starting with Poudre Valley Christian Church in Fort Collins, Colorado; West Village Christian Church in Oak Ridge, Athens Christian Church in Athens, Claxton Christian Church and was Founding Minister of Clinton Christian Church. He worked at O.R.N.L. at Oak Ridge as a Pathologist and Cancer Research Scientist. He was also Director of M.A.R.C.O.R. at Oak Ridge Associated Universities & at U.T. Medical Center. Preceded in death by parents, Worrill Groven & Dora Hurst Clapp; grandsons, Kevin & Michael Clapp. Survivors: wife, Dot Clapp of Clinton; sons, Dr. Mark Clapp & wife, Sarah of Jamestown, Steve Clapp & wife, Samantha of Clinton; daughter, Cheryl Wissmann & husband, Ross of Manila, Philippines; grandchildren, Aaron, Becky, Jessica & Andrew Wissmann, Ben, Josh, Caitlin & Laura Clapp; sisters-in-law. Sue Ogier & husband, Clayton of Knoxville, Peggy Kincaid & husband, Don of Loveland, Colorado. The family will receive friends 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Monday, July 7, 2003 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with funeral service following the visitation at 8:00 pm, in the chapel with Minister Sam Darden, Jr. officiating. Interment will be held 10:00 am, Tuesday at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to U.T. Medical Center, 6 East Nurses Education Fund, c/o Jeff Elliott, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37920, or International Christian College of Manila, (Computer Laboratories) P.O. Box 701, Jamestown, Tennessee, 38556. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton in charge of all arrangements. JOHNSON, DR. JAMES DAVID, SR. - 83, retired Oak Ridge dentist, died Saturday, July 5, 2003, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, surrounded by family. The son of Sidney Bruce and Maude Hudgens Johnson, he was born in Lambert, Miss., and grew up on a dairy farm in Whitehaven, Tenn. He attended the University of Memphis and was drafted into the U.S. Army shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Dec. 1941. As an Army Captain, he commanded a howitzer crew through three European campaigns of World War II - Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He was the Commanding Officer of "A" Battery - 903 F.A. Battalion, which fought at the Battle of the Bulge. He was one of three officers first to arrive at the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. With lines of communication to command broken, they made the joint decision to capture the bridge. The success of the Allied troops at Remagen was a turning point in the war. He was decorated with the Bronze Star in combat. While in Europe, he was Captain of the 78th Infantry Division Champion Rifle Team, competing throughout the continent. After the war, Dr. Johnson completed a pre-dental curriculum at Rhodes College and subsequently graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry. He was a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society and president of Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity. Dr. Johnson held numerous offices in professional organizations, such as president, Second District Dental Society; trustee, Tennessee Dental Association; and vice president, Southern Conference of Dental Deans and Examiners. For more than 33 years he served continuously on a Tennessee state board or commission including the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation; the Tennessee Board of Dentistry - serving two terms as president; and the Tennessee State Board of Regents. He co- founded the Southern Regional Testing Agency that provides examination for licensure in the profession of dentistry in a multi-state region. Dr. Johnson presented numerous papers before national professional organizations with an emphasis on education, testing and professional licensure. As a member of the Board of Regents, he was instrumental in establishing the Oak Ridge campus of Roane State Community College (RSCC), and at its opening, the RSCC Dental Hygiene Clinic was dedicated in his name. Dr. Johnson concluded nine years of service on the Board of Regents in 1993. At his final meeting with the board, he introduced the successful resolution to change the name of Memphis State to the University of Memphis. His past honors include the Second District Dental Society's Man of the Year Award, the Tennessee Section of the Pierre Fauchard Academy's Man of the Year Award and the Tennessee Dental Association Fellowship Award. Dr. Johnson was recipient of the highest award in the profession of dentistry in the state of Tennessee, the Jack E. Wells Memorial Dedication to Dentistry Award. In 1994 the UT College of Dentistry Alumni Association presented him with its Outstanding Alumnus Award. That same year, he was also named recipient of the University of Memphis Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Johnson was a Fellow in both the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists and a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the American Academy of Operative Dentistry. He was active in the community and held several offices including that of president, Oak Ridge Sertoma Club, Oak Ridge Country Club and the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, which recognized him with its Vocational Service Award in 1987. He was vice president and president elect of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce. He served as dental director of the Oak Ridge Head Start Program, dental consultant to the West Mall Extended Care Center and as member of the Regional Medical Advisory Council of East Tennessee. Dr. Johnson was a member of the courtesy staff of Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge during the majority of his career. A longtime member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, he served on the Board of Deacons and as Chairman of Stewardship. Dr. Johnson is survived by his wife of 61 years, Carolyn Hall Johnson of Oak Ridge; his daughter Carol Bruce Johnson Parham and her husband David Howard Parham of Nashville; his son James David Johnson, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Kelly Johnson, of Oak Ridge; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Ewing Parham and David McClure Parham of Nashville, and Andrew Kelly Johnson, Katherine Hall Johnson, and Carolyn Petrey Johnson of Oak Ridge. His sister Marie Johnson Gridley of Memphis also survives him. His four brothers Sidney B. Johnson, Jr. of Memphis, L. Nelms Johnson of Oak Ridge, Earl C. Johnson of Memphis, and O. Vernon Johnson of Breckenridge, CO, predecease Dr. Johnson. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 8 at Weatherford Mortuary Oak Ridge. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 9 at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to the James D. Johnson, D.D.S. Dental Hygiene Clinic at Roane State Community College, 701 Briarcliff Ave., Oak Ridge, TN 37830 or to Covenant Presbyterian Church, 190 Manhattan Ave., Oak Ridge, TN 37830. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG