Obituaries
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Landin Felix Boring
Dec 12, 2018
Lt. Col.(Ret.) Landin Felix Boring, age 90, of Athens, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Dominion Senior Living. A native of McMinn County, he was the son of late Almer and Mary Roderick Boring. He graduated from Calhoun High, and Tennessee Tech University. He was career a Army officer where he obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was...
Paul Leland Smith
Dec 5, 2018
Paul Leland Smith, age 68 of Athens passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Life Care of Athens. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii and resident of McMinn County most of his life. He was the son of the late Alton Loyd and Mildred Irene Davis Smith. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Athens and taught school at Athens...

Joyce Ann Shelton
Nov 26, 2018
JOYCE ANN SHELTON, age 51 of Athens, Tenn. passed away Monday, November 26, 2018, at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn. She was a native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, Tenn., a daughter of the late John Henry and Charlotte Goins Shelton. She was of the Baptist Faith.
Survivors include:
Two Sisters and Brother-in-law: Debbie and Leon Crain...

Julia Harriet Kinser
Nov 25, 2018
Julia Harriet Raby Kinser, age 77 of Red Bank passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018 at her residence. A native of Ten Mile, former resident of Washington D.C. and current resident of Red Bank, she was a daughter of the late Hobbs Ellis and Nellie Mae "Jack" Stephens Raby and was preceded in death by an infant brother. A member...
Charles Lonnie Cline
Nov 24, 2018
CHARLES LONNIE CLINE, age 60 passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018, in Starr Regional Medical Center of Athens, Tenn. He was a native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, Tenn., a son of the late Charles Paul and Wanda June Arden Cline He was an independent owner and operator semi- truck driver and had drove for 44 years. He was...

Raymond William Handley
Nov 17, 2018
RAYMOND WILLIAM HANDLEY, age 70 of Englewood, Tenn. passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Starr Regional Medical Center in Athens, Tenn. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, former resident of Cranston, Rhode Island, Hendersonville, North Carolina, Vicksburg, Miss., resident of McMinn County, Tenn. for 12 years. He was a son of the late Bernard William and Jane Richardson...
Rev. Herschel Creasman
Oct 29, 2018
Rev. Herschel Creasman, age 85, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Monday, October 29, 2018, and now joins his loving wife, Joanne (Turner) from Wetumpka, Alabama. He passed away peacefully in Cape Coral, Florida after fighting Alzheimer's disease for several years.
He will be missed greatly by his children, Robin (Elizabeth), Leigh Anne Page (Scott), and...

William "Butch" Edward Crisp
Oct 11, 2018
William "Butch" Edward Crisp age 71 of Calhoun passed away Thursday October 11, 2018 at his residence. A native of Loudon, and a resident of Calhoun for the past 26 years, he was the son the late George and Helen Thompson Crisp. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church and retired from Bowater Paper Company after 25 years of...