Mary Guthrie
April 15, 1938 - - February 19, 2024
Mary Roussell Guthrie, 85, of Calhoun, passed away Monday, February 19, 2024 at Tennova Healthcare in Cleveland.
She was a native of Bogalusa, LA, and was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Hilda Walters Russell. She was also preceded in death by a son, Donnie Andrew Guthrie.
She was a founding member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Athens. She was a former Athens Mother of t ...
James Gann
September 03, 1950 - - May 11, 2023
James Stephen Gann, 72, of Athens, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Life Care Center of Athens.
He was a lifelong resident of McMinn County and was the son of the late Joe L. and Eileen Snyder Gann of Athens.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Steve was a 1968 graduate of McMinn County High School and attended Tennessee Wesleyan University and University o ...
Gregory Goenner
January 23, 1966 - - April 14, 2023
Gregory "Greg" G. Goenner, age 57, of Athens, passed away Friday, April 14, 2023, at his residence.
He was a native of Clear Lake, Minnesota and was a longtime resident of McMinn County. He was a son of the late Dale Goenner.
Greg was currently employed by the McMinn County Sheriff's Department as a Corporal Corrections Officer and was of the Catholic Faith.
He is survived by h ...
James Guffey
November 03, 1953 - - December 07, 2022
James Edwin Guffey, 69, of Athens, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at his home.
He was a lifelong resident of McMinn County and was the son of Majorie Wade Guffey and the late James C. Guffey.
He was a member of Allen Memorial United Methodist Church. He was a graduate of McMinn County Class of 1971, he was a graduate of University of the South (Sewanee), he received ...
Frances Graves
October 05, 1932 - - September 20, 2022
Frances Preston Smith Graves, age 89, of Athens, TN passed away September 20th, 2022, at her home.
She was predeceased by her husband Junius Greenwood Graves, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Homer Arthur Smith (Mary Pringle), and one grandchild Margaret (Maggie) Elizabeth Seckman.
Mrs. Graves was born in Columbia, S.C. in 1932. Her family moved to Guntersville, AL wh ...
Judith Griffith
September 25, 1945 - - August 23, 2022
Judi Cunningham Griffith, 76, of Athens, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.
A native Athenian, she was educated at City Park Elementary, McMinn County High School and Tennessee Wesleyan College. She taught high school history in Memphis, Tennessee, and enjoyed teaching at City Park for over 20 years before her retirement in 2009.
Judi loved her St. ...
Thomas Geer
December 12, 1939 - - August 11, 2022
Linda Garren
January 29, 1932 - - January 02, 2022
Linda Jane Smith Garren, 89, of Athens, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 at NHC of Athens.
She was a native of Scotsboro, Alabama and longtime resident of McMinn County, she was the daughter of Erb and Lillie Belle Sumner Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Glenn M. Garren, a son, Danny Glenn Garren and a son-in-law, Kenneth Lingerfelt.
She was a member o ...
Elizabeth Grater
September 08, 1924 - - October 27, 2021
Elizabeth Bjornlund Grater, 97, died at home in Athens, Tennessee on October 27, 2021, surrounded by her three children. She was born in Ogdensburg, NY, and spent her childhood in Cornwall, Ontario and La Tuque, Quebec, with summers on Halfway Island in the St. Lawrence River. She graduated from Walnut Hill High School in Massachusetts and attended Smith College before earning ...
Marion Goodwin
July 02, 1945 - - July 16, 2021
Marion Mitchell (Mickey) Goodwin, 76, of Signal Mtn., TN, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021. He was born on July 2, 1945, to Clarence Ivan Goodwin and Sarah Boyd Goodwin. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Elaine Nunley Goodwin, to whom he was happily married from 1974 to 1984. He was also predeceased by his parents, a brother, Gary (Wanda) Goodwin of Soddy Daisy, TN ...
