Services will be held Saturday, June 12, 2021, for 40-year educator Freddie Charles Colston Ph.D. who passed away at his home in Oak Ridge on May 30. A public walkthrough is …
Jim Houston: Mr. Rescue Squad in Union County
Jim Houston is a Union County legend, just as surely as if he had sung at the Grand Ole Opry. Mr. Houston passed away June 8, 2021, at age 80. …
Services Wednesday for Dr. Harold Diftler
Harold Diftler, D.D.S., loved Knoxville. He was born in 1927 at Fort Sanders Regional. He ran a dental practice here for 46 years. And even though he and wife Joyce …
Ralph Pratt: Fountain City loses a favorite son
About 50 years ago, when I was in the ballpark of five years old, I walked out of Pratt’s Market with a candy bar that my mother hadn’t paid for. …
Herman Baker: Educator, entrepreneur, friend
Most folks send their kid to college with the expectation that they will pay rent – either for a dorm room or an apartment. Herman Baker made plans to buy …
Death of a drummer
Charles Furman “Buster” Phillips Jr. passed away May 29, 2021, at age 74. According to his obituary, here, he was a jack-of-all-trades and a master of one. He was a …
David Lambert led the way for better roads
David Lee Lambert, a stalwart Halls leader, has died at age 78.
David owned and operated a financial planning business and was active in the Halls Business & Professional Association. In …
Kathy Cloninger was Fountain City leader
A celebration of life for Kathy Orndorff Cloninger is set for today (5/24/21) at 7 p.m. at Berry Lynnhurst Funeral Home in Fountain City. She died May 16 from pancreatic …