Mary Louise Johnson, 91, of Dunlap passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at NHC Dunlap.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Victor Ray and Martha Mabry Johnson. Ms. Johnson was a member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church and was in the choir for several years. She was a member of Order of…

Chester “Chet” Sutherland, age 71, of Dunlap passed away at his home on Thursday morning, March 26, 2015. Chet spent many years working in the coal mines, first as a loader man and later as an electrician. He later worked with Archer Daniels Midland in Chattanooga until diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He married his wife,…

Helen Greene Buffington, 92, of Dunlap died at her home on Friday, March 27, 2015 after a short illness. She was born in Chattanooga to the late Robert and Dewy Elliott Greene on August 27, 1922. She married her late husband, Lawrence Adams Buffington in 1951. After a move to Detroit, where their son, Charles…

Dorwin Leon Tate, 78, of Dunlap passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015, at his home. He was born March 13, 1937 to the late Hollis Tate and the late Edith Bryant Tate Reese. He was a member of the Dunlap United Methodist Church and a member of the Dunlap #693 F & AM Masonic Lodge.…

Timothy Douglas Wallace, 9, of Dunlap departed this life on Sunday, March 22, 2015. He was a third grade student at Griffith Elementary School in Dunlap.  Preceding him in death are his grandparents, Wanda Joyce Brown and James Day. Survivors include his father, Victor Wallace; mother, Lashawn Brown of Dunlap; grandparents, Sammy Lee Brown of…

Wilma Grace Hickey Pursley, 86, of Lupton City passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Pursley, Sr. and son, Lester Pursley, Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Betty Dwyer of Lupton City; one grandchild; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held Monday, March 23 at…

Leroy Witt, 74, of Dunlap passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015 at his home.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Mertle Moses Witt; sister, Ester Witt; and brother, Charles Witt. Survivors include his son, Tim (Darla) Witt of Dunlap and Jason (Andrea) Witt of Smithville; sister, Vivian Witt; brother, Norman Witt;…

James Everett Walling, a McMinnville resident and Bledsoe County native, died March 7, 2015 at River Park Hospital.  He was raised in Dunlap by his uncle T.J. and his wife, Kate Walling, and was a 1957 graduate of Sequatchie County High School. He was the retired owner of Black Cat Tire Exchange, Village Car Wash…