Area Obituaries

James Henry “Peck” Farley, 76, of Dunlap, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2021. He was of the Church of God Faith. He loved playing horseshoes, softball, fishing, and spending time with family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vinson Farley and Callie May Skyles; step-father, Riley Skyles; sisters, Viola Louallen, Mary Christian and…

Robert Wayne Bryant, 68, of Dunlap, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Janie Bryant; wife, Teresa Bryant; and brother, Dodd Bryant. He is survived by two step-sons, Richie Cooley and Thomas Smith. No services were held. An online guestbook is at www.ewtonfuneralhome.com. Ewton Funeral Home…

Alfreda “Susie” Hargis passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021. Susie was born on October 16, 1949 in Pikeville, Tennessee to Lorene Jo Smith Hargis and Claude Hargis. She was a woman of great faith. She touched many lives as a Sunday school teacher for 50 years, first as a member of the Vinewood Church…

Madison Hayne Hamilton, Sr. passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2021. He was born in Opelika, Alabama on November 8, 1932. He and his wife of 66 years, Mary Phil Thomas Hamilton, resided at The Bridge in Ooltewah, Tennessee.   Hayne is preceded in death by his parents and brother, William B. “Bill” Hamilton. Jr.…

Don Everette Walker, 73, of the Fredonia community of Dunlap, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Memorial Hospital North.   Mr. Walker was a member of the Fredonia Free Holiness Church, Dunlap Lodge #693 F&A.M., the Alahambra Shriners and The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Valley of Chattanooga. He was also a U.S. Army…

James (Jim) Richard Talley, 95, of Chattanooga, Tennessee passed away peacefully on January 24, 2021. Jim was a member of Red Bank Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was a WWII Navy veteran. He was a graduate of East Tennessee Teachers College and Middle Tennessee State University where he received his Master of Education. He was a…

Edward “Ed” Sims, Sr., 77, of Dunlap, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Erlanger Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmon and Dorothy Sunderland Sims; and brothers, Douglas, Donnie, Larry, Ricky and Jake Sims. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Farley Sims; children, Imogene (James) Cribbs, Jane (Tim)…

Betty Jewell Sims, 86, of Smithville, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 18, 2021 at her residence. She was born June 3, 1934 to her parents, the late John and Dottie Pelfrey Handley. Betty was a homemaker and a member of Smithville Church of God. In addition to her parents, she…

Edward Ernest “Ed” Perron, age 88, of Nashua, New Hampshire, formerly a longtime resident of Centerville, MA and Chelmsford, MA, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Langdon Place of Nashua, following a Covid virus infection. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen (Camara) Perron with whom he shared 50 years of…