LaFollette Obituaries

Sep 18, 2015

Mr. Jess R. Ogg, Jr. “Jr. Ogg” age 78 of LaFollette passed away Friday, September 18, 2015.   He was a member of the Woodlake Baptist Church, and retired from the Campbell County School System where he taught Auto Mechanics at the Campbell County Comprehensive High School.  He was also retired from the Goodyear Corp., a U. S. Army Veteran,...

Sep 11, 2015

Mrs. Janie Siwinski age 56, of Jacksboro, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015.  Janie was a member of Grace Missionary Baptist Church in LaFollette.  She was a prior member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.  She loved God by serving him as organ player at her church for many years.  She was a LMU graduate with a Bachelor of Science...

Sep 11, 2015

Mr. William Presley Campbell age 82, of LaFollette, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015.  Bill worked in the coal mines for 50 years.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and ginseng hunting.  He was preceded in death by daughter Gracie Campbell, Parents, Casper and Pearlie Campbell, Sisters, Nancy and Rosie Campbell, Brothers, Pascal Campbell, John (Banks) Campbell, Lloyd (Dalt) Campbell, and...

Sep 9, 2015

Mr. Fred Reed age 66, of Lebanon, TN formerly of Jacksboro, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015.  Preceded in death by Wife, Sandra Reed, Parents, Marshall and Katherine Reed, Father and Mother-in-Law, Burton and Fay Russell.

Survivors:   Children, Alan Long, David Reed and wife, Margie, Bobby Reed and wife, Loretta, Kelvin Reed, Patty Reed Groger and husband,...

Sep 8, 2015

Mrs. Mildred Longmire Pruette Ausmus age 98 of Speedwell passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015.  She was a member of Cawood United Methodist Church and a former member of Shawanee Chapter of Eastern Star.  Preceded in death by Husband, Wade Ausmus in 1981, parents, Sterling White Pruette and Mary Gertrude Longmire Pruette, Brother, Shirley Calloway Pruette, Sisters, Mabel Mae...

Sep 4, 2015

Mrs. Debra Faye Bolton age 60, of LaFollette, passed away Friday, September 4, 2015, after a battle with cancer.   She was a member of Thirteenth Street Church of God.  Preceded in death by Father, G. B. Comer, Mother, Edith Comer, and Sister, Brenda Marple.

Survivors:   Husband, Kenneth H. (Kenny) Bolton; Sons, Dewayne Gibson and wife, Andrea and...

Sep 3, 2015

Mrs. Elizabeth Kathryn “Betty” Mongar age 78, of LaFollette, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015.   She was a member of Heritage Baptist Church.  Preceded in death by parents, George and Mary Elizabeth Moffette Brown, Sister, Juanita Riggsbee, two Brothers, Hugh L. Brown and Harley Cletus Brown.

Survivors:   Husband, Johnny H. Mongar; Daughter, Rhonda Money and husband, Chuck;...

Sep 3, 2015

Mr. Robert C. “Bobby” Carroll age 26 of LaFollette passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015.  He was of the Baptist Faith.  Preceded in death by Father, Robert L. Hatmaker, Sisters, Robin Brady and Shonda Hatmaker, Grandparents, Roosevelt and Margaret Carroll. Survivors:  Mother, Anna Carroll; Special Uncles, Bob Carroll, Boone Carroll, Pete Carroll, and Bud Carroll; Special Aunts, Lorraine Carroll...

Aug 22, 2015

Kelvin Gerald Monday, age 51 of the Well Springs Community, Speedwell passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center after an 18 month battle with cancer. He was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church, a Licensed Journeyman Electrician, a member of the IBEW Local 760, and for 24 years he operated LaFollette Equipment...

Aug 15, 2015

Mr. Hugh McCulley age 78, of Well Springs Community, Speedwell, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015.   He was a Farmer and a Christian.  Preceded in death by parents, Alex and Maggie Bailey McCulley, Sisters, Jeannie Jones and Ellen Russell, Brothers, Charles, J. Will, Chuck, and Fletcher McCulley.

Survivors:   Sister, Aileen Stewart.  Several nieces, nephews, other relatives and...

Aug 9, 2015

Mrs. Jewell (Ellison) Day age 66, of Morristown, TN formerly of LaFollette, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2015.   She was of the Baptist Faith and a lifelong member of Davis Chapel Community Baptist Church.  Preceded in death by parents, Carl Ellison and Mildred Lynch Ellison, Brother, Vaughn Ellison, and Brother-in-Law, Wayne Childress.

Survivors:  Husband, James...

Aug 8, 2015

James Edwin Gamble (Jim) of LaFollette, age 88, passed away on Saturday, August 8, at the University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville.  Mr. Gamble was born on October 10, 1926, in Jacksboro, Tennessee.  He has owned and operated Gamble Motor Company in Campbell County since 1943. Mr. Gamble was preceded in death by parents Elvira Elizabeth Trowbridge Gamble and...

Aug 4, 2015

Helen Marie Welch, 87, of Athens, TN died Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at Morning Pointe of Athens.  She has resided in Athens for 11 years and lived in Greensboro, N.C. for 53 years.  She was a native of LaFollette, Tennessee and was a daughter of the late Seth Edgar and Tina Bowman Welch.  She was also preceded in death...

Jul 26, 2015

Mr. James W. “Jimmy” “Big George” Stratton age 81 of LaFollette passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015.  He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the 11th Airborne Division, and a local business owner.  Mr. Stratton enjoyed talking with family and friends and telling jokes, and for over 20 years enjoyed attending Mule Day in Columbia, TN.  Preceded in...

Jul 22, 2015

Phyllis Ann Lemarr Ayers , 71 of Lick Creek Community of LaFollette, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 22, 2015.  She was born April 12, 1944.  She was preceded in death by her Husband, Benjamin Ayers, Sr., Parents, Clon and Myrtle Lemarr, Brother, Curtis Lemarr.

Survivors:  Son, Benny Ayers and wife, Sarah of...

Jul 18, 2015

Connie Lynn Smith age 49 of Jacksboro passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015, at LaFollette Medical Center.

Survivors:  Daughter, Katrina Collette and Carmelo Francisco; Son, Aaron Matthew Collette; Grandchildren, Savannah Collette, Tabitha Collette, Gabriel Collette, Malachi Collette, and Isaac Collette; Parents, Earlie and Hazel Smith; Sister, Cindy Smith; Brothers, Bobby Smith, Stevie Smith, Chuck Smith;...

Jul 12, 2015

Mrs. Alberta Miller age 62 of LaFollette passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015.  She was a sewing machine operator for many years, a devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, & Great-grandmother.  Preceded in death by parents, Albert Wilson and Dorothy Caldwell Wilson, and two infant brothers.

Survivors: Husband of 48 years, Charles A. Miller; Three Children, Margie Marie Branam...

Jul 12, 2015

Tina M. Ballard age 49 of LaFollette passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015.  She was of the Baptist Faith.  Preceded in death by Parents, Hubert and Edna Walden Bailey.

Survivors: Husband, Rickey Madron; Son, Chad Lewis Bailey and Bridget; Sisters, Betty “Patty” Rains, Gail Baird and husband, Allen, Brothers; Marty and Pansy Bailey and Bob...

Jul 1, 2015

Brenda Gail Clevenger age 63 of Jacksboro passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at LaFollette Medical Center.  She was of the Christian Faith.  Preceded in death by Parents, Roy and Ruth Reynolds Ward; Brothers, Tommy Ward and Kenneth Eugene Ward.

Survivors: Daughter, Tina Norman and Husband, Bobby; Grandchildren, Shawn Terry and James Terry; Great-granddaughter, Amberlee Terry; Sisters,...

Jun 24, 2015

Mr. Kenneth M. Martin, Sr . age 81 of LaFollette passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015.    He was a Retired U. S. Army Veteran with 22 years of service, and was of the Church of God Faith.  Preceded in death by two Children, his Parents, Hubert and Pearl Marlow Martin, Sister, Viretta and brother, Hubert Jr.