Sarah Vineyard McCammon Coulter, 91, of Maryville, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. She was a long time member of Broadway Baptist Church, and a current member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Preceded in death by parents, Arthur and Jippie Pryor Vineyard; husbands, Lawrence McCammon, and Eugene Coulter; son, Ronald McCammon; and brothers, Arthur Vineyard and Delmar Vineyard. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Dale and Mary McCammon; daughter, Diane McCammon (Roy Spears); daughter-in-law, Barbara McCammon; grandchildren, Gordon (Gay) McCammon, Connie McCammon, Kelly Wheeler; great grandchildren, Neil (Robin) McCammon, Leah McCammon, Bethany (Jonathon) Duckett, David Moffett, and Abbey Moffett; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at Miller Funeral Home Cedar Chapel, Rev. Greg Long officiating. Interment service will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 3736 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville, TN 37804. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, Maryville, Tenn. 865-982-6041. www.millerfuneralhome.org.
Seeking information on robbery of Regions Bank
KNOXVILLE – The Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Chief Sterling Owen IV of the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man who robbed a Knoxville bank today. Continue reading “Seeking information on robbery of Regions Bank”
Persons of interest in altercation being released
MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong announced that the four persons of interest who were being held in connection with the death of a Maryville man following an altercation Sunday have been released from the Blount County Detention Facility. Continue reading “Persons of interest in altercation being released”
Maryville man dies following altercation
MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong said today that a 41-year-old Maryville man is dead following an altercation Sunday afternoon on Reagan Mill Road. Continue reading “Maryville man dies following altercation”
Auditions set for ‘The Hobbit’
KNOXVILLE – Jenny Ballard, Artistic Director for Children’s Theatre of Knoxville (CTK), announced auditions for “The Hobbit” on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 at their location on 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, from 4-7:45 p.m. Continue reading “Auditions set for ‘The Hobbit’”
Ulyss Trent Quiett, 1956-2009
Ulyss “Trent” Quiett, 53, born Nov. 22, 1956, passed away Dec. 28, 2009 at home. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Jessica “Jessie” Leann Quiett; and sister, Susan Jane Quiett. He is survived by son, Jonathon and daughter Ashley; parents, Ulyss and Mary Quiett; sisters and brothers-in-law, Patsy and Leonard Bishop, June and Marvin Anderson; sister, Frances Quiett; twin brother and sister-in-law, Dennis and Bobby Quiett; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside and interment service will be held Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 at Six Mile Cemetery, Rev. Rex Everett officiating. Arrangements made by Miller Funeral Home, Maryville, Tenn. 865-982-6041, www.millerfuneralhome.org.
Ruth Brewster Swift Hurdel, 1933-2009
Ruth (A’ma) Brewster Swift Hurdel, 76, of Maryville, Tenn., entered into eternal rest Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Ruth passed away at her home surrounded by her family. She was a former resident of Chilhowie, Va. and Baltimore, Md., but had made her home in Maryville, Tenn. for the past 20 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fletcher L., Sr. and Grace Rhudy Brewster; brother James E. Brewster; first husband and father of her children, David M. Swift, Sr.; and special “adopted family,” Janine L. Anderson. Survivors include husband, Alfred M. Hurdel; son, David M. Swift, Jr.; daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Plum Thomas; daughter and son-in-law, Monica and Larry Aistrop all of Maryville, Tenn.; and daughter, Patricia Swift of Nevis, West Indies; grandchildren, Matthew A. Aistrop, Kristen R. Aistrop, Megan L. Taylor, and Nathaniel L. Wells; great-grandchildren, Katlyn A. Aistrop and Madison R. Carroll; brother, Fletcher “Buddy” Lee Brewster of Blountville, Tenn.; sister, Brenda B. Lewis of Chilhowie, Va., and sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Pete Gregory of Marion, Va. She also leaves behind special friends, D.C. Walker and Jerry Lewis of Chilhowie, Va., and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends, including her pets, Sunshine and Daisy. Ruth was most noted for her commitment to the youth where she resided. She was a volunteer with the Blount County Family Resource Reading Program (Porter and Montvale Elementary Schools) and previous church youth groups. She inaugurated the Baltimore, Md. Police Youth Council and Policy Community Relations Organization. She was a member and former president of the Liberty Road Community Council of Baltimore County, Md. and was an active member of the Republican Party and a participant of the Baptist faith. To her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and the children of the community she was known as the beloved A’ma. She will be deeply missed, but A’ma’s heart was so full of love and beauty that it will undoubtedly be carried on in our hearts. Funeral services will be 7 p.m. Monday in McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain David Hughes officiating. The family will receive friends Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at McCammon-Ammons-Click funeral home Maryville, Tenn. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Chilhowie Christian Church in Chilhowie, Va.. with pastor Frank Branson officiating. The interment will follow in Middlefork Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Chilhowie Christian Church from 12 noon to 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Blount County Family Resource Reading Program and the Blount County Children’s Advocacy Center.
‘Many Faiths, One World’ is topic of MC’s fall Community Conversations
MARYVILLE – Talking across boundaries of faith is the topic of Maryville College’s fall Community Conversations, which will be held Nov. 17 and 18 on campus in the Samuel Tyndale Wilson Center for Campus Ministry (CCM). “We live in an age of religious diversity, both among and within different faith traditions. Learning ways to better talk with each other across those traditions will help us in our relationships with our neighbors and our world,” said Dr. Will Phillips, chairperson of the Community Conversations Committee and associate professor of English. Continue reading “‘Many Faiths, One World’ is topic of MC’s fall Community Conversations”
Alvin Lamar (Molly) Stinnett, 1933-2009
Alvin Lamar (Molly) Stinnett of Maryville, died at Blount Memorial Hospital on Nov. 11, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. Born Aug. 30, 1933, Lamar was the beloved youngest child of the late Willie and Blanche Shelton Stinnett of Townsend. Also preceded in death by son, Daniel (Danny) Stinnett of Maryville; sisters, Ruth Neff Phillips and Verl Breazeale of Townsend; five brothers-in-law, and other much loved family and friends. Known to many as “Molly,” he had a long career with Mack’s Used Cars in Maryville, working there from the mid 1960’s until 1990 and making countless friends. Like many true mechanics, he continued fixing and repairing things in his home garage until just weeks before his death. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Carol Nuchols Stinnett, whom he married Feb. 1, 1960. He tried to hold on for their 50th Anniversary but could not; and all who knew them, know their life together was a true love story until the very end. Also left to mourn his passing are son, Robert (Robby) Stinnett and wife Missy; daughter, Jama Stinnett; daughter-in-law, Pat Stinnett, all of Maryville; sister, Billie (Mrs. Melvin O.) Webb of Townsend; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and “The best neighbors and most wonderful friends a man could ever have.” Funeral services will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 with Rev. J.B. Bach officiating. The family and friends will meet at Memorial Funeral Home in Maryville, Tenn. to proceed to Entombment services Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Grandview Cemetery Mausoleum in Maryville. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, Nov. 14, 2009 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent at website www.MemorialFuneralHomeInc.com.