Harold Ralph McCammon, passed away at Sweetwater Hospital on Sept. 13, 2009 after a lengthy illness. Ralph was born in Greenback, Tenn. to Hattie L. (Roberts) and Houston G. McCammon. He attended Lanier School before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1951. He was involved in many operations such as the Korean Conflict, [...]
Photos and story by Michael deLisle of the Knoxville Track Club TOWNSEND – A foggy and resplendent Sunday morning greeted the faithful as the Knoxville Track Club presented the 33rd annual Wears Valley 15K road race. With weather in the mid 60′s and foggy, the race started with 164 runners, and ended with 152 crossing [...]
Ruth Frances Rathbone, 88, was born March 26, 1921, and passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at the family home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Annie and Dallie Lawson; husband, Clarence Rathbone; sons, Raymond Rathbone and Avery Rathbone; daughter, Della Rathbone; granddaughter, Rachael Rathbone; brothers, Earl and Sheridan Lawson; and sisters, Grace [...]
MARYVILLE – There hasn’t been a lupus specific treatment developed in over 50 years. This is not surprising, since the highly complex autoimmune disease affects the approximately 1.5 million American patients on different levels and in different ways. Recently Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announced positive results for clinical trials of the drug Benlysta (TM) [...]
James ”Clatie” Powell Sr., 85, of Maryville, Tenn., passed away Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital. The Powells moved to Shannondale from Millersville, Md. They came because of their love for East Tennessee. They had lived here earlier in their marriage. James Clatie married Betty Jean Wiggins in 1948. Clatie enjoyed gardening and [...]
James Fleenor, a retired veteran of the U.S. Air Force and fireman at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, has died from post operative complications. He was 75. Born in Abingdon, Virginia, he enlisted in the Air Force at age 19. While there, he was housed at several bases around the U.S. and received training as a [...]
TOWNSEND – Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont will be celebrating 40 years of connecting people and nature on Sept. 20th, 2009 with their 4th Annual Homecoming dinner. The dinner will take place on Tremont’s campus from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and include dinner, entertainment, and hands-on activities with Tremont staff. The cost for [...]
Presented by The Passion Play in the Smokies at the Passion Play Amphitheater TOWNSEND – Crown of Thorns Ministries, which annually presents The Passion Play in the Smokies, invites the community to join us for the third annual event of Jerusalem Experience on Saturday, Sept. 19th, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Passion [...]
MARYVILLE – Blount County Sheriff James L. Berrong said that a 19-year-old Maryville man was charged today with two counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor following a joint investigation with the Maryville Police Department. Robert Ray Johnson, 19, McGhee Street, Maryville, is being [...]