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Subject: [TNSCOTT] Obits From The Knoxville News Sentinel 8 Apr 2003
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 20:48:08 EDT
>From the Knoxville News Sentinel 8 Apr 2003
DUNCAH, LOCHA MARIE RAY - age 80, of Claxton,
DYER, MR. FOY - AGE 66, OF Sunbright, TN,
MAZUR, SARA JO BOLLING -
RIGSBY, MARTHA ELIZABETH DENNY - age 88, of Oak Ridge,
SLUSHER, LUCY - age 90, of Knoxville, and formerly of Oak Ridge,
DUNCAH, LOCHA MARIE RAY - age 80, of Claxton, passed away Saturday, April 5,
2003, at the Windwood Health Care Center in Clinton. She was a loving mother,
grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a member of the Prime-timers
Senior Citizens there. She loved quilting and had many different quilts she
shared with her family throughout the years. She was born November 26, 1922,
in Anderson County. Preceded in death by husband, James Bert Duncan; son,
Steven Ray Duncan; sisters, Edith Rice and Grace Valentine; brother, Elmer
and Mose Ray, and several half-brothers and half-sisters. She was a loving
and devoted homemaker for her seven children. Survivors: daughters and
sons-in-law, Joyce and Jim Bradley of Oliver Springs, Ginger and Dave Shelton
of Claxton, Anita and Eddie Coward of Claxton, Tammy and Johnny Smith of
Claxton; sons, Jim Bo Duncan of Knoxville, Bobby Duncan of Claxton;
grandchildren, Kim and Johnny Norris, Greg Carr, Paul Carr, Sandy and Odell
Lewis, Robyn and Marvin Bailey, Amy Duncan, Marcus Duncan, Lisa Williams, Jay
and April Coward, Byron Bradley, Dustin Bradley, Reece Smith;
great-grandchildren, Stacey Carr, Kevin Norris, Wesley Lewis, Lindsey
Williams, Telia Williams, "Little" Eddie Coward, Destiny Duncan, and Abbey
Marie Bradley; brothers-in-law, Jack Champion of Clinton, Thomas Duncan of
Knoxville, DeWayne and Phyllis Duncan of Dayton, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Louise
Gross of Lake City, Mary Lou Duncan of Lake City, and several nieces and
nephews and dear friends at Ridgeview Baptist Church. Special family friend,
Pauline Harris. The family would like to say a very special thanks to all
those who helped and came by over the past few years in their mama's illness.
She loved you all and appreciated all your love and concern and prayers.
Special thanks to the second floor north at Ft. Sanders Hospital, Rev. Paul
March Banks, Rev. Wayne McMillian, Rev. John Price, Mt. Olive Baptist Church,
Ridgeview Baptist Church, Valley View Baptist Church, Harry and Edna
Whittington, Gerald and Vickie Monroe, and to the wonderful caring staff at
Windwood Health Care and Rehab Department. May God Richly Bless you all. The
family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at
Holley- Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with funeral service following at 8:00
p.m., in the chapel with Rev. David McGill officiating. Interment will be
held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, at Bells Campground in Knoxville. Holley-Gamble
Funeral Home, of Clinton, in charge of all arrangements.
DYER, MR. FOY - AGE 66, OF Sunbright, TN, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2003
in the Scott County Hospital, following an automobile accident. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Dyer; parents, Albert and Mary Holder
Dyer Huckaby. He is survived by four children: Karen, Rich, James and Lisa,
all of Chicago, IL; three grandchildren, Natasha, Katherine, and Max;
sisters, Madeline Daniel of Ann Arbor, MI, Gwendolyn Moffitt, of Robbins, TN,
Virginia Shannon, of Franklin, OH; brothers, William, of New Smyrna Beach,
FL, Burl, of Rib Lake, WI, Albert, of Harriman, Joe and Troy, of Sunbright;
several nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends. Funeral services will be
Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at Schubert Funeral Home Chapel, Wartburg, with
Reverend Charles Webb and nephew, Jeff Dyer officiating. Interment will be in
the Sunbright Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg.
MAZUR, SARA JO BOLLING - died in her home at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, April 7,
2003. The family indicated that the cause of death was cancer of the small
intestine. She was born in Great Falls, South Carolina, on November 4, 1922.
Most of her "growing-up" was in Norris, Tenn., although the family lived for
a time in Benton and Knoxville. Her father, Landrum Bolling, was a dam
construction engineer, and their living in Norris was occasioned by his work
on the construction of Norrris Dam in the early '30's, the first dam to be
built in the TVA system. The town of Norris was created by TVA for the
purpose of the construction of the dam, but it was much more than that.
Dignitaries from over the world visited it, including President Roosevelt and
Mahatma Ghandi. As a cub reporter for the high school newspaper, she spent
one day accompanying and interviewing Eleanor Roosevelt, and watched with awe
as her father treated Mrs. Roosevelt to an aerial view of the emerging dam in
an overhead concrete bucket. At age 19 in 1942, she married her childhood
"pal" Kenneth Frame of Norris. While he served in the Army Air Corps during
World War II, she worked as a payroll clerk in the Manhattan Project in Oak
Ridge. Among her "payees" was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the famous physicist who
headed the scientific aspect of the development of the A-bomb. Like so many
others, it wasn't until 1945, and the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima that
she learned the nature and purpose of the project. Immediately after the war,
she spent a year in Fort Myers, Florida, with her husband and her brother,
David Bolling of Clinton, during which time she worked as a dance instructor.
Kenneth Frame, at that time, decided to pursue a career in dentistry, and
after a year taking pre-dentistry courses at the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville, he attended and completed training at the University's School of
Dentistry in Memphis. While there with him, Sara Jo worked as a bookkeeper in
a local Army base. It was shortly before this that their daughter, Jennifer
was born. After receiving his DDS, they moved to Oak Ridge, where he
established a practice. She handled its financial aspects. In 1959, they
built a house in Peach Orchard, the first private sub-division in Oak Ridge.
On the hillside above, lived Eugene Joyce, the well-known local attorney. To
their left and right were Earl and Maureen Crow and Clair and Kathy Collins.
Below them were Peter and Drusilla Mazur. All became fast friends. Two years
later, at age 39, Dr. Frame suffered a serious stroke. A year later, through
intensive efforts by Sara Jo, he recovered almost completely and was able to
resume his practice. During that time she wrote an essay titled "Treat Him
Like A King", which the neurologist thought so highly of that he handed it
out to his stroke patients. During this period she also served as a nursery
school teacher at the Oak Ridge Nursery School. In early 1980, Dr. Frame
contracted and succumbed to lung cancer. Four years later, she married her
above mentioned friend and neighbor, Peter Mazur, whose wife, Drusilla had
died in 1982. He was at that time a scientist in the Biology Division of the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and more recently, a research professor at the
University of Tennessee. During that period she worked as an administrative
assistant at the brokerage firm of Paine Webber in Oak Ridge. After marrying
Dr. Mazur, she assumed responsibility for handling much of the finances of
the Mazur family farm in New Jersey and was on its board of directors. She
also accompanied Dr. Mazur on numerous scientific trips both domestic and
abroad. Foreign trips included England, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy,
Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and China. In the
mid-nineties, she, her brother David, her sister Carolyn, two cousins, and
their spouses had a memorable 3-week trip to Israel, the West Bank, Egypt,
and Jordan, escorted by her elder brother, Landrum, an expert in the Middle
East. During her marriage to Peter Mazur, she became fast-friends with her
mother-in-law, Adolphia Mazur during visits to New York and the family
farm.There was also periodic travel to visit her daughter, Jennifer and her
husband, Richard who at that time lived in Minneapolis, and Dr. Mazur's son,
Timothy and wife, Kathy who live in Madison, Wisconsin. At home, Sara Jo
pursued golf, and became an avid fisherman both at their cabin on Watts Bar
Lake and in Sanibel, Florida. She also became involved in literacy education
and taught several clients to read and write. She was a member of ORCMA
Guild, the University of Tennessee Faculty Wives Bookclub, and the PEO
Sisterhood. She is survived by husband, Peter Mazur of Oak Ridge; daughter
and son-in-law, Jennifer and Richard Dawson of Clinton; step son, Timothy
Mazur and wife, Katharine of Madison, Wis.; brothers, David Bolling and wife,
Judith of Clinton, Tenn., and Landrum Bolling of Richmond, Ind., and
Washington, D.C.; sister, Carolyn Sergeant and husband, William of Knoxville,
Tenn.; grandchildren, (Mrs.) Sydney Hogan, Richard Dawson, and Taylor Dawson;
step grandchildren, Andrew and Lauren Mazur; first cousins, Lowell McClary
and wife, Donna of Litchfield Beach, S.C., and William Ormes and wife, Agnes
of Franklin, Tenn. The family wishes to express special thanks to: her friend
and housekeeper of 15 years, Laquita Foley, of Oliver Springs, and her
friend, Alberta Ferrar of Knoxville; her home-caregiver, Dee Martin of La
Follette, who was tremendously supportive the past two months; Drs. David
Compton, Ronald Wray, David Long, and Ronald Lands, who struggled with the
diagnosis and attempted treatment of her rare disease, and to those who have
been stead-fast friends, both over the years and especially in the last two
months. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 11, at
the United Church Chapel on the Hill, Oak Ridge, with Rev. Boyd Carter
officiating. The burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Memorial
gifts may be contributed to the Kenneth L. Frame Scholarship Fund at the
School of Dentistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis. Weatherford Mortuary,
Oak Ridge in charge of the arrangements.
RIGSBY, MARTHA ELIZABETH DENNY - age 88, of Oak Ridge, passed away Saturday,
April 5, 2003, at Briarcliff Nursing Home. Mrs. Rigsby was a member of the
New York Avenue Church of Christ and was a homemaker. She enjoyed crocheting,
quilting, and loved working in her church. She was born December 17, 1914 in
Smith County, TN. Preceded in death by parents, Lee Anderson Denney and Daisy
Leona Polston Denney; husband, James Casper Rigsby; son, Terry Wayne Rigsby;
brother, Dorris Denney; sister, Gladys Millmore. Survived by son, James
Anderson Rigsby; daughter- in-law, Peggy Rigsby; grandsons, Charlie, Hank,
and Luke Rigsby; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be on
Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge
Funeral Home with Minister James Lampley officiating. Interment will be 11:00
a.m. c.s.t., Thursday, April 10, 2003 at Wilson County Memorial Gardens in
Lebanon, TN. The family will receive friends from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers,
donations be made to the New Your Avenue Church of Christ, 219 New York
Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home, 1017 Turnpike,
Oak Ridge, TN 37830.
SLUSHER, LUCY - age 90, of Knoxville, and formerly of Oak Ridge, died Sunday,
April 6, 2003, at Ft. Sanders Parkwest Medical Center. She was born May 12,
1912, in Beverly, Ky., daughter of the late James F. Slusher and Melinda
Saylor Slusher. Mrs. Slusher retired from the Knox County School System,
where she was a teacher. She had also taught in schools in Anderson County
and in Bell County, Ky. She was a member of the Cumberland Baptist Church of
Knoxville and enjoyed gardening and being with her family. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Dewey G. Slusher; grandson, Donald D. Ferguson;
sister, Hester Taylor, and brothers, Robert, Wilson, Marshall and Ben
Slusher. She is survived by son, Harold Slusher and wife, Joy, formerly of
Oak Ridge, and now of El Paso, Texas; daughter, Donna S. Ferguson of Oak
Ridge; brother, Albert Slusher of the Batley Community; brother-in-law,
Ernest Taylor of Knoxville; grandchildren, Spencer F. Ferguson III of Powell,
and Lisa Magers of Cleburne, Texas; great-grandchildren, Jesse Magers and Joy
Magers, Spencer F. Ferguson IV and Christopher Ferguson. Funeral services
will be Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 8:00 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary with
Rev. Jeff Lane officiating. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday at
10:00 a.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on
Tuesday from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge.
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