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Subject: [TNSCOTT] Obits From The Knoxville News Sentinel 31 May 2003
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 22:14:08 EDT
>From The Knoxville News Sentinel 31 May 2003
MILTON, JOHN EARL - age 57 of Duff,
RAGAIN, JAMES - age 83 of LaFollette,
WINTER, RICHARD EUGENE - age 71, of LaFollette,
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MILTON, JOHN EARL - age 57 of 874 Duff Road, Duff, passed away Thursday, May
29, 2003 at the St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. He was a member
of the Stanfield Church of God. John was a loving husband and father who
enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He was preceded in death by son,
Kevin Earl Milton and parents, Earl and Betty Lou Smith Milton. Mr. Milton is
survived by wife, Patsy Milton of Duff; sister, Mary "Boots" Milton of
Knoxville; sister and brother in law, Pat and Gary Ray of Duff; several nieces and
nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 8
p.m. Saturday, May 31 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev.
Lynn Ray and Rev. Kenny William Cox officiating. Interment will be 12 noon Sunday
in Davis Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. before
funeral services Saturday. Martin Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of the
arrangements.
RAGAIN, JAMES - age 83 of 115 Colonial Heights, LaFollette, passed away
Friday, May 30, 2003 at the St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. He was a
member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church. Mr. Ragain was a loving father,
grandfather and great grandfather, who enjoyed spending time with his family and
friends. He was a WW II Navy veteran and participated in the invasion of
Okinawia. He retired with 37 years of service with BellSouth and was a member of
Jacksboro Masonic Lodge #322 F&AM. Mr. Ragain played on the Knoxville High School
National Football Team in 1937. He was preceded in death by wife, Doris Sowder
Ragain; son, Mark Christopher Ragain; parents, Lonnie and Lillian Turner
Ragain; sisters, Mamie and Lucille Ragain; son in law, Robert Cox. Mr. Ragain is
survived by son and daughter in law, US Navy Captain James C., II and Debbie
Ragain of Chicago, Ill.; daughters and sons in law, Verda Ann and Joe Rogers of
Powell, Jana and Geoff Whedbee of LaFollette; daughter, Judith Cox of
Morristown; 12 grandchildren; and 7 great grandchildren; sister, Francis Morris of
Monterey, Calif. and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will
be 8 p.m. Saturday, May 31 at the Hillcrest Baptist with Rev. Bill Edmons
officiating. Interment will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Campbell Memorial Gardens with
full military honors by the Campbell County Honor Guard. The family will receive
friends from 6-8 p.m. before funeral services Saturday at the church. Martin
Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
WINTER, RICHARD EUGENE - age 71, of LaFollette, formerly of North Carolina,
passed away Friday, May 30, at his home. He was a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, South Campbell County Rotary Club, Campbell
County Senior Citizen and volunteer for Campbell County Historical Society. Mr.
Winter was a 32 year employee with Hoover Company in North Canton, Ohio.
Preceded in death by parents Howard Lindsey and Lula Octovia Winter; brothers, Ralph,
Leonard and Donald Winter and sisters, Ruth Oralea Winter and Hazel Shook.
Survivors: wife, Delphia Etter Winter, LaFollette; brothers, Clarence A. Winter,
Hickory, NC, Thomas Emmitt Winter, Bakersville, NC; sister, Carol Ollis,
Morganton, NC. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Sunday June 1, at Cross
Funeral Home. Mr. Winter will be taken to Catawba Funeral Home in Hickory, NC
Monday, June 2 where the family will receive friends Monday night from 6- 8 p.m.
Funeral service 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints on Hwy. 27 North Hickory, NC with Jack C. Etter officiating.
Interment will be in White Pine Cemetery, Crossnore, NC. Arrangements by Cross
Funeral Home.
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