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Subject: Obits From The Knoxville News Sentinel 15 May 2004
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 14:43:25 EDT
From The Knoxville News Sentinel 16 May 2004
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY - age 87, a resident of the Oak Ridge and Claxton
WALTERS, FLETCHER WILLIAM - age 94, of Clinton
ZEDLER, MARGARET (VIVIAN) JACOX - of Oak Ridge,
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY - age 87, a resident of the Oak Ridge and Claxton
community passed on unto our Lord on Thursday, May 13, at the Lake City Health Care
Center. He was born October 23, 1916 in Pearson, Georgia. John and his wife
Becky moved to Oak Ridge in the early forties and he was employed at the K25 Plant
for twenty-five years as a welder. He and his family moved to a new residence
on the Clinton highway and operated The Pig Trail Inn. They were well-known
in the area for their famous barbecue. He was preceded in death by his wife,
Rebecca Elizabeth (Becky) Corbitt Adams, parents: mother, Mary Jane Giddens
Adams, and father, Homer Columbus Adams, a brother, Chester Adams, and sisters,
Grace Vickers and Jennie Nichols. He is survived by three sons: Jack Adams and
wife Patsy; William (Billy) Adams and wife Alice; J.O. Adams and wife Sally;
nine grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren; sisters Dorothy Lauermore, and
Sue Nell Perry. The family conveys their heartfelt appreciation to those at the
Lake City Health Care. They went far beyond their duties to be a family to
him. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Saturday with services to
follow at 8 PM at the Woodhaven Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens on Edgemoor Road.
The Rev. Charles Northrup will be officiating. Special singers: Freda Rose,
Glenna Pack, Carolyn Northrup, and Alicia Pack. Entombment will be held Sunday
at 3 PM. Pallbearers will be: A.C. Noe, Ricky Adkins, Mark Adams, Rodney
Brock, Daniel Adams, Terry Neal and Brandon Neal. Woodhaven Funeral Home and
Memorial Gardens is in charge of arrangements.
WALTERS, FLETCHER WILLIAM - age 94, of Clinton passed away Thursday, May 13,
2004 at his home. Fletcher was born July 1, 1909 in the Scarboro Community of
Anderson County, Tennessee where his family lived until removal for the
Manhattan Project in World War II. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in old
Scarboro community in Oak Ridge. He was the first of five children born to
Clarence Orestus Walters and Evelyn (Eva) Johnson Walters. Fletcher was one of
the oldest surviving graduates of Robertsville High School. After retiring from
Magnet Knitting Mills in Clinton, Fletch took up a successful career as a
carpenter and house painter. He had a rich sense of humor and enjoyed sharing
stories with friends and family. He was loved as a husband, father, grandfather,
brother and friend. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
his wife of 64 years, Onelda Lockett Walters, his brother, Johnson Lawrence
(Bus) Walters, and sisters-in-law, Ruth Seiber Walters, Elizabeth (Libby)
Henriksen Walters, Elinor (Ellie) Wellman Walters, and Rosel Lockett May, and brother-
in-law, Roy Giltz Brown.
He is survived by his daughter and caregiver, Judy Walters Rhyne of Clinton;
brothers and sister-in-law, Thomas & Irene Walters of Clinton; and Herbert
Walters of Solana Beach, California; beloved sister and brother-in-law, Mary &
Glen Taylor of Clinton and sister-in-law Wanda Lockett Brown of Oak Ridge. He is
also survived by grandchildren, Dru & Barbara Rhyne of MacDonald, Tennessee;
Shane & Ruth Sapp Rhyne of Knoxville; and Nikole Rhyne of Knoxville;
great-grandchildren, Holly Rhyne and Tre Rhyne of Clinton and Jennifer Dansby of
MacDonald, Tennessee and great-great- granddaughter, Madeline Rhyne and many nieces,
nephews, cousins and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation
Center, 1901 Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, Tn. 37916.
Graveside services will be Sunday, May 16, 2004 at 3:00 PM at Sunset Cemetery
with Rev. Sam Dean officiating. Friends may call at their convenience at
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton in
charge of all arrangements.
ZEDLER, MARGARET (VIVIAN) JACOX - of Oak Ridge, died on May 14, 2004 at the
Methodist Medical Center. She was born in Modesto, California, the daughter of
the late Floyd and Ethel Jacox. A member of the First Presbyterian Church, a
graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a Certified Professional
Secretary, and a former employee of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the
Senior Secretary to the Director of the Instrumentation and Controls Division.
She had served as an Advisory Committee Member of the Oak Ridge Girls Home and
to the Business Department of Roane State Community College. Her interest was
in history of American Wars; particularly, WWI. Preceded in death by her
husband, Richard E. Zedler, October 2000 and by her sister, Doris Slaughter of Oak
Ridge, 1991. She is survived by her brother, Donald C. Jacox, Morganton, NC;
sister, Joanne J. Lovelace, (Mrs. L.R.) of Staunton, VA; brother-in-law, Gerald
M. Slaughter, Oak Ridge; nephew, Richard G. Slaughter, Kissimmee, FL and wife,
Lydia L. Slaughter; niece, Donna Slaughter McKinley and husband, Kevin F.
McKinley and their three daughters, Marina, Liana, and Camilla McKinley nephew,
Graham Lovelace, Jackson Hole, WY; niece, Rebecca Lovelace Dellinger and
husband, Billy Dellinger, Staunton, VA and Amanda and Heather Gardner. The funeral
service will be held in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary on Monday, 8 PM with
Rev. Kerra Becker-English officiating. Private interment will be at Oak Ridge
Memorial Park. The family requests memorials be sent to The Visual Support
Group in care of John Cathcart, 4609 Clinch View Ln., Solway, TN 37931. The
family will receive friends Monday evening from 7 - 8 PM at Weatherford Mortuary,
Oak Ridge.
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