Betty Jo Hawkins

Knoxville, TN – Betty Jo Hawkins funeral service 1pm Friday, May 28, 2020,at Jarnigans Chapel. Rev. Churchhill Moore presiding, Rev. William Caldwell eulogist. Interment Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Lyons View Pike, Knoxville. We will be live streaming it on…

Black Veteran’s Memorial Day Tribute, Alcoa, TN

(ALCOA, TN) The “5th Annual Memorial Decoration Day Celebration” was Monday morning at Cedar Lawn Cemetery. About 100 citizens were there to honor black veterans and their families. Attendance was deterred by drizzling rain. The event has attracted over 300 participants in prior years.

The celebration of black veterans began promptly at noon with Blount County veterans raised the flag during a 21-gun salute and bugle taps performed by members of the volunteer East Tennessee Honor Guard under the direction of Reid Gephardt.

Velma Ruth Harmon

Velma Ruth Harmon was born September 20, 1941 to Raymond and Prudy Goforth. She was preceded in death by her two daughters Connie Marie and Sharon Ruth Harmon, her late husband of 55 years Ishmael Lloyd Harmon. She…