Price, Helen Louise (Benton)

Friday, January 18, 2013

Helen Louise Price, 90, of Benton, TN, passed away, Thursday, January 17, 2013 at an assisted living facility in Chattanooga.

She was of Baptist faith. She was retired as secretary for the Judge of County Court in Polk County and was a graduate of McKenzie Business College.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Roscoe and Bertha Marie Sample Price; and brother, Zane Price.

She is survived by her former sister-in-law, Betty Ann Johnson; and two nephews, Stan Price and Mark Price, all of Aynor, SC.

Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 20, in the chapel of Higgins Funeral Home with Dr. Robbie Speights officiating. Interment will follow in Benton Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, January 20 from 2-3 p.m. at the Higgins Funeral Home who has charge of the arrangments.

May 22, 2013

Heuser, Valetta Jean (Rock Spring)

May 21, 2013

Henderson, James G. "Jaybird" Sr. (Chickamauga)

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Heuser, Valetta Jean (Rock Spring)

Valetta Jean Heuser, 93, of Rock Spring, died on Monday, May 20, 2013 in a local hospital. Mrs. Heuser was a charter member of Fort Oglethorpe First Baptist Church where she served as pianist from 1953 – 1978. An accomplished pianist, for traditional church music, she served in churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia playing for quartets, radio programs, and choirs ... (click for more)

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Hayden Lamar Lasley

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Geraldine McKee Burkhart

Geraldine McKee Burkhart, of Hixson, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. She was 69. Geraldine was born on Dec. 3, 1943, in Ooltewah to the late Jennie Belle and Raymond McKee. She retired from State Farm Life Insurance with over 30 years of service and was the owner and operator of The Wig Palace on Ringgold Road. Geraldine was a very active member of the Old ... (click for more)

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