At the setting of the sun, the Lord and the angels guided Theresa L. Hundley Billingsley to her heavenly home on Monday, May 10, 2021. Theresa was a resident of Jasper, and had been married to the late Clifford Billingsley. She was born on February 22, 1964 to the late Larry Dale Hundley and Mary Katherine Burnett Hundley. Theresa had worked for Walmart as a retail associate. ... (click for more)

Ray Wooten Griffin, Jr., 76, died early Friday, May 7, 2021, at his river home in Dayton, Tennessee, from complications of congestive heart disease. He was affectionately known as Skip and was fond of saying, “Call me Skip. Call me Skipper. But never ever call me Skippy.” With his bright brown eyes twinkling, he would tell countless jokes, with snappy, off-the-cuff punch-lines. ... (click for more)

Peggy Evans Thomas, 98, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2021. She was born March 22, 1923, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the late Theodore I. Evans, Sr., and Faith Elliott Evans. Although she spent nearly her entire life in Chattanooga, her family lived in Georgia for part of her youth, and she earned a diploma from Montezuma High School in Montezuma, Ga., in 1940, when students ... (click for more)

William “Bill” Hobert Russell was born on September 8, 1942, in Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Tennessee to the late Curtis Lee and Wilma Mae (Jones) Russell. He was the third son of seven brothers and five sisters. William passed away peacefully on Monday, May 3, 2021. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three daughters, Lisa Martin, Darla M. Russell-Ferrell, ... (click for more)

County Commissioner Tim Boyd has questioned District Attorney Neal Pinkston on the issue of relatives in his office. He released an email he received that was critical of DA Pinkston giving allegedly excessive raises to a top staff member that he married and for hiring her brother. At budget hearings, he asked DA Pinkston whether he had any relatives on the county payroll. ... (click for more)

DeQuan Paris, 25, and LaRome Ridley, 20, were killed and a 29-year-old man was injured in a shooting on Ridgeside Road Wednesday evening. The two men who died are brothers. They have two other brothers. Their mother, Amanda Del “Rat” Paris, died last Dec. 3 at age 39. Chattanooga Police responded to the 3600 block of Ridgeside Road on a report of a person shot at approximately ... (click for more)