Leveta Joan Miller, 77, of Lookout Mountain, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021. She enjoyed sewing and gardening. Joan was an active member of New Lookout Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Miller; daughter, Nicole Kendrick; parents, Gordon and Etta Autry; and sister, Lamaryl East. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Suzanne (Nick) ... (click for more)

Gary Ball, Jr., 64, of Lookout Mountain, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at his home. Gary was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during Vietnam, and was retired from Brach Candy Company, following 25 years of service. He later worked for Welding Ceramics, and was a member of American Legion Post #106. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Gary Ball, ... (click for more)

Priscilla Lane “Pat” Fowler Gibson, 80, of Dalton, Georgia, passed away Saturday morning, July 31, 2021, peacefully in her sleep at her home. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Jefferson and Bernice Metcalf Fowler and was preceded in death by her sisters, Ernestine Barber and Vivian Fowler; and brothers, Ray “Frog” Fowler, Dewitt Fowler and Derrell Fowler. Pat was a 1959 ... (click for more)

Joshua Carl-Haynes Lester, 34, of Dalton, Georgia, went home to be with his Heavenly Father and Papa Buck on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. He was preceded in death by his father, Fredrick Carl Lester; grandfathers, Haynes Masters and Fred L. Lester; uncle, Scott Lester; and aunt, Mary Dozier. Memphis, Joshua’s son, will continue to bless his family’s lives as they see the legacy ... (click for more)

A man charged with using an axe to hack a mother and her daughter to death told authorities he cannot remember any details of the grisly killings at Pikeville, but Robert Joe Whittenburg said he concluded "it had to be me." Whittenburg, 47, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of 46-year-old Deanna Lawrence and her 24-year-old daughter (and his girlfriend) Dedra ... (click for more)

Red Bank Commissioners voted unanimously on first reading on Tuesday night to raise the property tax by 11 cents. The new $1.10 per $100 of assessed valuation was 10 cents below what Interim City Manager John Alexander had recommended and had been supported by Mayor Hollie Berry and Vice Mayor Stefanie Dalton. Red Bank's tax rate previously was $1.39. However, under the certified ... (click for more)