Published: May 18, 2007 05:50 am      

May 18, 2007 obituaries

Mary A. Goss

Feb. 3, 1925 — May 12, 2007

Mary Afton (Johnson) Goss, 82, of Pompano Beach, FL, and Crossville, passed away May 12, 2007, as a result of extensive injuries suffered in a car wreck on April 16, 2007. Visitation will be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday, May 18, at Bilbrey Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1550 Genesis Rd., followed by burial in Green Acres Memory Gardens.

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was the beloved wife of the late Jonas Glenn Goss and the cherished mother of Charlotte, Jim and Donna Goss. She will be greatly missed by her daughter-in-law, Ann Cross Goss; grandchildren, Matthew Goss and Mary Ruth Goss Holland; and great-grandchildren, Madeleine Sheldon, Eli Goss and Annalise Holland.

Born in Sparta on Feb. 3, 1925, she was the only child of John Dewey and Cora Lee Hale Johnson, who moved to Crossville as original Homesteaders during Roosevelt's program in the Great Depression. She graduated from Cumberland Homestead High School.

A working mother, she traveled from Crossville and later from Knoxville to Oak Ridge where she worked as a record clerk at the Y-12 Plant of Union Carbide, now Martin Marietta. She was an accomplished quilter and knitter. She loved her family, relatives and friends, flowers, cats and beautiful sunrises over the ocean, or watching the fields and branch from the front porch of her Crossville home.

A breast cancer survivor for 47 years, she helped others in their recovery through the American Cancer Society. She was a volunteer at Cumberland County Hospice. Her sweet, loving faith and compassion will be missed by her family, relatives, friends and cats.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society or to a Hospice of your choosing.

Kraeer Funeral Home and Cremation Center assisted with preparation in Florida. Bilbrey Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of local arrangements.



Walter Pippin Jr.

March 23, 1947 — May 12, 2007

Walter Pippin Jr., 60, of Crossville, passed away May 12, 2007. Funeral services were held May 14 from the chapel of Rickman-Hall Funeral Home, with Frankie Brown presenting the eulogy.

Mr. Pippin was born March 23, 1947, in Fentress County, the son of the late Walter Farce and Myrtle Garrett Pippin.

Survivors include his wife, LaVonne Sharrow Pippin of Crossville; son, Walter Pippin of Crossville; daughters, Loleata Pippin of Crossville and Doris Pippin of Ohio; sisters, Frances Loftis of Rickman, Debra Dickens of Nashville, Lola Findley of Crossville and Wilma Selby of Crossville; and brother, A.J. Pippin of Cookeville.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Jessie, Lanny and Bruce Pippin.

Family and friends may sign the guestbook at www.hallfh.net.

Hall Funeral Home, LLC of Livingston was in charge of the arrangements.



Ola O. Shaver

Jan. 29, 1916 — May 11, 2007

Ola Ozelle Shaver, 91, of Crossville, passed away May 11, 2007. Graveside services were held May 13 at Crossville City Cemetery, with Pastor Mike Kerley officiating.

Mrs. Shaver was born Jan. 29, 1916, in Putnam County, the daughter of Joseph and Lillie Huffine Phillips.

She was a business owner with her husband including the furniture and restaurant business before retiring. She was also a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. She really enjoyed her flowers and gardening, reading her Bible, canning and freezing, and most of all enjoyed cooking and feeding her loved ones.

Survivors include her daughter, Charlene Hodges of Crossville; grandchildren, Julie Blankenship of McMinnville and Kirk Hodges of Crossville; great-grandchildren, Matthew Blankenship, Whitney Hannah and Casey Hannah; brother, Thurman Phillips of Ohio; brother-in-law, Oscar Shaver of Crossville; and several nieces and nephews including Carolyn Goolsby of Cookeville, Janice Carter of Nashville and Annette Leonard of Ohio.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Shaver; sisters, Nina Bilbrey and Estelle Phillips; and brother, Hershell and Clarence Lee Phillips.

Pallbearers were Tom Netherton, Carl Gentry, Ryan Overfelt, Tim Burgess, Trevor Kerley and Jerry Kerley.

Crossville Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. was in charge of the arrangements.