OBITUARIES
FORREST MONROE PLEMONS, 77, of Hixson, TN died Friday, May 9, 2003, in a local hospital. Mr. Plemons was a Korean veteran; a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church; and a member of the Red Bank Masonic Lodge. He was a retiree of U. S. Pipe & Foundry, Inc. after 34 years of service.
He is survived by his wife, Veda Sears Plemons; son, Jesse;
daughter and son-in-law, Theresa and Larry Wright; grandson, Forrest Dean
Wright; and sister and brother-in-law, Kathreen and J. B. Horton.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 12, at North Chapel of the
Chattanooga Funeral Home with Charles Bryan and Herman Callahan officiating.
Internment will be in the National Cemetery.
Forrest had a lot of health problems. He had a pacemaker put in last
March. His legs stayed swollen because heart was too weak to keep fluids
properly circulated. A pacemaker helped to reduce the swelling in his
legs. He was in a lot of pain with arthritic knee, but they could not put
in a knee replacement because his weakened heart could not withstand the
surgery.
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VERNON EDWARD “EDDIE” PLEMONS, 48, of Philadelphia, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, May 9, 2003 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.
A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he was preceded in death by his father, Vernon Plemons. Survivors include his wife of 12 years, Linda Cagle Plemons; his mother, Betty Derrick of Sweetwater; his mother-in-law, Leona Cagle of Athens; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kim and Travis Sharp of Athens, and Nicole and Cleatis Fritts of Loudon; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Eddie Joe Plemons of Cincinnati, Ohio, Clinton Michael and Vickie Sloan, and Vernon Hoyt and Christy Sloan, all of Madisonville, Tennessee; three sisters, Patricia Ann Burns of Knoxville, Brenda Laverne Stout and Katherine Plemons, both of Sweetwater; three brothers, Floyd Dale Plemons, of Dayton, Ohio, Tony Lee Plemons and Billy Joe Plemons, both of Sweetwater; 10 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were at 8 P.M., Sunday in the chapel of Bierely-Hale Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Jackson and the Rev. Bill Lynn officiating. Burial was at 1 P.M. Monday at Hiwassee Church of God Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, of Madisonville, is in charge of arrangements.