Greene County Obituaries JOHN BRANNAN , Esq., of the 9th Dist. died on last Tuesday morning of apoplexy of heart disease. His death was very sudden and unexpected, he had been in town the day before as well, apparently as usual. This is another of the old citizens of the county gone. Greeneville East Tennessee Thursday March 8, 1883 - contributed by, Pamela Tubbs ROBERT NATHAN BRANNAN died at his home near Timber Ridge, Wednesday. He had been sick for sometime though not confined until a short time before he died. Mr. Brannan had many acquaintances over the county who will regret to learn of his death. Greeneville East Tennessee September 22, 1897 - contributed by, Pamela Tubbs J. T. Fitzgerald and T. A. Fitzgerald Double Funeral Held At Greeneville Greeneville, Tenn., June 19, 1916 The funeral of J. T. Fitzgerald and T. A. Fitzgerald took place at the M. E. church at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon conducted by the pastor, W. R. Oliver, and was very largely attended. In fact no funeral service in Greeneville in a long time has been so largely attended. The church could accommodate only a portion of those present. J. T. Fitzgerald died in Knoxville and his body was shipped to Greeneville for burial. T. A. Fitzgerald, his twin brother, was in Washington and leaving that city almost as soon as the news of his brother's death was received, had arrived in Greeneville before the funeral party had arrived from Knoxville and gone to the boarding house of the Misses Gammon, where he almost at once was taken sick and died within a very short time. The burial was in Oak Grove cemetery and the cortege of automobiles extended nearly from the church to the cemetery which is more than a half mile. [The Kingsport Times (Kingsport, Tennessee) June 22, 1916, submitted by Frances Cooley] CHARLES "CHARLIE" SIPE was born July 14, the son of Bert Lee and Mamie Alice (Riley) Sipe in Mohawk, Tennessee (Greene County). On August 6, 1976, Charlie married Linda L. Bender in Rogerville, Tennessee. Upon moving to Carroll County, Illinois, Charlie took a job at the Savanna Ice House, the Milwaukee Railroad for 24 years, Kasbohm Custom Drilling in Savanna and owned and operated Charlie's Tavern in Savanna and Charlie¢s II Tavern in Mt. Carroll. Charlie lived and farmed near Mt. Carroll where he and Linda raised five children. He loved his grandchildren, there was nothing that gave him more joy then his grandchildren. He enjoyed sitting around with friends and telling stories, or out moving earth with his bulldozer. He loved a good challenge, truth be told, Charlie wrestled a bear and lived to tell about it. He climbed a telephone pole backwards with out falling. Charlie was a unique, interesting and loving man. Charlie will be dearly missed by his wife, Linda of Mt. Carroll; four sons, Tim Snapp of Greenville, TN; Tom Sipe of Savanna; Donnie (India) Sipe of Mt. Carroll and Charlie (Tonya) Sipe of Mt. Carroll; three daughters, Peggy (George) Grams of Camanche, Iowa; Bobbie Jo (Carl) Bates of Mt. Carroll and Stacie (Robert) Klein of Savanna; six step daughters; twenty six-grandchildren and fourteen great grand children; seven sisters, Lenore "Sis" Cobble, Annie Richer, Peggy (Larry) Wilder, Nancy (George) Tempest, all of Tennessee; Betty Kalal of Minnesota, Ella Bea Horner and Jane (Bill) Atkenson of Wisconsin and numerous step-grandchildren. Charlie is preceded in death by his parents; a step-grandson; four brothers and one sister. Contributed by, Christine Walters HOWARD FRANKLIN WEST , 80, of the Ottway Community in Greene County, died Sunday morning, November 2, 2003 at Laughlin Memorial Hospital. He was well known for his involvement in the carnival business in East Tennessee and was widely known as the "carnival man". Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Harmon West; daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Floyd Bradford, of Elizabethton; two grandsons and a granddaughter-in-law, Howard and Genia Bradford, of Greene County, and Perry Bradford, of Elizabethton; two great grandsons, Sylas Bradford and Tyler Coe; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a great granddaughter, Kelsey Guy. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, November 3, 2003 and Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at Rose Hill Funeral Home, Greeneville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2003 from Ottway United Methodist Church with interment in Mountain Valley Cemetery. Courtesy of Memorial Funeral Chapel, Elizabethton. Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton, TN, November 3, 2003 - contributed by, Tina Oneyear Back to the Main Index Page