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- [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 14 Sep 1973.
Georgia Elizabeth Hickman obituary
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 22 Jun 2000.
Louise Underwood Chesney obituary
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 24 Jan 2000.
CHESNEY, LONAS L. - age 85, of Knoxville, passed away Friday January 21, 2000 at St. Mary's Hospice. He was of the Baptist faith, and a veteran of World War II, having served with the 106th Infantry Division, during the Battle of the Bulge Dec. 1944 where he was captured and taken prisoner and remained a POW until the war was over. He was a charter member of Smoky Mountain Chapter Ex-POW, charter member of Chapter 24 DAV also a charter member Purple Heart, Chapter 356. He was also a member of the 106th Infantry Division Assoc., American Legion Post 2, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Louise Underwood Chesney; son, Dwayne R. and wife, Lois of Strawberry Plains; grandson, Roger D. and wife, Kristi ofKodak; granddaughter, Jennifer and husband, Jeff Hackler, of Knoxville; four great grandchildren, Sheena, and Danielle Chesney, Levi and Lilly Hackler; and a step great granddaughter, Tori Hayes; two sisters, Colleen Lusby, and husband, Jack, Dorothy Davis and husband Arthur, all of Knoxville; several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, 2000 from the McCarty Evergreen Chapel, with the Revs. Ronnie White and Ronnie Bailey officiating. Intermentwill follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Donny Fox, Jerry Hickman, Mike Ramsey, Benny Fortenberry, Jeff Hackler, And Roger Chesney. John Abbott will serve as an honorary pallbearer. McCarty's Evergreen Chapel in charge, 7426 Asheville Highway.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 411-07-1250.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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