July 22, 2002
Tola Wattenbarger Melton, 88, of Niota, died Sunday morning, July 21, 2002, at Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Walter A. and Mary Lou Knox Burn. She owned and operated the Tol Mar Trailer Park and Tola's Drive Inn for 44 years. She was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by her sister, Sephie Burn Sellers on May 17, 2002.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha J. Peterson of Lookout Mountain and Mary J. Wattenbarger of Athens; one sister, Lydia Sexton of Martin, S.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home with the Rev. Ogle Wattenbarger and the Rev. Ben Roberson officiating. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Niota Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Yale Knox, Gary Long, Jimmy Atkins, Bill Sexton, Jeff Curtis and Noel Knox.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
July 22, 2002
Tola Wattenbarger Melton, 88, of Niota, died Sunday morning, July 21, 2002, at Woods Memorial Hospital in Etowah.
A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Walter A. and Mary Lou Knox Burn. She owned and operated the Tol Mar Trailer Park and Tola's Drive Inn for 44 years. She was of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by her sister, Sephie Burn Sellers on May 17, 2002.
Survivors include two daughters, Martha J. Peterson of Lookout Mountain and Mary J. Wattenbarger of Athens; one sister, Lydia Sexton of Martin, S.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home with the Rev. Ogle Wattenbarger and the Rev. Ben Roberson officiating. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Niota Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Yale Knox, Gary Long, Jimmy Atkins, Bill Sexton, Jeff Curtis and Noel Knox.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements.
Family Members
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Walter Knox Burn
1908–1982
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Sephie Burn Sellers
1910–2002
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Lyda Burn Sexton
1912–2013
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Howard Anderson Burn
1916–1916
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Infant daughter Burn
1917–1917
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Infant daughter Burn
1919–1919
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Infant Son Burn
1920–1920
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Infant daughter Burn
1921–1921
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Infant daughter Burn
1926–1926
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Joe Slover "Poppa Joe" Burn
1928–2004
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Harrison Newton Burn
1929–1929
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