Johnnye Ruth Curtis Twiggs, age 83, of 700 Netherton Drive, Madisonville, Tennessee passed away 4:05 AM, Monday, November 13, 2006 at Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee. Member of First Baptist Church of Madisonville, charter member of American Business Women Association. Former Monroe County school teacher having taught at Sweetwater High School. Retired from the Democrat-Observer newspaper. Educated at Sweetwater High School, Hiwassee College and received a B.S. degree at East Tennessee State University. Survivors: husband of 56 years, Murrell W. Twiggs; brother, Emerson Curtis of Sweetwater, Tennessee; niece, Debbie Pinell of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Preceded in death by parents, John & Bertha Kelso Curtis, sisters, Edna Curtis, Geneva Griffin, brother, J.R. Curtis, Jr., niece, Linda McCallie, nephew, Mike Curtis. Funeral 8:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2006 in Biereley-Hale Chapel, with the Reverend Curtis Woods & Dr. Lon Shoopman officiating. Interment 11:00 AM, Friday, November 17, 2006 in Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park, Sweetwater, Tennessee. Family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville, Tennessee.
Johnnye Ruth Curtis Twiggs, age 83, of 700 Netherton Drive, Madisonville, Tennessee passed away 4:05 AM, Monday, November 13, 2006 at Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee. Member of First Baptist Church of Madisonville, charter member of American Business Women Association. Former Monroe County school teacher having taught at Sweetwater High School. Retired from the Democrat-Observer newspaper. Educated at Sweetwater High School, Hiwassee College and received a B.S. degree at East Tennessee State University. Survivors: husband of 56 years, Murrell W. Twiggs; brother, Emerson Curtis of Sweetwater, Tennessee; niece, Debbie Pinell of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Preceded in death by parents, John & Bertha Kelso Curtis, sisters, Edna Curtis, Geneva Griffin, brother, J.R. Curtis, Jr., niece, Linda McCallie, nephew, Mike Curtis. Funeral 8:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2006 in Biereley-Hale Chapel, with the Reverend Curtis Woods & Dr. Lon Shoopman officiating. Interment 11:00 AM, Friday, November 17, 2006 in Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park, Sweetwater, Tennessee. Family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville, Tennessee.
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