Ethel Mae Plemens

Ethel Clark Plemens went to sleep on Thursday, July 19, 2012 and awoke in the presence of her Lord for Eternity. Ethel was born April 3, 1910 in a rural community that is now known as Paint Rock, TN. She married her husband, Newton Plemens in 1926 and they moved to Benedict, VA, where Mr. Plemens worked in the coal mines. They lived there about one year and then moved back to Roane County, TN, where they continued to live for several years. All seven of their children were in born in Harriman and Mr. Plemens worked for Mead Corporation (paper mill) until 1944 when he went to work at X-10 at the National Laboratory during World War II. The family moved that year to Oak Ridge, TN, when it was a new town. Ethel was a stay at home mom until the last of her children were in high school. A few years before that the family had moved back to Harriman. She went to work for Miller & Brewer Dept. Store and also worked at Draper and Darwin Dept. Store. She loved being with people and always had a ready smile and a good word for all she met. She became a member of Riverside Baptist Church in 1952 and continued to attend services regularly until she became a resident at Renaissance Terrace Care Facility. Even then she attended special services when able. She dearly loved the church and her church family. Mrs. Plemens was preceded in death by her husband, Newton Plemens; her parents, Jim and Nancy Clark; her infant son, James Newton Plemens; other sons, Roy and Raymond Plemens; grandson, Bill Reed Plemens; a brother Floyd Clark and her daughter in law, Josephine Dubois Plemens. Left to cherish her loving memory are her children, Rachel Hobgood of Beaver Dam, KY; Reed Plemens of Harriman, TN; Ralph Plemens of Inverness, FL; Rella (Carl) Schrimpsher of Dayton, TN; daughters-in-law Linda Plemens of Rockwood, TN and Kathleen Plemens of Harriman; a sister-in-law, Faye Clark of Sweetwater, TN, and several nieces and nephews. She will be sorely missed by all her grandchildren. They are Dee, Kip, Wes, John, Randy (Cindy), Pat, Mike, Clint (Alicia), Lori, Mark (Penny), Todd (Cheryl), Sean, Pruette (Deborah) and Nancy (Tommy). Ethel also has 24 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren and 2 great-great-great grandsons. Ethel was so passionate about all her family, but no more than they were of her. She will always be in their hearts. Visitation will be at Kyker Funeral Home in Harriman on Sunday, July 22, 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will be on Monday, July 23, 11 a.m., at Riverside Baptist Church with Rev.'s Richard Jones and Mason Goodman officiating. Burial will follow at Roane Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Riverside Baptist Church (www.riversidebc.net).

Ethel Mae Plemens

April 3, 1910 - July 19, 2012