Peggy Evans Thomas Thursday, May 13, 2021
Peggy Evans Thomas, 98, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2021.
She was born March 22, 1923, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the late Theodore I. Evans, Sr., and Faith Elliott Evans. Although she spent nearly her entire life in Chattanooga, her family lived in Georgia for part of her youth, and she earned a diploma from Montezuma High School in Montezuma, Ga., in 1940, when students were graduated after 11th grade. She then returned to Chattanooga for an additional year of secondary school and attended Chattanooga High School, graduating with the class of 1941. It was there that she met the love of her life and husband of 40 years, Richard C. (Dick) Thomas, who preceded her in death in 1989.
Memorial Service For Legendary Coach Tom Weathers Will Be Wednesday At Red Bank High Thursday, December 10, 2020
A funeral service for legendary Red Bank High School football coach Tom Weathers will be held Wednesday at the school.
The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. at the Red Bank High School gymnasium. The service will follow promptly at 7 p.m.
He was born November 22, 1939 in Columbus, Miss., to the late William Lewis Weathers and Ludy Williamson Weathers. Coach Weathers graduated high school at New Hope High (‘57), in Columbus MS. He was recruited by Coach Scrappy Moore to play football for the Moccasins at the University of Chattanooga where he was a four-year letterman and a two-year captain. He received a B.S. degree in Health and Physical Education (‘62) at UC. He later received his M.A. degree in Health and Physical Education (‘69) at Tennessee Tech.
Weathers, Tom Saturday, December 12, 2020
He was born November 22, 1939 in Columbus, MS to the late William Lewis Weathers and Ludy Williamson Weathers. Coach Weathers graduated high school at New Hope High (‘57), in Columbus MS. He was recruited by Coach Scrappy Moore to play football for the Moccasins at the University of Chattanooga where he was a four-year letterman and a two-year captain. He received a B.S. degree in Health and Physical Education (‘62) at U.C. He later received his M.A. degree in Health and Physical Education (‘69) at Tennessee Tech.
Coach Weathers had a long and successful coaching career that lasted 44 years. He began his career in Atlanta GA, coaching as an assistant at Cross Keys High School and Lovett High School from 1962-64. From 1964-67, he served as assistant football coach and co-head wrestling coach at Kirkman Tech High in Chattanooga. He was an assistant football coach at Tennessee Tech University (‘67-’69). In 1969, he r