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- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 8 Mar 2006.
Steve Dean Teaster obituary
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 8 Mar 2006.
Melanie Dawn Whaley
December 05, 1972 - March 08, 2006
Birthplace: Newport, Tennessee
Resided In: Sevierville Tennessee USA
Visitation: Pending
Service: Pending
Cemetery: Ebenezer Cemetery
Melanie Dawn Whaley, age 33 of Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents Everette and Lou Ella Waddell.
Survivors:
Husband: Adam Whaley
Children: Christopher Lee Hall, Austin Nicholas Whaley
Mother: Pat Heacox
Brother: Jeff Hall
Sisters: Angela and Shelia Hall
Nephew: Jordan Hall
Niece: Brandy Ogle
Aunt: Barbara White
Cousins: Mickey White, Pamela Kimball and Shawn White
Many special friends including Vickie Worth
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 11 Mar 2006.
Victims identified from fire
By: JEFF FARRELL, Staff Writer March 11, 2006
Melanie Dawn Whaley and Steve Dean Teaster died Wednesday in an accidental fire at Whaley's home, a detective with the Sevier County Sheriff's Department said Thursday.
Deputies had not released Whaley and Teaster's names until their identities were confirmed and family members were properly notified.
Teaster was dating Whaley's mother, and had been helping Whaley move, Detective Matthew Cubberly said. The two of them died in a fire that authorities now believe started in the living room of Whaley's trailer on New Era Road early Wednesday morning.
The sheriff's department and the state bomb and arson unit have not determined the cause of the fire, but don't believe it was intentionally set. "There's no evidence it was anything but an accident," Cubberly said.
The cause of death is believed to be smoke inhalation, he said.
The trailer was engulfed in flames when firefighters from the Sevier County Volunteer Fire Department arrived at the scene. Whaley and Teaster's bodies were recovered from the remains of the structure after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Atchley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Whaley and Teaster.
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