We express sincere comfort and/or speedy healing to the following UTIA employees or retirees:

Sympathy is expressed to George Grandle, Eastern Area UTIA Retirees secretary-treasurer who retired in 2009 from the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, in the death of his father, James Franklin Grandle, 96, of Keezletown, Virginia, who passed away June 15, 2018, at his home in Keezletown. A funeral service was conducted at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 19, at Mountain Valley United Methodist Church. Burial followed in the Mountain Valley Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Mountain Valley Cemetery, c/o Barbara Martz, 8288 Indian Trail Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802.

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the sudden passing of Jim Hayes, the husband of Kathy Hayes, TNCEP program assistant in Bradley County. Jim Hayes passed away July 6. A Remembrance of Life Service was conducted Sunday evening, July 8, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the Burdette Baptist Church. Graveside services and interment were conducted Monday, July 9, at 11 a.m. at the McClanahan Cemetery. Our sympathies go out to Kathy and her family.