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Melvin Walter Dearing suffered a fatal heart attack on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Walter was born on January 7, 1956. His parents, Loyd and Irene Dearing of Hardin Valley community in Knoxville, TN, and his sister, Carol, preceded him in death.

Walter’s sisters and brothers Wilma Jean Allison, Connie Lynn Mulligan, Virginia Mae Dearing, William David Dearing, James Kenneth Dearing, Robert Lloyd Dearing, Joseph Michael Dearing, and Tommy Douglas Dearing of Knoxville, TN and Mary L. Brown of Napoleon, OH survive Walter.

The family will receive friends at Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home in Oak Ridge Monday evening from 6 to 8 PM. A graveside service will be held at Greenwood Cemetery Tuesday at 11:00am AM.