Steve Chatman

Steve M. Chatman GRAY, Tenn. Steve M. Chatman, 49, 104 Delmer Saults Road, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010, at his residence with his family at his side. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and was a son of the late Rev. Earl and Ruby Steen Chatman. Mr. Chatman was an ordained minister and had pastored New Victory Baptist Church, Clifton View Baptist Church and Enon Baptist Church. Also he was caretaker for 11 years at the Sullivan Baptist Retreat Center. He was a Tennessee state electrical inspector for Sullivan and Washington County. Mr. Chatman was also the owner and operator of Chatman Electrical Contractors for 25 years. He enjoyed missionary trips, loved his family and beach trips. He was an avid fisherman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Earl and Beatrice Chatman; maternal grandparents, Vernon and Ethel Steen; a brother, Robert Chatman; and his father-in-law, Cecil Ferguson Jr. He is survived by his wife, Marietta Ferguson Chatman; a son, Robert Allen Chatman and his wife, Jennifer, of Gray; a brother, Jim Chatman and his wife, Jane, Johnson City; a sister, Earlene Banks and her husband, LeeRoy, Limestone; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service for Mr. Chatman will be conducted 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, 2010, from the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Ave., Johnson City, with the Rev. Howard Estep and Dr. Tommy Holtzclaw officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 5 p.m. until service time. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, in the Monte Vista Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Rodney Metcalf, Brian Ellis, Mark Tester, Wayne Tilson, Jerry Davis, Chris Ferrell, Mike Dearing and Wiley Gobble. Honorary pallbearers will be Supervisor Bill Manis, Jeff Smith Sr., Richard Birchfield, Junior Clark, Philip Almany, Tony Kilgore, Johnson City Power Board employees and all the East Tennessee electrical Inspectors. Everyone attending the graveside service is asked to meet at the cemetery. Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home, 108 W. Watauga Ave., Johnson City, is serving the Chatman family. 423-928-2245.