Gene Motes

Gene Motes, 85, of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., died on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, at Erlanger Medical Center.

He was born on Jan. 6, 1938, to the late Hubert Lee and Fannie Mae Burnett Motes. Gene was a graduate of Spring City High School. He worked at Ford Tractor Company for several years. Gene also worked as a crane operator and a truck driver, retiring from Chattanooga Boiler and Tank. He enjoyed the outdoors. His hobbies included water skiing (until age 70), hunting rabbits and squirrels and fishing. Gene loved his family most of all and was a loving and devoted husband, dad, and grandfather. He was said to have never met a stranger. Gene was a member of North Hixson Church of God in Hixson, Tenn.

Gene is also preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Velma J. Reed Motes; and

his brother, Gilbert Motes.

Survivors include his children, Pam (Mike) West, Timothy Motes and Sandra (Allon) Rogers, all of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., and Greta (Stan) Powell of Lookout Mountain, Ga.; his five grandchildren, Derick Dobbs, Drew (Mercee) Dobbs, Jonathan (Elizabeth) West, Megan Powell and Joseph Allen West; his two great-grandchildren, Hadley and Colin Dobbs; and his four nieces and one nephew.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with Rev. Rick Smith officiating. Interment followed in the Spring City Memorial Gardens. The family received friends on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 30, from 1 p.m. until the time of service at Vaughn Funeral Home.

Vaughn Funeral Home of Spring City was in charge of the arrangements of Gene Motes and asks that friends and family share their words of comfort and memories on our website www.vaughn-funeral-home.com.