Kathleen Wahnell Ottinger

Kathleen Wahnell Ottinger, 92, of Greeneville, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Greeneville Community Hospital East.

She was a mother and homemaker.

She was a member of O & S United Methodist Church. She and her late husband sang in a gospel quartet called Miracle Tones for many years.

Survivors include six children: Steve and Martha Ottinger, Michael Ottinger and Cheryl Phillips, Kathy McCrary, Hal and Sandra Ottinger, David and Gina Ottinger and Phillip and Terri Ottinger; grandchildren: Jonathan and Gina Ottinger, Heather and Larry Jimenez, Sean Ottinger, Ethan McCrary, Erik Ottinger, Derek and Karla Ottinger, Corey Ottinger, Briana Ramsey, Mason Strong and Dawson Ottinger; seven great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; two brothers-in-law: Lloyd Ottinger and Glendon Ottinger; three sisters-in-law: Shirley Ann Chandler, Nadine and Ross Holt, and Alice Ottinger; several nieces and nephews that were all dear to her heart; and special friends: Peggy Southerland (daughter-in-heart), Shirley Hawk, Clara Malone, Sylvia Bowers, and Gary Cutshall.

She was the daughter of the late W. A. “Bill” Willis and Ethel Smith Willis. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years: Eldon E. Ottinger in 2003; two sons: Chris Eldon Ottinger and Kevin William Ottinger; daughter-in-law: Nyoka Ottinger; five sisters: Inez Royston, Larue Smith, Lucille Malone, Joyce Collins and Hilda Lawing; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Basil and Annie Ottinger; and a number of brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 5-7pm Friday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.

The funeral service will follow at 7:00 pm in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Larrie Pike, Pastor Stephen Aiken, and Rev. Mike Harmon officiating.

Interment will be held at Pine Grove UM Cemetery on Saturday at 10:00 am. Family and friends are asked to meet at 9:00 am Saturday at the funeral home to go in procession to the cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jonathan Ottinger, Sean Ottinger, Erik Ottinger, Derek Ottinger, Corey Ottinger, Rodney Ramsey, Ethan McCrary, Mason Strong and Dawson Ottinger.

Honorary pallbearers will be friends of O & S UM Church, nurses and staff of Laughlin Health Care Center, Greeneville-Greene Co. EMS, and a host of friends and neighbors in the St. James community.