Buddy Shane McLemore

Died: July 14, 2008

Buddy Shane "Sticks" McLemore, 29, of Largo, Fla., died Monday at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Mr. McLemore was an employee of B & L Cremations in Largo.

Survivors include two daughters: Donita Cureton of Largo and Brittany Dunaway of Greeneville; his fiancée: Stormy Cureton of Largo; his mother and her husband: Betty and Joey Kessler of Chuckey; his father: James Roy McLemore of Tellico Plains; one brother: B.J. Kessler of Chuckey; two sisters and a brother-in-law: Miranda McLemore of Chuckey and Jennie and David Suggs of Afton; his nieces and nephews: Jason Willett Jr., Skyler McLemore, Miracle McLemore, and Destiny Suggs, all of Greeneville; his grandmother: "Granny" Lee Cureton of Greeneville; several aunts and uncles, including a special aunt and two special uncles: Roger McLemore and Barbara and Eric Puckett, all of Chuckey; and special friends: Heath Johnson and Scotty Tilson, both of Greeneville.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today and Saturday at Kiser Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the funeral home chapel. The Rev. Edward Cutshaw will officiate.

Interment will follow in River Hill Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Josh Johnson, Rob Duncan, Josh McLemore, Scotty Tilson, B.J. Kessler, Robert Tilson, and Heath Johnson.

Condolences may be sent to the McLemore family at loc7439@sci-us.com