Ralph Champion
July 13, 2018
Date of Service: July 21, 2018
Interment Location: Christus Garden
Ralph Leonard Champion, 78 of Knoxville passed away on Friday, July 13, 2018. He was the son of the late Oliver Charlie and Neva Taylor Champion. Ralph spent his work career as a color specialist for a variety of companies in the furniture industry. Ralph was of the Baptist faith and a member of Dixie Lee Baptist Church in Lenoir City, TN.
Ralph is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Norma Jean Cannon Champion; daughter, Melissa Frazer (Lewis) of Knoxville, TN; two grandsons, Andrew Lewis Frazer (Elizabeth) of New Orleans, LA and Aaron Smith Frazer of Knoxville, TN; Great-Granddaughter, Madeleine Annette Frazer of New Orleans, LA; two sisters, Ms. Betty Carden of Elizabethton, TN and Ms. Evalena Meredith of Johnson City, TN along with two nieces and one nephew.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Happy Valley Memorial Park on Saturday, July 21, 2018, Rev. Frank Osborne will be officiating. Friends may come by the funeral home to sign the book for Mr. Champion, Friday, 7/20/18 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or on Saturday before the time the graveside service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Dixie Lee Baptist Church, 14650 Old Stage Road, Lenoir City, TN 37772 or Bible Baptist Church, 1215 Broad Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 12:20 p.m. Saturday to go to the cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family on our web-site: www.memorialfcelizabethton.com
Memorial Funeral Chapel, 212 N. Main St. Elizabethton, TN is serving the Champion family.
