Henry Taylor Rose

Henry Taylor Rose, 78, a resident of Cleveland passed away Monday, April 09, 2012 at his home. He was the oldest charter member of Unity Church of God where he served as Trustee. Mr. Rose spent most of his life in Cleveland and was retired from Maytag after 19 1/2 years. He had an Associate's degree in Electronics from UT in Knoxville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Ollie Rose; 3 sisters: Mary Womack, Inez Wright and Eva Townsend and one brother, William Rose; two sons, John Henry Rose and Henry Taylor Rose, Jr. Survivors include his loving wife of 56 years, Elizabeth Jeraldine Simpson Rose; six children: Dinah Calfee, Donnie and Kim Rose, Elizabeth and Rick Flowers, Linda and Randy Byers, David and Margaret Rose and Matthew and Angie Rose; 2 sisters, Maybelle Ogle and Lucille Carter all of Cleveland; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grand children. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012 in the chapel of Fike Funeral Home with the Reverend Grady Simpson and the Reverend David Rose and the Reverend Barry Lee officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Randy Byers, Rick Flowers, Kenny Saxe, Tony Smith, Jeff Lewallen and James Stokes serving as pallbearers. Jonathan Rose, Blake Rose, Brian Rose, Jason Calfee, Richard Simpson and William Winters will serve as honorary pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service. His family will receive friends from 5:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the funeral home. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Rose family guestbook at www.fikefh.com