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Joe Loe

Mr. Joe E. Loe, 87, a resident of Cleveland, died Monday, July 22, after several months of declining health.

He was a native of Prescott and had resided in Cleveland for 48 years.

Mr. Loe was also a deacon. He was a member of the Scottish Rites, Shriners, Masonic Lodge where he was a 32 degree Mason and a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge, and was a 50 year member of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee.

Mr. Loe was the son of the late William B. Loe, Sr. and Edith Loe and was also preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his two sons, Charlene Elkins Loe and a granddaughter, Katherine Michelle Loe.

Mr. Loe is survived by his wife of 31 years, Helen G. Loe of Cleveland; two sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Becky Loe of Simpsonville, S.C. and Mike and Cindy Loe of Atlanta, GA; three stepsons and daughter-in-laws, Reed and Laura Goins, Terry and Shirley Goins and Don Goins all of Cleveland; ten grandchildren and spouses, Melanie Loe and Danielle Young both of Atlanta, GA, Michael and Jennifer L. Masters of Simpsonville, SC, Joseph and Tammy Austin Pavlo of Chattanooga, Terry and Tachsha McDaniel of Charleston, Duke and Heather Goins of Decatur, Timmy and Jackie Goins, Kim Goins, Christopher Goins and Angela Goins all of Cleveland; eight great-grandchildren, Lauren and Amanda Reagan, Laura and Brittany Austin, Alan Pavlo, Megan Goins, Tierny and Tess McDaniel; four brothers, Abram Loe, Ardell Loe, Ottis Loe and William B. Loe, Jr.; and one sister, Ellen L. Dougan.

Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Rev. Lake Walker officiating. Interment followed in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Reed Goins, Terry Goins, Don Goins, Timothy Goins, Duke Goins and Terry Goins serving as pallbearers.

His family received friends from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.