Funeral services set for former Tennessean columnist

Staff Reports • June 19, 2009 Services for Tim Chavez, 50, a passionate journalist who formerly wrote a column for The Tennessean, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Edward Church. Visitation with the family will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, also at the church, 188 Thompson Lane. He will be buried in Calvary Cemetery, 1001 Lebanon Road. Mr. Chavez died Thursday night in the care of Alive Hospice. He had leukemia. Mr. Chavez is survived by his wife, Kathi Chavez; two brothers, Mike Chavez and Gerald Chavez, both of Del City, Okla.; a stepson, Japhet Thacker, Brentwood; a stepdaughter, Una Winterman, Bloomington, Ind., and two granddaughters.