What's Happening?

Williamson and Sons Funeral Home is pleased to offer a wide variety of both on-going and seasonal events. We invite you to return often to see what’s coming up on our calendar. If you’d like to keep up-to-date, we invite you to visit our social media pages.

January Events

• Have you visited our sympathy store?

  Sunday, January 01, 2012 to Monday, December 31, 2012

  If you are on our website's home page, you can click on "Sympathy Gifts", then "visit sympathy gifts" and view our on line store that includes beautiful memorial remembrance jewelry, engraved candles and vases, Godiva chocolate baskets, and more.

• Hospice of Chattanooga Support Groups

  Sunday, January 01, 2012 to Monday, December 31, 2012

  Hospice of Chattanooga provides FREE seminars, information, tools, and help coping with the loss of a loved one. The offer support for families, homicide and suicide families, and even grief healing through yoga. They can be contacted at (423) 892-4289 or www.hopiceofchattanopoga.org.

• Sequoyah gets new steam generators

  Sunday, January 01, 2012 to Monday, December 31, 2012

  Sequoyah Nuclear Plant is installing two huge steam generators to replace the old ones. The new generators will be installed by cutting a 70 by 15 foot hole in the roof of Unit 2. A 1,600 metric ton crane will be used to remove the old generators. This will be done during an outage in late 2012.

• Gospel Singing at Sequoyah Church of God

  Thursday, January 05, 2012 to Thursday, December 27, 2012

  Sequoyah Church of God, 10916 Hixson Pike, hosts gospel singing every third Thursday of the month at 6:00 pm. Refreshemnts are served. Call (423) 332-1139 for details.

• Bluegrass and Country Music Jamming Sessions

  Thursday, January 05, 2012 to Thursday, December 27, 2012

  Jam sessions are open to all every Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Red Bank Community Center located behind the Red Bank swimming pool & Erlanger North Hospital off Morrison Springs Road. Bring your own instrument and play or just come listen. Call Bob @ 877-9948 for more information.

• North River Civic Center

  Thursday, January 12, 2012 to Monday, December 31, 2012

  The North River Civic Center located at 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson, Tennessee, is buzzing with programs and activities that are free to the public such as art classes, dancing classes, yoga, aerobics, and many more. Call direct (423) 870-8924, www.chattanooga.gov.

• North Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month

  Thursday, January 19, 2012 to Thursday, December 20, 2012

  The NHC Chamber meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at Soddy Daisy's Budweiser Plant. There is a special speaker at each meeting and lunch is served . The cost for the meeting is $10.00. If you are a business person in Soddy Daisy or North Hamilton County, please come and join in the mix. Visit www.chattanoogachamber.com for more information.

February Events

• SDPD (Soddy Daisy Police Department) Crackdown

  Wednesday, February 01, 2012 to Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  SDPD is crackinig down on drug abusers as they do not intend to put up with thieves and drug dealers in our city. Two arrests were made at the Ivy Academy on Montlake Mountain, one a sibling of a student that did not attend school there. Police Chief Phillip Hamrick is working closely with principal, Angie Markum, to stop any illicit activity. Ms. Markum invites police to come and have lunch, get to know students, and have a high visibility in the school.

• Soddy Daisy Food Bank serving North Hamilton County

  Wednesday, February 01, 2012 to Monday, December 31, 2012

  Soddy Daisy Food Bank located at Soddy United Methodist Church distributes food every Thursday from 9:00 until 11:00 AM to qualified area residents from north of Boy Scout Road and west of the Tennessee River. They serve about 350 families a month. In 2011, they served 820 families. They purchase food from The Chattanooga Food Bank. They depend on many dedicated volunteers. The church phone number is 332-1148 for information.

• Fourth Annual Minner Hole Lounge Bike Ride for the Elderly Big Success

  Wednesday, February 01, 2012 to Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  The fourth annual Minner Hole Lounge Bike Ride for the elderly was successfully held and raised $3,532 for their fundraiser. Many area bikers participated including "Bikers First", Soddy-Daisy Commissioner Geno Shipley, police escort Mike Brown and Soddy Daisy EMT Glenda Knapp.

• Interested in Hiking?

  Saturday, February 04, 2012 to Saturday, February 11, 2012

  Contact George Bonneau at 842-3619, or george.r.bonneau@gmail.com to participate in one of the upcoming hikes such as North Chickamauga Creek on Feb. 4 (4.5 miles), Heiss Mountain to Possum Creek and back on Feb. 7 (3 miles), or the Prentice Cooper Mullen's Ciove Loop Trail on Feb.11th (10 miles).

• DBBC Northgate Campus presents "The End is Near" - Countdown to the Apocalypse

  Tuesday, February 07, 2012

  The Dallas Bay Baptist Church Northgate Campus Lifetree Center in Hixson across from Chuck E Cheese asks how and when the world will end and exploratin and discussion on what is known and not known about the 2012 prophesies. There will two one hour time slots: one from noon until 1:00 pm and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.

• Town Hall Meeting with Mitch McClure on Gang Violence

  Tuesday, February 07, 2012 : 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  Hamilton County District 3 Commissioner Mitch McClure wants to hear from you on the issue of gang violence and the Violence Task Force. The meeting will be held at Hixson Middle School at 5681 Old Hixson Pike from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 7th.