MR. SCOTTIE TYRONE FAIN - Age 50, of Chattanooga, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2022. He was born September 24, 1971 in Dalton, Georgia. He was a graduate of Baldwin High School Class of 1991 and graduated from Fort Valley State College in 1998. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Vincent Terrance Simpson, Sr. and grandparents, Early Jack Cleveland and Bettie Lee Taylor Cleveland and Mary Katherine Buford.
Survivors are his loving mother, Cynthia Cleveland Simpson; father, Malcolm S. Fain; brothers, Vincent Terrance Simpson, Jr. and Tristan Fain; sister, Tamekia (Deron) Fain-Lovett; aunts, Jana Fain, Cynthia Fain, Sheila Dennard, Shirley Jones, and Shawn Fain; uncles, Pastor Tim (Angela) Simpson, Anthony Simpson, Vollie Macon, and Chris Simpson; nephews, Terrance Vincent Simpson, III, Zavier Simpson, Tyler Simpson and Brandon Simpson; great niece, Aunaka Simpson; special friend since childhood, Christopher βMauryβ Burse and special aunts, βAuntieβ Renee Taylor Rogers and Antoinette (Rodney) Rhodes; cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 12:00 Noon in the Chapel of Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Rodney Weaver and Bishop William Simpson, III officiating. His remains will lie in state on Tuesday after 11:00 A.M. and the family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 P.M. until 7:30 P.M. Interment, West Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.
Lashawnda Cummings sent Deeply Adored for Scottie Tyrone Fain - September 27, 2022
Our hearts are filled with sadness, but our memories are filled with smiles and laughter of the good times we shared. You will be missed! Love you Scottie! Your friend Shawn & the Cummings family.
Iesha Martin sent Deeply Adored for Scottie Tyrone Fain - September 26, 2022
Rest easy my dear brother my bestie for I will love you always and thanks for being an earthly angel to me now you're a heavenly angel π until we meet again ππΎ
My condolences to the family. Scottie I will forever cherish our friendship of many years,Rest In Heaven my Dear friend. Love you Dana Morrow
I love & miss you Wildcat. ππ
Sending prayers and love for comfort and strength. 8 will miss you my friend. May you rest in peace. I love you brother!
Oh the times that we laughed, danced, and cried together will forever be in my heart. We had so much fun as sister and brother at FVSU and on our road trips. You have ALWAYS been an ANGEL and now you have your wings. I will miss you my love UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, I LOVE YOU β€οΈππ
~TRACIE HARRIS
Pure and Holy! Tried and True: May you continue to shine your Light! To the family, God Knows...he love you and he loves Scottie.
I meet Scottie in 2012. He was the assistant admissions coordinator for a nursing home in Atlanta. I spoke to him not long ago and he told me how much he loved Chattanooga but he was coming home to see about his mom. He really loved his family and friends. Peace 2022
I want to send condolences to the family. Scottie I met you in Watson hall the first week of school. There was never a dull moment when you were around. Rest In Peace Scottie!
Scottie...just wow. We (John and I) will miss you brother. Still just can't believe this. I know that you loved us genuinely and we loved you...all the back to our days on the campus of FVSC. You will always be in our hearts. May you rest well. Prayers to the Simpson and Fain family and all of the friends who he held so dear from FVSC.
Prayers and Condolences to the family. M.A.Wells & Family
Rest well scottieππΎπyou was a kool and funny guy..you kept me laughing allday at wrkβΊοΈim glad we met and became friends. we lost touch but ill always remember how u made my day at wrk. praying for your family.. until next timeπβ¨
Oh Scottie...well, you finally made me cry. I will miss our 3 hour conversations on the phone full of sass, antics and lots of laughter. Now find my Dad for a beer. You know what to say..right Cottie? Well in your words...Peace and Love old friend Gina from where? Chicago aka What's Her Name
It was truly my pleasure meeting a fun, loving friend like you Scottie. Your smile had so much love in them. I am going to miss you, but never forget you. May God give your family and friends strength and peace. Till we meet again rest in peace. Tonia Talton Micklesππππ
Scottie who am I going to laugh until I cry with? I have so much more that I wanted to share with you. I'm missing you and I am going to be sad forever. Renee Hogan
My condolences to the family of Scottie Fain! May God give you the strength to keep his legacy alive. He had a smile that lit up a room and was never a stranger to anyone. He will be missed. Much love Scottie, Rest In Peace β€
Today (9-24-22) would've been your 50th birthday. We shared a lot of key moments in our childhood going as far back as Jr. High School (Boddie), working together at Piggly Wiggly as teenagers to getting reacquainted at Fort Valley State. Life lead us to different paths, but those moments I never forgot nor will I forget about you. Rest in my friend, former co-worker/classmate & fellow alumni. My condolence to your family. See you on the other side.
Rest in peace Wildcat! I will always remember your contagious smile and bubbly personality. ππ
Prayers and my dearest condolences to the family! Scottie was an earthly angel π that love to love and learn and grace everyone with his beautiful smile and laughter. I've always told you that living in PA with you around was a blessing. Truly full of life and I miss you my friend my brother. I thank God I had to chance to cross paths with you...Until we meet again!βπΎβ€οΈππΎ
My condolences and prayers are with you and the family. I'm going to miss Scottie and that smile. It was never a dull moment when he was cause that smile always lit up a room. Continue to R.I.P my friend I'm going to truly miss youππ
Sending my condolences to the family. I'm praying for you all and I'm going to miss Scottie.He always lit up a room with that smile πππ
Scotty too hotty was my first and only true friend when I moved to Chattanooga with my family I was so lucky to have him as a neighbor and my girls were blessed to have him in their life's . I was just talking to you last week about moving back to Tennessee because I missed you so much and now your gone no more mid day cocktails no more movie nights, you will always live on in the Charles Family home we love you so much
Sending Prayers and condolences to the Simpson and Fain family. Scottie it was a Pleasure being your friend from our early days at Green Pasture Baptist church & through jr high to high school and celebrating homecoming of FVSU. Rest in Paradise my friend π
Praying for the Cleveland and Fain Families. Ralph Whitener Children
I love you, Scottie, and I appreciate you so much for always being here he most wonderful friend! I am so sorry that we didn't get to talk the last time you called me, but I am grateful that I have your voicemails. You have always had the biggest heart and your heart was pure! Such a rarity in this world. You never changed in that regard - you were always Scottie Fain!β€οΈ I hope you know how much I loved you and I will always cherish my memories of you from Youngblood road and from Sally Davis, Boddie, Baldwin High School, college and afterwards. I pray that you rest peacefully, honey. β€οΈππΏ
RIP my dear friend always enjoyed the phone calls and laughter. Praying for the family ππΎππΎππΎ.
Our hearts and Prayers go out to each of you as you go through this difficult time in your lives, New Hope Baptist Church Usher Board- Velina Weaver
I thank God for allowing me to know and borrow you for 15 years. I loved teaching college with you! You and I were a great team! I know you know God because you always praised him when we talked. I know you are in heaven smiling and making angels laugh! My family and friends enjoyed being around you and we are blessed that God let us smile, laugh, talk and bond with you whenever we met. God got you covered and we shall see you again to rejoice my brother! No more worries or pain with these earthly endeavors. You are free and at peace with God's blessings. Tell my family that you met "hello"!, in heaven and we will all dance again! In Jesus name, Amen! Love, Holland's Family
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Scottie, I love and will miss you! I thank God for allowing me to have you as a good friend!
Love this brother. Always upbeat and uplifting. He will truly be missed.
Our staff will continue to keep your family in our prayers. We thank you for allowing us to serve your family.