Adlene Poore, 84, died October 17, 2009 at Briarcliff Health Care Center in Oak Ridge. Graveside service was held October 19 at 1:00 p.m. in the Lewis County Memorial Gardens. Richard Tate officiated with McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Poore, a retired employee of Genesco, was the wife of the late William Ellis Poore. She was born July 31, 1925 in Harvest, Alabama to the late Johnnie and Lula (Lewter) Hodges. Survivors include a daughter Kay (Greg) Hamilton of Oak Ridge; two sisters, Merle Basman of Hendersonville, North Carolina, and Beulah Mae Bookout of Birmingham, Alabama; a sister-in-law, Anita Hodges of Louisville, Kentucky; one granddaughter, Leslie Hamilton of Oak Ridge; and one grandson, Alan Hamilton, also of Oak Ridge. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Poore was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Laurie Hamilton.