Billie Joy Watson^{[1, 2]}

1933 - 2014  (81 years)

• Name	Billie Joy Watson
  Born	10 May 1933	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	24 Jul 2014	Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R., Carthage, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	27 Jul 2014	Smith County Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Smith County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I111333	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Melvin Richard Watson,   b. 10 Mar 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Nov 1979  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Johnnie Lou Myers,   b. 10 Mar 1910, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Jun 1986  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F18777	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Joe Maurice Epps,   b. Abt 1936,   d. 9 Jan 2004, Wilson County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1959
  Children	1. Joe Epps
  Family ID	F40291	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 May 1933 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 11 Aug 1994. Mell Richard Watson, Jr. obituary [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 12 Jun 1986. Johnnie Lou Watson obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Billy Joy Watson Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Sevierville, Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 6 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1934 Last Place of Residence: Same Place Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Mell Watson Head M 40 Tennessee Johnnie R Watson Wife F 30 Tennessee Mell Watson Son M 12 Tennessee Mary E Watson Daughter F 9 Tennessee Billy Joy Watson Daughter F 6 Tennessee [S106] The Mountain Press, 25 Jul 2014. CARTHAGE, Tenn. – Mrs. Billie Epps of the Lock Seven Community was pronounced dead at 4:45 p.m. Friday afternoon July 24, 2014 at the age of 81 at the Riverview Regional Medical Center E. R. in Carthage. Her minister, Edward L. Anderson will officiate at the 1 p.m. C.S.T. funeral services which will be conducted Sunday Afternoon July 27th from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Smith County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Sanderson in Carthage on Saturday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Sunday after 11 a.m. Born Billie Joy Watson in Sevierville in Sevier County on May 10, 1933, she was one of three children of the late Richard Melvin “Mel” Watson and Johnnie Louise Majors Watson. She was preceded in death by a brother Melvin Watson Jr. On December 12, 1959, she was united in marriage to Joe Maurice Epps a retired Superintendent at the Raccoon Mountain T.V.A. facility in Chattanooga. Mr. Epps was a native of Waverly in Humphreys County and he preceded her in death on January 9, 2004 at the age of 68 following just over forty four years of marriage. The Epps family relocated to Smith County in 1993 following Mr. Epps 1992 retirement from T.V.A. Mrs. Epps was a 1951 graduate of Sevier County High School and a member of the Carthage Church of Christ. A devoted mother and wife, she especially loved the Christmas season and decorating her home for the holidays and particularly enjoyed her involvement in the Red Hat Society. Her only survivors are her son Joe Epps of the Lock Seven Community and a sister Sib McCarter of Sevierville. The family requests memorials to the Alzheimers Association. SANDERSON of CARTHAGE [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 133305319).