Dr. Betty Jane Trotter^{[1, 2]}

23 Dec - 2006

• Name	Betty Jane Trotter
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	23 Dec
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Nov 2006	Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I48593	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Emert Authur Trotter,   b. 24 Dec 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Jan 1952  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ollie Ware Tinsley,   b. 29 Jul 1886, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Sep 1973  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F14092	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Edgar Lee McReynolds
  Family ID	F62251	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 2 Nov 2006 - Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "The Mountain Press", Section B, 19 March 1995, p 2. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 360, 361, 362, 363, 364.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume III, 1974-1986, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 28 Mar 1985. James Tinsley Trotter obituary [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 67. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 18 Nov 2006. TROTTER, DR. BETTY JANE - an educator, author, coach and life-long advocate of women's athletics, died Nov. 2 at Fort Sanders Sevier County Nursing Home. She was the last of nine children of Emert Arthur and Ollie Tinsley Trotter of Sevierville. Trotter served in educational posts in Texas and California, retiring as a full professor from San Jose State University. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee (Kappa Delta and Phi Beta Kappa) and earned her masters and doctoral degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York. During her career, Trotter authored a noted textbook "Volleyball for Girls and Women" and served as a coach with the U.S. Women's volleyball team for the Pan Am Games. She was preceded in death by her eight siblings, Sadie, John, Mell, H.D., James, and Mary Emily Trotter, Virginia Trotter Stafford, and Dorothy Trotter McMahan. She is survived by her niece, Virginia Trotter Betts, Nashville, TN; and two nephews, Jim Trotter, Jr. and Bob Trotter of Denver, Colorado; two first cousins Patsy B. Davenport, Knoxville and Ralph Butts; a sister-in-law, Mary Evelyn Trotter of Gatlinburg; four great nieces and two great nephews and their children. The family wishes to acknowledge with gratitude her long time caregiver, Lois Smyre. After retirement to her home on Douglas Lake, she and her business partner, Fay Maxfield, Carberra, Australia, operated a Christmas tree farm near Kodak, TN. Trotter was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Sevierville, the Manthano Club, and served on the board of Sevier County's Safe Space and the Sevierville Humane Society. She was an avid supporter of UT women's sports. The Trotter family welcomes you to join them in remembering Dr. Trotter at 2 p.m. Nov. 19, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church, Sevierville. Memorial contributions to acknowledge her life can be directed to Sevier County's Safe Space and/or the Humane Society. Friends may send their condolences through our website www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com Rawlings Funeral Home 212 Court Ave Sevierville, TN 37862 865-453-5556 is in charge of arrangements