Larry "Spank" Rupard: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Larry "Spank" Rupard (son of Barty Rupard and Anna Ruth Ward).
Larry — Teresa. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Barty Rupard was born 19 Jun 1930, Pond Mountain, North Carolina (son of Scott Sherman Rupard and Ethel Shumate); died 20 Jul 2012, LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Jul 2012, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Barty married Anna Ruth Ward Abt 1951. [Group Sheet]

3.
Anna Ruth Ward (daughter of Willard Cornelius Ward and Nora Belle Smith).
Children:

Eddie Rupard

1. Larry "Spank" Rupard

Generation: 3

Scott Sherman Rupard was born 22 Sep 1908, Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee (son of Wiley McCrakin Rupard and Amanda Caroline Waters); died 23 Jun 1992; was buried Rupard Cemetery, Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee.

Scott — Ethel Shumate. Ethel (daughter of Lafatte Shumate and Elizabeth Nichols) was born 1 Sep 1909, Ashe County, North Carolina; died 30 Jun 1999; was buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, Mountain City, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Ethel Shumate was born 1 Sep 1909, Ashe County, North Carolina (daughter of Lafatte Shumate and Elizabeth Nichols); died 30 Jun 1999; was buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, Mountain City, Tennessee.

Children:

2. Barty Rupard was born 19 Jun 1930, Pond Mountain, North Carolina; died 20 Jul 2012, LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Jul 2012, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Willard Cornelius Ward was born 21 Feb 1888; died 12 Jun 1975; was buried Owens Cemetery, Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Draft Registration: 5 Jun 1917, Watauga County, North Carolina

Willard married Nora Belle Smith 20 Dec 1913, Watauga County, North Carolina. Nora (daughter of Duke Smith and Verna Love) was born 26 Jul 1898, North Carolina; died 5 Oct 1974, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried 7 Oct 1974, Owens Cemetery, Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Nora Belle Smith was born 26 Jul 1898, North Carolina (daughter of Duke Smith and Verna Love); died 5 Oct 1974, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried 7 Oct 1974, Owens Cemetery, Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee.

Children:

Ottie Dennis Ward was born Abt 1915; died 1 Feb 1969; was buried Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Odis George Ward was born 1 May 1916, North Carolina; died 10 Feb 1984; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Alfred Don Ward was born 12 Mar 1921, Watauga County, North Carolina; died 30 May 1982; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Raymond Ray Ward was born 14 Jun 1923, North Carolina; died 29 Aug 1984; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Jim Ward
Earl Ward
Joy Lee Ward was born Abt 1928.
3. Anna Ruth Ward

Generation: 4

8. Wiley McCrakin Rupard
Wiley — Amanda Caroline Waters. [Group Sheet]

Amanda Caroline Waters

Children:

4. Scott Sherman Rupard was born 22 Sep 1908, Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1992; was buried Rupard Cemetery, Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee.
Deldra Dora Rupard
Jeston Pauline Rupard

10. Lafatte Shumate
Lafatte — Elizabeth Nichols. [Group Sheet]
11.
Elizabeth Nichols
Children:

5. Ethel Shumate was born 1 Sep 1909, Ashe County, North Carolina; died 30 Jun 1999; was buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, Mountain City, Tennessee.
14. Duke Smith
Duke — Verna Love. [Group Sheet]

15.

Verna Love

Children:

7. Nora Belle Smith was born 26 Jul 1898, North Carolina; died 5 Oct 1974, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried 7 Oct 1974, Owens Cemetery, Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee.