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Hazel Caroline Best

Female 1904 - 1978  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hazel Caroline Best was born 21 Feb 1904, Tennessee; died 19 Jul 1978; was buried Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Donald Reagan lists first name as Ethel.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 85.
    "Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", V XXI No 1, Spring 1996, p 3.
    Tammie Ogle, togle@bellsouth.net, 9 September 1999.

    Hazel married John Harrison Dodgen 24 Sep 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee. John (son of Aaron Russell "Dude" Dodgen and Levina R. McCarter) was born 10 Apr 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Apr 1960; was buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ruby Helen Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Aug 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1999; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 3. Woodward M. Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jul 1925, Tennessee; died 15 Jul 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Jul 1935, Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. Johnny Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jun 1926, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1986; was buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 5. James Walter Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Feb 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 2001; was buried 12 Mar 2001, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. 6. Jimmy M. Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Nov 1934, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 2009; was buried 14 Mar 2009, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Betty Fay Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Oct 1937; died 16 Sep 2011, Sevier County Nursing Home, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Sep 2011, Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. 8. Eugene Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 9. Gladys Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 10. Martha June Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Oct 1939; died 17 Jul 1999; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Hazel — Caleb Leander Myers, Sr.. Caleb (son of Armstrong Pleasant Myers and Sara Jane McClure) was born 22 Jun 1887, Tennessee; died 12 Aug 1975; was buried Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Caleb Leander Myers, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Dec 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 1998; was buried Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 12. Truman Myers  Descendancy chart to this point was born May 1945.
    3. 13. Christine Myers  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ruby Helen DodgenRuby Helen Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 9 Aug 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1999; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Ruby married NOT MARRIED. Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Carl Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 15. Joanne Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 16. Malinda Sue Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point

    Ruby — James Harrison Ogle. James (son of Lawson Nathaniel Ogle and Martha Viary Trentham) was born 17 Apr 1900, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1985; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Irene Ogle  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Woodward M. DodgenWoodward M. Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 29 Jul 1925, Tennessee; died 15 Jul 1935, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Jul 1935, Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 4.  Johnny Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 7 Jun 1926, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1986; was buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Johnny — Diller Ruth Clevenger. Diller (daughter of Christopher Columbus Clevenger and Parylee Rachel Allen) was born 18 Oct 1921; died 12 Oct 1994; was buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Johnny Michael Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1956.
    2. 19. Rena Susan Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Apr 1950, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1997; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  4. 5.  James Walter Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 3 Feb 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 2001; was buried 12 Mar 2001, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    James — Louise E. Loveday. Louise (daughter of Harmon Lee Loveday and Jane Clabo) was born 18 May 1935; died 12 Feb 2016; was buried 15 Feb 2016, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. James Lee Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Shirley Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 6.  Jimmy M. Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 2 Nov 1934, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 2009; was buried 14 Mar 2009, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Jimmy — Evelyn Christine "Christine" Sims. Evelyn (daughter of Reuben Calvin "Sam" Sims and Trula Mae Jenkins) was born 13 Dec 1936, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 2012; was buried 8 Dec 2012, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Steve Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 23. Jeffrey Dodgen  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 7.  Betty Fay Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 3 Oct 1937; died 16 Sep 2011, Sevier County Nursing Home, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Sep 2011, Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Tammie Ogle, togle@bellsouth.net, 9 September 1999.

    Betty married Wayne Edward Ogle 23 Jan 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee. Wayne (son of Early Ogle and Gertie Ogle) was born 7 Sep 1928, Tennessee; died 15 May 1988; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. David Wayne Ogle  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jan 1955.
    2. 25. Rick L. Ogle  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 26. Carolyn Ogle  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 27. Shirley Ogle  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 28. Barbara Ogle  Descendancy chart to this point

    Betty married Fred Decatur Maples, Jr. 9 Feb 1979, Sevier County, Tennessee. Fred was born 1 May 1942; died 14 Jul 2011; was buried 16 Jul 2011, Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  7. 8.  Eugene Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1)

  8. 9.  Gladys Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1)

  9. 10.  Martha June Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 30 Oct 1939; died 17 Jul 1999; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Martha — Andy Luther Seaton. Andy (son of Cecil Harvey Seaton and Flora Reagan) was born 19 Oct 1937, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Kathy Marie Lethco  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 May 1957; died 15 Dec 2017.

    Martha married Bennie Lewis Lethco 23 Nov 1958, Sevier County, Tennessee. Bennie (son of Carl O. Lethco and Mae McCarter) was born 6 Nov 1936; died 21 Jun 1995; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 30. Joyce Marie Lethco  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Aug 1959.
    2. 31. Juanita Gale Lethco  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 32. Carol Lethco  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 11.  Caleb Leander Myers, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born 14 Dec 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 1998; was buried Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Caleb — Shirley Ogle. (daughter of Wayne E. Ogle) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. Patricia Sue "Trish" Myers  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 34. Dwayne Myers  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 12.  Truman MyersTruman Myers Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1) was born May 1945.

    Truman — Eva Sutton. (daughter of Joe Lawson Sutton and Nellie Sutton) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 35. Stanley D. Myers  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Jun 1965.

  12. 13.  Christine Myers Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hazel1)

    Christine — Dixon. [Group Sheet]

    Christine — Bell. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 14.  Carl Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ruby2, 1.Hazel1)

  2. 15.  Joanne Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ruby2, 1.Hazel1)

    Joanne — Jonah. [Group Sheet]


  3. 16.  Malinda Sue Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ruby2, 1.Hazel1)

    Malinda married Tommy Edward Brackins Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced 21 Jul 1981, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 36. Chad Edward Brackins  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Apr 1977.
    2. 37. Tommy Jason Brackins  Descendancy chart to this point

    Malinda married Fred Oliver Murr, Jr. 27 Jan 1982, Knox County, Tennessee. Fred (son of Fred O. Murr and Ann) was born 25 Feb 1953; died 15 Sep 2012. [Group Sheet]


  4. 17.  Irene Ogle Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ruby2, 1.Hazel1)

    Irene — Stiles. [Group Sheet]


  5. 18.  Johnny Michael DodgenJohnny Michael Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (4.Johnny2, 1.Hazel1) was born Abt 1956.

    Johnny — Pricie Loretta Lewis. Pricie (daughter of James Garfield Lewis and Nancy Belle Phillips) was born 3 Aug 1942, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 2007; was buried 3 Oct 2007, Martin Justus Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 19.  Rena Susan Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (4.Johnny2, 1.Hazel1) was born 29 Apr 1950, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1997; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Rena — William Hall. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 38. Penny Lynn Hall  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 20.  James Lee Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (5.James2, 1.Hazel1)

    James — Josie. [Group Sheet]


  8. 21.  Shirley Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (5.James2, 1.Hazel1)

    Shirley — Donny Metcalf. [Group Sheet]


  9. 22.  Steve Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (6.Jimmy2, 1.Hazel1)

    Steve — Tammy. [Group Sheet]


  10. 23.  Jeffrey Dodgen Descendancy chart to this point (6.Jimmy2, 1.Hazel1)

    Jeffrey — Leighanne. [Group Sheet]


  11. 24.  David Wayne OgleDavid Wayne Ogle Descendancy chart to this point (7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1) was born 12 Jan 1955.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    Tammie Ogle, togle@bellsouth.net, 6 September 1999.

    David married Tammie Sue Ownby 12 Jan 1980, Sevier County, Tennessee. Tammie (daughter of Billy Wayne Ownby and Connie Lou King) was born 22 Aug 1962. [Group Sheet]


  12. 25.  Rick L. Ogle Descendancy chart to this point (7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

  13. 26.  Carolyn Ogle Descendancy chart to this point (7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

    Carolyn — David Arnold Byrd. David (son of Simon McDonald Byrd and Mayme Myrtle Jones) was born 14 Aug 1949, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1996; was buried English Mountain Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 39. Victoria Byrd  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 40. Verna Anita Byrd  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 41. Anna Rose Byrd  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Sep 1984, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died STILLBORN; was buried English Mountain Baptist Cemetery.
    4. 42. Mark Byrd  Descendancy chart to this point

    Carolyn — Marion Green. [Group Sheet]


  14. 27.  Shirley Ogle Descendancy chart to this point (7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

    Shirley — Myers. [Group Sheet]

    Shirley — Willie Branam. [Group Sheet]


  15. 28.  Barbara Ogle Descendancy chart to this point (7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

    Barbara — Burgess. [Group Sheet]

    Barbara — Larry Green. [Group Sheet]


  16. 29.  Kathy Marie LethcoKathy Marie Lethco Descendancy chart to this point (10.Martha2, 1.Hazel1) was born 29 May 1957; died 15 Dec 2017.

    Kathy married Thomas Alton Parm, Jr. 14 Dec 1975, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced 31 Oct 1984, Sevier County, Tennessee. Thomas (son of Thomas Alton Parm, Sr. and Alene Loretta Rouch) was born 31 May 1951. [Group Sheet]

    Kathy married Earl Ray Carver 4 May 1985, Sevier County, Tennessee. Earl (son of Alonzo William "Lonzo" Carver and Anna Mae Ogle) was born 29 Aug 1951. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 43. Anna Marie Carver  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 May 1986.

  17. 30.  Joyce Marie Lethco Descendancy chart to this point (10.Martha2, 1.Hazel1) was born 19 Aug 1959.

    Joyce married Thomas Taylor "Tom" Allen 3 Jul 1977, Sevier County, Tennessee. Thomas (son of Carl Allen and Marjorie Ellen "Margie" Helton) was born 27 Sep 1957. [Group Sheet]


  18. 31.  Juanita Gale Lethco Descendancy chart to this point (10.Martha2, 1.Hazel1)

    Juanita married Jim Ruiz 10 Jun 2002, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  19. 32.  Carol Lethco Descendancy chart to this point (10.Martha2, 1.Hazel1)

    Carol — Robert Baldwin. [Group Sheet]


  20. 33.  Patricia Sue "Trish" Myers Descendancy chart to this point (11.Caleb2, 1.Hazel1)

    Patricia — Johnny Lee Rayfield, Jr.. (son of John Lee Rayfield and Bessie Debney) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 44. Joseph John Rayfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Feb 1987; died 26 Feb 1987.
    2. 45. Jessica Lee Rayfield  Descendancy chart to this point

  21. 34.  Dwayne Myers Descendancy chart to this point (11.Caleb2, 1.Hazel1)

    Dwayne — Jamie. [Group Sheet]


  22. 35.  Stanley D. Myers Descendancy chart to this point (12.Truman2, 1.Hazel1) was born 30 Jun 1965.


Generation: 4

  1. 36.  Chad Edward Brackins Descendancy chart to this point (16.Malinda3, 2.Ruby2, 1.Hazel1) was born 1 Apr 1977.

    Chad — Ryan Patricia Devault. Ryan was born 2 May 1981. [Group Sheet]

    Chad — Tiffany. [Group Sheet]


  2. 37.  Tommy Jason Brackins Descendancy chart to this point (16.Malinda3, 2.Ruby2, 1.Hazel1)

    Tommy married Karen M. Moersdorf 18 Dec 1994, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  3. 38.  Penny Lynn Hall Descendancy chart to this point (19.Rena3, 4.Johnny2, 1.Hazel1)

    Penny married Robert Noah Pack 1 Apr 1997, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced 4 Nov 2008, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 46. Amy Pack  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1996.

  4. 39.  Victoria Byrd Descendancy chart to this point (26.Carolyn3, 7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

    Victoria — Bales. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 47. Jarves A. Bales  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 40.  Verna Anita Byrd Descendancy chart to this point (26.Carolyn3, 7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

    Verna married Joseph Samuel "Joe" Reagan 28 Dec 1987, Sevier County, Tennessee. (son of Eddie S. Reagan and Rose) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 48. Wesley Shawn Reagan  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Dec 1988, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 8 Mar 1989; was buried James Campbell Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 49. Samuel Reagan  Descendancy chart to this point

    Verna married Ricky D. Laws 22 Nov 1994, Jefferson County, Tennessee; divorced 25 Apr 2000, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 41.  Anna Rose Byrd Descendancy chart to this point (26.Carolyn3, 7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1) was born 25 Sep 1984, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died STILLBORN; was buried English Mountain Baptist Cemetery.

  7. 42.  Mark Byrd Descendancy chart to this point (26.Carolyn3, 7.Betty2, 1.Hazel1)

  8. 43.  Anna Marie Carver Descendancy chart to this point (29.Kathy3, 10.Martha2, 1.Hazel1) was born 6 May 1986.

    Anna married Heath Wyatt Hansbro 15 Nov 2013, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. Wyatt Hansbro  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 51. Barett Hansbro  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 44.  Joseph John Rayfield Descendancy chart to this point (33.Patricia3, 11.Caleb2, 1.Hazel1) was born 25 Feb 1987; died 26 Feb 1987.

  10. 45.  Jessica Lee Rayfield Descendancy chart to this point (33.Patricia3, 11.Caleb2, 1.Hazel1)


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