John Lefford Dockery^{[1, 2]}

1905 - 1999  (93 years)

• Name	John Lefford Dockery
  Born	23 Aug 1905
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 May 1999	Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee   [3, 4]
  Buried	Burchfield Memorial Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I112391	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	George Rufus Dockery,   b. 22 Aug 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Apr 1949  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Martha Melissa McCoig,   b. 15 Aug 1881, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Apr 1970  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F76833	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Flora Ivey,   b. 17 May 1908, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jul 1997  (Age 89 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1924	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Notes	0019524
  Children	+ 1. Carl Dockery,   b. Abt 1925,   d. 11 Sep 2002  (Age ~ 77 years) + 2. Alma E. Dockery + 3. Rosie Dockery + 4. Wesley Dewey Dockery,   b. 11 Aug 1930, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Feb 2003  (Age 72 years)   5. Marshal B. Dockery,   b. 11 Jan 1933,   d. Bef 9 May 1999  (Age < 66 years)   6. Mitchell Dockery,   d. Bef 9 May 1999
  Family ID	F40708	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 8 Aug 1924 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 9 May 1999 - Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee Buried - - Burchfield Memorial Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 11 Sep 2002. Carl Dockery obituary [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 20 Apr 1970. Martha Malissia Dockery obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 11 May 1999. John Lefford Dockery, 93, of Dandridge, passed away Sunday in Jefferson City following a lengthy illness. He was a member and deacon of the Blowing Cave Baptist Church. John worked for the Tennessee Division of Forestry for 17 years until his retirement in 1973. He was a farmer, where he enjoyed keeping bees and providing honey to the community. John did surveying in the area as a licensed surveyor. He was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years, Flora (Ivy) Dockery; parents, George and Malissa (McCoig) Dockery; and sons, Mitchell and Marshall Dockery. He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Carl and Ebbie Julie Dockery of Dandridge and Wesley and Lena Dockery of Pigeon Forge; daughters and sons-in-law, Rosie and Levi Tarwater of Sevierville and Alma and Roosevelt Batson of Dandridge; sister, Jessie Thomas of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. The services will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at Brown Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Williams and Rev. Beecher Huskey officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. prior to the service. Interment will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Burchfield Memorial Cemetery. Brown Funeral Home is in charge. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 413-14-0692. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee