Ray Hershell Vance^{[1, 2, 3]}

1907 - 1983  (75 years)

• Name	Ray Hershell Vance
  Born	17 Aug 1907	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Feb 1983  [4]
  Buried	Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I123535	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	George Washington Vance,   b. 24 Nov 1878,   d. 29 May 1949  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Christopher,   b. 28 May 1881, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Aug 1964  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F46049	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Willie Kate Gibson,   b. 7 Jul 1919, Tennessee ,   d. 31 Aug 1972  (Age 53 years)
  Children	+ 1. Jimmie Ray Vance,   b. 12 Dec 1940,   d. 4 Aug 2016  (Age 75 years)   2. Ralph Edward Vance   3. Larry Vance   4. Joann Vance
  Family ID	F45340	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Aug 1907 - Tennessee Buried - - Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, 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

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 23 Jan 1997. Minnie Alice Gosnell Parton obituary [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 29 May 1949. G. W. Vance obituary [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 17 Jan 1955. Jep Elbert Gibson obituary [S76] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume III, 1974-1986, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 6 Feb 1983. Vance, Ray Hershell 75 widowed b. 8-17-07 TN d. 2-6-83 St Mary's res 203 Pigeon St Sev nurseryman f. Geo W Vance m. Sarah Christopher SMMG Survivors: 3 sons Jimmy Ray Vance Ralph Edward Vance Larry Vance same address 1 dau Joann Patterson 6 gc 1 bro Herbert Vance 4 sis Anna Moncrief Bonnie Romines Ruby Connatser Verlina Ownby. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 387.