Dorothy Almeda Wood^[1]

1914 - 1998  (83 years)

• Name	Dorothy Almeda Wood
  Born	24 Apr 1914	Jellico, Campbell County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Feb 1998	Fairpark Nursing Home, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	11 Feb 1998	Woodhaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I178297	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	22 May 2015

  
  

  Father	William Rube Wood,   b. Abt 1883, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 8 Feb 1998  (Age ~ 115 years)
  Mother	Lucy Mae Irwin,   b. Abt 1883, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 8 Feb 1998  (Age ~ 115 years)
  Married	Abt 1904
  Family ID	F26164	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Paul E. Vowell,   b. 3 Dec 1911,   d. 6 Mar 1992, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Paul E. Vowell, Jr.   2. Ralph Vowell
  Family ID	F67615	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Apr 1914 - Jellico, Campbell County, Tennessee Buried - 11 Feb 1998 - Woodhaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 10 Mar 2005. Bessie Lee Wood Ridenour obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oak Ridger (TN), 10 Feb 1998. Dorothy Almeda Wood Vowell, 83, of Maryville, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 1998, at Fairpark Nursing Home in Maryville. Mrs. Vowell was a former resident of Oak Ridge. She was a member of Woodland Park Baptist Church and was very active at the Oak Ridge Senior Center when she lived here. She participated in the center's bowling leagues, arts and crafts activities and volunteer work and was also a member of its Ragtime Band. She was born in Jellico on April 24, 1914, the daughter of William Rule and Lucy Mae Irwin Wood. She was the widow of Paul E. Vowell Sr. Mrs. Vowell is survived by two sons, Paul E. Vowell Jr. of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Ralph Vowell and his wife, Connie, of Maryville; a granddaughter, Kristy, of Johnson City; a grandson, Kevin, of Maryville; two sisters, Bessie Ridenour of Newport and Ammonee Miller of Lake City; two sisters-in-law, Myrtle Beets of Lake City and Daphene Bolton of Knoxville; and by several nieces and nephews. Two sisters, Margaret Davis and Mabel Bolinger, and two brothers, J. Will Wood and Sam Wood, died earlier. The funeral will be held at 8 tonight, Feb. 10, in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary with the Rev. David Webster and the Rev. Edwin Mitchell officiating. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at McCarty Woodhaven Memorial Gardens in Claxton. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the mortuary.