Gavata N. Denton^[1]

1917 - 2010  (93 years)

• Name	Gavata N. Denton
  Born	16 Mar 1917	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	25 Oct 2010	LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	28 Oct 2010	Fox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I221842	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Oscar Lee Denton,   b. 7 Nov 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jan 1967  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Josie Montana Byrd,   b. 28 Sep 1896, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Sep 1972  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F84798	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Roy P. Chaney,   b. 28 Aug 1918,   d. 3 Feb 1998  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F84799	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Mar 1917 - Tennessee Census - 1930 - District 3, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 25 Oct 2010 - LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 28 Oct 2010 - Fox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 30 Jan 1967. Oscar Lee Denton obituary [S112] Census, 1930. name: Gavata Denton event: Census event date: 1930 event place: District 03, Sevier, Tennessee gender: Female age: 13 marital status: Single race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1917 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Daughter father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0003 family number: 239 sheet number and letter: 12A line number: 8 nara publication: T626, roll 2271 film number: 2342005 digital folder number: 4547919 image number: 00634 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Asalee Denton M 42 Tennessee wife Montana Denton F 32 Tennessee daughter Mildred Denton F 15 Tennessee daughter Gavata Denton F 13 Tennessee son Murphy Denton M 10 Tennessee son Floyd Denton M 6 Tennessee daughter Velma Denton F 1 Tennessee father Robert Denton M 68 Tennessee [S106] The Mountain Press, 26 Oct 2010. Gaveta Chaney, 93 of Sevierville, passed away Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 at LeConte Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Chaney; parents, Oscar and Montana Denton; sister, Eldridge Denton; and brothers, Murphy and Floyd Denton. She is survived by sister, Velma (Joe) Samples of White Pine; special sister-in-law, Lillian Denton of Sevierville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Rawlings Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:30 till 7:30 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Rev. Robert Brewer and Rev, Ken Lambert will officiate. Graveside service will be held Thursday at Fox Cemetery at 11 a.m. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 136. Tombstone without death date