Mary Etta McConkey^[1]

Abt 1919 - 2008  (~ 89 years)

• Name	Mary Etta McConkey
  Born	Abt 1919	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Apr 2008	Sweetwater Nursing Center   [2]
  Buried	1 May 2008	Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park
  Person ID	I226354	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John W. McConkey,   b. Abt 1884, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 27 Dec 1999  (Age ~ 115 years)
  Mother	Jessie McDaniel,   b. Abt 1887, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 27 Dec 1999  (Age ~ 112 years)
  Married	Abt 1905
  Family ID	F86564	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rex Rhodes,   b. 26 Dec 1913,   d. Jun 1987  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Charles Wesley Rhodes,   d. INFANT   2. Janette Rhodes + 3. Tonya Rhodes + 4. Larry C. Rhodes   5. Rex Rhodes, Jr.
  Family ID	F86566	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1919 - Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 23 Sep 2004. L. C. McConkey obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 29 Apr 2008. RHODES, MARY ETTA (MCCONKEY) - age 89, of Sweetwater passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008, at Sweetwater Nursing Center. She was a former employee of Wood Presbyterian Nursing Home and Sweetwater Valley Convalescent Home and retired after 17 years of service. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Preceded in death by her husband of 50 years: Rex Rhodes Sr., infant son: Charles Wesley Rhodes, parents: John W. and Jessie McConkey, sister: Lucille Gray, brothers: Earl, Lloyd, Joe, Homer, and L.C. McConkey. Survivors include: daughters and sons-in-law: Janette and W.E. Sloan, Sweetwater, Tonya and Ben Walden, Charleston, S.C.; sons and daughters-in-law: Larry and Phyllis Rhodes, Rex Rhodes Jr. and Adrianne, all of Sweetwater; grandchildren: Tim and Teresa Rhodes, FL, Mark and Teresa Rhodes, Sweetwater, Daphne and Steve Hamm, Sweetwater, Mindee Forrester, Knoxville, Michelle and Malachi Blomstrom, Charleston, S.C., and Rusty Walden, Charleston, S.C.; great-grandchildren: Tyler and Amber Plemons, Sweetwater, Tristan and Jacob Forrester, Knoxville, Ben Rhodes, FL., Ashley and Daniel Lamb, FL., Maliah Noelle Blomstrom, Charleston, S.C., and Aliyah Faith Walden, Erin, TN; sisters-in-law: Emma McConkey, Knoxville, Minnie McConkey, Sweetwater, Dorthy Wheeler, Oliver Springs, TN.; special niece: Evelyn McConkey, Sweetwater; several other nieces and nephews. The body is at Kyker Funeral Home, Sweetwater, where the family will receive friends on Wednesday form 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Family and friends will meet at 9:45 A.M. on Thursday at the Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park for a 10:00 A.M. graveside service and interment with Rev. Lewis Webb officiating. www.kykerfuneralhome.com