Kermit Caughron^{[1, 2, 3]}

1912 - 1999  (86 years)

• Name	Kermit Caughron
  Born	5 May 1912
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Apr 1999	Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee   [4, 5]
  Buried	8 Apr 1999	Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I227253	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	George H. Caughron,   b. 7 Dec 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Sep 1967  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Matilda Cordelia "Delia" Myers,   b. 17 Aug 1884, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Mar 1964  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F56502	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lois Shuler,   b. Abt 1925, Calderwood, Tennessee  (Age ~ 99 years)
  Married	1942
  Children	+ 1. Ruth Caughron   2. Rex Caughron   3. Roy Caughron + 4. Kay Caughron
  Family ID	F86916	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 5 Apr 1999 - Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee Buried - 8 Apr 1999 - Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 16 Dec 2007. Last woman out: Lois Caughron talks about life in Cades Cove [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 11 Feb 2008. Cades Cove memories Among the last family to leave Cades Cove were two sisters, Rebecca Renfro, who left in 1974 when she married, and Amy Hudson, who left in 1968 when she went to college. They are both descendants of Lois and Kermit Caughron. [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 13 Dec 2008. Piece of Cades Cove: Dulcimer auction nets $1,650 for group By Linda Braden Albert A piece of history is now aiding in preservation efforts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park's most popular destination, Cades Cove. A dulcimer, made of red spruce salvaged from the Kermit and Lois Shuler Caughron house in Cades Cove, was auctioned by the Cades Cove Preservation Association and presented to the winning bidder at the CCPA Christmas party Dec. 6 in Townsend. Bernard Andrews, of the Big Cove community in Huntsville, Ala., made the bid of $1,600 about 20 seconds prior to close of silent bidding on Oct. 31. One bid came in shortly after the midnight deadline for $50 more, but since it didn't meet the deadline, Andrews was proclaimed the winner. "We checked the time and found his bid was the last one we could accept," said Ruth Caughron Davis, public relations officer for CCPA and a daughter of Lois and the late Kermit Caughron. "He said since we were fair with him, he would pay the higher bid." The total of $1,650 will be used by CCPA in its continuing efforts to preserve the heritage of the Cades Cove community. "We'll put that money to the projects of working in the Cove, and also in working with our archives," said Davis. CCPA, in cooperation with Great Smoky Mountains National Park Service, has had an active role in historic preservation in the Cove, such as remediation of cemeteries at the Primitive Baptist, Missionary Baptist and Methodist churches and cleaning the church buildings on a regular basis. Volunteers also provide educational instruction to tourists on Cades Cove history. Love of Cades Cove Davis said Andrews and his wife, Ann, travel to Townsend with friends several times each year. "They love the Cove and just love to come here and visit," she said. Andrews learned of the silent auction when he visited the Pickin' Porch in Townsend and heard Mike Clemmer playing the Cades Cove dulcimer. After Andrews learned of the heritage of the wood and that the funds raised from the auction would benefit CCPA's preservation projects, he decided to bid. Clemmer, owner of Wood 'n' Strings, Townsend, had offered to make a dulcimer from the salvaged wood then let CCPA auction it to raise funds. "The dulcimer is beautiful," Davis said. "We owe so much to Mike Clemmer for handcrafting it." Originally from schools The late Kermit Caughron and his wife, Lois, were the last people to live in Cades Cove. After Caughron's death in 1999, Lois moved out of Cades Cove and the National Park Service decided to demolish the home since it was not within the historic time frame, from 1860 to 1910, that the Park Service wishes to preserve in the Cove. CCPA was given permission to salvage materials from the home, built by Caughron in 1952 from materials obtained from the old Cable School. Some of these were also part of an earlier school, Laurel Springs, which was located on Parsons Branch Road. Staff photographer Daryl Sullivan contributed to this report. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 7 Apr 1999. CAUGHRON, KERMIT - age 86, of Cades Cove, died at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 5, 1999, at Blount Memorial Hospital. He attended Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church. He was also a farmer in Cades Cove. Preceded in death by: parents, George and Delia Caughron; brothers, Joe and Jay Caughron; great-grandson, Samuel Bradley Waters. Survivors: wife of 57 years, Lois Shuler Caughron; sons and daughters-in-law, Rex and Judy Caughron and Roy and Krista Caughron, all of Townsend; daughters and sons-in-law, Ruth and John Davis of Walland, Kay and Mike McMahan of Maryville; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; several cousins. Funeral services are at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, 1999, in the West Chapel of Smith Mortuary with Rev. Glenn Cummings and Rev. Jay Westbrooks officiating. Interment will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 1999, in Grandview Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, 1999, West Chapel, Smith Mortuary, Maryville, 983-1000. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 414-01-1813. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Townsend Blount County, Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 92789887).