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- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 9 Jul 2005.
Deceased Name: Charles Coada, descendant of Cades Cove family, dies
of The Daily Times Staff
For the second time in the space of a week, the extended Cades Cove family has lost one of its own.
Charles Henry Coada of Walland, son of William and Cordelia Boring Coada, died Thursday at Blount Memorial Hospital. He was 98.
Coada was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Eula Myers Coada; and his eight siblings, James A. "Jim" Coada, John Coada, Floyd Coada, Kara Coada, Rufus Coada, Vina Coada Boone, Ellen Coada Buchanan and Bertha Coada Cable.
"He was the last one of them still living," said his nephew, Roy Coada of Maryville and son of John Coada. "I was around them since I was old enough to know anybody. It's not easy losing them all, but I'm glad for the privilege I had of knowing them."
Roy Coada said "Uncle Charlie" was born in January 1907 in the Richwoods area of Happy Valley. He lived in Cades Cove from 1925 to 1932 and was well-liked by his friends and neighbors.
"He was a hard-working man, good-natured, and liked to be around people," Roy said. "He liked to do woodworking and restorations."
One of Charles Coada's projects began about 30 years ago when he bought the old Hesse Creek Mill at West Millers Cove and restored it, Roy said. The mill is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Charles Coada worked for a lumber company in Western North Carolina as a young man. He subsequently was employed at ALCOA Inc., where he retired after more than 40 years of service.
"He got the job at ALCOA back in the 1930's when you practically had to buy a job here," Roy said. "That was right after the Depression."
Charles Coada is survived by his wife, Mary Helen Coada; daughter and son-in-law, Loretta and Jeff Teaster of Townsend; grandsons Jonathan and Dallas Teaster of Townsend; numerous nieces, nephews and special friends.
Funeral service and visitation were held Friday at Smith Mortuary with the Rev. Fate Green and the Rev. Chris Teaster officiating. Interment will be at 11 a.m. today at Bethel Cemetery, Townsend.
Another Cades Cove son, William Hardy "Tige" Sparks, died Monday. He was born in Cades Cove in 1910, the son of John Marion "Golddigger" Sparks and Elizabeth Jane Shuler Sparks.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 409-07-9341.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Walland, Blount County, Tennessee
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