Jake A. O'Neil^[1]

1912 - 2003  (90 years)

• Name	Jake A. O'Neil
  Born	12 Apr 1912	Sand Mountain, Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Mar 2003  [2]
  Buried	3 Apr 2003	Stokelys Chapel Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I252502	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Andrew J. O'Neil
  Mother	Mary E. Montieth
  Family ID	F97366	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rosetta Gunter,   b. 2 Sep 1915,   d. 2 May 2000, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1935
  Children	+ 1. Walter Lee O'Neil,   b. 1935,   d. 16 Nov 1999  (Age 64 years) + 2. Mary E. O'Neil,   d. From 31 Mar 2003 to 28 Nov 2014 + 3. Christine O'Neil,   b. 24 Dec 1952,   d. 28 Nov 2014  (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F97361	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 3 Apr 2003 - Stokelys Chapel Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 14 May 2009. George J. Gunter obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 31 Mar 2003. Jake A. O'Neil, born April 12, 1912, at Sand Mountain, Alabama, the eldest son of Andrew J. and Mary E. Montieth O'Neil, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2003. He worked for Stokely Van Camp and the CCC during WWII. He then went to work in retail lumber until retiring in the late seventies. After retirement he continued working as Court bailiff for Cocke County until the eighties. An avid sportsman, when he was younger, he played softball with the men's city league. Another passion was hunting with the Sportsman Club and his most cherished partners, Royce McNabb and W.B. Robinson. Later in life, he became a collector of antiques, especially country kitchen clocks. Also preceding him in death are his sister, Pearl; brother, Jess; loving wife, Rosetta; and faithful son, Walter. He is survived by daughters and sons-in-law: Mary E. and Royce Lance, of Leicester, NC, and Christine and Festus Talley, of Newport; daughter-in-law, Mollie Lovell, of Bybee; grandchildren: Brent Lance, of Wimberly, Texas; Bronwyn and Lt. Col. Andrew Chester, of Virginia Beach, VA; Kathy and David Whaley, Pat and Rachael O'Neil, Katrina and William Eck, and Ryan Talley, all of Newport; four great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members and friends; brothers-in-law: Glen Gunter, of Monroe, Michigan, and George Gunter, of Newport; and sister-in-law, Roxie Davis, of Mt. Pisgah, NC. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, followed by the funeral service at 8 p.m. with Rev. Edward Young, Rev. Cline Franklin, and Rev. Junior Loveday officiating. The family and friends will meet at Stokely's Chapel Cemetery at 9:45 a.m. Thursday for the 10 a.m. graveside service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society and Smoky Mountain Hospice. Manes in charge. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 49618849).