Albert "Johnny" Mathis^{[1, 2]}

1930 - 1998  (68 years)

• Name	Albert "Johnny" Mathis
  Born	9 Mar 1930
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jun 1998	Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [3, 4]
  Buried	Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I256361	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Milas Mathis,   b. Abt 1884, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 1 Jun 1998  (Age ~ 114 years)
  Mother	Isabel McGaha,   b. 4 Oct 1895, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Apr 1992, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F98950	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Smith,   b. 10 Feb 1931,   d. 21 Oct 2009, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)
  Children	+ 1. Kenneth Edward "Ken" Mathis + 2. Sharon Mathis
  Family ID	F103081	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 1 Jun 1998 - Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - - Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 28 Oct 1998. Hazel Mathis Bryant obituary [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 21 Oct 2009. Elizabeth Mathis obituary [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 414-40-4213. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oak ridger (TN), 2 Jun 1998. Retired Sgt. Maj. Albert Mathis, 68, of Newport, died Monday, June 1, 1998, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. Mr. Mathis was the brother of Sarah DiCarlo of Oak Ridge. Retired from the U.S. Army, he served from 1948 until 1972, including service during the Vietnam War, 1971-72. He retired in August 1972 as a sergeant major. He was the son of Milas and Isabelle McGaha Mathis, who are now deceased. Mr. Mathis was a member of the Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church of Newport, a member of Newport Masonic Lodge No. 234, F&AM, a member of the Scottish Rite, and a 33rd-degree Mason. He was a member of the Cocke County Shrine Club and of the Kerbela Temple in Knoxville. In addition to his local sister, Mr. Mathis is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Mathis; a daughter, Sharon Hartsell and her husband, Gary, of Morristown; a son, Kenneth Edward Mathis and his wife, Debbie, of Mobile, Ala.; and a granddaughter, Jennifer Lynn Hartsell of Knoxville. He is also survived by another sister, Hazel Bryant and her husband, Paul, of Strongsville, Ohio; and by several nieces and nephews. A sister, Nola Woods, three brothers, Orville Mathis, Cleve Mathis and Charles Mathis, and a grandson, Logan Kencade Mathis, died earlier. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, in the chapel of Manes Funeral Home in Newport with the Rev. Robert Walker officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Newport, with members of the Fort Campbell, Ky., Honor Guard conducting military rites with full honors. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, June 2, at the funeral home. A Masonic service will follow at 8. The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to the National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee, 4450 Walker Blvd., Suite 2, Knoxville, TN 37917-1523.