Delmar D. Dennis^{[1, 2]}

1940 - 1996  (56 years)

• Name	Delmar D. Dennis
  Born	9 May 1940
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jun 1996	Sevier County, Tennessee   [3, 4]
  Buried	4 Jun 1996	Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I267406	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2017

  
  

  Family	Nancy Stradley
  Children	1. Delmar Andrew "Andy" Dennis   2. Stephen Stradley Dennis + 3. Melanie Jane Dennis
  Family ID	F103630	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 1 Jun 1996 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 4 Jun 1996 - Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 8 Nov 2009. Fain/Dennis wedding [S144] Phone Record. Name Delmar D Dennis Residence Date 02 May 2006-06 Aug 2008 Residence Place Sevierville, Tennessee, United States Birth Date 09 May 1940 Phone Number (865) 429-1370 Phone Number Recorded Date 01 Jan 1998 Address 1303 Witt Hollow Rd Address Continued Sevierville, Tennessee 37862 Address Date 02 May 2006-06 Aug 2008 2nd Address 4903 PO Box 2nd Address Continued Sevierville, Tennessee 37864 2nd Address Date 01 Dec 1993 3rd Address 4690 PO Box 3rd Address Continued Sevierville, Tennessee 37864 3rd Address Date 01 Sep 1992-01 Jan 1998 Possible Relatives Andy Dennis, Christian Melanie Dennis, Crystaldelmar D Dennis, Crystal D Dennis, Jenny C Dennis, Nancy S Dennis, Stephen F Dennis Record Number 72121749 [S87] Death Certificate. Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File # DENNIS DELMAR D 06-01-1996 / 56 SEVIER SEVIER / TN MARRIED M WHITE 22855 [S142] Newspaper Article, Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS), 4 Jun 1996. EVERS CASE WITNESS DENNIS DIES Delmar Dennis , one of the key witnesses in the murder trial of Byron De La Beckwith for the killing of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, died of a heart attack over the weekend in Sevierville. He was 56. Dennis died Saturday in a Sevierville hospital after suffering the heart attack Friday night. Gravesite services are scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens in Sevierville. Dennis , described as an FBI informant, testified in Beckwith's 1994 trial that he overheard Beckwith brag about shooting Evers during a Ku Klan Klan rally in Mississippi. Dennis ' testimony was sought after his comments on Beckwith appeared in a book on the Ku Klux Klan. Evers, then Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP, was gunned down in the driveway of his Jackson home on June 12, 1963. Mississippi prosecutors said Dennis ' testimony and the discovery of the murder weapon were keys to convicting Beckwith. Survivors include his wife, Nancy; three daughters; two sons; two brothers; two sisters; and seven grandchildren.