Laford Massengale^{[1, 2]}

1907 - 1999  (91 years)

• Name	Laford Massengale
  Born	6 Jul 1907	Scott County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Mar 1999	Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	27 Mar 1999	Smokey Junction Cemetery
  Person ID	I289291	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Franklin Massengale,   b. Abt 1872, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jun 1952, Smokey Junction, Scott County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane,   b. Abt 1883, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jul 1953, Scott County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Family ID	F112955	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Birdie Ellen Jeffers,   b. Abt 1910,   d. 26 May 1952, Smokey Junction, Scott County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Children	1. Clifford Massengale,   b. 2 Nov 1928,   d. 1 Oct 1993  (Age 64 years)   2. Delsie Massengale,   b. 24 Dec 1934,   d. 26 Jan 2000, Anderson County, Tennessee  (Age 65 years) + 3. Rosie Jane Massengale,   b. 3 Jul 1937,   d. 31 Jul 2008, Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)   4. Hazel Massengale   5. Macil Massengale   6. Midge Massengale   7. Aneda Massengale   8. Massengale,   d. INFANT   9. Massengale,   d. INFANT   10. Massengale,   d. INFANT
  Family ID	F112950	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 25 Mar 1999 - Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oak Ridger (TN), 1 Aug 2008. Rosie Jane Cook obituary [S112] Census, 1920. Name Layford Massengale Residence , Scott, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year 1907 Age 13 Birthplace Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household Son Gender Male Race White Marital Status Single Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Film Number 1821761 Digital Folder Number 4390805 Image Number 00552 Sheet Number 5 Household Gender Age Parent Franklin Massengale M 45y Parent Mary J Massengale F 35y Luella Massengale F 16y Celia Massengale F 14y Layford Massengale M 13y Dora Massengale F 9y Levi Massengale M 7y Esau Massengale M 7y Elmer Massengale M 5y Vienna Massengale F 3y0m [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 27 Mar 1999. MASSENGALE , MR. LAFORD - age 91, passed away at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, early Thursday morning, March 25, 1999. He was the son of the late Franklin and Mary Jane Massengale and was born in Scott County on July 6, 1907. Besides his parents, Mr. Massengale was preceded in death by: his wife, Birdie Ellen Massengale ; one son, Clifford Massengale ; and three infant children; one grandson, Rickie Chambers; four brothers, Esau, Levie, Elmer and McKinley Massengale ; five sisters, Elizabeth Cross, Sylvania Harness, Louella Bunch, Dora Carroll and Vianna Carroll. Mr. Massengale professed hope in Christ at an early age. He was a member and deacon for 50 years, since November 1941, of the River View Missionary Baptist Church at Smokey Junction, Tenn. Mr. Massengale is survived by: six daughters, Delsie and her husband, Earl Chambers of the Straight Fork, Tenn., Rosie Jane Cook of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Hazel Massengale of Oak Ridge, Macil and her husband, Larry Murrell of Seymour, Murtle Midge and her husband, William Carson of Dutch Valley Rd., Clinton, Aneda Thrasher of Oak Ridge; one daughter-in-law, Betty Jean Massengale of Petros; three sisters, Celia Cross, Locie Hembree and Linda Lowe, all of the Smokey Area; two sisters-in-law, Mertie Anderson and Martha Brannim; 11 grandchildren, Starlet, Pamela, Keith, Mark, Debbie, Ellen, Crystal, Billy, Eric and James; 19 great-grandchildren; nine great, great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews and friends of the family. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 27, at 2 p.m. at the River View Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Keith Massengale and Rev. Tom Owens officiating. Burial will follow in the Smokey Junction Cemetery. The pallbearers will be: Billy Lowe, Clem Lowe, Kern Lowe, Curtis Massengale , Gary Massengale , Clarence Carroll, Kenneth Lowe, Dillard Massengale . Honorary pallbearers: Keith Massengale , Brian and Mark Massengale , Billy Carson, Eric Carson, James Thrasher, Richie Chambers and Jimmy Crowley. The family will receive friends Friday, March 26, 1999, at the West-Murley Funeral Home after 6 p.m. West-Murley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Laford Massengale.