Laverria Mae Proffitt

1915 - 2006  (90 years)

• Name	Laverria Mae Proffitt
  Born	25 Dec 1915	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Oct 2006	Forsyth Medical Center   [1]
  Buried	23 Oct 2006	Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
  Person ID	I39953	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	Louis Baxter Proffitt,   b. 19 Jul 1886,   d. 13 Sep 1949  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Bessie Mae Bohannon,   b. 17 Nov 1890,   d. Bef 21 Mar 2002  (Age < 111 years)
  Family ID	F11793	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Norman Spivey,   d. Bef 31 Jul 2006
  Children	1. Norma Jean Spivey   2. Jim Spivey   3. Doug Spivey
  Family ID	F14634	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Dec 1915 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 103.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Winston Salem Journal (NC), 22 Oct 2006. Mrs. LaVerria Mae Spivey, 90, of Winston-Salem died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born Dec. 25, 1915, in Sevier County, Tenn., to Louis Baxter and Bessie Bohanan Proffitt. Mrs. Spivey was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church and had attended Oakdale Baptist Church in Spencer. She was a charter member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary No. 1134 (6364); and an active member of AmVets Ladies Auxiliary No. 777; and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. Surviving are three children, Norma Jean Workman, of Winston-Salem, Jim Spivey and wife Laura, of Winston-Salem and Doug Spivey and wife Cheryl, of Atlanta; six grandchildren, Brian Yokley, of Winston-Salem, Holly Huffman, of East Bend, Jay Spivey, of Winston-Salem, Cullen Spivey, of Charlotte, Sara Green, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Beau Spivey of Lylburn, Ga.; eight great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Wilma Holloway, of Linwood and Helen Wilkerson, of Highlands, Texas; and a special friend, Lucille Stewart, of Clemmons. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, at Hayworth-Miller Silas Creek Chapel, with the Rev. Richard Gross and Chaplain A. G. Parker officiating. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2 p.m. before the service. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or the RJR Athletic Department, 301 N. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104.