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- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name Elizabeth Smelcer
Event Type Census
Event Year 1930
Event Place District 03, Greene, Tennessee, United States
Gender Female
Age 10
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1920
Birthplace Tennessee
Father's Birthplace Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace Tennessee
HOUSEHOLD
ROLE
GENDER
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
Ernest Smelcer Head M 40 Tennessee
Orpha Smelcer Wife F 39 Tennessee
Louis Smelcer Daughter F 12 Tennessee
Elizabeth Smelcer Daughter F 10 Tennessee
Ruth Smelcer Daughter F 7 Tennessee
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 21 Jul 2015.
Cora Elizabeth Smelcer Blazer Bradford , of Magnolia Avenue , Johnson City, passed away with her family and friends at her side on Sunday night, July 19, 2015, at Johnson City Medical Center after a courageous battle with lymphoma cancer. She was 94.
She was born on October 22, 1920, the daughter of the late Orpha Neas Smelcer and Earnest Smelcer in the St. James Community. She was a graduate of St. James High School and a member of the St. James Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Bradford had been employed at Hills and Ames Department stores in Johnson City and more recently at Ross Clothing store where she worked until age 93. She took great joy in working and assisting customers. She was recognized in 2010 as the Employee of the Year.
She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed hosting family reunions for many years with her late husband at the family farm in Greene County.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands: Ogle Blazer and D.P. Bradford ; two sisters and their husbands: Louise Armitage Brown and Charles Armitage and Ruth and Buford Rader; one nephew: David Rader.
Survivors include her devoted son and daughter-in-law: Billy and Glenda Blazer ; special cousins: Evelyn Smith, Marie Ottinger, Alice Rader, Claude Smelcer , and Juanita Nease; special friends: Commie Reaves, Kate Street, Wilma Broyles, Margaret Bowers, Anna Brooks, Donna Robinson, Anita Street and Pete Tannerhill.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 22nd, in the chapel of Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Long and Minister Mike Bradford will officiate. Interment will follow in St. James Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home, 1125 Tusculum Boulevard, Greeneville.
Pallbearers will be Billy Ray Winter, Rufus Weller, Harold Weller, Claude Tunnell, Shane Malone, and Seth Malone.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 149569310).
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name Orpha Viola Near
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 02 Jan 1916
Event Place Greene, Tennessee, United States
Gender Female
Spouse's Name E G Smelcer
Page 118
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name Ogle Blazer
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 12 Mar 1938
Event Place Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1916
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Smelcer
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1917
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"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12454-45675-83?cc=1619127 : accessed 5 August 2015), 004485965 > image 438 of 576; county courthouses, Tennessee.
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