Bessie Carr

1902 - 2007  (104 years)

• Name	Bessie Carr
  Born	29 Jan 1902	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Jan 2007	Mountain Trace Nursing Center   [1, 2]
  Buried	Union Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I48878	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	John Boyd Carr,   b. 1 Dec 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Mar 1927  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Newman,   b. 17 Jun 1860, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jul 1906  (Age 46 years)
  Married	9 Aug 1877	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F292	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James L. Nations,   b. 30 Mar 1896,   d. Mar 1980  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Geneva Nations,   b. Swain County, North Carolina   2. Mary Helen Nations,   b. Swain County, North Carolina   3. Charlotte Nations,   b. Swain County, North Carolina ,   d. Bef 23 Jan 2007   4. Flora Nations,   d. Bef 23 Jan 2007   5. Frankie Nations   6. Weldon Nations
  Family ID	F18177	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Jan 1902 - 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: "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 138, 141. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 171. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 82.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Ashville Citizen Times (NC), 25 Jan 2007. Whittier -- Bessie Carr Nations, 104, of Shope Creek Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, at Mountain Trace Nursing Center. A native of Sevier County, Tenn.; she had lived in Jackson County since 1937; she was a member of Whittier Baptist Church; daughter of the late John and Sarah Newman Carr; preceded in death by her husband, James L. Nations, who died in 1980; two daughters, Flora and Charlotte Nations; nine brothers and sisters and four half brothers and sisters. Surviving is three daughters, Geneva Garrett of Greer, S.C., Helen Everett and husband, R.L. of Oolte, Tenn. and Frankie Sheehan and husband, Jack, of Whittier; one son, Weldon Nations and wife, Lois, of Whittier; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 17 great great-grandchildren; and one great great great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Melton-Riddle Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Larry Nations and Clifford Willis officiating. Burial will be at Union Hill cemetery. The family will receive friends 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to one's favorite charity. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 245-48-6643. Issued in North Carolina, residing in Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina