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- [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 1 Jul 1949.
Infant Carr obituary
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Vada Reece
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 09, Johnson, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1921
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Enumeration District Number: 0011
Family Number: 66
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 19
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2257
Film Number: 2341991
Digital Folder Number: 4548171
Image Number: 00542
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Floid Reece M 36 Tennessee
Wife Maggie Reece F 36 Tennessee
Daughter Stella Reece F 18 Tennessee
Daughter Mamie Reece F 16 Tennessee
Son Luther Reece M 15 Tennessee
Son Howard Reece M 12 Tennessee
Son James Reece M 10 Tennessee
Daughter Vada Reece F 9 Tennessee
Daughter Hollie Reece F 7 Tennessee
Daughter Pearl Reece F 1 Tennessee
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 2 Nov 2008.
Vada Reece Carr Wells
August 23, 1921 - November 02, 2008
Birthplace: Johnson County, Tennessee
Resided In: Kodak, Tennessee
Visitation: November 05, 2008
Service: November 05, 2008
Cemetery: Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens
Vada Reece Carr Wells, age 87 of Kodak, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Fort Sanders-Sevier Medical Center. She was our beloved mother and “Granny”, and was loved dearly. We thank God for all of the years He gave her to us. Vada was a member of Sevierville Church of Christ and a charter member of the Gatlinburg Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, John Major Carr and John ”Leo” Wells; parents, Floyd and Maggie Reece; infant daughter, Barbara Ann Carr; brothers, Luther, James, Howard and Glen Reece; sisters, Stella, Holly, Mamie, and Margaret.
Survivors:
Children: John and Helen Carr, Ray and Judy Carr, Portia and Jim McMahan
Grandchildren: Tonya and Steve McClung of Murfreesboro, TN, Sherry and Scott Simms of Dandridge, Terri Carr of Sevierville, Penny and Steve Douglas of Dandridge, Christy and Robert Thompson of Seymour, Jimmy and Larissa McMahan of Sevierville
Great-Grandchildren: John David Carr, Brittany McClung, Tiffany and Jessica McMahan, Mika and Sam Douglas
Sisters: Pearl Carlson of Abington, VA, Velma Cohen of Winchester, VA
Brothers-in-law and Sisters-in-law: Wade and Edna Carr, Earl and Mary Carr, Della McCarter
Many nieces and nephews
With our love and thanks to special caregiver, Sue Ella Donnely.
Funeral service 7 PM Wednesday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Minister John Nations officiating and eulogy delivered by Steve Douglas. Interment 11 AM Thursday in Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens. Serving as pallbearers will be her sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, and special nephew David O’Shields. The family will receive friends 5-7 PM Wednesday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 21 Jan 2010.
Family files malpractice suit
by ELLEN BROWN
Three Sevier County siblings have filed a wrongful death action against Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center and two local doctors, claiming negligence caused the death of their mother in November 2008.
Also sued were Knoxville companies Team Health Inc., Southeastern Emergency Physicians Inc. and Vista Radiology. The suit seeks $1.7 million in damages.
Attorneys for Portia McMahan and Ray M. Carr of Sevierville and John F. Carr of Pigeon Forge filed the lawsuit late Thursday afternoon in Sevier County. They claim medical negligence of Drs. Stephen C. Dronen and Peter G. Emanuel and the nurses under their supervision caused the death of the plaintiffs’ mother, Vada Wells.
“It’s a tragic thing, and it shouldn’t have happened,” said Sevierville attorney Pat Stapleton, who is representing the plaintiffs. “Mrs. Wells was a very nice lady, the matriarch of her family. I’m honored (her children) have asked me to represent them.”
Stapleton said it was best that his clients not comment on the suit.
Amanda Brabson, spokeswoman for Fort Sanders Sevier, said it was the hospital’s policy not to comment on ongoing litigation.
Vista Radiology administrator Charles McCrae also declined comment.
Calls to Team Health Inc. and Southeastern Emergency Physicians were not returned as of press time.
The lawsuit says Wells became ill at her home around Nov. 1 and was taken to the emergency room at Fort Sanders Medical Center. Dronen was her primary physician for her emergency room visit, and Emanuel became her radiologist, interpreting X-ray studies performed on her.
The court document says Wells was nauseated and vomiting and was suspected to have a small bowel obstruction. Nasogastric intubation was ordered by Dronen, which the lawsuit says involved the insertion of a plastic tube through the nose, past the throat and into the stomach. Nursing personnel inserted the tube, and a portable chest X-ray was made “to verify the placement of the tube past the throat and down into the stomach,” the lawsuit says.
“The portable chest X-ray was read and interpreted” by Emanuel,” the document reads. “The X-ray was nondiagnostic for nasogastric tube placement into the stomach, but, notwithstanding the fact that the X-ray did not demonstrate the tube and confirm its position into the patient’s stomach, contrast material was introduced by the nurses through the tube and into the lung of Vada Flora Wells causing injury, harm and ultimate death.”
ebrown@themountainpress.com
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Floyd Reece
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Dec 1910
Event Place: Johnson, Tennessee, United States
Age:
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Spouse's Name: Maggie Main
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Reference ID: 401
GS Film number: 2137084
Digital Folder Number: 004538963
Image Number: 02638
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