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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 24 Aug 2000.
CAUGHRON, ODELLA Y. - age 85, of Maryville, passed away Tuesday evening, August 22, 2000, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born August 18, 1915, in Sevier County. Retired from Alcoa Aluminum Company with 37 years of service and a member of the 25 year club. Member of Miser F.C.E. Community Club. She loved to piece quilts and to travel. While working at ALCOA one of her many friends was Idell Pace and others. She loved her family very deeply, she was baptized and joined Shiloh Baptist Church in Sevier County at the age of 15. She is preceded in death by her husband, Harold "Red" Caughron of 51 years; son, Robert Lee Whaley; parents, John and Cora Ellen Flynn Yarberry; sisters, Ann Yarberry Smith, Cecile Yarberry Johnson, Bertha Yarberry Franklin; brother, Mr. Pearl Yarberry.
Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Joe McHarge of Rockford and Faye and Victor Wilhoite of Seymour; daughter-in-law, Delphine Whaley Owens of Holly Hill, Florida; step son and step daughter-in-law, Paul and Barbara Caughron of Maryville; Close as a daughter, Charlie Clark of Rockford; grandchildren, Linda and Ted Lewis of Charlotte, North Carolina, Steven and Teresa Everett of Daytona Beach, Florida, Karen and Bill Faris of Tazewell, Tenn., Darrell and Jeanie Whaley, Dwayne Whaley, all of Port Orange, Florida, Darren and Gina Whaley of Bunnell, Florida, Rhonda and Richard Edwards of Bartlett, Tenn., Randy and Cherry Smith of Atlanta, Georgia, Wayne McHarge of Ponchatoula, La., Alta and Dave Hook of Collierville, Tenn., Deanna and John Atwood of Dalton, Georgia, Victor C. Wilhoite Jr. of Alcoa, Melissa and Trevor Mynatt of Seymour, Chris and Bekki Wilhoite of Anchorage, Alaska, Lisa and Ervil McKeehan of Maryville; 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren; sisters, Georgia Yarberry Bells and Nellie Yarberry Gibson, both of Seymour; several nieces, nephews, and many friends. Funeral service 12:30 p.m. Friday, August 25, 2000, at Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. George Macht officiating. Interment to follow at Grandview Cemetery. The family will receive friends 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Miller Funeral Home, Maryville.
Odella Y. Caughron obituary
- [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 22 Aug 2000.
Caughron, Odella Y. 8-18-1915 8-22-2000 John Yarberry Cora E. Flynn Grandview
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