Ruth Pauline Davenport^[1]

Abt 1922 - 2010  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Ruth Pauline Davenport
  Born	Abt 1922
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Mar 2010	University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	19 Mar 2010	Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I57437	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 May 2012

  
  

  Father	MacDaniel "Mack" Davenport,   b. 1 Nov 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Apr 1962  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Frances PollyAnna "Mary" Whaley,   b. 8 May 1900,   d. 19 Feb 1975  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1914	Blount County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F11308	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William Thomas Hood,   b. 15 Jun 1918, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Nov 2010, Mercy Residential Hospice  (Age 92 years)
  Married	Abt 1940
  Children	+ 1. Billie Hood + 2. Glenda Hood + 3. Janie Hood
  Family ID	F97871	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 16 Mar 2010 - University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - 19 Mar 2010 - Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 185.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 14 Oct 2003. Henry Paul Miller obituary [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 16 Mar 2010. Hood, Ruth P. Davenport, age 88, of Knoxville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at UT Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Member of Central Baptist Church of Bearden. Ruth worked for many years as Cafeteria manager at Klondike School in Knox County. In later years she worked for Miller Department Store and retired from JC Penney Department Store. She is preceded in death by parents Mack and Mary Davenport; brothers Roy, Lawrence, and Mack Davenport; sister, Lillard Davenport, son-in-law, KW Hill. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 70 years, William T. Hood; daughters: Billie Hood Brewer and husband, Jim; Glenda Hood Hill; and Janie Hood Wheeler and husband, Charlie; grandchildren: Craig Brewer and wife Sandi; Angie Jacobs and husband, Ben both of Georgia; Kenda Lynch and husband Kevin of Karns; Kacey Hill and wife Missy of Clinton; Stacey Given and husband Jeff of Knoxville; Jacob Wheeler of North Carolina; great-grandchildren: Kayla White, Devin and Madison Lynch, Camryn and Cole Given, Olivia, Sophie, and Isabelle Brewer, Jessica, Amanda, and Megan Jacobs; sister, Blanche Miller of Seymour; brother, Jack Davenport of Georgia; special sisters-in-law, Devon Davenport Brant of South Carolina, and Jo Davenport of Knoxville; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and in-laws. Family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Thursday in the chapel of Berry Funeral Home with the funeral service to follow at 8:00 PM, Rev. Guy Milam and Rev. Albert Rohr officiating. Family and friends will meet at Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery on Friday at 10:00 AM for the interment. Pallbearers will be Kacey Hill, Kevin Lynch, Craig Brewer, Ben Jacobs, Sam Hood, Orville Hood, Lloyd Hood, and Wayne Hood. Arrangements by Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway. www.berryfuneralhome.com