Vida Florence Cope

1933 - 2004  (71 years)

• Name	Vida Florence Cope
  Born	29 Mar 1933	Tremont, Blount County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Jul 2004  [1]
  Buried	Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I59563	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Rev. Fredrick Arnold Cope,   b. 9 Aug 1894, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Jul 1961  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Dora Evelyn Woodruff,   b. 8 May 1899,   d. 10 Jan 1994, , Tennessee  (Age 94 years)
  Married	30 May 1915
  Family ID	F15500	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Harvey Cheney Bush,   b. 30 Nov 1930  (Age 94 years)
  Children	1. Margaret "Maggie" Bush
  Family ID	F21977	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Mar 1933 - Tremont, Blount County, Tennessee Buried - - Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Florence Cope Bush Mar. 29, 1933 July 20, 2004

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 180. "The Mountain Press", Dora (Woodruff) Cope obituary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 20 Jul 2004. Florence Cope Bush March 29, 1933 - July 20, 2004 Birthplace: Tremont, TN Resided In: Knoxville Tennessee USA Visitation: July 23, 2004 Service: July 24, 2004 Cemetery: Middle Creek Cemetery Florence Cope Bush of Knoxville, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2004. She was born March 29, 1933 in Tremont, Tennessee. A lifelong student of the history of the Smoky Mountains and its people, she was the author of books about the Smoky Mountain area: Dorie: Woman of the Mountains by the University of Tennessee Press; Ocona Lufta Baptist: Pioneer Church of the Smokies; and If Life Gives You Scraps, Make a Quilt. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dora Woodruff Cope and Fredrick Cope; brothers, Paul Cope, Don Cope; and sister, Edith Fox. Survivors: Husband: Harvey C. Bush Daughter: Margaret (Maggie) Bush Brothers: Rev. Charles Cope, Rev. Dr. William Wayne Cope, Dwight Cope and Fredrick Cope Sisters: Wilma Williamson and Jeane Sexton Family and friends will meet 11 AM Saturday in Middle Creek Cemetery for graveside service and interment with Rev. W.W. Cope officiating. The family will receive friends 7-9 PM Friday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)