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- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Mary Helen Latham
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: District 10, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 1
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1929
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mike Latham Head M 41 Tennessee
Mary Jane Latham Wife F 37 Tennessee
Clarence Latham Son M 20 Tennessee
Lela Latham Daughter F 19 Tennessee
Marion Latham Son M 14 Tennessee
Harris Latham Son M 12 Tennessee
Edna Latham Daughter F 10 Tennessee
J M Latham Son M 7 Tennessee
Ruth Latham Daughter F 5 Tennessee
Marie Latham Daughter F 3 Tennessee
Mary Helen Latham Daughter F 1 Tennessee
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 7 Jul 2015.
March 21, 1929 - July 7, 2015
Resided in Knoxville, TN
Mary Helen Bales
Has put away her labor and leisure too
"Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me." The key word in this line by poet Emily Dickinson is "kindly," the key phrase is "could not stop," because Mary Helen Bales was indeed kindly. She also rarely stopped moving, a hard worker, always in motion, always walking somewhere, even when her 86-years forced her movements to be confined a therapeutic walker.
Born at home on Panther Creek off Chapman Highway on March 21, 1929, Mary Helen Bales of Gatlinburg passed away at UT Hospital, Tuesday, July 7 after a brief unexpected illness.
Growing up on a Sevier County farm, she became a tomboy. As a young mother, she was athletic, could run like a deer, play baseball with the kids and mastered the newly invented skateboard with ease. A devoted mother, Mary Helen insisted her two children complete college, an opportunity she never had.
With husband Russell, Mary Helen was a long-time co-owner of Bales Cabins on Baskins Creek in Gatlinburg. She loved the tourist trade because she enjoyed people and serving their needs while they vacationed in the Smokies. Once she knew you liked something, she always provided it.
In her later years, after putting away her labor, her favorite leisure became TV game shows. She liked the fast-paced repartee, the mental quizzes where everyday people like herself could earn big money. Her favorites were the perennial "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy."
Her beloved husband Russell Bales preceded Mary Helen in death. Those left behind to grieve her loss are daughter Darlene and son-in-law David Brett, three grandkids: Leighanna, Michael and Logan Brett, her son Stephen Lyn Bales and extended family Rachael Eliot and Karen Sue Webster, and "Sis" Shirley Patterson.
A member of Laurel Grove Primitive Baptist Church of Gatlinburg, her simple graveside service will be held Sunday, July 12 at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Cemetery in Pigeon Forge. Elder Ralph Smith will conduct the service with Atchley Funeral Home handling the arrangements.
Once one of the fourteen children born to Rev. Michael and Mary Jane Latham of Sevierville, the sole survivor Mary Helen has gone home to join the rest.
May they all now, rest in peace together once again.
Online condolences may be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 26101590).
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