Edith Mae McCarter^[1]

1924 - 2015  (91 years)

• Name	Edith Mae McCarter
  Born	14 Feb 1924
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Sep 2015  [2]
  Buried	5 Sep 2015	Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I63839	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Cephus McCarter,   b. 30 Mar 1877, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Mar 1956  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Florence Fowler,   b. 15 Jun 1881,   d. 20 Sep 1959  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F37500	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Verlis Glenn Ellis,   b. 3 Jan 1915, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Nov 1967  (Age 52 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1942
  Children	+ 1. Carolyn Ellis,   b. 29 Nov 1945  (Age 78 years) + 2. Glenda Charlene Ellis,   b. 16 Aug 1947  (Age 76 years)   3. Glenn Ellis,   b. 28 Sep 1948  (Age 75 years)   4. Barbara Faye Ellis,   b. 11 Mar 1950  (Age 74 years)   5. Danny L. Ellis,   b. 1 Jun 1953  (Age 70 years) + 6. Kathy Ellis,   b. 22 Nov 1955  (Age 68 years)   7. Eddie Keith Ellis,   b. 6 Dec 1960, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Aug 2007  (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F23375	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 5 Sep 2015 - Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 195.

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 2 Mar 2003. Lennie McCarter obituary [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 2 Sep 2015. February 14, 1924 - September 2, 2015 Resided in Sevierville, TN Edith Mae McCarter Ellis, age 91 of Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015. She was a loving mother and Mamaw. Edith was also a member of Henderson Chapel Baptist Church, and enjoyed quilting, gardening, and going to Cracker Barrel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Verlis G. Ellis; son, Eddie K. Ellis; parents, Cephus and Florence McCarter; son-in-law, Eddie Sutton; and grandsons, Joey McCollum and Daniel Sutton. Survivors: Sons and Daughters-in-law: Glen and Helen Ellis and Danny and Glinda Ellis; Daughters and Sons-in-law: Carolyn and Don Smith; Glenda Sutton, Barbara and Ronnie White, and Kathy Whaley; 16 Grandchildren, 33 Great-Grandchildren, and 4 Great-Great Grandchildren. A special thanks from the family to all the nurses from Amedisys; her neighbor, Wanda Faye Lowe; and her granddaughter, Karen Rauhuff. The family will receive friends 5-7 PM Friday with funeral service to follow at 7 PM in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Rick Loveday and Rev. Jack Hitch officiating. Interment 11 AM Saturday in Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens with Rev. Tom Compton officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Jeff and Sammy Ellis, Bobby Lethco, Mark Sutton, Scott and Shane Whaley. Honorary pallbearers will be Josh and Ryan Sutton, Logan Barretta, Andrew Rauhuff, and Lucas Lethco. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. Online condolences may be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com.