Frank Dee Huskey^[1]

1934 - 1999  (65 years)

• Name	Frank Dee Huskey
  Born	3 Jan 1934	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	10 Dec 1999  [3, 4, 5]
  Buried	13 Dec 1999	Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I68323	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Leonard L. Huskey,   b. 1 Jul 1916, Tennessee ,   d. 26 May 1961, Veterans Hospital, Mountain Home, Tennessee  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Edna Ezalee England,   b. 6 Nov 1917, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Jul 1995  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Notes	0023275
  Family ID	F42599	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jessie Helen Quarrells,   b. 11 Aug 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Feb 2006  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Notes	0032143
  Children	1. Thomas Huskey
  Headstones		Huskey Frank D Jessie H. Jan. 3, 1934 Aug. 11, 1926 Dec. 10, 1999
  Family ID	F25483	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Jan 1934 - Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 13 Dec 1999 - Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: Rose Haun, 4205 Elkins St., Knoxville, TN 37197, rosezlla@webtv.net, 1 August 1999.

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 28 Jul 1995. Edna Ezalee Huskey obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Frank Huskey Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 6 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1934 Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 78-9 Family Number: 173 Sheet Number and Letter: 10A Line Number: 9 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 3933 Digital Folder Number: 005461375 Image Number: 00261 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Leonard Huskey M 23 Tennessee Wife Edna Huskey F 21 Tennessee Son Frank Huskey M 6 Tennessee Daughter Billy Ruth Huskey F 4 Tennessee Son Don Huskey M 3 Tennessee Daughter Stella Huskey F 1 Tennessee Daughter Ella Huskey F 1 Tennessee Father Leander Huskey M 55 Tennessee Mother Myrtle Huskey F 50 North Carolina [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 10 Dec 1999. HUSKEY, FRANK DEE - 65 of Sevierville died Friday Dec. 10, 1999. He was an employee of the Knoxville Zoo elephant department for 27 years. Preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Edna England Huskey and 2 sisters. Survivors: wife, Jessie Quarrels Huskey; son, Thomas Huskey; step son, Danny England; step daughters, Nancy Seibers, Wanda Leabow; 2 grandsons; 1 great grandson; 4 step grandsons; 3 step granddaughters; 5 step great grandchildren; brothers, Don Huskey, Burl Huskey, Larry Huskey, John Huskey; sisters, Billie Helton, Stella Hurst, Ella Murphy, Margie Clinton, Betty Jo Ellis. Funeral service 2 p.m. Monday in the East Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Beck officiating. Interment will follow in Little Cove Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 411-50-0767 . Issued in Tennessee, last residing in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 11 Dec 1999. Deceased Name: Frank Huskey, elephant keeper at Knoxville Zoo, dies -- Frank Huskey, elephant keeper at Knoxville Zoo, dies Frank Dee Huskey of Sevierville, longtime handler of elephants at the Knoxville Zoo, died Friday. He was 65. "Frank was an institution here," said the zoo's executive director, Pat Roddy. "He was the person who looked after our elephants all these years. His love for those animals was something you would have to see. He will be missed by all of us and by the elephants. They will notice he is gone, and they will grieve." Mr. Huskey worked for the zoo from 1964 through 1968 and returned in 1972. He retired earlier this year but continued working part time to train his replacement. "I love 'em," Mr. Huskey told a News-Sentinel reporter in 1989 while talking of his work with elephants. "I don't know why; I just love 'em to death." Mr. Huskey saw his first elephant at a small zoo in Pigeon Forge when he was 17. He later went to work at that zoo as a mechanic and carpenter, but he became familiar with the zoo's elephants and carefully studied the elephant show's routine. One day when the employee in charge of the elephant show missed work, Mr. Huskey took his place without a hitch. Over the years, he gave elephant rides to thousands of children at the Knoxville Zoo. Many of them returned to the zoo as adults and brought their own children for an elephant ride under Mr. Huskey's supervision. He was known for his ability to handle "Ole Diamond," the famous elephant given to the zoo by the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus because the circus considered the animal too difficult to handle. Mr. Huskey is survived by his wife, Jessie Quarrels Huskey; son, Thomas Huskey; stepson, Danny England; stepdaughters Nancy Seibers, Wanda Leabow; two grandsons; one great-grandson; four stepgrandsons; three stepgranddaughters; five step-great-grandchildren; brothers Don Huskey, Burl Huskey, Larry Huskey, John Huskey; and sisters Billie Helton, Stella Hurst, Ella Murphy, Margie Clinton and Betty Jo Ellis. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with interment to follow at Little Cove Cemetery.