Irene A. Ford^[1]

1930 - 2008  (77 years)

• Name	Irene A. Ford
  Born	10 Oct 1930
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Jun 2008  [2]
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I75060	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert Lee "Bob" Ford,   b. 21 Jul 1890, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 May 1964  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Cara Mazlla Holt,   b. 28 Jun 1904,   d. Bef 11 Jun 2008  (Age < 103 years)
  Married	30 May 1920
  Family ID	F28016	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Edward Compton,   b. Abt 1931,   d. 25 Nov 2007, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1967
  Children	+ 1. Michael R. Compton,   b. Abt 1955  (Age ~ 69 years) + 2. Angela Compton
  Family ID	F29482	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 38, 67, 97, 198. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 13 Jun 2008. Irene A. Ford Compton, age 77, of Newport, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. She was a member of Hilltop Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Edward Compton; parents, Robert and Cara Ford; sisters, Virginia McMahan, Flotella David, and Beatrice Ford; brothers, J.R. Ford and Parker Ford Jr.; mother and father-in-law, Fred and Mary Compton. She is survived by her son, Michael Compton, and daughter, Angela Stephens and husband, Garry Ball, all of Newport; granddaughters, Jessica Reed and husband Andy Reed, of Newport; Erin Stephens, of Atlanta, Ga.; Stephanie Stephens, of Johnson City; and McKenzie Ball, of Newport; three great-grandchildren, Kaylee and Manny Reed, of Newport, and Rylee Carpenter, of Johnson City; sisters, Jewel Davis, Viola Brown, and Shelby Presnell, of Newport; brother, Bill Ford, of Asheville, N.C.; and many nieces and nephews, cousins, and loving friends. She will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her. Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, June 13, 2008, at Brown Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 14, 2008, at Brown Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ben Watts, the Rev. Junior Loveday, and the Rev. Cline Franklin officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Friends may register online at www.newportfunerals.com. Brown Funeral Home is in charge.