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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 15.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 29 Jul 2010.
Pauline Crum turns 100 on Tuesday
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: Rachel Ball
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Edwina, Civil District 8, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1923
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 15-18
Family Number: 130
Sheet Number and Letter: 7B
Line Number: 70
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3881
Digital Folder Number: 005461287
Image Number: 00549
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Robert Ball M 22 Tennessee
Wife Rachel Ball F 17 Tennessee
Son Robert W Ball M 0 Tennessee
- [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 28 May 2014.
(August 30, 1922 - May 28, 2014)
Rachel Elizabeth Black Ball, age 91, departed this life on May 28, 2014, at University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville. She was born August 30, 1922 in Greenville, SC to Solomon and Celia Black and moved to Cocke County at the age of four. She was a long time member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Robert Ball; sons Robert Walter Ball, Ricky Ball and daughter-in-law June Ball; brothers, John and Leonard Black; sisters, Bell Ball, Lou Emma Burnett, and Pauline Crum; great-great granddaughter, Jaycee Chesteen. She is survived by her son, Ottis Ball and wife Radie of Rockwood, TN, daughter Darlene Barger and husband Bill Barger of Knoxville, TN, daughter-in-law Cathy Ball of Newport, TN; grandchildren Reggie and Diane Ball of Chapel Hill, NC, Rhonda and Dale Bandy, Amy and Jeff Stevens, Chad and Andrea Barger, Jon and Alexandria Barger, all of Knoxville, TN, Audrey and Joel Baucom of Tega Cay, SC, Sandra Ball of Fort Mill, SC., Rocky and Amy Ball of Newport, TN., Bridget and Troy Gibson of Cosby, TN, and Nelson Bennett of Strawberry Plains, TN.; great grandchildren, Daniel Ball, Sydney Bennett, Justin, Jordan, and Joshua Stevens, Grant and Anna Barger, Emrys and Isadora Barger, Conner, Emma, and Maddox Baucom, Chelsea Chesteen, Caitlyn Hembree, Tyler Chambers, Tristan, Haley and Catherine Ball; great great grandchildren, Jayleigh Chesteen, Gavin and Arlee Hembree and Kamden Chambers; sister, Joneta Ball; brother, S.C. Black; sisters-in-law, Geneva Ball and Lorene (Bo) Ball. Children of her heart – Sue and Jimmy Townsend, Alejandra and Malachi Ocampo. At her special request, “Special thanks to Darlene and Bill and Ottis and Radie for their loving care.” The family will receive friends 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Tuesday, June 3,2014, with services following at 7:00pm, in Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. Jackie Swanger and Rev. Ottis Ball officiating. Graveside services will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the Ball Family Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Brown Funeral Home is honored to serve the Ball family.
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Groom's Name: Solomon Black
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Bride's Name: Celia Webb
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Marriage Date: 16 May 1897
Marriage Place: , Cocke, Tennessee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M71023-2
System Origin: Tennessee-VR
Source Film Number: 956183
Reference Number: 2:NVVXKX
Collection: Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950
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