Etta Lora Mikles^[1]

1919 - 2008  (89 years)

• Name	Etta Lora Mikles
  Born	23 Feb 1919	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Mar 2008	Asbury Acres Nursing Home   [2]
  Buried	7 Mar 2008	Highland South Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I76791	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Martin Luther Mikles,   b. Abt 1875, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 10 Oct 2004  (Age ~ 129 years)
  Mother	Fannie,   b. Abt 1886, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 10 Oct 2004  (Age ~ 118 years)
  Family ID	F41469	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Glen Hensley,   d. 1990
  Family ID	F88614	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Feb 1919 - Tennessee Buried - 7 Mar 2008 - Highland South Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Lora Mikles Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Uceba, Blount, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 11 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1919 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 21 Family Number: 53 Sheet Number and Letter: 4A Line Number: 28 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2234 Film Number: 2341968 Digital Folder Number: 4548148 Image Number: 00691 Household Gender Age Parent Marten L Mikles M 55 Parent Fannie Mikles F 44 Frances Mikles F 12 Lora Mikles F 11 Marten Mikles M 8 Jack Mikles M 7 Jim Mikles M 6 [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 4 Mar 2008. HENSLEY, ETTA LORA, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2008, surrounded by family at Asbury Acres Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She and her husband, Glen Hensley, who died in 1990, were long-time residents of South Knox County. She was born Feb. 23, 1919, the second oldest of five children of Luther and Fannie Mikles to survive infanthood. She leaves a sister, Frances Reagan, and brother, Jim Mikles. Predeceasing her were brothers Martin and Jack Mikles. Mrs. Hensley worked for many years in the meat departments of White Stores in downtown Knoxville and South Knoxville. She was a long-time member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. She and her husband were avid hunters and fishers for many years. In her later years, Mrs. Hensley was cared for by her nephew, Brian Hensley and his wife, Valerie. Survivors She also leaves nieces and nephews, Lois Reagan Thomas, Mike Mikles, Sylvia Mikles Greer, Troy Hensley, Tim, Greg and Scott Smithers, and Jodi Smithers Long, and sisters-in-law Faye and Mary Hensley, Helen Logan, Frances Raley, Mamie Purkey and Sara Mikles, as well as several great-nieces and nephews. The family expresses its appreciation to the staff of Asbury Acres for its kind and attentive care to Mrs. Hensley. Service Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Berry Funeral Home with the Rev. Cesar Correa of Mt. Olive Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial South Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Berry’s. Berry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.