Ruby Laverne McMahan^{[1, 2]}

1925 - 2007  (81 years)

• Name	Ruby Laverne McMahan
  Born	8 May 1925	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 9, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	20 Jan 2007  [4]
  Buried	23 Jan 2007	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I77593	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Isaac Allen McMahan,   b. 13 Jun 1874, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Dec 1927  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Annie Mae Gunter,   b. 16 Apr 1893, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Feb 1992  (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F34884	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Smithpeters
  Children	+ 1. Randy Smithpeters
  Family ID	F79708	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	William "Bill" Williamson,   b. 19 Oct 1925, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Dec 2012  (Age 87 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1946
  Children	+ 1. Myra Kaye Williamson,   b. 5 Oct 1947  (Age 77 years)   2. Kathy Francine Williamson,   b. 26 Apr 1950  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F28656	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 May 1925 - North Carolina Census - 1930 - District 9, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 23 Jan 2007 - 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), 162, 285. [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 31 May 2012. Esmond Baxter obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Ruby Mc Mahan Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 09, Cocke, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 5 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: North Carolina Estimated Birth Year: 1925 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0018 Family Number: 72 Sheet Number and Letter: 4B Line Number: 52 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238 Film Number: 2341972 Digital Folder Number: 4548152 Image Number: 00397 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Annie Mc Mahan F 36 Tennessee Daughter Ruby Mc Mahan F 5 North Carolina Daughter Georgia Mc Mahan F 3 North Carolina Son Artis Baxter M 19 Tennessee Daughter Allie Baxter F 18 Tennessee Son Esmond Baxter M 16 Tennessee Daughter Altha Baxter F 11 Tennessee Daughter Amber Baxter F 9 Tennessee Lodger Oscar Garner M 19 Tennessee [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 20 Jan 2007. Ruby Laverne McMahan Williamson faithful wife and loving mother went to be with the Lord on January 20, 2007 after an extended illness. Mrs. Williamson was a lifelong member of Laurel Springs Christian Church. She was a loyal friend to many people and was depended on for direct an honest guidance often rendered in humorous sincerity. She was preceded in death by her parents, Issac Allen McMahan and Annie Mae McMahan; sisters, Georgia Lindsey, Altha Valentine, Allie Garver, Estelle Jenkins, Vergie Valentine, and Bashie Smallwood; brothers, Artis Baxter, Clay, Stosel, Cecil, and Ardell McMahan. She is survived by her husband, Bill Williamson; children, Randall Smithpeters; daughters, Kathy McCarter, Myra and son-in-law, Mike Lewis; grandchildren, Anna Suggs, Renea and Dawn Smithpeters, Will Lewis, Rob Lewis and wife Deborah; great grandchildren, Gracee Suggs, Delani Smithpeters, Randi Owenby, Dylan and Jackson Lewis, and a host of devoted nieces, nephews, and a widely extended family and network of friends, including special friends, Roma Brown, Dorothy Williamson, an d beloved sister-in-law, Zelma Jenkins. The family will receive friends at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home on January 22, 2007 from 5 to 7 p.m. with the funeral service at 7 p.m. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. on January 23, 2007 at Union Cemetery in Newport. The family would like to offer special thanks to Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice and her caring nurse Charlie Grooms. The family also wants to say thank you for all of the cards, flowers, food, prayers, and visits from her many friends over this past year of her illness. Their thoughtfulness has been beyond her imagination. She has said many times that she was so happy that her friends came to visit her while she was living and could enjoy their visits.