James Harrison Messer^[1]

1914 - 1999  (84 years)

• Name	James Harrison Messer
  Born	28 Apr 1914
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jan 1999	Laughlin Healthcare Center of Greeneville   [2]
  Buried	20 Jan 1999	Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I78792	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Lawson Brown Messer,   b. 20 Jun 1881,   d. 15 Jan 1950, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Frankie Sexton,   b. 9 Dec 1879,   d. 15 Jul 1951  (Age 71 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1900
  Family ID	F28962	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Leesta Shelton,   d. Bef 17 Jan 1999
  Children	1. Cora Mae Messer + 2. Mary Ruth Messer
  Family ID	F97968	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 20 Jan 1999 - Clark Cemetery, 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), 169. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 18 Jan 1999. James Harrison Messer, 84, passed away Sunday, January 17, at Laughlin Healthcare Center of Greeneville. He was a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church. He was a farmer, substitute mail carrier, and was with the Forestry Service. Harrison and his late wife, Leesta, were called upon many times to sing at churches and funerals; even though busy with their work, they never refused. Harrison was preceded in death by his parents, Lawson and Frankie Messer; wife, Leesta Shelton Messer; sisters, Leora Carlisle, Grace Dockery and Lavada Reece; and brothers, Clyde Messer, Brown Messer and Ernest Messer. His survivors include children, Cora Mae and husband, Fred Kelley, and Ruth and husband, Don Kelley, all of Del Rio; sister, Viola Reece of Newport; grandchildren, Jimmy and wife, Kathy Kelley of Del Rio and Bryan and wife, Sharon Kelley of Johnson City; great-grandchildren, Brandi and Brandon Kelley of Del Rio and Lauren and Hayley Kelley of Johnson City; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brown Funeral Chapel with Rev. Marvin Witt and Rev. Bill Murr officiating. Interment will be in the Clark Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Brown Funeral Chapel. Brown Funeral Home is in charge.