Evelyn Inez Shults^[1]

1925 - 2011  (85 years)

• Name	Evelyn Inez Shults
  Born	1 Nov 1925
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Feb 2011	St. Mary’s Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	24 Feb 2011	Jenkins Chapel Cemetery, Bogard, Tennessee
  Person ID	I79349	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Horace Alonzo Shults,   b. 5 Aug 1895, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jan 1983  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary Zula Norris,   b. 8 Jan 1901,   d. 3 Mar 1977  (Age 76 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1920
  Family ID	F29156	Group Sheet

  
  

  Father	Jefferson Caywood Denton,   b. 16 Apr 1881,   d. 21 Aug 1950  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Gladys Myrtle "Priss" Norris,   b. 17 Dec 1904,   d. 5 Dec 1999  (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Married	1924
  Family ID	F29158	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Bruce Hartsell,   b. 16 May 1919,   d. Jan 1973  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F115480	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Howard Hawk
  Family ID	F69311	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 236. [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 21 Feb 2011. Evelyn Shults Denton Hartsell, age 85, of Cosby, died Monday morning, February 21, 2011, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Knoxville, following a lingering illness. She was born in Cosby on November 1, 1925, third child of the late Horace and Zula (Norris) Shults. Educated at Sunset Gap School, she was later adopted by her maternal aunt and uncle, the late Caywood and Gladys (Norris) Denton. During World War II, She was among several Cocke County citizens who traveled to “The Secret City,” later known as Oak Ridge, to work on The Manhattan Project. Following World War II, she returned to Cosby and later married Bruce Hartsell. For several years, they resided in Cleveland, OH. Following his death, she returned to Cosby. She was a member of Jenkins Chapel United Methodist Church and, in later years, transferred her membership to Union Missionary Baptist Church. Before her health failed, she excelled at gardening and cooking, and during the Christmas season delighted in making different types of candy to share with her family and friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Duke, David and Donald Shults, and two sisters, Ina Rhea and Inelle Shults. She is survived by two sisters, Miriam Shults Keener of Cosby and Mary Shults Henry of Chattanooga; one brother Jim Shults of Abilene, TX; dear friends and special neighbors Eugene and Brenda Arrowood of Cosby, with whom she made her home; special friends Warren and Marilyn Bryant and Darryll and Marilyn Mantooth, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Funeral Services were held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in the chapel of Brown Funeral Home with Rev. Wiley Woody officiating. The family received friends from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. prior to the service. Memorial Gifts may be made to Union Missionary Baptist Church, in care of Marilyn Bryant, 820 Yellow Springs Road. Cosby, TN 37722. Graveside services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Jenkins Chapel Cemetery, in Bogard.