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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 67.
- [S112] Census, 1920.
Name Echo Ford
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Civil District 9, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender Female
Age 8
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) White
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1912
Birthplace Tennessee
Father's Birthplace Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace Tennessee
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 11
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Fletcher Ford Head M 33 Tennessee
Rena Ford Wife F 30 Tennessee
Mamie Ford Daughter F 12 Tennessee
Jack Ford Son M 10 Tennessee
Echo Ford Daughter F 8 Tennessee
Rhoda Ford Daughter F 6 Tennessee
Dorthy Ford Daughter F 4 Tennessee
Gladdis Ford Daughter F 1 Tennessee
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Newport Plain Talk, 10 Aug 2000.
Echo McMahan, of Newport, passed away at her home August 10, 2000, at the age of 88.
She was employed at Camp Carson Baptist Assembly from 1958 until 1983. She was also employed at Edgemont Elementary for a few years.
She was the oldest member of Wilsonville Baptist Church in Carson Springs.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Anderson McMahan; and her sons, Chandler and Jimmy McMahan. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Fletcher and Irene Coggins Ford; her sisters, Mayme Holt, Rhoda Phillips, and Dorothy and Inez Ford; and her brothers, Jackson, Arthur, Doyle and Lattie Ford.
She is survived by sons and daughters, Barbara McCrary of Nashville, Tennessee; Gordon McMahan of Newport; Mary Frances Johnson of Lebanon, Tennessee; Wendell McMahan of Port Elizabeth, New Jersey; Betty Payne of Hot Springs, North Carolina; and Don McMahan of Nashville, Tennessee; sister, Gladys Brown of Newport; brothers, Boyd Ford of Key West, Florida; Henry Ford of Mosheim; Edsel Ford of Cosby; and Lon Ford of Cosby. She is also survived by 28 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Adam Sanders and Rev. F.M. Blevins officiating. Interment will be at Clark Cemetery in Hartford.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Brown Funeral Home.
Brown Funeral Home is in charge.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 413-58-6798.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 22542267).
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Anderson Mcmahan
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Aug 1930
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee
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Spouse: Echo Ford
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Spouse's Father: F W Ford
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Film Number: 1928648
Digital Folder Number: 4485963
Image Number: 00503
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X37S-FG5?cc=1619127&wc=Q6SB-LMQ%3A1589264474%2C1589372861 : 22 December 2016), Cocke > Marriage registers, 1928-1931, vol 20-21 > image 503 of 727; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
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