Gertie Mae French^{[1, 2]}

1916 - 2000  (83 years)

• Name	Gertie Mae French
  Born	18 Nov 1916	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	District 3, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	5 Nov 2000	Johnson City Medical Center   [4, 5]
  Buried	New Home Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I85143	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Henry Alexander French,   b. 3 Jun 1895, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Mar 1966  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Minnie Holt,   b. 29 Apr 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Oct 1985  (Age 87 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1915	Cocke County, Tennessee   [7]
  Family ID	F31145	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Burl Samples,   b. 6 Mar 1910, Tennessee ,   d. 16 May 2002  (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Henry Samples
  Family ID	F31146	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Nov 1916 - Tennessee Buried - - New Home 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), 108. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Girtie May French Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 3, Cocke, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 14 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1916 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 7 Family Number: 51 Sheet Number and Letter: 8B Line Number: 51 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238 Film Number: 2341972 Digital Folder Number: 4548152 Image Number: 00136 Household Gender Age Parent Henry French M 33 Parent Ninnnie French F 32 Girtie May French F 14 Allen French M 11 Evie French F 8 Pillmon French M 3 [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Gertie French Titles & Terms: Event: Census Event Year: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 3, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 23 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): White Race (Standardized): White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Daughter Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1917 Residence in 1935: Same House Enumeration District Number: 15-7 Family Number: 140 Sheet Number and Letter: 9A Line Number: 20 NARA Publication Number: T627 NARA Roll Number: 3881 Digital Folder Number: 005461287 Image Number: 00192 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Henry French M 44 Tennessee Wife Ninnie French F 43 Tennessee Daughter Gertie French F 23 Tennessee Son Tillmon French M 13 Tennessee [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 1 Mar 2012. Mr. Allen J. French obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 5 Nov 2000. Gertie M. Samples , 83, Johnson City, formerly of Fairlawn Drive, Greeneville, and a native of the Point Pleasant Community of Cocke County, passed away, Sunday, November 5, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church of Greeneville. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Alexander and Ninnie Holt French, and a sister, Exie F. Smith, of Ohio. She is survived by her husband, Burl Samples , son and daughter-in-law, Henry and Agnes B. Samples , of Johnson City; and two brothers, Tilmon French, of Newport, and Allen French, of Morristown. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 8, at New Home Free Will Baptist Church in Newport, with Rev. Rodney Bailey and Rev. Carl Petering officiating. Interment at the New Home Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Jeffers Mortuary, Greeneville. In lieu of flowers make contributions to Alzheimer's Association, N.E. TN Chapter, 207 N. Boone Street, Johnson City, TN 37604. Jeffers Mortuary, Greeneville, in charge of arrangements. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 30407411). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Groom's Name: Henry French Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: Bride's Name: Minnie Holt Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1915 Marriage Place: Cocke, Tennessee Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: Groom's Marital Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: Bride's Marital Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03651-8 System Origin: Tennessee-EASy Source Film Number: 1928644 Reference Number: pg 30