Grace Sorrell^[1]

1914 - 2003  (88 years)

• Name	Grace Sorrell
  Born	12 Nov 1914
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Apr 2003  [2, 3]
  Buried	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Enka, North Carolina
  Person ID	I92271	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson Sorrell,   b. 9 Oct 1877,   d. 6 May 1966  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Dovie Mae Spangler,   b. 30 Mar 1883,   d. 30 Jan 1972  (Age 88 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1907	Gilkey, North Carolina
  Family ID	F33727	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	James Perry Self,   b. 24 Mar 1911,   d. DECEASED
  Children	1. Christine Self   2. Twila Self   3. Verba Self
  Family ID	F33729	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Arnold Compton,   d. Bef 26 Apr 2003
  Family ID	F33730	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 227, 246. [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 21 Feb 2009. James Herman Sorrell obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Asheville Citizen Times (NC), 27 Apr 2003. Grace Self Compton, 88, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2003, after a period of declining health. She was a native of Del Rio, Tenn. but had lived most of her life in Candler. She was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Grace was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Dovie Spangler Sorrells and was the wife of the late Perry Self and the late Arnold Compton. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Christine and Bill McClaren, Twila and Raymond Sams and Verba and John Hawkins and two brothers, William and Herman Sorrells. In addition to her children, Grace is also survived by seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Chapel of Faith, Forest Lawn Funeral Home. Mrs. Compton will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the services. Rev. Chris Bradford will be officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Enka. Grace's purpose in life was to see that her family and friends were always taken care of. The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers or food gifts, memorials be made in Grace's loving memory to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 16, Asheville, NC 28802. Forest Lawn Funeral Home is serving the family of Grace Compton.