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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 196.
- [S112] Census, 1910.
name: Nedra Cureton
birthplace: Tennessee
relationship to head of household: Daughter
residence: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Tennessee
family number: 173
page number: 7
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Walter C Cureton M 33y Tennessee
wife Lora Cureton F 24y Tennessee
dau Lagretta Cureton F 3y Tennessee
dau Nedra Cureton F 1y 6m Tennessee
Mary Southerland F 17y Tennessee
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 20 May 2003.
Nedra Cureton Bales, age 94, passed away Tuesday evening, May 20, 2003, at Sweetwater Nursing Center.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Flournoy E. Bales, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Bales, of Morristown, TN, and co-owner of Newport’s historic Nelson-Bales Drug Store.
Nedra was one of five daughters born to Lora McNabb Cureton and Walter Craigmiles Cureton of pioneer Cocke County families.
She is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Joe Sherlin, of Sweetwater.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Elizabeth Cureton and Lagretta Parrott, of Newport, and Hazel Farmer, of Maryville.
Nedra was an honor graduate of the University of Tennessee, Class of 1930. She as a teacher at Parrottsville High School and a member of the Methodist Church of Newport where she was a teacher. She was an active member of Newport’s oldest women’s civic organization, The Twentieth Century Club, and served as its President.
Her “children” were her seven nieces and nephews who dearly loved their spirited, delightful “Aunt Ned.” They are: Bob Parrott, of Knoxville; Elizabeth Farmer England, of Alcoa; John Craigmiles Farmer, of Murfreesboro; Janey Richesin and Judy Shope, of Sweetwater; Walter Sherlin, of Raleigh, NC; and Joe Sherlin Jr., of Johnson City.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, May 23, at Manes Funeral Home in Newport. The funeral will follow the visitation with Rev. Freddrick Long officiating.
The interment service will be held at Union Cemetery, Newport.
The family would like to thank the staff of Sweetwater Nursing Center for their kindness and loving care. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Newport, The Holston Home for Children of Greeneville, or the charity of one’s choice.
Manes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
groom's name: Walter C. Cureton
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bride's name: Lora Blanche Mcnabb
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marriage date: 25 Mar 1906
marriage place: Cocke, Tennessee
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indexing project (batch) number: I03562-1
system origin: Tennessee-EASy
source film number: 1928642
reference number: 521
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