Sara Elizabeth Proffitt^[1]

1920 - 2009  (89 years)

• Name	Sara Elizabeth Proffitt
  Born	25 Apr 1920	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Jul 2009  [2]
  Buried	6 Jul 2009	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I99347	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Joab B. "Joe" Proffitt,   b. 18 Mar 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Apr 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Edna India Fox,   b. 8 Jun 1883,   d. 2 Apr 1977  (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F13823	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William Andrew "Bill" Sheffey,   b. 12 Aug 1916,   d. 20 Jul 1999, Newport Medical Center, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Nan Sheffey,   b. 7 Apr 1944,   d. 26 Aug 2010, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 66 years) + 2. Joe Sheffey
  Family ID	F36057	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Apr 1920 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 6 Jul 2009 - Union Cemetery, Newport, 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), 229. [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 3 Jul 2009. (April 25, 1920 - July 3, 2009) Sara Elizabeth Proffitt Sheffey, age 89, of Newport, born April 25, 1920, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2009. She taught hundreds of students in the 4th grade at Newport Grammar School until her retirement in 1982. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Sheffey. She was born in Sevier County to the late, Joe and Inda Fox Proffitt. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Nan and Harold Smith, of Newport; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Teresa Sheffey, of Canton, GA; grandchildren, Larry Smith and wife Chrissy, Keith Smith and A. J. Sheffey; great-grandchildren, Jeff Butler, Caden Smith and Blade Smith; one sister, Hazel Ownby, of Knoxville; and other family and friends. Funeral services will be held 7:00 pm, Sunday, July 5, 2009 in Manes Funeral Home West Chapel, with Rev. Rick Spell officiating. Burial will be 11:00 am, Monday in Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 pm Sunday at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral services. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 212 Washington Avenue, Newport, TN 37821. Manes Funeral Home in charge. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 43656394).