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- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Ralph Fartner
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 13, Knox, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1927
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Enumeration District Number: 0088
Family Number: 283
Sheet Number and Letter: 14A
Line Number: 22
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2260
Film Number: 2341994
Digital Folder Number: 4548174
Image Number: 00320
Household Gender Age
Parent Liney E Fartner M 34
Parent Eva Fartner F 27
Leon E Fartner M 4
Ralph Fartner M 3
Conley Fartner M 1
- [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 20 Apr 2009.
Fortner, Ralph R. of Knoxville, Tennessee died Monday, April 20th at Fort Sanders Hospital, following a brief illness. He was an active and longtime member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, where he served as Trustee of the Mount Olive Cemetery for many years. He was born into the great depression, was a veteran of World War II, and was the embodiment of what Tom Brokaw called “ The Greatest Generation.” He had a servant’s heart, and a strong and independent, yet humble spirit. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1951 with a B.S. in Business Administration, where he was a charter member of the Alpha Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi fraternity. He was owner and president of Tennessee Coal Sales Company, and Blount – Knox Equipment Company. Ralph loved to work, and was probably more active in retirement than most men are in a lifetime. He was an accountant, business executive, small business owner, pilot, and farmer. He and his wife Hazel traveled extensively in retirement, and he loved exploring new places. He especially enjoyed meeting people, and no one was a stranger to him for very long. He was a devoted father, and if you spent any time at all with Ralph you were going to get to hear about his grandkids. He absolutely adored his wife Hazel with whom he shared and enjoyed life for 59 years. He missed her every day after her passing. Ralph was greatly loved, and will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and all who knew him. Ralph was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel E. Fortner, his parents, L. E. and Eva Shanks Fortner, his brothers Leon Fortner, Conley Fortner, Ted Fortner, and G. W. Fortner.
Survivors
He is survived by his daughters Donna F. Tipton and husband David W. Tipton, Karen F. Hickman and husband J. Todd Hickman, grandsons Taylor, Spenser and Hunter Tipton, granddaughters Chloe and Emma Hickman, and his sister Luna Mae Shepherd.
Service
Friends may call at their convenience at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway, on Friday, April 24, 2009 to pay their respect. A celebration of life will be held at the graveside at 11:00 am, Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Sherwood Gardens, Alcoa, Tennessee with Dr. Deron Cobb officiating. Family and friends will meet at the cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim McClain’s Sunday School Class. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Knox Area Rescue Ministries, PO Box 3310, Knoxville, TN 37927. A guestbook and additional information are available at www.berryfuneralhome.com. You are invited to share your thoughts and memories of Ralph at his memorial website at www.MeM.com
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