Rita Maples

1947 - 2000  (53 years)

• Name	Rita Maples
  Born	11 Dec 1947	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Dec 2000	Sevier County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Buried	31 Dec 2000	Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I17423	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	William Freeman "Freeman" Maples,   b. 30 Oct 1914, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Nov 2005, Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Nettie Kate "Kate" Shields,   b. 8 Apr 1917, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jan 2010  (Age 92 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1940
  Headstones		Maples William Freeman Kate Shields Oct. 30, 1914 Apr. 8, 1917 Nov. 17, 2005 Jan. 15, 2010 Going home
  Family ID	F4570	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Donald Ray Hensley,   b. 18 Feb 1941, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky ,   d. 15 Aug 2003, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 62 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1968	Ringgold, Georgia
  Children	+ 1. Scott Bryan Hensley,   b. 1 May 1970, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 54 years) + 2. Veronica Rochelle Hensley,   b. 12 May 1971, , Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F13196	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Dec 1947 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 18 Oct 1968 - Ringgold, Georgia Died - 29 Dec 2000 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 31 Dec 2000 - Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 30. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 103.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 29 Dec 2000. HENSLEY, RITA MAPLES - age 53 of Sevierville, died Friday, December 29, 2000 at her home. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Pigeon Forge and the Eastern Star. She taught at Pigeon Forge schools and was preceded in death by her grandson, Keegan Hardin. Survivors; husband, Don Hensley; son and daughter in law, Scott and Pam Hensley; daughter and son in law, Veronica and Tim Hardin; grandson, Burke Hardin; parents, Freeman and Kate Maples; special friends, Linda Lewis and Rhonda Ward. Funeral service 2 p.m. Sunday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Melvin Carr and Rev. W.W. Cope officiating. Interment will follow in Middle Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-9 p.m. Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Pigeon Forge Middle School, 300 Wears Valley Road, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. 37863. www.atchleyfuneralhome.com. [S142] Newspaper Article, The Mouintain Press, 31 Dec 2000. Rita Maples Hensley, 53 of Sevierville died Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, at her home. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Pigeon Forge and the Eastern Star. She taught at Pigeon Forge schools and was preceded in death by her grandson, Keegan Hardin. Survivors include her husband, Don Hensley; son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Pam Hensley; daughter and son-in-law, Veronica and Tim Hardin; grandson, Burke Hardin; parents, Freeman and Kate Maples; and special friends. Funeral service is 2 p.m. Sunday in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with the Rev. Melvin Carr and the Rev. W.W. Cope officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Pigeon Forge Middle School, 300 Wears Valley Road, Pigeon Forge, TN, 37863. www.atchleyfuneralhome.com.