Otis Lavator Proffitt^{[1, 2]}

1902 - 1988

• Born	11 Nov 1902	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  _UID	77DBF3FC34CA0E4590523970C8DBFC8945E8
  Died	27 Sep 1988  [3]
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I31523	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	David Proffitt,   b. 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Mother	Mary Jane Ownby,   b. 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	26 May 1896
  Family ID	F2040	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Effie Whaley,   b. 6 Jan 1905, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Dec 1987
  Marriage License	18 May 1930	Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Children	> 1. Joyce Proffitt
  Family ID	F11613	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Nov 1902 - Tennessee Marriage License - 18 May 1930 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Mary Jane (Ownby) Mayes Proffit with son Otis
  		Greenbrier School group circa 1923 1923 or 1924; Evolena Ownby is front on left; also in photo: Stella Whaley, Grace ownby, Lona Whaley, Myrtle Ownby, Otis Proffitt

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 117. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 82. This may instead be Oliver or Virgil that Sevier County Heritages lists but Donald B. Reagan does not list given name. [S135] Mountain Ways, Gene Aiken, (1983), 35. [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 27 Sep 1988. Proffitt, Otis L. Nov 11, 1902 Tn Sept 27, 1988 Father: Proffitt, David Mother: Ownby, Mary Jane Daughters: Joyce Hodges Cemetery: Pigeon Forge Baptist [S12] Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1920 - 1934, Robert J. Parton & Larry D. Fox, 120.