J. Esther Montgomery^[1]

1913 - 2016  (103 years)

• Name	J. Esther Montgomery
  Born	15 Mar 1913	Loudon County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Blount County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1930	Wellsville, Blount County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	3 Jun 2016  [4]
  Buried	6 Jun 2016	Oakland Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I345230	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	James Calvin "Cal" Montgomery,   b. 28 Jan 1880, Tennessee ,   d. 11 May 1965  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Johnnie Beulah McInturff,   b. 28 Aug 1887, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Aug 1936  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F135653	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Mar 1913 - Loudon County, Tennessee Census - 1920 - Blount County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - Wellsville, Blount County, Tennessee Buried - 6 Jun 2016 - Oakland Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 5 Mar 2013. Montgomery celebrates 100th birthday J. Esther Montgomery will celebrate her 100th birthday on March 15. She retired from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, from the School of Home Economics. She is the daughter of the late James Calvin Montgomery and the late Johnnie Beulah McInturff Montgomery and was born in Loudon County near Morganton. Ms. Montgomery graduated from Maryville College and the University of Tennessee. Her career work included working at ALCOA Inc. during World War II, teaching at Howard School of Maryville, Townsend High School, Brevard College in North Carolina and Tennessee Technological University. She began her professorship at Tennessee Tech in 1951 and retired in 1975. Her specialty was housing and home management in the School of Home Economics. Much of Ms. Montgomery’s life since retirement has been filled with genealogy research and writing family history books of John and Esther Houston Montgomery, the Bussells of Busselltown, the McInturff families, Oakland United Methodist Church, Trigonia Community and several smaller endeavors. Reminiscing with family and friends is a favorite pastime when they visit at Shannondale of Maryville. She also enjoys cards and birthday wishes. Cards may be sent to Esther Montgomery, 804 Shannondale Way, Maryville, TN 37803. [S112] Census, 1920. name: Esta Montgomery residence: , Blount, Tennessee estimated birth year: 1914 age: 6 birthplace: Tennessee relationship to head of household: Daughter gender: Female race: White marital status: Single father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee film number: 1821729 digital folder number: 4390801 image number: 00566 sheet number: 4 Household Gender Age Birthplace self James C Montgomery M 39y Tennessee wife Johnie Montgomery F 32y Tennessee dau Esta Montgomery F 6y Tennessee [S112] Census, 1930. name: Ester J Montgomery event: Census event date: 1930 event place: Wellsville, Blount, Tennessee gender: Female age: 17 marital status: Single race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1913 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Daughter father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0001 family number: 51 sheet number and letter: 3A line number: 30 nara publication: T626, roll 2234 film number: 2341968 digital folder number: 4548148 image number: 00164 Household Gender Age Birthplace head J Calvin Montgomery M 50 Tennessee wife Jonnie Montgomery F 42 Tennessee daughter Ester J Montgomery F 17 Tennessee daughter Mildred Montgomery F 8 Tennessee daughter Cairy L Montgomery F 4 Tennessee [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 3 Jun 2016. March 15, 1913 - June 3, 2016 Resided in Maryville, TN J. Esther Montgomery, 103, born March, 1913, near Greenback, TN departed life here on earth to dwell in the Kingdom of God forever on June 3, 2016. Esther was a college professor and retired from Tennessee Technological University in 1975 after teaching Home Economics since 1951. She also taught at Howard School in Blount County and worked in the P.T. lab during World War II. Since retirement she was an avid genealogist. Esther received her undergraduate degree from Maryville College and her Master's degree from the University of Tennessee. Education and continuing education, whether formal or informal, was always very important to her. An active member and teacher of Oakland United Methodist Church in Greenback, she also attended St. John UMC, in Maryville, and Cookeville UMC in Cookeville when she could not be at Oakland.She was a devoted daughter of James Calvin Montgomery, deceased 5/11/1965, and Johnnie McInturff Montgomery, deceased 8/4/1936. She was preceded in death by siblings, Nellie Montgomery, Calvin Chester Montgomery, Caralee Montgomery, and Mildred Montgomery Janeway. Surviving family members are nieces and nephews: Mike Janeway (Ella Kline); Helen Janeway Stanley (Tom); Stanley Janeway (Brenda); and Mary Janeway Hawkins (Gregg). And 5 great-nephews: Stephen and David Stanley, Alex Janeway, Ray and Mark Janeway. Special, devoted friends, Fran (Ron) Kemp and Mark Bennett. The family will receive friends Monday from 10-11:00 a.m. at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home with services to follow at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Tom Stanley officiating. Family and friends will meet at 3:00 p.m. Monday at Oakland United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greenback, for the interment service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Oakland UMC building or cemetery fund, or to the Holston Children's Home. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 163849050).