James Rorex Stokely, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1913 - 1977  (63 years)

• Name	James Rorex Stokely
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	8 Oct 1913	Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jun 1977	Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I91699	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Rorex Stokely,   b. 1875,   d. 1922  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Janie May Jones,   b. 1885,   d. 1965  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F33515	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Wilma Dykeman,   b. 20 May 1920, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 22 Dec 2006, John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1940
  Children	1. Dykeman Cole "Dike" Stokely + 2. James Rorex "Rory" Stokely, III
  Family ID	F33539	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Oct 1913 - Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 20 Jun 1977 - Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  James Stokely was born in Newport, Tennessee in 1913. He attended both the University of Tennessee and Princeton University. With his wife, Wilma Dykeman, he wrote several books. He was the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many of which focused on issues of civil rights in the South. In addition, he owned and managed Stokely Apple Orchard in Newport, TN (1940-53) and in Asheville, NC (1944-53). He died in 1977.

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 252. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), A23, 27 Oct 2000. Benjamin D. "Ben D." Stokely obituary