Dora Belva Strange^[1]

Abt 1903 - 1999  (~ 96 years)

• Name	Dora Belva Strange
  Born	Abt 1903	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	District 1, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	25 Apr 1999	Brakebill Nursing Home, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	Crowder Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I100697	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	William Grant Strange,   b. 16 Oct 1858, Jefferson County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Nov 1933, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	M. Finnie Ledford,   b. 11 May 1862,   d. 20 Jul 1908  (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F36437	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Oscar Goldman Lunsford,   b. 8 Nov 1901, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 2007  (Age < 105 years)
  Children	1. Edith Loreta Lunsford,   b. 22 Jul 1928, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jan 1929  (Age 0 years)   2. Opal Lunsford,   b. 26 Jan 1930,   d. 23 Feb 1930  (Age 0 years)   3. Kenneth Lunsford,   d. DECEASED   4. Hubert Lunsford,   d. DECEASED   5. Dewey Lunsford   6. Rose Lee Lunsford
  Family ID	F36460	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1903 - Tennessee Died - 25 Apr 1999 - Brakebill Nursing Home, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - - Crowder Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 255. [S83] Willis LaRue Funeral Home Records, (Cocke County, Tennessee), 11 Jan 1929. Edith Loreta Lunsford obituary [S112] Census, 1910. Name: Belvia Strange Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Residence: Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee Marital Status: Single Race : White Gender: Female Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Family Number: 244 Page Number: 13 Household Gender Age Parent William G Strange M 38y Ida Strange F 16y Maud Strange F 13y Floyd Strange M 11y Daisey Strange F 9y Belvia Strange F 7y Martha Strange F 5y Fred Strange M 3y [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 25 Apr 1999. Dora Belva Strange Lunsford, 96, passed away April 25 at Brakebill Nursing Home in Knoxville. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Lunsford; daughters, Edith and Ophal; sons, Kenneth and Hubert; and three grandchildren. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Rosalea and Ray Wilkinson of Louisville; son, Dewey Lunsford of Taylor, Michigan; and brother, Jim Strange of Del Rio. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Manes Funeral Chapel with family receiving friends 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the services. Interment will be at the Crowder Cemetery in the Blue Mill Section of Del Rio. Manes Funeral Home is in charge.