Coy Otis Rhea^[1]

1939 - 2009  (69 years)

• Name	Coy Otis Rhea
  Born	14 Oct 1939
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 2009	Florida   [2]
  Buried	20 Sep 2009	Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I115143	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Clarence Otis Rhea,   b. 7 Jul 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Nov 2003  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elmer Pauline Valentine,   b. 21 Oct 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Aug 1997  (Age 78 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1939	Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Family ID	F14600	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Esterline
  Children	1. Terri Rhea + 2. Rhonda Rhea   3. Mike Rhea
  Family ID	F41859	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 15 Sep 2009 - Florida Buried - 20 Sep 2009 - Howard View Baptist Cemetery, 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

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• Sources

  [S99] Farrar Funeral Home, (http://www.farrarfuneralhome.com), 31 Oct 2002. Cecil Dean Rhea obituary [S106] The Mountain Press, 17 Sep 2009. Coy Otis Rhea died due to an accident at his home in Florida, Sept. 15, 2009. He was retired from the National Park Service serving in the Great Smokies on the Tennessee and North Carolina sides. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. A devoted father and grandfather, he leaves behind his wife Esteline Rhea; children, Terri Rhea Crockett, Rhonda Rhea Marchand and Mike Rhea; grandchildren, Hunter Billings, Danielle Marchand and Polly Rhea; stepdaughters, Kathy, Rhonda and Tawana; sisters, Christine Rhea Campbell, DaLee Rhea McMahan; brother, Ronnie Rhea; sister-in-law, Joyce Rhea. Visitation 12 to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at Howard’s View Baptist Church. Funeral service 2 p.m. with James Lunsford officiating. Burial with military honors to follow, at Howard’s View Cemetery, Henrytown Road. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 61160176). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Clarence Ray Event Type Marriage Event Date 14 Jan 1939 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 20 Birth Year (Estimated) 1919 Spouse's Name Pauline Valentine Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 20 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1919 "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93F-PDG6?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1NX%3A1589264711%2C1589374586 : 23 December 2016), Sevier > image 258 of 681; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.