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- [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 24 Mar 1991.
Bernard Marcus Large obituary
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 14 Aug 2010.
Dewey Ernest Large obituary
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 14 May 2005.
LARGE, ANNIE IRENE OWENS - 79, of the Solway community in Knoxville, passed over to Jesus Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at her home after a short illness. The daughter of Lawrence Brailsford Owens and Fannie Mae Pamplin Owens, she was born June 17, 1925, in Dillon County, S.C. Mrs. Large was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Karns and a former member of Robertsville Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, and Pigeon Forge and Hurst Chapel Baptist Churches in Sevier County. She attended Berry College in Mt. Berry, GA., in the 1940's where she met and married Mr. Dewey Large. Additional education advancements were at Draughn's Business College, Pellissippi College, the University of Tennessee and numerous adult education classes. The mother of four children and 10 grandchildren, Mrs. Large served as a teacher, PTO officer and active volunteer in the school systems of Sevier and Knox counties. She was owner of AIDEL Enterprises. Mrs. Large had a great interest in organic gardening, arts and crafts, reading, and music. She was considered a "master quilter" and designer of quilts. Her most beloved organizational alignment was with the Berry College Alumni Association, where she had served as a member of the Alumni Council and 'crew chief' of the annual Berry Alumni Work Week quilters' group for several years. She was preceded in death by her parents siblings, Genevieve Owens Phillips and Mary Kate Owens Kramer of Marion, S.C., Essie Mae Owens Rainear and Franklin L. Owens of Charleston, S.C. and grandson, William Edward Dossett II of the Solway community in Knoxville. Mrs. Large is survived by her husband, Dewey E. Large daughters, Floanna L. Long of Statesville, N.C., Raynella Dossett of the Solway community, and Robyn R. Randall of the Hardin Valley community in Knoxville son, Marcus D. Large and his wife, Lillie Geary Large of Murfreesboro nine grandchildren, R. Edward Long and wife, Tanya Owens, Jennifer Long Cutchens and husband, Sean, Maggie Dossett Connastser and husband, Scott, Andrew Large, Erin Large Dwyer and husband, Patrick, Katie Dossett, Rebecca Large, Seth Randall, and Megan Randall five great-grandchildren, Brandon Anderson, Whitney Long, Michael Foster, Alexandra Cutchens, and Devin Cutchens brothers and sisters, L. B. Owens and wife, Helen, of Atlanta, Ga., James D. Owens and wife, Betty, of Marion, S.C., Robert "Bob" A. Owens and wife, Gladys, of Florence, S.C., Lillie Ruth Owens Trayser of Calabash, N.C., Ferney Phillips of Marion, S.C., and Kitty Owens of Athens, GA. A "Praise and Prayer Celebration" lead by the Rev. Henry Lenoir of Solway United Methodist Church, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge. Mrs. Large 's family said "final blessings" will be shared after the service at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The celebration of Mrs. Large 's life will begin with the receiving of friends from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the mortuary. An online guestbook is available at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 44823964).
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