Grace Gann^{[1, 2]}

1922 - 2018  (95 years)

• Name	Grace Gann
  Born	28 Apr 1922	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	20 Jan 2018  [4]
  Buried	24 Jan 2018	Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I124031	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Derry Caloway "Keet" Gann,   b. 16 May 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 May 1947, Rutherford County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Lydia Alice Widner,   b. 19 Feb 1892, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 May 1972  (Age 80 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1907	Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Family ID	F45707	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Homer Cecil Clark,   b. 22 May 1912, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Jul 1955  (Age 43 years)
  Married	9 Apr 1937	Sevier County, Tennessee   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Shelby Jean Clark,   b. 26 Feb 1938, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jan 1990  (Age 51 years) + 2. Cecil Clark,   b. Abt 1940, Tennessee  (Age ~ 84 years) + 3. Charlotte Ann Clark,   b. 29 Aug 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Sep 2016  (Age 73 years)   4. Jimmie Clark
  Family ID	F45539	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Oscar Lee Ward,   b. 17 May 1913,   d. 16 May 1993, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Jerry Ward   2. Smoky Ward
  Family ID	F46069	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Apr 1922 - Tennessee Married - 9 Apr 1937 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 24 Jan 2018 - Middle Creek Methodist Church 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

  
  

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  Grace Gann Clark Ward

  
  

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  [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 24 Jul 1955. Homer Cecil Clark obituary [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 27 May 1993. Edith Caldonia Gann Connatser obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name Grace Clark Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Female Age 18 Marital Status Married Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Daughter-In-Law Relationship to Head of Household Daughter-in-law Birthplace Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated) 1922 Last Place of Residence Same House Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Dora Clark Head F 52 Tennessee Homer C Clark Son M 26 Tennessee Grace Clark Daughter-in-law F 18 Tennessee Shelby Jean Clark Granddaughter F 2 Tennessee Cecil Clark Grandson M 0 Tennessee [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 20 Jan 2018. April 28, 1922 - January 20, 2018 Grace Gann Clark Ward, age 95 of Sevierville, went to her heavenly home on Saturday, January 20, 2018. She had been a resident of Brookhaven Nursing Home in Kingsport, TN. A native of Sevierville, she was the daughter of the late Keet and Lydia Gann. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands Homer Clark and Oscar Ward; siblings Cora, Bonnie Kate, Edith, Roosevelt, Billie Ruth, and Gertrude; her daughters Shelby Scanlan and Charlotte McBride; and two grandchildren Kim (Clark) Proffitt and Danny Scanlan. Left to cherish her memory are her sons Cecil and Jim Clark, Smoky and Jerry Ward, several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Cecil Ward, who visited and helper her over the years. Also, Grace is smiling down from Heaven and is so proud and grateful to her grandchildren, Gina Eslinger and Jama Trent who have been her angels here on earth, visiting and helping take care of her. The family will receive friends 10 AM – 11 AM Wednesday with a Celebration of Life service to follow at 11 AM in the West Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. Grace’s niece, Kathy Tarwater will officiate. Interment will follow the service in Middle Creek Cemetery. Online condolence may be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 186822833). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name D C Gann Event Type Marriage Event Date 31 Aug 1907 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Lida Widener Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-C19P?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1HN%3A1589264711%2C1589374337 : 22 December 2016), Sevier > image 314 of 811; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Homer C Clark Event Type Marriage Event Date 09 Apr 1937 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 23 Birth Year (Estimated) 1914 Spouse's Name Grace Garne Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1919 "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-573J?cc=1619127&wc=Q63S-1NZ%3A1589264711%2C1589374579 : 23 December 2016), Sevier > image 652 of 678; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.