Veleta Joy Loveday^{[1, 2]}

1917 - 2011  (94 years)

• Name	Veleta Joy Loveday
  Born	13 Sep 1917	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	9 Nov 2011	LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Buried	12 Nov 2011	Providence Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I125473	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Claude Ottis Loveday,   b. 18 Jul 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Apr 1976  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Ellen Terry,   b. 6 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jun 1952  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F46127	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Victor Leroy "Roy" Sims,   b. 6 Apr 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Dec 2012, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 93 years)
  Married	Abt 1939
  Children	1. David Leon Sims,   b. 5 Dec 1940, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Dec 1940, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years) + 2. Larry Gene Sims,   b. 1 Sep 1948  (Age 75 years) + 3. Victoria Lynn "Vicky" Sims,   b. 25 May 1954,   d. 12 May 2016, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years) + 4. Mary Helen Sims
  Family ID	F46129	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Sep 1917 - Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 9 Nov 2011 - LeConte Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 12 Nov 2011 - Providence 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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• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 4 Feb 1987. Trula Loveday Connatser obituary [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 11 Apr 1994. Lucy Belle Fowler Sims obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Joy F Loveday Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 04, Sevier, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 12 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1918 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0004 Family Number: 122 Sheet Number and Letter: 7A Line Number: 30 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271 Film Number: 2342005 Digital Folder Number: 4547919 Image Number: 00648 Household Gender Age Parent Claud O Loveday M 42 Parent Mary E Loveday F 44 Geneva Loveday F 19 Trula M Loveday F 17 Reva A Loveday F 13 Joy F Loveday F 12 Marjorie L Loveday F 7 [S112] Census, 1940. name: F Joy Simms titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Sevierville, Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States gender: Female age: 22 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1918 residence in 1935: Same Place enumeration district number: 78-6 family number: 137 sheet number and letter: 7B line number: 49 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3933 digital folder number: 005461375 image number: 00160 Household Gender Age Birthplace head V Leroy Simms M 21 Tennessee wife F Joy Simms F 22 Tennessee sister Reva Lee Loveday F 23 Tennessee [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 9 Nov 2011. Veleta Joy Sims September 13, 1917 - November 09, 2011 Birthplace: Tennessee Resided In: Sevierville Tennessee USA Visitation: November 11, 2011 Service: November 12, 2011 Cemetery: Providence Cemetery Veleta Joy Loveday Sims, born September 13, 1917, age 94, of the Walnut Grove Community in Sevierville, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at LeConte Medical Center. She was preceded in death by parents, Claude Otis Loveday and Mary Ellen Terry Loveday, sisters, Geneva Loveday, Trula Loveday Connatser, Savannah Loveday, Marjorie Loveday, infant son, David Leon Sims. She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Roy Sims; children, Mary Helen Sims Smelcer and husband Dwight, Larry Sims and wife Brenda; Vicky Sims Tarwater and husband Keith; grandchildren, Davis Lee Sims, Travis Sims, Jon Smelcer and wife Amy, Alan Smelcer and wife Ivy, Derek Romines and Spring, Laurel Keathley; great-grandchildren, Olivia Raye Smelcer, Flynn Ephraim Smelcer, Sean Romines; sister, Reva Lee Clinton; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside service and interment 2 PM Saturday in Providence Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 PM Friday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)