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- [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 24 Oct 1972.
Mary Gosnell Huskey obituary
- [S51] The Seymour Herald, (www.smokymountainherald.com), 26 Jan 2009.
wreck closes chapman highway
three knoxville residents were involved in two-car crash
SEYMOUR – A two-vehicle collision on Chapman Highway Monday afternoon stalled traffic for at least an hour near Shiloh Church Road.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Teresa Melas, 41, of Knoxville, received non-life threatening injuries in the accident. She was driving a Mercedes-Benz Smart car that was traveling west on Chapman Highway.
Melas was removed from the car with the Jaws of Life, and was flown to an area hospital by a Lifestar helicopter, which landed on Chapman Highway at the intersection of Shiloh Church Road.
Howard Rupprecht, 18, and his mother, Becky Ranieri, both of Knoxville, stood on the roadside and watched as the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department helped a driver from Stooksbury’s Towing pull the Smart car back onto its wheels.
Rupprecht, who had recently returned home from basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., said he was driving a white Chevy Camaro in the right westbound lane of Chapman Highway when the tiny car driven by Melas passed his car and clipped its front driver’s side tire.
“She was going really fast and when she hit his front wheel, her car came around in front of us and she hit the embankment and turned over,” said Ranieri. “It scared us, because she her car went way up in the air and we were afraid it would land on us.”
Ranieri said she looked in the mirror and saw Melas’s car flip over several times behind them. Ranieri said it scared her because the car was lightweight and “flying like paper.”
The Sevier County Rescue Squad, Sevier County Sheriff’s Department and Seymour Support Services also responded to the crash scene.
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 10 Sep 2013.
Teresa Gail Melas, age 46 of Sevierville, ended her fight with ovarian cancer on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. She was a dedicated grandmother to Byran and Chennelle. Teresa was a longtime employee of Music Road Hotel.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dylan Melas and mother, Mary Lillard Huskey. Teresa was a very caring sister, aunt and a trusted friend.
She was the loving and compassionate fiancée to Ricky Dellinger. She is also survived by her daughter Fantasia Smith; grandchildren Chennelle Self and Byran Smith; father, Harry Huskey; brothers, Larry and Mike Huskey; sisters Connie Whitten and husband Mike, Patricia Spriggs; extended family, Melissa Huksey, Eddie Huskey, Jeff Huskey; nieces and nephews, Natasha, Brittany and Ricky Spriggs, Brian and Ronnie Owens, Denise Dearman, Tammy and Tara Raines.
Cremation arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville.
www.atchleyfuneralhome.com
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Abt 1967 - 2013 (~ 46 years)
, d. 24 Oct 1972 (Age 33 years) 
