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- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 1 Jan 2004.
Vola Neva Coffey obituary
- [S68] Click Funeral Home, (http://www.clickfuneralhome.com), 17 Nov 2006.
Jesse Daniel Roer obituary
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 26 Nov 2006.
Body of former Blount woman found
From Staff Reports
The body of a former Blount County woman reported missing from her home in Arkansas on Oct. 18 was found Thanksgiving afternoon.
According to the Harrison (Ark.) Daily Times, the decomposing body identified as 48-year-old Sherry Coffey Felty Jones was found by a hunter around 3 p.m. Thursday about a quarter mile from her house outside Parthenon, Ark., near the Ozark National Forest in northwest Arkansas.
The Harrison newspaper said the body was discovered about 15 yards from one of the grid-marker flags posted during an extensive search for Jones in the days after she was reported missing.
The newspaper quoted Newton County (Ark.) Chief Deputy Keith Slape, who said Jones had called the sheriff's office about 5 p.m. Oct. 18 requesting that a deputy come to her residence. Slape said no one was at the residence when a deputy and an ambulance arrived there about 20 minutes later.
A note Slape said appeared to be a suicide note was found, and friends told investigators a backpack Jones usually carried was missing along with a .380-caliber pistol kept in the backpack.
The chief deputy said Jones was last seen earlier that day by a friend who had given her a ride home after Jones' truck broke down. At that time, she was wearing a bright blue shirt and denim overalls. The body found Thursday was clad in the same garments.
Newton County Sheriff Charles Raulston told the Harrison Daily Times that Jones was a nurse who worked in a hospital in another state. She apparently stayed for a specified period, then returned to her home in rural Newton County, Ark.
Investigators said nothing at the location where the body was found aroused suspicion of foul play but, since it was nearly dark when the body was recovered, they planned to return to the scene during daylight hours to examine the area more closely.
Jones' body was being sent to the Arkansas Crime Lab for autopsy to determine the cause of death.
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 23 Nov 2006.
Sherry Jones
August 09, 1958 - November 23, 2006
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Resided In: Parthenon Arkansas
Visitation: December 01, 2006
Service: December 01, 2006
Cemetery: Louisville Cemetery
Sherry Jones, age 48, of Parthenon, Arkansas, formerly of Seymour, passed away on November, 23, 2006. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vola and James Coffey, and daughter, Jamie M. Felty.
Survivors:
Son: Jackie Bryan Felty
Brother: James E. Coffey Jr. and wife Ellen
Sisters: Donna G. Gibson and husband Ralph, Teresa Underwood and husband Edward
Several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews
Several aunts and uncles
Special friend: Trina Vann
Funeral service 7 PM Friday in Atchley’s Seymour Chapel with Rev. Donny Morton officiating. Interment 11 AM Saturday in Louisville Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5-7 PM Friday at Atchley Funeral Home, Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, Tennessee, 37865, (865)577-2807 (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
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Abt 1958 - 2006 (~ 48 years)