William Joseph "Bill" Whitson^[1]

Abt 1938 - 2016  (~ 78 years)

• Name	William Joseph "Bill" Whitson
  Born	Abt 1938	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 5, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	18 Feb 2016  [3]
  Buried	20 Feb 2016	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I181708	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	James Garland Whitson,   b. 12 Feb 1907, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1989, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Bessie Mae Denton,   b. 11 Mar 1915, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Dec 2002, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1930
  Family ID	F68825	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Betty Hicks
  Children	+ 1. Russell Whitson
  Family ID	F68836	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1938 - Tennessee Buried - 20 Feb 2016 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 281. [S112] Census, 1940. Name Billy Joe Whitson Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Civil District 5, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 2 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Relationship to Head of Household Son Birth Year (Estimated) 1938 HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Garland Whitson Head M 33 Tennessee Bessie Whitson Wife F 25 Tennessee Barbara Jean Whitson Daughter F 6 Billy Joe Whitson Son M 2 David H Whitson Son M 0 Katie Hicks Lodger F 28 Tennessee [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 18 Feb 2016. Community leader, William (Bill) J. Whitson went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 10:45 a.m. Bill and Betty are Charter members of Memorial Baptist Church. Bill is the son of the late James Garland and Bessie Mae Denton Whitson. He was also preceded in death by brothers-in-law, Charles Baxter and Eugene Hall. He is the devoted husband of Betty, father to Russell Whitson, grandfather to Candra Raneau and April Richelle Whitson. He is also survived by sisters, Ms.Edith Baxter, Ms. Barbara June Hall, Mr and Mrs. John (Judith) Wade, Linda Whitson, brothers, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel(Mary) Whitson, several loving nieces and nephews, special friends, Fred Allen and Charles Allen, Jr., and loving friends of the Hard Times Street Rod Car Club in which he was a charter member and Smoky Mountain Home Health. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the Memorial Baptist Church. Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. with Chaplain Glen Bradley, Rev. Alvin Watts, and Rev. Harold Ball officiating. Entombment will follow at Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Memorial Baptist Church Choir Fund. Brown Funeral Home is honored to serve the Whitson family. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 158344508).