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- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 29 Apr 2009.
Lillie Mae Oewns Strange obituary
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: Floyd Strange
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1937
Last Place of Residence:
District: 15-16
Family Number: 186
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Line Number: 15
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3881
Digital Folder Number: 005461287
Image Number: 00475
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Mack Strange M 23 Tennessee
Wife Ala Strange F 22 Tennessee
Son Floyd Strange M 3 Tennessee
Son Milburn Strange M 1 Tennessee
Daughter Mildred Strange F 1 Tennessee
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 29 Oct 2005.
Anderson ‘Beetle’ Strange, age 69 of Newport went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 29, 2005 following a courageous battle with cancer.
He was a well known business man all his adult life, he owned and operated Beetles Broasted Chicken.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mack and Ola (Ball) Strange of Newport; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Robert and Zora Owens; brother-in-law, Bobby Ray Owens; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jettie and Nelson Hux; brother-in-law, W.L. Kelley; and niece, Michelle Owens.
He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Lillie Mae (Owens) Strange of the home; son, Rev. Dennis Strange and wife, Linda of Dandridge; daughter, Debbie and husband, Perry Carlisle of Del Rio; grandchildren, Jamin Carlisle of Knoxville, Amanda Hill and husband, Anthony of Hartford, Shaun Gray and wife, Christine of Kodak, Sherri Hodge and husband, Randy of Rutledge; great grandchildren, Arabella Hill, Andrew Gray and Alexis Hodge; brothers, Milburn and wife, Billie Strange, J.D. and wife, Pat Strange all of White Pine; sisters, Mildred Kelley, Joyce Williams and husband, Barnett of Newport; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Alfred and Mary Gorrell Parker, Ralph and Carolyn Shelton, Jimmy and Sheila Owens, John Edward Owens, Janice Valentine, and Betty Sue Short; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, special friends and little friend Dylan who loved him dearly.
Funeral services will be held 8 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 2005 at Manes Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Hensley officiating.
Entombment will be held 2 p.m. Monday, October 31, 2005 in Resthaven Memorial Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral.
Manes Funeral Home in charge.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 6 Nov 2005.
By: David Popiel
The Plain Talk obituary after the Oct. 29 death of Anderson Strange, 69, brought back a lot of memories of my friend, “Beetle” Strange, who had suffered with lung cancer for several years. He and his wife, Lillie Mae (Owens) Strange, finally closed their famous Beetle’s Broasted Chicken roadside restaurant last year because of his declining health.
Today, Nov. 6, they would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. I called Lillie on Friday after thinking about Beetle and his career in the restaurant business. Most of you have enjoyed his cooking and chicken during the past 40 or 50 years. Old timers will recall the 1950s at the Newport Restaurant operated by Earl Pelfrey, who went on to operate several facilities in the area. Beetle started as a dishwasher and met Lizzie, a schoolgirl, who worked as a waitress in 1952. He soon was a short-order cook and finally head chef. Lillie would go to work after school and bring her books to study before the restaurant closed and Beetle would take her home. After marrying in 1955, they had two children. You know Debbie Carlisle, who is a nurse for the state, and Rev. Dennis Strange, pastor of Mannings Chapel Church. Pelfrey bought the Broasted Chick at the “Three Way”–highways 25E and 25/70–and later sold it to Beetle in 1967. He and Lizzie operated it until 1980 and that’s the place I recall enjoying many delicious Sunday chicken dinners and those homemade pies for which they were famous. The state needed to widen 25E and that forced the Stranges to sell. For a time they worked at Baneberry until he opened his small kitchen in what was “Pap” Clevenger’s store off 25/70 near Reidtown. All of us probably picked up a box or bag of chicken and fried taters with coleslaw on the way to the lake. His weekend hobby became a big business but the Stranges always remained humble folks with lots of friends.
In plain talk, I will always remember Beetle Strange’s smile and, yes, the aroma of broasted chicken, when traveling towards the setting sun.
Just Plain Talk
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Mack Strange
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Event: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Apr 1935
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee
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Spouse: Ola Ball
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Film Number: 1928650
Digital Folder Number: 4485965
Image Number: 00036
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