Jesse Frank "J. F." "Smiley" Shropshire^[1]

1928 - 1999  (71 years)

• Name	Jesse Frank "J. F." "Smiley" Shropshire
  Born	6 Jun 1928
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Dec 1999  [2, 3]
  Buried	Tom Templin Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I208619	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Frank Shropshire,   b. 6 May 1904,   d. 7 Oct 1955  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Ella Mae O'Dell,   b. 27 Jul 1907, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Jun 2001, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 93 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1926	Cocke County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F69402	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Merrie Ruth Templin,   b. 20 Sep 1928,   d. 5 Apr 2015, Life Care Center of Morristown  (Age 86 years)
  Married	Abt 1946
  Children	1. Mike Shropshire   2. Hal Shropshire,   b. 25 Jun 1947,   d. 20 Dec 1974  (Age 27 years) + 3. Agnes Shropshire,   b. Abt 1949  (Age ~ 75 years) + 4. Melissa Shropshire
  Family ID	F79517	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S120] A Place Called Home: Our Story, David L. Popiel, Duay O'Neil, et. al., (2006, The Newport Plain Talk / Jones Media Inc.), dpopiel@xtn.net., 86. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Dec 1999. J.F. (Smiley) Shropshire, 71, passed away Thursday morning at his home following a lengthy illness. He worked for Stokely Van Camp for 25 years before his retirement in 1990. J.F. was a member of the Rays Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Merrie Ruth Shropshire; children, Mike Shropshire, of Newport; Agnes Smelcer and her husband, John, of Cosby, and Melissa Wines and her husband, Billy, of Newport; mother, Ella Shropshire, of Newport; sisters, Bonnie Rutherford, of Dandridge, and Lorene Hartsell and Willa Mae Hux, both of Newport; brothers, Pig, Gary, Junior, and Wayne Shropshire, all of Newport; grandchildren, Kevin Grahl and his wife, Christa, and Brandon and Jacob Wines, all of Newport, and Crystal Phillips and her husband, David, of Whitsett, North Carolina. J.F. was preceded in death by his son, Hal Shropshire; his father, Frank Shropshire, and a sister, Elsie Viola Shropshire. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Brown Funeral Chapel with Rev. Billy Ball ofÞciating. Interment will be in the Templin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at the Brown Funeral Home. Brown Funeral Home is in charge. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 410-58-9814. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 26662309).