Gladys Loy^[1]

1912 - 1995  (83 years)

• Name	Gladys Loy
  Born	13 May 1912
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	Dec 1995	Houston, Texas   [3, 4]
  Buried	5 Dec 1995	Houston, Texas
  Person ID	I209513	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Curtis Loy,   b. 30 Apr 1885, Missouri ,   d. 30 Sep 1943, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Ada May Brantley,   b. Abt 1884, Tennessee
  Family ID	F79847	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James S. Plummer,   d. Bef 7 Dec 1999
  Children	1. Jaynice Plummer   2. Brenda Plummer
  Family ID	F79848	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Census - 1920 - Knox County, Tennessee Died - Dec 1995 - Houston, Texas Buried - 5 Dec 1995 - Houston, Texas  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 3 Feb 1999. Willie Lea Cooper obituary [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Gladys L Loy Residence: , Knox, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1913 Age: 7 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Missouri Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Film Number: 1821749 Digital Folder Number: 4391964 Image Number: 00432 Sheet Number: 6 Household Gender Age Alma Nelson F 22y Parent Curtis Loy M 35y Parent Ada May Loy F 35y Willie Loy F 17y Houk W Loy M 14y Gladys L Loy F 7y Gertrude Loy F 5y [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 253-44-4366. Issued in Georgia, residing in Addicks, Harris County, Texas [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 7 Dec 1995. GLADYS LOY PLUMMER, EX-KNOXVILLIAN, IS BURIED IN HOUSTON Gladys Loy Plummer, 83, the former Gladys Loy of Knoxville, was buried Tuesday in Houston, where she has made her home since the 1950s She was the widow of James S. Plummer, who served in Gov. Gordon Browning's administration and was head of Reconstructive Finance during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. Gladys Loy was a pioneer long distance operator for Southern Bell Telephone Co. when it was located on Hemlock and Walnut in Knoxville. She met her husband after he became attracted to her beautiful speaking voice and sought her out. The couple opened the Minit Man Washes in Houston in 1953, and she worked in management and public relations for the company. A devoted mother and grandmother, she often took time to help others with their problems. She continued to come back to Knoxville each year and always made a trip to the Smokies. She wrote a column for the Pine Forest Country Club newsletter. Her last column, "Walking Down Memory Lane," was published in October. She was a member of the Downtown Rotary Club in Houston. She is survided in Knoxville by two sisters, Willie Lea Cooper and Ruth Love and brother-in-law Jewell Love. In Houston, she is survived by daughters and sons-in-law Jaynice and Jack Caskey and Brenda and Johnny Templeton; by nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren and by a sister-in-law, Gertrude Yount, formerly of Knoxville.