Alba Etta Needham^[1]

1915 - 2009  (94 years)

• Name	Alba Etta Needham
  Born	24 Apr 1915	Union County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 May 2009  [2]
  Buried	5 May 2009	Eastview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Strawberry Plains, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I211122	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John J. Needham,   b. Abt 1884, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 2 May 2009  (Age ~ 125 years)
  Mother	Jessie Ledgerwood,   b. Abt 1888, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 2 May 2009  (Age ~ 121 years)
  Family ID	F80492	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Virgil A. Donahue,   b. 24 Mar 1909,   d. Sep 1978  (Age 69 years)
  Children	+ 1. Doris Jean Donahue
  Family ID	F80493	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Apr 1915 - Union County, Tennessee Buried - 5 May 2009 - Eastview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Strawberry Plains, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 28 Feb 2007. Grace Needham Frost obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 3 May 2009. DONAHUE, ALBA ETTA NEEDHAM - of Corryton, passed away at home Saturday morning, May 2, 2009. She was born April 24, 1915 on a farm near Luttrell, in Union County. She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Warwick's Chapel Baptist Church. She was a member of Union Baptist Church on Washington Pike for 59 years. Preceded in death by husband, Virgil A. Donahue, in 1978; parents, John J. and Jessie Ledgerwood Needham; brothers, Clarence, Robert, and Jim Henry Needham; sisters, Reba Donahue, Grace Frost, and Eileen Merritt. Survivors: daughter, Doris Jean Donahue Henderlight and husband Frank; grandson, Jerry Henderlight and wife Stacey; step-great grandson, Nicholas; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and many special friends and traveling buddies. The family offers special thanks to her physician, Dr. Amy Rosine, and to the caregivers at St. Mary's Home Health and St. Mary's Home Hospice, all of whom gave her love and dignity along with the best of care. Funeral service 8:00 p.m. Monday at Stevens Chapel with Rev. John Thomerson and Pastor Craig Cummings officiating. Family and friends will meet 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Eastview Memorial Gardens for an 11:00 a.m. graveside service and interment. Pallbearers will be nephews. Memorials may be made to Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918. Family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Stevens Mortuary, Oglewood Avenue at North Broadway. Mrs. Donahue's guest book is available at www.stevensmortuaryinc.com.