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- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 29 Jan 2008.
Mabel Denton Proffitt obituary
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 1 Aug 2009.
Just Plain Talk - From baptisms to businnesses
Just when you thought it couldn't rain any more it did, with flash flood warnings ending the week in our hometown, and bringing July to an end, cooler and wetter than in decades.
You recall that last week we talked about baptisms at Cosby Creek at the Smoky Mountains campground. You will see some photos here that accompany that event. Some of you may have felt baptized by thunderstorms but blessed to have been spared a lightning bolt. We were also talking with James Proffitt at the Caton's Grove Methodist Church reunion and I'll finish that now. If you traveled along Alpine Drive and Wilhite Road you probably drove by English Mountain Market. James said it was built in 1994 by owner Gordon Pruitt, who leased it to James. Shortly after the construction, Pruitt died. James and his wife, Norma, operated the grocery until 2004. I was able to take a photo of the entire family group that worked at the store before it was taken over by Jimmy and Sandy Large. James also told me that for at least 10 years he ran a smaller store by the same name off Wilhite. Today, James is retired and has been for years and lives off upper Bogard Rd. where he still practices woodworking and killing time. For awhile he assisted son Keith Proffitt in construction, but that work got to be too demanding for James, who turns 68 in Sept. In addition to woodworking, he also raises a big garden. He still lives on the 30-acre farm of his parents, Charles and Mable Proffitt. James and Norma's other children are Larry, Jerry, and Tammy Phillips, who lives in Savannah.
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Abt 1941 - (~ 82 years)
, d. 11 Apr 1997 (Age 80 years)