Sarah Ruth Maples^{[1, 2]}

1920 - 2011  (90 years)

• Name	Sarah Ruth Maples
  Born	14 Sep 1920	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 May 2011	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	28 May 2011	Highland South Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I272780	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Redmond Maples,   b. 1 May 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 May 1946, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Lousia Jane "Ida" Cogdill,   b. Jan 1894, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Mar 1958, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	13 May 1909	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F105962	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Bervil C. Shepard,   b. 1 Oct 1915, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Feb 1988, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 72 years)
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Yvonne Shepard,   b. 21 Feb 1937,   d. 18 Jun 2002  (Age 65 years)   2. Gerald Cleo Shepard,   b. 29 Jan 1939, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Feb 1939, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years)   3. Carol Shepard + 4. Judy Shepard
  Family ID	F118182	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	George Pierce,   d. Bef 26 May 2011
  Family ID	F105963	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Sep 1920 - Tennessee Died - 26 May 2011 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - 28 May 2011 - Highland South Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S119] Highland Memorial Parks, Funerals and Cremations, http://www.highlandmemorialparks.com, 30 Jan 2010. Mrs. Ruth White Maples obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Ruth Maples Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 17, Knox, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 9 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1921 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 96 Family Number: 187 Sheet Number and Letter: 10B Line Number: 72 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2260 Film Number: 2341994 Digital Folder Number: 4548174 Image Number: 00596 Household Gender Age Parent Nathaniel Maples M 69 Parent Ida Maples F 36 Purman Maples M 19 Clifford Maples M 17 Tip Maples M 16 Cliff Maples M 14 Lillie Maples F 12 Ruth Maples F 9 Hattie Maples F 8 Thedore Maples M 6 Willie Maples F 0 [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 28 May 2011. PIERCE, SARAH RUTH MAPLES (SHEPARD) - was born on September 14, 1920. She passed away on May 26, 2011 at the age of 90 in Knoxville, TN. She was a resident of Trinity Hills of Knoxville and a member of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; N.R. and Ida Maples; brothers, J.P., Marshall (Tip Maples, Paul (Tom) Maples, Albert (Demp) Maples, J. Clifford Maples, Clyde Maples; sisters: Hattie McCollum, Babe Julian, Lil Campbell, husbands, Bervil C. Shepard & George Pierce; daughter, Yvonne Porterfield and husband Roman; infant son, Gerald Shepard. She is survived by: daughters, Carol Fisher and Judy (Benny) Snyder; grandchildren, Gerald, Kevin & Keith (Lisa) Porterfield. Angela (Ronnie) Thompson, Paula (Paul) Caldwell, Dwight Campbell (Dorothy), Shelly McDonald and Bradley (Jamie) Snyder; great-grandchildren; Mallory (Jonathan) O'Bryant & Morgan Thompson, Brandon & Caroline Campbell, Kaitlyn, Braden & Cole Snyder, Brittany & Jimmy Porterfield; step-children, John (Kati) Pierce, Patty Asbury, Doris (Ron) Caldwell; sister in law, Barbara Maples. The family will receive friends on Friday May 27th 2011, at Highland South Funeral Home from 6:00-8:00pm. Graveside services will be Saturday May 28th 2011 at Highland South Memorial Park at 9:00AM. Officiant will be Chaplain David Collins. In lieu of flowers please send donations to The American Heart Association , and Valley Grove Cemetery Fund 9000 Old Sevierville Pike, Knoxville, Tn 37920. Special thanks to the staff of Trinity Hills and Smokey Mountain Hospice.