Leila Downey^[1]

1921 - 2005  (83 years)

• Name	Leila Downey
  Born	7 Nov 1921	Greenback, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Wellsville, Blount County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	11 Apr 2005  [3]
  	Cause: Congestive heart failure
  Buried	Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I28483	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Isaac "Ike" Downey,   b. May 1890, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 24 Apr 2003  (Age ~ 112 years)
  Mother	Nellie I. Berrong,   b. Abt 1897, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 24 Apr 2003  (Age ~ 106 years)
  Family ID	F110745	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Robert E. Shields,   b. 28 Dec 1916, Tennessee ,   d. 14 May 1962, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 45 years)
  Children	+ 1. Barbara Jeanie Shields,   b. 3 Dec 1939  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F10540	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas Carroll Hammond
  Married	California
  Family ID	F110749	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Nov 1921 - Greenback, Tennessee Census - 1930 - Wellsville, Blount County, Tennessee Buried - - Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee Married - - California  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 218.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Barbara J. Burrell [jeanieburrell@aol.com], 29 Aug 2010. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Lela E Downey Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Wellsville, Blount, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 8 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1922 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0001 Family Number: 71 Sheet Number and Letter: 4A Line Number: 22 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2234 Film Number: 2341968 Digital Folder Number: 4548148 Image Number: 00166 Household Gender Age Parent Ike Downey M 39 Parent Nellie I Downey F 33 Lester L Downey M 13 Mary E Downey F 12 Ida M Downey F 9 Lela E Downey F 8 Joe J Downey M 4 [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 15 Apr 2005. Leila Downey Hammond , passed away at her home on April 11, 2005, due to congestive heart failure. She was born in Greenback, Tennessee on November 7, 1921. Leila was a member of Everett Hill Baptist Church and former member of Bonny Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by: parents, Ike Downey and Nellie Berrong Downey ; brothers, Joe Downey and Lester Steve Downey ; sisters, Ida Mae Roberts and Mary Parr. Survivors include: daughter and son-in-law, Jeanie and Steve Burrell of Greenback; granddaughter, Dee Smith of Palm Springs, CA; grandson, David Scott McFadyen of Charleston, SC; great-grandchildren, Kerren, Adam, and Jason Smith, and Hailey Gordon; great-great-grandson, Brayden Smith; special niece and nephew, Charlotte and Tom Howard; sister-in-law, Barbara Downey ; several nephews and cousins. Leila and her family were especially grateful for the wonderful, caring nurses in the Cardiac Unit at Blount Memorial Hospital, the staff of Blount Memorial Hospice, and very special person, Vera McKelvey, from the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2005 in the Trinity Chapel of Smith Mortuary. Funeral service will follow at 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Allen Raines officiating. A private interment will be held on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, the family requests those wishing to make memorial donations do so to the Blount Memorial Hospice Mercy Fund, 1095 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy., Maryville, TN 37804. Smith Mortuary, Maryville, 865-983-1000, www.smithmortuary.com.