Joel Allen Mayes^[1]

1888 - 1960  (72 years)

• Name	Joel Allen Mayes
  Born	2 Apr 1888	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 May 1960  [2]
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I30535	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	James Allen Mayes,   b. 7 Sep 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Aug 1893  (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Ownby,   b. 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Married	23 Aug 1878
  Family ID	F2038	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Eliza Whaley,   b. 24 Aug 1887, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Jul 1973  (Age 85 years)
  Marriage License	7 Aug 1907	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Lillie Mayes,   b. Abt 1909,   d. 23 Apr 2004, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 95 years) + 2. Lola Mayes,   b. 1 Jan 1912, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jan 2006  (Age 94 years) + 3. Mary Edra Mayes,   b. 25 Dec 1916, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Dec 2002, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F11279	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Apr 1888 - Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage License - 7 Aug 1907 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Dave Proffitt Home about 1903 Cropped from left side of picture are Mary Jane (Ownby) Mayes Proffitt in door holding Otis Lavator Proffitt and in left foreground Julius Jackson Proffitt.

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 25, 117. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 35, 53, 110, 203. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 323.

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Mountain Ways, Gene Aiken, (1983), 35. [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 16 May 1960. Mayes, Joel Allen 72 b. Apr 2, 88 Sev Co d. May 16, 1960 R5 Sev furniture store f. James Mayes m. Mary Ownby P-Forge Cem Survivors: widow Eliza Whaley Mrs Troy Rayfield John Douglas Glenn Rogers 1 bro W L 2 ½ bro J J Proffitt CA Otis Proffitt Knox 1 ½ sis Mrs Dan Williams Friendship Bapt Ch deacon 1916. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 327. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 7296602).