Dora Arletta Proffitt

1906 - 1987  (81 years)

• Name	Dora Arletta Proffitt
  Born	19 Mar 1906	Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee   [1]
  Died	29 Mar 1987  [2]
  Buried	Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I31524	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	David Proffitt,   b. 14 Feb 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Ownby,   b. 19 Aug 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Mar 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Married	26 May 1896
  Family ID	F2040	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Daniel Hobart "Dan" Williams,   b. 4 Jan 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Dec 1980, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1935
  Children	+ 1. Mary Louise Williams,   b. 15 Feb 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 90 years) + 2. Daniel Hobart "Hobart" Williams, Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Dec 2006, Walland, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years) + 3. Joseph "Joe" Williams,   b. 24 Mar 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)   4. Paul Williams,   b. 23 Jan 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 85 years) + 5. James Kenneth "Ken" Williams,   b. 27 Jan 1944, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Apr 2016  (Age 72 years)   6. David Williams,   b. 11 Nov 1945, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)   7. Janice Williams,   b. 28 Jan 1949, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F11614	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Mar 1906 - Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 5, 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

  
  

• Notes

  Dora Proffitt Williams began teaching at Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee in 1927. She taught at Sevier Elementary from 1952 until May 1971. ---------- Reference "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 117. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 89, 90. Bob Parton Family Group Sheets, 11 January 1996, p 3. "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 187.

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Dora Williams Titles & Terms: Event: Census Event Year: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 5, Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 34 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): Race (Standardized): White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Wife Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1906 Residence in 1935: Same House Enumeration District Number: 78-7 Family Number: 36 Sheet Number and Letter: 2B Line Number: 70 NARA Publication Number: T627 NARA Roll Number: 3933 Digital Folder Number: 005461375 Image Number: 00184 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Dan H Williams M 40 Tennessee Wife Dora Williams F 34 Tennessee Son Donald Williams M 12 Tennessee Daughter Mattie Williams F 6 Tennessee Daughter Mary Louise Williams F 4 Tennessee Son Hobart Williams M 2 Tennessee Son Joe Williams M 1 Tennessee [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 29 Mar 1987. Williams, Dora Proffitt 81 widow of Dan H b. 3/19/06 TN d. 3/29/87 DOA SCH res 1108 West Main Sev retired Sev Co teacher f. David Proffitt m. Mary Ownby P-Forge Bapt Cem Survivors: 6 sons Donald & Betty McCall Williams Cookeville Hobart Maryville Joe Sev Paul Knox Kenneth Knox David Nashville 3 dau Mrs Dean (Mattie) Shields Sev Mrs Bill (Mary) Ownby Athens Mrs Samuel D (Janice) Whaley Sev 25 gc 11 ggc 1 bro Otis & Effie Proffitt Knox mem 1st Bapt Ch Sev. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 332.