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- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Jun 2013.
Just Plain Talk: June rain provides softness to sad event, end of spring
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Bill Moorefield turned 80
A couple weekends ago the Bill Moorefield family got together at his and Carolyn's home off Greeneville Highway and invited me, as we had chatted a couple years ago about his life and family. You will see the photos made and hear some more of his recollections. These came from another visit on Wednesday, May 29, his real birthday, when he turned 80. Bank manager Randy Cagle was chatting with Bill, when I arrived on the hot afternoon; customers came and went often waving at him. They had cake for Bill at the bank, too. Bill was happy in his blue security guard shirt and favorite chair in the corner where he could watch all the comings and goings of customers.
"It's not the world I grew up in," he confided, referring to what we all know as our place today. Born in 1933, a child of the Great Depression he truly had lean and hard times, and like some of you older citizens worked as a child on the farm. "It was awful" he said of the era and his mother's good cooking was one of the few bright things he recalled and enjoyed. He worked at the Stokely Farm bottoms and packed beets in large crates for two-and-a-half cents per crate. He packed hamper-sized boxes full of greens, too. Bill's father, Otis Moorefield, "lacked eight days of being 80" when he died. Mom, Flora (Parker) Moorefield was 47 and suffered either a heart attack or aneurysm. This being three days after Christmas when she had cooked and fed 25 people at their home. There were no electric stoves or refrigerators. TVA celebrates its 80th anniversary this year but rural electrification in Cocke County didn't happen until the 1950s.
- [S112] Census, 1920.
Name: Flora Parker
Event Type:
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: , Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household ID: 48
Sheet Number: 3
GS Film number: 1821733
Digital Folder Number: 4390325
Image Number: 00161
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Allen J Parker M 50y North Carolina
WIFE Susan Parker F 43y Tennessee
DAU Cora Parker F 16y Tennessee
DAU Flora Parker F 14y Tennessee
DAU Mary Parker F 12y Tennessee
DAU Ida Parker F 9y Tennessee
SON Manuel Parker M 4y10m Tennessee
SON James A Parker M 2y2m Tennessee
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: Florice Morefield
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 4, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Cocke, Tennessee
District: 15-8
Family Number: 160
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Line Number: 41
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3881
Digital Folder Number: 005461287
Image Number: 00228
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Otis Morefield M 35 Tennessee
Wife Florice Morefield F 34 Tennessee
Daughter Nellie Morefield F 15 Tennessee
Daughter Maurice Morefield F 11 Tennessee
Daughter Martha Morefield F 9 Tennessee
Son William Morefield M 7 Tennessee
Son Otis Morefield M 5 Tennessee
Daughter Susan Morefield F 1 Tennessee
- [S87] Death Certificate.
Name: Flora Adeline Morefield
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 27 Dec 1953
Event Place: Rural, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Marital Status:
Race:
Age: 47
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Allen Parker
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Susie Kinley
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
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Residence Place:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Informant's Name:
Additional Relatives:
Digital Folder Number: 004181501
Image Number: 02501
GS Film number: 2372488
Reference ID: 53-27108
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 49004350).
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Allen Parker
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 May 1896
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Age:
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Father's Name:
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Spouse's Name: Susan Kinley
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Reference ID: 376
GS Film number: 956183
Digital Folder Number: 004485957
Image Number: 00555
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