Ella Mae Ottinger

1921 - 2014  (93 years)

• Name	Ella Mae Ottinger
  Born	30 May 1921	Cocke County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 3, Unicoi County, Tennessee   [1]
  Died	7 Aug 2014	Franklin Woods Hospital   [2]
  Buried	10 Aug 2014	Oak Grove Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I382944	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Milburn Estel Ottinger,   b. 14 Nov 1894, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Nov 1947, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Bonnie Wills,   b. 17 Jun 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Oct 1962  (Age 62 years)
  Married	9 Jun 1920	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F151278	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 May 1921 - Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Ella M Ottinger Event Type: Census Event Year: 1930 Event Place: District 03, Unicoi, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 8 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Birth Year (Estimated): 1922 Birthplace: Tennessee Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Affiliate Film Number: 2280 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Milburn E Ottinger Head M 36 Tennessee Bonnie M Ottinger Wife F 29 Tennessee Ella M Ottinger Daughter F 8 Tennessee Charles D Ottinger Son M 7 Tennessee [S142] Newspaper Article, 7 Aug 2014. (May 30, 1921 - August 7, 2014) Miss Ella Mae Ottinger died Thursday, August 7, 2014, at Franklin Woods Hospital following eighteen month stay at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. She was born on May 30, 1921, in Cocke County, TN, and grew up in Greene County. Her father was Milborn Ottinger, who was a World War I veteran and her mother was Bonnie Wills Ottinger McLean. She was preceded in death by her parents and her step-father, Leonard P. McLean, and a younger brother, Charles David Ottinger, who was killed in a flight training accident in August 1943 in Nebraska during World War II. Ella was a self-educated person. She loved to travel. She was a switchboard operator as a occupation. She worked at Wright Airforce base, lived in Japan with her mother and step-father. She was also worked in a Jewish hospital and a Catholic hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, and Magnavox in Greeneville. She took her mother to Arizona to live due to her health. After the death of her mother, she retired to Johnson City in 1989 and lived at Montrose Court. She lived there until the apartments where sold as condos and she moved to be on a bus line as she never drove a car. Her greatest pleasure was riding the bus to Kroger and taking care of her cats, Cassie and Tiger, who preceded her in death. Survivors include several cousins: Berla Ottinger Smith, Jerry Ottinger, Claude Smelcer, Marie Smelcer Ottinger, Alice Smelcer Rader, Jack Ottinger, Mary Jane Ottinger Anderson, Juanita Wills, Charlotte and Royal Rhodes, David Wills, and Keith Wills. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Oak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville. The Rev. Jesse Price will officiate. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 2 p.m. on Sunday to travel in procession to the cemetery. Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 134068857). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: M. E. Ottinger Spouse's Name: Bonnie Wills Event Date: 09 Jun 1920 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States