Cora Ethel Dodgen^[1]

1924 - 2002  (77 years)

• Name	Cora Ethel Dodgen
  Born	18 Oct 1924	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Mar 2002	Shannondale Health Care Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Buried	27 Mar 2002	Valley View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I4019	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	3 May 2010

  
  

  Father	William McKinley Dodgen,   b. 13 Feb 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Mar 1974  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Zettie Rosetta Reagan,   b. 5 May 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Sep 1963, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 65 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1920	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Notes	Marriage performed by R. E. McCarter, Minister of God.
  Family ID	F364	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jack Whaley,   b. 22 May 1925, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Dec 1986  (Age 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Russell "Coin Man" Whaley,   b. 30 Jan 1949,   d. 14 Dec 2003, Cleveland, Tennessee  (Age 54 years)   2. Jack Whaley
  Headstones		Whaley Jack Cora Ethel May 22, 1925 Wed Oct. 18, 1924 Dec. 11, 1986 July 22 Mar. 24, 2002 1947
  Family ID	F1524	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Oct 1924 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 24 Mar 2002 - Shannondale Health Care Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Buried - 27 Mar 2002 - Valley View Cemetery, 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

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 30. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 134.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Rawlings Funeral Home Records 1911-1995, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 11 Dec 1986. Jack Whaley obituary [S80] Rawlings Funeral Home, (http://www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com/), 14 Jun 2007. Ephraim Lee Dodgen obituary [S80] Rawlings Funeral Home, (http://www.rawlingsfuneralhome.com/), 14 Dec 2003. John Russell Whaley obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 26 Mar 2002. WHALEY , CORA ETHEL - age 77, of Sevierville, passed away Sunday afternoon, March 24, 2002, at Shannondale Health Care Center in Knoxville. Mrs. Whaley was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Sevierville. Ethel was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Whaley ; parents, Will and Zettie Reagan Dodgen; brother, Joe Dodgen; sisters, Edith Hippensteal and May Manning. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, John and JoAnn Whaley of Cleveland, Tenn., Jack and Kathy Whaley of Knoxville; grandchildren, Russell Whaley and wife, Tara, Stacey Whaley , Chris Whaley , Kelly Vaughan and husband, Adam, Chris Jessen, and J.J. Whaley ; great-grandchildren, Keelan Whaley , Kaella Whaley , Ashton Whaley , Hunter Whaley , and Emmiline Vaughan; brothers, Lee Dodgen and wife, Betty, Ray Dodgen and wife Ruby, and sister, Ola Moyers and husband, Paul. Besides the immediate family members, numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends will miss Ethel. Funeral service will be 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Rawlings Funeral Chapel with Rev. E. K. Waldrop and Rev. Jimmy McFalls officiating. Interment will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, at Valley View Cemetery. Sonny Smith, Russell Whaley , Christopher Whaley , Chris Jessen, J. J. Whaley , and Earl Dodgen are honored to have been chosen to serve as pallbearers for Mrs. Whaley . The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Rawlings Funeral Home. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 415-38-6525. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee