Leva M. Green^[1]

1914 - 2003  (88 years)

• Name	Leva M. Green
  Born	12 Nov 1914	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	District 8, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	11 Aug 2003	Highline Care Center, East Wenatchee, Tennessee   [3, 4]
  Buried	15 Aug 2003	Peshastin Cemetery, Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington   [5]
  Person ID	I53104	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Milas L. Greene,   b. 7 Feb 1867, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Nov 1944, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Nancy H. Smelcer,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jan 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 50 years)
  Married	Abt 1893
  Family ID	F20756	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Theodore R. "Ted" Valentine,   b. 15 Mar 1912, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Jun 1978  (Age 66 years)
  Married	29 May 1933	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Ina Rose Valentine,   b. Abt 1934, Tennessee  (Age ~ 90 years)   2. Fred Edward Valentine,   b. Abt 1936, Tennessee  (Age ~ 88 years)   3. Charles Raymond "Ray" Valentine,   b. 15 Dec 1940,   d. 12 Apr 2003  (Age 62 years)   4. Larry Valentine   5. Bruce Valentine
  Family ID	F19628	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Nov 1914 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 29 May 1933 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 15 Aug 2003 - Peshastin Cemetery, Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 369.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 29 Oct 1965. Charles Austin Greene obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Leva Valentine Titles and Terms: Mrs Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Ward 20, Knoxville, Civil District 8, Knox, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 25 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): 1915 Last Place of Residence: Same Place District: 97-102 Family Number: 55 Sheet Number and Letter: 4A Line Number: 1 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 3958 Digital Folder Number: 005461330 Image Number: 00879 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Theodore R Valentine M 28 Tennessee Wife Leva Valentine F 25 Tennessee Daughter Ina Rose Valentine F 6 Tennessee Son Fred Edward Valentine M 4 Tennessee [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 13 Oct 2003. John Henry Green obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Wenatchee World (WA), 13 Aug 2003. Leva M. Valentine, 88, of Wenatchee, WA. and a 57 year resident of the Wenatchee Valley, died Monday morning, August 11 2003, in the Highline Care Center in East Wenatchee. She was born Leva M. Green on November 12, 1914 to Milas and Nancy H. (Smelcer) Green in Sevier County Tennessee. She grew up and received her early education in the Smokey Mountains of Sevier County. On May 29, 1933 she married Theodore R. Valentine in Sevierville where they made their first home. In 1942, Theodore moved his young family to Wilmington, North Carolina, where he worked in the ship yards during World War II. In 1946 they moved to Peshastin where they made their home and raised their children and Leva worked in the fruit warehouse during harvest season for many years. Her husband was an equipment operator on construction jobs and many times his job took him outside the immediate area, but Leva always packed up the family, so they could be together. Following her husbands death in 1978 she moved to East Wenatchee to make her home with her daughter. Leva traveled back and forth between the Wenatchee Valley and Eastern Tennessee for many years, dividing her time between the areas she loved. Leva was an excellent seamstress and loved making stuffed animals with family and friends. She had a perfect knack for making and sharing her wonderful peanut brittle she would make during the Christmas season. She loved her family immensely and always enjoyed family function and yard sales. She is survived by a daughter and son in law, Ina and Sam Stevens of Wenatchee. Three sons and daughters in law, Fred and Carol Valentine of East Wenatchee and Larry and Jalene Valentine and Bruce and Kim Valentine all of Peshastin. Two sisters, Rosa Campbell of Lebanon, Tennessee and Ponhee Whaley of Peshastin. Two brothers, Berry Greene of Everett and John Green of Sevierville, Tennessee. Fifteen grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore in 1978 and one son, Raymond Valentine in May 2003. A Funeral Service of Commemoration to Celebrate the Life of Leva M. Valentine, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday morning, August 11, 2003 in the Peshastin United Church of Christ, 8455 Main St.; Peshastin, Wa. 98847 with Pastor Bob Jackson, officiating. Concluding service and interment will follow in the Peshastin Cemetery. Following the service, friends are invited to join with the family at the Peshastin United Church of Christ fellowship hall for a continued time of celebrating the life of Leva M. Valentine. Those wishing to make visitation may call at the Ward's Funeral Chapel, beginning Wednesday morning August 13 and Thursday until 7:00 p.m. Ward's Funeral Chapel, Leavenworth, Wa. is in charge of the arrangements. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 35631037).