Jimmy Ray Tilson

1949 - 2011  (61 years)

• Name	Jimmy Ray Tilson
  Born	31 Aug 1949
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jul 2011  [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	18 Jul 2011	Calhoun Community Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I60949	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	5 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Lee Tilson,   b. 26 Dec 1909,   d. 1 Oct 1977  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Ethel Cora Ownbey,   b. 26 Aug 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Jul 2005  (Age 90 years)
  Married	14 Mar 1931
  Family ID	F22431	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sheryl Arlene Dixon,   b. 21 Mar 1959,   d. 15 Mar 2006  (Age 46 years)
  Children	+ 1. Alexis Tilson + 2. Samantha Tilson
  Family ID	F22438	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 18 Jul 2011 - Calhoun Community Cemetery, McMinn 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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• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 358.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, The Advocate and Democrat (Sweetwater, TN), 2 Mar 2012. Betty Ogle obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Advocate and Democrat (Sweetwater, TN), 21 Aug 2003. Margaret P. Tilson Ogle obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, Cleveland Daily Banner (TN), 17 Jul 2011. Jimmy Ray Tilson, 61, of Charleston, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011, in a Chattanooga health care facility. He was a loving father, grandfather, and brother. He will be greatly missed. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sheryl Dixon Tilson; daughter, Misty Michelle Tilson; parents: Robert and Ethel Ownbey Tilson; two brothers: Tony J. Tilson and Blaine Lee Tilson; and one sister, Margaret Ogle. Survivors include two daughters: Alexis Clowers (Debron) of Riceville and Samantha Schichtel (Barratt) of Cleveland; four grandchildren: Madilyn Goodwin, Reese Goodwin, Lola Schichtel, and Kenzie Clowers; one brother, Robert Tilson Jr.; six sisters: Marie Vance, Myrtle Ogle, Betty Ogle, Barbara Presley, Beverly Samples and Mary Latham; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral will be held Monday, July 18, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Grissom Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Watkins officiating. Interment will follow in Calhoun First Baptist Church Cemetery with Debron Clowers, John Zanker, Corey Hood, Randy Rapier, Austin Presley, and Larry Latham serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends today, from 5 to 7 p. m., at the funeral home. To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.grissomfh.net.