Lizzie Levera Dockery^[1]

1926 - 2003  (77 years)

• Name	Lizzie Levera Dockery
  Born	26 May 1926	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 May 2003	Cashmere Convalescent Center   [2, 3]
  Buried	Peshastin Cemetery, Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington   [4]
  Person ID	I62161	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Elihu Robert Grant Dockery, "LRG",   b. 16 Mar 1871, Greene County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 1945  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Dicie Louisa Hicks,   b. 18 Sep 1882,   d. 19 Jan 1971  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F22845	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Millard Whaley,   b. 12 Jul 1923, North Carolina ,   d. 23 Sep 2009, Peshastin, Washington  (Age 86 years)
  Married	25 May 1946	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Notes	0028197
  Children	+ 1. Darla Lou Whaley   2. Danny Millard Whaley,   b. 1959  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F22848	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 May 1926 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 25 May 1946 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - 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 243.

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 6 Feb 1989. James Dockery "Jamie" Hurst obituary [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 534-28-3349. Issued in Washington, residing in Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington [S142] Newspaper Article, The Wenatchee World (WA), 3 Jun 2003. Lizzie L. Whaley , 77, a resident of Peshastin for the past 56 years and a former resident of Sevier County Tennessee, died Friday morning, May 30 2003, in the Cashmere Convalescent Center. She was "grandma caught" on the 26th of May 1926 at the family home in Sevier County, Tennessee. Born, Lizzie L. Dockery to Grant and Dicie Lou (Hicks) Dockery. She grew up and received her early education there in the Hills of Eastern Tennessee. On May 25, 1946 she married Millard Whaley in Sevier County and on February 19, 1947 they moved to Peshastin Washington. Lizzie worked at the Peshastin Fruit Growers during the fruit harvest beginning in 1947 until the end of the season in 1982. She also worked at the Peshastin-Dryden School district in the 'hot lunch program' for many years. She was later employed by the Das Meisterstuck Gift Shop in Leavenworth for seven years. Lizzie deeply loved her husband and family. She never forgot that she came from the Hills of Tennessee to the Hills of Washington and she always valued the fact that the old ways of the mountains still existed in people helping people and that with hard work one could get ahead, these values she never forgot. She loved her cocker spaniels and always enjoyed going to yard/garage sales looking for quality antiques. She is survived by her husband, Millard Whaley of the family home. Son and daughter in law, Dan and Jexix Whaley of East Wenatchee. Daughter and son in law, Darla and Ted Ames of Bothell. Grandchildren, Chelsea Port, Bryan and Carl Whaley and Tim and Alisa Ames. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters, 1 brother, 3 half sisters and two half brothers. A Graveside Service of Commemoration to Celebrate the Life of Lizzie L. Whaley , will be conducted at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, June 5, 2003, at the gravesite in the Peshastin Cemetery, with Pastor Steve Brewer, officiating. Those wishing to make visitation may call at the Ward's Funeral Chapel Tuesday and Wednesday between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 12721 30th Ave. NE, Suite 101, Seattle, WA. 98125. Ward's Funeral Chapel, Leavenworth, is in charge of the arrangements. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 30769994).