Ellis Clyde Proffitt

1922 - 2000  (77 years)

• Name	Ellis Clyde Proffitt
  Born	14 Dec 1922
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Nov 2000	Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	28 Nov 2000	Morris-Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I64223	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Elmer Proffitt,   b. 18 Mar 1897, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Jul 1981  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Rosetta "Zettie" McCarter,   b. 11 Feb 1899, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Dec 1996, Grainger County, Tennessee  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F14508	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ann "Lib" Parson,   b. 19 Mar 1923,   d. 5 Feb 2008, Fort Sanders Regional Hospital  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1948
  Children	1. Betty Jo Proffitt,   b. 5 Feb 1950, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Sep 1957, McMinn County, Tennessee  (Age 7 years)   2. Jeannie Proffitt,   d. Bef 27 Nov 2000 + 3. Sara Proffitt   4. Jacki Proffitt   5. Janis Proffitt
  Family ID	F30541	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 27 Nov 2000 - Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - 28 Nov 2000 - Morris-Proffitt 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: James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 29 Nov 2000. PROFFITT, ELLIS CLYDE - 77, of Pittman Center, passed away Monday, November 27, 2000 at Ft. Sanders Sevier Medical Center. He was born and raised in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mr. Proffitt had run Proffitt's Woodworks for several years and had retired, turning the business over to his daughters, He had raised bees for numerous years and was a member of the BeeKeepers Assoc. Ellis was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Zettie McCarter Proffitt; daughters, Betty Jo and Jeannie Proffitt; brother, Arnold Proffitt and sister, Lillian Lunsford. Mr. Proffitt is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Proffitt; daughters and son in law, Sara and Kyle Phillips, Jacki Proffitt, Janis Proffitt; grandchildren, Michael and Melissa Phillips; brother and sister in law, Bernard and Judy Proffitt; sisters and brother in law, Unive and Emert Phillips, Effie Colllins, Bertina Manley and Zelma Barnard. Graveside service was held 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at Proffitt's Cemetery in Pittman Center with Rev. Melvin Carr officiating. Rawlings Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 35680791).