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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 22 Feb 1999.
Willard Maples Obituary
- [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 17 Apr 1987.
Redmond McKinley Maples obituary
- [S112] Census, 1940.
name: Fred L Maples
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Pigeon Forge, Civil District 4, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
gender: Male
age: 16
marital status: Single
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Son
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1924
residence in 1935: Rural, Sevier, Tennessee
enumeration district number: 78-5
family number: 18
sheet number and letter: 61B
line number: 73
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3933
digital folder number: 005461375
image number: 00143
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Mckinley R Maples M 36 Tennessee
wife Virgie L Maples F 36 Tennessee
son Fred L Maples M 16 Tennessee
daughter Ruby J Maples F 13 Tennessee
daughter Lottie E Maples F 11 Tennessee
daughter Dela F Maples F 8 Tennessee
son Ben Maples M 5 Tennessee
son Willard B Maples M 2 Tennessee
daughter I Ethel Caughron F 18 Tennessee
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 18 Aug 2015.
February 9, 1924 - August 18, 2015
Resided in Pigeon Forge, TN
Retired T/Sgt. Fred L. Maples, age 91 born February 9, 1924, passed away peacefully at his home in the Rivergate Mountain Lodge in Pigeon Forge, TN on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, surrounded by his family who dearly loved him and he them.
He was of Baptist faith accepting Jesus as his savior at a tender age at Maples Branch Baptist Church.
Fred was drafted into the Army at 18 years old, serving as General George Patton's Corp man after the accident on December 9, 1945 until the General's death near Frankfort, Germany. After 9 years in the Army Fred returned to his Sevier County home and finished high school at Pittman Center. He re-enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served 11 more years.
Fred is one of the last City of Pigeon Forge founders and original motel owners.
He is preceded in death by his parents, McKinley and Virgie McCarter Maples; sisters, Ethel Caughron, Ruby Williams, Della Whaley and Lottie Loveday; and brother, Willard Maples.
He is survived by his wife Pat; children, Darrell Foster and Dwight Foster; grandsons, Tim Foster and David Foster; great-grandchildren, Ariel and Lincoln Foster; sisters, Beulah Purkey; brother Ben (Justeen) Maples; sister-in-law, Deloris Maples; brother-in-law, Sanders Whaley; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and his precious little pet Candi; special friends in the motel industry, Mary Lee Conner and Orval and Betty Kirk; and a host of extended friends who he loved like family.
The family will receive friends 5-7 PM Friday with funeral service to follow at 7 PM in Atchley's Smoky Mountain Chapel with Brother William Burton and Brother Travis Russell officiating, both like his own children. His precious group, The Cloud Quartet from Tazewell, will provide music. Entombment will be 11 AM Saturday in the Chapel Mausoleum of Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens with military honors provided by American Legion Post # 104. Arrangements by Atchley's Smoky Mountain Chapel, Pigeon Forge. Online condolences may be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com
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