James Stokely Nease^[1]

1924 - 2001  (76 years)

• Name	James Stokely Nease
  Born	31 Dec 1924  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jan 2001  [3]
  Person ID	I86572	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Leo Burnett Nease,   b. 19 Sep 1902,   d. 5 Jul 1965  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Hattie Suella Freshour,   b. 1 Sep 1905,   d. 23 Dec 1923  (Age 18 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1923
  Family ID	F30877	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Gorrell,   b. 31 Aug 1926  (Age 97 years)
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Linda Earlene Nease,   b. 30 May 1948,   d. 9 Nov 2015  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F34022	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ruth Pruitt,   b. 21 May 1940  (Age 83 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1962
  Family ID	F31619	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 182, 183. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 412-30-0283. Issued in Tennessee, last residing in Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee [S142] Newspaper Article, The Newport Plain Talk, 20 Jan 2001. James Stokely Nease, 76, of Parrottsville, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2001, at his home after a lengthy ill­ness. He was a retired truck driver from Sonoco Products. James was preceded in death by his parents, Leo B. Nease and Suella Nease, and a brother, Fred Nease. James is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Mary Ruth Nease, of Parrottsville; daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Jeff Balch, of Parrottsville, and daughter, Linda Brockway, of Newport; grandchildren, Olivia Dawn Balch and Andrew James Balch, of Parrottsville, and Russell Farmer, of Knoxville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Barbara and Ronnie Davis, Imogene and Paul Freeman, all of Newport; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jean and Jimmy Allen, of Newport; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Jimmy and Soynia Pruitt, of Dandridge, Luther and Sheila Pruitt, of Parrottsville; brother-in-law, Joe Pruitt, of Dandridge; and several special nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held 8 p.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2001, at the Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Jennings and Rev. Bill Murr officiating. Family will receive friends 6 p.m. till 8 p.m., Tuesday, prior to the service at Manes Funeral Home. Manes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.