Rufus Black^[1]

1921 - 2003  (82 years)

• Name	Rufus Black
  Born	22 May 1921
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Sep 2003  [2]
  Buried	Blacks Community Church Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I89362	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Adam "Whistling Adam" Black,   b. 3 Oct 1883, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Dec 1945, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Sarah E. "Sally" Ellison,   b. 22 Jul 1888, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Nov 1965  (Age 77 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1913
  Family ID	F30275	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gennie B. Mooneyham,   b. Abt 1927, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Sep 2005  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Children	1. Edward Black + 2. Wilma Dean Black,   b. 17 Sep 1944  (Age 79 years) + 3. Mary Kate Black,   b. 6 May 1949  (Age 74 years) + 4. Mildred Black
  Family ID	F52783	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 10 May 2001. Emma Black Mooneyham obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 27 Sep 2003. Rufus Black, age 82, of the Grassy Fork Community, died early Saturday morning, September 27, 2003, at his home. He was a member of Blacks Chapel Church. Mr. Black was preceded in death by his parents, Sally and Adam Black; sisters, Addie Coggins, Emma Mooneyham, and Mary Black; brothers, Estes Black, Walter Black, Elmer Black, and Ike Black; and grandson, Kenneth Wayne Jenkins Jr. He is survived by his wife, Gennie B. Black, of Grassy Fork; son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Diana Black, of Grassy Fork; daughters and sons-in-law, Wilma and D.C. Ramsey, of Del Rio, Mary Kate and Danny Fish, of Hartford, Mildred and Kenneth Jenkins, of Grassy Fork; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one stepgrandson and several nieces, nephews, and friends. Funeral services were held 8 p.m. Sunday, September 28, 2003, at the Manes Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Randall Freeman, Rev. Danny Greene, and Rev. Tommy Ball officiating. The family received friends from 5 to 8 p.m. prior to the service. Interment was 2 p.m. Monday, September 29, 2003, in the Black’s family cemetery. Manes in charge. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 48989055).