Della Ellison^[1]

1917 - 2004  (87 years)

• Name	Della Ellison
  Born	27 Feb 1917	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Nov 2004	Newport Medical Center, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	2 Dec 2004	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I93711	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Isaac Ellison,   b. Abt 1895, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 22 Oct 1999  (Age ~ 104 years)
  Mother	Rhoda M. James,   b. 22 May 1892, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Aug 1971  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F39662	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hugh Emmette Lunsford,   b. 15 Feb 1910,   d. Bef 29 Nov 2004  (Age < 94 years)
  Children	+ 1. Shirley Ann Lunsford,   b. 28 May 1936  (Age 87 years) + 2. Alwayne Lunsford
  Family ID	F34202	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Feb 1917 - Tennessee Died - 29 Nov 2004 - Newport Medical Center, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 2 Dec 2004 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 171. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 29 Nov 2004. Della Ellison Lunsford, age 87, of Newport, passed away Monday morning, November 29, 2004, at Baptist Hospital of Cocke County. She was a member of Deep Gap Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Emmett Lunsford; parents, William Isaac and Rhoda James Ellison; sisters, Audrey Laws Dockery, Wilma Whitmire, Elsie Johnson, Gladys Key, and Eunice Butcher; brothers, Keppy Ellison, Joe Ray Ellison, and Eulas Ellison. She is surived by her son, Alwayne Lunsford and wife, Ann, of High Point, N.C.; daughter, Shirley Mooneyhan and husband, Marcus, of Newport; granddaughter, Melanie McCollum and husband, Chet, of Newport; grandsons, Tim Lunsford and wife Peggy, of Kingsport; Greg Lunsford and wife Ayako, of Mililani, Hawaii; Doug Mooneyhan and wife Angela, of Woodstock, Ga.; three great-grandchildren, Justin McCollum, of Muncie, Ind.; Peyton Mooneyhan and Marcus Randall Mooneyhan, of Woodstock, Ga.; sisters-in-law, Mrs. Azzalea Willis, Mrs. Annie Seay, Mrs. Jonita Lunsford, all of Newport; Mrs. Orpha Lunsford, of Marshall, N.C.; and Mrs. Marie Ellison, of Archdale, N.C.; special niece, Ruby Laws Pickard, of Orange, Tex.; special cousins, Paul and Emma James, of Newport; special caregiver, Judy Cagle; also several nieces, nephews, neighbors, and friends. Family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at Manes Funeral Home Chapel, followed by the funeral services at 8:00 p.m., with the Rev. Hal Kirk and Rev. Craig Ward officiating. Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday morning in Union Cemetery. Manes Funeral Home in charge.