Ella Mae O'Dell^{[1, 2, 3]}

1907 - 2001  (93 years)

• Name	Ella Mae O'Dell
  Born	27 Jul 1907	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Jun 2001	Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	18 Jun 2001	Dutch Bottoms Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I96666	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	James Berry O'Dell,   b. 12 Sep 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jul 1949  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rillie McDevitt,   b. 27 Oct 1888, Madison County, Northa Carolina ,   d. 6 Mar 1958, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1904	Cocke County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F33644	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Frank Shropshire,   b. 6 May 1904,   d. 7 Oct 1955  (Age 51 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1926	Cocke County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Bonnie Bell Shropshire,   b. 18 Jan 1927,   d. 19 Jan 2011  (Age 84 years) + 2. Jesse Frank "J. F." "Smiley" Shropshire,   b. 6 Jun 1928,   d. 2 Dec 1999  (Age 71 years) + 3. James Henry "Pig" Shropshire,   b. 1930  (Age 94 years)   4. Ellise Viola Shropshire,   b. 1932,   d. 1934  (Age 2 years) + 5. Rhoda Lorrene Shropshire,   b. 17 Jul 1934  (Age 89 years) + 6. Willa Mae Shropshire,   b. 18 Sep 1936  (Age 87 years) + 7. Clyde Shropshire, Jr.,   b. 11 Sep 1938,   d. 4 Mar 2001, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 62 years) + 8. Wayne Harold Shropshire,   b. 20 Sep 1941  (Age 82 years)   9. Gary Houston Shropshire,   b. 1953  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F69402	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Jul 1907 - Tennessee Married - 18 Apr 1926 - Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 15 Jun 2001 - Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 18 Jun 2001 - Dutch Bottoms Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 131, 186. [S120] A Place Called Home: Our Story, David L. Popiel, Duay O'Neil, et. al., (2006, The Newport Plain Talk / Jones Media Inc.), dpopiel@xtn.net., 73, 86. [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Ella M Odell Residence: , Cocke, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1908 Age: 12 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Film Number: 1821733 Digital Folder Number: 4390325 Image Number: 00169 Sheet Number: 7 Household Gender Age Parent James B Odell M 37y Parent Rille Odell F 34y Mary L Odell F 14y Ella M Odell F 12y William J Odell M 9y Bonnie B Odell F 7y J B Odell M 5y Mamie Odell F 2y Eliza Odell F 64y [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 15 Jun 2001. Ella M. (O’Dell) Shropshire, age 93, of Newport, died Friday, June 15, 2001, at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Shropshire; sons, Jeff and Junior Shropshire; daughter, Elsie Shropshire; mother, Rillie O’Dell; father, James O’Dell; sisters, Mary Murr, Mayme Cobb, and Bonnie Spradling; brothers, William O’Dell, J.B. O’Dell, Harding O’Dell, and Sam O’Dell. She is survived by her daughters, Bonnie Rutherford, of Dandridge, and Willa Mae Hux and Lorene Hartsell, both of Newport; sons, James (Pig) Shropshire, Wayne Shropshire, and Gary Shropshire, all of Newport; sisters, Bessie Justus and Pearl Gray; brother, Tom O’Dell, all of Newport. She was very proud of her 93 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 8 p.m. Sunday at Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Gary Shropshire and Rev. Jerry Fancher officiating. Interment will be 10 a.m. Monday in Dutch Bottoms Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral. Manes Funeral Home in charge.