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Fanny <I>Cox</I> Lea

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Fanny Cox Lea

Birth
Anderson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
16 Mar 1943 (aged 73)
Inskip, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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LEA- Mrs. Fannie, widow of G. B. Lea, Inskip, died at her home at noon yesterday. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Ora Smelson; son, James, of Wyoming; Fred, Canal Zone; Howard and Robert, Knoxville; sister, Jennie Gwynn, Solway; brothers, James Cox, Knoxville; Richard Cox, of Colorado. She was the last charter member of the Inskip Methodist Church. Services will be conducted there at 2 p.m. Thursday, W.L. Hart officiating. Body will lie in state for an hour before services. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers, W.H. Dossett, Ed Swaggerty, M.L. York, E.E. Owsley, William Perry, and O.D. Dales. McCarthy's in charge. [Published in "The Knoxville Journal," Wednesday, March 17th, 1943, MDP, Page 12.]

Known Children are:
- James Lea; (son; b~ Feb 1888 in Tennessee)
- Ora Lea; (daughter; b~ January 1892 in Tennessee)
- William Ernest Lea;
- Fred Cecil Lea;
~ Robert E Lea; (son; b~ 1908 in Tennessee)
LEA- Mrs. Fannie, widow of G. B. Lea, Inskip, died at her home at noon yesterday. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Ora Smelson; son, James, of Wyoming; Fred, Canal Zone; Howard and Robert, Knoxville; sister, Jennie Gwynn, Solway; brothers, James Cox, Knoxville; Richard Cox, of Colorado. She was the last charter member of the Inskip Methodist Church. Services will be conducted there at 2 p.m. Thursday, W.L. Hart officiating. Body will lie in state for an hour before services. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers, W.H. Dossett, Ed Swaggerty, M.L. York, E.E. Owsley, William Perry, and O.D. Dales. McCarthy's in charge. [Published in "The Knoxville Journal," Wednesday, March 17th, 1943, MDP, Page 12.]

Known Children are:
- James Lea; (son; b~ Feb 1888 in Tennessee)
- Ora Lea; (daughter; b~ January 1892 in Tennessee)
- William Ernest Lea;
- Fred Cecil Lea;
~ Robert E Lea; (son; b~ 1908 in Tennessee)

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  • Created by: Mark Persons
  • Added: Feb 2, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84391072/fanny-lea: accessed ), memorial page for Fanny Cox Lea (19 Jul 1869–16 Mar 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84391072, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Mark Persons (contributor 47050163).