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Thressia 'Claudella' QUEEN
- H. Ralph GENTRY1909 - 1953
- W. Thressia 'Claudella' QUEEN1912 - 2001
m. 16 Jul 1933
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Census Records
1920 Fannin Co., GA & 1930 McMinn Co., TN Census. - ↑ Ancestry.com
US Obituary Collection - Crossville Chronicle.
- ↑ Claudella Queen Gentry, 88, of Fairfield Glade, passed away Feb. 9, 2001, at Wharton Nursing Home. Funeral services were conducted Feb. 12 at Fairfield Glade United Methodist Church, and at Bordwine Funeral Home in Etowah, TN, with burial Feb. 13 at Conasauga Cemetery in Etowah. The Rev. Wayne L. Benson, the Rev. Dean Orr, the Rev. Chris Haynes and the Rev. Ed McClellan officiated, with her grandchildren also participating in the services.
Mrs. Gentry was born Dec. 23, 1912, in Isabella, TN, the daughter of Gordon and Ida Florence Turner Queen.
She was a retired switchboard operator for Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital in Knoxville, TN. She was a long-time member of North Etowah Baptist Church, and later transferred her membership to the United Methodist Church. She made her home with her daughter and son-in-law for four years before becoming a resident of the nursing home.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Mary Nell and Wayne L. Benson of Fairfield Glade; brother, Doyle Queen of Morganton, GA; sister, Odell Chancey of Harriman, TN; four grandchildren, Mary Tressela Jaggers, Parker Ralph, Aaron Lee and Billy Wayne Benson; and 11 great-grandchildren, Luke, Heather, Jenny, Greg, Chris, Aaron, Mary Elizabeth, Zac, Gabe, Tilly and Sarah.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon and Ida Queen; her husband, Joseph Ralph Gentry; brothers, Harrel Queen, Charley Queen, Turner Queen and Cloyce Queen; and sisters, Gaynell Beam, June Choate and Graypell Cochran Bearden.
Mrs. Gentry's great-grandchildren served as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cumberland County or Wharton Nursing Home in Pleasant Hill.
Burris Funeral Home was in charge of the local arrangements.
The preceding obituary is reprinted correct information printed by the Chronicle and submitted by the funeral home.
Another Obit:
Thressia Claudella Queen Gentry, 88, of Pleasant Hill, formerly of Fairfield Glade, passed away Feb. 9, 2001. Funeral services were conducted Feb. 12 at Fairfield Glade United Methodist Church, and at Bordwine Funeral Home in Etowah, TN, with burial Feb. 13 at Conasauga Cemetery in Etowah. Pastors Wayne L. Benson, Dean Orr, Chris Haynes and Ed McClellan officiated, with her grandchildren also participating in the services.
Mrs. Gentry was born Dec. 23, 1912, in Isabella, TN, the daughter of Ira Gordon and Ida Florence Turner Queen.
She retired from Fort Sanders Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. She was a long-time member of North Etowah Baptist Church, but upon moving to Fairfield Glade, transferred her membership to the United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Mary Nell and Wayne L. Benson of Fairfield Glade; brother, Doyle Queen of Morganton, CA; sister, Odell Chaney of Harriman, TN; four grandchildren, Mary Tressella Jaggers, Parker Ralph, Arron Lee and Billy Wayne Benson; and 11 great-grandchildren, Luke, Heather, Jenny, Greg, Chris, Aaron, Mary Elizabeth, Zac, Gabe, Tilly and Sarah.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Ralph Gentry; brothers, Harrel Queen, Charley Queen, Turner Queen and Cloyce Queen; and sisters, Gaynell Beam, June Choate and Graynell Cochran Bearden.
Mrs. Gentry's great-grandchildren served as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cumberland County or Wharton Nursing Home in Pleasant Hill.
Burris Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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