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Kyle married Hazel Nell DeLoach on 18 May 1955. Hazel (daughter of Roscoe Conklin DeLoach and Estella Jeanette Grindstaff) was born on 18 May 1930 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 5 Nov 2004 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Pleasant Family Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hazel Pleasant - BUTLER
BUTLER - Hazel D. Pleasant, 74, 106 Dugger Hollow Rd., Butler, died Friday morning, November 5, 2004, at Life Care Center in Elizabethton. A native of Johnson County, she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and Stella Grindstaff Deloach. Mrs. Pleasant retired as a Nursing Assistant. She was a member of the Rock Springs Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kyle Pleasant; one sister; and five brothers. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law: Robert and Teresa Pleasant and David and Sandra Pleasant, of Butler; two step-sons and daughters-in-law: Truett and Sue Pleasant, of Butler, and Justin and Karen Pleasant, of Fullerton, California; Five Grand-children: Justin Pleasant, Barry Pleasant, Liza Brooks, Chris Pleasant and Scotty Pleasant; four sisters: Pauline Gentry, of Emily City, Michigan, Mary Cassar, Concord, N.C., Laura Deloach and Elmina Deloach, of Elizabethton; one brother, Floyd Deloach, of Elizabethton; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Gary Phillips and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Family Cemetery. Active Pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the Funeral Home at 1:50 p.m., will be: Jeff McCoury, Pooner Powell, Blaine Branch, Darrell Mullins, Dean Campbell and David Buchanan. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff and employees of Life Care Center and House Call Home Health. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence, 106 Dugger Hollow Rd., Butler.

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"Elizabethton Star," Tuesday, February 9, 1937
PROMINENT DOEVILLE MAN DIES
R. B. Pleasant, 53, prominent Johnson county merchant, died this morning at eight o'clock in a local hospital after a prolonged illness.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Little Doe Baptist church at Doeville, Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. John W. Crowe officiating. Interment will be in the Rambo cemetery.
Mr. Pleasant, a native of Johnson County, was the son of W. H. and Martha L. Pleasant. On Feb. 1, 1906 he was married to Miss Vena Pierce, also of Johnson County.
For the past 43 years he was in the mercantile business in that county, operating his own store for the past 35 years. Prior to that he was employed by Wright and Southerland of Mountain City, and Rambo and Pleasant of Doeville.
A few years ago, Mr. Pleasant gained nationwide recognition as the father of the O. K. family, all of his daughters' names beginning with O. and containing three letters, while all of his sons' names begin with K and each contain four letters. Their pictures and accompanying stories were carried in many well-known newspapers in the country.
Mr. Pleasant was affiliated with the Little Doe Baptist church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was one of the most influential citizens of his community and took active interest in all civic and religious affairs.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vena Pleasant; three daughters, Mrs. Ola Kyte, Mrs. Ova Stalcup and Miss Ola Pleasant of Doeville; six sons, Kyle Pleasant of Willits, Calif., King Pleasant of Dallas, Oregon, Karl, Kale, Keys and Klan Pleasant of Doeville; four sisters, Mrs. H. L. Nave of Elizabethton, Mrs. Julia Robinson, Mrs. R. A. Blevins, and Mrs. Myrtle Arnold of Doeville; three brothers, Walter Pleasant of Elizabethton, Hubert Pleasant and Clate Pleasant of Oregon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Rachael Robinson and Mrs. Sallie Robinson of Sweetwater; and one half-brother, Will Pleasant of Doeville.
Active pallbearers will be Chester Davis, Ed Rainbolt, Roby Jones, Homer Stalcup, Olan Rambo and Bob Allen.
Honorary pallbearers will include Harley Hopkins, Arvil Allen, Clay Davis, Guire Robinson, Wilder Arnold and W. J. Estep.
Those who will care for the floral offerings will be Mrs. Callie Allen, Mrs. Bertha Rainbolt, Mrs. Maud Stout, Mrs. Argil Rambo, Misses Wanda McEwen, Grace Rainbolt, Elsie Davis, Arada Davis and Fred Davis.
[JAKS note: Of his daughters above two were named Ola in the obituary, which is incorrect. I believe the daughters' names were Ola Rose, Ova and Ora.]

Roderick married Vena Alice Pierce on 11 Feb 1906 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Vena was born about 1892 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 17 Aug 1970 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Rambo Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, August 19, 1970
DEATHS
Mrs. Vena Alice Pleasant, 79, of Rt. 3, Butler, died Monday, 8:10 p.m. at her residence after an illness of 18 months. She was a native of Johnson County, a daughter of the late Nelson and Cordia Mullins Pierce. She was preceded in death by her husband, R. B. Pleasant, who died Feb. 9, 1936, and a daughter, Ola Pleasant Kyte, who died Feb. 26, 1939. She was a member of the Little Doe Baptist Church.
Survivors include six sons, Kyle, Karl, Kale, and Klan, all of Butler, King, Haywood, Calif., and Keys, Knoxville; two daughters, Mrs. Ona Gentry and Mrs. Ova Stalcup, both of Butler; two brothers, George Pierce and Joe Pierce, both of Mountain City; 20 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, 2 p.m., from the Little Doe Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Biggar, and Rev. Warren Montgomery to officiate. Burial will be in the Rambo Cemetery.
Pall-bearers[sic] will be grandsons.
Flower-bearers will be ladies of the church and neighbors.
Lewis Gentry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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He was a Deputy Marshall and rode on horseback.
CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural Causes

Roscoe married Estella Jeanette Grindstaff on 5 Dec 1913 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Estella (daughter of George Washington Grindstaff and Laura E. Proffitt) was born on 10 May 1894 in Doeville, , Johnson County, Tennessee; died on 5 Aug 1965 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MEMBERSHIP: Doe River Baptist Church