| 3. | Sarah Emilene Maples was born about 1859 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee (daughter of Lemuel Lafayette Maples and Amanda A. Brown); died on 23 Mar 1943 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. Notes:
"Johnson County News," Thursday, March 25, 1943
LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. J. I. REECE
Mrs. Sarah Emmaline Maples Reece, mother of Congressman B. Carroll Reece, died last Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at her home in Johnson City.
Born at Broylesville in Washington County, she was the great-great-granddaughter of Col. Jacob Brown founder of the Settlement of Nolichuckey and a member of the board of commissioners of the Watauga Settlement, which played such a significant part in the early history of the Appalachian area.
Her father was the Rev. L. L. Maples, organizer of the Watauga Baptist Association and at one time Carter-Johnson representative in the state legislature.
Her husband John Isaac Reece died in 1918.
She was a member of the Butler Baptist Church. She spent most of her life in Johnson County but moved to Johnson City in 1924.
Mrs. Reece had the distinction of sending sons to three wars: Wilson and John, the latter deceased, to the Spanish-American War; B. Carroll and Lemiel to World War I, and Major Raleigh Reece, serving in the Army Air Corps at Kansas City, in World War II.
Of her 14 children – 11 sons and three daughters, 11 survive. The daughters are, Mrs. Robert Thompson of LaFayette, Ind., and Mrs. H. B. Cupp of Johnson City. The sons are James, Wisson and Millard of Chattanooga, Jacob of Butler, Joseph of Pickens, S. C., Asa of Clearwater, Fla., Lemiel of Elizabethton, and B. Carroll and Raleigh of Johnson City.
Two sons, John and Fraher, and a daughter, Amanda, are deceased.
Twenty-two grandsons and 11 great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 10:00 a.m. with Dr. W. R. Rigen, pastor of the Central Baptist Church in charge. Burial in the Dugger Cemetery at Sugar Grove on the Watauga River near Butler.
Children:
- James Lafayette Reece was born on 18 Aug 1876 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 2 Mar 1962.
- Wilson Landrine Reece was born on 2 Dec 1877 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- John Eggers Reece was born on 7 Sep 1878 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 23 May 1937.
- Walter Jacob Reece was born on 8 Aug 1881 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 30 Oct 1968 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee.
- 1. Joseph Isaac Reece was born on 15 Oct 1883 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Amanda Catharine Reece was born on 20 Aug 1885 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Asa Clayton Reece was born on 17 Oct 1887 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Brazilla Carroll Reece was born on 22 Dec 1889 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 Mar 1961 in Bethesda, , Montgomery County, Maryland; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee.
- Lemuel L. Reece was born on 31 Jul 1892 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Millard Brown Reece was born on 20 Apr 1894 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Anna Elizabeth Reece was born on 20 Mar 1896 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Laura Ruth Reece was born on 18 Jan 1898 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- Raleigh Valentine Reece was born on 8 Sep 1901 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
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