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Living married Stella Mae King Stella (daughter of Lorenzo King and Florence Mae Whitehead) was born on 8 Feb 1923 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Nov 2018 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Elk Park Cemetery, , Avery County, North County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Stella Mae King Elliott Cook, age 95, of Elk Park, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. A native of Carter County, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Lorenza and Florence Whitehead King and wife of the late Roby Elliott and Paul Walter Cook. She was also preceded in death by a daughter: Edith Elliott Miller; a son: Eugene "Yogi" Elliott; sisters: Ida Shell, Myrtle Edwards, Lois Shoetak and Della Hughes, and brothers: Henry King and John Frank King.

Stella worked for many years at Cannon Memorial Hospital as surgical tech. She was a member of the Avery County Rescue Squad Auxiliary and volunteered at Ram's Rack in Newland. She loved to do needlepoint and work word puzzles. Stella and her husband, Paul Cook, were founding members of the Open Door Baptist Church located in Cranberry. Stella was a true mountain woman, born on Upper Shell Creek in Tennessee and she never left the mountains in her entire life of over 95 years. She never traveled outside of three states: TN, NC and VA. Some of her favorite people were the volunteer fireman of Elk Park. She lived next door to the fire station, and they watched over her, making sure that she was okay. Stella was so appreciative that she asked them to be pallbearers at her funeral.

Surviving is her son: James "Jay" Elliott and wife, Terry, of Unicoi, Tenn.; step-children: Corky Cook and wife, Freda, Myra Laws and husband, Steve, and Shane Cook, all of Elk Park; a sister: Viola Baker of Shell Creek, Tenn.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and very special friend, whom she considered family, Pastor Bryan Griffith. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at Open Door Baptist Church. Rev. Bryan Griffith will officiate. Burial will follow in the Elk Park Cemetery.

Lorenzo married Florence Mae Whitehead on 27 Aug 1908 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Florence (daughter of John Whitehead and Lydia Ann Emmert) was born on 31 Aug 1887 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 15 Nov 1976 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lydia Ann Emmert on 21 Apr 1885 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lydia (daughter of Jeremiah M. Emmert and Frances "Fanny" Moody) was born on 6 Jan 1869 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Jul 1948 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Perry Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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“Elizabethton Star,” Tuesday, July 6, 1948
MRS. LIDDIA WHITEHEAD
Mrs. Liddia Whitehead, 79, died at her home in Shell Creek today at 6:30 a.m. after a three weeks illness.
She is survived by two sons, Andy and Henry Whitehead, both of Shell Creek; four daughters, Mrs. Florence King, Mrs. Myrtle Shell and Mrs. Martha Miller, all of Shell Creek and Mrs. Sarah Moody of Heaton, North Carolina; one brother, Jerry Emmert[sic] of Missouri; and fifteen grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge.