Verna A. Lewis

Verna married Columbus Franklin "Lum" Heaton about 1921 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Columbus (son of Thomas Andrew Heaton and Mary Dillon) was born on 11 May 1875 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Feb 1937 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Shoun Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Johnson County News," Thursday, July 6, 1944
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Pvt. Howard R. Heaton, 21, son of Mrs. Verna Heaton of near Butler, was fatally injured in a truck accident Saturday night at Camp Beale, Calif. He died Sunday morning.
He is survived by his mother; three brothers, Pvt. Columbus Frank Heaton, with the AEF in North Africa, Clay and Dean Heaton, both of Butler; two sisters, Mary Ruth and Jewel, both of Butler; four half-sisters, Mrs. Maude Bourne of Bristol, Mrs. Anna Mae Jordan of Elizabethton, Mrs. Beulah Edmondson, Johnson City, and Mrs. Goldier Edens, Gap Creek; and his grandfather, W. B. Lewis, Creston, N. C.

HEATON, Howard R.
"Elizabethton Star," Friday, July 7, 1944
PVT. HOWARD R. HEATON
Funeral services for Pvt. Howard R. Heaton, who was killed in an automobile accident at Camp Beale, California, July 1, will be held at the Fish Springs Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Charles Souder and the Rev. George Westmoreland in charge.
Funeral will be in the Veteran's Cemetery at Johnson City at three o'clock under the direction of the Tetrick Funeral Home.

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Mary Ruth Heaton Maupin, 82, of Johnson City, went home to meet her savior on Monday, May 16, 2011, after a short stay at the Johnson City Medical Center.

Ruth was born on May 5, 1929, in Bristol, TN, to the late CF Heaton and Verna Lewis Heaton. Mary Ruth was the loving wife of 53 years to the late, Robert Hugh Maupin. Also preceding her were 6 brothers, Glen, Fred, Ray, Frank, Clay and Dean Heaton; and 1 sister, Jewel Maupin.

Mrs. Maupin was a member of the Oakland Avenue Baptist Church, where she had taught Sunday School for many years.

Mrs. Maupin raised her family in Johnson City and continued to live there until her death. She was a hard worker, retiring after 33 years from Thomas Industries, but also had a passion and love for flowers and gardening in her free time.

Ruth had a smile that would melt your heart and a fun loving personality that would keep you rolling with laughter, she will be missed.

Mary Ruth was the ever loving mother to her daughter and son in law, Kay and Larry Cash, Johnson City; daughter and son in law, Joan and Richard McIntosh, Anderson County, TN; son and daughter in law, Steve and Veronica Maupin, Johnson City; and daughter and son in law, Peggy and Lee Freeman, Boones Creek; her adoring grandchildren, Melissa McIntosh Smith, Robert McIntosh, Mickey Freeman, Tina McIntosh, Melanie Casey, Jennifer Hyder, April Dykes, Beverly Maupin, Chad Maupin, Tasha Cash and Laura Cash; 17 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted from the Morris-Baker South Chapel at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Pastor Ron Adams will officiate.

Burial services will be conducted on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. from the Monte Vista Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Robert McIntosh, Mickey Freeman, Chad Maupin, Scott Dykes, Alex Smith and Hunter McIntosh. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard McIntosh, Larry Cash and Lee Freeman. A procession will leave the funeral home at 10:45 a.m. Thursday for the cemetery.

Mary married Robert Hugh Maupin on 23 May 1946 in , Washington County, Tennessee, . Robert (son of Albert Maupin and Louisa Campbell) was born on 21 Apr 1921; died on 7 Apr 2000 in , Washington County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]