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James Tolley

Male 1904 - 1985  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  James Tolley was born on 9 Apr 1904 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Aug 1985 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.

    James married Mary Elizabeth "Posie" Whitehead about 1923 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Unknown Gentleman and Nancy Jane Whitehead) was born on 23 Apr 1905 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 21 Aug 1982 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Carl Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Apr 1925 in North Carolina, , , ; died on 8 Sep 1992; was buried in Oak Hill Fw Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 5. Faye Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jan 1929 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 May 2013 in Stark County, , , Ohio; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, , Stark County, Ohio.
    5. 6. Mack Mitchell Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1937 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 May 2001 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.
    6. 7. Cecil Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 Jul 2016 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Tolley Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
    7. 8. Lonnie Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 Nov 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.
    8. 9. Catharine Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 1946 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Jul 1946 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1)

  2. 3.  Carl Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 29 Apr 1925 in North Carolina, , , ; died on 8 Sep 1992; was buried in Oak Hill Fw Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.

    Carl married Daisy Bernice Bentley about 1945 in North Carolina, , , . Daisy (daughter of Sherman William Bentley and Sadie Jones) was born on 7 Jun 1924 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 16 Aug 1983 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Oak Hill Fw Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Carl Tolley, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1954 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Feb 2022 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Oak Hill Fw Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.

  3. 4.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1)

  4. 5.  Faye Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 13 Jan 1929 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 May 2013 in Stark County, , , Ohio; was buried in Saint Peters Cemetery, , Stark County, Ohio.

    Notes:

    Faye Tolley was the daughter of James Tolley & Mary Elizabeth "Posie" Whitehead. She was born in Carter County, Tennessee on 13 Jan 1929.

    She married Claude Hilton on 12 Oct 1944 in Elizabehton, Tennessee. Together, they had 5 children: Alice, Jerry, James, Lloyd "Dale", & Kathleen.

    She married William O'Shaughnessy on 1 July 1967.

    She was the owner/operator of the Forget Me Not home in Canton, Ohio for many years. With the help of her residents, she was the nurse, aide, cook, & housekeeper.

    At the age of 84, Faye passed away on 20 May 2013 in Canton, Ohio of leukemia.


  5. 6.  Mack Mitchell Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 1 Sep 1937 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 May 2001 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mack M. Tolley

    Mack Mitchell Tolley, 66, 6551 Highway 19E, Roan Mountain, died Tuesday,
    May 22, 2001, at Johnson City Medical Center.
    Mr. Tolley was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Jim and Posie
    Guinn Tolley. He was also preceded in death by two sisters and three
    brothers.
    Mr. Tolley was a retired employee of Republic Steel, Canton, Ohio. He was a
    Free Will Baptist and attended the Valley Forge House of Prayer.
    Survivors include his wife, Callie Johnson Tolley; two daughters, Judy Byrd,
    Johnson City, and Molly Lingerfelt, Hampton; three sons, Terry L. Tolley and
    Leslie Keith Tolley, both of Elizabethton, and Mitchell Tolley, Hampton;
    three sisters, Irene Davis, Jonesborough, Ethel Coffey, East Canton, Ohio, and
    Fay O'Shaughnesse, Canton, Ohio; and four brothers, McKinley Tolley, North
    Industry, Ohio, Earl Tolley, Louisville, Ohio, Dillard Tolley, East Canton,
    Ohio, and Cecil Tolley, Hampton. Eleven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren
    and several nieces and nephews also survive.
    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

    TOLLEY -- Funeral services for Mack Mitchell Tolley, 66, 6551 Highway 19E,
    Roan Mountain, who died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, will be conducted at 8 p.m.
    Thursday, May 24, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Charlie Russell
    officiating. Music will be provided by The Blood Bought Quartet. Graveside
    services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 25, in the Tolley Cemetery,
    Whitehead Hill. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the
    cemetery at 1050 a.m. Friday, will be Landon Lingerfelt, Steve Byrd, Michael
    Tolley, Ikie Tolley, Billy Hurley and Ronnie Reece. Honorary pallbearers will be
    the Staff of the Second and Fourth Floors and ICU of Johnson City Medical
    Center and the men of Valley Forge House of Prayer. The family will receive
    friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at
    the residence of a son, Mitchell Tolley, 104 Whittemore Road, Hampton
    (Fairview Community). Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 1050 a.m.
    Friday. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements

    Mack married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Molly Lou Tolley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Nov 1961 in Summit County, , , Ohio; died on 2 Feb 2018 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee.

  6. 7.  Cecil Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born about 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 Jul 2016 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Tolley Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Cecil Tolley, 75, a life-long resident of the Fairview Community in Hampton, entered into eternal rest with our Lord on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness and complications from a massive heart attack.
    Cecil, who was of the Freewill Baptist Faith, attended Fairview Freewill Baptist Church as a child. He was the last surviving son of 13 children of the late Jim and Posie Whitehead Tolley. A student at Fairview School and a Hampton Bulldog, Cecil left school in his teenage years to care for his ailing mother.
    A life-long farmer, Cecil served many years at Johnson City's Magnavox Plant and retired due to visual disability from the Unicoi County Gas Utility District. He cherished listening to the county police scanner, telling jokes, spending time with his family while eating Long John Silver's fish or Kentucky Fried Chicken and loving his wife of 54 years, Georgia Blevins Tolley.
    Cecil, affectionately known as "Pops," "Papaw," Pap," and "Old Man," was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Victoria Faith McQueen; his brothers, infant Lonnie, Ronnie, Carl, Mack, Ken, Dillard and Earl Tolley; and his sisters, infants Catherine and Christine Tolley, Faye (Bill) O'Shaughnessy, Ethel (Oscar) Coffey and Irene (Lloyd) Davis.
    In addition to his wife, Cecil is survived by their children, Betty and Jobe Tolley, Hampton, Kitty Tolley, Hampton, Cecil Wayne Tolley, Hampton, Shelby and David McQueen and Annie and Danny McQueen. Others include his grandchildren, Danielle and Abigail Bates, Jobe Tolley, Courtney Tolley, Alexandria, Katarina and Izabella McQueen, as well as his great-grandchildren, Lucas Bates, Nathan Peters, Elana and Joshua Furches; a special cousin, Mabel Tolley; a special nephew, Norman Coffey; and many other nieces, nephews and extended family.
    A graveside service will take place on Saturday, July 30, at 12 noon at the Tolley-Cornett Cemetery in the Fairview Community with Rev. Shane Whittemore and Rev. Henry Berry officiating with Cecil's favorite songs of "Great Speckled Bird," "Me and God" and "I'll Fly Away" being played. Active pallbearers will be Billy Brown, Junior Blevins, Bobby Furches, Nathan Peters and his sons-in-law, Jobe Tolley, Danny and David McQueen. Honorary pallbearers will be Mabel Tolley, Norman Coffey, Landon Lingerfelt, Robert "Bob" Potter and the current and previous staff of the Unicoi County Gas Utility District. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet the family at the Tolley-Cornett Cemetery off Whittemore Road at 11:50 a.m. Saturday. It was Cecil's wish to arrive at the cemetery via horse and wagon from the Fairview FWB Church, courtesy of Les Roberson and Landon Lingerfelt, on Saturday.

    Cecil married Georgia Ray Blevins on 26 May 1962 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Georgia (daughter of Frank Blevins and Pearl Caroline Byrd) was born about 1942 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Aug 2021 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Tolley Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Lonnie Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 26 Jun 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 Nov 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.

  8. 9.  Catharine Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 9 Jul 1946 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Jul 1946 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hampton, , Carter County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Carl Tolley, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (3.Carl2, 1.James1) was born about 1954 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Feb 2022 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Oak Hill Fw Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Carl Tolley Jr., 68, Hampton, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center.
    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Carl Tolley Sr. and Daisy Bentley Tolley.
    Carl was a retired truck driver with Birchfield Construction. He loved boating on Watauga Lake and loved collecting guns. He was a member of Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church.
    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly Buckles.
    Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Penny Shell Tolley; one daughter, Carla (Travis) Fleenor; five grandchildren, Christa Presnell, Andrea (Greg) Lee, Kaleb Church, Brent Buckles and Todd Hughes Jr.; three great-grandchildren, Evan Wyatt, Gavin Lee and Liam Presnell; three sisters, Juanita Clark, Margaret Jenkins and Shirley “Susie” Tolley; one brother, Richard Tolley; several nieces and nephews; and his best friend, Harold Presnell.
    A graveside service will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, February 17, in the Oak Hill Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Shane Waters officiating. Interment will follow the service. Active pallbearers will be Travis Fleenor, Todd Hughes, Brent Buckles, Chester Greene, Greg Lee and Sandy Shell.

    Carl married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Molly Lou Tolley Descendancy chart to this point (6.Mack2, 1.James1) was born on 2 Nov 1961 in Summit County, , , Ohio; died on 2 Feb 2018 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Molly Lou Lingerfelt, 56, of Hampton, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 2, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center.
    She was born November 2, 1961 in Akron, Ohio to Callie Johnson Tolley and the late Mack M. Tolley. She had lived most of her life in Carter County.
    Molly attended Hampton High School. She was of the Baptist Faith. She loved her horses, loved to travel and loved to crochet.
    Survivors include her son, Landon D. Lingerfelt, Hampton; her mother, Callie Tolley, Hampton; three brothers, Mitchell, Terry and Keith Tolley; her sister, Judy Byrd; several nieces and nephews; and the father of her son, Landon L. Lingerfelt.
    A Celebration of Life Service for Molly Lou Lingerfelt will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 7, at College Park Free Will Baptist Church, Milligan, with the Rev. Ronnie Reece officiating.