William E. Nelson

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1880 Sullivan County, TN
1st District
Household 171
William Nelson26TN TN VA
Eliza23TN TN TN
John K. 4TN TN TN
Cristley A. 1TN TN TN

1900 Johnson County, TN
District 8
Household 4
William E. Nelson Jun 1853 47TN TN TN
Martha J. Jul 1863 46TN TN TN
JamesMay 1884 16TN TN TN
Sirett (f) May 1886 14TN TN TN


1910 Johnson County, TN
District 8
Household 13
William Nelson56TN TN TNMarried twice, 14 years
Martha J. 46TN TN TNMarried once, 14 years, 1 child, 0 living
Ermil E.10TN TN TNGranddaughter
Charlie 4TN TN TNGrandson

William married Eliza Peters about 1875 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Eliza was born about 1857 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Martha J. (Nelson) about 1895 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Martha was born in Jul 1863 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1900 Sullivan County, TN
1st District
Household
King J. NelsonApr 1876 24TN TN TN
Laura B.Dec 1878 21TN NC TN
Effie E.Jul 1899 10/12TN TN TN

1920 Johnson County, TN
District 2
Household 332
King Nelson44TN TN TN
Cora32TN TN TN
Anna Mae 11TN TN TN
Chelsie 9TN TN TN
Vada 6TN TN TN
Danford (f) 3TN TN TN
Charlie14TN TN TN


"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, July 28, 1965
John King Nelson. . .
John King Nelson, age 89, of Mountain City, Rt. 1, died in the Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C., Wednesday (July 21) at 10:15 p.m. after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Sullivan County, but had made his home in Johnson County for the past 60 years. He was the son of the late William and Eliza Peters Nelson and a retired lumberman and farmer.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Cora Smith Nelson, Mountain City; four sons, Thomas H. Nelson, Johnson City, J.K. Nelson, James Nelson and Sam Nelson, all Mountain City; five daughters, Mrs. Eddie Sparks of Johnson City, Mrs. Chelsie Jones, Mrs. Vadie Mills, Mrs. Danford Smith and Mrs. Reba Wills, all Mountain City; 37 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services were conducted from the Lewis Gentry Funeral home chapel Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. D.S. Miller, Rev. A.E. Brown and Rev. H.T. Mabry officiating. Burial was in Phillippi cemetery.
Pallbearers, grandsons; flower bearers, granddaughters.
Hon. pallbearers, Everett Robinson, Stacy Gentry, Milburn Icenhour, Tommy Thomas, Lewis Gentry, Orville Phillippi, Lydle Sammons and Herman Swift.

John married Laura B. Moody on 11 Aug 1895 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Laura (daughter of Thomas Clingman Moody and Mary Ellen Trivette) was born on 20 Dec 1878 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 12 Feb 1908 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Cora Ann Smith on 17 May 1908 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Cora (daughter of Andrew Jackson Smith and Etta Mary Phillippi) was born on 2 Dec 1886 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 25 Dec 1973 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Ervin Sparks on 10 Jun 1916 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Ervin (son of Joseph Allen Sparks and Margaret Zenia Hicks) was born on 14 Feb 1898 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died in May 1966 in Johnson City, , Washington County, Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reba Nelson Wills - MOUNTAIN CITY

Reba Nelson Wills, age 90, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 8, 2010 at her residence.

She was born on February 4, 1920 in Johnson County, Tennessee to the late John King Nelson Sr. and Cora Smith Nelson. In addition to her parents, Reba was preceded in death by her husband James Baxter 'Jay' Wills, who passed away on November 10, 2005; three sisters: Vadie Mills, Anna Mae Dickens and Chelsea Jones; three brothers: Jim Nelson, Sam Nelson and John King Nelson Jr. During World War II, Reba taught at some of the Community Schools. She loved to work at home, keeping her house, gardening, cooking and also loved to read.

Reba is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law: Nancy Wills Shoun and husband Tommy Jack and Linda Wills Woodring and husband Morris of Mountain City, TN; two sons and daughters-in-law: James B. 'Jim' Wills Jr. and wife Charlotte of Knoxville, TN and Mike Wills and wife Bernadene of Mountain City, TN; grandchildren: T.J. Shoun, Judd Shoun, Susan Woodring, Brock Woodring, Jamie Wills, Chrissy Wills, Amy Wills McLaughlin and husband Josh and Gary Wills; one sister, Danford Smith of Mountain City, TN; brother-in-law, Lewis Wills; sister-in-law, Dorothy Shore and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family will receive friends from 1-3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Mountain City Funeral Home with the funeral service to follow at 3:00 p.m. with Mr. Ron Drake to officiate. Music will be provided by Ms. Sandra Fortune.

Graveside Service and Interment will follow from the Wills Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers will be five grandsons: T.J. Shoun, Judd Shoun, Brock Woodring, Jamie Wills and Gary Wills; sons-in-law, Morris Woodring and Tommy Jack Shoun and grandson-in-law, Josh McLaughlin.

Honorary Pallbearers are: Keith Burgess, Mac Phillips, Sammy Wilson, David Wilson, Bob Stansbery, Odell Johnson, Tim Brown, John Greer, Jim Stanley, Bobby Nelson, Joe Triplett, Dr. John Whitlock, James Pennington, Junior Pennington and Lester Mallett.

Memorials may be made to the Johnson County Rescue Squad, 203 Vandilla Street, Mountain City, TN 37683.

The family wishes to thank Amedysis for their past help and service.

Reba married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JOHNSON CITY - Geneva L. Douglas, age 89, of Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness.

A native of Johnson City, she was a daughter of the late Ervin and Eliza Ellen Sparks. Mrs. Douglas was a Baptist. She loved going fishing and to go to church. She played the piano by ear, and was self-taught. She served as a church pianist for many years.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Douglas is preceded in death by brothers, Robert, Roy, David, and Frank Sparks; sisters, Kate Furchess, Chelsea Lee Anders, and Mildred Mabel.

Survivors include her husband, John Douglas, Johnson City; sons, Kenneth Wayne Douglas and Darrell Lynn Douglas and wife Virginia, all of Tallahassee, Florida; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild; sister, Alice Marie Sutton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

The funeral service for Mrs. Douglas will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 8, 2017 in the East Parlor of the funeral home with Rev. Albert Jarnagin officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. in the East Parlor of the funeral home.

A private graveside will take place at Monte Vista Memorial Park.

Geneva married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alma married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Roy Al-len Sparks, born No-vem-ber 18, 1936, son of the late Ervin and Eliza Sparks of John-son City, TN. He died peace-fully at the John-son City Med-i-cal Center on Fri-day, April 24, 2015, at the age of 78 af-ter a brief ill-ness of can-cer.
Roy Sparks was a won-der-ful and great pro-vider for his fam-ily and loved by us all. He loved to go fish-ing and hunt-ing.
Roy served our coun-try in the US Army. He worked in sales at RC Cola, Rainbo Bak-ery, Pepsi, Dolly Madi-son, Sun-beam, Wise and Sara Lee. Be-fore re-tir-ing he was awarded sales-man of the year twice.
Roy was a long time and ac-tive mem-ber of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1831, where he liked spend-ing time with friends. Roy al-ways kept a smile on his face and made many peo-ple happy.
Roy Sparks is sur-vived by his sis-ters, Ge-neva Douglas, John-son City, Marie Sut-ton, Wil-liam-son, GA; Ex-wife and best friend, Judy Wal-ters Sparks; Chil-dren, Alan Sparks, Bris-tol, TN, Re-gina Sparks Hous-ton, John-son City, Julie Sparks Carden and hus-band, Sean Carden, John-son City; grand-chil-dren, Austin Sparks, Bluff City, Va-nessa Sparks, John-son City, Justin Hous-ton, Er-win, TN, Jo-shua Hous-ton, John-son City, Ash-ley Hous-ton Shoun, Mor-ris-town, TN, Sum-mer Carden, Bai-ley Carden, Jake Carden and Josie Carden, all of John-son City; great grand-child, Audrey Hous-ton. Sev-eral nieces and neph-ews also sur-vive.
Mr. Sparks is pre-ceded in death by four broth-ers, Robert Sparks, Ervin Sparks Jr., Frank Sparks, all of John-son City, David Sparks, King-sport, TN; four sis-ters, Kate Furches, Den-ver, Col-o-rado, Mil-dred Lane, Lor-ton, VA, Alma Har-ris, Al-ex-an-dra, VA, Chel-sea Anders, Bal-ti-more, Mary-land.
The me-mo-rial ser-vice for Mr. Sparks will be con-ducted on Thurs-day, April 30, 2015, at 7:00 P.M. in the East Chapel of Ap-pa-la-chian Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Yel-ton.
The fam-ily will re-ceive friends Thurs-day from 6:00 un-til 7:00 P.M. in the East Par-lor of the fu-neral home.
Pri-vate dis-po-si-tion will be held at a later date.

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GLENN LAWSON NELSON…
… seven-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. King Nelson, Jr., Rte. 1, Mountain City, died unexpectedly in an Abingdon, Va. hospital Friday afternoon, Jan. 27, after a brief illness.
Survivors are the parents; two brothers, Tommy and Johnny Nelson of the home; one sister, Lois of the home; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. King Nelson, Rte 1; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stanley of Damascus, Va.
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Edsel Farthing officiating.