Charles O. Shupe

Charles married Mary Ethel Lowe about 1904 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John A. Lowe and Loretta Sofia Wills) was born on 16 Aug 1888 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Jan 1961 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Virginia Kate A. B. Eller about 1936. Virginia (daughter of Jesse Franklin Eller and Eliza Ann Patrick) was born on 9 Oct 1918 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 1 Aug 2016 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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COLD SPRINGS - Mildred Pauline Dancy, 103, of Cold Springs, passed away February 14, 2023 in Mountain City, Tennessee, after suffering a stroke.

Pauline, as she liked to be called, was born February 20, 1919 to the late Charles O. Shupe and Mary Ethie Lowe Shupe in Cold Springs, Johnson County, Tennessee. Her father ran the Shupe Roller Mill which had been in the family for over 100 years. Pauline attended local schools and graduated from Johnson County High School. After graduation, Pauline took the advice of a cousin and attended the Beauty Academy in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina where she received her cosmetology license. It was also in North Wilkesboro where she met her future husband, Isham Wiles Dancy.

Pauline and Ike were married on April 1, 1939 at the courthouse in Independence, Virginia. Soon after, they moved to Baltimore, Maryland where Ike worked as a welder at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyards.