Roane-Meigs County TN Archives Obituaries.....HILL, Sudie Ellis May 10, 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: D Giles Loiselle RoaneCoGenes@yahoo.com July 6, 2006, 10:42 pm 12 May 1927, The Rockwood Times, Rockwood, Roane Co, TN Title of obituary published in The Rockwood Times, Rockwood, Roane Co, TN on 12 May 1927: "Former Local Resident Dies in Chattanooga." Details extracted from the published obituary: Name : Mrs. Sudie HILL, Age:53 Date of death: Location: Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN Funeral: Christian church [sic], Rockwood, Roane Co, TN, 2:30 pm, Rev. J. Lapsley ALDERSON Burial location: Winton Chapel Cemetery, Roane Co, TN Listed as surviving her in the published obituary: Daughter: Mrs. R.H. MORRIS of Alexandria, La. Son: E.D. HILL of Detroit, Mich. Sisters: Mrs. Stan TREW, of Washington Mrs. Will GILES, of Harriman Mrs. I.A. GRESHAM, of Spring City Mrs. L.L. CAMPBELL of Chattanooga Mrs. C. WEBSTER, of Chattanooga Brothers: Charles ELLIS, of Morehead, Mont. Virgil KEYLON ........ Source: Obituary reprinted by Robert L. BAILEY, Roane County, Tennessee Obituaries, 1927, Kingston TN: Roane County Heritage Commission. Additional Comments: Research notes: Sudie ELLIS was the daughter of Charles David ELLIS and Mary HAGGARD of Roane County, Tennessee. Her mother and some other family members are also interred in Winton Chapel Cemetery. Sudie was born 23 Dec 1873 in TN. She married Edward "Ed" HILL on 23 Feb 1895 in Roane Co, TN. Her children were Ruth Irene HILL and Ellis D[ixon?] HILL. Sudie's brother Charles ELLIS likely no longer lived in Montana. His 1920 census entry indicates that he had moved on - to New Mexico - at that time. Sudie's father was shot dead by a prominent Benton Co, AR doctor in the mid 1880s. Her mother Mary was pregnant with her brother Charles at the time of Charles David ELLIS' death. She returned to Roane County - south of Kingston - close to her McPHERSON and HAGGARD family members. Mary wed widower James Harvey KEYLON in 1889 in Roane Co, TN. They lived close to Ten Mile. Claude Allen KEYLON (female) and Virgil KEYLON (male) were children from Mary's marriage to J.H. KEYLON. Sisters mentioned in the obituary include the following: Laura ELLIS (Mrs. Stan[ley] TREW) Cora Pickens ELLIS (Mrs. Will GILES [wife of William Morgan GILES]) Mollie ELLIS (Mrs. I.A. GRESHAM [wife of Isaac Anderson "Ike" GRASHAM] Claude Allen KEYLON (Mrs. L.L. CAMPBELL [also interred at Winton Chapel Cemetery. Claude later married George SENSABOY.] Zerelda Mimms "Zee" ELLIS (Mrs. C. WEBSTER [former wife of Samuel David WEBSTER]) Published Sources: Tennessee death records; US Federal census data (Tennesse, Arkansas, Montana, New Mexico, Montana, Missouri); published obituaries (originals and transcriptions); Roane County marriage records; Roane County land records; Bureau of Land Management records; cemetery markers (visited and photographed; and personal knowledge. Personal Sources: Oral family history interviews and/or access to their family research and family records from the following people: Jerry Hunley Denney, Margaret Abbey Giles Bennecker, Nancy Webster Diwan, Ronald Ellis "Sonny" Crabtree, Joyce Grasham Tidwell, and Sarah Grasham Mee. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/roane/obits/h/hill224nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb