BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE
OBITUARIES


PARR , Mary Alice Dockery | PATE , Mrs. William F. | PEMBERTON , Beulah Nichols | PEMBERTON , Mark Avery | PETERSON , Marvin D. | PROFFITT , John Lillard |


Mary Alice Dockery Parr, 90, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2003, at Blount Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Townsend Church of God. She was preceded in death by: parents, Harrison and Ellen Moore; first husband, Oliver Burton Dockery; second husband, Robert Parr; daughter, Betty Flo Webb; son, James Dockery; grandchildren, Mitchell Webb and Sidney Davis; sisters, Barbara Frye and Rose Dockery; brothers, Frank, Grant, Harry ``Junior'' Moore. Survivors include: sons and daughters-in-law, Lynnie and Lilly Grace Dockery, Downey and Sue Dockery, all of Townsend; daughters and sons-in-law, Laverne and Harry Davis of Townsend, Mary Ellen and Ray Russell of Maryville, Linda and Odie Inman of Townsend, Charlene and Charles Lysek of Illinois; daughter-in-law, Flo Dockery; son-in-law, Arthur Webb; 24 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; 27 great-great-grandchildren; several half brother and half sisters. Funeral services will be Monday, July 7, 2003, at 8 p.m., in the Trinity Chapel of Smith Mortuary with Rev. Dolittle officiating. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Townsend. Family will receive friends Monday, July 7, 2003, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Smith Mortuary, Maryville. 983-1000, www.smithmortuary.com.
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN., July 6, 2003}
Submitted by Linda Albert.

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Mrs. William F., whose daughter, Mrs. Harold Ammons, is a Louisville resident, died Saturday at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was a member of Emerald Avenue United Methodist Church. Survivors: daughter, Mrs. Allene Dale of Knoxville; sons, Kenneth and John Pate, both of Knoxville; nine grandchildren; sisters, Miss Verdie Starnes of Rogersville, Mrs. George Williams of Kingsport. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at U. S. National Cemetery with the Rev. Burrell M. Ketchersid officiating.
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN.}


Beaulah Nichols Pemberton, 77, of Alcoa, TN, died Saturday at Fairpark Health care Center. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Alcoa. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mark Pemberton; parents, J. T. and Sadie Burns Nichols and brother, Paul Nichols. Survivors include her sisters and brothers-in-law, Polly and Clyde Gregory of Alcoa and Aleene and Glen Harris of Maryville; brother and sister-in-law, John and Aileen Nichols; several nieces and nephews. The funeral was at 8 P.M. Sunday at McCammon-Ammons Chapel with the Rev. Dean Haun and the Rev. J.W. Hopper officiating. Family and friends will meet at 1 P.M. today at Clarks Grove Cemetery for the interment service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 100 Rankin Road, Alcoa 37701
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN., November 15, 1971}
Submitted by Brenda Hall.

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Mark Avery Pemberton, 66, of 306 Telford Street, Alcoa, died Saturday morning at Blount Memorial Hospital. Survivors: wife, Beulah Pemberton, sisters, Mrs. Martha Kittrell, Mrs. Lillian Jordon, both of Alcoa, Mrs. Mary Berrier of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. today at Miller Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Fred O. Ponton and the Rev. William Small officiating. Interment will be in Clark's Grove Cemetery.
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN.}
Submitted by Brenda Hall.

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Dr. Marvin D. {Pete} Peterson, 67, of Maryville, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004, at Blount Memorial Hospital. Marvin D. Peterson was born in York, Nebraska, on April 14, 1937, and is the son of Ted and Irene Peterson of Loveland, Colo. He graduated from Salina High School in Kansas and attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1963. He completed his residency in Wichita, Kansas, in 1969 and moved to Maryville, where he began his practice with Dr. Jim Proffitt and Dr. John Yarbrough. During the course of his 30-year medical practice, he served at various times as the Chief of Surgery at Blount Memorial Hospital, and also as Chief of Staff. He had a long affiliation with the Kiwanis Club, the Library Foundation, Boy Scouts of America and served as an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. He is a faithful member of the Maryville Church of Christ. He is also a founding member and longtime advocate of the Hospice Program. Marvin was also a proud lifetime member of the NRA, an avid outdoorsman and sportsman. He contributed his time and money to related programs in which he believed including Ducks Unlimited, The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and numerous other such organizations that shared his affinity for the outdoors. His passion for healing and his love of the outdoors and small-town life led him from the plains of Kansas and Nebraska to the rolling hills of East Tennessee. Dr. Peterson was known for his overwhelming compassion for his patients and their families. The scores of those whose lives he touched through medicine is the cornerstone of his life. No one who ever met him came away without an understanding of the deep love and dedication he brought to his medical practice. Healing the sick was his mission in life and he pursued it with vigor, fortitude and with an unerring sense of humor for which he is well known and for which he will be long remembered in the hearts and minds of all those who were blessed enough to meet, know and love him. His love of medicine was matched only by his dedication to and love of his family. Generous to a fault, he was a rock of stability and an inspiration and role model to those of us who must follow in the giant footprints he left behind. A good man, faithful Christian, proud husband and father in life, we celebrate his memory and legacy with his passing. Marvin D. Peterson is survived by his loving wife, Nancy A. Fordyce Peterson; daughter, Kristina A. Peterson; sons, Charles E. Peterson and David C. Peterson; two sisters, Verna Del Sullivan and Judy Driscoll; and his eight grandchildren, Matthew B., Jessica L., Katherine I., Anna E., Jacob G., Caroline E., Angela K. and Katherine O. Peterson. The family will receive friends at their home at 1149 N. Heritage Dr. on Monday, Sept. 6, and Tuesday, Sept. 7. The funeral service will be held 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Maryville Church of Christ with Dan Chambers officiating. The family will also receive friends from 6:30 p.m. until funeral time at the church and immediately follow at the service. Family and friends will meet at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at Grandview Cemetery for the interment. The family suggest memorials be made to Maryville Church of Christ, 611 Sherwood Dr., Maryville, TN 37801 McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville. 982-6812, www.mccammonammonsclick.com
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN., September 6, 2004}


John Lillard Proffitt, 76, Knoxville, whose half-sister, Mrs. Lela Ogle, is an Alcoa resident, died at his home Thursday, Nov. 11. He was a member of Bell Avenue Baptist Church and World War I veteran. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Cecil Caton Proffitt; son, Gaston Proffitt; daughters, Mrs. Lena Loveday of Canada, Mrs. Juanita Ruth King of Jacksonville, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; one grandson; brother, Haskill Proffitt of Daytona Beach, Fla.; half-brother, Bruce Ogle of Knoxville; half-sister, Mrs. Lora Tallent of Philadelphia. The funeral was at 4 p.m. Sunday at McCarty Mortuary Chapel with Dr. John M. McGinnis officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN., November 15, 1971}


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