Seventh Generation

6961. Buford Enderson Shockley was born on 24 February 1888 in Grainger Co., TN. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917²²³⁹⁷ He appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 at Dist. 1 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN.²²³⁹⁸ Buford died in Tennessee on 18 October 1961 and was buried at Emma Jarnagin Cemetery in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN in October 1961 .²²³⁹⁹

Buford Enderson Shockley and Laura Emaline Coffey were married on 27 November 1912 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN.²²³⁹⁵ They²²³⁹⁵ appeared in the census on 17 January 1920 at 611 West Third South in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN.²²³⁹⁶ Laura Emaline Coffey, daughter of Collins Calvin Coffey and Mahala Shockley, was born on 14 April 1894 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN. Laura died in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN on 8 August 1926 and was buried at Emma Jarnagin Cemetery in Morristown, Hamblen Co., TN in August 1926 .

Buford Enderson Shockley and Laura Emaline Coffey had the following children:

Buford Enderson Shockley and Nancy Louise Easterly were married on 1 January 1939 in Cocke Co., TN.²³⁰⁰⁰ They²³⁰⁰⁰ appeared in the census on 18 April 1940 in Newport, Cocke Co., TN.²³⁰⁰¹ Nancy Louise Easterly, daughter of Billy Frank Easterly and Mattie Balch, was born on 1 September 1910 in Warrensburg, Greene Co., TN. Nancy died at Baptist Convalescent Center in Newport, Cocke Co., TN on 22 May 2003 and was buried at Union Cemetery in Newport, Cocke Co., TN in May 2003 .²³⁰⁰²

Obituary, The Newport Plain Talk, Newport, TN, Thu., May 22, 2003

Nancy Louise Easterly Shockley, of Newport, passed away Thursday evening, May 22, 2003, at Baptist Convalescent Center.

She was born September 1, 1910 in Greene County in the Warrensburg Community. She attended schools in Warrensburg and Rankin. She graduated from Cocke County High School in 1928.

She taught school in the early 1930s in the Cocke County School System at Midway, Harmony Grove, Rankin, O'Dell, McNabb, and Bridgeport.

She was a devoted long-time member of the First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Ladies Bible Class.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Buford E. Shockley; parents, Billy Frank and Mattie Balch Easterly; brother, James Frederick Easterly; daughter, Polly Shockley Jones; and grandson, Kerry Frank Jones.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Bud Dawson, of Bybee; son, Billy Shockley, of Newport; grandchildren, Tony and Stacy Dawson, of Bybee, Julie Dawson, of Bybee, Eric Dawson, of Knoxville, Terry Jones, of Louisiana, Debbie Jones Bryant, Kristy Jones Hunt, and Lori Jones, all of Cosby, and Lisa Jones Patrick, of Oak Ridge. She had 14 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 5 p.m., Sunday, May 25, with services at 5 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Freddrick Long officiating. Interment will be in the Union Cemetery following the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church or the Baptist Convalescent Center.

Manes Funeral Home in charge.

Buford Enderson Shockley and Nancy Louise Easterly had the following children: