TNCAMPBE-L Archives

Archiver > TNCAMPBE > 2005-07 > 1121837322


From: "Susan Miller" <>
Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE-L] Stokes, Boyd James obit
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:28:42 -0700
References: <002d01c58c55$cd23c730$6001a8c0@FayBurris> <42DC6C9B.8010702@bellsouth.net>


Sandra's post makes me want to relate what I had told my husband several
hours earlier, after learning that Bud had passed away. Bud and I had
corresponded many times, beginning many years ago, and were related through
the Leinart and Evans families. And, like Sandra, I would receive telephone
calls from him at the wee hours of PST while he was calling from TN. Some
years ago, I was in Western TN with my husband on business while my
husband's parents were staying with our then very young children in Spokane,
WA. I got an almost frantic telephone call from my mother-in-law, whom Bud
had raised from a sound sleep to ask if I was going to visit him at his
place in East TN while in state. My mother-in-law was afraid that a family
emergency had arisen!
I am sorry to say that I did not have the opportunity to visit Bud when we
were in Tennessee that trip, and wish that I had made an effort to return
and visit with him personally. He had extended a kind invitation to stay at
his farm house, and I understand many others received the same invitation to
stay and take advantage of his great resources. I look at it as my loss,
and not from a genealogy standpoint, but he was obviously a great fellow to
meet and know.

Regards,
Susan Shane Miller

Leinart, Mason, Evans, Saddler, Moser, Bullock, Murray, Seiber in Anderson &
Campbell Counties

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Anderson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE-L] Stokes, Boyd James obit


> Bud Stokes will be missed very much by me.I had the priveledge of visiting
> with Bud at his home a few years ago. Bud really loved doing Genealogy and
> in his own way liked to share his knowledge with those who ask for his
> help.
> You could call Bud anytime night or day and he would call you anytime of
> the day or night,if he had new info to share with you.Ha!Ha!
> If it wasn't for Bud Stokes I probaly never would have known what my GGG
> grand mother looked like, as Bud surprized me with a beautiful framed pic
> of her when I visited him.
> Bud was a true believer in proving his ancestry and he wanted me to do the
> same. His words were don't take all you find on the internet to be
> true,search it down your self.
> Bud, wherever you are Thank you so much for all of your help.
>
> Gloria Fay Burris wrote:
>
>>Uncertain if there will be an obit. This information came from Berry
>>Funeral
>>Home.
>>
>>Boyd James Stokes, 7/11/2005
>>Stokes, Boyd James Buddy, age 81 of Corryton, Tennessee, passed away July
>>11, 2005 after a long battle with cancer. He grew up on Cornell Avenue in
>>Knoxville where the UT Fraternity houses are now located. A graduate of
>>Young High School Class of 1942, he attended the University of Tennessee
>>and
>>was a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He was a retired Merchant
>>Marine Corps Captain who proudly served his country during World War II,
>>the
>>Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. He was of the Catholic faith. An
>>avid
>>genealogist, he loved his large extended family and wide circle of
>>friends.
>>Preceded in death by his parents, Robert H. Stokes and Sadie Leinart
>>Stokes;
>>brothers, Basil and Earl Stokes of Seattle, Washington; Ervin and Robert
>>Stokes of Knoxville; Roy Stokes of Dunkirk, New York; and sister Marjorie
>>Stokes Petree Chambers of Atlanta, Georgia.
>>Survivors: Sister-in-law Jeanne Mary Foley Stokes of Dunkirk, New York;
>>special niece Susan Stokes Petree Shelley and husband Zack H. Shelley, Jr.
>>of Tallahassee, Florida; cousins Albert Edward Williams and wife Ann; and
>>Betty Lou Sewell of Knoxville. He also leaves many nieces and nephews who
>>enjoyed their Uncle Buddy.
>>Service: A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Friday,
>>July
>>22 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Father Xavier Mankel officiating. In lieu of
>>flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements
>>by Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway.
>>
>>Gloria Fay (Harmon) Burris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ====
>>Check Out Campbell County Archives at
>>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNCAMPBE
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ====
> To See Previous Posts http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNCAMPBE
>
>


This thread: