{"id":1542,"date":"2013-12-24T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/?page_id=1542"},"modified":"2014-09-29T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T07:02:18","slug":"obituary-index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.6em;\">The index includes more than\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.6em;\">28,000<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.6em;\">\u00a0obituaries collected from Blount County newspapers from 1867-1960. This index is the work of Glenn Teffeteller.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Select a letter to see obituaries organized by last name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Obituary Index: A Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-a-surnames\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Obituary Index: B Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-b-surnames\">B<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-c-surnames\">C<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-d-surnames\">D<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: E Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-e-surnames\">E<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: F Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-f-surnames\">F<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: G Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-g-surnames\">G<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: H Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-h-surnames\">H<\/a> | <a title=\"Obituary Index: I Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-i-surnames\">I<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: J Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-j-surnames\">J<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: K Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-k-surnames\">K<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: L Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-l-surnames\">L<\/a>\u00a0| <a title=\"Obituary Index: Mc Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-mc-surnames\">Mc<\/a> |\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: M Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-m-surnames\">M<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: N-Q Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-n-q-surnames\">N \u2013 Q<\/a>\u00a0| <a title=\"Obituary Index: R Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-r-surnames\">R<\/a>\u00a0| <a title=\"Obituary Index: S Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-s-surnames\">S<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0<a title=\"Obituary Index: T Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-t-surnames\">T<\/a> | <a title=\"Obituary Index: U-Z Surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/tngenweb.org\/blount\/obituary-index-u-z-surnames\">U &#8211; Z<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The obituaries in this index are from:<\/p>\n<p>Maryville Enterprise (1906-1960)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn96091617\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blount County Democrat<\/a> (1880-1883)<br \/>\nBlount County Standard (1877-1878)<br \/>\nEast Tennessee News (1883)<br \/>\nIndependant (1876)<br \/>\nMaryville Index (1878-1880)<br \/>\nMaryville Record (1904-1905)<br \/>\nMaryville Republican (1867-1876)<br \/>\nMaryville Times (1883-1940)<br \/>\nWatchman (1882-1883)<\/p>\n<p>Even animals were included if the owners name was mentioned in the article. The information included is the person\u2019s name, age and the date of publication. Sometimes a person may be listed twice. In this instance, there may have been a death notice and the funeral at a later date. It is up to the individual seeking information to check all publication dates. This has been a monumental task that has taken Glenn Teffeteller ten years to complete. This information has been posted here with his consent to help others find information on their Blount County ancestors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The index includes more than\u00a028,000\u00a0obituaries collected from Blount County newspapers from 1867-1960. This index is the work of Glenn Teffeteller. Select a letter to see obituaries organized by last name A\u00a0|\u00a0B\u00a0|\u00a0C | D\u00a0|\u00a0E\u00a0|\u00a0F\u00a0|\u00a0G\u00a0|\u00a0H | I\u00a0|\u00a0J\u00a0|\u00a0K\u00a0|\u00a0L\u00a0| Mc |\u00a0M\u00a0|\u00a0N \u2013 Q\u00a0| R\u00a0| S\u00a0| \u00a0T | U &#8211; Z The obituaries in this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/blount\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}