Hester Viola LAFOLLETTE

1896 - 1940  (43 years)

• Name	Hester Viola LAFOLLETTE
  Born	31 Jul 1896	Sevier County, Tennesse
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	10913
  _UID	6FE31FD26091429D95B69BA9F8A40045830F
  Died	23 Feb 1940	Sevier County, Tennesse
  Buried	McMahan Cemetery (Riverside), Sevier County, Tennesse
  Person ID	I10913	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	William Carroll LAFOLLETT,   b. 31 Oct 1872, Sevier County, Tennesse ,   d. 17 Feb 1944, Sevier County, Tennesse  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Margaret Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. 31 Mar 1871, Sevier County, Tennesse ,   d. 14 Dec 1920, Sevier County, Tennesse  (Age 49 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1893	Tennesse
  Family ID	F2840	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Oda Ray SMITH,   b. 28 Feb 1896, Sevier County, Tennesse ,   d. 15 Sep 1944, Sevier County, Tennesse  (Age 48 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1914	TN
  Children	1. Charlcie Everhea SMITH,   b. 27 Apr 1925, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Nov 1961, Arcadia, California  (Age 36 years)   2. Juanita Ruth SMITH,   b. 13 Dec 1922, Sevier County, Tennesse ,   d. 11 Aug 1991, Marysville, Blount County, Tennesse  (Age 68 years)   3. Billie Jeanne Aka Willie Rae SMITH,   b. 23 Jul 1916, Sevier County, Tennesse ,   d. 14 Mar 1996, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)   4. Audrey Fern SMITH   5. Fred Robert SMITH,   b. 4 May 1927, Sevier Co Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 2003, TN  (Age 76 years) + 6. James Earl SMITH,   b. 21 Aug 1935, Sevier County, TN ,   d. 12 Aug 2023, Sevier County, TN  (Age 87 years)   7. Oda Ralph Truitt SMITH,   b. 5 Aug 1920, Sevier Co Tennessee ,   d. 17 Mar 1968, TN  (Age 47 years)   8. Addie Gayona SMITH,   b. Abt 1914, Sevier Co TN ,   bur. McMahan Cemetery (Riverside), Sevier County, Tennesse   9. Wanda Rue SMITH,   b. Abt 1915, Sevier Co Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1915, Sevier Co Tennessee  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F2741	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Cause of death; cancer. Her beauty, strength and intelligence live on in her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. It was said that Hester Viola was not fond of her name and adopted the nick name of "Ola", which is on several legal documents. On the day that Viola died, she was in very ill from the cancer killing her. Aunt Audrey, Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Annie Hanson-Smith were out on the front porch waiting for the final end, when they saw a cute little lamb sort of floating outside. It turned around and hopped over a semi- transparent fence and disappeared They knew that it was Viola's spirit saying good- bye. This same event was witnessed by three people. Although this was a farming community in Tennessee there were no known sheep or lambs in the area.