Emma (Burchfield) Newport (1912 - 1989)

Born 7 Jan 1912 in Cordell, Scott, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Early Henry — married 17 Feb 1931 (to 15 Jul 1947) in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Wife of Archie Webster Newport — married 3 May 1958 (to 29 Jan 1976) in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Died 31 May 1989 at age 77 in Oak Ridge Health Care Center, Anderson, Tennessee, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Clayton Newport [send private message]

Biography

Emma was born on January 7, 1912 at Cordell in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of William Robert Burchfield and Mary ( Jeffers ) Burchfield . She married Early Henry on February 17, 1931 in Scott County, after his death in 1947, Emma married Archie Webster Newport on May 3, 1958 in Scott County. She passed away May 31, 1989 at the Oak Ridge Health Care Center, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Obituary,

Emma Burchfield Henry Newport, 77, of the Mountain View community, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 1989, at the Oak Ridge Health Care Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, following a lingering illness. She was the daughter of the late William Robert Burchfield and the late Mary Jeffers Burchfield and was also preceded in death by her first husband, Earl Henry; her second husband, Archie W. Newport; two sons: Oakley Henry and infant, Joseph W. Henry; two sisters: Luvana and Allie Burchfield; and four brothers: John Burchfield, George Burchfield, Esau Burchfield, and Ruben Burchfield; and one half-brother, Berry Lloyd. She was a member of the Byrges Creek Baptist Church for some 58 years. Mrs. Newport is survived by one daughter, Allie Lee Rich and husband, Henderson of Elyria, O.; one son, Marley Henry of the Mountain View community; one sister, Anna Buckshorn of Strunk, Ky.; one brother, Harlan Burchfield and wife, Zelphia of Mountain View; three grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews;, including one special niece, Georgia Seeber of Oliver Springs; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, June 3, at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of West-Murley Funeral Home with Rev. Donald Daugherty of Petros, and Rev. Carl Jeffers officiating. The James Lloyd Family and Edwin Jeffers sang. Burial was in the Lone Mountain Cemetery. West-Murley Funeral Home in Oneida was in charge of the arrangements. (Source: The Scott County News, 8 Jun 1989, p10)

Sources

Burial : Lone Mountain Cemetery, Brimstone, Scott County, Tennessee. Burial Date : June 3, 1989 Find A Grave memorial # 178808737 [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178808737/emma-henry : accessed 17 September 2021), memorial page for Emma Burchfield Henry (7 Jan 1912–31 May 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 178808737, citing Lone Mountain Cemetery, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Della Phillips Harper (contributor 47370216) .

• "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H5-ZPSS : 17 March 2018), Ema Burchfield, 1912.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KZDP : 10 March 2021), Early Henry and Emmie Burchfield, 17 Feb 1931; citing Scott, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 926,291.

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-V87 : 4 December 2014), Archie Newport and Emma Henry, 03 May 1958; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 74, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-WM9 : 3 February 2021), Emma Birchfield in entry for William Birchfield, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-DZP : accessed 17 September 2021), Emma Birchfield in household of Willie Birchfield, District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 11A, line 50, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.