Josephine (Sexton) Hembree (1910 - 2003)

Born 16 Jan 1910 in Tennessee, United States

Wife of Herbert Marion Hembree — married 10 Jun 1939 in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Died 26 Jan 2003 at age 93 in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Josephine was born in 1910. She passed away in 2003. HEMBREE, JOSEPHINE SEXTON - passed away Sunday, January 26, 2003, after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, HERBERT MARION HEMBREE, and son, THOMAS DEWEY HEMBREE; parents, ERNIE GOODMAN SEXTON and RILEY SEXTON; sisters, IDA HAMBY, NORA ACRES, FLONNIE WEBB, and FLORA SEXTON; brothers, GILBERT SEXTON, ALBERT SEXTON, and LONNIE SEXTON. She was third born of thirteen children in Cortland, Tennessee, on January 16, 1910. She moved to Norris with her family in 1944, when her husband was transferred there by the TVA. She was well known for her independent nature, devotion to her family, sewing, and working in her yard whenever weather permitted. Survivors: daughters, MARION JO HEMBREE MARKHAM of Loganville, Ga., and VINA ISABELLE HEMBREE McINTOSH of Tucker, Ga.; daughter-in- law, ESTHER McCLUNG HEMBREE of Tracy City, Tenn.; son-in- law, WILLIAM JEROME McINTOSH of Tucker, Ga.; granddaughters, ROBYN DENISE MARKHAM WEISS of Tyler, Texas, KIMBERLY MICHELLE MARKHAM Smith of Grayson, Ga., JODY ELLEN HEMBREE WALLACE of Franklin, Tenn., and CARRIE ELIZABETH HEMBREE of Stevens Point, Wis.; grandsons, MATTHEW ROBERT HEMBREE of Fort Worth, Texas, WILLIAM JUDSON McINTOSH of Norcross, Ga., and THOMAS ANDREW McINTOSH of Tucker, Ga.; great-grandchildren, HARLEY WEISS, MITCHELL WARREN WEISS, SAVANNAH SMITH, JOSEPH SMITH, CHANDLER SMITH, and MAE LOUISE SMITH; sisters, OLLIE DANIELS, LAURIE WEBB, and HAZEL VINERATOS of St. Petersburg, Fla., WILLIE YOUNG of Okeechobee, Fla., and EARNIE MAE HELLER of Lecanto, Fla. The family will be receiving friends at Hatmaker Funeral Home in Lake City, Tenn., on Saturday, February 1, 2003, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The graveside service will be held at Huntsville Cemetery in Scott County, Tenn., on Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 1:00 p.m. with Dr. PHIL HAMLIN officiating. Hatmaker Funeral Home, in charge of arrangements. (Source: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 30 Jan 2003)

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 March 2020), memorial page for Josephine Sexton Hembree (16 Jan 1910–26 Jan 2003), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42584797, citing Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Dorothy Young (contributor 47116377) .

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-Z8K : 26 November 2019), Josephine Hembree in household of Bell Hembree, Oneida, Civil District 4, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-7, sheet 5A, line 32, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V98G-LP8 : 20 May 2014), Josephine S Hembree, 26 Jan 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCG-Z3C : 4 December 2014), Herbert M Hembree and Josephine Sexton, 10 Jun 1939; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 192, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.