Dossie JENKINS Steele, 1957
Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Thursday, January 17, 1957:
“Mrs. Dossie Jenkins Steele, 79, died Tuesday night at her home in Madisonville. Survivors include her husband, Meredith Steele; five sons, W.L. and Frank Steele, of Maryville, John of Knoxville, Verbal and Elmer, of Madisonville; four daughters, Mrs. Earl Best of Gladewater, Tex., Mrs. Elbert Garren of Athens, Mrs. Grady Sneed of Greenback and Mrs. Ernie Hampton of Madisonville; 46 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Hopewell Baptist Church. Burial was in the Union Grove Cemetery, Blount County.”