John Lillard PROFFITT, 76, Knoxville, whose half-sister, Mrs. Lela Ogle, is an Alcoa resident, died at his home Thursday, Nov. 11. He was a member of Bell Avenue Baptist Church and World War I veteran. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Cecil Caton Proffitt; son, Gaston Proffitt; daughters, Mrs. Lena Loveday of Canada, Mrs. Juanita Ruth King of Jacksonville, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; one grandson; brother, Haskill Proffitt of Daytona Beach, Fla.; half-brother, Bruce Ogle of Knoxville; half-sister, Mrs. Lora Tallent of Philadelphia. The funeral was at 4 p.m. Sunday at McCarty Mortuary Chapel with Dr. John M. McGinnis officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
{The Daily Times, Maryville, TN., November 15, 1971}
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