Rosella Rudd

Headline: OBITUARIES Publication Date: February 06, 1999 Source: The Knoxville News-Sentinel Page: Subjects: Region: Obituary: HITCH, ROSELLA RUDD - age 80, of Maryville, died at 12:35 a.m., Friday, February 5, 1999, at Colonial Hills Nursing Center. She was a member of Monte Vista Baptist Church and a member of ALCOA's 25 Year Club. She was preceded in death by: husband, Clayton M. Hitch; parents, George and Nancy Rudd; sisters, Carrie Caughorn, Gertie McCaulley, Lela Davis, Nellie Rudd; brothers, Elmer Rudd, Carl Rudd, Luther Rudd, Earl Rudd and Ernest Rudd. Survivors include: sisters-in-law, Marguerite Rudd and Kathleen Hitch, both of Maryville, Georgia Bird of Walland, Bonnie Hensley of Townsend, Zella Rudd of Carbondale, Ill., and Martha Hitch of Hopkinsville, Ky.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, February 8, 1999, in the Trinity Chapel of Smith Mortuary with Rev. Jerry Mantooth officiating. Interment will follow the service in Grandview Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to your favorite charity. Family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m., Monday, February 8, 1999, in the Trinity Chapel. Mrs. Hitch may be viewed after 2 p.m., Sunday, February 7, 1999, at Smith Mortuary, Maryville, 983-1000.

Rosella married Clayton M. Hitch, son of William Burrell Hitch and Mary Ella Crabtree. (Clayton M. Hitch was born on 27 May 1917 in Blount Co., TN,^{2 3} died on 05 Jan 1975 in Blount Co., TN ⁴ and was buried about 08 Jan 1975 in Grandview Cemetery, Blount Co., TN.)