Josie Adcox Obituary
ADCOX, JOSIE (JO) OWNBY MAPLES – age 101, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2011. She was born in Sevier County and graduated from Sevier County High School. Josie retired from Standard Knitting Mills, Knoxville. She was a member of Euclid Ave. Baptist Church now a member of Basswood Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by husbands, Raymond Maples and Leonard Adcox; father and mother, C. M. and Nettie Ownby; brothers, Rev. T. Lee Owenby, Lyle, Frank, Kenneth and Dott Ownby; sisters, Kate Maples, Jean Ownby Allen of Richmond, VA; two infant sisters, Ruby and Reva; step son, Clarence Maples; step daughter, Juanita Maples Smith. She is survived by step son Richard Maples, step daughter Evelyn Maples, special niece Charlotte Fernandez, several other nieces and nephews, and many dear friends and neighbors. Family will receive friends at Weaver Funeral Home 5815 Western Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. Saturday, November 26, 2011 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm with a 1:00 pm chapel service to follow. Interment will be immediately after the funeral service at Highland Memorial Cemetery, 5315 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tenn