Vina Lee Carter

1921 - 1998  (76 years)

• Name	Vina Lee Carter
  Birth	9 Apr 1921	Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Jan 1998	Maynardville, Union, Tennessee
  Burial	L. L. Beeler Cemetery, Union, Tennessee
  Person ID	I11365	Brownlow
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Grover Leroy Carter,   b. 4 Sep 1895, Hickory Flat, Benton, Mississippi d. 29 Oct 1967, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Samples,   b. 1 Jan 1896, Newport, Cocke, Tennessee d. 14 Dec 1970, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	2 Jun 1920	Spartanburg, South Carolina
  	Sarah Samples is shown living in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with the family of her son Lon Goforth, following her divorce from Jim Suttles. There she met Grover and they married June 1920, and thereafter lived in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee until 1922.
  Divorce	About 1922	Cocke, Tennessee
  	According to a family source, when daughter Vina was 9 months old, Grover Carter ran off on Sarah. He doesn't show up in any records again until the 1927 marriage to Thursie Emery in Cleveland, Ohio
  Family ID	F3807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adrian Carr Barnes,   b. 16 Jan 1919, Maloneyville, Knox, Tennessee d. 24 Oct 1994, Knox, Tennessee (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1938	Knox, Tennessee
  Divorce	Before 1949
  Children	1. Wanda Alane Barnes,   b. 21 Aug 1939, Knox, Tennessee d. 26 Oct 2012, Luttrell, Union, Tennessee (Age 73 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Bobby Wayne Barnes,   b. 21 Aug 1939, Knox, Tennessee d. 25 Sep 2013, Knox, Tennessee (Age 74 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2025

  
  

• Documents

  Vina Lee Carter and Adrian Barnes wedding announcement, Knoxville News Sentinel