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East Tennessee > Kara Gregory 1913-2004

Jay's grandfather, Kara Gregory, passed away Wednesday in Maryville. He was one of the Cades Cove Gregorys for whom Gregory's Bald was named. The family took livestock up on the bald to graze in the summertime. Born in the cove in 1913, he was a young man when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was founded in 1931. Bill Landry interviewed Kara (who pronounced his name "car uh") several times for The Heartland Series.

The Daily Times had a nice writeup in Thursday's paper.

Funeral service will be held at 8:00 p.m., Friday, April 16, 2004 at Miller Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Rodney Hardin officiating. Interment will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Grandview Cemetery. Family will receive friends 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday at Miller Funeral Home, Maryville.