Where can I find stories and photos of Mary Denman Hankins born 1930 in Tennessee, daughter of Lela Emaline Cox and Elmer Hoyle Denman?

Published in 2004, Our Hours Upon The Stage: Volume 1: The Denman Family 1903-1951. Read more and see photos.  And Volume 2: The Denman and Hankins Family 1951-1978. Now Volume 3: The Denman and Hankins Family 1978-1995.

Mary Denman Hankins was born in Oliver Springs, Roane County, Tennessee, on January 31, 1930. She grew up in Middle and East Tennessee, and has lived in Greeneville, Tennessee, since her marriage in 1951 to Charles Hankins, with the exception of eight years, from 1987 to 1995, when she lived in Cedar Hill, Texas.

Her parents were Lela Emaline Cox and Elmer Hoyle Denman. Lela Emaline Cox, b. May 1, 1904, died June 12, 1972; Elmer Hoyle Denman, b. July 21, 1903, died March 27, 1991.

Her maternal grandparents were Mary Isa Cline, born Aug. 3, 1880, died June 22, 1968, and Samuel Marion Cox, born Sept. 23, 1877, Cherokee County, Georgia, died Dec. 28, 1973. Her paternal grandparents were Judge Harrison Denman, born September 8, 1858, died Dec. 6, 1939, and Frances (Sissie) Daniel, born Dec. 29, 1861, died Oct. 2, 1932.

Charlie Lee Hankins was born on November 12, 1886, and died on February 5, 1968. He was one of five children born to Robert Brown Hankins and Mary Ellen Gass. One of the sons, John Eddie, died of typhoid at the age of seventeen. Another son, William, died when he was three months old. Charlie’s mother died when he was still a young boy, and his father then married Susan Fortner.

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