Johnny Butler Whitaker

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DANDRIDGE -- Three sevier County brothers were charged Friday with murder after authorities traced a license plate number on the dead man's hand to the suspects, authorities said.

The three also are charged with attempted murder of a Grainger county woman and her granddaughter.

Ronnie Ray Ogle, 24, Terry Ogle, 31, and Ted Ogle, 20, all of Douglas Dam Road in Kodak, were charged with the first-degree murder of J.B. Whitaker of New Market.

Whitaker, 61, was shot to death Monday morning at his business, Whittaker's Auto Parts, an Asheville Highway junkyard. Robbery was the apparent motive, authorities said.

The Ogles were arrested early Friday by Birmingham, Ala., police who had been contacted by authorities in Jefferson County. Officers confiscated guns and knives.

Among the firearms was a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun allegedly used in the murder. District Attorney General Al Schmutzer confirmed the victim had been shot several times. The trio had been to the business on several occasions, according to Jefferson county Sheriff Doug Quarles. Whittaker was known to carry large amounts of cash.

When his body was found, investigators discovered Whittaker had written a license plate number on the palm of his hand. That number was traced to a Pontiac Firebird owned by Terry Ogle, authorities said. Quarles said Whittaker frequently called the Sheriff's Department for a check of a vehicle if he was suspicious of the driver.

The three brothers were arraigned Friday before Jefferson County General Sessions Judge Max Moore, who scheduled a preliminary hearing April 11 and ordered the trio held without bond.

They had to appear Friday afternoon at an arraignment in Grainger County, where they have been charged with two counts each of attempted murder in connection with a Monday morning shooting. Sheriff Bobby Whitt said the three were joined by two other people and went to the residence of Judy Hurt. They are accused of opening fire while she slept with her granddaughter, Haley Olson, 2.

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Obit for J. B. Whitaker - Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, TN
J. B. (Fireball) Whitaker
J. B. (Fireball) Whitaker, age 61, of New Market, passed away suddenly Monday, March 31, 1997. He was owner/operator of J. B. Whitaker Auto Parts. He is survived by his daughters, Debra Whitaker and Vickie Whitaker, both of Jefferson City; sons, Johnny, David, and Bobby Whitaker, all of New Market; seven grandchildren; sisters, Kathleen Lowe of new Market, Christine Elder and Thelma Vineyard both of Knoxville; brother, Clyde Whitaker of Dandridge; several nieces and nephews. The family received friends Wednesday at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge prior to the funeral service. The interment service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 3, at Pleasant Grove Piney Cemetery

Johnny married Betty Ball. [Group Sheet]

1. Johnny Glenn Whitaker
2. Debbra Jean Whitaker
3. David Whitaker
4. Bobby Wayne Whitaker
5. Vickie Melinda Whitaker

Emment married Nina Pollard on 28 Aug 1921. Nina (daughter of Jesse Pollard and Sarah Malinda Cate) was born on 12 Jul 1903; died on 16 Jan 1955 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Nina Whitaker

William married Flora Cornwall. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Flora Whitaker

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A few years ago, my father, Leroy Hancock gave me a photo of a corn mill that he had carefully wrapped in Saran Wrap and had attached a note saying the mill was owned by his grandfather, Jesse Pollard. He had written that the picture was taken around 1920. Several years later, Carrie Johnson Swan gave me a program of the Northview Community Homecoming in 1986. Reference is made in the program - Frank and Jess Pollard had a mill during the mid 1920's.

February, 1999 -- I met Stella Underwood, who had told me previously on the phone how she remembered driving by Uncle Jess' (Pollard) mill and seeing water dripping from the flume. On my first visit with Stella I took her a copy of the picture and she said she was having it enlarged and stated "Oh, I can still see that water leaking from the flume." Stella described Jesse Pollard as "a very congenial, always smiling man." - DeAnna C. Hancock-Cooley
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My great grandfather, James Frank Pollard, had a brother Jesse who was born 14 Nov 1864 and married Malinda Cate. James Frank is buried in Beech Springs Cemetery in Kodak. Their father was James C. Pollard and their mother was Synthia (or Cynthia) Cate and they were married 3 Aug 1842 in Sevier County. James C. Pollard was born in Virginia (I think about 1820) and then shows up in the Sevier County census (this lists his state of birth as VA). e-mail from Tnhilbly (Sue Chrisman) dated 31 May 1998.
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Rawlings Funeral Home Record: Pollard, Jesse C., 76 years, d. 16 Jan 1040 (New Market): CEM. Dumplin. (NOTE: conflict of place of burial -- there is a tombstone for Jesse Pollard beside his wife, Malinda C. Pollard, at the Baldwin Cate Cemetery. (dch-c)

Jesse C. Pollard died 16 Jan 1940 at 4 p.m. at 76 years, 2 months, 2 days of age in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Address Route 2, New Market, TN. Buried January 17, 1940, Dumplin, Jefferson County, K. Rawlings & Company, Undertaker. - Certificate of Death #1143, Reg. No 4, Reg. Dist. No. 462. - dch-c
Survived by wife, Martha A. Pollard, age 59 years. Father: James Pollard (Birthplace Virginia); Mother Cynthia Cate(s) birthplace - Tennessee listed as parents on death certificate. Mrs. Martha A. Pollard, Route 3, new Market, Tenn. informant. (copy of certificate of death on file - dch-c)

Jesse married Sarah Malinda Cate on 23 Dec 1880 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of James Cate and Sarah Davis) was born on 14 Jan 1865 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; died on 19 Aug 1919 in Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Sarah Malinda Pollard

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Died:
Died: 54 years, 6 months, 5 days. Death Certificate on file. Signed by J. B. Housley, M.D., E. U. Huffaker, Undertaker. Parents listed as Balden (sic) Cate, TN and Sallie Davis, TN. Informant: J. C. (Jesse C.) Pollard.

James married Scynthia Cate on 08 Aug 1842 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Scynthia (daughter of Elijah Cate and Susannah Underwood) was born on 13 Sep 1821 in Tennessee; died on 19 Jul 1892 in Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Scynthia Pollard

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Name:
Scynthia is the name inscribed on her tombstone

James married Sarah Davis. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Sarah Cate