Burl Hodges Underwood

1906 - 1993  (86 years)

• Name	Burl Hodges Underwood
  Born	30 May 1906  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Y  [2]
  	From the Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, 7 Mar 1993: Longtime Knox County educator Burl H. Underwood died Saturday at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital following a Friday stroke. A retired teacher and principal, Mr. Underwood had worked more than 40 years in Knox County Schools. He began his teaching career in Sevier County, where he met his wife, Emma S. Huffaker, when they were the only two teachers at the Underwood School in the Kodak area. She died in 1983. Mr. Underwood's last school assignment was as principal of Vestal Elementary School. He was the last president of the Knox County Teachers League and the first president of the Knox County Education Association. He also served as president of the Knox County Retired Teachers Association. He was active in the Republican Party and ran unsuccessfully in 1974 as a Republican for the Knox County Board of Education. Mr. Underwood had a lifelong interest in local history and genealogy. He had remained active and in his home until his illness. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
  Occupation	He was a teacher in Knox County Schools for over forty years.  [1]
  Died	06 Mar 1993  [2]
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I8673	Evans
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Bruce Underwood,   b. 21 Jan 1884, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Jul 1933, Tennessee  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Nora Belle Hodges
  Married	05 Sep 1895  [3]
  Family ID	F2251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Emma Huffaker,   b. 19 Sep 1906,   d. 08 Jan 1983  (Age 76 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1929	First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Children	1. Robert Burl Underwood,   b. 28 Sep 1930,   d. 17 Nov 2011  (Age 81 years)   2. Thomas Ralph Underwood   3. Emma Underwood,   b. 18 Dec 1942,   d. 18 Dec 1942  (Age 0 years)   4. Mary Underwood,   b. 18 Dec 1942,   d. 18 Dec 1942  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F2317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Burl H. Underwood spent most of his eighty-seven years in Knox County but he always kept a keen interest in anything happening in the north end f Sevier County. His interest in Sevier County stretched back to the earliest days of the area now surrounding Highway 66. His book, Underwoods and Related Families, chronicles the families of the Kodak section of Sevier County and then follows the growth and spread of those families to other parts of the nation. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S263] Book - Underwood Family, Barbara Jean Hill Kesterson, (1993). [S397] Find a Grave. [S93] Book - The Underwoods, Burl Hodges Underwood, (Burl Underwood, Knoxville, TN, 1986). [S278] email - Deanna Hancock Cooley, (25 JAN 2003).