{"id":2270,"date":"2014-01-11T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2014-01-23T10:47:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T16:47:12","slug":"barbara-jean-saffell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=2270","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Jean Saffell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Barbara-J-Saffell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2271\" title=\"Barbara J Saffell\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Barbara-J-Saffell-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Saffell, Barbara Jean<\/strong> \u2013 age 80, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 11, 2014 in Knoxville, TN.\u00a0She was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.\u00a0She was born to the late David and Sara Banks on January 9, 1934.\u00a0Preceding her in death were her Husband, Everett \u201cTip\u201d Saffell; Daughters, Karen Denise Booker, Brenda Jean Jatta, Phyllis Ann Saffell; Son, Terry Franklin Saffell; Sisters, Mary Frances Tate, Willie Bell Thomas and Juanita Davis; Brothers, Jimmy Banks, Johnny Banks and Robert Banks.\u00a0She is survived by her children, Wayne Saffell, Marilyn Young, Angela Burns, Robin (Angela) Saffell, Sylvia Saffell, Ronald and Donald Saffell; 23 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. The family will receive friends 11:00 \u2013 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 17, 2014 at First AME Zion Church 1900<strong> <\/strong>McCalla Avenue. The funeral services will follow at 11:30 a.m with Reverend Michael McNair officiating.\u00a0Interment will follow at Knoxville National Cemetary, 939 Tyson St. Knoxville, TN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=2270\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Saffell, Barbara Jean \u2013 age 80, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 11, 2014 in Knoxville, TN.\u00a0She was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family.\u00a0She was born to the late David and Sara Banks on January 9, 1934.\u00a0Preceding her in death were her Husband, Everett \u201cTip\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2270"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270\/revisions\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}