Girl Burned to Death Miss Della Williams of Covington Dies Horrible Death Covington – Consumed by fire when her clothing was ignited by lighting was the fate of Miss Della Williams, 15-year-old daughter of W. S. Williams, a farmer, residing in Tipton county, near the Haywood county line. Miss Williams was in a field with …
While burning sedge grass a little negro girl, daughter of Abe Eaton, was burned on the farm of Ronee Payne, near Covington. Death resulted. (Herald and Tribune, Jonesboro and Johnson City, Tenn., April 7, 1892)
Father Kills Baby in Nightmare About Mad Dog Attacking Her Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) July 20, 1940 Munford, Tenn., July 20 – A bereaved father told yesterday of a nightmare that made him leap from bed and kill his little daughter under the delusion that she was a mad dog. Magistrate C. L. McClain said …
Young Lady Victim of an Accidental Shooting – Miss Bertha Brown, a young lady 22 years old, daughter of Mr. W. A. Brown, Sr., of this city, was the victim of a very serious accident about noon last Saturday. Miss Brown and her nephew, Edward Brown, a son of Mr. W. A. Brown, Jr., aged …
Robert Bond, colored, while at work on the gin of Gift & Beasley at Rialto Tuesday morning, got his arm caught in the line shaft and it was so badly mangled that it was necessary to have it amputated at the shoulder. He was brought to Covington for medical treatment but had suffered so much …
James Darrel Black, 62, of 214 Countrywood in Covington died last Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. in Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton, following a one-car accident at the intersection of Highway 51 South and South High Street around 6:35 p.m. According to the Covington Police Department report, Black was driving a 1989 Ford Escort, going north, when the …
Sheriff Billings Drowns; Widow Assumes His Post – Ben Billings (12/11/1915 – 5/6/1976), who served as Tipton County sheriff for almost 13 years, was buried on Saturday. According to reports, Sheriff Billings drowned while fishing in Sardis Reservoir in Mississippi on May 6. Lafayette County Sheriff Buddy East told the local sheriff’s department that Sheriff Billings was …
Mr. T. C. Byars, son of Mr. P. N. Byars, of Churchton, Dyer county, died on Wednesday of last week at the Western Hospital, Bolivar, for concussion of the brain, caused from an accidental fall. His remains were brought back to his county and his burial occurred at Charleston graveyard Thursday morning at 10:30 o’clock, Rev. …
Prominent Citizen is Killed by Lightning – Mr. John G. Baucum, a well known citizen of our county, who made his home two and a half miles northwest of Mason, was struck and instantly killed by lightning Thursday afternoon about 6 o’clock. He had gone to the pasture to repair the fence when there came …
Oct. 25, 1977 – July 12, 1979 – Crash Claims Toddler’s Life – Jonathan Ray Baskins, 21 month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baskins of Burlison, Tenn, died at 2:25 p.m. yesterday at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center of injuries received in a traffic accident. A Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman said the child was …
