This article, written by Echo Day, was originally printed int he Covington Leader on Feb 11, 2021 The Blue Flame is no longer standing and the memories of the time when it hosted legendary Blues musicians have begun to fade. Located near present-day WKBL Drive in Covington, the nightclub was once the place where B.B. …
Covington once hosted Blues legends B.B. King, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Muddy Waters Read More »
by Jay Winfield Darby The Leader, Nov. 9, 1939 It was a beautiful day, October 13, 1891, when I came up here, from Brighton, to help John McGuire and Jim Wilson in the Barber shop. The County Fair was on and quite a crowd was expected and it came. The fair was quite a success. …
MUNFORD THEATRE TO OPEN TONIGHT From the Covington Leader, Dec. 14, 1939 Munford’s newest build in enterprise is a motion picture theatre which has just been completed in time for its initial opening tonight. The building is modern in every respect with the latest equipment and facilities for the showing of up-to-date pictures. Quadrangular in …
Mr. John T. Jacocks, for many years a well-known and popular Covington druggist, was found dead in the bath room at his home in Dyersburg, at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning. The Dyersburg Gazette states that death is supposed to have resulted from an attack of acute indigestion. He was downtown as usual Monday and at …
Leander Baltzer began beverage bottling in Covington in the 1890s when he founded Covington Bottling Works. Baltzer acquired the rights to bottle Coca-Cola in 1909 from J. D. Pidgeon of Memphis, and a partnership was formed, creating the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Covington. This first location was located in Covington’s Depot area, in the building …
Dies at 92 – William Henry Billings, retired farmer of Garland, died at 2:30 Monday morning at his home following a year’s illness. He was 92. Mr. Billings, a lifelong resident of Tipton County, was active in his farming and in community affairs until a year ago. He was employed for 30 years at Peeler and …
Died Wednesday, 4th of August, 1897, in his 88th year, S. P. Bernard, one of the oldest and one of the most respected citizens of our county. Mr. Bernard was born in Nashville, Tenn., on the 18th of October, 1809, and made his first visit to Tipton county as collector for the Cumberland Iron Works in …
Mr. Jack Byars died at his home at Stanton Monday morning of pneumonia, following an attack of measles, and was buried at Charleston graveyard the same afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The deceased was a son of Mr. W. D. Byars, and was born and reared in the 15th district of this county. He had, for some time, …
