Rev. Sidney Warren Owen Rev. Sidney Warren Owen was born on Jan. 5, 1894. He was the only son of Sidney P. Owen and Kate Rich Owen. He was the grandson of Rev. Saberet Rich, who was the first pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He finished school and became a teacher in 1915, first …
Sidney Price Owen and Kate Rich Owen Sidney Price Owen was born May 20, 1867, to Isaac and Evaline Owen. Sidney had two brothers, six half-brothers, and four half-sisters. Mrs. Owen was born Matilda Katherine Rich in 1864 to Rev. Saberet Rich and Mary E. Rich. She was called Kate by her family and friends. …
Mina Elizabeth Griffith Mina was born Mina Elizabeth Bringle to Charles A. and Rosa J. Bringle on July 30, 1877. Named after her paternal aunt, Elizabeth Rich who later was the wife of W. H. H. Ralph, Mina was also the great-granddaughter of Saberet Rich, the first pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Mina married …
Saberet Rich was born March 31, 1808, in North Carolina to William and Sarrah Rich. He married Rebecca, who was born Jan. 8, 1809, also in North Carolina. Four children were born to this marriage. In 1836, Saberet and Rebecca were received by experience into the Clear Branch Baptist Church. The church met in the …
Mrs. Caroline Sherrill died a few days since at Covington, aged 82. Mrs. Sherrill was the last of eighty colonists who came from Iredell County, N.C., in 1834, and as the first Presbyterian pioneers to settle in Tipton County established the Mt. Carmel Church. (Herald and Tribune, Jonesboro and Johnson City, Tenn., April 7, 1892)
Sam L. Koonce, 56, retired truck driver for Morris Lumber Co. in Fayette County, died Thursday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Grace Cemetery in Lauderdale County. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Koonce, the husband of Sue Koonce, also leaves a …
Mr. Levi M. Kitchen died at his home near Bride at 7 o’clock Sunday morning of dropsy. He had been in poor health for quite a while, but was taken suddenly worse Saturday night and died at the hour stated above. His burial occurred at Mt. Lebanon at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The deceased was …
Mrs. Virginia Marie Gillespie King, 67, of Memphis, formerly of Covington, died Saturday at Allenbrooke Health Care Center in Memphis after a long illness. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Brownsville Funeral Home with burial in Brownsville Memorial Gardens. She was a member of Mt. Terrace Church of Christ. Mrs. King, the wife …
Born 1/23/1861 – Died 3/14/1924 – Christian Woman Passes to Reward – Mrs. J. C. Kelley Buried Here Sunday Afternoon The news of the death of Mrs. Theodosia Glass Kelley, wife of former Tax Assessor John Calvin Kelley, of this county, which occurred in the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Friday evening at 6 o’clock, after …
Nov. 27, 1904 – Dec. 5. 1985 – A retired cattleman, Reese Kelley of Covington died Thursday evening in his home after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Mary E. Kelley and was a lifelong native of Tipton County, a son of the late Albert Alonzo and Laura Ellen Luttrell Kelley. Sunday afternoon …
