Sept. 10, 1923 – April 5, 2004 – Bill S. Kelley of Burlison died at his residence. Mr. Kelley, 80, was a retired farmer and avid sportsman. He was a master Mason at the Dunham Lodge No. 150, served two terms as a magistrate on the Tipton County Court, and served on the board of …
Mr. Paul Bryan, aged 18 years, son of Mrs. Belle Bryan, died at his home in the Burlison vicinity, Tuesday morning after a two-weeks’ illness and was buried at the Walton graveyard Wednesday. (The Covington Leader, Thursday, October 25, 1917)
(4/23/1858 – 3/6/1913) Mrs. Mollie Billings (nee Gwinn) was born in Saline county, Ark., April 23, 1958 and died at her home near Burlison, Tenn. March 6, 1913 having spent a life of nearly fifty-five years. She had been in poor health for many years, but being a woman of more than a usual amount …
Mary Frances Baskin, little eight-year-old daughter of Mr. William Baskin, of the Burlison vicinity, died Saturday morning of measles and pneumonia, after an illness of three weeks, and was buried Sunday at 12 o’clock, in the Smyrna burial ground, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. L. P. Fleming. The child’s mother, Mrs. Josephine Baskin, was …
Mrs. Josephine Baskin, wife of Mr. William Baskin, aged about 45 years, died at her home in the Burlison neighborhood Tuesday morning, of pneumonia, and was buried the day following at Smyrna graveyard. She is survived by her husband and several children. (The Covington Leader, Thursday, January 31, 1918)
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 …
