The Covington Leader, July 17, 1919 The annual barbecue and picnic at Tipton will be held Thursday, July 24, 1919. Handy’s Band, of Memphis, will furnish the music. Dancing on the grounds all day and until 12 o’clock that night. Tipton is noted for its good picnics and fine music. Twenty-five miles north of Memphis, …
Esther Booth Kelley, 98 of Memphis, homemaker died Saturday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 10 A.M. Tuesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East. She was a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and former member of First United Methodist Church, where she was a …
COVINGTON – Larry Wayne Johnson, 31, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Covington, employee of Federal Credit Union of Houston, died Saturday in Houston after a long illness. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Charleston Cemetery in Stanton. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. He was a member of Covington Church of Nazareth and …
Mrs. Myrtie Bumpus, wife of Mr. R. C. Bumpus, and daughter of Mr. Oscar Mitchell, of Mason, died at her home in Memphis Friday morning at 1 o’clock, after a long illness. The remains were shipped to her former home at Mason on the afternoon of her death, where the interment took place in Cedar Hill …
Marshall D. Bryson, 86, retired Tennessee State Highway Department employee, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a short illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home, with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. Bryson, the husband of Audrey Elsie Yarbro Bryson, also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Carol Brashier of …
Stanton – Elizabeth Boyd, 54, homemaker, died of heart disease Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Matthews Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in the church cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home of Covington has charge. She taught Sunday school, and was a missionary …
(Aug. 4, 1931 – Aug. 31, 2002) Covington – Eugene M. Boswell, 71, of Bartlett, formerly of Covington, retired shipping clerk for International Harvester, died Saturday at his home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in R. H. Munford Cemetery. He was a member of Ellendale Baptist Church, …
Stanton – Leo Bonner, 46, of Memphis, construction worker, died Thursday at his home. Cause of death has not been determined pending an autopsy. Services were Saturday at Mason Funeral Home with burial in St. Matthews Cemetery in Stanton. Mr. Bonner, the husband of Grace Cleaves Bonner, also leaves his mother, Ella M. Bonner of …
ATOKA – William Ellison Blaydes, 81, retired farmer, died Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood in Memphis. He was a member of Atoka Presbyterian Church. Blaydes leaves a sister, Mrs. Thelma Blaydes Williams of Memphis, four nieces 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 …
