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 …
Leon Dozier, 29-year-old veteran of Army service in World War II is the new commander of Tipton County Post 67 of the American Legion. Mr. Dozier is a permanent civil service employee in the Covington Post Office. The new commander replaces Hollis I. Moore as head of the American Legion. Mr. Dozier’s election took place …
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 …
The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, N. D.) Dec. 2, 1936 Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 2 – A brain specialist was called Wednesday to examine four-year-old Emmie Wilson to find out why he’s been talking for 15 days. The youngster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal Wilson of Munford, Tenn., suffered a slight stroke more than two weeks …
The News Scimitar (Memphis, Tenn.) Nov. 14, 1918 Little Craddock Elizabeth Vaughan is a five-months-old patriot. She has really done more than her share toward helping to win the war, and now she is thoroughly satisfied with the result, which means that her soldier-daddy, whom she has never seen, will probably be coming home soon. …
The Fayette Falcon (Somerville, Tenn.), June 11, 1915 Covington – Squire W. N. Armstrong of Munford has filed a petition in the circuit court contesting the election of B. S. McCullough as mayor of Munford, Tenn. In the election, which was held on May 11, 1915, the face of the returns gave McCullough 28 votes …
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, …
Capt. Dave Bowen, who took morphine last week, died at 5:30 o’clock Thursday evening, same day. The doctors and friends exhausted every effort to save his life, but failed, the deadly drug having secured too firm a hold before it was discovered he had taken it, and would not yield to antidotes. Capt. Bowen left notes fully …
Mr. Alex Booth died at his home in the vicinity of Munford on the night of September 5 at 7 o’clock of congestion and was buried at Lickskillet graveyard on the afternoon following at 5 o’clock. He was between 45 and 50 years of age and is survived by his wife and two daughters. (The Covington …
February 13, 1933 – June 2, 2015. Marjorie Austin Bolding, 92, homemaker and member of Brighton Baptist Church, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at her home in Brighton. The wife of Bernice Bolding, she leaves her son Barry Bolding of Brighton; and grandchildren Sharon Timbs of Covington, Beth Timbs of Brighton, Lydia Timbs Smith of …
