IN MEMORY OF PAUL L. RICE Died in France, October 23, 1918. One precious to our heart has gone; The voice we loved is stilled; The place made vacant in our home Can never more be filled. Our Father in His wisdom called The boy His love had given, And though on earth the body …
Death of Mrs. Bolick Relatives at Idaville received last Thursday forenoon a telegram from Wilmar, Ark., that Mrs. Dora Bolick had died that morning at 7:45 o’clock at the home of her son, Mr. Thomas Bolick. Mrs. Bolick was the widow of the late S. W. Bolick, who lived and died near Idaville. She was …
ABNER J. HANNA PASSES AWAY Mr. Abner J. Hanna, aged 87 years, an ex-Confederate soldier, died last Thursday at 6 p.m. at the home of his son, Mr. W. H. Hanna, at Halls, Tenn., after a protracted illness. The funeral was held at 3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon in the A. R. P. church in this …
DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN TRAVELING SALESMAN Jim B. Kinney of this city died on last Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he had recently gone in search of health. The remains were brought to Brownsville and funeral services were held from the residence of W. R. Kinney Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock …
Girl Burned to Death Miss Della Williams of Covington Dies Horrible Death Covington – Consumed by fire when her clothing was ignited by lighting was the fate of Miss Della Williams, 15-year-old daughter of W. S. Williams, a farmer, residing in Tipton county, near the Haywood county line. Miss Williams was in a field with …
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)
Covington – MILDRED OWEN WORTHAM, 90, retired Tipton County School Teacher, died February 9, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, February 11 at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home. Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, February 12 at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Burial will be in Covington Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Wortham …
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 …
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 …
Aug. 27, 1906 – June 17, 1996 – Mary Sue Kelley Knoll of Baltimore, MD., died in her residence following a lengthy illness. Services were Wednesday morning in the Ambrose Funeral Home in Baltimore. A daughter of A. A. and Laura Luttrell Kelley, she was a 1925 graduate of Byars-Hall High School and a retired …
