Lena DeLoach

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Lena Deloach Nave, 85, Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord Jesus on March 9, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Lena was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late John & Abby Stout Deloach. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a grandson, Stacey McClain, one sister: Laura Colbaugh and two brothers: Walt & Jay Deloach all of Elizabethton. She was a member of Fishery Community Church, Erwin.
Survivors include her husband: R.L. Nave, Daughter: Loretta Fitzgerald, Granddaughters: Missy Keith and husband Kevin, Debbie Edwards and husband Tim. Four Great-Grandchildren; Brooke Street, Nick Oliver, Noah & Hart Keith. One Aunt, nephews, nieces & cousins also survive.
Memorial Services for family and friends will be held at Fishery Community Church in Erwin, Tn. at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2014 with Pastor Rusty Wishon officiating.

Lena married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

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DELOACH, John
"Elizabethton Star," Friday, January 9, 1948
JOHN DeLOACH
John DeLoach, 56, a veteran of World War I, died at the Mountain Home veterans' facility Friday at 2:15 a.m. after a brief illness. Mr. DeLoach served in France from August 20, 1918 to March 11, 1919.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Abbie Stout DeLoach; two sons, Walter and James DeLoach, all of Valley Forge; and two daughters, Mrs. Laura Colbough also of Valley Forge; and Mrs. Lena Nave of Elizabethton; three brothers, Bill DeLoach of Gap Creek, Nat and Mack DeLoach of Butler; and one sisters, Mrs. Joe Adams, of Butler; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the Free Will Baptist Church of Valley Forge with the Rev. Farrell Sparks and the Rev. R. S. Stockton officiating. The body will be buried with military honors at the National Cemetery in Johnson City.

"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, January 11, 1948
JOHN DeLOACH
Funeral services for John DeLoach, 56, of Valley Forge, who died in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Mountain Home Friday at 2:15 a.m., will be conducted from the Free Will Baptist Church of Valley Forge at 12:30 p.m. with the Rev. Farrell Sparks and the Rev. R. S. Stockton officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Paul Headrick, Ed Hathaway, Earl Arney, Hugh Jenkins, James DeLoach, Clate Trivett, and John Montgomery.
Flower bearers will be selected at the services.
Following the services at the church the body will be taken to Mountain Home for burial. Full military honors will be rendered at the cemetery.
Mr. DeLoach was a member of the American Legion and a veteran of World War I. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Abbie Stout DeLoach; two sons, James and Walter DeLoach of Valley Forge; two daughters, Mrs. Calvin Colbaugh of Valley Forge and Mrs. Roy L. Nave of Elizabethton; three brothers, Mike and Nat DeLoach of Butler; and Bill DeLoach of Gap Creek; one sister, Mrs. Joe Adams of Butler and five grandchildren.
The body was moved to the home Saturday afternoon where it will remain until 11:30 a. m. Monday when it will be moved to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour.
Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge.

John married Abbie Mary Stout on 19 Aug 1917 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Abbie (daughter of Silas Stout and Lillie B. Younce) was born on 11 Jun 1902 in Washington County, , , Virginia; died on 16 Oct 1975 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Abbie Stout Deloach, 73, Rt. 4, Elizabethton, died in the Carter County Memorial Hospital Thursday morning following an illness of one year.

A native of Glade Springs(sic), Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Silas and Lillie Younce Stout and the widow of John Deloach who died January 9, 1948. Mrs. Deloach was a member of the Valley Forge Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Nita Sams.

Survivors include two sons, Walter Deloach, 818 Cambridge Ave., Elizabethton, and James H. Deloach, Rt. 1, Elizabethton; two daughters, Mrs. Calvin (Laura) Colbaugh, of the home, and Mrs. R. L. (Lena) Nave, Rt.1, Elizabethton; four brothers, John Stout, Bundy, Virginia; Jadie Stout, Cleveland, Ohio; Ed Stout, Watauga, Tennessee; and James Stout of Florida. Six sisters, Mrs Ida Matherly, Butler; Mrs. Booker, Rt.3, Elizabethton; Mrs. Edith Thomas, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; Mrs. China Bathwood of Ohio; Mrs. Blanche Scott, Rt. 3 Elizabethton; and Mrs. Virginia Cottrell, Atlanta, Georgia; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive.

Tetrick Funeral Hall, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

James married Emeline DeLoach on 30 Jun 1883 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Emeline (daughter of Thomas D. DeLoach and Perlina M. Oliver) was born in Apr 1866 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died in 1929 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Butler, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Silas married Lillie B. Younce about 1901 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Lillie was born about 1889 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Deaths of Reese and Benjamin Bowers

We have been unable to obtain the date, or many of the particulars of this tragedy.

They were the sons of Rev. Valentine Bowers, who was an old and highly respected Baptist minister. They had two brothers, William C. and Joseph P. Bowers. Reese Bowers was a Baptist minister at one time. The father and sons were all Union men. Reese and Benjamin were very active in the Union cause and assisted in piloting Union men and refugees to Ellis.

On the day previous to their death they received word from L. W. Hampton, a prominent Union man of the Doe River Cove, that there were some refugees near his home who were wanting a man to pilot them. These men had some experience in that line and left their homes in what was called the Neck, crossed the mountain to a point on the Watauga river near the Fish Spring, intending to go from there to Mr. Hampton’s. They requested a woman, Mrs. Smith, to set them across the river in a canoe. A company of rebel soldiers had made a raid down in the vicinity of Elizabethton, and were returning just as the Bowers’ got across the river. The latter seeing them started to run, when the soldiers opened fire on them as they ran towards the hills near by; the soldiers pursued them and overtook them. It was told to us that the elder Bowers, Reese, prayed and begged for his life, while Benjamin fought and cursed them with his dying breath; but the fate of each was the same. We have heard different stories as to who killed these men, one that they were killed by the Johnson county home guards under Parker, but their cousin, Isaac Bowers, now a resident of Elizabethton, and whose character for truth is unquestionable, informs us that they were killed by Bozen’s men, and that he recognized a pistol taken from them by Motte, whom we have mentioned as having been connected with a number of other tragedies.

Reece married Phebe DeLoach about 1863 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Phebe (daughter of John DeLoach and Phebe Wallen) was born about 1826 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; died about 1903 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On his Application to the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokees, dated 19 Aug 1907, James DeLoach stated that his parents were Reece Bowers and Phoebe DeLoach. He stated that the parents of Reece Bowers were V.B. and Abigail Bowers, and that the parents of Phoebe DeLoach were John and Phoebe DeLoach (Phoebe was born in sullivan County, TN).

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A birth certificate, or other civil record, which proves that Thomas was the son of John DeLoach has not been found. He is listed as such based upon the following circumstantial evidence: The 1840 Sullivan County Census lists John DeLoach with two sons between the age of 20-30. Thomas, and probably Nathan, could have been these sons. In the 1850 and 1860 Carter County censuses, Thomas has the household adjacent to John. There are no other DeLoach males listed in Northeastern Tennessee which could have been the father of Thomas. In the 1880 Carter County census, Thomas lists his father as being born in South Carolina. John was born in South Carolina.

Thomas married Perlina M. Oliver on 6 Oct 1842 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Perlina (daughter of George R. Oliver and Susannah White) was born in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died after 1910 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Siam Road, Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The name of Perlina is spelled differently is almost every civil record concerning her. The spelling P E R L I N A will be used for this record. This comes from the records of Jackie and Dawn Peters of Elizabethton, TN. Jackie is a descendant of the Oliver family of Northeastern Tennessee, as is Perlina. According to Jackie's records, Perlina's parents were George R. Oliver and Susannah White. His GEDCOM has been imported to show the ancestry of Perlina. The records of Albert Grindstaff, Independence, Missouri, also lists this same lineage. Census records indicate that Perlina's DOB was between 1820 and 1830; it was probably 1825 as shown on the 1850 and 1900 censuses. She is listed on the following Carter County censuses: 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 Paulina 25 Polina 33 Palena 50 Pulina 50 garbled 75 In the 1850 thru 1880, she is listed as the wife of Thomas. In the 1900 Carter County census, she is in the household of her son, William DeLoach, and his wife, Frances Oliver. The Carter County Quarterly Minutes for January 1902 include a court order awarding Pliny DeLoach $4.00 as a Pauper Present. In the Treadway Cemetery of Carter County, there are the following graves: Died William DeLoach 4 September 1927 Francis DeLoach 18 November 1939 Plina DeLoach ???