2. | Godfrey W. Arney was born on 15 Feb 1879 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee (son of Joseph H. Arney and Martha E. Grindstaff); died on 15 Feb 1966 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Ensor Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, February 16, 1966
Godfrey Arney. . .
Godfrey Arney, 87, Route 3, Butler, died in Carter County Memorial Hospital at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, following a brief illness.
Mr. Arney was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer and member of the Little Doe Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Nancy Taylor, Mrs. Doshia Taylor, Route 5, Elizabethton, and Mrs. Polly Sweeney, Big Stone Gap, Va.; one brother, W.G. Arney, Route 3, Butler; three sons, Joe Arney, Butler, Ike Arney, Kingsport, and Brownlow Arney, Big Stone Gap, Va. and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday (today) at the Tetrick Funeral Home chapel in Elizabethton with Rev. Dennis Hamm Jr. and Rev. Burl Garland officiating. Music by Hardin Brothers Quartet. Burial was in Ensor Cemetery. Pallbearers were H.R. Long Jr., Junior Grindstaff, Frank Shupe, Carl Keller, Junior Greer, Russell Arney, Fred Stout, and Med Garland.
Godfrey married Barbara Ellen Walker on 9 Nov 1898 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Barbara (daughter of John Walker and Mary "Pollie" Swiney) was born about 1878 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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