4. | John Henry Cress was born on 3 Feb 1871 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee (son of Samuel D. Cress and Eliza Louise Pafford); died on 18 Dec 1938 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes:
"Elizabethton Star," Wednesday, December 21, 1938
JOHN H. CRESS
John H. Cress, 67, died at his home at Mountain City Sunday night after a very short illness.
Funeral services were conducted at Valley View Methodist church yesterday afternoon at 2:30, with the Rev. A. E. Brown officiating. Interment was in the Phillippi Cemetery.
Mr. Cress is survived by his widow, Mrs. Debbie Cress; two daughters, Nellie Cress, Anna Bess Phillippi, both of Mountain City; five sons, Luther, Claude, Morris, Wilmer and Dudley of Mountain City; four sisters, Mrs. J. C. Scott, Bartlow, Va., Mrs. Sam Arnold, Atkins, Va., Mrs. A. J. Prater and T. L. Prather of Marion, Va.; three brothers, D. W. Cress, Harisburg, Va., J. L. Cress, Seven Mile Ford, Va., Joe Cress, Mountain City. He is also survived by eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Wiley Wilson, Bryant Lyons, Archie Warren, R. B. Brown, John Smith, Raymond Phillippi.
John married Deborah Katharine "Debbie" Scott about 1894 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Deborah (daughter of James A. Scott and Margaret E. Richardson) was born in Apr 1876 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Jul 1952 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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