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| 301 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, July 25, 1946 RALEIGH V. REECE Funeral services for Raleigh V. Reece, brother of Congressman B. Carroll Reece, chairman of the Republican National Committee, who died last Friday night in the Veterans' Administration Hospital, were held at the home of a sister, Mrs. H. P. Cupp, on the government reservation Monday. Mr. Reece was textile manager of American Bembery Corporation in Elizabethton before entering the armed services in 1942. He was a graduate of Carson-Newman College, a former teacher and newspaperman. Mr. Reece succeeded John T. Scoopes of the famous evolution test trial in the school system at Dayton in 1925. He served in the Army Air Corps and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant colonel. | Reece, Raleigh Valentine (I32815)
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| 302 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, July 6, 1944 KILLED IN ACCIDENT Pvt. Howard R. Heaton, 21, son of Mrs. Verna Heaton of near Butler, was fatally injured in a truck accident Saturday night at Camp Beale, Calif. He died Sunday morning. He is survived by his mother; three brothers, Pvt. Columbus Frank Heaton, with the AEF in North Africa, Clay and Dean Heaton, both of Butler; two sisters, Mary Ruth and Jewel, both of Butler; four half-sisters, Mrs. Maude Bourne of Bristol, Mrs. Anna Mae Jordan of Elizabethton, Mrs. Beulah Edmondson, Johnson City, and Mrs. Goldier Edens, Gap Creek; and his grandfather, W. B. Lewis, Creston, N. C. HEATON, Howard R. "Elizabethton Star," Friday, July 7, 1944 PVT. HOWARD R. HEATON Funeral services for Pvt. Howard R. Heaton, who was killed in an automobile accident at Camp Beale, California, July 1, will be held at the Fish Springs Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Charles Souder and the Rev. George Westmoreland in charge. Funeral will be in the Veteran's Cemetery at Johnson City at three o'clock under the direction of the Tetrick Funeral Home. | Heaton, Howard R. (I39836)
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| 303 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, June 28, 1945 JOE CRESS Funeral services for Joe Cress, 67, who died at his home here Sunday afternoon following a brief illness, were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Valley View Methodist Church, with Rev. R. W. Wilson and A. E. Browne in charge. Burial was in Phillippi Cemetery. In 1939 he was married to Mrs. J. E. Shupe, Mountain City, who survives him. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Maggie Prater of Marion, Va., Mrs. Alice Prater, also of Marion, Mrs. Ellie Arnold of Adkins, Va. and Mrs. Tessie Scott of Partlow, Va., and one brother, Wesley of Harrisonburg, Va. | Cress, Joseph (I14141)
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| 304 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, June 28, 1945 SALLIE CRESS Sallie Cress, 79, died Friday, June 22, at her home following a long illness. She has been a member of Valley View Methodist Church since childhood. Survivors are one brother, A. A. Cress, Mountain City and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held June 24, 1945 at the Valley View Church by Rev. W. B. Robbins and Rev. A. E. Browne. Burial was in the Phillippi Cemetery. | Cress, Sarah F. "Sallie" (I25054)
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| 305 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, March 25, 1943 LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. J. I. REECE Mrs. Sarah Emmaline Maples Reece, mother of Congressman B. Carroll Reece, died last Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at her home in Johnson City. Born at Broylesville in Washington County, she was the great-great-granddaughter of Col. Jacob Brown founder of the Settlement of Nolichuckey and a member of the board of commissioners of the Watauga Settlement, which played such a significant part in the early history of the Appalachian area. Her father was the Rev. L. L. Maples, organizer of the Watauga Baptist Association and at one time Carter-Johnson representative in the state legislature. Her husband John Isaac Reece died in 1918. She was a member of the Butler Baptist Church. She spent most of her life in Johnson County but moved to Johnson City in 1924. Mrs. Reece had the distinction of sending sons to three wars: Wilson and John, the latter deceased, to the Spanish-American War; B. Carroll and Lemiel to World War I, and Major Raleigh Reece, serving in the Army Air Corps at Kansas City, in World War II. Of her 14 children – 11 sons and three daughters, 11 survive. The daughters are, Mrs. Robert Thompson of LaFayette, Ind., and Mrs. H. B. Cupp of Johnson City. The sons are James, Wisson and Millard of Chattanooga, Jacob of Butler, Joseph of Pickens, S. C., Asa of Clearwater, Fla., Lemiel of Elizabethton, and B. Carroll and Raleigh of Johnson City. Two sons, John and Fraher, and a daughter, Amanda, are deceased. Twenty-two grandsons and 11 great-grandchildren survive. Funeral services were held Thursday at 10:00 a.m. with Dr. W. R. Rigen, pastor of the Central Baptist Church in charge. Burial in the Dugger Cemetery at Sugar Grove on the Watauga River near Butler. | Maples, Sarah Emilene (I33605)
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| 306 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, March 4, 1948 [published at a later date] TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FATAL TO RESIDENT Oliver Morefield, son of Mr. Joe Morefield, Neva, was killed in an automobile wreck, which occurred at about 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, March 24, three miles out of Mountain City near Shouns. ALSO in same Newspaper and issue: OLIVER MOREFIELD, 25, World War II veteran of Neva, who died as a result of a traffic accident near here on Wednesday night, will be buried at 10 a.m. Saturday at Johnson Church at Neva. Rev. Earl Campbell of Butler and Rev. Joe Ponder of Mountain City will officiate. Burial will be in the Stout Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded him at the grave. Survivors include his father, Joe Morefield, Neva; sisters, Mrs. Ethel Guinn, Neva; two brothers, Robert of McDowell, W. Va. and Elbert of Shouns. His mother was the late Pearl Morefield. Morefield served in the Pacific theatre during the war. He was discharged in 1945, after which he reenlisted and served 18 months in the army. "Elizabethton Star," Thursday, March 25, 1948 Neva Man Killed In Auto-Truck Collision MOUNTAIN CITY, Thurs. March 25 – Oliver Moorefield of Neva, Tenn. was killed here last night involving a truck and a passenger car, and Coolidge Arnold, also of Neva is in serious condition in Mountain Home Hospital at Johnson City. A 1941 (Plymouth) sedan, driven by Arnold and carrying three other passengers, was in collision with a coal truck from St. Paul, Va., driven by Henry Lowe, who was uninjured. The accident occurred about 8 p.m. three miles from Mountain City on the North Carolina highway, according to the sheriff of Johnson County. | Morefield, Oliver (I37300)
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| 307 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, May 2, 1946 JOHN ELBERT ROBINSON John Elbert Robinson died April 28, 1946. He was married to Melissa Blevins, who preceded him in death six years. To this union eleven children were born, three preceding him in death. The following survive: Robert of Avondale, Penna., William of Middleton, Idaho, George, Mountain City, Mrs. Lucy Shephard, Exeter, Va., Mrs. Clyde Adams, Exeter, Va., Mrs. Montoe Bishop, Logan, W.Va., Mrs. Charlie Crowe, Johnson City, Mrs. Fleenor Norris, Doeville. One brother, Alec, survives; also 35 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Many years ago he joined the Bethel Baptist Church. Uncle Eb, as he was commonly known, leaves a great number of relatives and friends to mourn his passing. Funeral services were held at Doe Valley Baptist Church, April 30, 1946, with Rev. Roby L. Painter and Rev. J. B. Buchanan in charge. Internment in the Brookshire Cemetery. Donnelly Funeral Home in charge. | Robinson, John Elbert (I12633)
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| 308 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, November 10, 1949 [published later] L. W. LOWE... ...70, of Old Jonesboro highway, died in a Greeneville hospital at 4:15 p.m., Nov. 8. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ena Lowe; six sons, Pruitt, Albert, and Jack of Kingsport; Gale, L.W., Jr., and Charles of Jonesboro, four daughters, Mrs. Reba Pangle of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Inez Henry of Memphis, Mrs. Mary Sue Murray of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Alberta Miller, of Jonesboro; two brothers, E. H. of Rte 3, Jonesboro and J. M. of Mountain City and five sisters, Miss Emma Lowe of Jonesboro, Mrs. Cassie Morley, Mrs. Trula Berry, Mrs. Alice Stout, all of Elizabethton; Mrs. Ida McEwen of Mountain City, and seven grandchildren. Funeral was at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 at Midway Baptist Church on Old Jonesboro Highway with Rev. D. B. Bowers in charge, who was assisted by Rev. Roland Powell and Rev. Marvin Compher. Burial was in Oaks Cemetery. | Lowe, Lawson Woodby "Loss" (I8792)
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| 309 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, November 24, 1949 DAVID SMITH TESTER… … 61, died at his home at Shouns at 9:15 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 19. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ollie Fritts Tester; four sons, Howard Tester of Elizabethton, Robert of Dalton, Ga., and Glen and Paul Tester of Shouns; four daughters, Mrs. Lucy Oliver of Jonesboro, Mrs. Lura Kate Pierce of Elizabethton, Mrs. Dorothy Wilson of Wilmington, Del., and Miss Wilene Tester of the home; a brother, Stanley Tester of Kingsport; four sisters, Mrs. Pearl Smith and Miss Virginia Tester of Neva, Mrs. Maggie McElyea of Shouns, and Miss Belle Tester of Mountain City. Funeral was held on Monday, Nov. 21 at Pleasant View Christian Church at Neva. Rev. Sanford Miller officiated. | Tester, David Smith (I37707)
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| 310 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, November 8, 1945 JAMES FRANKLIN GRINDSTAFF James Franklin Grindstaff, 72, died at his home at Doeville, route 1, at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, following a lingering illness. He was a member and superintendent of Rock Springs Baptist Church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bessie Wilson Grindstaff; three sons, Cephas, Wheeler and Doss Grindstaff, all of Doeville; two brothers, George of Elizabethton and Zeb Grindstaff of Hunter; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Walsh of Elk Mills, Mrs. Martha Walsh of Stoney Creek and Mrs. Amanda Walsh of Dalles, Ore.; 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today from Rock Springs Church at Doeville, with Rev. J. J. Richardson in charge. Interment in the Grindstaff Cemetery. | Grindstaff, James Franklin (I1301)
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| 311 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, October 19, 1950 JOHN FRITTS… …77, died at his home at Doeville on Tuesday, Oct. 17. He was a member of Rock Springs Church there, and was native of Johnson county. Survivors are the wife, Emiline, of Doeville; six sons, Warren and George of Doeville; Blaine and Jady of Elizabethton; Burlis of Roanoke, Va., and Ike of Grand View, Wash.; three daughters, Mrs. Gertrude McCloud and Mrs. Ada Morgan, both of Elizabethton, and Mrs. Jasper Laws of Carderview; 22 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Wilburn of Doeville, Brown of Elizabethton and George of Neva. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at Rock Springs Church, with Rev. J. J. Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Fritts Cemetery. | Fritts, John William (I28133)
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| 312 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, October 20, 1949 JACOB H. LOWE... Jacob H. Lowe, age 83, died last Friday at 4 o'clock at his home near Alvarado, Va., where he had lived for more than 50 years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Belle Lowe, and the following children: Mrs. Bertha Phillips, New Town, Pa., Mrs. Charlie Cummings, Damascus, Ben Lowe, Deadwood, S. D.; W. McKinley Lowe, Alvardo. Also surviving are three brothers, J. M. Lowe, Mountain City, S. J. Lowe, Rapid City, S. D., Mitchell Lowe, Spring City. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Roberts Chapel Church. Rev. Dan Graham and E. C. Denton officiated, and burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. The Odd Fellows were in charge. | Lowe, Jacob H. (I39128)
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| 313 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, October 3, 1946 MRS. MILDRED FRIESE Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Friese, 25, who died at Chicago last Sunday at 2:45 a.m. were held last Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at Pine Grove Baptist Church at Neva. The pastor and Rev. Roby Stout officiated. Burial was in the Happy Valley Memorial Park. Mrs. Friese, a native of Johnson County, had made her home in Chicago for about a year before her death. She was a member of the Pine Grove Church. Survivors include her husband, Lt. Robert Friese of Chicago; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stansbury of Jackson, O.; one son, Robert, Jr.; four brothers, D. L. Stansbury of Enid, Okla., Ray, stationed with the army in Germany, James, of Jackson, O., and Cany Isaacs of the army stationed in Denver, Colo.; four sisters, Mrs. Fannie Dickson of Butler; Lucille Stansbury of Jackson, O.; Mrs. Kate Hickson of Connecticut, and Mrs. Gilmore Erwin of Jackson, O. | Stansberry, Rebecca Mildred (I25272)
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| 314 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, September 16, 1943 pp. 1 DEATH ELBERT C. MOREFIELD born April 6, 1873 died Sept. 8, 1943 aged 70 years, 5 months, 2 days. He was united in marriage to Charlotte S. Forrester Jan. 1, 1894. To this union were born 8 children, 23 girls 6 boys, 3 sons preceded him in death. Those surviving are his widow, Charlotte Morefield; two daughters Mrs. John Netherly of Neva, Tenn., and Mrs. John Wilson of Waco, W.Va., three sons, Richard and Robert of Waco, W.Va., and Charles of Brownsville, Pa. He united with the Christian Church of Neva several years ago. Funeral services were conducted at Mountain City Church of Christ at 3 o'clock p.m., Saturday Sept. 12, 1943. Albert Q. Dickson officiated. Mrs. L. F. Yelton and Mr. Dickson sang two hymns. Military services followed at the Mountain City Cemetery with the Spanish American War Veterans in charge. Burial was in charge of North Funeral Home of Elizabethton. Mr. Morefield was a kind Christian man, a good neighbor, a man that will be missed in his community and to the bereaved family we express our deepest sympathy to you in your loss. | Morefield, Elbert C. (I12758)
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| 315 | "Johnson County News," Thursday, September 26, 1946 LANDON D. PARSONS Funeral services for Landon D. Parsons, 65, who died Friday morning at his home here, were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Liberty Christian Church. Rev. A. E. Browne and Rev. Burns officiated. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Lillie Parsons; five children, Bert of Linwood, Pa., Mina of Avondale, Pa., George, Edith and Annie Mae of Mountain City; four brothers[sic], Henry of Mountain City, Baxtor of Todd, N. C., John of Buffalo, Wyo., Ida of Blowing Rock, N. C., Nancy of Lenoir, N. C., and13 grandchildren. | Parsons, Landon Dempson (I37775)
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| 316 | "Johnson County News," Wednesday, July 15, 1925 DOEVILLE. Dave Stout died Friday after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, six children and a host of friends. Mr. Stout was about 69 years of age. Rev. John Rainbolt conducted the funeral services. | Stout, David D. (I3855)
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| 317 | "Johnson County News," Wednesday, May 11, 1944 MRS. S. F. MOREFIELD Mrs. F. S. Morefield, age 76, died at the home of her daughter, Ms. John Taylor of Laurel Bloomery community Friday afternoon after a lingering illness. Her husband, S. F. Morefield preceded her in death a number of years ago. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Vaught and Mrs. John Taylor, two sisters, Mrs. N. D. Owens, of Damascus, Virginia and Mrs. Will Pennington, Marion, Virginia; one brother, E. C. McQueen, of Crochranville, Pa., twelve grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the family cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Rev. Wilmer Robbins and Rev. A. E. Brown officiating. Pallbearers were James Taylor, James Vaught, Robey Howard, Jr., Lee Watson, Mack Cornett, John Taylor, Robert Vaught and Bud Jenkins. The granddaughters were flower girls. | McQueen, Sirenia Florentine (I29372)
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| 318 | "Johnson County News," Wednesday, October 23, 1918 FROM MIDWAY Mrs. Martha Cress, widow of the late Grant Cress, died at her home on route 1, Monday morning of pneumonia. She is survived by several brothers and sisters and a number of children. Her father was the late Calvin M. Arnold. | Arnold, Martha A. (I348)
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| 319 | "Johnson County, News," Thursday, April 5, 1951 JOHN ARNOLD John Arnold, 83, died Saturday, Mar. 31, at his home at Carderview after a short illness. Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Minnie Hatley of Carderview, Mrs. Pearl Triplett and Mrs. Eddie Griffin, both of Erwin, Mrs. Rub Leach of Jonesboro, and Mrs. Vertie Black of Johnson City; five sons, Rhudy Arnold of Carderview, Gene and Howard Arnold of Jonesboro, Arvil Arnold of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Tom Arnold of Elizabethton; one brother and one sister; 55 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. | Arnold, John Ham (I19192)
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| 320 | "Lieut. Wilson was born in the territory which is now Johnson county though at the time of his birth, January 7, 1819, it was part of Carter county. After the formation of Johnson county he was the first constable elected in it. He served as County Court Clerk of the county eight years and sheriff six years previous to the Civil War. He held the election of June, 1861, when the vote was taken on Separation or No Separation. Being a well-known citizen and property owner the notorious "Johnson County Home Guards", led by Capt. Parker, soon made it dangerous for him to remain at home. After witnessing the death of old Mr. Hawkins, who was shot down in cold blood because of his loyalty, he bade good-by to his home and made his way to the Federal lines. Before leaving his home, however, Mr. Wilson was engaged in the Carter county rebellion - was at the Taylor's Ford fight and shared with the brave men of Johnson and Carter counties in the dangers and persecutions of those times. He joined the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry at Nashville, Tenn. He was appointed First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster and served with distinction through the East Tennessee campaigns. He had his horse shot from under him in the disastrous retreat from Bull's Gap. He was in the long and arduous campaign with Stoneman through Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia, and honorably mustered out with the Regiment at Knoxville, Tenn, September 5, 1865." History of the 13th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, by Samuel W. Scott and Samuel P. Angel, 1903. | Wilson, Richard Luck (I42706)
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| 321 | "Seeking the sun--She yearned for the light, then for rest" by Nancy Eastridge, Times guest columnist--The El Paso Times, Sunday, April 7, 1985 She loved the sunshine. The sunshine made her flowers bloom, her garden produce and her house seem happier. On all those gloomy days when clouds filled the sky, she would stand at a window or in an open doorway and say, 'If I could only see the sun!" It was almost a prayer with her, a prayer for the necessity of life. Maybe, in addition to making her flowers bloom, the sunshine reminded her of other sunny days when she walked in the beauty of the mountain springtime and dreamed her long dreams. She dreamed of faraway places. Geography was her favorite subject in school and as she read, she dreamed of going to all those different places. She would be a teacher, save her money, and visit them all. But reality took over. Her father, an Irishman by lineage and a frontiersman of sorts, did not "hold with book learnin'" for women. they needed to know only how to keep house, work hard, care for the children and meet the needs of a husband. Family members offered her free room and board while she went to school, but he would not allow it. And so her formal education stopped with the elementary grades. That did not stop her learning or her dreams about sun-filled places she might see some day although the locale changed. She settled on Texas--not too far away--as a place she might visit She knew that the sun shone a lot in Texas and some of her father's kin had moved there earlier. Somehow, she would make it. But that dream was lost too. One day she met a widower with a family of children. Immediately she said, there was a bond between them, and some time later she married him. Her dream of adventure in some faraway place was changed to that of making a new home somewhere in Kentucky. She and her new family went by covered wagon from North Carolina through the mountain areas, past the beautiful bluegrass area of Kentucky, and finally settled on a piece of land in the hill country of the state where she lived the rest of her days. She felt a kinship with all forms of life. She suffered with the plants that died in the heat of summer or froze in the cold of winter, with the small farm animals that lost a mother or were disabled in some way, and she identified with the birds that made their nests in summer but flew to sunnier places when the cold winds blew and the cloudy days came. She loved the beautiful in nature, in her surroundings, and in language. She lovingly cared for a weeping willow sprout until it became one of the most graceful of many trees in the area and rivaled in beauty the roses and other flowers that she cherished. With a needle and thread and with no pattern to guide her, she made beautiful embroideries to grace her beds and tables. She quoted from memory the poems from her schoolbooks, and from the papers an magazines that came into her home, she clipped each attempt at verse--whether poetry or doggerel--and put it in a cardboard box to read later and possibly to memorize. She must have quoted these poems to herself as she went about her unpoetic days. She worked hard. From the beginning of her married life. She had a family to care for and she had none of the modern conveniences to help her. She did the housework, raised the garden, washed, ironed, patched, darned, knit socks, made clothes, loved and cared for her children, and worked in the fields along with her husband and the boys. She suffered much, both physically and emotionally. Spinal problems when she was a child left one shoulder higher than the other. A condition that worsened with the years and the work. She often worked when she was ill, for there was no time to pamper herself with rest in bed. She conceived 11 children, seven of whom died in infancy. She was often unappreciated by her husband who ranted at her over minute things which he considered her failures. She saw him make what she considered mistakes in the way he disciplined the children, but because he was "the head" of the house, she could do nothing about it. She felt the pain of separation when her children left home, for the pain she felt in being separated from her own father and mother and family members never had left her. And her pillow was often wet with tears. She was deeply religious. She read the Bible daily and prayed often. She was one of the shouting Methodists and often her voice was raised in shouts extolling her love, faith and belief in a loving God. Her dream of finding sunlit places in this world turned to the dream of leaving this world of pain and suffering and finding heaven and the sunlight of her Savior's love. Throughout her life, she loved and looked for sunshine. But in this world, she found little of it. A little time after her 80th birthday, she quietly left off living as we do and went to further her search in another realm. She was sure she would find a world of sunlight there. Nancy Eastridge, a retired teacher and former Peace Corps volunteer, has written articles for El Paso publications. Newspaper article courtesy of Ruth A. Collins, Find A Grave #49164731 | Toone, Cordelia E. (I62559)
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| 322 | "Southern Christian Advocate, 23 June 1887. Mrs. Sarah A. Axson died at the residence of her son, Wm. A. Axson, in Orangeburg County...on the 12th of April, 1887...relict of James (John) H. Axson, in the eighty-second year of her age... (Lucius S. Bellinger)." Source A. S. Salley Archives in Orangeburg, SC, Ackerman records, A-333, Axson Folder. (Note Her husband was incorrectly named as "James H. Axson." Contributed by Pat Bonneau | DeLoach, Sarah Ann (I15302)
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| 323 | "The Heiress" | Bulstrade, Phillippa (I29228)
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| 324 | "The Slemp Papers, The Slemp Family in the USA", p.4 -John Slemp was the third son of John Frederick Slemp and Mary Metz. John was born In Smyth County, Virginia April 8th 1781. His father's will was made and recorded In 1807, This will mentioned by name each of the four sons and five daughters but there is no reference to any of them residing In any other State or County. John would have been 26 years of age at the time of his father's death. It appears that John went with his two older brothers to Johnson County, Tennessee, USA as he is enumerated in the 1840 Census of Johnson County as John Slimp, Sr then moved to Lee, Virginia, USA before 1850 as he is enumerated in the 1850 Census of Lee, Virginia, USA. He married Alpha Smyth. Whether he married in Smyth County, Virginia, or while in Johnson County, Tennessee, USA, is not known. He and his wife settled in Turkey Cove in Lee, Virginia, USA sometime between 1840 and 1850. There they reared a family of four sons and three daughters. Their married life covered a period of about a half century. This they lived at one place, adding from time to time more and more land to their original homestead. John Slemp was reported to be an intelligent, industrious and prosperous citizen. Tradition is that his wife, Alpha, was an attractive, cultured woman and a great influence in building up a splendid family in the Turkey Cove community. It was she and her husband who gave the land upon which the first Methodist Church was built in that section. The original church was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt and lately has been remodeled. It is now a very modern church building and has an active, enthusiastic church membership. It is called "The Seminary" because the old building had school rooms in the second story. Good teachers were employed and for a generation and more and it attracted students from quite a distance. Alpha Slemp "the lady of such beautiful hands", lived to see her pet project bear good fruit. John Slemp and his wife are the first of four generations of Slemps buried in the Slemp Cemetery upon land which he owned and which is still in the Slemp family.- Originally buried with wife Alpha at the John Slemp Cemetery and moved to Slemp Memorial later. | Slemp, John (I26608)
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| 325 | "The Tomahawk", Mountain City, Tennessee - April 28, 1999 Elbert E. "Eb" Morefield, 86, Mountain City, TN died April 26, 1999. Native of Johnson County, TN, son of the late Joseph and Pearl Donnelly Morefield. Preceded in death by wife, Hazel W. Forrester Morefield, January 14, 1967 and two brothers, Robert and Oliver Morefield and sistr Ethel Guinn. Interment: Lewis-Forrester Cemetery. | Morefield, Elbert (I37366)
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| 326 | "The Tomahawk," April 10, 1963 William Lowery Roberts William Lowery Roberts, age 87 of Mountain City (Doe Valley Community) died at his home on Friday at 1:30 p.m. after a long illness. He was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer and a member of hte[sic]Doe Valley Baptist Church. Survivors include six sons, Arvil Roberts, Earl Roberts, Kalter Roberts and Odell Roberts, all of Mountain City, Frank Roberts of Kennett Square, Pa., and Dan Roberts of Oxford, Pa; three daughters, Mrs. Goldie James of Elizabethton, Mrs. Georgia Michaels of Mountain City and Mrs. Ethel Lavender of Towns, Del.; 33 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Doe Valley Baptist Church Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Blaine Eggers and Rev. Carl Wilson officiating. Burial was in Morley cemetery. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. | Roberts, William Lowery (I25172)
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| 327 | "The Tomahawk," February 7 1962 Joseph Sherman Lowe... ...86, Rt. 3, Mountain City, died at his home at 12:25 p.m. Saturday after a short illness. Lowe was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Dewey Lowe and Doran Lowe, both of Mountain City; three daughters, Mrs. Lottie Wilson of Bristol, Mrs. Eddie Wallace of Elizabethton, and Mrs. Adgel Lowe of Mountain City; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday from the Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Worley and H.T. Mabry officiating. Burial was in Brookshire cemetery. Pallbearers were H. Long, Chase Lowe, Farley Lowe, Bobby Lowe, Bruce Roberts and Edgar Bumgardner. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge. | Lowe, Joseph Sherman (I34688)
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| 328 | "The Tomahawk," January 18, 1961 James M. Wagner... ...79, Rt. 1, died in Grace Hartley Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C., Sunday morning. He was a member of Vaught's Gap Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Claude Wagner, Neva; three daughters, Mrs. Tyler Wilson, and Mrs. Walter DalMedo, Mountain City, and Mrs. Oscar Fritts, Neva; three brothers, David Wagner, Meadowview, Va., Jess Wagner, and Fred Wagner, Shouns; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Vaught's Gap Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Emory Lewis, Rev. Hubert Green, and H.T. Mabry officiating. Interment in Brown cemetery. Hill Funeral Home in charge. | Wagner, James Mathias "Tice" (I7209)
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| 329 | "The Tomahawk," July 1, 1964 Naomi Elizabeth Roark... Naomi Elizabeth Roark, age 74, Shouns (Forge Creek Community) died in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C., Monday at 11:30 p.m. (June 22) after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Ashe County, N.C., but had made her home in Johnson County for many years. She was the daughter of the late Washington and Abbie Price Roark; and a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include five sons, Bert Roark, Heptner, Ore. Ray Roark, Parkdale, Ore., Edward Roark, Shouns, Wayne Roark of Mountain City; two daughters, Mrs. Mae Osborne, and Mrs. Faye Brown, both of Parkdale, Ore; two sisters; Mrs. Rosa Osborne, Creston, N.C., and Mrs. Loretta Greer, Shady Valley; one brother, Claude Roark, Creston, N.C.; 23 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted Sunday (June 28) at 2:00 p.m. from the Walnut Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest Carrier officiating. Burial was in the Arnold cemetery. Pallbearers were Fayette Arnold, Millard Wilson, Robert Fink, Dagle Lipford Perry Lipford, Buford Lipford. Lewis Gentry in charge. | Roark, Naomi Elizabeth (I59358)
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| 330 | "The Tomahawk," July 25, 1962 J.M. (Doc) Lowe... ...86, Mountain City, Doe Valley Community, died in Cannon Memborial[sic] Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C., Thursday morning, after a long illness. He was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer, a charter member and deacon of Doe Valley Baptist Church. Survivors include four sons, Garfield Lowe, Mountain City, Allen Lowe, Akron, O., Billy Lowe, Nyssa, Ore., and Phillip Lowe, Oak Ridge; four daughters Mrs. N.U. Davis Mountain City, Mrs. James Oliver, Mrs. Etoila Sharpe and Mrs. Lillie Buchanan, all of Elizabethton; four step-sons, Clarence Roberts, Avondale, Pa., Luther Davis, Johnson City, and Delmar Davis, Kasper[sic], Wyo.; four step-daughters, Mrs. Nora Powers, Clinchee, Va., Mrs. Pauline McNeil, Mrs. Grace Fisher and Mrs. Belva Shumate, all of Johnson City; a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Doe Valley Baptist Church Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ralph Sneed officiating. Burial was in Brookshire Cemetery. Palbearers[sic] were Eugene Stout, Ronda Goodwin, Archie Roberts, Wiley Dillon, Archie Dillon, and Charlie Loggins. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. | Lowe, John Mason "Dock" (I8102)
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| 331 | "The Tomahawk," June 7, 1961 Margaret N. Moody... ...76, Route 1, Dry Hill Community, died unexpectedly at 7:30 p.m. Friday at her home. Mrs. Moody was a native of Johnson county, and a member of the Sugar Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Stacy Moody, Beech Creek, N.C., Daniel Moody, Mountain City and Edward Moody, Butler; five daughters, Mrs. Tilda Flannery, Toliver, N.C., Mrs. Alta Anderson, Mountain City, Mrs. Ida Bowman, Elizabethton, Mrs. Eva Greer, Butler, and Mrs. Taxie Trivett, Neva; 37 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Sugar Grove Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Monday with Rev. Lawrence Hagaman and Rev. J.J. Richardson officiating. Pallbearers were Carter Isaacs, Carroll Bowman, Norman Dugger, H. Greenwell, T.L. Culver, L.R. Dugger, Darrell Green and Thomas Gray. Gentry Funeral Home in charge. | Anderson, Margaret Nancy (I28407)
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| 332 | "The Tomahawk," March 1, 1961 Charles Frederick Phillippi... ...61, Mountain City, Route 1, died unexpectedly at his home early Sunday morning. Mr. Phillippi was a native of Johnson county and a retired state highway department employee. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Beulah Phillippi, Mountain City; two sons, Joe and Tuck Phillippi, both of Mountain City; four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Parsons, Damascus, Va., Mrs. Betty Graybeal, Mountain City, Mrs. Alice Widener and Mrs. Janice Goodson, both of Danville, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Jestie Shupe and Mrs. Maggie Reece, both of Mountain City; 19 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. from the Valley View Methodist Church with Rev. Wesley Cook officiating. Burial was in Phillippi cemetery. Pallbearers were Wilton Wedener, Nathan Goodson, Robert Parsons, Chester Graybeal, Hugh Berry and Clarence Philippi. Gentry Funeral Home in charge. PHILLIPPI, Charles Frederick "The Tomahawk," October 11, 1961 In Memorial In Memory of My Dear Husband Fred Phillippi Who Passed Away on February 28, 1961 Since you've gone first and I remain to walk the road alone, I live in memories garden dear, With happy days we've known. Since you've gone first and I remain, For battles to be fought, Each thing you've touched along the way will be a hallowed spot. I'll hear your voice, I'll see your smile, Though blindly I may grope -- The memory of your helping hand, Will lead me on with hope. Since you've gone first and I remain, One thing I'll have to do; Walk slowly down that long, long path, For soon I'll follow you. I want to know each step you take So I may take the same, For some day down that lonely road You'll hear me call your name. Your devoted wife, Beulah Phillippi PHILLIPPI, Charles Frederick "The Tomahawk," March 8, 1961 Cards Of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the kindness shown us during the death of our dear husband and father; for the beautiful floral offering and for the many other expressions of sympathy we shall ever be grateful. Mrs. Beulah Phillippi and Children | Phillippi, Charles Frederick (I14670)
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| 333 | "The Tomahawk," March 7, 1962 Samuel Arthur Roark... ...79, RFD Shouns, died at his home Thursday at 6:00 p.m. after a short illness. Mr. Roark was a native of Johnson County, a farmer and member of the Antioch Baptist Church. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Naomi Roark, Shouns; five sons, Bert, Hepner, Ore., Ray, Parkdale, Ore., Howard, Parkdale, Ore., Edward, Shouns, and Wayne of Mountain City; two daughters, Mrs. May Osborne and Mrs. Faye Brown, both of Parkdale, Oregon; a brother, John Roark, Shouns; a sister, Mrs. Janie Potter, Damascus, Va.; 22 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted from the Antioch Baptist Church Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Blaine Eggers and Rev. Ernest Rash officiating. Burial was in the Arnold Cemetery. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. | Roark, Samuel Arthur (I59561)
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| 334 | "The Tomahawk," Mountain City, TN, Wednesday, July 15, 1964 Martha E. Buchanan... Martha E. Buchanan, age 88 of Mountain City, Route 3, Doe Valley community, died in Johnson City Memorial Hospital Saturday at 2:30 p.m. after a short illness. She was a native of Johnson County, daughter of the late Alfred and Susan Morley Stout and widow of the late Joseph M. Buchanan. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Donley Buchanan, Phoenixville, Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Myra A. Baird, and Miss Deanie Buchanan, both of Mountain City; one step-daughter, Alice Propst, Morgantown, W.Va.; one brother, Stacy Stout, Mountain City; 20 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Doe Valley Baptist Church Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Carl Wilson and Rev. Blaine Eggers officiating. Burial was in Buchanan cemetery. Palbearers(sic) were Paul Stout, Claude Stout, Roscoe Stout, Ray Buchanan, Edwin Phillippi, Walter Roberts, Clarence Stout and Charlie Loggins. | Stout, Martha E. (I54633)
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| 335 | "The Tomahawk," November 8, 1961 Joseph H. Robinson... ...87, Route 3, Butler, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. C. M. McQueen of Telford Monday afternoon. He was a member of the Little Doe Baptist Church, a Mason of Roan Creek Lodge No. 679 and a retired farmer. Surviving are two daughters, Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. C.M. McQueen, Telford, and Mrs. H.B. McQueen of Butler; two sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Morley, Butler, and Mrs. Carrie Smith of Oregon, and a number of grandchildren and rgeat-grandchildren[sic]. Funeral services will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at the Little Doe Baptist Church with Rev. G.R. Blackburn and Rev. Ralph Hyder officiating. Interment in Robinson cemetery. Roan Creek Lodge No. 679 of Butler is in charge of graveside services. Hill Funeral Home in chareg[sic]. | Robinson, Joseph Hamilton (I2013)
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| 336 | "The Tomahawk," October 18, 1961 Mrs. Fannie Leonard... ...77, Butler, died in Carter County Hospital, Elizabethton at 11:40 a.m. Friday following a brief illness. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Walker Dugger, and a member of Buffalo Valley Christian Church. Her husband, Sherman Leonard, died in 1943. A daughter, Mrs. Rose Archer died in 1949. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Hugh Caldwell of Butler, Mrs. Bruce Bowman, Route 4, Johnson City; and Mrs. Millard Sullivan, Route 2, Johnson City; three sisters, Mrs. C.A. Miller, Route 2, Butler, Mrs. Claude Pearson, Route 2, Butler, and Mrs. Sam Young, Parkway Boulevard in Elizabethton; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the chapel at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Funeral[sic] Home in Elizabethton on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. R.B. Fowler and Rev. Ralph Hyder and the Rev. J.J. Richardson officiating. Pallbearers were Jack Young, Elmer and Lawrence Pearson, Ray Miller, Mac and Hugh Allen Sulllivan, Joe Gregg, and Wiley Dugger. Burial in Happy Valley Memorial Park. | Dugger, Fannie B. (I27611)
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| 337 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 15, 1959 ALBERT ELI CRETSINGER… … 78, Shady Valley, died in a Johnson City hospital Thursday afternoon after a week-long illness. He was a well-known farmer and a member of the Church of Christ of Shady Valley. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Benna Blevins Cretsinger; five sons, Lecie V. Cretsinger, Irwin O. Cretsinger, Acra D. Cretsinger, all of Shady Valley, William F. Cretsinger, Hialeah, Fla., and Cecil P. Cretsinger, Johnson City; a sister, Mrs. Annie Dotson, Johnson City; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Paul Cook Funeral Home in charge. | Cretsinger, Albert Eli (I42501)
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| 338 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 2, 1958 MRS. ADDIE SLIMP WAGNER... ... 75, wife of J. M. (Tice) Wagner, died unexpectedly at 3 p.m., one day last week. A native of Johnson County, he was a member of the Vaughts Gap Baptist Church. Survivors other than her husband, include three daughters, Mrs. Tyler Wilson of Mountain City, Mrs. George Kyle of Media, Pa., and Mrs. Oscar Fritts, Neva; one son, Claude Wagner of Neva; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Robert Matheson of Bristol. Funeral services were held at the Vaughts Gap Baptist Church at 2 p.m. on Monday, with Rev. Theodore Robinson, Rev. Emory Lewis, and H. T. Mabry officiating. Burial followed in the Brown Cemetery at Neva. Flower bearers were members of the Adult Ladies class of the church, and pallbearers were the friends. Hill Funeral Home in charge. | Slimp, Addie Emma (I7144)
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| 339 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 20, 1960 EMERALD G. ROBINSON... ... 71, Route 4, Butler, died unexpectedly Tuesday night at his home. A native of Johnson county, he was a farmer and member of Little Doe Baptist Church. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Winnie Robinson; six sons, Elmer and John D. Robinson, Pulaski, Va., Selmer Robinson, Butler, Delmer Robinson, Delware; and Glenn Robinson with the U.S. Navy; six daughters, Mrs. Javy[sic] Fritts, Elizabethton; Mrs. Bonnie Rice, Bristol, Mrs. Leslie Stalcup, Mrs. Edna Kyte, Mrs. Grace Pierce and Mrs. Shirley Norris, all of Butler; one brother, Dewey Robinson, Athens; one sister, Mrs. Mack McQueen, Elizabethton and 27 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Little Doe Baptist Church on Friday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Guinn Blackburn, Rev. S. D. Hart, and Rev. C. O. Binkley officiating. Burial was in the Rambo cemetery. Rev. Ben Wood was in charge of the music. Pallbearers were Ohlan Rambo, Argil Rambo, Kyle and Karl Pleasant, Clarence Cannon, A. J. Stalcup, J. A. Stalcup, Lipford Garland. Flower bearers were neighbors and ladies of the church. Gentry Funeral Home in charge. [JAKS Note: Son Ray who was the one from Delaware was omitted from the obit and daughter Mrs. Javy Fritts should read Mrs. Faye Fritts.] | Robinson, Emerald Garfield (I7041)
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| 340 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 23, 1958 L. B. MORLEY (Judge) L. B. Morley, 87, of Route 3, Mountain City, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George L. Hart in Elizabethton, at 11:30 a.m. Sunday April 20. He had been in declining health for the past several months. His wife died February 1956. He was a native of Johnson County, having served in several public offices: county court clerk, trustee, and sheriff. He was a retired internal revenue officer, and a member of the Bethany Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Clyde of Mountain City, Fuller of Middletown, Pa., and Dwight of Tampa, Fla.; five daughters, Mrs. George L. Hart of Elizabethton, Mrs. Evelyn Plantz of Middletown, Pa., Mrs. Mildred Shoun, and Anna Ruth and Minnie G. Morley of Mountain City; 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday from the home with Rev. Hayes Smith and Rev. Walton Grady officiating. Interment was in the Mountain View Cemetery. | Morley, Lafayette Butler "L. B." (I10447)
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| 341 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 24, 1963 Charlie David Guinn Charlie David Guinn, age 51 of Neva, died in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C. Monday at 2:30 p.m. after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County, a farmer and member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Ethel Guinn, Neva; five sons, Joseph and David Guinn, both of Yorklyn, Del., Carroll, Wayne and Mark Guinn, all of Neva; five daughters, Mrs. Joe Baird, Mountain City, Mae Guinn, Lou Guinn, Malissa Guinn, Lennis Guinn, all of Neva; a brother, Wilburn Guinn, Neva; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Bunton, Neva, Mrs. Lennie Stansberry, Wheatfield, Ind.; two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday from the Pine Grove Baptist Church, Neva, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Clarence Lewis, and Rev. Tom Worley to officiate. Burial will be in the Stout Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe Shoun, Ray Stout, Earl Shull, Earl Matheson, Davy Stout, and Bill Dunn. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. | Guinn, Charlie David (I37267)
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| 342 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 24, 1968 Charlie Newton Morefield, age 83, Mountain City, Rt. 3, died in Johnson City Memorial Hospital Wednesday, 8:30 P.M., after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer and a member of the Dewey Christian Church. He was the son of the late Benjamin and Martha Hicks Morefield. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Relda G. Morefield, Mountain City; four sons Emmett Morefield, Knoxville; Oscar Morefield, Mountain City; Carson Morefield, Mountain City; two daughters, Mrs. Virgie Forrester, Mountain City and Mrs. Ruby Danner, Mountain City and one brother, Carl Morefield, Jenkins, Ky. 20 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren[sic] also survive. Funeral services were conducted from the Lewis Gentry Funeral Home Chapel Saturday, at 2:00 P.M, with the Rev. H.T. Mabry and Rev. William Ware officiating. Burial was in the Wilson Cemetery. Pall-bearers[sic] were grandsons. Flower-bearers[sic] were ladies of the church and neighbors. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. | Morefield, Charlie N. (I8416)
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| 343 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 26, 1967 Wilburn Floyd Morefield. . . Wilburn Floyd Morefield, age 78, Mountain City, died at the Grayson Hotel Monday at 6 p.m. Mr. Morefield was a native of Johnson County. He was a retired farmer. He was the son of the late James B. and Ellen McElyea Morefield. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lona, who died March 7, 1960. He was a member of the Locust Gap Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Junior, Portsmouth, Va., and Burl, Deep Gap, N.C.; three daughters, Mrs. Kate Walker, Neva, Mrs. Verna Mae Greer, Troutville, Va., Mrs. Crete Proffitt, Salem, Va.; two brothers, W.W. Morefield, Neva, J.G. Morefield, Lewiston, Idaho; four sisters, Mrs. Zola Moody, Mountain City, Mrs. Carie Mae Proffitt, Mrs. Ivaree Arnold and Mrs. Rena Hambo, all of Neva; and 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. from the Locust Gap Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. H.C. Price and Rev. D.C. Byrd officiating. Pallbearers will be friends and neighbors and flower bearers will be ladies of the church and neighbors. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday (today) at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Morefield cemetery. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. | Morefield, Wilburn Floyd (I9139)
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| 344 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 28, 1965 Abraham Lincoln Hodge. . . Abraham Lincoln Hodge, age 74 of Mountain City died in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C. Saturday at 10:55 p.m. after a 10-week illness. He was a native of Johnson County, son of the late Washington and Mary Mains Hodge; a farmer and businessman, a former (12 years) tax assessor of Johnson County; former school teacher and former member of the Johnson County Board of Education. He was a member of the First Christian Church. Survivors include[sic] the wife, Mrs. Clara A. Hodge, Mountain City; two sons, Gar Hodge and Sam Hodge, both Mountain City; five daughters, Venia Hodge, Faye Hodge, Mrs. Shirley Farmer, all Mountain City, Mrs. Bessie Jackson, Mrs. Pauline Slaughter, both Bristol; two sisters, Mrs. Pollie May, Trade, Mrs. Lucille Dunn, Mountain City; seven grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services conducted on Tuesday at the First Christian Church with H.T. Mabry and Rev. A.E. Brown officiating[sic]. The burial was in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Grady May, Butler Pennington, Ray May, Edd Hodge, Ode May, Joe Eller and Dick Mains. Flower bearers were ladies of the church and neighbors. Lewis Gentry in charge. | Hodge, Abraham Lincoln (I44415)
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| 345 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 3, 1968 Funeral services for Clyde Mitchell "Hardrock" Shoun, former National League baseball pitcher, were held Friday afternoon. Shoun died at Mountain Home Veterans Hospital near Johnson City, Tenn., on his birthday Wednesday after an extended illness. He was 56. During his 14 years with the major leagues, he pitched for four clubs - the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves. A Mountain City native, he acquired his nickname, "Hardrock," because of the speed in which he could throw a baseball during his youth. Perhaps his greatest acclaim as a major league hurler came May 15, 1944, when he pitched a 1-0 no hitter for the Reds against the Braves. A third inning base on ball to his rival pitcher, Jim Tobin, deprived him of a perfect game. A veteran of World Wra[sic] II, Shoun spent the 1945 season in the Navy. He ended his major league career in 1948 as a member of the Braves. He compiled a record of 72 victories, 58 losses and 475 strikeouts during his major league career. After leaving baseball, Shoun engaged in farming here. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Winnie Dugger Shoun; and three daughters, Mrs. Ann Boone, and Mrs. Linda Cress, both of Waco, Texas, and Miss Debra Jean Shoun, Mountain City. | Shoun, Clyde Mitchell "Hardrock'" (I9303)
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| 346 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, August 14, 1968 John Henry Matheson, age 92, of Neva, (Stout Branch Community) died Friday, 9:30 P.M., in the Carter County Memorial Hospital, Elizabethton, after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer. He was the son of the late Henry and Rachael Baily[sic) Matheson. He was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons Barton Matheson, Mountain City; Earl Matheson, Neva; and Claude Matheson, Neva; one daughter, Mrs. Robert Fritts, Neva. 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conducted Monday, 2:00 P.M., from the Pine Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Clarence Lewis, Rev. Ernest Carrier and Rev. Tom Worley officiating. Burial was in the Stout Cemetery. Pall-bearers[sic] were Gary Matheson, David Stout, Edwin Matheson, Ray Stout, Joe Shull, Barry Matheson, Harold Fritts and Larry Matheson. Flower-bearers[sic] were ladies of the church and neighbors. | Matheson, John Henry (I37506)
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| 347 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, August 19, 1970 DEATHS Mrs. Vena Alice Pleasant, 79, of Rt. 3, Butler, died Monday, 8:10 p.m. at her residence after an illness of 18 months. She was a native of Johnson County, a daughter of the late Nelson and Cordia Mullins Pierce. She was preceded in death by her husband, R. B. Pleasant, who died Feb. 9, 1936, and a daughter, Ola Pleasant Kyte, who died Feb. 26, 1939. She was a member of the Little Doe Baptist Church. Survivors include six sons, Kyle, Karl, Kale, and Klan, all of Butler, King, Haywood, Calif., and Keys, Knoxville; two daughters, Mrs. Ona Gentry and Mrs. Ova Stalcup, both of Butler; two brothers, George Pierce and Joe Pierce, both of Mountain City; 20 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, 2 p.m., from the Little Doe Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Biggar, and Rev. Warren Montgomery to officiate. Burial will be in the Rambo Cemetery. Pall-bearers[sic] will be grandsons. Flower-bearers will be ladies of the church and neighbors. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. | Pierce, Vena Alice (I5825)
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| 348 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, August 21, 1968 Mrs. Pearl Potter, 74, Route 2, Butler, died in Johnson City Memorial Hospital Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. following a three-week illness. She was a native of Johnson County and was the daughter of the late U.S. and Matty Hatley Bunton. She was a member of the Meadowview Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, W.M. Potter; two daughters, Mrs. Dana Bowman, Route 6, Johnson City, and Mrs. Louis Hicks, Route 2, Hampton; four sons, Rev. Russell, Route 6, Elizabethton, Ree, Route 2, Hampton, Bernard, Hickory N.C., and Claye, Route 2; two sisters, Mrs. Avery Harman and Mrs. Thomas Campbell, both of Route 1, Elizabethton; two brothers, Spencer Bunton, Flint, Mich. and Samuel Bunton, Route 2; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren and a step-granddaughter. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from the Meadowview Baptist Church. Rev. Richard Jones, Rev. Keen Roark, and Rev. Reece Harris officiated. The church choir was in charge of music. Burial was in Buntontown Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Lloyd Dugger, Eddie Miller, Chauncey Norris, J.D. Evans, Raymond Campbell, Tommy Conway, Jack Campbell, James Andrews, and Pete Miller. | Bunton, Pearl R. (I6045)
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| 349 | "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, August 21, 1968 Noah Webster Robinson, age 83, of Route 3, Mountain City, (Doe Valley Community) died at his residence Thursday, 2:30 a.m. after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County, a retired farmer and the son of the late Alex and Ellen Swinney Robinson. He was a charter member of the Bethany Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Hattie Stout Robinson, City; two sons, E.H. Robinson, Mountain City, and William Senter Robinson, Oxford, Pa.; two grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were conducted Saturday from the Bethany Baptist Church with the Rev. John Perkins and Rev. Earl Campbell officiating. Burial was in the Robinson Cemetery. Pall-bearers[sic] were Jack Loggins, Lionel Gregg, C. Mullins, Archie Dillon, Wiley Dillon, J.L. Lowe, Joe Osborne and Ben Dillon. Flower-bearers[sic] were ladies of the church and neighbors. Lewis Gentry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. | Robinson, Noah Webster (I38260)
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