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- "The Tomahawk," Wednesday, July 6, 1955
RUFUS G. CRESS...
Rufus G. Cress, 80, Rte. 7, Elizabethton, died at his home Sunday, July 3, after a long illness.
A native of Johnson County, he had made his home in Carter County for the past ten years.
Surviving are his widow; two sons, Blake Cress of Hattiesburg, Miss., and James Cress of Elizabethton; six daughters, Mrs. J. E. Daily of Roanoke, Va., Mrs. Lottie Miller of Gary, Ind., Mrs. John Ornduff of Elizabethton, Mrs. Sally Duncan of Roanoke, Va., Mrs. Joseph Wenzel of Tucson, Ariz.; 25 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Baxter Cress of Wilder, Idaho, and James Cress of Phoenix, Ariz.; three sisters, Mrs. Bob Crosswhite and Mrs. Esther Thompson, both of Caldwell, Idaho, and Mrs. Georgia Matherly of Butler.
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1874 - 1955 (80 years)
