1. | Stanley Thompson Cress was born on 4 Aug 1884 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 10 May 1970 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Cress Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes:
"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, May 13, 1970
DEATHS
Stanley Thomas Cress, 85, of Mountain City, Rt. 1, (Corn Creek Community) died in Johnson City Memorial Hospital, Sunday, 12:31 p.m., after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County, son of the late William B. and Eliza Shupe Cress. He was a retired sawmill operator, and a member of the Valley View Methodist Church.
Mr. Cress was married to the late Ollie Davis.
Surviving this marriage, are six sons, Layman, Clyde, Azel, S. T. and Henry Cress, all of Mountain City, and George Cress, California; four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Moody, Zionville, N. C., Mrs. Myrtle Davidson, Devin, W. Va., Mrs. Ella Mae Osborne, Elkton, Md., and Mrs. Mary Alice Mitchell, Stubenville, O.
Mr. Cress was later married to Mrs. Dorothy Sexton Cress who survives, along with four sons, Joe, Jimmy, Tony and Terry, all of Mountain City; three daughters, Mary, Shirley and Liza Cress, all of Mountain City; one sister, Mrs. Mamie Cartwright, Cleveland, O.; 37 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted from the Lewis Gentry Funeral Home Chapel, Tuesday, 2 p.m., with the Rev. Robert Gillespie, Rev. Thomas Gatton and Mrs. Bluford Cole, minister, officiating.
Burial was in the Cress Cemetery.
Pall-bearers[sic] were grandsons, Raymond, Douglas, Jimmy, Robin, and Donnie Cress, and James Lefler.
Flower-bearers were friends and neighbors
Lewis Gentry Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Stanley married Ollie Edith Davis on 2 Dec 1906 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Ollie (daughter of Holden Davis and Ellen Virginia Mast) was born in Mar 1888 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 25 Feb 1930 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Cress Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Myrtle Cress was born about 1909 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- 3. Laymon Roger Cress was born on 18 Feb 1913 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Nov 2000 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; was buried in Cress Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee.
- 4. Clyde R. Cress was born on 13 Mar 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Feb 2007 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee.
- 5. Azel William Cress was born on 13 Aug 1915 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 10 Oct 2001; was buried in Cress Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee.
- 6. Stanley Cress, Jr. was born on 30 Jun 1919 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Aug 2002; was buried in Cress Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee.
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Stanley married Dorothy Sexton after 1930. Dorothy was born about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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