1. | John Henry Cress was born on 3 Feb 1871 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; 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]
Children:
- 2. Nellie Cress
was born about 1898 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- 3. Luther Walter Cress
was born on 2 Mar 1901 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 29 Mar 1983 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee.
- 4. Mina Ruth Cress
was born on 23 Jan 1903 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Jan 1928 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee.
- 5. Claude Cress
was born about 1906 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- 6. Morris Cress
was born about 1909 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- 7. Wilmer Cress
was born about 1911 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- 8. Joseph Dudley Cress
was born about 1913 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee.
- 9. Living
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