James Franklin Reece

James married Anna Eggers about 1852 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Anna (daughter of Landrine Eggers and Eleanor "Nellie" McBride) was born on 21 Jul 1832 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Emilene Maples on 14 Oct 1875 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Lemuel Lafayette Maples and Amanda A. Brown) was born about 1859 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; died on 23 Mar 1943 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Delilah Catharine Ward about 1886 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Delilah (daughter of Hamilton B. Ward and Martha A. Holman) was born about 1857 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amanda married Thomas Everette Brookshire on 30 Sep 1883 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Thomas (son of Joel Brookshire and Sarah Wagner) was born on 27 Jan 1860 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 7 Feb 1930 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Pleasant Grove Umc Church Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Elizabethton Star," Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1942
MRS. J. I. NETHERLY
Mrs. Nancy Catherine Reece Netherly, age 73, died at her home Tuesday evening at 6:00 o'clock after an illness of five weeks.
Mrs. Netherly was born Dec. __, 1869, and was married to J. I. Netherly, Dec. 4, 18__. She had been a member of the Missionary Baptist church for the past 55 years.
Survivors are her husband, Jacob I. Netherly; one son Smith Netherly, Butler; five daughters, Mrs. Allen Courtner, Butler; June Holly, Mrs. Jerome Netherly Crockett, Mrs. R. L. Smith, Mrs. Lee Mace, all of Elizabethton; one stepson, Oliver Netherly, Butler; 22 grandchildren including John R. Crockett, Fort Benn__, Ga., and Frank Crockett, Elizabethton who have made their home with her, and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:__ o'clock from the Calvary Baptist church with the Rev. James Sherwood, Rev. M. K. Cobble, ___ Cox, Carl Roberts officiating. Burial will be made in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
Active pallbearers will be the nephews, Abner Reece, Jeff Wagoner, Raleigh Tester, B. Carr__ Reece, Bob Wagoner, John Bowers, Newton Reece, Hiram Reece.
Flower bearers will be selected from friends at the funeral.
The body will remain in the chapel of the Roy Hathaway Funeral Home until time for the services Thursday.
[JAKS Note: This obituary was on the last column on the page and when filmed was partially covered by the next page.]

Nancy married Jacob Isaac Neatherly on 4 Dec 1886 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Jacob (son of Mr. Neatherly and Elizabeth (Neatherly)) was born on 22 May 1855 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 Feb 1943 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elsie I. Crosswhite about 1913 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Elsie (daughter of Joseph Grant Crosswhite and Iantha Catharine "Kate" Lloyd) was born in Aug 1890 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Elizabethton Star," Monday, May 24, 1937
REECE RITES TUESDAY P.M.
John E. Reece, 57, of Graysville, Tenn., brother of Congressman B. Carroll Reece and Lem L. Reece, died Sunday morning at 11:45 at Mountain Home hospital in Johnson City following an illness of several months.
Funeral services and interment will be at Sugar Grove Baptist Church near Butler, Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 with the Rev. James Sherwood officiating. The funeral procession will leave Appalachian Funeral Home in Johnson City at 1:00 p.m.
Mr. Reece, a Spanish American War veteran, was for many years in the merchantile[sic] business at Butler, and for the past few years had been connected with the Inspection Bureau of the Federal Alcohol Tax unit.
He is survived by his widow, Minnie Doughtery Reece; his mother, Mrs. Sallie E. Reece of Johnson City; the following brothers and sisters, J. L. Reece, W. L. Reece, W. J. Reece, B. Carroll Reece, Lem L. Reece, Mrs. Anna R. Thompson, Millard B. Reece, Mrs. H. B. Cupp and Raleigh Reece.
Active pallbearers, who will assemble at the Sugar Grove church at 2:45 p.m., will be Jack Anderson, Scott Burton, Allen Courtner, Dr. G. Hughes, Ray Shoun, Alfred M. Stout, M. F. Summerlin and Arthur Wagner.

John married Minnie Doughtery about 1900. Minnie was born about 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, October 30, 1968
W.J. (Jake) Reece, 87, Rt. 8 Johnson City, died Wednesday night in Jonesboro Nursing Home following an extended illness.
A native of Johnson County and son of the late Isaac and Sarah Maples Reece, he had lived in Johnson City for the past 10 years. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Sugar Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ellen I. Reece; one daughter, Mrs. Bobby Curry, Rt. 8; one sister, Mrs. Robert Thompson, Lafayette, Ind.; five brothers, Wilson L. and Millard, Chattanooga, Joseph I., Pickens, S.C., Osa C., Clearwater, Fla., and Lem L., Jonesboro; a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m., from the Sugar Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Cohen Arms officiating. Burial was in the Dugger Cemetery.
Pall-bearers[sic] were James Potter, Lionel Potter, Lowell Isaacs, Raymond Isaacs, Shafter Stout and France Holloway.
Flower-bearers[sic] were ladies of the church and friends.

Walter married Ellen Eliza Isaacs on 22 Sep 1906 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Ellen (daughter of Thomas Isaacs and Amanda Caroline Dugger) was born on 21 Feb 1885 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 13 Nov 1974 in Washington County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Congresman from East Tennessee

Brazilla married Louise C. Goff about 1927 in Washington, , , District of Columbia. Louise (daughter of Guy D. Goff and Ann Baker) was born on 6 Nov 1898 in Milwaukee County, , , Wisconsin; died on 14 Mar 1970 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"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.

Notes:

"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, December 10, 1969
DEATHS
Hiram Wilson Reece, 80, of Rt. 1, Neva, died Monday, 3:15 p.m., in the Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N. C., after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County, son of the late D. L. and Catherine Ward Reece.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mattie Reece, Neva; one brother, A. C., Elizabethton; three sisters, Mrs. M. D. Allen and Mrs. W. H. Humphrey, both of Elizabethton, and Mrs. D. W. Black, Kingsport; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, 2 p.m., from the funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Paul Dyson, and Rev. Thomas Worley, officiating. Burial will be in the Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton.
Pall-bearers[sic] will be Fred Stout, Edward Stout, Bill Stout, Blaine Stout, Randy Pardue, Dale Vaught, Ray Wills and McDonald Slemp.

Hiram married Mattie (Reece) about 1910 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mattie was born about 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, September 8, 1965
I.N. Reece. . .
I.N. Reece, age 68, Route 8, Johnson City, died in Johnson City Memorial Hospital last Tuesday morning, August 31. He died after an illness of three weeks.
A native of Johnson County, he had lived in Carter County for 27 years.
He was a son of the late D.L. and Catherine Ward Reece, and a retired employe[sic] of the North American Rayon Corp. He was a member of Pinecrest Baptist Church where he was a deacon.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ida Snyder Reece; two brothers, H.W. Reece, Neva community; A.E. Reece, Elizabethton; and three sisters, Mrs. Andy Allen, Rt. 5, Elizabethton; Mrs. D.W. Black, Kingsport, Mrs. W.F. Humphrey, Elizabethton.
Funeral services were conducted from Pinecrest Baptist Church with Rev. Cohen Arms and Rev. Ed Brumett officiating. Burial was in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Kermit Randolph, Jim Baker, Frank Byrd, E.B. Tolliver, Bill Garland, T.J. Sparks, Paul Owen and Paul D. Renfro.

Isaac married Ida B. Snyder in 1921 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Ida (daughter of John Robert Snider and Rachel Emaline Vaught) was born in Jul 1888 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abner married Nora Ellen Stout on 17 Sep 1920 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Nora (daughter of Elbert Elias Stout and Martha Belle Ward) was born on 7 Mar 1902 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Dec 1985 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Texie married James Calvin Turnmire on 9 Jun 1907 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. James (son of Hugh Turnmire and Lydia Pope) was born in Jul 1872 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died about 1960 in Greene County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Milburnton Umc Cemetery, , Greene County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Ethel (Vaught) about 1908 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Ethel was born about 1886 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mattie married Robert Allen Courtner about 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Robert was born about 1892 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Myrtle married Edgar Walter Calhoun on 31 Jan 1942 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Edgar (son of Roy Edgar Calhoun, Sr. and Anna Johnson) was born on 15 Sep 1922 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 4 Nov 1924 in Stark County, , , Ohio; was buried in Fork Mountain Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bernice Turnmire parents were James Calvin Turnmire of North Carolina 1872 – 1960 and Texie Brookshire 1886 – 1977 of Tennessee. She had several siblings.

In 1910, when Nellie was a year old, her parents were living on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Chouteau, Montana. Her father was farming, and her mother was employed as a cook.

The family had relocated to Civil District 16, Washington, Tennessee in 1920. They were renting a house that was on a farm, and Nellie's father was working out as a farmer.

By 1930 the family had relocated again, now to District 9, Greene, Tennessee. They still rented a farm house and her father was employed as a farmer.

When she was 47 years old, she married Thomas Bert Smith, after his first wife died. They had one known daughter, Edna June Smith, born in 1930.

Thomas died Sept. 27, 1957. Thomas's death certificate revealed that he died at 138 Patton Street at Limestone, Green Co. Tennessee of a Cerebrovascular accident due to Generalized Arteriosclerosis that he had been surffering for 5 years prior to his death. His recent wife, Bernice Turnmire Smith was the informant on his death certificate.

Bernice died on Jul.18, 1999 and is buried beside her late husband. "Rest in Peace, Bernice" (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)

John married Alma Dickerson on 23 Oct 1943 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. Alma (daughter of Joe Marian Dickerson and Ida C. Bales) was born on 18 Jun 1927 in Greene County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Dec 2017 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Cherry Hill FW Baptist Church Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Helen Amelia Neatherly (Morley) McKittrick passed away, following a brief illness, on May 10, 2013, in Pueblo, Colo. She died at the Joni Fair Hospice House, named in honor of her daughter.

Helen was born in Bristol, Va., on March 23, 1920, to Smith and Ethel Neatherly, but was raised in Butler, Tenn., the tiny town in Johnson County which was abandoned when the TVA built Watauga Dam nearby. The back-waters from the dam covered this pristine community in 1949, and the town was re-located to higher ground ½ mile away. Butler was the only town sacrificed in a TVA project.

In Butler, she attended the Butler Baptist Church and Watauga Academy, the high school operated by the Southern Baptist Convention.

She married David C. Morley Sr. on June 29, 1940, in Butler, where they started their family. This lost community was important to Helen, and she participated in several reunions held by former residents to honor the memory of "Old" Butler and those who lived there.

Following the forced relocation of Butler's residents, Helen and D.C. settled in Elizabethton, Tenn., where she attended Oak Street Baptist Church and was active in the WMU and church choir. She retired from the Elizabethton City School System and took great pride and satisfaction in helping children who were educationally challenged.

She relocated to Colorado Springs, Colo., to be close to her children. In Colorado, she attended the Security Baptist Church and the Circle Drive Baptist Church, where she met and married Robert R. McKittrick on Feb. 14, 2000. They lived in Colorado Springs and Denver, and most recently at Primrose Retirement Community in Pueblo.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters; and her first husband, D.C., who died in Pueblo in 1984 following 44 years of marriage.

Survivors include her second husband, Robert R. McKittrick, of Pueblo, Colo.; her daughter, Amelia Joan "Joni" (Wayne) Fair, of Pueblo; a son, David C. (Susan) Morley Jr., of Venice, Fla. She left five grandchildren, Michael Fair, of Elizabethton, Tenn., Shana Fair, of Pueblo, Tara Edwards, of Parker, Colo., Christopher Morley, of Denver, and Tricia Morley, of Littleton, Colo.; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. A sister, Georgia Osburn, also survives in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 13, 2013, at Montgomery & Steward Funeral Home in Pueblo, with entombment at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Colorado Springs.

Helen married David C. Morley on 29 Jun 1940 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. David (son of Charles H. Spurgeon Morley and Rachel Naomi McQueen) was born about 1919 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1984 in Pueblo County, , , Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert "Earl" Courtner, 95, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center.

He was a native of Carter County, TN, and a son of the late Robert Allen Courtner and Mattie Mae Neatherly Courtner. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Paul, Howard and Ralph Courtner; and two sisters, Chloe Lipford and Vernell Bowling.

Mr. Courtner was a veteran of WW II and was stationed in England. He was in the Army Air Corps.

He retired from North American Rayon and had worked as a Shipright in Metal Manufacturing in Greeneville, TN.

He was a member of University Parkway Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mildred Ann Courtner; one daughter, Carolyn Courtner Wood and her husband, Claude Jr., of Knoxville, TN; one son, Stephen Robert Courtner and his wife, Carol, of Jackson, TN; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Frances Courtner and Lucille Hodge, both of Butler; one sister in law, Martha Courtner.

Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 25, 2012, from Mountain Home National Cemetery. Dr. Michael Oaks will officiate. Military Honors will be observed at the cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Robert married Mildred Ann Morefield about 1946 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mildred (daughter of Robert Harrison Morefield and Edna Tyson Osborne) was born about 1925 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 23 Nov 2018 in Caldwell County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lucille Courtner Lowe Hodge, 86, of Butler, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
A native of old Butler, she was a daughter of the late Robert Allen "R.A." and Mattie Mae Neatherly Courtner.
Lucille attended Watauga Academy, graduated from Hampton High School and graduated from Tri Cities Beauty College in Johnson City. She also attended East Tennessee State College for three years. Lucille was a member of Zion Baptist Church since 2008 and a former member of Butler Baptist Church for 64 years. She was a member of Butler Chapter #218 Order of Eastern Star for 66 years going in January 3, 1952.
Lucille was owner and operator of Lucille's Beauty Shop in Butler for 15 years, employed at Johnson County Hospital in Mountain City for 15 years, and also employed at North American Rayon Corporation in Elizabethton and Northeast Correctional Center in Mountain City.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three husbands, Henry Lowe, the father of her children, M.E. Cardwell and Clyde Hodge; a daughter, Rita Lowe Stephens, Griffin, Ga.; three sisters, Chloe Lipford, Vernell Cable Boling and Frances Courtner; and three brothers, Paul, Howard and Earl Courtner.
Survivors include her daughter, Nioka Lowe Markland and husband, David; a son, Michael Allen Lowe, Elizabethton; one granddaughter, Stephanie White Campbell, and two great-granddaughters, Savannah Riley and Alexandria Marie Campbell, all of Taylors, S.C.; her special step-daughter, Helen Renfro and husband Gene, Johnson City; one special step-grandson, Gene Renfro and wife Katie, Johnson City; several nieces and great-nephews, including one special niece, Carolyn Wood, Concord, Tenn.
Funeral services for Lucille Courtner Lowe Hodge will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Dr. D. Alan King, Dr. James Richardson and Rev. Sherrill Nave officiating. Music will be provided by the Zion Baptist Church Choir, her daughter, Nioka Markland, Jean Osborne and Jennifer Hughes, pianists. Interment will follow in the Butler Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Daniel Wood officiating. Active pallbearers will be Teddy Greenwell, Jerry Lyons, Harry Pierce, Gene Renfro, Willie McVay and Freddy Julian. Honorary pallbearers will be her church families at Zion Baptist Church and Butler Baptist Church, members of Butler Chapter #218 Order of Eastern Star and her many friends in the Butler Community. A Masonic Service will follow the funeral service by Butler Chapter #218, Order of Eastern Star.

Margaret married Henry O'Dell Lowe on 28 Aug 1954 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Henry died on 16 Apr 1972; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]