Marcellus R. "Cellie" Branham

Notes:

Member of the Monacan Indian Tribe, Amherst County, Virginia.

1900 Amherst County, VA Census
Court House District
Household 208
Marclus BranumApr 1872 28VA VA VABlack
AnnieMar 1878 22VA VA VA"
MyrtleJun 1898 1VA VA VA"
JohnOct 1899 7moVA VA VA"

Household 210
Winston BranumJun 1848 62VA VA VABlack, widower
StevenMar 1888 12VA VA VA"


1910 Amherst County, VA Census
Elon District
Household 300
Sellie Brannum39VA VA VAMulatto
Annie34VA VA VA"
Myrtle12VA VA VA"
Elma 9VA VA VA"
Ressie 8VA VA VA"
Iva 4VA VA VA"

Marcellus married Annie "Letha" Hamilton on 30 Mar 1898 in Amherst County, , , Virginia. Annie (daughter of John J. Hamilton and Latha (Hamilton)) was born in Mar 1878 in Amherst County, , , Virginia; died about 1912 in Amherst County, , , Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ressie married Charles Zolley Moody on 16 May 1920 in Johnson City, , Washington County, Tennessee. Charles (son of Thomas Clingman Moody and Rosa Mary Stout) was born on 11 Feb 1896 in Johnson City, , Washington County, Tennessee; died on 8 Jan 1969 in Johnson City, , Washington County, Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ressie married Terrence Travis Brantly on 21 Dec 1936 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. Terrence (son of Charles E. Brantly and Loulou D. (Brantly)) was born on 18 Jun 1894 in Fulton County, , , Georgia; died on 28 May 1957 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andrew "Andy" Moody, 85, a Monacan Indian dropped his body July 1, 2007, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.

Formerly of 102. E. Locust Street, Johnson City, Mr. Moody had been a resident of the Asbury Place before entering the hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a son of the late Charles and Reecie Brantley Moody.

Mr. Moody was a veteran of the US Army serving in World War II in the 35th Combat Engineers Regiment and Battalion, both in construction of the Alaskan Highway and in the European Theatre where he received a Purple Heart. He was a faithful and longtime member of the Locust Street Church of Christ where he had served as a Deacon. Mr. Moody was in the construction business for many years. He was a well-known swimmer at the Legion Street pool for many years and had never met anyone who he was not friendly to. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Moody and three brothers, Augustus Brantley and Niles and Fred T. Moody. Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Eva Mae Green Moody of 102 E. Locust Street, Johnson City; two daughters, Estelle Moody and Charlotte Bennett and her husband Bob all of Johnson City; a granddaughter, Diana Laws and her husband Rick; the light of his life a great-grandson, Caleb Elisha Laws; a brother, Brad Moody, Johnson City; a sister, Frances Smith, Johnson City; a special cousin, Daisy Branham; a very special friend, Louise B. Howard, Bulls Gap, TN and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service for Mr. Moody will be conducted at 7:00 PM Thursday, July 5, 2007, at Locust Street Church of Christ with Ministers Billy Jack Smith and Jeffrey Campbell officiating. A prayer will be offered by Ricky Laws. Graveside services will be held 11:00 AM Friday, July 6, 2007, in the Monte Vista Memorial Gardens. Military Honors will be accorded by the VFW Post #3382 Color Guard of Kingsport.

Pallbearers will be Daryl Fred Moody, Gary Moody, Doug Green, "Little" Andy Moody, Ricky Laws, Elmer Harmon, Jim Potter, David Godsey and Howard Burnette. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Harold Burnett and Dr. John W. Langenbrunner. Family, friends and pallbearers are asked to meet at the cemetery by 10:50 AM for this service. The family will receive friends at the church Thursday, July 5, from 5:00 until 7:00 PM. The family would like to give special thanks to all of the nursing staff at Asbury Place for the wonderful care they provided for Mr. Moody during his illness.

Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com. Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 108 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City is serving the Moody family.

Andrew married Eva Mae Green on 22 Apr 1941 in Kingsport, , Sullivan County, Tennessee. Eva (daughter of Royal L. Green and Ellen Hono Jones) was born on 28 Mar 1923 in Greenville, , Greenville County, South Carolina; died on 10 Jun 2016 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mr. Bradford Carson Moody, age 88, 918 Lake Drive, Johnson City went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 30, 2010, at his residence.

He was a native of Johnson City and a son of the late Charles Zollie and Rissie Branham Moody.

Mr. Moody was a blood member of the Monacan Indian Tribe.

He was a member of University Parkway Baptist Church.

From February 20, 1943 to May 8, 1945, Mr. Moody served in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps.

From November 16, 1943 to January 1, 1944 he participated in the capture of Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Island, British Solomon Islands.

From July 23, 1944 to August 15, 1944, he participated in the capture and occupation of the island of Guam.

From February 22, 1945 to March 26, 1945, he participated in the assault and capture of the island of Iwo Jima.

Mr. Moody retired from Piedmont Airlines as their operations manager for Tri-Cities Regional Airport.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Moody was preceded in death by: two sisters, Mary Moody and Frances Smith; three brothers, Andy, Fred, and Niles Moody; and one half-brother, Augustus Brantley; one son-in-law, Pat Finley.

Survivors include: his wife of sixty-four years, Gwendolyn Sneed Moody, of the home; son, Mark Moody, and his wife Patricia, of Johnson City; daughter, Susan Moody Finley, of Johnson City; four grandchildren, Dr. Heather Champney, and her husband Dr. Greg Champney, Shannon Michelle Godsey, and Katheryn Moody, all of Johnson City, and Brittany Moody Reece, and her husband Chad, of Jonesborough; five great grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Aiden, Reahnee, Eliana, and Harrison; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service for Mr. Bradford Carson Moody will be conducted 8:00 PM Sunday from the Morris-Baker South Chapel. Mr. Scott Thompson and Rev. Steve Pate will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Marshall Mitchell, Robert Rodgers, Caleb Laws, Gary Jeffers, John Smith, and Jimmy Beard.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Jim Pickle, Jim Star, Ben Pat Bailey, Gene Weems, Buford Stone, Glenn Shanks, Bill Johnson, Leroy Pickel, Charlie Johnson, and Leon Cox.

Graveside services will be conducted 12 noon Monday from Monte Vista Memorial Park. The VFW Post #4933 and the Tennessee National Guard will accord Military honors.

Family and friends are asked to meet at Morris-Baker by 11:40 AM to go in procession to the cemetery for those services.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home.

The family would like to express a special thank you to Mr. Moody's caregivers: Patsy McCurry, Carol Williams, Linda Merman, Melessa White, Sonya Craig and RN Tara Harman.

For those who wish, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 508 Princeton Rd # 102, Johnson City, TN 37601-2060 or Harmony Baptist Church Building Fund, 1177 Harmony Road, Jonesborough, Tn 37659.

Bradford married Gwendolyn M. "Gwen" Patton Sneed on 9 Jul 1946 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. Gwendolyn (daughter of Arch Patton and Myrtle Presley) was born about 1927 in Wise County, , , Virginia; died on 30 Jan 2013 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fred Terrence Moody, 81, a Monacan Indian, dropped his body on July 3, 2006, in Jonesborough.

He was a First Class Seaman in the United States Navy. He served during World War II.

He was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He attended Dry Creek Church.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Ellen Tolley Moody; four children, Vicky Lee, Gary Allen, Andrew Carson and Darrell Fred; two brothers and one sister, Andrew, Bradford and Francis; seventeen grandchildren; twenty three great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 AM Friday at the Mountain Home National Cemetery. Rev. Bob Miller and Rev. Allen E. Byrd will officiate. Graveside Military Honors will be given by V.F.W. Post #3382 of Kingsport. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home by 9:15 AM Friday and proceed to the cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Thursday. Online condolences may be sent to the family via www.morrisbaker.com.


Monacan Indian true to roots throughout life, then takes walk

The obituary stopped more than one reader: "Fred Terrence Moody, 81, a Monacan Indian, dropped his body on July 3, 2006, in Jonesborough."

"It's a Sioux term," daughter Vicky Moody said. "They say 'he dropped his body' or 'he takes a walk', just like others say 'he passed away' or 'he went to be with the Lord.'"

The Monacan Indian nation consists of about 1,400 people centered in Amherst County near Lynchburg. They are also known as the Eastern band of the Sioux, which at one time inhabited the Ohio River Valley and split into eastern and western bands thousands of years ago.

At that time a people who depended on the buffalo could go in any direction, as the buffalo also inhabited the eastern mountains. Ancient prairie grasses such as little and big bluestem still grow in the Ohio River in the shallows of the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, their seeds spread by ancient buffalo droppings.

Buffalo Mountain outside of Johnson City is named for its resemblance to a humped buffalo, but the original hunters who named it were used to seeing buffalo in this region.

The Monacan culture is believed to be at least 10,000 years old and once comprised about half of Virginia. They buried their dead in layers separated by earth, forming mounds. Scientists in the Blue Ridge and Piedmont region have documented some 13 mounds.

Thomas Jefferson had such a mound at Monticello and observed Indians visiting it in an obvious state of sadness and mourning. He later excavated it and found bodies and other artifacts which he documented, making him the father of American archaeology.

At the time the Jamestown settlers arrived in 1607 they were in Monacan territory, and it is said that the decision by the Powhatans to allow the Jamestown Colony to survive was influenced by the Monacans. They were the Powhatans chief suppliers of copper, a valuable commodity.

It is believed there were 8,000 to 10,000 Monacans at that time, but their numbers were quickly reduced by European diseases like flu and smallpox, for which they had no immunity, and by intermarriage with whites. Between 1607 and 1720 the Monacans gradually moved west, away from the white settlers, eventually concentrating in Amherst County along with the adopted remnants of other tribes.

In 1831, William Johns purchased 52 acres on Bear Mountain, and later bought another 400 acres, which became a settlement for the Indian families related to him. In 1868 a parcel was donated as a meeting place for the Indians, and a log church was built which is now a registered national historic landmark.

Virginia passed a "racial integrity" law in 1924 prohibiting intermarriage between whites and anyone of 1/16 colored blood, black or Indian. County officials without knowledge of the Indians changed many records. A series of legal challenges by the Indians resolved their incorrect legal classification for the World War II draft.

Fred Moody served as a First Class Seaman in the Navy during the war.

"He got to attend a powwow at Lynchburg before he died," Vicky Moody said. "He said a fog passed before his eyes and he saw all the people dancing. We told him nobody was dancing and he said, 'I am in trouble.' We think he knew then that he would not survive the cancer."

She said he called for the book written by a Monacan and he died at home in the Indian manner.

The Monacans have worshipped as Christians for a long time. Their log church soon became a missionary school. Dropping the body is a fusion of Christian and Indian belief, demonstrating that the spirit has left the body and no longer has use for it.

Fred Moody's body was buried Friday at Mountain Home National Cemetery. His spirit took a walk.

Fred married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unknown GEDCOM info: Childbirth

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Augustus married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Darrell Fred Moody, 64, Johnson City passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021 at his residence.

He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and was a son of Mary Ellen Moody of Jonesborough and the late Fred T. Moody. Darrell was a self-employed painter. He attended Dry Creek Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by a son Brandon Hartsook.

Survivors include his mother, Mary Ellen Tolley Moody of Jonesborough; his children, Dustin Britt of Johnson City, Tammy Sue Peters, of Jonesborough, Heather Carver and husband, Daniel of Jonesborough and Teddy Hartsook and wife, Melissa of Kingsport; two brothers, Gary Moody and wife, Vickie and Andrew Moody all of Johnson City; a sister, Vicky Lee Moody of Johnson City; eight grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Darrell will be conducted at 1:30 PM Thursday, November 11, 2021 in the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City with Pastor Bob Miller officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM until the service hour. Graveside services will follow in the Washington County Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be selected from the family and friends.

Buried:
JOHNSON CITY - Darrell Fred Moody, 64, Johnson City passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and was a son of Mary Ellen Moody of Jonesborough and the late Fred T. Moody. Darrell was a self-employed painter. He attended Dry Creek Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a son Brandon Hartsook.
Survivors include his mother, Mary Ellen Tolley Moody of Jonesborough; his children, Dustin Britt of Johnson City, Tammy Sue Peters, of Jonesborough, Heather Carver and husband, Daniel of Jonesborough and Teddy Hartsook and wife, Melissa of Kingsport; two brothers, Gary Moody and wife, Vickie and Andrew Moody all of Johnson City; a sister, Vicky Lee Moody of Johnson City; eight grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Darrell will be conducted at 1:30 PM Thursday, November 11, 2021 in the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City with Pastor Bob Miller officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM until the service hour. Graveside services will follow in the Washington County Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be selected from the family and friends.