Alexander Funeral Home Records
Transcribed and submitted by: E. J. & C. Keen
Source: Copies of Original Records
11th March 1957 - 4th November 1957
Full Name: Mary Ella Vance
Place of Death: Ft. Head, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Rest Haven Nursing Home
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Mar 5, 1869
Birthplace: Trousdale Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Mar 11, 1957
Age: 88 years 5 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Name of Spouse: Bailey Vance (dec'd)
Name of Father: Daniel Harper
Maiden Name of Mother: Priscilla Hale
Physician: Dr. Ladd
Date, Time, Place of Service: Mar 12,
1957 10am Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Nance
Clergyman: Brother Frank Jernigan - Brother Louis
Carnahan
Near Relatives: Mrs. W. G. Crews - Gallatin, several
nieces and nephews
Informant: Mrs. Crews
Full Name: Hester Mae Spears
Place of Death: Cottontown, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov 30, 1898
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Mar 12, 1957
Age: 58 years
Name of Spouse: Herschel Spears
Name of Father: Frank Doss
Maiden Name of Mother: Martha Escue
Physician: Dr. Dedman
Date, Time, Place of Service: Mar 14,
1957 11am Macedonia
Name of Cemetery: Macedonia
Near Relatives: Mrs. Oscar Suddarth, Jr. - Gallatin,
3 grandchildren
Full Name: John Philip Burris
Place of Death: Clarence, Oklahoma
Color, Sex: White, Male
Birth Place: Dixson Springs, TN
Marital Status: Married
Age: 81
Occupation: Assembly of God Minister - Carpenter
Name of Spouse: Maggie Gregory Burris
Name of Father: Lankford Burris
Maiden Name of Mother: Nannie McGee
Date, Time, Place of Service: Mar 20,
1957 2:30pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Rev. H. E. Darnell - Clark Cook
Near Relatives: wife; son: J. C. Burris - Claremore,
Oklahoma; daug: Mrs. J. O. Brown - Claremore, Oklahoma
Full Name: John Duffer
Place of Death: Albany, Georgia
Date of Death: Mar 7, 1957
Age: 84 years
Name of Spouse: Sylvia Duffer
Date, Time, Place of Service: Mar 10,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Friendship
Clergyman: Rev. James P. Craine
Full Name: Mertie Choate Phillips
Place of Death: Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Vanderbilt
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Oct 27, 1921
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Mar 24, 1957
Age: 35 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: James Phillips
Name of Father: Jake Choate (dec'd)
Maiden Name of Mother: Lilly Mayberry
Date, Time, Place of Service: Mar 26,
1957 11am Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Blackmore
Clergyman: Herlon Brown
Near Relatives: husband, daug: Dorothy Sue Phillips
- Gallatin; mother: Mrs. Lily Choate - Gallatin; sis: Mrs. Oak Scruggs, Mrs.
Leon Sneed; bro: Gordon Miller Ryan, all of Gallatin
Full Name: Tillman Scott Corum
Place of Death: Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Feb 11, 1875
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Mar 25, 1957
Age: 82 years
Name of Spouse: Jennie Corum
Name of Father: Henry Corum - Sumner Co.,
TN
Physician: Crowe
Informant: Mrs. E. C. Parrish, Gallatin, TN
Date, Time, Place of
Service: 10:30am Corum Hill
Name of Cemetery: Corum Hill
Clergyman: Rev. A. D. Robinson
Near Relatives: daug: Mrs. E. C. Parrish, Mrs. Earl
Wise, of Gallatin; 4 grandchildren, one great grandchild
Informant: Mrs. E. C. Parrish - Gallatin
Full Name: Willie Elmer Hargis
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Date of Birth: Aug 22, 1891
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Mar 26, 1957
Age: 66 years
Occupation: Butcher
Name of Father: Eason Hargis - TN
Maiden Name of Mother: Amy Carter
Physician: Dr. Blackshear
Informant: Mrs. Fannie Smallwood, Gallatin, TN
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Herlon Brown
Near Relatives: Alma Branaham - Indianapolis, Indiana,
Cordell Hargis - Indianapolis, Indiana, Elvis Hargis - Portland; bro: Earnest
Hargis - Nashville; sis: Lela Smalling - Lafayette
Informant: Mrs. Fannie Smallwood - Gallatin
Full Name: Miss Matt Wright
Place of Death: Indianapolis, Indiana
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Single
Date of Death: Apr 2, 1957
Age: 84 years 3 months 23 days
Name of Father: John Wright
Maiden Name of Mother: Lou Neel
Date, Time, Place of Service: Apr 6, 1957
2pm Dry Fork Pres. Church
Name of Cemetery: Dry Fork
Clergyman: Rev. W. W. Suddarth
Full Name: Johnnie Thomas Stratton
Place of Death: Castalian Springs, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: June 6
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Apr 7, 1957
Age: 74 years
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Father: Lee Stratton
Maiden Name of Mother: Martha Gregory
Physician: Dr. Troutt
Date, Time, Place of Service: Apr 7,
1957 11am Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Brother Olmstead - Pryor
Near Relatives: daug: Mrs. Roger Whitaker
Informant:
Full Name: Asia Perkins Whitefield
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Dec 4, 1890
Birthplace: Jackson Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Apr 16, 1957
Age: 66 years
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Evie Jackson Whitefield
Name of Father: Joe Whitefield
Maiden Name of Mother: Julia Young
Physician: Wallace
Date, Time, Place of Service: Apr 17,
1957 1:30pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Bethpage
Clergyman: Gaither
Near Relatives: wife - Bethpage; Mrs. Clarence Tuttle
- Bethpage, Mrs. Bob Stamps - Castalian Springs, Mrs. Alfred Shrum, Mrs.
John Thurman, Mrs. James Green, James Whitefield, N. C. Whitefield all of
Bethpage; sis: Mrs. Polly Shomake - Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. Bob Stamps, 16
grandchildren
Full Name: Jayne Marie McManus
Place of Death: Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Vanderbilt
Color, Sex: White, Female
Date of Birth: Apr 2, 1957
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Apr 25, 1957
Age: 23 days
Name of Father: Edward J. McManus
Maiden Name of Mother: Joan Roakay
Physician: Dr. Jack Swan
Date, Time, Place of Service: Apr 26,
1957 2:30pm cemetery
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: father
Near Relatives: parents; bro: Edward John McManus;
Mr. & Mrs. John Roakay - NJ, Mrs. Margaret McManus - Mass.
Informant: Mrs. Joan McManus - Gallatin
Full Name: Mrs. Fannie Lee Dillard
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Jan 22, 1855
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky
Date of Death: Apr 25, 1957
Age: 102 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Father: Samuel Mosley - KY
Maiden Name of Mother: Mary Singleton - KY
Physician: Dr. Robert Moore
Date, Time, Place of Service: Apr 27, 1957
2:30pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: H. R. Olmstead - R. L. Walker
Near Relatives: 6 grandchildren, 10 great
grandchildren
Informant: Mrs. Allen S. Dillard - Montgomery,
Alabama
Full Name: Isaac Lemuel West
Place of Death: Portland, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 12, 1879
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Apr 29, 1957
Age: 77 years
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Name of Spouse: Susan Buck
Name of Father: Miles West
Maiden Name of Mother: Ruth Dillehay
Physician: Dr. Ladd
Date, Time, Place of Service: Apr 30,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Dickens
Clergyman: Rev. F. L. Lay
Near Relatives: Mrs. Lucy Williams, Mrs. Charlie Ellis
- Nashville, Dixon West - Portland, Pat West - Gallatin, Charlie West , B.
H. West - Portland, 35 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren
Informant: Mrs. Charlie Ellis - Nashville
Full Name: Mrs. Maria Arterburn Lowry
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov 1, 1892
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: May 1, 1957
Age: 64 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: John A. Lowry
Name of Father: John Douglas Arterburn - TN
Maiden Name of Mother: Malinda Scott - TN
Physician: Dr. W. M. Dedman
Date, Time, Place of Service: My 3,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Mt. Olivet
Clergyman: Rev. Shugart Martin
Near Relatives: husband: J. A. Lowry, Sr.; son: J.
A. Lowry, Jr., R. D. Lowry - Shrevport, LA
Informant: Mrs. J. A. Lowry, Jr. - Gallatin
Full Name: Hattie Graves Wright
Place of Death: Dist 11, Westmoreland, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 31, 1902
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: May 11, 1957
Age: 55 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: George William Wright
Name of Father: Ed Story
Maiden Name of Mother: Maude Reed
Physician: Dr. Kermit Jones
Date, Time, Place of Service: May 12, 1957
2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Bethpage
Clergyman: Rev. J. H. Hale
Near Relatives: husband: George Wright; Dr. George
William Wright - Lake Providence, LA; Mrs. Ben Lopedote - Miami, FL; Warren
Wright - Memphis; Mrs. Estil Overton - Bethpage; Mrs. Lilly Williams -
Westmoreland, 7 grandchildren
Full Name: Miner Jodie Gregory
Place of Death: Dist 11
Color, Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Jul 5, 1897
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: May 18, 1957
Age: 59
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Father: John Wilson Gregory - TN
Maiden Name of Mother: Mary E. Creasy - TN
Physician: Kermit E. Jones
Date, Time, Place of Service: May 19, 1957
2pm Leaths Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Pleasant Grove
Clergyman: Rev. J. L. Hale - Jere Mitchum
Near Relatives: sis: Miss Myrtle Gregory, Mrs. Dempsy
Eddens - Nashville, Mrs. Blanche Morgan - Westmoreland; bro: Will - Westmoreland,
Paul - Bethpage
Full Name: Walter Storey
Place of Death: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov 23, 1922
Birthplace: Adel, Georgia
Date of Death: May 18, 1957
Age: 34 years
Occupation: Laborer
Name of Spouse: Madeline Ovitt Storey
Name of Father: Dock Storey - GA
Maiden Name of Mother: Cordelia Herndon - GA
Physician: Dr. Batte
Date, Time, Place of Service: May 20, 1957
2pm cemetery
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Brother Walker
Near Relatives: wife: Mrs. Madeline Storey; son: Pete
Storey, Larry Storey; daug: Betty Storey, Diane Storey; bro: Homer Storey,
William Storey; sis: Mrs. Lena Manning
Informant: Mrs. Madeline Storey
Full Name: Mrs. Katie Casteel Deering
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Gallatin Community
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Oct 8, 1885
Birthplace: Trousdale Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: May 19, 1957
Age: 71 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Father: Charles Casteel - TN
Maiden Name of Mother: Mary Ford - TN
Physician: Dr. Batte
Date, Time, Place of Service: May 21,
1957 2pm Union Hill Baptist
Name of Cemetery: Union Hill
Clergyman: Rev. D. C. Russell - Rev. F. L. Ray
Near Relatives: Leslie Deering - Gallatin, Odell Deering
- Chicago, Illinois, Willie Deering - Chicago, Illinois, David Deering -
Nashville, Mrs. Pearl Gregory - Gallatin; bro: Elick Casteel - Gallatin,
17 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren
Informant: David Deering - Nashville
Full Name: Opal Perry Simmons
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Moore
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Apr 22, 1909
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: May 31, 1957
Age: 48 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: Cyrus Simmons
Name of Father: Leonard Perry
Maiden Name of Mother: Pearl Hunter
Physician: Dr. Moore
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 2,
1957 2pm Bethpage Methodist Church
Name of Cemetery: Bethpage
Clergyman: Rev. J. E. Trotter - Rev. James Craine
Near Relatives: husband; Bro: Floyd Perry - Gallatin,
Claude Perry - Bethpage
Note: Former County School Teacher lived in Gallatin
approx 20 years
Full Name: Mrs. Bessie Suttle Rippy
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Jan 3, 1890
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 3, 1957
Age: 67 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: Luther Rippy
Name of Father: John Suttle - TN
Maiden Name of Mother: Pamelia Estes - TN
Physician: Dr. W. M. Dedman
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 5,
1957 2pm Turners Station Methodist
Church
Name of Cemetery: Pleasant Grove
Clergyman: Rev. J. W. Kelley
Near Relatives: Mrs. Loyd Daughtry - Gallatin, Mrs.
Paul Ferguson - Gallatin, Luther Glenn Rippy - Champaign, Illinois; sis:
Miss Ina Suttle - Gallatin, Mrs. Lula Braswell - Westmoreland, 1 grandson
Informant: Mrs. Loyd Daughtry - Gallatin
Full Name: Leslie Edward Buckley
Place of Death: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Loveless
Color, Sex: White, Male
Date of Birth: Nov 19, 1956
Date of Death: Jun 3, 1957
Name of Father: Leslie Buckley
Maiden Name of Mother: Lillian Jones Buckley
Physician: Dr. Loveless
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 4,
1957 2pm Trousdale Co., Tennessee
Name of Cemetery: Friendship
Near Relatives: Debra Ann, Rachael Sue
Full Name: David Martin High
Place of Death: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jan 6, 1918
Birthplace: Trousdale Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 4, 1957
Occupation: TVA
Name of Spouse: Edna Mae High - 35
Name of Father: Avie High - Smith Co., Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Gertrude Newman - Trousdale
Co., Tennessee
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 5,
1957 2:30pm West End Baptist Church
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Bill Hall
Near Relatives: wife; father: Auie High - Gallatin;
bro: William David High - Nashville, Auie High, Jr., Mrs. Jack Lyon, Mrs.
Dick West, all of Gallatin, Mrs. Johnie Hall - Columbus, Ohio; stepmother,
Mrs. J. W. High; grandmother - Gallatin
Informant: Edna Mai High
Full Name: Rhea Garrett Wright
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jun 19, 1928
Birthplace: Trousdale Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 4, 1957
Age: 28
Occupation: Truck Driver R. Oil Co.
Name of Spouse: Agnes Towns Wright
Name of Father: Jack Wright
Maiden Name of Mother: Maggie Dyer
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 5,
1957 2pm Goodwill Baptist
Name of Cemetery: Dixon Springs
Clergyman: Brother Calvin Gregory - Harvard Taylor
Near Relatives: wife; Mrs. Agnes Towns Wright; daug:
Barbara Ann - 8, Betty Garrett - 4; J. W. Wright, Willie Allen Wright, Wayne
Wright, all of Gallatin, Mrs. Earl Loxley - Nashville, Mrs. Charles Robertson
- Castalian Springs
Full Name: Daily Freeman
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Aug 25, 1873
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 5, 1957
Age: 83 years
Occupation: Retired Tobacco Buyer - Merchant
Name of Spouse: Flossie Meadors
Name of Father: A. A. Freeman
Maiden Name of Mother: Sara Meadows
Physician: Dr. Giles
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 6,
1957 2:30pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Hall Crowder
Near Relatives: Mrs. Esther Franklin - Gallatin, T.
R. Freeman - Gallatin; 2 grandchildren; bro: Charles Freeman, Hub Freeman,
Ed Freeman - Westmoreland; sis: Bessie Mitchell - Oak Grove
Full Name: Daniel Lynn Whitaker
Place of Death: Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee
Hospital: McFarland
Color, Sex: White, Male
Date of Birth: Jun 2, 1957
Birthplace: Wilson Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 3, 1957
Age: 1 day
Name of Father: Troy W. Whitaker
Maiden Name of Mother: Mildred Givens
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 3,
1957 2:30pm cemetery
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Brother Walker
Informant: Mildred Whitaker - Bethpage
Full Name: Annie Clayton Andrews
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jan 13, 1898
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 7, 1957
Age: 59 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: J. R. Andrews
Name of Father: Campbell Grissom
Maiden Name of Mother: Bettie Sloan
Physician: Dr. Giles
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 9,
1957 2pm Pleasant Shade
Name of Cemetery: Sloan
Clergyman: Calvin Gregory - Carlton Wakefield
Near Relatives: husband; Mrs. Woodrow Dillard, Mrs.
David Huddleston - Pleasant Shade, Jack Andrews - South Tunnel, Mrs. Lewis
Allen - Gallatin; bro: Herlan Grissom - Lafayette, Elisha Grissom - Lafayette;
sis: Mrs. Ray Kitrell - Pleasant Shade; 12 grandchildren, 2 great
grandchildren
Full Name: Mary Ann Young
Place of Death: Ft. Head, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Divorced
Date of Birth: Jul 10, 1884
Birthplace: Putnam Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 15, 1957
Age: 72 years
Occupation: Housekeeper
Name of Father: Spencer Choate
Maiden Name of Mother: Nancy Richardson
Physician: Dr. Giles
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 17,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Old Brush
Clergyman: Rev. Hobart Cook
Near Relatives: John L. Deweese - Indianapolis, Joe
Deweese, Mrs. Johnnie Preston, Mrs. Aubrey Street, Mrs. Guthrie Hunter, all
of Ft. Head; bro: John Choate; sis: Mrs. L. L. Stout, Mrs. Sarah Wallace,
Mrs. James Sorrells, all of Indianapolis, 19 grandchildren, 37 great
grandchildren
Full Name: Millie Jane Sullivan
Place of Death: Bethpage, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Jun 20, 1878
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 16, 1957
Age: 78 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: Joe Sullivan (dec'd)
Name of Father: Jess Cook
Maiden Name of Mother: Bettie Summers
Physician: Dr. Blackshear
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 17,
1957 11am Fairview Baptist Church
Name of Cemetery: Fairview
Clergyman: Oakley Cook
Near Relatives: Mrs. Johnnie Dowell - TX, Mrs. John
Summers, Mrs. Bill Carter, Mrs. Russ Duffer, Tom Sullivan, all of Bethpage,
Mrs. Olie Love - Rock Bridge, Mrs. Roscoe Crowder - Rock Bridge, Mrs. Idle
Love - Bethpage
Full Name: Laura Bell Burrow
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Hospital: Loveless
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: May 28, 1913
Birthplace: Davidson Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 17, 1957
Age: 44 years
Occupation: Housewife
Name of Spouse: A. A. Burrow
Name of Father: Sidney F. Brinley
Maiden Name of Mother: Amanda Fletcher
Physician: Dr. Wallace
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jun 18,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Calvin Gregory
Near Relatives: son: Thomas Burrow; sis: Mrs. Daisy
Harris - Indianapolis, Mrs. Bessie Gregory - Bethpage, Mrs. Beatrice Mincey
- Bethpage; bro: Leonard Brinley - Gallatin, Lawrence Brinley - Bethpage;
parents: Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Brinley - Gallatin
Full Name: Dallas J. Campbell
Place of Death: Trousdale Co., TN
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Feb 21, 1931
Birthplace: Cumberland Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jun 30, 1957
Age: 26 years
Occupation: Serviceman
Name of Spouse: Clara J. Campbell
Name of Father: Gaither J. Campbell
Maiden Name of Mother: Elizabeth Burgess
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jul 3,
1957 2pm Bilbry Funeral Home
Name of Cemetery: Burgess - Cumberland Co.,
Tennessee
Informant: Will Campbell - Crossville, Tennessee
Full Name: Thomas Jefferson Thompson
Place of Death: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Oct 6, 1891
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jul 17, 1957
Age: 65 years
Occupation: Floor Finisher
Name of Spouse: Lucy Thompson
Name of Father: James Thompson
Maiden Name of Mother: Monica Flemming
Physician: Dr. Batt
Informant: Homer Thompson
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jul 19,
1957 11am Bledsoe Baptist Church
Name of Cemetery: Bradley (Sumner Co. Cemetery
Lists Gallatin)
Clergyman: Rev. C. E. Witt - A. D. Robinson
Near Relatives: wife - Gallatin, Homer W. Thompson
- Gallatin, Mrs. Brodie Fuqua - Bethpage, Mrs. James Clemmon - Bethpage,
J. W. Thompson - Bowling Green, J. B. Thompson - Madison, C. H. Thompson
- Gallatin, Mack J. Thompson - Bethpage, 3 grandchildren
Full Name: Alton Wade Dobbs
Place of Death: Bethpage, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Community
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jul 21, 1905
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jul 18, 1957
Age: 51 years 11 months 27 days
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Virgie (Linville) Dobbs
Name of Father: Milton Dobbs
Maiden Name of Mother: Hattie Simpson
Physician: Dr. Moore
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jul 20,
1957 2pm Rock Bridge Baptist
Name of Cemetery: Rock Bridge
Near Relatives: Wife - Bethpage; Garland Dobbs - Bethpage,
W. L. Dobbs - U.S. Army France, Maurine Neal - Nashville, Helen Lovenia Cole
- Indianapolis; bro: Franklin Dobbs - Portland, Enoch Dobbs - Indianapolis,
Jarvis Dobbs - Indianapolis; sis: Mrs. Johnie Hall - Gallatin
Full Name: Laura Alma Locke
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: Negro, Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Jun 14, 1867
Birthplace: Trousdale Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Jul 25, 1957
Age: 86 years
Occupation: Housekeeper
Name of Father: Epheram Locke
Maiden Name of Mother: Bettie Thompson - Trousdale
Co., TN
Physician: Wallace
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jul 25,
1957 2pm Keys A.M.E. Church
Name of Cemetery: Hager
Clergyman: Rev. Stewart
Full Name: James Lonzo Spears
Place of Death: Bethpage, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Aug 24, 1877
Birthplace: Allen Co., Kentucky
Date of Death: Jul 26, 1957
Age: 79
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Nancy Carter Spears (dec'd 5
years)
Name of Father: Billy Spears
Maiden Name of Mother: Sara Elizabeth Key
Physician: Beasley
Date, Time, Place of Service: Jul 28,
1957 2:30pm Rock Bridge Baptist
Name of Cemetery: Rock Bridge
Clergyman: Rev. Herlon Brown
Near Relatives: son: Thomas Spears - IL, Billy Spears
- Indianapolis, Johnnie Spears - Bethpage, Mrs. J. M. Hill - Bethpage, Mrs.
Dave Satterfield - Gallatin, 15 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren
Full Name: Robert C. Seltzer
Place of Death: Douglas, Georgia
Date of Death; Aug 18, 1957
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 60
Name of Spouse: Clara Thelma Seltzer
Date, Time, Place of Service: Aug 21,
1957 10am cemetery
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Rev. James P. Craine
Near Relatives: son: John Robert Seltzer
Full Name: Willie Myrtle Coxe Hunt
Place of Death: Dist 3, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Widow
Date of Birth: Jun 29, 1878
Birthplace: Kentucky
Date of Death: Aug 27, 1957
Age: 79 years 1 month 28 days
Occupation: Housekeeper
Name of Spouse: Henry Robert Hunt
Name of Father: Sumner F. Coxe - Wilson Co.,
Tennessee
Maiden Name of Mother: Darthulia Coles - Wilson Co.,
Tennessee
Physician: Dr. Wallace
Date, Time, Place of Service: Aug 28,
1957 2:30pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Brother Martin
Near Relatives: Mrs. Keller Anderson, Mrs. Richard
Edmonds - Gallatin, Harold Hunt - Gallatin, Mrs. Erwin Davis - Cottontown,
Edwin Hunt - Gallatin, William A. Hunt - Adolphus, Kentucky; sis: Mrs. S.
A. Franklin - Gallatin, Miss Lummie Coxe - Gallatin, Bro: Jessie L. Coxe
- Gallatin, 9 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren
Informant: Mrs. Richard Edmond - Gallatin
Full Name: George Washington Carter
Place of Death: 136 W. Eastland, Gallatin
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov 23, 1880
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Sep 4, 1957
Age: 76 years 9 months 11 days
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Emma Gray Carter
Name of Father: Barney W. Carter - VA
Physician: Dr. J. H. Beasley
Date, Time, Place of Service: Sep 6, 1957
residence
Name of Cemetery: Bethpage
Near Relatives: wife: Emma Gray Carter, Barney W.
Carter - Bethpage, Rose Lee Ferguson - Romulus, Mich, Harry H. - Westmoreland,
George B. Woods - Ferry Road, Omadell Troutt - Bethpage, James Allen - Gallatin,
Kate Marie Lowery - Gainesville, Georgia, Paul Jr. - Detroit, Mich; 2 bros;
2 sis; 1 step bro.
Informant: Barney Carter - Bethpage
Full Name: Ellen Lena Chambers
Place of Death: Dist 15, Cottontown
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: Sep 26, 1911
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Sep 18, 1957
Age: 45 years
Occupation: Housekeeper
Name of Father: A. S. Chambers
Maiden Name of Mother: Clemmie Beasley
Physician: Dr. Ladd
Date, Time, Place of Service: Sep 20,
1957 at home
Name of Cemetery: New Deal
Clergyman: Rev. Herlon Brown
Near Relatives: mother: Mrs. A. S. Chambers
- New Deal; sis: Mrs. E. N. Wright, Mrs. Tom Taylor - Rock Bridge, Mrs. Robert
Downs - Castalian Springs, Mrs. Bailey Andrews - Gallatin, Mrs. Donald Dixon
- Gallatin; bro: Bud Chambers - New Deal, Woodrow Chambers - New Deal, Bob
Chambers - Lake City
Informant: Mrs. Bailey Andrews
Full Name: Douglas O'Neal Huddleston
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Sep 7, 1925
Birthplace: Davidson Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Sep 29, 1957
Age: 32 years 22 days
Occupation: Saw Mill Worker
Name of Spouse: Ella Phillips Huddleston
Name of Father: Jessie Huddleston
Maiden Name of Mother: Clarkie Finn
Chambers
Physician: Giles
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 1, 1957
1pm Chapel
Cemetery: Willett, Macon Co., TN
Near Relatives: wife - Gallatin; mother: Clarkie Chambers
- Gallatin, Leslie Huddleston - Nashville, Mrs. Henry Carver, Mrs. Ed Lynch
- Gallatin, Mrs. John Mongle - Ft. Head
Informant: Mrs. Clarkie Chambers
Full Name: George W. Conyer
Place of Death: Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Joywood Nursing Home
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Apr 15, 1886
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 1, 1957
Age: 71 years 5 months 16 days
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Name of Spouse: Dora Glover Conyer
Name of Father: George Thomas Conyer
Maiden Name of Mother: Susan Dempsey
Physician: Dr. Samuel River - Medical Arts Bldg
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 3,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Rev. Billy Chitwood
Near Relatives: wife - Gallatin, daug: Mrs. Gordon
Parsons - Nashville, Miss Clara Conyer - Nashville; sis: Mrs. Andy Doss -
Gallatin, Mrs. Thomas Parker - Indianapolis, Indiana, Ewin Conyer - Gallatin,
3 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren
Full Name: James L. Marr
Place of Death: Dist 14, Portland, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Hospital: Highland
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Aug 2, 1858
Birthplace: Kentucky
Date of Death: Oct 7, 1957
Age: 99 years 2 months 5 days
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Polly Hobdy (dec'd)
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 9,
1957 2:30pm Oak Grove
Name of Cemetery: Sherron
Clergyman: Rev. Homer Lee
Near Relatives: Louella Milly - Campbellsville, KY,
Kizzie Hobdy - Indianapolis, Wally Marr - Portland, Elisha Marr - Franklin,
KY, 15 grandchildren
Informant: Will Marr - Portland
Full Name: David Neal Key
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Date of Birth: Oct 10, 1957
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 11, 1957
Age: 1 day
Name of Father: Homer Neal Key
Maiden Name of Mother: Shirley Cowan
Physician: Dr. Moore
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 11, 1957
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Full Name: Wesley Trenton Chandler
Place of Death: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Oct 26, 1891
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 12, 1957
Age: 65 years 11 months 16 days
Occupation: Merchant
Name of Spouse: Bertie Turner Chandler
Name of Father: John Chandler
Maiden Name of Mother: Bette Day
Physician: Dr. Moore
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 14,
1957 2pm First Baptist
Name of Cemetery: Crestview
Clergyman: Brother J. P. Craine
Near Relatives: wife - Franklin; Mrs. Fred Cowan -
Lebanon, Willard Chandler - Portland, James L. Chandler, Springfield, W.
T. Chandler - Gallatin; bro: ?; sis: Mrs. ? - Franklin
Full Name: Delbert Lee Escue
Place of Death: Dist 15, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jul 22, 1910
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 19, 1957
Age: 47 years 2 months 27 days
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Willie Horton Escue
Name of Father: J. W. Escue
Maiden Name of Mother: Lucy Johnson
Physician: Sumner Co., Coroner
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 21,
1957 2pm residence
Name of Cemetery: Mt. Vernon
Near Relatives: mother & father; wife - Bethpage;
Willie Lee Escue - Bethpage, Ruby Gann - Westmoreland, Tommy Escue - Bethpage,
Mary Loucille Escue - Bethpage, Katherine Escue - Bethpage; sis: Lilly Mai
(Ellis) Saddler - Bethpage, 1 grandchild
Informant: Mrs. Delbert Escue
Full Name: Olie C. Bradley
Place of Death: Dist 14, Portland, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Hospital: Highland
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Jan 14, 1906
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 20, 1957
Age: 51 years 9 months 16 days
Occupation: Tree Surgeon
Name of Spouse: Helen Louise Brown Bradley
Name of Father: Charlie Bradley
Maiden Name of Mother: Addie Ausbrooks
Physician: Dr. Dittus
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 21,
1957 3pm
Name of Cemetery: Old Brush
Clergyman: Rev. Kennedy
Near Relatives: wife - Ft. Head; Mrs. Austin Dixon
- Nashville, Mrs. James Rippy - Nashville, Olie B. Bradley - Gallatin, Clayton
Bradley - Nashville, Robert Bradley, W. C. Bradley, Donald Ray Bradley, Barbara
Joyce Bradley, ? Ann Bradley, all of Ft. Head; sis: Mrs. Bertha Bell - Madison,
Mrs. Bury Perdue - Detroit, Michigan; bro: Harry Bradley - Ft. Head, Mathew
Bradley - Ft. Head, Charles Bradley
Full Name: Angeline Prudence Brown
Place of Death: Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Gallatin
Color, Sex: White, Female
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Feb 6, 1880
Birthplace: Macon Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 23, 1957
Age: 77 years 8 months 17 days
Occupation: Domestic
Name of Spouse: S. W. Brown - 89
Name of Father: William H. Gilliam
Maiden Name of Mother: Susan Davis
Physician: Dr. Moore
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 24, 1957
1pm Westmoreland M. E. Church
Name of Cemetery: Pleasant Grove
Clergyman: Rev. Ray Gilliam - Rev. Kelley
Near Relatives: husband: S. W. Brown - Westmoreland;
S. Earl Brown - Westmoreland, Mrs. Paul Fontaine - Athens, Ohio, Mrs. E.
M. Mauchette - Birmingham, Paul G. Brown - Sanford, Florida, Seaborn W. Brown
- Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Lee Martin - Gadsen, Alabama, Harris Brown -
Westmoreland, Collins Brown - Gallatin, 21 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren,
sis; Mrs. W. B. Merryman - Gallatin, Mrs. A. L. Nimmo - Westmoreland
Full Name: John Madison Fuqua
Place of Death: Dist 3, Gallatin, Sumner Co.,
Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Feb 14, 1893
Birthplace: Jackson Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 23, 1957
Age: 64 years
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Mary Mince Fuqua
Name of Father: George Fuqua
Maiden Name of Mother: Sarah Flatt
Physician: Dr. Giles
Date, Time, Place of Service: Oct 24, 1957
1:30pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Bethpage
Clergyman: Galbreth Templeton
Near Relatives: wife - Gallatin; Miss Ercie Fuqua,
Mrs. J. B. Loveall, Odell Fuqua, Sam Fuqua, Brodie Fuqua, all of Bethpage,
Robert Fuqua, Marvin Fuqua, Eugene Fuqua, all of Gallatin; bro: Wiley Fuqua
- Bethpage, L. M. Fuqua, Haskell Fuqua, of Nashville, Mrs. Sam Jenkins -
Gallatin, Mrs. Elvis Biggs - Nashville, Mrs. Virgil Thompson -
Gallatin
Full Name: Robert Henry Sindle, Sr.
Place of Death: Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Hospital: Central State
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Mar 12, 1882
Birthplace: Sumner Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Oct 27, 1957
Age: 75 years 7 months 15 days
Occupation: Retired Produce Merchant
Name of Spouse: Mrs. Allen Sindle
Name of Father: Robert H. Sindle
Maiden Name of Mother: Grace Granleaf (? see
below)
Date, Time, Place of
Service: Oct 28,
1957 3pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Rev. Martin - Rev. Ralph Bruce
Near Relatives: wife - Gallatin; Charles R. Sindle,
Robert H. Sindle, Rodger Allen Sindle, all of Gallatin, Mrs. Roy McCormack
- Nashville, Miss Grace Greenleaf Sindle - Gallatin, Mrs. Jeff W. Hosay;
son: Sam Bernard; 4 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild
Full Name: Garrett Sadler Neill
Place of Death: (sons home - Homer Neill) Baxter, Putnam
Co., Tennessee
Color, Sex: White, Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Mar 6, 1875
Birthplace: Jackson Co., Tennessee
Date of Death: Nov 4, 1957
Age: 82 years 7 months 28 days
Occupation: Farmer
Name of Spouse: Martha Frances Neill
Name of Father: Bill Neill
Maiden Name of Mother: Sara Durham
Physician: Dr. Moore
Date, Time, Place of
Service: Nov 5,
1957 2pm Chapel
Name of Cemetery: Gallatin
Clergyman: Brother R. C. Walker - J. B. Gaither
Near Relatives: son: Joe Neill - Gallatin, Homer Neill
- Baxter, Haskell Neill - Gallatin, Dero Neill - Detroit, Michigan, Oscer
- Baxter, Mitchell - Baxter; sis: Mrs. Bailey Boren (?) - Gallatin, Mrs.
Leo Wilson - Nashville; bro: Willie Neill - Gainesville, Tennessee, Jess
Neill - Gallatin
Informant: Hack Neill - Gallatin
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