Family Group of
William "Bill" or "Harry Bill" Thomas McKeehan** b 22 Dec 1878 McMinn CO, TN d 28 May 1959 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Clearwater Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
occupation - farm labor as a thresher & a sawyer in lumbermill
"Granddaddy's Search for Sassafras" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
photo of Bill and Bessie McKeehan and children
photo of Bill and Bessie McKeehan's tombstone
son of Samuel "Redner" McKeehan*** & Mary Manis*** of Pond Hill Community, McMinn CO, TN

m 24 Feb 1901 McMinn CO, TN by William Harrod, J. P. TO
Margaret Elizabeth "Bessie" Tucker** b 26 June 1880 Loudon CO, TN d 28 Apr 1965 Chattanooga, Hamilton CO, TN buried Clearwater Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
photo of Bessie (Tucker) McKeehan with her parents and sisters
photo of Bessie Tucker & sisters in Clearwater School group of 1900
photo of Bessie McKeehan and children
photo of Bessie McKeehan in middle age
"The Face in the Well" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
photo of Bessie McKeehan holding great-granddaughter Sandra Nipper
dau of James Willis Tucker*** & Sarah Jane McDonald*** of Fiketon P. O., McMinn CO, TN

issue:
1(F) Mary Jane "Susie" or "Tude" McKeehan* b 10 Dec 1901 McMinn CO, TN d 22 Dec 1982 Rossville, GA buried Lakewood Memory Gardens, Rossville, GA
m (1) 15 Oct 1916 by A. S. Vaughn, MG McMinn CO, TN TO
Thomas Franklin Nipper* b 8 Feb 1893 Monroe CO, TN d 5 Sep 1958 Athens, McMinn CO, TN buried Cunningham Cemetery, Englewood, McMinn CO, TN
divorced
m (2) Rossville, GA TO
Henry J. Blakemore b 23 Oct 1905 d 11 May 1985 Rossville, GA buried Lakewood Memory Gardens, Rossville, GA

2(F) Ethel McKeehan b 26 Apr 1904 McMinn CO, TN d 16 Jan 1906 McMinn CO, TN buried Clearwater Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m never

3(M) George Willis McKeehan b 20 Nov 1906 McMinn CO, TN d 10 Aug 1974 West Point, CA
m 19 Nov 1927 McMinn CO, TN TO
Elsie Emmaline Everett b 10 Mar 1911 Meigs CO, TN d 5 Sep 1990 CA

4(F) Nancy "Nan" Mae McKeehan b 20 Apr 1909 McMinn CO, TN d
m TO
Fred Harris b 14 Feb 1899 d 12 Jan 1977 Etowah, McMinn CO, TN buried Cochran Cemetery, Englewood, McMinn CO, TN

5(F) Norma Evelyn "Effie" McKeehan b 1 Oct 1911 McMinn CO, TN d 24 Nov 1989 Oakland, CA (cremated)
m 8 Dec 1928 McMinn CO, TN TO
William "Bill" Adams b 1910 d 6 Nov 1992 Oakland, CA

6(F) Dollie Thelma McKeehan b 27 Apr 1915 McMinn CO, TN d Aug 1993 Hamilton CO, TN
m (1) 22 Dec 1928 McMinn CO, TN TO (later divorced)
Everett "Ebb" West b d
m (2) TO (later divorced)
Jack Murdock b d
m (3) TO
James Brownlow "Brownie" Henderson b d 6 Nov 1980 Chattanooga, Hamilton CO, TN

7(F) Harriet Jeanette McKeehan b 19 Mar 1917 McMinn CO, TN d 5 Apr 1986 Etowah, McMinn CO, TN buried Greenhill Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m TO
Robert "Bob" Glenn Wyatt b 15 Nov 1908 McMinn CO, TN d 15 Jan 1990 Etowah, McMinn CO, TN buried Greenhill Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

8(F) Alta "Altie" Agnes McKeehan b 19 Oct 1920 McMinn CO, TN d 25 May 1923 Athens, TN buried Clearwater Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

* grandparents &
** great-grandparents &
*** great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

I will always be grateful to my parents, Tommy and Beulah Nipper, and to my great-grandmother, Bessie (Tucker) McKeehan, who shared so many stories and memories and helped me as much as possible with the family tree. Also, I appreciate the stories and help from Aunt Harriet (McKeehan) Wyatt, my grandmother Susie (McKeehan) Nipper Blakemore, Cousin Floyd Hughes, and Cousin Jim McDonald. Many of their memories and stories will be recorded and preserved on this website.

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Sandra Ratledge

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