Bachman, George
Funeral of the Late George M. Bachman.
The funeral of the late George M. Bachman, of Sullivan County, whose death was announced in The Chattanooga Times a few days since, occurred at Bristol Tuesday afternoon, the four nephews of the deceased, the Revs. Nathan and R. L. Bachman, of Knoxville; Rev. John W. Bachman of Chattanooga; and the Rev. J. Lynn Bachman, of Sweetwater, all of being present and officiating in the religious services. The deceased was at the time of his death the oldest of the Bachman family of East Tennessee, being in the 88th year of his age when stricken with the fatal malady that carried him off. He was one of the substantial farmers of Sullivan County, as he was during his long life one of its public spirited and most highly respected citizens. He was one of the God-fearing, church-loving men of his section and was greatly beloved by all who knew him. Dr. J. W. Bachman returned to the city last night from Bristol.
The Chattanooga Times, July 19, 1905.
Submitted by Mark Bennett mailto:MrBnntt@aol.com
Bacon, J. F.
Funeral services for J. F. Bacon who died Sunday evening, will be held from the King Memorial church at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. N. R. Cartwright, assisted by the Rev. R. K. Triplett and F. D. Watson, will conduct the services. Interment in Forest Hills cemetery with the sons and sons-in-law serving as pallbearers.
Chattanooga Times, September 24, 1923
Submitted by Karen Chastain
Bachman, Rev. J. Lynn
The death of the Rev. J. Lynn Bachman, which occurred at his home at Sweetwater yesterday afternoon removes one of the most useful, as well as one of the most successful, preachers and teachers the state of Tennessee has produced since the Civil War. Dr. Bachman was a brother of our own Dr. J. W. Bachman, and possessed many of the admirable and lovable qualities of that venerated minister. He was a man of wide learning; a speaker of rare eloquence and force and a preacher of deep piety and genuine spirituality. He established in the latter part of the seventies, the college at Sweetwater and numbered among his students and the graduates of his institution some of the strongest men in the state. He was a graduate of the class of 1870 at Hamilton College, New York, entering that institution shortly after the Civil War, in which he participated as a soldier in the Confederate army. He was the third of the famous Bachman brothers, all of whom were widely known and greatly beloved, especially throughout East Tennessee, where their labors and their power for good were best known. He is survived by Dr. J. W. Bachman, of this city, and Dr. R. L. Bachman-- the youngest of the four, now living in a northern city. There will be profound sorrow in many homes over the announcement of the death of this good man, whose influence, both by precept and example, has had much to do with the moral and spiritual growth and uplift of the state.
The Chattanooga Times, December 16, 1919.
Submitted by Mark Bennett mailto:MrBnntt@aol.com
Ballard, Marie
Ballard, Marie Monds of East Ridge died Thursday in a local nursing home. She was 78. A native of Chattanooga, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Alice Blake Monds and the widow of Flavil H. Ballard. She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Hixson. Mrs. Ballard is survived by her three sisters, Mrs. Stella M. Conner of Trenton, Ga., Mrs. Mildred M. Tanner of Chattanooga and Mrs. Zona Monger of Lenoir City Tenn.; brother R. Spencer Monds of Chattanooga; and several nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Hamilton Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Billy Kennedy officiating.
The Chattanooga News Free Press February 5, 1988.
Submitted by June Cooper Penny0608@aol.com
Barnes, Rev. Daniel Benjamin
Born in Lawrenceville, GA August, 1860 - Died in Chattanooga, TN March 11, 1911
Well-Known Minister and Printer Passes Away
A man of interesting and varied career, a minister of the gospel, skilled member of the printers' craft, prominent in Odd Fellow circles, was lost to his family yesterday morning at 5:30 o'clock, when the Rev. Daniel B. Barnes of East Fifth Street, died as immediate result of a paralytic stroke suffered Saturday. The stroke was brought on by Bright's disease.
He was a member of Chattanooga Typographical Union, No. 89, being in the employ of the afternoon paper at the time of his death. In every phase of life, where he was wont to take part, he was known as faithful, conscientious, and in the routine of the trade which he plied, he had an enviable reputation.
Mr. Barnes came to this city from Atlanta. He was a native of Lawrenceville, Ga. The deceased is survived by his wife and seven children, and the depth of their grief is abundant testimony to the tenderness of the home ties and his devotion to the family circle.
Mr. Barnes, at one time a Methodist minister, following the courage of his convictions, changed to the Baptist church, and was an ordained minister of that denomination at the time of his death. He was formerly pastor of the Ida Bass M. E. church of East Lake.
The funeral will be held this afternoon, 2 o'clock, at the First Baptist church, Dr. J. C. Massee and the Rev. D. P. Harris officiating. Interment in Forest Hills. The pallbearers will be W. L. Gardner, J. R. Galon, John O'Brien, R. D. Stone, T. A. Rogers and Basil Palmer, all of whom represent the typographical trade, which he so adorned.
Chattanooga Times March 14, 1911
Submitted by Karon K. Anderson dura7mater@aol.com
Barnes, Daniel
Born 3/5/1886, Atlanta, GA - Died March 1966, Miami, FL
BARNES-DANIEL MORRIS, 359 E. 4th St., Hialeah, Fla., a former resident of Chattanooga, died Saturday in Hialeah, Fla. Mr. Barnes was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Alert Bible Class here for over 40 years and was retired from the Southern Railway as a Pullman conductor with over 40 years of service at his retirement. He was as artist, having done work in many of the churches here in Chattanooga and in Florida. At one time he had been an employee of the Atlanta Constitution and the Chattanooga Times and Chattanooga News-Free Press. He was the son of the late Rev. And Mrs. D. B. Barnes. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. May E. Barnes, Hialeah, Fla.; daughter, Mrs. Harry L. Smith, Hialeah, Fla.; grandchildren. Karon Kell Smith, Patricia K. Smith, Judy Ann Smith and Daniel Smith, all of Hialeah, Fla.; sisters, Mrs. Edna Skilton, Chattanooga; Mts. Ethel Hatch, Chattanooga; Mrs. Burin Mullinax, Asheville, N.C.; Miss Adelaide Barnes, Raleigh, N.C.; several nieces and nephews.
The body is being returned to Chattanooga for funeral services and interment and will be at the Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel some time Wednesday.
Submitted by Karon Anderson DURATMATER
Barnes, Grace
Barnes, Grace E. Harris, died last Friday in Jacksonville, FL. Chattanooga native, moved to Jacksonville in 1959 to practice nursing. Trained in Gainesville, FL. Member Episcopal Church, Order Eastern Star. Survived by one brother, Albert Harris; one nephew, Roger Alan Harris of Chattanooga. Graveside services at Greenwood Cemetery with Rev. William J. Carter and Rev. Gordon Ridenour.
PLEASE NOTE: She was cremated, her ashes were moved later to. BRAINERD CEMETERY.
Abstracted from The Chattanooga Times, Friday, June 9, 1972 by Joyce Ray Lea.
Barnes, John
Funeral services for John Isaac Barnes, who died suddenly in Beaver, Pa., Monday morning, will be held from the Clifton Hills Baptist Church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. A. M. Stansel and Rev. Frank B. Collins officiating. Active pallbearers will be Charles Morris, Ben Rains, Arther and Leonard Reed, Sam Tucker and Roy Posey. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Catlett, Robert Bell, George Durham, George Hughes, James Posey and George Green. The body arrived in Chattanooga early this morning and will be at the residence, 1608 South Willow Street after 10 a.m. today. Interment in Chattanooga Memorial Park. The active pallbearers will meet at the residence at 1 o'clock. Honorary pallbearers please meet at the church.
Arrangements in charge of the R. J. Coulter Funeral Home.
The Chattanooga Times, Tuesday, February 26, 1946.
Barnes, Joseph
Barnes, Joseph, 74, of 6102 Marietta St., East Ridge, died Monday afternoon in a local hospital. A well-known Chattanooga accountant, he was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. Mr. Barnes was also a member of American Legion Post 95 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Catherine Barnes; two daughters, Mrs. Cathy Manzer and Mrs. Michael (Agnes) Donnellley, both of Houston, Texas; two brothers, Louis Barnes, Stow, Ohio, and Erhardt Barnes, Chattanooga; sister, Miss Mary Catherine Barnes, Chattanooga; two grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Eugene Turner Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Vincent hines officiating. Burial will be in National Cemetary with nephews serving as pallbearers. A rosary will be held at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel. The family will receive friends 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. today in parlor A of the Turner Funeral Home 1101 Dodds Ave. Chapel of Lane Funeral Home Inc.
Submitted by Gary P. Martin oogie53@hotmail.com
Barnes, Louis
Barnes, Louis Alston a resident of Stow, Ohio and a native of Chattanooga, died Friday in an Akron, Ohio hospital.
The son of the late Mary Regina Heiny and Louis Alston Barnes, Mr. Barnes was educated at Notre Dame School, where he was president of his senior class.
In 1936, he began working for Goodyear Tire Company in Chattanooga, transferring as manager to Kentucky and later to Atlanta, Ga., and Cincinnati, Ohio. When he retired in 1973, he was executive manager of wholesale operations at Goodyear’s corporate office in Akron, Ohio. His brother, Joseph James Barnes, died in 1982.
Survivors are his wife, Ruth Barnes; two daughters, Sue Ann Eddy of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Betty Lou Swanson of Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Mary Catherine Barnes of Chattanooga; a brother, Erhart J. Barnes of Chattanooga; three grandchildren; and several nieces.
Private memorial services will he held in Stow, Ohio
Submitted by Gary P. Martin oogie53@hotmail.com
Barnes, Madie Ella "Mae" Nunn
Wife of D. M. Barnes
Born 4/3/1891, Pine Bluff, AL
Died March 1983, Miami, FL
BARNES – MRS. MAUDE E. 92, former resident of Chattanooga, died in Hialeah, Fla., Sunday. She was a former member of First Baptist Church and the Shahan Bible Class. Survivors include her daughter Mrs. Harry L. (Mary) Smith, Hialeah; four grandchildren Karen Anderson, Patricia Packer, Judy Ann Smith and Daniel Smith, one great grandchild, several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today in Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Arrangements by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Submitted by Karon Anderson DURATMATER
Barnes, Mary
Barnes, Mary Catherine died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, at St. Barnabas Nursing Home.
She graduated from Notre Dame School in 1935 and was retired from Sears in sales. In 1945 she received an award for the “most courteous salesperson in the city of Chattanooga” from Ralph Edwards, NBC, in RCA Radio Building in New York City. She is survived by her brother, Erhardt J. Barnes, and five nieces. Her grandfather, Erhardt J, Heiny, was Chattanooga police commissioner in 1895. Parents were Louis Alston and Mary Regina Barnes. Predeceased brothers were Joseph Barnes and Louis Barnes, also Notre Dame School graduates.
She was a lifetime member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and had lived at St. Barnabas Apartments for seven years.
Services will be at Turner Funeral Home on Dodds Avenue today at 1:30 p.m. with Father George Schmidt officiating.
Visitation will be one hour before the service. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Barnabas Nursing Home.
Submitted by Gary P. Martin oogie53@hotmail.com
Barnes, Mary
Wife of Rev. D. B. Barnes
Born 1864, Georgia - Died 10/15/1926, Chattanooga, TN
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Alston Barnes, residing at 528 Baldwin street, died at 1:50 o’clock Thursday morning in a local hospital after a short illness. Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. D. B. Hatch and Mrs. Frank Skilton, of this city; Mrs. Charles English, of Columbus, O., and Mrs. S. W. Hunt, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two sons, D. M. Barnes, of this city, and R. S. Barnes, of Cincinnati, O.; and seven grandchildren. Mrs. Barnes had been a resident of Chattanooga for twenty-five years. She was a faithful member of the First Baptist church. She was a woman of sweet Christian character, and was loved by a wide circle of friends. Funeral services will be held in the First Baptist church, the hour to be announced later. Interment in Chattanooga Memorial park.
Submitted by Karon Anderson DURATMATER
Barnes, Mary
Born 1905, Chattanooga, TN
Died September 1931, Chattanooga, TN
Barnes, Mary Katherine Davis aged 25 residing at 408 East Fifth Street, died at noon Sunday following a short illness. She is survived by her husband, R. S. Barnes; her mother, Mrs. Olive A. Davis; a sister Mrs. Sam Smith; three brothers, George, Ben and Frank Davis, the latter connected with the Chattanooga Police Department.
The body was removed to Wann’s and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Submitted by Karon Anderson DURATMATER
Barnes, Robert
Born 1890, Atlanta, GA - Died November 1944, Cleveland, OH
Barnes, Robert Sidney age 54, died Tuesday in Veterans Hospital, Cleveland Ohio. He is survived by four sisters, Mrs. D. B. Hatch, Chattanooga; Mrs. Bergren Mullinax, Asheville, N.C.; Mrs. F. E. Skilton, Blue Mountain, Miss.; Miss Adelaide Barnes, Hickory, N.C. ; one brother D. M. Barnes, Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o’clock from the chapel of the National Funeral Home with Dr. John A. Huff officiating. Burial will be in the Chattanooga Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Joe E. Cooke, J. D. Frawley, H. D. Hicks, W. S. Miller, A. M. Underwood and R. W. Wear.
The body will remain at the National Funeral Home until time of sevice .
Submitted by Karon Anderson DURATMATER
Barr, Martha
Barr, Martha Barr of Sweetwater, Tenn., an elderly and highly esteemed woman, died yesterday at the residence of her brother-in-law, G. W.Bailey, from the effects of influenza. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Baptist church of which she had long been a member, at 2:30 o'clock today, the services, in the absence of her pastor, being in charge of the Rev. F. Y. Jackson, followed by interment in West View Cemetery. Among the survivors of Mrs. Barr are her nieces, Misses. Lizzie and Ella Bailey, of Sweetwater; Mrs. Frank Welch, of Chicago; and Jonas Bailey of Chattanooga, in whose home she died and to whom she had stood as a mother since the death of their own mother.
The Chattanooga Times, April 22, 1920.
Submitted by Karen Chastain
Barr, Samuel
His Funeral at First Presbyterian Church This Afternoon.
Samuel M. Barr, aged 32 years, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. A. H. Barr, 411 McCallie avenue, yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. He is survived by his mother; his wife, Mrs. Lillian Barr; two children and two brothers Herndon and Victor Barr.
Mr. Barr was born in Mississippi, his parents coming to Chattanooga when he was but 6 years old. Ten years ago he married Miss Lillian Wilhoite, of St. Elmo. Before going west in search of health he was engaged in the drug business at Ridgedale. He was a member of the Ridgedale Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
Funeral services will be held from the First Presbyterian church this afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Rev. J. W. Bachman officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
The Chattanooga Times, Thursday, May 11, 1913.
Barrows, Bert
Barrows, Bert, 70, died unexpectedly at his home on Lookout Mountain Thursday. He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. C.A. Bandy and Mrs. L.F. Hicks, Chattanooga, and Mrs. L.W. O'Rear, of Knoxville; one son, Fred C. Barrows, of Chattanooga; one brother, Irvin Barrows of Faulkner, S.D. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. James W. Henley and Rev. Lawrence Lancaster, will be held at the chapel of the National Funeral Home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after which another short service and interment will be held at 3:30 o'clock at the Paynes Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers are Joe Massey, William Cooper, Irvin Barrows, Roy Barrows, Leonard Hicks and Charles A. Bandy.
September, 1940
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Charles
Barrows, Charles, aged 68, died at his home on Lookout Mountain at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon after a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow, Mary Massey Barrows; three sons, Roy M., Irvin H. of Lookout Mountain and Leslie A. of Washington D.C.; one sister, Mrs. E.P. Jones of Leola, SD; two brothers, Irvin Barrows of Faulkton, S.D., and Bert Barrows of Lookout Mountain. Mr. Barrows was an active member of the Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held from the home at 10 o'clock Monday morning, the Rev. Mr. Campbell conducting the service. Honorary pallbearers will be C.L. Seagle, R.S. Annis, John Smartt, T.F. McFarland, W.S. Barefield, active?, John Clarke, W. Martin, Ed Hillman, Ed Massey, Conn Milligan and Irvin Massey. Interment will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Arrangements are in charge of Chapman's.
December 6, 1929
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Cora
On the evening of June 14, 1910, the dusky winged angel of death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barrows of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and claimed for its own their only daughter Cora Barrows aged 14 years. She was sick only a short time, suffering from an abscess formed from a diseased tooth, causing blood poison. Her sufferings were beyond description, until within an hour of her death when she became calm and peaceful and closing her eyes to all that is earthly she passed away without a struggle. She was of a most lovable _______ endearing herself to all who knew her and her _______ remembered by the score. She was a member of the Sunday school at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., a regular attendant, taking great interest in the lessons. The superintendent went to find out why she was not present on the previous Sunday and finding her sick, knelt by her side and prayed the most beautiful prayer that ever came from the lips of man. She was also a member of the Christian Endeavor Society which follows her with sad hearts to her last resting place, placing upon her grave a costly and beautiful cross of roses.
She looked so calm and peaceful in her sleep it brought to mind the hymn, "Death ___________." She leaves a father and mother, three brothers and a host of relatives and friends to grieve for _________ whom we would ____________ but ________ rejoice to know her name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and it will only make heaven seem nearer and dearer to know that Cora is watching and waiting for you. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Newcomb, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., in a most impressive manner, after which the Christian Endeavor Society sang softly and tenderly the beautiful hymn "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," then the body was laid to rest in the Payne's Chapel graveyard, the grave being entirely covered by beautiful floral designs of every description placed there by loving hands.
Oh! how sweet it will be in this beautiful land, so free from all sorrow and pain, With songs on our lips
And with harps in one hand, to meet one another again.
Rhea Moorman
June 14, 1910
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Edna
Barrows, Edna Seagle of Lookout Mountain died Wednesday at her home. She
was 86. A resident of Lookout Mountain for 69 years, she was a member of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church and had taught Sunday school there as well as at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Irvin H. Barrows; two sons, Dr. Harold Barrows, West LaFayette, Ind., and David Barrows, Auburndale, Fla.; two daughters, Mildred Ball, Chamblee, Ga., and Margaret Staples, Miami; brother Marion E. Seagle, Chattanooga; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Sanders Wilson officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church or to a favorite charity.
The family will receive friends Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Wann Funeral Home.
May 22, 1991
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Emma
Barrows, Emma M. 70, of 2215 Kirby Ave., died Sunday evening in a local nursing home. Mrs. Barrows held membership at St. Andrews United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Leslie A. Barrows Sr.; one son, Leslie A. Barrows Jr. of Brookfield, Wisc. Three daughters, Mrs. Cecile Gothard, Ann Barrows and Mrs. Nina Hill, all of Chattanooga.
One sister, Mrs. Nettie Barteles of Togo, Minn.; one brother, John Mills of Rossville, Ga.; 11 grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Cabel W. Trent officiating. Interment will follow in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South, with Larry Davis, Thurman Faulkner, Leonard Hicks, Frank Akridge, David Hill and Leslie Gothard serving as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Andrews United Methodist Church or
the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements are by the West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home.
November 18, 1979
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Leslie Sr.
Barrows, Leslie A. Sr., 75, of 2215 Kirby Ave., died Wednesday in a local hospital. He was a member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church and the Half-Century Club. Before his retirement, he was employed by Adams Lithographic Co. Survivors include three daughters, Cecile Gothard, Hixson, Ann Barrows and Nina Hill, both of Chattanooga; son, Leslie A. Barrows Jr., Brookfield, Wis.; brother, Irvin Barrows, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral home with the Rev. Dale Bittenger officiating. Interment will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, Ga., with Mark Hicks, Sam Burkhart, Phillip Randolph, Leslie Gothard, Mike Gothard and Rusty Hill serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Friendship Sunday School class of the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrews United Methodist Church.
The body is at the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 1724 McCallie Ave.
October 5, 1983
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Mary
Barrows, Mary Massey 89, member of a pioneer Lookout Mountain family, died yesterday morning at the residence of her son, Leslie A. Barrows, at 2215 Kirby Ave. Mrs. Barrows was the widow of Charles Barrows. She was the daughter of Martin Massey and Catherine Hinkle Massey. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are two other sons, Roy and Irvin H. Barrows, Lookout Mountain: 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of the J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home, with the Rev. Arthur Jones officiating. Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Lonnie Harvin, Ben Fulghum, Leonard hicks, Marvin Massey, Roy Barrows Jr. and Robert K. Barrows.
September 18, 1957
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Nina
Rites Planned Wednesday Morning for Mother of Five War Veterans
Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Elizabeth McKenzie Barrows, 60, who died
Sunday at her home at 213 Watauga Lane, Lookout Mountain, will be conducted Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Wann's funeral Chapel by Dr. J. Fred Johnson. Mrs. Barrows was the wife of Roy M. Barrows, a veteran of World War I, and mother of five children, all veterans of the Korean conflict or World War II. She is survived by her husband; four sons, Earl, Charles, Robert and Roy Barrows Jr.; one daughter, Mary Catherine Barrows, and eight brothers, John McKenzie, Salt Lake City; Guy, Anderson, Donovan, Robert W., and Benjamin P. McKenzie, all of Chattanooga; Joseph McKenzie of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Charles W. Moreland of Chattanooga, and 20 grandchildren.
The four sons have all served in the United States Marine Corps; Earl during World War II; Bob in Korea; Charles and Roy in World War II and Korea. Mary Catherine was a second lieutenant in the Army Nurses' Corps during the Korean campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Barrows were married in 1923. He has been hoist operator and ticket agent for the Lookout Mountain Incline Co. for more than 36 years.
Mary Catherine Barrows is the director of nurses at Erlanger Hospital; Earl is acting postmaster of Lookout Mountain; Roy Jr. and Robert are employees of the Lookout Mountain Post Office. Charles is in the Air Force and is stationed in Colorado.
Mrs. Barrows was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a charter member of the Navy Mothers' of America organization in Chattanooga.
Interment will be in Forest Hills. Pallbearers will be Ben Fulghum, Dan Broadwater, H.L. Harbin, Leonard Seagle, Walter Myers, Leonard Hicks and Albert Cox.
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Robert
Barrows, Robert K. 48, of 6110 Bermuda St., East Ridge, died Saturday night in a local hospital.
Mr. Barrows was the son of the late Roy M. and Nina McKenzie Barrows Sr. He was the superintendent of the Lookout Mountain Post Office and was a member of Calvary Bible Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Caroline Eldridge Barrows; one son, Charles Lamar Barrows; one daughter, Delon Wigley; one sister, Mrs. Mary Jackson. Three brothers, Roy M. Barrows Jr., Charles S. Barrows, Robert E. Barrows. Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Wann Memorial Chapel with his pastor, the Rev. John Lanham and the Revs. Frank Welch and Royce Powell officiating.
Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park. Memorial contributions can be made to the Calvary Bible Church.
Arrangements by Wann Funeral Home.
October 10, 1976
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Barrows, Roy Jr.
Barrows, Roy M. Jr., a long-time employee of the United States Postal Service in Lookout Mountain, Tenn., died Thursday at the age of 61. A resident of 116 Mitchell Drive, Lookout Mountain, Mr. Barrows served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. He had worked at the Lookout Mountain post office for 33 years. Mr. Barrows was member of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Kessler Barrows of Lookout Mountain; two daughters, Elizabeth Victoria VanLeigh of Guam and Mary Christine Barrows of Chattanooga; two sons, Roy M. Barrows III and Ronald A. Barrows, both of Chattanooga; a sister, Mary B. Jackson of Signal Mountain; a brother, Robert E. Barrows of Waxahachie, Texas.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Wann Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Day and Bishop Gary Flynn officiating.
Burial will be Monday at 11 a.m. in National Cemetery.
The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Saturday.
September 4, 1986
Submitted by Robbie Burkhart SamandRob@aol.com
Baubach, Nathan
Baubach, Nathan G. Sr. of Chattanooga died Tuesday, March 11, 1997, in a local nursing home. He was 83. Graveside services were today at 11 a.m. in Chattanooga Memorial Park with the Rev. Jack, Smith officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to North Cleveland Church of God Benevolence Ministry, 335 11th St . NE , Cleveland Tenn. , 37311 .
Arrangements by Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd.
Baxtor, Dr. George
DR. BAXTER’S SUDDEN END Well Known Physician Dies in His Office Chair.
PROMINENT IN THE CITY FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS
One of the Heroes Who Risked His Life in the Dark Days of 1878 –
Public Spirited Physician’s Work Is Done.
Dr. George Alfred Baxter, Chattanooga’s well-known physician, and one of the most prominent and widely known practitioners in the south, was found dead yesterday afternoon, sitting upright in a chair at his office, 13 1-2 East Eighth street . Death was due to heart trouble.
Doctor Baxter spent a greater part of the morning at Erlanger hospital where he was in consultation with Dr. J. S. Dye, during a difficult operation on an employee of the Queen and Crescent route, with which road the deceased had been connected as surgeon for many years. They returned to the city about 1 o’clock . Doctor Baxter stopping at his office. He soon afterward had lunch there, after which he took a short nap, instructing William, his servant for over twenty years, to call him at 2:30 o’clock . The colored man obeyed, and at about 2:40 o’clock Doctor Baxter sent the servant across the street to the Chattanooga Savings bank. When he returned about five minutes later, Doctor Baxter was leaning back in the rocking chair where the servant had left him, and life was extinct.
Doctor Baxter’s death was not entirely unexpected. Since last May he has been in feeble health. For the past nine months he has been associated with Dr. W. A. Duncan, who has been looking after the major portion of the practice. Yesterday morning Doctor Baxter stated to one of his sons that he was feeling especially well and commented on the fact that he had passed a very restful night.
The funeral service will take place tomorrow (Friday) morning at St. Paul ’s Episcopal church. The rector, Doctor Holley, and Dr. J. W. Bachman will officiate. The burial will be in Forest Hills . A number of relatives from Knoxville and Nashville will attend the funeral. The pallbearers will be J. C. Howell, S. E. Howell, John B. Nicklin, Dr. W. T. Hope, W. W. Kent, Dr. W. A. Duncan, Henry Bond, Sr., and R. H. Hunt.
Doctor Baxter was born at Alexandria, a small station on the Southern railroad, near Asheville, N. C., Nov. 28, 1851, celebrating his fifty-eighth anniversary last Thanksgiving Day. His father was George Baxter, a leading attorney of North Carolina, who died soon after the birth of this son, and Doctor Baxter was reared by his uncle, who was also his stepfather, Judge John Baxter, Knoxville ’s noted jurist and man of affairs. Dr. Baxter’s mother was one of the famous Alexander family, also of North Carolina. There were five sons and one daughter of the Baxter family, all of whom are now living with the exception of the subject of this sketch. George W. Baxter, ex-governor of Wyoming, is now in the west, John Baxter in the well-known insurance man of Nashville, Lewis Baxter is the president of the Nashville bank, Will Baxter, who now lives in Nashville, has retired from business. The surviving sister is Mrs. A. S. Robinson, of Nashville, wife of a banker of that city.
Doctor Baxter received his first education in the schools of Knoxville, his mother having moved to that city in 1857. He completed his education at the East Tennessee University, and then went to Kenyon college, in Ohio, and later to Hobart college, in New York State. He graduated from the latter in 1871, and immediately began the study of medicine under the famous New York surgeon, James R. Wood, of the Bellevue hospital, New York. Two years later he graduated.
Soon after he accepted the position of assistant surgeon of the Erie railroad and organized the surgical department of that system. On account of failure of health, he resigned his position and came south, settling in Chattanooga in 1873, where he has been in active practice. In May, 1876, he performed successfully the first ovarian (sic) operation done in East Tennessee. In 1880 he was made surgeon of the Alabama Great Southern railroad, and organized, as he did in the case of the Erie , the medical system of the road, and on the lease of the Cincinnati Southern that road was also added. Doctor Baxter has been continuously connected with the systems for over thirty years, and at one time was surgeon for every railroad entering Chattanooga with the exception of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis . He was also surgeon for all of the street railroads and the roads operating on Lookout Mountain.
INTEREST IN THE HOSPITAL. In 1889 Doctor Baxter undertook the raising of funds for the construction of a large general hospital for the city and surrounding county. This hospital was at first supported principally by the railroads entering this city, and for which he was surgeon. Later he secured the interest of Baron Erlanger, and sufficient funds were secured for the erection and maintenance of the present magnificent structure known as Baroness Erlanger hospital. Doctor Baxter was for many years the chief of staff for this institution and was also a member of the board of trustees of the institution for a long term.
Since the organization of the University of Chattanooga medical school Doctor Baxter has held the chair of surgery. He has shown a great interest in the work, and many if the young physicians of the south received their first training under his direction.
DURING YELLOW FEVER TIME. Perhaps the work by which Doctor Baxter is best known was during the latter part of the seventies, when he and three other physicians remained in Chattanooga during the yellow fever scourge. Doctors Hope and Sims, both of whom are now local practitioners, and Dr. Frazier, a surgeon who has since died, remained with Doctor Baxter through the ordeal. A historical sketch published several years ago, says of the deceased in that connection:
“In speaking of the career of Doctor Baxter, we would not fail to mention that during the epidemic of that dreadful disease, smallpox, and that almost fatal scourge, yellow fever, in 1878, he devoted his entire time free to the people, and did a noble and never-to-be-forgotten work, and his name will always be a household word in many a grateful home. By the latter disease he was himself stricken down at the end of his long work, and barely escaped with his life.”
Doctor Baxter served the city at a later date when a smallpox scourge threatened the city. In 1905 he was sent to New Orleans as the representative of the city of Chattanooga , and made a thorough investigation of the yellow fever conditions there. The report which he brought back was accepted by the city and his suggestions for defense and quarantine against the dreaded disease, were carried out to the letter.
PROMINENCE IN PROFESSION. In 1890 Doctor Baxter was elected president of the Tennessee Medical society. He was also a member of the American Medical association, an organization composed of fifty of the foremost physicians in the country. He was a member of the Masonic and Knights of Zythias lodges, and until recent years was an active worker in each. He was one of the original members and assisted materially in the construction of the St. Paul ’s Episcopal church.
Doctor Baxter was married in 1880 to Miss Ellen Douglas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Douglas, of Nashville . To their union were born three children, Douglas, Katherine and Bruce. Katherine died when young. The two sons are both well-known residents of this city. During his long life in Chattanooga , Doctor Baxter has, until recently, lived at 118 McCallie avenue.
The first signs of the doctor’s failing health were noticed while he was in Florida two years ago this winter. His sons were with him at the time, and the physicians attending him said he would never live to return to Tennessee . His wonderful vitality kept him alive, however, after all members of the medical fraternity believed he would soon die, and it was this vitality that kept him up during the past few months. It was in May, 1907, that Doctor Baxter gave up his active practice, and became associated with Dr. W. A. Duncan. Since that time he has been able to be in his office most of the time. In fact, with the exception of his illness in Florida two years ago and the yellow fever, he had never had a day’s illness.
“The Chattanooga Daily Times,” Thursday, February 13, 1908.
Baxtor, Willie
Baxtor, Willie, 87, of Route 5, Suck Creek Road, died Thursday in a local nursing home. A lifelong resident of Hamilton County, he was retired from Milne Chair Co., and was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include several cousins. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Lloyd McGee officiating. Burial will be in Baxter Cemetery.
The family is receiving friends at the Coulter Chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
Chattanooga Times Saturday, December 19, 1987
Beall, Ben
Beall, Ben L. Dies here at age of 48Was Life-Lon Resident of City and a Veteran of the World War. Ben L. Beall, 48 life-long resident of this city, died at a local sanitarium early Monday after a few days illness. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Beall and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Della Sivley Beall, and two brothers, J. T. and H. W. Beall, of Chattanooga. He received his education in the city schools and became connected with the American Railway Express company, by which he was employed until the World war, when he enrolled in the first officers’ training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and transferred to Camp Wheeler at Macon, Ga., where re received his first lieutenant’s commission and was sent to France, where he served throughout the war. He served also with the American army of occupation in Germany. He was for several years connected with the Chickamauga National Park commission. He was a member of First Methodist church. Funeral services, conducted by Dr. Frank A. Hamilton and Dr. Joe M. Hampton, will be held from the Page-Hancock funeral home this afternoon at 2 o’clock. With interment in National cemetery, where military honors will be given. The following are requested to serve as pallbearers: Creed Boyles, J. Lloyd Griffith, Charles Gunther, R. W. Glenn, Ralph Shafer, Nick Dobbs and G. L. Rous.
Chattanooga Times, 7 Mar 1939
Submitted by Claudia O'Leary cowlady124@hotmail.com
Beall, Betty
Beall, Betty Sue, a former resident of Chattanooga passed away Saturday morning at Hargis Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mark Bowen, Friendship, Tenn.; Mrs. Sam St. Clair, Birmingham; two nephews, David Rice and Charles Robert Bowen, Friendship, Tenn.; one niece, Mrs. Marion Ball, of Ball, La.; one great-nephew, Eugene Spencer Ball of Ball. La. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday from the chapel of the National Funeral Home, with Dr. J Fred Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
The body will be at the funeral home.
Chattanooga Times, 26 Apr 1953
Submitted by Claudia O'Leary cowlady124@hotmail.com
Beall, Harry
Beall, Harry W. died in a local hospital at 9:10 p.m. last night. He is survived by an aunt, Mrs. Alice Jones, Columbus, Ga.; nephew, Thomas M. Beall, Cincinnati; several cousins.
Funeral plans will be announced by the National Funeral Home.
Chattanooga Times, 1 Jun 1951
Submitted by Claudia O'Leary cowlady124@hotmail.com
Beall, Ida
Beall, Ida Mayer, widow of J. T. Beall, who was auditor for the Railway Express Agency here, died yesterday at 1:30 p.m. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Beal died here several years ago. Survivors are a son, Tom M. Beal, Cincinnati; brother, R. A. Mayer, Chattanooga; cousin, Mrs. Ida Bradshaw, Chattanooga. The body will be brought to Chattanooga for interment, arrangements to be by the Page-Hancock Funeral Home.
Chattanooga Times, 12 Sep 1949
Submitted by Claudia O'Leary cowlady124@hotmail.com
Beall, Joseph
Beall, Joseph Thomas 57, for forty years connected with the Railway Express Agency and at his death disbursing auditor for the company, died unexpectedly yesterday at 5:20 p.m. at his home, 100 Haney drive. Mr. Beall had lived his entire life in Chattanooga and was a member of the Methodist church Surviving are his wife, a son, T. M. Beall, and a brother, Harry W. Beall. Funeral services will be held at the Page-Hancock Funeral home at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, the Rev. Dr. E. D. Worley officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hills cemetery. Pallbearers, H. L. Underwood, W. D. Waldron, L. B. Smyne, O. H. Gurley, F W. Ruffin, H. B. Payne, E. J. Savoy and George J. Smith.
Beall, Joseph Thomas, died at his home, 100 Haney drive, Tuesday afternoon. Surviving are his wife; a son, T. M. Beall, and a brother, Harry W. Beall. Funeral services conducted by Dr. E. D. Worley will be held at the Page-Hancock Funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in Forest Hills cemetery, with the following serving as pallbearers, H. L. Underwood, W. D. Waldron, L. B. Smyne, O. H. Gurley, F W. Ruffin, H. B. Payne, E. J. Savoy and George J. Smith.
Chattanooga Times, 18 Sep 1940
Submitted by Claudia O'Leary cowlady124@hotmail.com
Beavers, Della
Beavers, Della Tanner Owen died Saturday, March 3, 1990, at a local nursing home. She was 97. Mrs. Beavers, a native of South Pittsburg, had lived in Chattanooga for most of her life and was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Rebecca Lodge, and the Ridgedale Chapter of OES. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Owen, and was a member of Ridgedale Church of Christ. Survivors include two daughters, Grace Skates and Margaret Jo Park; a son, Howard Owen, all of Chattanooga; and several grandchildren. Graveside services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Gardens with ministers Charles Cochran and Eddie Reachard officiating. Memorial contributions were asked to be made to Martin-Boyd Christian Home in Chattanooga.
The family will receive friends at Turner Funeral Home, Dodds Avenue Chapel
Chattanooga News-Free Press, March 4, 1990
Submitted by June Tanner Cooper.
Beene, Dallas
Beene, Dallas, 58, of 409 Hot Water Rd., Soddy, died in a Chattanooga hospital Friday night. She attended the Daisy Church of God. Surviving are four sons, George Jones, Birmingham, Ala., Johnny Jones, Hixson; Allen Jones, Durham, N. C.; Jack Jones, Mississippi; daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Porter, Panama City, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Stella Majors, Grayville, Tenn.; Mrs. Nancy Bradshaw, Hixson; several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. today from the chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. T. L. Perkins and the Rev. Charles Patterson officiating. Interment will follow in the Shelton Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Billy Helton, Ray Cox, Curtis Helton, Ray Sluter, Roy Bradshaw and Earl Helton. Honorary pallbearers will be the Sunshine Bible Class of the Daisy Church of God. The body will remain at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Williamson and Sons, Highway 27, Soddy-Daisy.
The Chattanooga Times July 29, 1976; Pg A13
Submitted by Tonia Hager Cobb Acmom902@aol.com
Benne, Grace
Beene, Grace Cox, 75, of Soddy-Daisy, died Monday in a local hospital. She was a member of Soddy-Daisy First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class, retired from Kingsboro Silk Mill and the sister of the late Virgil Cox. Survivors include her husband, Lesal Beene, brother Charles Cox, Soddy-Daisy, several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Jack McEwen officiating. Burial will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 today at Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, Soddy Daisy.
Chattanooga Times, August 13, 1996.
Submitted by Sallie Cox scox3876@bellsouth.net
Beene, Lesal
Beene, Lesal R. 83, of Soddy-Daisy died Tuesday, Jan 8, 2022, at a local health care facility.
Mr. Beene was a member of First Baptist Church, Soddy-Daisy, and its Builders Sunday School Class and a member of Daisy Masonic Lodge #706 F&AM. He was preceded by his wife, Grace Cox, Beene, brothers, Dorman and Lloyd Beene; and sisters, Margorie Welch, Juanita Osborne and Pauline Stapleton. Survivors include a brother-in-law, Charles E. Cox, Soddy-Daisy; and sisters-in-law, Ina Cox, Soddy-Daisy, Ora Cox, Nashville and Lola Beene, Red Bank, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Williamson and Sons Funeral Home with Dr. Seton Tomyn officiating. Interment will be in Hamilton Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today.
Chattanooga Times, January 10, 2002
Submitted by Sallie Cox scox3876@bellsouth.net