Hamilton County Obituaries "A - B"

Adams, Mansfield

The funeral of Mansfield Adams, aged 59, who died Tuesday night at his home in East Lake, after an illness of a few days, was held from the funeral residence of Wann and Son, 708 Georgia Avenue, at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Reverend W. M. Tidwell officiated.
The interment took place in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Surviving the deceased are four sons, W. B., M. L., G. N., and A. R. Adams, of Chattanooga.

The Chattanooga News – February 9. 1918

Adams, Robert Roy

Robert Roy Adams, aged 27, died Sunday night at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Adams, 1706 Cator Street.

He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Mrs. F. F. Keller and Mrs. J. S. Houser, and four brothers, C. P., J. H., W. F., and T. M. Adams.

The funeral will be held from the residence Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock. Reverend McClure officiating. The interment will be at McDonald Cemetery.

Chattanooga News February 24, 1919

Albrecht, Weber
In Prison Section
Weber Albrecht, interned enemy alien, who ended his life Tuesday at the war prison camp, was buried in the prison section of the National Cemetery Thursday afternoon. Aliens under the guard of United States soldiers, acted as pallbearers.
The Chattanooga News May 1, 1919
 

Alexander, Richard C.

Officer Richard Alexander dies; service Tuesday at 11

Richard C. Alexander died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000, in a local hospital.

Mr. Alexander was a Chattanooga police officer and also worked at the Bi-Lo store on 23rd Street . He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, a member of Miracle missionary Baptist Church and a Mason.

Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by his parents, Lon Ed Mitchell and Minnie Mitchell; daughter, Angela Alexander; and brother-in-law, Greg Jones.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Alexander; daughter, Yolanda Alexander, both of Chattanooga; brothers, Oliver Baker, Memphis, and Michael Mitchell, Greenville, S.C.; sisters, Yvonne Mitchell, Patricia Russell, Mildred Brown, Melinda Davidson and Priscilla, all of Chattanooga.

Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Horace Scruggs officiating.

Burial will be in the Chattanooga National Cemetery.

The body will lie in state on Monday afternoon at the Taylor Funeral Home, Wilcox Boulevard, where a Masonic ceremony will be conducted at 7 p.m.

Allen, Mary Ann Jenkins 

Mrs. Mary Ann Allen, aged 75, died at her home, 2610 Whiteside Street after a few days' illness.  She is survived by her husband, J. H. Allen; three sons, G. H. of St. Petersburg, FL; J.B. and J.W.; and a daughter, Mrs. J. Wilson, all of this city; two brothers, Lee Jenkins of Pleasant Shade, TN and E. A. Jenkins of this city; a sister, Mrs. Martha Tinker, of Trenton, GA.  She is a member of the St. Elmo Church of Christ.  Funeral services will be Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in the St. Elmo Church of Christ, corner of Forty-Eighth Street and St. Elmo Avenue.  The services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Phillips, assisted by the Rev. John C. Graham.  The following will serve as pallbearers:  G. S. Guess, J. R. C. Watson, W. E. Jelf, Ray Miller, L. J. Carlisle, and H. Shears.  Interment will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery.
The Chattanooga Times, December 15, 1924.

Note: Born 9-12-1848, daughter of William "Dutch" Jenkins and Frances Davis Jenkins.

Submitted by Marilyn Jenkins Watkins  catwomanmew60@msn.com 

Allen, Maude C. 

ALLEN, Mrs. Maude C, age 93, Rosemont Drive, died Sunday. Member Asbury United Methodist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Elma Smith; two sons, Elbert A. Allen and Ewell Allen; all of Chattanooga. Seven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. Graveside services today, Brainerd Cemetery, Rev. M. O. Pettus officiating.

Abstracted from The Chattanooga News-Free Press Mon. 8 Nov. 1976 by Joyce Ray Lea.

Allen, Minerva 

The funeral of Mrs. Minerva Allen, 89 years of age who died Friday night at the home of her son, J. H. Allen, 2008 Whiteside Street, took place at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the residence.  The interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery.  Death was due to old age.
The Chattanooga Daily Times, December 8, 1907.

Submitted by Marilyn Jenkins Watkins  catwomanmew60@msn.com

Allen, Penelope Johnson
Penelope Johnson Allen, Indian historian, genealogist and member of a pioneer Chattanooga family, died this morning at a local hospital. She had been a resident of the Life Care Center of East Ridge for the past seven years. Mrs. Allen, who celebrated her 98th birthday on October 27, was one of the first women in the state to run for the Legislature. In the 1930s, she was the director of a statewide project to copy and preserve important Tennessee historical records. For many years she wrote a newspaper column called "Leaves from the Family Tree" that gave the lineage of many local families. These columns are now in book form. She was one of the foremost experts in the country on the Cherokee Indians, having made a number of trips to Oklahoma to purchase some of their historical documents.
Many such valuable historical papers now in the state library at Nashville, the Lawson-McGhee Library in Knoxville and other libraries in the state were collected by Mrs. Allen

Mrs. Allen remained actively interested in history and genealogy until the last months of her life, and at age 96 she was teaching a genealogy class for fellow nursing home residents. Her great-grandfather was Col. James A. Whiteside, a Chattanoogan who was a member of the Legislature and was a leader in the development of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. He was also active in developing Lookout Mountain.

Her Grandparents were Col. Abraham Malone Johnson and Thankful Whiteside Johnson.  Col. Johnson was also active with railroads and in the development of the water system for Chattanooga.
He was the developer of St. Elmo, the longtime home of Penelope Johnson Allen. Mrs. Allen was born Oct.27, 1886, the daughter of James Johnson and Sue Cleage.  Jim Johnson was an official at the county courthouse   Mrs. Allen graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1904. That same year she represented St. Elmo in the Chattanooga Spring Festival, earning the title of "Queen of Love and Beauty." She continued her schooling at Mrs. Starrett’s School in Chicago, then she attended Western College at Oxford, Ohio, for three years. She returned to St. Elmo and taught at North St. Elmo Elementary School. She married Samuel Boyd Allen and moved to Knoxville, then Tate Springs, TN, then Williamsburg, VA.
    During World War I, Mrs. Allen worked in the Du Pont shell loading plant in Penniman, VA, where she was an assistant to the supervisor in large caliber area. She returned to Chattanooga in 1919 to take a job with the Chattanooga News. She was society editor, general assignment reporter, courthouse reporter, political writer, magazine editor, sports reporter, and advertising sales representative.
She was active in the movement to win voting rights for women, making a number of trips to Nashville in the effort. In May of 1922, she was nominated by the Hamilton County Democratic executive committee as a candidate for the Legislature. She lost in a close election. During this post World War I period, she was active in a variety of clubs, including the Kosmos Woman’s Club and the Garden Club of Chattanooga. She was active in the Episcopal Church. She was named state historian of the Tennessee Daughters of the American Revolution and state press chairman of the Tennessee Federation of Women’s Clubs. She toured historic spots across the country in a national position with the DAR. In 1923, Mrs. Allen took a position as a traveling advertising agent for the Chattanooga Medicine Company (Chattem), following a route that took her throughout the South. During this time, she visited every county seat in the Southeast. In 1929, she became publicity agent for Chickamauga Park, the in 1933 she joined The Chattanooga Times, where she concentrated on the Leaves From The Family Tree articles. Later she initiated and directed the program for copying county records across Tennessee, acting under a Works Progress Administration grant. She stated, "We found the old documents dumped in closets, piled in halls, and in all sorts of situations. One county had piled its early records in an old barn." The result of this project is over 1500 volumes of Tennessee county records in the state library, much of which would otherwise have been lost.
 After World War II, Mrs. Allen was active in the Volunteer Chapter U.S. Daughters of 1812, state president of USD 1812, the Hamilton County Historical Society, the Tennessee Historical Society, the Tennessee Historical Commission, the Chattanooga Area Historical Association and the Junior League. She was also active in the Chattanooga Business and Professional Women’s Club and the National Society Colonial Dames of America and Daughters of Colonial Wars. Mrs. Allen worked with the Society for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities in the restoration of the Cravens House on the side of Lookout Mountain. She published a book about Tennessee Soldiers in the American Revolution and another volume about Tennessee soldiers in the War of 1812. 

She also wrote "Historic Chattanooga: A Guide Book."
She compiled a book about the Johnson and Whiteside families and related families. In all her history and genealogy dealings, Mrs. Allen insisted on strict accuracy. Mrs. Allen was chairman of a project to design a flag for St. Elmo Elementary School.
In 1962, the Tennessee Society of the daughters of 1812 voted an endowment fund in her honor.
 An oil portrait of Mrs. Allen was unveiled in 1970 at a luncheon meeting of the Chattanooga Area Historical Association. The portrait, now in the state library at Nashville, will soon appear in a special exhibition of paintings of prominent Tennessee women. Mrs. Allen was among a group of six distinguished authors honored in 1976 by the dedication of trees in Audubon Acres.
Survivors are one daughter, Penelope Allen Moore, Virginia Beach, VA.; one brother, A.M. Johnson, Chattanooga; one sister, Helen J. Flower, Columbus, Ohio; four grandchildren, Peter F. Moore, Charlotte, NC, Penelope M. Blankenship, Florence, AL, Alexander B. Moore, Redding Conn., and Helen M. Maroon, Virginia Beach, VA., and eight great-grandchildren.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church and the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library.
The body was to be at the West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home.
Chattanooga News-Free Press   Wednesday, January 9, 1985

Submitted by Helen Maroon  Telicochic@aol.com

 Allen, Thomas Benton

 Thomas Benton Allen, aged 77 years, died very suddenly at noon yesterday near Kennedy’s store on Frazier Avenue, North Chattanooga. The body was removed to Chapman’s and prepared for burial which will take place in Dayton, Tenn., this afternoon. The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Delphia Williams, of North Chattanooga; three sons, W. O., J. H., of North Chattanooga, and C. W., of Virginia; one brother, Pete Allen, of Decatur, Tenn., and seven sisters, Mrs. Bettie Crow, of Fort Worth, Tex., Mrs. Margaret Hale, of Dayton, Tenn., Mrs. W. A. Rears and Mrs. M. A. Gode, of North Chattanooga; Mrs. Luke Wade, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. Burt Russell, of Decatur, Tenn. The deceased served with the Confederate army during the Civil war and was a member of Company I. Third Tennessee regiment, under Lee and Wheeler.
The Chattanooga Times, July 7, 1920.

Alston, Susannah F. Crosby
Wife of Peter Alston
1840 Troup Co., GA
1923 Chattanooga, TN

Mrs. S. F. Alston, aged 83, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Barnes, 528 Baldwin Street yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock, after an illness of six months.  Mrs. Alston was born in Troupe County, Georgia in 1840, for many years residing in Atlanta, and recent years in Chattanooga.  She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Barnes; six grandchildren, Mrs. D. B. Hatch, Mrs. F. E. Skilton, Mrs. Walter S. Hunt, of Tucson, Ariz.; Miss Adelaide Barnes, R. S. and D. M. Barnes.  Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon from the Harry E. Chapman funeral parlors.  Dr. John W. Inzer officiating.  Interment in White Oak Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Theodore Perrin, F. V. Tuckadoo, O.  M. Hatch, N. B. Hatch, A. G. Linn, W. P. Bacon.

Submitted by Karon Anderson  DURATMATER

Alverson, David Ronald

Former Hamilton County Chief Deputy Sheriff David Ronald Alverson, 72, of Ooltewah, died on Friday, November 26, 2010 in a local hospital. A lifelong resident of Chattanooga, Mr. Alverson was a retired criminal investigator with the U.S. Army after 21 years of service. Following his military career, he retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department as chief deputy after 13 years of service and also retired from Memorial Hospital after 13 years. He was a member of Christian Family Church and Brainerd Presbyterian Church. He also held membership with the Vietnam Veterans Association and received Police Officer of the Year from the Exchange Club of Chattanooga in 1980 and Police Officer of the Year, Hamilton County Sheriff's Department in 1979. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Franklin Alverson and Johnnie Louise Roan Alverson; brothers, Kenneth Alverson and Robert Kelly. Survivors are his wife of 52 years, Bobbie Alverson; two sons, Dave Alverson, Gulf Breeze, Fl., and Terry Alverson, Alpharetta, Ga.; three sisters, Louise Hardwick, Tifton, Ga., Betty Meyers, Azle, Tx., and Vet Alverson, Ft. Worth, Tx.; four grandchildren, Kathryn, Lauren, Eric and David. Services will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 12:30 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Ron Regan officiating. Burial will be in the Chattanooga National Cemetery. 

The family will receive friends on Monday, Nov. 29, from 3-7 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, East Brainerd Road.

Amis, Elizabeth Woy

Mrs. B. F. Amiss
Word was received here last night of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Woy Amiss,
88, former resident of Chattanooga, who died yesterday at her home in Salem, Va. Mrs. Amiss was the wife of Ben F. Amiss, who was for many years superintendent of the old United States Leather Company here. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Dwight Van Nostran of Glen Cove, N.Y.; Mrs. Tom Wansor of Roanoke, Va., and Misses Bess and Catherine Amiss of Salem, Va. ; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Jones of Signal Mountain and Mrs. Lily Lang of Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Salem.
The Chattanooga Times, November 29, 1946.

Submitted by Claudia O'Leary  coleary@thefloridacatholic.org

Anderson, Mary McKinney Bachman 

 One of the Best Beloved and most popular ladies of Chattanooga died unexpectedly yesterday. Mrs. Mary Bachman Anderson, the wife of Charles C. Anderson and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Bachman, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock after a brief illness at her home on McCallie Avenue. The news of this lamentable event spread rapidly, and plunged the community into profound sorrow, for there are no homes in Chattanooga where Dr. Bachman, pastor of the first Presbyterian Church, and his esteemed family are [not] respected and beloved. The death of a good, noble woman lady is a loss to the entire city, and in this case is particularly sad. Mrs. Anderson had been ill only four weeks, and at no time had her physicians or family anticipated death. A robust constitution and a cheerful disposition, Mrs. Anderson herself did not fear the result, and though she suffered intensely, the end was entirely unexpected. The direct cause of death was the rupture of a blood vessel on the brain, precipitated by nervous prostration. Mrs. Anderson began to sink only two hours before she died, but the end came peacefully simply passing out of a Christian life, rich in good deeds, without even the consciousness of the parting from her loved ones. Surrounding her death bed were the members of her own family and Dr. Bachman. It was a bitter trial for that divine, who has brought solace to so many departing souls, to minister in the last and hour to his daughter, cut off in the prime of her womanhood, taken from a devoted husband, three little children, a happy, unbroken family chain, and a good work, constantly her labor of love. The melancholy intelligence was telegraphed to her sisters, Mrs. Anne Bachman Hyde, at Richmond, and Misses Fannie and Eva D. Bachman, at Spartanburg, S.C. and to her brother, M. Nathan Bachman, who was out of the city. Until they are heard from no definite arrangements for the funeral will be made. .....Mrs. Anderson was the third daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bachman, she was married nine years ago last Saturday at the age of 21 to Charles C. Anderson, and was the mother of three children, two boys and one girl, the eldest is 8, the youngest is 2 years of age.
The Chattanooga Times, October 16, 1897

Applegate, George S. 

APPLEGATE, George S., age 76, died 15 January 1942 at a local sanitarium. A retired businessman, resident of Chattanooga for fifteen years. Survived by a son, Melbourne, of East Orange, NJ; two brothers, E. T. of Chicago and Clarence of Mexico; one niece, Mrs. W. H. Norvell and two nephews, Edward F. and Robert H. Kemper of Chattanooga. Services 2:30, Saturday, Brainerd Methodist Church. Pallbearers: Shirley Christian, C. C. Kerns, J. W. Daniel, D. C. Wiley, D. L. Hill and F. R. Kollmansperger. The John Arch Class will be honorary pallbearers.

Abstracted from The Chattanooga Times, 16 Jan. 1942 by Joyce Ray Lea. 

Armstrong, Joseph Newton

ARMSTRONG'S BODY TO ARRIVE TUESDAY

Red Bank Man Was Killed on "Bombing Mission - Funeral Wednesday Afternoon

The body of Sgt., Joe N. Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Armstrong of 3510 Redding Road, will arrive in Chattanooga at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. After graduating from the Red Bank High School with highest honors, Sgt. Armstrong entered the service Aug. 5, 1943. He went overseas in 1944 and was killed on Dec. 23 while serving as a gunner on a B-26, which was shot down on a bombing mission over Germany. Before entering the service, he was a member of the Red Bank Methodist Church, where he was a member of the church choir and a leader among the young people. Besides his parents, he is survived by grandmothers, Mrs. J.N. Sadler of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Minnie Williams of Knoxville, aunts, Mrs. Donna Roberts, Lebanon, Ky, and Mrs. Grace Cofer, Chattanooga; uncle, Elisha N. Sadler, Chattanooga.

Funeral services, conducted by Dr. O. R. Tarwater, will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the chapel of the National Funeral Home. Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park, with military honors given by the Summers-Whitehead Post 14, American Legion. Active pallbearers will be Wayne Morris, Finley Robbins, Joe Rogers, Kenneth Mathis, Robert Hitt, Jackie Hudgins, Ed Lansford, Amos Burroughs; honorary pallbearers, Lester Smith, D. R. Mahan, Don Vandergriff, Harold Hogue, Fred Lansford, Lewis Freeman, John Hutchinson, Gene Hitt, Bill Miles, Joe Ware, George Cole, Bobby Ledford.

Chattanooga Times, January 16 1949

Chattanooga Memorial Park
Section D Memorial Circle
 Red Bank, Tennessee

Submitted by DeCody Brad Marble  marbledb@bellsouth.net

Asbell, Ossie Lee 

ASBELL, Mr. Ossie Lee, age 52, 510 E. Main Street, died Wednesday. Survived by four children: Barbara Jean, Ronald, Walter and Freda of Canton, OH; mother, Mrs. Mollie Wilson, Ocilla, GA; and two brothers, Robie Lee and Arthur H. of Los Angeles. Graveside services, Brainerd Cemetery.
Abstracted from The Chattanooga Times, Sunday, October 24, 1971 by Joyce Ray Lea

Ashley, William C. 

W. C. Ashley died at 9:35 o'clock yesterday morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Wallace D. Hill, on Mabel Street, after an illness of three months that culminated in heart disease.  Mr. Ashley was born in Nashville, TN, February 7, 1834, and was 70 years and one month old at the time of his death.  He was a member of the firm of Phillips-Buttorff Co., in Nashville, and also manager of Buck-Barnes Co. in the same city.  Mr. Ashley came to Chattanooga in 1873, and engaged in business with the firm of Ashley, Johnson, & Snow, later, Ashley & Snow.  Mr. Ashley leaves two children, Mrs. Wallace D. Hill of this city and Harry J. Ashley of Thomasville, GA; one sister, Mrs. E. H. Connelly, of Oak Street, this city, and one brother, R. N. Ashley, of Woodlawn, AL; also, eight grandchildren.  He was an active member of the Odd Fellows for more than forty years, and was affiliated with Chattanooga lodge, No. 45, of this city.    The funeral will occur at the residence of Mrs. Wallace D. Hill on Mabel Street, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. J. W. Bachman officiating. Interment will be at Forest Hill cemetery.    The following are requested to act as pallbearers:  T.A. Snow, S. C. Bush, J. B. Nicklin, Joseph Toler, W. T. Allgood, J. C. Rice, Julius Cornes and Charles Carter. The funeral will be in charge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Attention, Odd Fellows. You are requested to meet at the hall, corner Eighth and Market streets, at 1:30 p.m. sharp, to attend the funeral of Brother W. C. Ashley. Sister lodges invited to attend. F.M. DEARING, N.G.; W.F. MAURY, Sec.; Chattanooga Lodge, No. 45, I.O.O.F.
The Daily Times, Chattanooga, TN, Wednesday, March 9, 1904.

Submitted by Peggy Rhinerson  prhinerson@aol.com

Atchley, Earl Eugene Sr.

Retired From Chattanooga Fire Department After 40 Years

Earl Eugene Atchley, Sr. 79, of Chattanooga, died on Friday, August 21, 2009, in a local hospital. Mr. Atchley was born in Bradley County but, had lived in Chattanooga most of his life. He held memberships in The Antique Motorcycle Club, the Antique License Club and the Georgia Races Hall of Fame. He was retired from the City of Chattanooga Fire Department with 40 years of service. Mr. Atchley was a veteran of the Korean Conflict serving in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Viola Hicks Atchley and a brother, Carl Atchley. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Bobbie Huskey Atchley, son, Gene (Peggy) Atchley, Ft. Oglethorpe; daughter, Viola (Randy) Williamson, Maryville; three brothers, Joe (Lessie) Atchley, Trenton; J.C. (Marie) Atchley, Ider, Al.; Tommy Ray Atchley, Indianapolis, In.; sister, Peggy Mason, Trenton; three grandchildren, Tony Williamson, Katrina Gaddis, both of Maryville; PFC Darrell Williamson, Ft. Stewart, Ga.; three great-grandchildren, Austin, Alex and Anabeth Williamson, all of Maryville; several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Dietz Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Forgotten Child Fund. Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family. The family will receive friends from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Heritage Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 7454 E. Brainerd Road. Posted August 21, 2009, Chattanoogan.com 

Austin, Anna Stone

AUSTIN, Mrs. Anna Stone (“Ma”), age 98, died Tuesday. Widow of William H. Austin, charter member Brainerd Methodist Church, member Caudle Bible Class. Lived on Belvoir Avenue for 70 years before she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Maston Lyons, on Mack Smith Road. Another daughter, Mrs. Dan Denton, Whitwell, TN. Also surviving, four sons: Harry C. and Cecil R. of Chattanooga, John F. of Lakeview, and Arthur E. ("Pete") of Tampa. Another son was the late Rev. Roy Austin. Eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Service at Brainerd Methodist Church with Dr. William S. Steele. Interment Brainerd Cemetery.

Abstracted from The Chattanooga Times, Wednesday, December 8, 1965 by Joyce Ray Lea.

Austin, Robert Earl

AUSTIN, Robert Earl, age 14, died Monday. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Austin; sister, Betty Ruth; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Austin. Member Brainerd Methodist Church and Boy Scout Troop #49. Service 2:30 Wednesday, Brainerd Methodist Church with Rev. C. P. Hardin.

Abstracted from The Chattanooga Times, Tuesday, January 13, 1942 by Joyce Ray Lea.

Austin, William H. 

AUSTIN, William H. ("Buck'), age 85, died Wednesday. Survivors: wife, Annie; five sons: Harry, Cecil, Roy, John and Arthur; two daughters: Mrs. Don Benton and Mrs. Lee McKeehan; a sister, Mrs. Mary Rogers; eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Service at Brainerd Methodist Church with Rev. Joe Hampton. Interment in Brainerd Cemetery.

Abstracted from The Chattanooga Times, December 30, 1943 by Joyce Ray Lea.

Bachman, George M.

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 Monds 

Marie Monds Ballard 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 Morris
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 E. Harris 

BARNES, Mrs. 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 Isaac 

BARNES - 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.

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Barnes, Louis Alston 

Louis Alston Barnes, 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 

Mary Catherine Barnes 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 Elizabeth Alston 

Wife of Rev. D. B. Barnes

Born 1864, Georgia - Died 10/15/1926, Chattanooga, TN

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 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 Katherine Davis
Born 1905, Chattanooga, TN
Died September 1931, Chattanooga, TN

 Mrs. Mary Katherine Barnes, 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 Sidney
Born 1890, Atlanta, GA - Died November 1944, Cleveland, OH

BARNES – ROBERT S.  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, Mrs. Martha 

BARR, Mrs. 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 M. 

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

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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

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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

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Barrows, Edna Seagle 

Edna Seagle Barrows 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, Mrs. Emma 

Mrs. Emma M. Barrows, 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

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Barrows, Leslie A. Sr.

Leslie A. Barrows 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

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Barrows, Mary Massey

Mrs. Mary Massey Barrows 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

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Barrows, Nina Elizabeth McKenzie 

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 K. 

Robert K. Barrows, 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

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Barrows, Roy  Jr.
Roy M. Barrows 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

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Baubach, Nathan

Nathan G. Baubach, 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 Alfred 

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 

BAXTER - 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 L. 

Ben L. Beall Dies here at age of 48Was Life-Lon Resident of City and a Veteran of the World WarBen 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

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Beall, Betty Sue 

BEALL–MRS. 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

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Beall, Harry W. 

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

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Beall, Ida Mayer

BEALL-MRS. 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

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Beall, Joseph Thomas 

Joseph Thomas Beall, 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

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Beavers, Della Tanner Owen 

Della Owen Beavers 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, Mrs. Dallas

BEENE - MRS. 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

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Benne, Grace Cox 

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.

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Beene, Lesal R. 

Lesal Beene – Lesal R. Beene, 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

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Brown, George M. 

Funeral of Capt. George M. Brown, who died suddenly Thursday morning, will be held from the First Presbyterian church this afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. J. W. Bachman and the Rev. H. E. Markett will officiate. Interment will be in the police and firemen plat in Forest Hills cemetery. Active pallbearers will be: G. W. Clinton, C. W. Williamson, Fred Gillispie, Charles Hicks, Jack Clinton, Capt W. W. Garner. Honorary: Chief W. M. Toomey, Joe Schmitt, J. S. Spencer, Alf Handman, A. M. Moore and Capt. Tom Atledge. The Chattanooga Times, March 18, 1922Submitted by Claudia O’Leary cowlady124@hotmail.com  

Brown, Harold "Buddy" Retired Deputy Fire Chief With Chattanooga Fire Department

Harold (Buddy) Brown, 84, of Hixson, died peacefully at home on Thursday, December 8, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. Buddy was a graduate of Central High School Class of 1944, a Veteran of the US Navy, Pacific Fleet, WWII, and a graduate of McKenzie Business School. He joined the Chattanooga Police Department in 1948 before transferring to the Chattanooga Fire Department where he rose through the ranks over 37 years, retiring as Deputy Fire Chief. He was a member of East Lake Lions Club, and a longtime member of East Lake Baptist Church and moved membership to East Ridge Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gladys and Jess Brown. Survivors are his wife, Eloaine Turner Brown; three children, Brenda (Bill) Errickson, Mark (Debbie) Brown, Jann (Jim) Little; six grandchildren; Leigh Ann (Jamie) Goebel, Kathy (Scott) Henze, Chad Brown, Jennifer Brown, Jim Little, Jr. and Sarah Little; 10 great-grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Freeman; brother, David (Donna) Brown; brother-in-law, Larry (Peggy) Turner; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, December 11, and from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Monday, December 12, at the North Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, December 12 at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with Dr. Jeff Daniel of South Rossville Baptist Church and Judge Clarence Shattuck officiating. Burial will follow at Hamilton Memorial Gardens. Members of the Chattanooga Fire Department will serve as pallbearers. His family would like to thank Amedisys Home Health Care and Hospice of Chattanooga for their kind and compassionate care of Buddy. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Chattanooga, 4411 Oakwood Dr., Chattanooga, Tn. 37416.

Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist, North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, Tn. 37343. 

Chattanoogan.com Posted December 9, 2011

Brown, Harry Napolean

Brown - Harry Napolean, 75 of Rt. 1, Dayton, Tenn., died Saturday in a Dayton hospital. Mr. Brown was the son of the late Richard Brown and Nancy Livingston Brown and was born in st. Elmo, where he lived most of his life, until he retired in 1970, and moved to Dayton. He was a member of the Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church and was a pattern maker in Chattanooga for over 50 years with the Wheland Co. Mascot Stove and U.S. Pipe. surviving are one daughter, Mrs. James T. McClure of Dayton; two, Anderson Brown of Chattanooga, and Evan William Brown of Hixson; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church, with Rev. William S. Moore officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Cecil Housely, Willard Travis, Todd Ettien, Jim Wright, Jack Bryden and Otto Boehm. 

The body is at the Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel, 1724 McCallie Ave.
The Chattanooga Times, May 28, 1979

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Brown, Iva Lucille Roberts  – Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy. Memorial contributions may be made to Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, P. O. Box 955., Soddy-Daisy Tenn. 37379. The family will receive friends 5-8 p.m. today at Chattanooga Funeral Home, North.Chattanooga Times, December 26, 1994Submitted by Sallie Cox scox3876@bellsouth.net  

Brown, John  G., aged 78, for thirty-three years a prominent citizen of the Missionary ridge vicinity, died yesterday afternoon at Idlewild, his home, east of there. The deceased was born in Switzerland. He is survived by his wife, two sons Edward and Walter, and four daughters – Mrs. Mary Lurch, Mrs. Emma Harvey, of Cincinnati; Mrs. D. Wilson and Mrs. Nancy Caster, of North Carolina. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from the residence, the Rev. Harvey Sullivan officiating. Interment will follow in the Donelson cemetery.The Chattanooga Daily Times; October 29, 1916

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Brown, Mary L. Mrs.  wife of the late Capt. George M. Brown, died at a local hospital at 1:40 p.m. Saturday, after a brief illness. Mrs. Brown a well known resident of Signal Mountain and prominent in relief work for a number of years. She is survived by two sons, Henry Clay Brown, of Camp Kearney Cal. , and Charles A. Brown, of Signal Mountain ; two brothers, William Brown of this city, and Henry Brown of Guntersville , Ala. Funeral services will be held from the Harry E. Chapman company funeral parlors at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, the Rev. Charles Briggs officiating. Interment will follow in the National cemetery. The Ladies’ Relief corps will have charge of the services at the grave.

 The Chattanooga Times, February 7, 1926.

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Brown, Mollie C. Brown , 75, 4713 Alabama Ave., died Monday in Columbia, Tenn. She was the widow of Carl V. Brown and was a member of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church. She was a member of Veterans of World War I Auxiliary, St. Elmo O.E.S. Chapter and was Post Worthy Matron. She was State Lodge Representative for the state of Texas and was president of American Legion Auxiliary of James Craig Lodor Post. Survivors are a son, Milton Brown of Columbia, daughter Mrs. Mary C Bevan of Huntsville, Ala., three brothers, Anderson S. Brown of Chattanooga, Harry N. Brown of Dayton, Tenn., E.W. Brown of Hixson; four grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church with the Rev., William S. Moore officiating. Interment will be in National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Roy Nelms, Carl Livingston, Hugh Shutters, George M. Marterre, Darryl Harkleroad, James McClure, Morris Simpson and Jerry Raines. The body is at Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel. 

Chattanooga Times, 29 Dec. 1976

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Brown, Nancy J.Livingston

Mrs. Nancy J. Brown dies at home here Resident Of St. Elmo For 55 Years  Plans Are Not Yet Completed For Funeral. Nancy Livingston Brown, 84, widow of the late R. H. Brown Sr., and resident of St. Elmo for 55 years, where she was affectionately know as "Aunt Nan," died at her home at 4614 Alabama Avenue, yesterday at 3:15 p.m. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Vaught, Atlanta, and Mrs. Carl V. Brown, Chattanooga; six sons, John David Brown, Atlanta; Richard Henry Brown Jr., Matt L. Brown, E. W. Brown, Harry N. Brown and Anderson S. Brown, all of Chattanooga; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. 

The Chattanooga Times, April 5, 1947.

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Brown, Richard Henry    

Richard Henry Brown, retired mail carrier, died suddenly at his home, 4614 Alabama avenue , yesterday morning. Mr. Brown had been a resident of St. Elmo for forty-five years, serving as mail carrier for thirty-three years and retiring in 1920.     He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nancy Jane Brown; six sons, R. H., Jr., Matt L., William E., Harry N. and A. S., all of this city, and John, of New York City, and two daughters, Mrs. Carl Brown, of this city, and Mrs. J. L. Vaught, of Atlanta. The body will be at the residence after 11 o¹clock this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Wann¹s. 

The Chattanooga Times, January 29, 1935.

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Brown, Richard H. Jr., 69, 1170 10th Place, Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of Chattanooga, died Thursday afternoon in a Chattanooga hospital. He was a member of the Worley Masonic Lodge No. 601 F&AM., and of the Vero Beach Methodist Church. He was employed with the Combustion Engineering Co. for 35 years before his retirement in 1955. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Anna belle Woy Brown, Chattanooga; four sons. Charles Elmer Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Wesley Woy Brown, Mobile, Ala.; Harry Hale Brown, Sacramento, Calif.; Robert Lewis Brown, New Orleans, La.; one daughter, Mrs. Hoyt Bonds, Chattanooga; four brothers, Matt L. Brown, E. William Brown, Harry N. Brown, and Anderson N. Brown, all of Chattanooga; one sister Mrs. Carl Brown, Chattanooga; eleven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements will be announced the National Funeral Home. 

The Chattanooga Times, September 4, 1959.

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Brown, Robert Lewis 

Robert Lewis Brown, 40, a native of Chattanooga and a staff supervisor for the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., died Tuesday at his home in Birmingham, Ala.. A graduate of Central High School, Brown was a veteran of World War II. Funeral services were held Friday at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Birmingham. Burial was to be in New Orleans. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Santorrilli Brown, Birmingham; two sons, (living) Brown and (living) Brown, both of Birmingham; mother, Mrs. Anna Belle Brown, Vero Beach, Fla.; sister Mrs. Hoyt Bonds, Chattanooga; two brothers, Harry H. Brown, Indian River City, Fla., and Charles Elmer Brown, Pittsburgh. Chattanooga Times, 24 March 1965

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Brown, Ruth Upchurch  

Mrs. Ruth Upchurch Brown , of Rt. 1 Dayton, Tenn., died Friday morning at her residence. Formally of Chattanooga, she was a member of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church. Survivors are her husband, Harry N. Brown; a daughter, Mrs. James T. McClure Sr. of Dayton Tenn.; brother, Malcolm Upchurch of Chattanooga; three grandchildren, Mrs. Marty Derlak, Mrs. Robert Lawson, both of Chicago, Ill., and James McClure Jr. of Dayton; three great-grandchildren, all of Chicago. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church with Rev. William S. Moore officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The body is at Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel, where the family will receive friends Saturday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 

The Chattanooga Times, January 1, 1977.

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Brown, Susan

Funeral of Mrs. Susan Brown    The funeral of Mrs. Susan Brown aged 52, who was killed by the south-bound Dixie Flyer near the McCallie avenue viaduct, will take place at O’Donohue’s mortuary, 518-20 Lookout Street, this afternoon at 2:30, with the Rev. W. S. Neighbors, pastor of the Centenary M. E. Church, south, officiating. The interment will follow in the family lot in White Oak cemetery. Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband, Marion Brown, and by one son, J. W. Carter, both of East Lake. 

The Daily Times, Monday, May 7, 1923.. 

Brown, Wesley Woy , age 42 of 613 Golf terra, East Mobile, Ala., passed away early Thursday morning.  He is the son of the late R. H. Brown Jr. of this city. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alma Jean Brown, one son. David Brown and one daughter, Miss Sandra Brown, all of Mobile; mother, Mrs. R. H. Brown Jr. of Chattanooga; one sister, Mrs. Hoyt Bonds, Chattanooga; three brothers, Charles Elmer Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harry Hale Brown, Sacramento, Calif., and Robert Lewis Brown, New Orleans, La.; also, several nieces and nephews. Mr. Brown had resided in Mobile for the past four years. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday from the chapel of the National Funeral Home. Interment will be in the National cemetery The body will arrive in Chattanooga at noon Saturday and will remain at the funeral home. The Chattanooga Times, September 25, 1959.

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Brown, William Harry  (Bill), resident of Chattanooga and Chickamauga, Ga., since 1889, died suddenly Thursday afternoon. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Thelma Jenkins Brown; one son, Billy W. brown, chief petty officer, U. S. Navy stationed at San Pedro, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. C. B. Watt. The body will remain at the Eugene Turner Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later pending arrival of relatives. 

William H. Brown, Theater Man, Dies

Former Constable of Third District Was 57William H. (Bill) Brown, widely known old-time theater man here and former Third District constable, died yesterday afternoon. He was a charter member of the State Employes Union N. 140.For the last 40 years he had been connected with theater and auditorium activities in Chattanooga and at one time he was treasurer of the old Bijou Theater. He was also a member of the Chattanooga fire department for 10 years and was a member of the Chattanooga Half-Century Club. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Jenkins Brown; on son, Billy W. brown, chief petty officer in the navy stationed in California and a sister, Mrs. C. B. Watt. Funeral plans will be announced.

Chattanooga Times, Friday, June 28, 1946.

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Brown, William Harry  58, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Horace Brown died early Friday morning in a local hospital. Mr. Brown had operated a market on South Broad Street for the past (?) years. Survivors include. Miss Lucy Caroline Brown; two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Shearer and Mrs. Ella Brown, both of Chattanooga; five nieces and three nephews. Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of the National Funeral Home, with Dr. G. Bachman Hodge conducting. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Thomas Mabry, William Mabry, Charles Belcher, John Stone, Brenner Caldwell and Arthur Hall Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Herbert Rawlings, James Conner, Herman Pinkerton, Will Cummings, Chase Ryder, Fred Bass, Gus Evans, Jack Yarbrough, Ray Martin, Hubert Kessler, Howard Russell, R. E. Tucker, Ruben Lee, Ike Anderson, Carl Jerden, Dr. George B. Alder, Bob Hesseltine, Otto Cordes, Ben Jumper, Bill McCahill, J. B. Collins, Earl Gledhill, R. L. Nations, Bert Rogers, James Tribble, Alvin Howard and Polk Tate. The body is at the residence, 610 East Fourth street, where it will remain until the hour of service. Arrangements are by the National Funeral Home.

Chattanooga Times, Saturday, February 14, 1948

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Browne, Daniel A.  brother of L. G. Browne, of this city, died yesterday morning at Cincinnati, and his body will be brought here for interment. Besides his brother, he is survived by three sisters, Miss Z. Grace Browne, of Los Angelas; Mrs. A. E. Long, London, O.; and Mrs. L. Klickow, Springfield, O. Funeral arrangements announced later. 

Chattanooga Times, September 12, 1923

Submitted by Karen Chastain   

Buffington, Paul F.- aged 5, died at the residence, 204 West Thirty-ninth street, St. Elmo, at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Buffington; one infant brother, J. Lynn Buffington, and grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Fricks. Funeral services will be announced later. 

Chattanooga TIMES, July 10,1922

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Buford, A. L. Jr.
A. L. Buford, Jr., 6 weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Buford, died at the home, No. 7 Kirkland Avenue, Alton Park,, Tuesday morning at 5 o’clock, after an illness of a few days.
Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, with Forest Hills Cemetery as the place of interment.

The Chattanooga News – January 27, 1920

Burks, Irene Moon Burks -  67 of 3702 3rd Ave., died Friday morning in a local hospital.  A native of Birchwood, Tenn., she had resided in this area the past 48 years.  Mrs. Burks was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class.  Surviving are her husband, Rupert T. Burks, Sr. Chattanooga, a daughter, Myrna Burks, Albuquerque, New Mexico, two sons, Charles Burks, Chattanooga, Rupert T. Burks, Jr. of Los Angeles, and four grandchildren.   Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at Cedar Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. John Ashby officiating.  Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be members of the Dorcas Sunday School Class.  The body will lie in state at the church one hour before the service.  Arrangements are by Lane Funeral Home.   

The Chattanooga Times, March 30, 1974  p9:

(Note:  This is my grandmother, daughter of Adam and Ida Lovell Moon)

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Burks, John Granville

John G. Burks Dies in Hospital Here City Painter, Labor Leader was 93 Years of Age John Granville Burks, well known Chattanooga painter and for the past several years a trustee of the Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators of North America, died in a local hospital early yesterday.  He was 73.  Mr. Burks taught school for several years in Rutherford County, Tennessee and came to Chattanooga in 1917, where he began work for the Moore Decorating Company.  He took an active interest in politics and in 1934 made the race for state representative form Hamilton County.  In that race he advocated the elimination of poll tax receipts as a requirement for voting and urged that the state provide free school textbooks.      He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lizzie Burks; two daughters, Miss Viva Lee Burks and Mrs. Fred Newman, and one son, Rupert T. Burks all of Chattanooga; one brother, Charlie H. Burks; Morrison, Tennessee and four grandchildren.  The body will be at the residence, 2707 East 45th Street after 10 o'clock this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced. Chattanooga Times July 7, 1945; Page 7.

 Note: Son of Granville Crockett and Paralee Tolbert Burks

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Burks, Mary Lizzie    

Mary Lizzie Burks, 96, widow of the late John Granville Burks, died Monday in a local hospital.      A native of Rutherford County, Mrs. Burks has resided 59 years in the Chattanooga area.  She was an active member of Apison Baptist Church and the Ladies Bible Class. Survivors include three children, Rupert Tolbert Burks, Sr., Viva Lee Burks and Hilda Burks Newman, all of the Chattanooga area; four grandchildren, Rupert T. Burks, Jr., Hacienda Heights, California, Myrna Burks, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Charles W. Burks, Hixson, Tennessee and James D. Newman, Hamden, Connecticut, several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel, at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Donald Givens and the Rev. Kenneth Walker officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Emert Clonts, Ray Capehart, Paul Broyles, M. J. Whitmire, Ronnie Sedmon, G. O. Kiger, William M. Gault and P..R. Olgiati.  Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Ladies Bible Class of Apison Baptist Church and the T. E. L. Class of St. Elmo Baptist Church.  The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Chattanooga Times January 4, 1977; Page 7. 

Daughter of William and Dovie Jernigan Tolbert (great grandmother of submitter, Shawn Burks

Submitted by Shawn Burks Dazeechn@aol.com . 

Burks, Rupert T. Sr.   

Rupert T. Burks, Sr., a lifelong resident of East Lake, died Wednesday.  He was 91.  He was a native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and retired from the TVA.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Golden Gateway, the Temple Lodge No. 0430 F & AM, and a former member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Rupert Burks, Jr., New York, NY and Charles Burks, Hixson; daughter, Myrna R. Burks, Portland, Oregon, sister Viva Lee Burks, Apison, Tennessee; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with Dr. Gary Carver officiating.   Burial in Forest Hills Cemetery.  The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. at the funeral home. 

Chattanooga Times February 14, 1991;Page B4. 

Son of John G. and Lizzie Tolbert Burks (Grandfather of submitter, Shawn Burks)

Submitted by Shawn Burks Dazeechn@aol.com  

Burney, May Belle Hickey  74, of Route 2, Rock Spring, GA, died Saturday afternoon in a local hospital.  Mrs. Burney had been a resident of the Chattanooga-North Georgia area for the past 64 years.  She was a member of the East Lake Christian Church.  She is survived by her husband, Joseph L. Burney; four daughters, Mrs. Patsy Talley, Rossville; Mrs. Teena Wells, Chickamauga; Mrs. Loretta Nave, Rossville, GA; five sons, Carl Burney, Pas Christie, Miss; Joseph L. Burney, Jr., Signal Mountain; Richard Burney, Rossville, GA; Ronald Burney, Kingston, TN;  Jimmy Burney, Rockspring, GA; two sisters, Mrs. Roxie Suit, Miami, FL; Mrs. Zadie England, Maryville, TN; four brothers, Carl Hickey, Turtletown, TN; Dr. Homer Hickey, Chattanooga; Brosier Hickey, Napa, CA; 31 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  Services will be held Monday at 4:30 PM in the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Morris and the Rev. E. E. McAllister officiating.  Burial will be in Rock Springs Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be grandsons.  The body is at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home Inc. 

The Chattanooga Times, September 22, 1980

Submitted by Mark Bennet MrBnntt@aol.com  

Burns, Douglas C. Retired from U.S. Postal Service After 40 Years 

Douglas C. Burns, 85, a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, died on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.He served during WWII in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific on the USS Lawrence. Was retired from the U.S. Postal Service with over 40 years of service and was a lifelong member of the NALC and VFW. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Burns, daughters, Rebecca (John) Hooper of Chattanooga; Elizabeth Burns of Norfolk, Va., and Carla (Horace) Silas of Dumfries, Va.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 8, at Chattanooga National Cemetery with Reverend Ken Clark officiating. Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family. Family and friends will assemble at the Office/Admin Building in the Cemetery at 10:15 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Chattanooga, 4411 Oakwood Drive, Chattanooga, Tn. 37416 The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 7, from 5-8 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road. Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Note from submitter:  His parents were: Dolly Ann (Scoggins) and H. Carl Burns. His Grandparents were: Sarah Elizabeth (Estes) and Thomas Newton Scoggins 

Submitted by Phebe Morgan phebem@comcast.net  

Burns, Lillis Gill BURNS - 

MRS. LILLIS GILL, age 80, 2518 Olive St., died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Hamilton County, a member of Lake Vista United Methodist Church, the Ladies Bible Sunday School Class and the United Methodist Women. Survivors are her husband, W. T. Burns; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Nordin, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. Lois Foster, West Chester, Pa, Mrs. Charlotte Lazard, Midlothian, Va.; four sons, W. T. Burns, Jr., Springfield, Mo.; Joel Burns, Chattanooga; Carol D. Burns, Fairfield, Ohio; Ken Burns, Midlothian; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Welch, Mrs. Esther Smith, Mrs. Myra Campbell, all of Chattanooga; 11 grandchildren. Funeral will be 11a.m. Thursday in the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Wells and the Rev. James Welch officiating. Interment will be in National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Welch, Edwin Smith, Frank McCarter, Newt McCarter, Jack McCarter, Bill McCarter, Bob Campbell and Glen Campbell. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Ladies Bible Sunday School Class. The body is at Chattanooga Funeral Home, West Chapel, where the family will receive friends Wednesday 2p.m. and 7p.m. - 9p.m. 

Chattanooga Times, March 23, 1977; Page 

Submitted by Connie Baumann Littletn@gmail.com  

Burns, Ona Lee Manning  74 of Chattanooga, died Thursday in a local hospital. A member of University Heights Baptist Church, Springfield, MO., she was the widow of William T. Burns and the sister of the late Carl Manning. Survivors include two sisters, Eula Kedwell, Jewell Manning; and two brothers, Don and P. D. Manning, all of Chattanooga. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in National Cemetery with the Rev. Thom Guinn officiating. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home. 

Chattanooga Times December 30, 1995; Page B2

Submitted by Connie Baumann Littletn@gmail.com  

Burns, William T.  Jr  

William T. "Bill" Burns Jr. of Springfield, Mo., died there Thursday, Sept. 7, 1995. He was 73.   A native of Chattanooga, he moved to Springfield 20 years ago He retired from the Springfield branch of NCR as district manager with more than 40 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific theater. He was a graduate of Central High School in 1940 and the University of Chattanooga in 1949. He served as president of the board of directors of Sigma House and vice president of the local chapter of NCA. He was a member and deacon of Universal Heights Baptist Church in Springfield. Survivors include his wife, Ono Lee "Doll" Burns; three brothers, Joel Burns, Chattanooga, Carroll Burns, Atlanta, and Kenneth Burns, Richmond, Va.; and two sisters, Lois Foster, Westchester, Pa., and Charlotte Lively, Richmond. Graveside services will be held Monday at 2p.m. in U.S. National Cemetery with the Rev. Thom Guinn officiating.   The family will receive friends today from 3 to 5 p.m. at Chattanooga Funeral Home, East. 

Chattanooga Free Press, September 10, 1995.

Submitted by Connie Baumann Littletn@gmail.com  

Bush, Hal F.
Pneumonia Victim
Hal Bush Will be Laid to Rest Thursday Afternoon
Double pneumonia, which followed an attack of influenza, has claimed the life of Hal F. Bush, aged 29, well known young Chattanoogan. He passed away Tuesday afternoon at 5 at his home in North Chattanooga. Funeral services, conducted by Dr. Claude E. Hill, pastor of the first Christian Church, will be held at White Oak Cemetery Thursday afternoon at 3.pm
The pallbearers are announced as Judge Sam Conner, Judge Martin Fleming, Will Frazier, R. A. Carroll, Tyler Wilson, Randolph Howell, Ira Post and Joe Rogers.
Surviving the deceased are his wife and two little children, Barbara, aged 5, and Betty, aged 2; his father ex-Sheriff Sam C. Bush; two sisters, Mrs. Will F. Chamlee, of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Cora Skillern, Lewiston, Idaho and two brothers, Ben and ex-Sheriff Nick P. Bush.
Hal Bush was born and reared in Chattanooga. Practically all his life was spent here, with the exception of three years which he spent in Idaho. He was married there.
At the time of his death he was employed as a shell inspector at the Columbian Iron Works.
He was a devoted member of the First Christian Church. He was known and liked by a host of friends.

The Chattanooga News  October 16, 1918

Bussel, Clyde L.

Bussel - Clyde L., 70, of 15 Olive St., Orlando, Fla, died Saturday, in an Orlando hospital. Survivors include one son, Paul L. Bussell of Key West, Fla.; one granddaughter, Patricia Rediehs, Orlando, Fla. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Hill with Dr. W. L. Pickering officiating. Arrangements by the West Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home. 

The Chattanooga Times, February 29, 1976

Submitted by Claudia O'Leary coleary@thefloridacatholic.org