John M. Bennett
Mr. John M. Bennett, one of the oldest citizens of Franklin County, died last
Sunday night at his residence near Hockerville. He was over eighty years of
age.
Home Journal, Winchester, Thursday, Oct. 21, 1875, page 3 -- contributed by, Margaret Kelley
Luvenia Featherston Parks Bennett
We are very sorry to announce the death of a very estimable lady of our town,
Mrs. Lou Bennett, wife of Mr. J.K. Bennett who died yesterday (Sabbath) morning
at about 3 o'clock, after a brief illness of typhoid pneumonia. Mrs. Bennett was
the daughter of R.W. Featherston, deceased and was married to Mr. Bennett fr.
1873. She was a devoted wife, a kind and affectionate mother and stepmother, and
a consistent member of the Christian Church. She leaves a husband, two children
and many friends to mourn her loss. Her remains will be interred in the
cemetery at this place. Mrs. Bennett was in the forth-first year of her age.
From Decherd April 15, 1878, Home Journal, Winchester -- contributed by, Margaret Kelley
Sam Dudley Hart, Sr.
(January 16, 1928 - August 27, 2009)
HART, Sam Dudley, age 81, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, of complications attributed to blood infection while in hospital at Dekalb Medical, Decatur, GA. Sam was born January 16, 1928 in Winchester, Tennessee to James Derrel and Nell Givens Hart. He served in the United States Army from April 1946 to retirement on November 1966. His military service included tours in Italy, Germany, Korea and Vietnam as well as postings at military bases in the US. He is an alumnus of Columbus State University (Class of ’74). He lived in Georgia since his military retirement in 1966 in Columbus, Conyers, and Tucker and was involved in professions in sales and manufacturing until retirement in 1999. In addition to his parents, his brother, Kenneth Hart preceded him in death. He is survived by his sister, Mary Elizabeth (Dolly) Hill, (Ringold, GA). He is also survived by 3 sons: Sam Hart, Jr., Peter Hart, and David Hart (all reside in Georgia); 2 daughters,, Alicia Ford (Texas) and Karen Hart (Georgia); and 3 grandchildren: Addamus Hart (Texas); Caitlin Hart and David Franklin Hart, Jr. (Georgia); and 1 known great-grandchild. Services for Sam will be conducted Thursday, September 3, 2009 in the manner of family/friends rendezvous at Watson-North Funeral Home at 11am to be followed by procession and graveside service at Mount Garner Cemetery, Decherd, at 12:00 noon. The family request that donations be given to The Friends of Old Mount Hermon Cemetery Foundation in lieu of flowers. Procedure/instructions for donations can be found at the web site: http://www.mounthermoncemetery.org. The Friends of Old Mount Hermon Cemetery is a non-profit foundation established by Sam in 1999 to promote the awareness and provide for the perpetual care of neglected cemetery located in Bedford, County, Tennessee.
Contributed by cousin & friend Christine Walters
Amanda M. WHITEHERST
May 26, 1859
Amanda M. Whiteherst, third and youngest daughter of Henry and Permelia Whiteherst, born Franklin Co., Tenn., Dec. 31, 1828 and died November 23, 1857; moved with grandmother, Sarah King, uncle and two sisters to Holly Sprs., Miss. in January 1840; Jan. 1848 moved with brother-in-law, James S. Thomas, and family to Pontotoc Co., Miss.; married B. F. Chapman, from Newberry Dist., So. Carolina, December 8, 1850; surviving were husband and two daughters, aged seven and two years old.
[Source: Death Notices from the Christian Advocate, Nashville, Tennessee 1877-1879 by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith]
