OBITUARIES of HENDERSON COUNTY S JOHN C. SCATES - Services for John Scates were Monday, August 31st at Reed's Chapel with Charles Thompson officiating. Burial was in Bible Grove Cemetery. Mr. Scates, who was 83, died Saturday morning at Lexington Methodist Hospital. He was a retired employee of Natchez Trace State Park, a veteran and a member of the Church of Christ. He leaves nephews and nieces. The Lexington Progress, September 2, 1992 LOU ELLEN SCATES - Services were held for Mrs. Lou Ellen Scates, 76 at 2 Wednesday at Bible Grove Baptist Church with Rev. A.G. Hays officiating, Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Scates died in the home of a son, Brady of Lexington. She leaves two sons, Brady and Ernest of Huntingdon; three brother, Tom Woods and V.L. Woods of Lexington and N.F. Woods of Chesterfield; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Jane Blankenship of Lexington. Lexington Progress 7 Sep. 1956 LULA V. SCATES - Services for Miss Lula V. Scates were Friday at Reed's Chapel with Billy Clark officiating. Burial was in Bible Grove Cemetery. Miss Scates, who was 84, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital of Lexington. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She leaves a brother, John Scates of Lexington. The Lexington Progress, August 7, 1991 RUBY IRENE (McCAY) SCATES - Services for Mrs. Ruby Irene Scates were Saturday, April 27, at Reed's Chapel, with burial in Bible Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Scates, who was 84, died Thursday, April 25, at Lexington Manor Nursing Home. She was a retired factory worker and the widow of Brady Scates. She leaves two daughters, Mary Lou Davis of Lexington and Jean Byrd of Cedar Grove; a son, Max Scates of Lexington; a sister, Alma Bradfield of Lexington; a brother, Gerald Wayne McCay of Memphis, nine grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. The Lexington Progress, May 1, 1996 --- Headstone Photo SARAH E. (DERRYBERRY) SCATES - Services for Mrs. Sarah Derryberry Scates were Tuesday at the home near Darden with Charles Thomason officiating. Burial was in Bible Grove Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Scates died Monday at her home after an illness of two years. She was 90. Mrs. Scates was the daughter of the late John C. Derryberry and Mrs. Cynthia Autry Derryberry and was the widow of William R. Scates, who died in 1918. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She leaves three sons, Andrew J. Rush of Huntingdon, Carlos G. Scates and John Scates, both of near Darden, and a daughter, Miss Lula Scates, also of Darden. The Lexington Progress, October 1, 1959 WILLIAM MAX SCATES - Services for William Max Scates 77 will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Reeds Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bible Grove Cemetery. Mr. Scates a retired farmer and Murray Guard employee died Sunday at Cordova Rehab Center in Germantown of a staph infection. He is survived by his wife Inez Hatch Scates; three sons David Scates of Memphis Dale Scates of Cookeville and Donald Scates of Franklin; and two sisters Lucille Blankenship of Lexington and Raymell Johnson of Memphis. The Jackson Sun, December 11, 2000 CHARLIE C. SCOTT – Services for Charlie C. Scott were Wednesday at Cedar Grove Church near Sardis with the Rev. Delver Hutcherson officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Scotts Hill Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Scott, 70, died early Tuesday at his home at Sardis after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and had been a teacher in Decatur and Henderson Counties. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Hettie Duck Scott; a daughter, Miss Sue Scott; two brothers, E. R. Scott of Lexington and Carl Scott of Jackson; and a sister, Mrs. Allie Gurley of Sardis. The Lexington Progress, June 12, 1969 CHRISTOPHER SCOTT - Services for Christopher Gene Scott will be Thursday, July 1, 1 p.m., at Pafford Funeral Home with burial in Lexington Cemetery. Mr. Scott, who was 38, died Saturday, June 26, in Houston, TX. He was a construction worker. He leaves his parents, Gene and Nina Scott of Scotts Hill; three sisters, Tina Hart, Shelia Scott, both of Lexington and Regina Scott of New Orleans, LA.; a brother, Jimmy Scott of Lexington; and grandmothers, Marie Beard of Lexington and Ruby Rucker of Pulaski, TN. The Lexington Progress, June 30, 1999 Headstone Photo DANIEL H. SCOTT - aged 68 years, August 28, 1907, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday of this week (8 April 1908), three miles west of town, after a few days illness with erysipelas. Deceased had lost his wife several years ago and lived in his old home with his son, John. Three children survive him -- J.B., J.C., and Mrs. Lizzie Knowles, the last two living near Lavinia. Mrs. Knowles did not arrive until after her father's death. For long years Uncle Dan Scott had been our friend and patron and we regarded him as a most excellent citizen. He was a man of splendid morals, was a believer in Methodism but did not hold membership in the Church. Uncle Dan will be sadly missed. (Lexington Progress April 10, 1908) DOROTHY MAE SCOTT died of infantile paralysis at the Isolation Hospital in Memphis on September 30, following a two weeks' illness. This was the first Henderson County victim for 1944 and hers was the first death this year in the Memphis hospital. She suffered from the bulbospiral type that attacked her entire body, and she had been in an iron lung most of the time she was hospitalized. C-operation was given by the Henderson County infantile Paralysis Chapter, and three special nurses were assigned to her case. She leaves her mother, Mrs. Sarah Scott of Cedar Grove and two sisters. (The Lexington Progress, October 15, 1944) EVERETT O. SCOTT aged 37 years, died January 1st, in Memphis, after an illness of uremic poisoning. Burial in Lexington Cemetery, Revs. R. L. Suggs and Fleetwood Ball officiating. Twelve years ago, he was married to Miss Maggie Scott, and of the two children born to the union, Pauline, age nine years, survives. He is survived by his father, Mr. Frank Scott, his mother having died in November. He is survived also by two brothers and three sisters. (The Lexington Progress, January 9, 1925) Headstone Photo HESTER SCOTT - Tragic Death of Miss Hester Scott Accidentally Killed by Her Sweetheart; "Unloaded" Pistol; Unfortunate Young Lady Lives but Short Time after Fatal Shot is Fired: Last Sunday morning Silas Little, son of Miles Little, a farmer living seven miles south of Lexington, went to the home of John Scott, in the old 11th district some twelve miles south of Lexington, for the purpose of accompanying Miss Hester to church at Palestine. Soon after the arrival of Little at the Scott home (the old George Hefley place), Lester, Mr. Scott's eighteen-year-old son, brought a pistol which would not work, and asked Little to fix it. Little put the weapon into working order and tossed it over on the bed, after which he and Miss Hester walked out into the yard. Lester coming back into the room where the pistol was lying on the bed, picked it up and loaded it and laid it back on the bed. Soon after Silas Little and Miss Scott coming back into the room, Little seeing the pistol, seemingly where he had tossed it, picked it up and while showing the girl how he had fixed it, snapped it while the weapon was pointed toward his sweetheart. The weapon was discharged and the ball entered the left breast of Miss Scott less than an inch below the heart. The girl fell mortally hurt and died some two or three hours later. Little and Miss Scott had been sweethearts for years and the tragedy leaves the young man heartbroken. The funeral took place Monday afternoon at Mt. Zion in the old 11th district with burial near Stegall in the old 5th district. The Lexington Progress, June 9, 1916 JAMES EUGENE SCOTT - Services for Mr. James Scott were Sunday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m., held at Pafford Funeral Home. Cremation will follow. Mr. Scott, age 70, died on Friday, February 28 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. He was a painter. He is preceded in death by one son Christopher Scott and one daughter Brenda Kay Scott. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Nina (Rucker) Scott of Scotts Hill, one son Jimmy Ray Scott of Scotts Hill, three daughters Regina Quevedo of New Orleans, LA., Tina Hart of Scotts Hill, Shelia Wooley of Lexington, one brother James Elwood Scott of Parsons, two sisters Elsie Maas of Scotts Hill, Sue White of Lexington, eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchildren. Pafford Funeral Home was in charge of the services. Published in The Jackson Sun, March 1, 2003, and in The Lexington Progress, March 5, 2003 Headstone Photo JO ETHEL SCOTT - Services for Mrs. Jo Evans Scott are today, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 11 a.m., at Reed's Chapel with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Scott, who was 84, died Monday, Dec. 26, at Jackson General Hospital. She was a homemaker. She leaves a daughter, Jean Collins of Rochelle, Ill.; two sons, Billy Ray Evans of Lexington and Jerry Evans of Cedar Grove; three sisters, Alice Mealer of Huntington, Mary Newsom of Milan and Ruth James of Medina, 17 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, The Lexington Progress, December 28, 1994 Headstone Photo LAVENIA SCOTT , age 82 years, died May 5, 1928 in the home of her son-in-law, E.F. Goff. She was the widow of Jesse Scott who ran the carding mill on Piney for many years and had patronage for many m iles in and out of the county. Lexington Progress 11 May 1928 LUCILLE (DEERE) SCOTT - Services for Mrs. Lucille D. Scott, age 93, are scheduled for 1 p.m. May 14, 2008 in the chapel of Pafford Funeral Home with Dr. Hoyt Wilson and Bro. Marty Comer officiating. Burial will follow in Henderson County Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Scott died Monday in Jackson. She was born August 28, 1914 in Lexington to the late Ben and Euda Wright Deere. Mrs. Scott was a retired Sales Clerk and a member of First Baptist n Lexington. She was preceded by her husband Mr. E.R. Scott. Survivors include her son, Tony (Patty) Scott of Chattanooga, TN, her daughter Kay (Robert) Hughes, brother, Nolon Deere and sister Arbie Jane Blankenship all of Lexington, four grandchildren, Leesa Kay (David) Coffman, Timothy E. Hughes, Laura (Jason) Gilbert, and Mark Scott and five great grandchildren, Lindsey and Kellye Coffman, Jessica and Jacob Gilbert and Christopher Scott. Lexington Progress 14 May 2008 MARGARET V. (FESMIRE) SCOTT - Services for Mrs. Margaret Fesmire Scott were Monday at Casey Funeral Home in Henderson with the Rev. L. O. Hartman Jr. officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Mrs. Scott, who was 75, died early Sunday of a heart attack at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Cherry in Henderson. She was the widow of Everett O. Scott, who died in 1924. Mrs. Scott was a daughter of the late John Fesmire and Mrs. Martha Fesmire. Since the death of her husband she had made her home with Mrs. Cherry. She was a member of the Lexington Methodist Church. She also leaves two brothers, Hubert Fesmire of Milan and Elan Fesmire of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Lennie Renfroe and Mrs. Vela Rogers, both of near Lexington and Mrs. Jake Harper of Bemis; a granddaughter and a great granddaughter. The Lexington Progress, October 8, 1959 Headstone Photo MARTHA E. (PORTERFIELD) SCOTT , daughter of the late Wm. & Ursula Porterfield, was born in Hardin County July 4, 1851 and passed to her final reward at her home in Lexington on the night of September 5,1920, after having been confined almost continuously to her bed since last January 15. She was married to D.E. Scott of Decatur County, November 8, 1876. Four children were born to the union, of whom Mrs. Ursula Muse (widow of the late J.D. Muse), Eugene and Mel survive, the younger daughter having died 15 years ago. Mrs. Scott's married life was spent first in Decaturville, where her husband engaged in the practice of law until 1896 when the family moved to Ardmore, OK, but after a year they came to Lexington and Mr. Scott died here October 24, 1917. The funeral was held in the home at 4 o'clock last Monday, Pastor H.R. Rose officiating and the body was laid to rest in Lexington Cemetery beside those of the beloved husband and daughter Blanche. The floral tributes were beautiful, testifying the love and esteem in which the deceased had been held by relatives and friends. (Obituary says Mary - headstone says Martha E./The Lexington Progress, September 17, 1920) POLLY ANN SCOTT - Services for Mrs. Polly Ann Scott were Tuesday at Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Earl Owens and the Rev. Connie Burton officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Reed’s Chapel in charge. Mrs. Scott, who was 84, died Sunday at Lexington Hospital. She leaves three sons, Ray Scott and Odene Scott, both of Lexington and Billy Joe Scott of Indianapolis; five daughters, Mrs. Lelma Johnson, Mrs. Nelvine Hayes, Mrs. Allene James and Mrs. Jean Scott, all of Lexington and Mrs. Lorene Wall of Clarksburg; three half-sisters, Mrs. Levie Crownover, Mrs. Ruby Bell and Mrs. Tommie Crownover, all of Lexington. The Lexington Progress, May 30, 1973 RICKY SCOTT - Services for Ricky Scott were Tuesday at Mazies Chapel with the Rev. Earl Owens and the Rev. Connie Burton officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Scott, 20, died Friday at his home in North Lake, Ill. He was a former resident of the county but had lived most of his life in Illinois. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Anderson of North Lake; a brother, Wade Anderson of North Lake; two sisters, Miss Teresa Anderson of North Lake and Mrs. Joyce Malecha of Addison, Ill. The Lexington Progress, March 7, 1973 Headstone Photo ROSA PEARL (EDGIN) SCOTT - Services for Mrs. Pearl Scott were Wednesday at Sardis Church of Christ with burial in Scotts Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Scott, 83, died Tuesday at Lexington Hospital. She was he widow of Charley M. Scott. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Beulah Hart of Reagan; six sons, Robert M., Wesley N. and Charles E. all of Sardis, James L. of Logansport IN, Chester Lee Scott of Occee FL and J.R. of Memphis and a brother, Howard Evans of Scotts Hill. Lexington Progress 17 Dec 1970 SARAH F. (STEWART) SCOTT - Services for Mrs. Sarah Stewart Scott were Friday afternoon at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church with Charles Thomason officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Scott, 79, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Stella Hubbard of Cordova and Mrs. Virginia Douglas of Memphis; a brother, J. C. Stewart of Cedar Grove and a sister, Mrs. Eva Williams of Lexington. The Lexington Progress, November 21, 1968 GEORGE SEAGRAVES - Services for George Seagraves were Monday afternoon at Central Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. J.D. Abbott and the Rev. L.R. Rushing officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Seagraves, 52, died Sunday at Lexington Hospital. He was a retired farmer. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Jerry Lynn Seagraves; a daughter, Mrs. Joan Maness, both of Lexington; two brother, Gene Seagraves of Wildersville and Howard Seagraves of Lavinia and three sisters, Mrs. Nita Todd, Mrs. Laudie Maness both of Wildersville and Mrs. Pearl Hopper of McKenzie. Lexington Progress 21 Nov 1968 ERNESTEEN RUSHING SEGO - Funeral services for Mrs. Ernesteen Rushing Sego, age 54, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday July 3, 2008 in the chapel of Pafford Funeral Home with Bro. Gerald Mc Daniel officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Sego died late Monday in Jackson, She was a retired beautician. Mrs. Sego was preceded in death by one sister, Norma Blankenship and one brother, James Ernest Stanfill. Survivors include her husbad, Mr. Allen Sego, her mother, Mrs. Catherine Stanfill both of Lexington, one daughter Delyla Towater of Cedar Grove, two sisters, Brenda Johnson and Shelia Vestal both of Lexington and one grandson Justin Nichols. Lexington Progress Jul 2 2008 JOHN FRANKLIN SEGO - Died Thursday: John Franklin Sego was born February 19, 1867, and died at his home east of Lexington February 1st, 1940, aged 72 years. He was married to Miss Mary Ellen Reed, and to this union were born nine children, three dying early in life, namely Logan, Eva and an infant. The six surviving with their mother are Mrs. Maggie Sisson, Mrs. Addie Jowers, Mrs. Idell Sisson, Mrs. D. Small, John Martin and Otis Sego; also a brother, H.C. Sego. One brother and sister preceded him to the grave many years ago. Funeral services were conducted at Oak Grove Church with interment in the nearby cemetery. Source: The Watchers MARY ELIZABETH (SHACKLEFORD) SEGO - William Allen Sego, who death was chronicled in The Progress of last week, having died April 23rd, 1923, was followed to the realms of Eternity last Monday morning by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Sego, who passed away on that day at 5:00 in the morning. William Allen Sego and Miss Mary Shackleford were married November 6th, 1890 and eleven children were born to them. Of these children, ten survive, namely: Ethel Scott, Frances Scott, Hautie, Httie Nowell, Lizzie, Levie, Will, Gilbert, Clyde, and Eddie. Mrs. Sego was a member of the Baptist Church at Oak Grove, east of Lexington, as was her lamented husband and there her remains were laid to rest Tuesday by the side of her husband who had so recently passed away. Elder T.C. Jowers, an old friend of the family, and Elder King of Westport, officiated the funeral service. Brother Jowers tell us that Mrs. Sego was a good woman, that our country can boast of no better, and the same could be said of her husband. This being truly said of Mr. and Mrs. Sego, this is a rich heritage left by them to their children. Source: The Watchers PHOEBY SEGO - Funeral services for Phoeby Sego were Sunday, May 4, 2008 at Reeds Chapel. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cem. Mrs. Sego, age 102, died Saturday May 3, 2008 at Briarwood. She is survived by one daughter Irene Depriest, Dyersburg; two sons, Robert Sego Sr, Friendship and Jessie Sego, Lexington, 27 grandchildren and 58 great great granchildren. Lexington Progress 5/7/2008 WILLIAM ALLEN SEGO aged 61 years, died Monday morning at his home a few miles east of Lexington, leaving a wife and several children. Bill Sego was one of extensive connection and was himself a man who made his quota of friends. Want of information prevents a more extensive notice of his death. Source: The Watchers JOHN R. SELLERS Services for John Richard Sellers were conducted Friday morning from his home at Piney by the Rev. D. L. Jones. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Sellers, who was 74, died of a heart attack Thursday. He was born in Madison County and was a Methodist. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lillian Sellers; and a son, C. T. Sellers of Beech Bluff. The Lexington Progress, June 18, 1954 (His wife's is buried next to him but her obituary is under the name of Lillian (Smith) Sellers Clater) Headstone Photo SALLIE (RICKETTS) SHELTON was born on February 27, 1859, and died April 6, 1941, aged 82 years. Early in life she was married to Dock Massey and to this union were born five children, of which four survive: Mary Neisler, Ella Neisler, John Ike Massey and Susie Pierce. After the death of her first husband, she was married to J. T. Shelton, in February 1888, and to this union were born seven children, five of whom survive: George, Jim, Tennie, Burnine and Elvie. Mrs. Shelton was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery with services conducted by J. J. Britt. (The Lexington Progress, April 25, 1941) VENNIE (PASLEY) SHORT - Services for Mrs. Vennie Pasley Short were Thursday at Pafford Funeral Home with Dr. Hoyt Wilson officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Mrs. Short, 76, was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon at Lexington Methodist Hsp. after a sudden illness. She was a native of AR and had lived most recently here. She was the widow of Jack E. Short and was a Baptist. She leaves a son, Jack of Olney MD, a sister Mrs. Atrella Hopson of Delhi, LA and a granddaughter. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection DANNY LEE SHURTS - Graveside services for Danny Lee Shurts were Monday at Corinth Cemetery. Memorial services were at Reed's Chapel with Elders Leslie Bleich and Dewey McClanahan officiating. Mr. Shurts, who was 40, died Saturday at Jackson General Hospital. He was a painter. He leaves his parents, Ruby May Shurts and Kenneth Shurts, both of Darden and a brother, Terry Shurts of Nashville. The Lexington Progress, April 1, 1992 KENNETH GEORGE SHURTS - Services for Kenneth George Shurts were Monday, March 6, at Reed's Chapel with burial in Corinth Cemetery. Mr. Shurts, who was 87, died Friday, March 3, at Decatur County Hospital of heart failure. He was a retired lock and dam operator. He leaves two sons, Terry Shurts of Darden and Jim Shurts of Fairfield Bay, Ark.; a sister, Zella Myers of Varna, Ill. and a grandchild. The Lexington Progress, March 8, 2000 RUBY MAE (SPEER) SHURTS - Services for Ruby Mae Shurts were March 5th at Reeds Chapel with burial at Corinth Cemetery. Mrs. Shurts, who was 78, died Wednesday, March 3rd at Decatur County Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Shurts; one son, Terry Shurts; one step-son, Jim Shurts and two brothers, Crede Speer and Dale Speer. The Lexington Progress, March 10, 1999 JAMES W. SIPES - Funeral services for James Will Sipes were conducted Thursday afternoon by the Rev. Walter Moody at Sand Ridge Baptist Church. Mr. Sipes. who was 67 years of age, died at his home five miles north of Lexington early Wednesday morning. His death was attributed to cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Sipes is survived by his widow, Mrs. Doshie Sipes; five sons, Dock of Humboldt, Ulus of Sardis, Orbie of Brownsville, Willie and Vane of Lexington. Burial was in Sand Ridge Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. From the website of Louis Mosier / World Connect Rootsweb - From "The Lexington Progress," Lexington, Tennessee, 20 Aug 1948. DOCHA (JINES) SIPES - 69, died at the home of her son, D.M. Sipes on Division St. in Medina Saturday at 6:30 p.m. after an illness of about three weeks. She was taken to the Jackson General Hospital the second of October after suffering a stroke and her condition had remeained critical until that time. She was born and reared in McNairy County near Finger. Her parents were the late Vernie M. Jines and Mrs. Ann Hemby Jines, pioneer residents of McNairy County. In 1909 she was married to James William Sipes of Lexington who preceeded her in death in 1948. They were engaged in farming the most of their married life. Mrs. Sipes was a member of the Medina Methodist Church and a member of the Adult Sunday School Class of the church. Survivors include five sons, D.M. Sipes of Medina, Willie Sipes of Memphis, Ulas Sipes of Cedar Grove, Orbie Sipes of Melrose Park, Ill. and Vance Sipes of Frederick, Okla., a sister, Mrs. Johnnie Williams of Humboldt; three brothers, Robert Jines of Oak Ridge, Richard and Jake Jines, both of Humboldt; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at the Medina Methodist Church with the Rev. Wilson Jones, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Michael Champlin, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sand Ridge Cemetery near Lexington with Replogle Funeral Home in charge. The following will serve as pallbearers: Arthur Cash, W.R. Adcock, Orian Tate, B.M. Paterson, Jim Spencer and Penick McLemore. The body will be at the funeral home until time for services. Notes and photo from Rita Jines Morgan - There are parts of the obituary that are wrong..... 1. Docha's mother's maiden name was "Kennedy". Hemby was the last name of Docha's mother's stepfather (Thomas Hemby). Docha's mother was Cynthia Ann Kennedy Jines. Cynthia's parents were David S. Kennedy and Francis Kennedy, Kennedy, O'Neal, Hemby. Francis's maiden name was Kennedy and she married a Kennedy the first time. 2. I don't think Docha was born in McNairy county because her parents were in Henderson County in 1880 and Decatur County in 1900 and Madison County in 1910. There is a possibility that her father, Varney Jines, was raised around McNairy County. 3. The obituary states that Docha and James William Sipes married in 1909. Marriage Record from Chester County states the marriage date was Sept. 9, 1911. 4.Photo shows Docha on the left and her sister Dora (Jines) Williams w/o Johnny Williams. THOMAS EARL SIPES - Services for Thomas Earl Sipes will be today Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Reeds Chapel with Rev. Jessie Plunk officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Mr. Sipes who was 62, died Tuesday at City of Milan Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Henderson County and a construction worker. He leaves a son, Donnie Thomas Sipes of Parsons and a brother, Murrell R. Sipes of Cedar Grove. Lexington Progress 1 Feb. 1984 JOHN MARTIN SISSON aged 48 years, died at his home in Lexington Wednesday morning. [Later correction- died Tuesday night] He was taken sick while at work on the county bridge crew Monday afternoon and was carried to the hospital in Jackson. He was later returned home. John Sisson was one of the best known and best liked citizens of the county. The son of the late T. A. and Mrs. Sisson, he was reared in the Oak Grove neighborhood. He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage, was Miss Idell Sego, and one daughter, Miss Elizabeth, 15, who lives in the home. He is also survived by three brothers, Grant, Frank, and Jim. A brother Tom died several years ago while Trustee of this county, and another brother died when small. Also surviving are four sisters, Martha (Mrs. Gilbert) Sego, Maud (Mrs. Wash) Scott, Effie (Mrs. Belton) Blankenship and Alfa (Mrs. Cleo) Burton. Mr. Sisson was a member of the Baptist Church. Rev. T. C. Jowers conducted the funeral service at Oak Grove. Note on Obit: dates & spouse right but parents and cemetery wrong. (The Lexington Progress, August 1, 1940) Headstone Photo JOHN EZEKIAL SISSON aged 62 years, died Dec. 22, 6 miles East of Lexington and is survived by his wife and several children, of whom Rev. T. A. Sisson, of the Baptist Church is one. He was a member of the Baptist church and was buried at Oak Grove. As a Free and Accepted Mason, his membership was with Oneal Valley Lodge No. 457 The Lexington Progress, January 16, 1914 Note: The date is right, best I can tell this Sisson was not the father of T. A. Sisson and he was buried at Lindsey Cemetery not Oak Grove. ( I don't know if the Baptist and Mason info is correct or not) Headstone Photo LELA IDELL (SEGO) SISSON - Services for Mrs. Idell Sego Hatcher were Monday at Broad Street Church of Christ with Joe Vandyke Sr. and Joe Vandyke Jr. officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Hatcher, who was 76, died Sunday at Lexington Hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of Frank Hatcher and was a member of the Church of Christ. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Barrells of Lexington; two brothers, Martin Sego and Odis Sego, both of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Bledsoe and Mrs. Addie Jowers, both of Lexington, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The Lexington Progress, August 15, 1979 LIZZIE MAE (BURTON) SISSON – Services for Mrs. Lizzie Mae Sisson were Saturday, March 1 at Pafford Funeral Home with burial in Jowers Cemetery. Mrs. Sisson, who was 86, died Thursday, February 27, at Jackson Specialty Unit. She was a housewife. She was the widow of Jim Sisson. She leaves a son, Ronnie Burton of Lexington; two brothers, Connie V. Burton and Liddy B. Burton, both of Lexington. (The Lexington Progress, March 5, 1997) Headstone Photo MARGARET A. (LINDSEY) SISSON , aged 72 years, died Friday night in the home of her son, John M. Sisson, in Lexington. She was the daughter of the late Jerry and Ellen Lindsey. She was happily married to J. E. Sisson, who preceded her to the grave twenty-six years ago, when just a young lady and to this union twelve children were born with three (Pedence, Ellen, and Tom R.) preceding her to the grave. Surviving are the following children: John, Jim, Frank, and Grant and Mrs. Ed (Lizzie) Shackleford, Mrs. Cleo (Alpha) Burton, Mrs. Gilbert (Martha) Sego, Mrs. G. W. (Maude) Scott, and Mrs. Belton (Elphie) Blankenship; one sister, Miss Mary Lindsey, and one brother, J. T. Lindsey. Funeral services were conducted at the Lindsey Cemetery by her life-long friend, Rev. T. C. Jowers. (The Lexington Progress, April 7, 1939) Headstone Photo ARBIE IDELLA (EASON) SMITH - Final rites for Mrs. Arbie Idella Smith were conducted today at 2 p.m. In the Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. J. F. Fletcher officiating. Mrs. Smith had lived in the Hughes County area since shortly after statehood, and in Holdenville since 1946. She was born September 27, 1886 in Tennessee and was 77 years of age. Her death which followed her birthday by 2 days, occurred Sunday afternoon at the Holdenville P & S Hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Opal Hays, of Wewoka, OK and Mrs. J. McNeil of Holdenville, OK, three sons, Ray of Oklahoma City, OK, Farris & Glenn of Choctaw, OK, One brother, P. E. Eason, of Shawnee, Ok and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Clenney of Holdenville, and Mrs. Ethel Lee, of Phoenix, AZ. Also surviving are 19 grandchildren. Burial is being held in Holdenville Cemetery, with Hobgood Funeral Home, in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers: Emet Petete, J. E. Pitts, Thomas Craft, Raymond Choate, Tommy Scott, and Johnny Blaylock. Contributed by Brenda (McNeill) Irons Further Notes: Arbie Idella was born on Monday 27-September-1886 in Scotts Hill, Decatur Co. TN. She moved with her parents to a place called Gopher Hill - Hobson a small community North of Wetumka, Hughes Co. OK. She meet and married William Artie Smith. They were married on Saturday 24 - October - 1914. William was 35 yrs. 8 months, 8 days & Arbie was 28 yrs. 0 months, 27 days at the time of this marriage. From this union came 5 children. Arbie died on Sunday 29-September-1963 and she was 77 yrs. 0 months, 2 days at the time of her death. My Grandma Smith was the greatest, the best ever. I remember she would let me play with her buttons for hours and hours. I Loved my grandma very much. She had beautiful long braided hair and some times she would let me play and comb her hair it was a joy for me. There was a huge tree in her front yard and that there was a swing. I remember I though I could swing to the sky. Grandma got sick and lived with mama and me for a while and she lived with Medford and Opal , and also Farris and Alice. And while with Farris and Alice Grandma took sick and Alice brought her to the hospital. Alice and mama meet in the park and Alice told mama that she had just Grandma Smith in the hospital. Mama was on her way home from the clinic from seeing the doctor with her asthma, So mama turned and went back to the hospital and sat with Grandma until her death on Sep 29 1963 and she was 77 yrs. of age. I stayed with a Mr. Haney across the street from where we lived. I remember mama came to get me real late at night, she was with Aunt Opal and David was driving I think or it might have been Jerry I don't remember, but I do remember that we went home and stayed the rest of the night with Medford and Opal west of Wewoka, Ok. We came home the next morning and the family meet at Grandma house and divided her stuff. Grandma is buried in the Holdenville,OK Cemetery. Contributed by Brenda Irons BILL SMITH , 79 of Lexington, TN died Saturday, July 16, 2005 at Henderson County Community Hospital. Survivors include wife: Mary R. Smith, Lexington, TN; daughter: Connie Diane Shelby, Cunningham, TN; sons: Jerry Vincent Smith, Dickson, TN and Alan Hoover Smith, Bridgeport, WV; sisters: Clara Millican, Decaturville, TN and Dora Medearis, Birminghma, AL; grandchildren: Summer Richardson, Evans Hoover Smith, Ross Vincent Smith, Anne Wolcott Smith, Loren Shelby, Titus Smith and Reid Smith; great granddaughter: Gracie Richardson. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandy Voohrees. Pafford Funeral Home, Lexington, TN in charge. EUGENE LACKEY SMITH - Services for Eugene Lackey Smith of Ripley, father of Floyd Smith of Lexington, were conducted Monday afternoon at Mary's Chapel Baptist Church, Ripley, by Dr. C.L. Bowman. Mr. Smith died Sunday at the hme of a son Guilford Smith at Ripley. He leaes one other son, Hubert Smith of Ripley; three daughters Mrs. Sarah Helmstetter, Dermont AR; Margaret Ann and Roselyn Smith both of Memphis; a brother T.A. Smith of Riley and a sister Mrs. Ed Heathcott of Throckmortn TX. Burial was in the church cemetery. Lexington Progress 6/1/1951 JIM T.SMITH , 79, prominent farmer of Piney community, died in the Baptist hosptial in Memphis Dec. 13, 1943 where he had been a patient since the first of December. He was born about five miles south of Lexington and had lived in that community all his life. He was a member of the Baptist Church and was known as one of the county's best citizens. Surviving are his wife, Betsy Richardson Smith, three daughters, Nora SMith, Mrs. C.F. Goff and Mrs. J.F. Wilkinson, all of this county; and two sons, Bob and Oliver of Lexington. Interment was made in Center Hill with Rev. J.H. Kennedy officiating. Lexington Progress 17 Dec 1943 JOHNNY BOY SMITH , aged 30 years, died in a Memphis hospital April 10, 1936. He was taken with a hemorrhage of the brain. His remains were brought back to New Hope where he was interred, George Bolen officiating. He was never married. Lexington Progress 17 April 1936. He must be in an umarked grave -- he is no listed at New Hope LUCY MAE (EASON) SMITH Funeral Services will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Castle Baptist Church for Mrs. Lucy Mae Smith of that community who died at her home Monday. She was the sister of Mrs. Arlie (Ollie) Clenney, and Mrs Arbie Smith of Holdenville. And is survived by her Husband and one son Kenneth of Oakland, California. Two Brothers Perry Eason of Seminole and Charles Eason of Scotts Hill, Tennessee and another sister Mrs. Ethel Lee, of Seminole Burial in Wetumka Cemetery with the Barry Funeral Home of Okemah in charge of arrangements. Notes from the Barry Funeral Home (now Parks): From the Funeral Book at the Parks Brothers Funeral Homes in Okemah, Okfuskee Co. OK The Parks Brothers bought out the Barry Funeral Home. Residence: Castle, Charged to: Barry B. Association, Address: Okemah, OK, Order Given: W. K. Smith, How secured: Note, Occupation: Domestic, Date of Death: 22-March-1943, Date of Birth: 21-May-1891, Age: 51, Date of Funeral: 28-March-1943, Services at: Castle, Ofkuskee Co. OK & Wetumka, Hughes Co. OK Clergyman: J. T. Champion, Religion: Prod., Birthplace: Tennessee, Place of Death: Castle, at home, Cause of Death: Paralyic Stroke, Physican: W. P. Jenkins, Address: Okemah, OK, Father: Gabrl Eason, Birthplace: Tennessee, Mother: Unknown, Remain to: Wm. K. Smith, Burial in Wetumka, OK. Contributed by Barbara (O'Neill) Irons MARY ZELL (STORY) SMITH - Services for Mary Zell Story Smith, 79, were this morning at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah with the Rev. Rodney Fontaine officiating. Burial was in Sardis Cemetery. Mrs. Smith, a retired grocer, died Saturday at her home after a 12-year illness. She was the widow of Claude T. Smith who ran the grocery with her from 1956 to 1969. She was born in Henderson County and was a member of Sardis United Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Pat Mitchell of Lexington; a son, Van Smith of Sardis; two sisters, Ruth Galbraith of Jackson and Hazel Story of Corinth, Miss.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. MARY RUTH SMITH - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith, 81, are scheduled at First United Methodist Chruch in Lexington with Rev. Stan McDaniel and Rev. John Archer officiating. Entombment will follow in Henderson Memory Gardens. Pafford Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Smith died late Tuesday at her home in Lexington. She was born Jan. 14, 1927 in Chester County to the late Dewey and Lucille Seaton Holmes. She worked with her first husband and father of her children, Dr. L.E. Dickson to whom she was married for 37 years. She was also preceded by her second husband Billy Sunday Smith, to whom she was married for 19 years and worked as a furniture manufacturing representative. Mrs. Smith was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lexington and enjoyed travelign extensively in Europe and the Orient. Books were her friends. Survivors include her chidlren, Bruce Dickson (Phyllis) and Jeanne Dickson Doss all of Birmingham AL, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Lexington Progress 17 Dec 2008 SOPHRONIA EMELINE (THOMAS) SMITH - Services for Mrs. Sophronia Emeline Thomas Smith, probably the county's oldest citizen, were conducted from Oak Grove Sunday by the Rev. T.C. Jowers. Mrs. Smith, who was 97, died Saturday ather home on Route 2. A native of Henderson, Mrs. Smith was born Oct. 9, 1854. During her life, the country has been in four wars. She could recall the distant cannonading of Civil War battles. Prior to her death, she followed events of a fifth war - in Korea - closely. She was married to John Lafayette Smith. Three children g\precededher to the grave and two survive; W.G. Smith adn Nannie. Pallbearers were M.J. Jones, Willard Reed, Curtis Azbill, Ira Powers, ... ... and Bill Powers. Lexington Progress 20 Jun 1952 JOYCE MAYRENE (IVY) SPRINGER - Services for Joyce Mayrene Springer, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Pafford Funeral Home in Lexington. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Cedar Grove. Mrs. Springer, a homemaker, died Tuesday at Lexington Methodist Hospital of heart failure. She is survived by her husband, Preston of Cedar Grove; two sons, Joe Springer of Pocola, Okla., and Rickey Springer of Lexington; and a sister, Lois Welch of Cedar Grove. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collections, transcribed by Dianna Gilbert MAY (MEALS) SPRINGER - Services for Mrs. May Meals Springer were Sunday at Pafford Funeral Home with the Rev. James L. Spain officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Springer, who was 84, died Thursday night at St. Peters Villa Nursing Home in Memphis. She was the widow of Hobart Springer and a Baptist. She leaves a son, Audraine Springer of Memphis: a daughter, Mrs. Adeline Melton of Memphis; a brother, Basil Meals of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Willie Barr, Mrs. Beatrice Coffman, both of Lexington and Mrs. Annie Tate of Bernie, Mo., and four grandchildren. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collections, transcribed by Dianna Gilbert OTHA FRANKLIN SPRINGER was born February 18th, 1905, and departed this life to be with Jesus October 29th, 1925. His stay on earth was the short while of only 20 years, 8 months and 11 days. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Springer, was born in Carroll County where he lived with his parents until the age of 13 years, then with his parents, moved to this county where he lived until his death. At the early age of 15 years he gave his heart and life to God. A little later he united with the Missionary Baptist Church at Mt. Gilead and there until Jesus called him home he lived a beautiful Christian life. No better boy can this old world afford than Otha was-- an obedient son, a loving brother and a friend to everyone. The body was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery and on account of the bad weather only short funeral services were held.-Felix Ivy (The Lexington Progress, December 11, 1925) Headstone Photo ALFRED S. STANFORD - Services for Alfred Stanford were Thursday at Reed’s Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Reeves officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Mr. Stanford, 71, died Tuesday night at Lexington Hospital. He was a veteran of World War II and retired as a lieutenant colonel, serving with the intelligence department. Mr. Stanford was active in veterans affairs and was a former commander of the American Legion post here, He was a Baptist. A horticulturist, Mr. Stanford demonstrated many practices now in vogue such as raising sweet potatoes without soil (in sawdust), and producing tomatoes in hot house. Before retiring a few years ago, he was employed by the parks system in Birmingham. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ortha Stanford; a son, Robert Stanford of Lexington and two daughters, Mrs. Betty Hay of Lexington and Mrs. Diane Sexton of Sanford, Fla. The Lexington Progress, December 27, 1972 AVIE (JAMES) STANFORD - Services for Mrs. Avie James Stanford, of Cedar Grove, 86, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Cedar Grove with the Rev. Harold Hopper and the Rev. Jimmy Burrough officiating. Burial was in Spain Cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mrs. Stanford died Sunday at the Lexington-Henry County Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include two sons, Charlie Stanford of Huntingdon and Carlie Stanford of Cedar Grove; four daughters, Mrs. Nina Richardson, Mrs. Madeline Wiles, Mrs. Pauline Huey and Miss Willie Mae Stanford all of Cedar Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Gatlin of Cedar Grove and Mrs. Fannie Phillips of Lexington; seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert CARLIE THOMAS STANFORD - Graveside services for Carlie Tom Stanford, 86, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Spain Cemetery in Cedar Grove. Mr. Stanford, a farmer, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of heart failure. He is survived by two sisters, Nina Richardson and Pauline Huey, Both of Cedar Grove. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, The Jackson Sun, March 28, 2001, transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert CARMON (WALLER) STANFORD - Services for Mrs. Carmon Stanford were Friday, September 6 at Reed's Chapel. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Stanford, age 72, died Wednesday, September 4 at Jackson General Hospital. She was a retired employee of Magnetek and a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. She leaves her husband; Lloyd Stanford, one son; Lyndal Stanford of Lexington, one grandchild, Michael Lynn Stanford and two great grandchildren; Chloe Michelle Stanford and Desiree Dawn Stanford. Reed's Chapel was in charge of the services. The Lexington Progress, September 11, 2002 FRANCES WILLODEAN STANFORD - Services for Mrs. Frances Willodean Stanford were Tuesday, Dec. 21 at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church with the Rev. Phil Mitchell officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mrs. Stanford, who was 64, died Monday, Dec. 20 at Jackson General Hospital. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She leaves three sons, Jerry Stanford, Charles Stanford, both of Cedar Grove and Greg Stanford of Lexington; a daughter, Ann Kirk of Huntingdon; three brothers, Harold Breeden of Cedar Grove, Darrell Breeden and Ronnie Breeden, both of Yuma; two sisters, Faye Kelly of Yuma and Lucy Haywood of Cedar Grove, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, December 22, 1993 J. THOMAS STANFORD - Last Thursday morning at 4 o'clock John Thomas Stanford died at his home after an lingering illness. He had been in ill heath for several months and although the end came rather suddenly, his family and friends were not surprised. At the time of his death he was surrounded by the members of his immediate family and a large number of relatives and friends who did all they could to make his last days on earth peacefull and happy. He was the son ofMr.a nd Mrs. Lem Stanford, deceased, and was born and reared in Lexington. Being reared a farmer he naturally followed the occupation and after his maturity he moved near Alberton and until his death was considered one of most prosperous in the county. He was 43 years old and was a citizen that everybody loved nad respected. Although a member of no church he was a good man and did all he could for the betterment of humanity. His neighbors naturally looked to him as a leader in political and morals circles and he always instructed them in teh right way. He served as a magistrate in the county court for a long period and was a conscientious, faithful official and rendered the county much valuable service. He leaves a wife, three children, Maggie and Olevia and J. Thomas Jr. and five brothers, George, Lem, Cade, James and John and two sisters, Mrs. E.A. Moffitt of Jackson and Mrs. A.E. Beasley ofMemphis. The interment occurred in the Beech River graveyard Friday. Rev. J.M. Pickensheld the ceremony. LEONARD DWAYNE STANFORD - Services for Leonard Dwayne Stanford were Sunday, April 16 at Bodkin Funeral Home, Milan, with burial in Spain Cemetery near Cedar Grove. Mr. Stanford, who was 51, died Friday, April 14, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon after a five year bout with cancer. He was a maintenance employee for the Ceco Corporation of Milan. He was a Presbyterian. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Linda Pope Stanford of Cedar Grove; a son, Travis Patterson of Jackson; his mother, Mrs. Lillie Spencer Stanford of Cedar Grove; two sisters, Elsie Moore and Sue Ashley, both of Cedar Grove and a granddaughter. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert LILLIE INEZ (SPENCER) STANFORD - Lillie Inez Stanford, 86, of Cedar Grove, died Saturday, Dec. 25 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services were held at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home with Bro. Robert Barger officiating. Burial followed in the Spain Cemetery. Mrs. Stanford, a homemaker, was born on June 8, 1918, in Savannah. She was preceded in death by her husband, Odom Stanford; a son, Dwayne Stanford. She is survived by two daughters, Cora Sue Ashley and Elsie Moore, both of Cedar Grove; three sisters, Mae Comfort and Fay Jenkins, both of St. Louise, Missouri, and Delma Beasley of Beaumont, Texas; a brother, James Ruff of Celina, California; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, (Carroll County News Leader, 28 Dec 2004) transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert LONNIE THOMAS STANFORD - Services for Lonnie Thomas Stanford were Monday at Dilday Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Noles officiating. Burial was in Spain Cemetery. Mr. Stanford, who was 75, died Saturday at Carroll County Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a Baptist. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Douglas Stanford; two sons, Jewell Ethridge Stanford of Hollow Rock and Lonnie Stanford Jr. of Huntingdon; a brother, Ollie Stanford of Cedar Grove; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, (The Lexington Progress, January 8, 1981) transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert LOU CHRISIANNE (HUNLEY) STANFORD - Services for Mrs. Lue Hunley Stanford were Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church with the Revs. George McMinn and James Spain officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mrs. Stanford died Monday night at Lexington Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was the widow of Harley Stanford and was a Methodist. She was 78. She leaves four sons, Virgil Stanford, Lloyd Stanford and Earl Stanford, all of Cedar Grove; three daughters, Mrs. Pauline Anderson of Lexington, Mrs. Joe Gourley of Jackson and Mrs. Mary Smith of Cedar Grove; a brother, Dewey Hunley of near Lexington; a sister, Mrs. Tennie Ward of Bemis; 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, February 19, 1975 MALLIE ODELL STANFORD - Services for Mallie Odell Stanford will be today [Wednesday] at 1 p.m. at Pafford Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Beecham officiating. Burial will be in Spain Cemetery. Mr. Stanford, who was 73, died early Monday morning at Bolivar Community Hospital. He was a retired employee of Memphis Depot. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth Vinson Stanford of Cedar Grove; a daughter, Mrs. Janice Gail VanDiver of Bolivar; three brothers, Oscar Stanford, Leland Stanford both of Cedar Grove and Herman Stanford of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Lee Coffman and Mrs. Mabel Woods, both of Cedar Grove and two grandchildren. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert MARY ELIZABETH (EVANS) STANFORD - Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Evans Stanford were Friday at Pafford Funeral Home with the Rev. John D. Small officiating. Burial was in Ridge Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Stanford, who was 38, died Monday at Lexington Hospital apparently after a heart attack. She leaves her husband L.D. Stanford of Lexington; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley Wood of Wildersville and Peggy Stanford and Jane Stanford, both of Lexington and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Evans of Lexington and a grandchild. From the Joy Beth Campbell Collection, (The Lexington Progress, February 23, 1977) transcribed by, Dianna Gilbert MICHAEL COWAN STANFORD - Services for Michael C. Stanford were Thursday at Pafford Funeral Home with the Revs. Jerry Hassell and John Archer officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Mr. Stanford, 26, was found dead in a plane crash Monday near Rockwood. He was a Tennessee Valley Authority engineer. He was a graduate of Lexington High School and Tennessee Polytechnical University in Cookeville. He lived most recently in Chattanooga. He was a Methodist. He leaves his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Stanford of Lexington; a sister, Mrs. Toni Norcross of Memphis; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene H. Stanford of Little Rock and W..F. Cowan of Nashville. Lexington Progress 29 Oct 1986 ORLEANER STANFORD - Services for Mrs. Orleaner Stanford were Tuesday, August 22 at Parham Mortuary with burial in Lexington Cemetery. Mrs. Stanford died Friday, August 18, at Methodist Hospital of Lexington. She was a Baptist and the widow of William E. Stanford. She leaves a daughter, Joyce Moffitt of Lexington and 10 grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, August 23, 1995 WILLIAM EARL STANFORD - Services for William Earl Stanford were Friday, April 3, at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church with the Revs. George McMinn and Phil Mitchell officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mr. Stanford, who was 70, died Thursday morning at Jackson General Hospital. He was retired from Johnson Controls and a Baptist. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Frances Wilodean Breeden Stanford of Cedar Grove; three sons, Jerry R. Stanford, Charles L. Stanford, both of Cedar Grove and Gregory Earl Stanford of Lexington; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Kirk of Huntingdon; two brothers, Lloyd Stanford of Lexington and Thomas E. Stanford of Cedar Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Anderson of Lexington and Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith of Cedar Grove, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, April 8, 1992 WILLIAM HARLEY STANFORD - Services for William Harley Stanford were Monday at the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church with the Rev. W. H. Hopper officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mr. Stanford, who was 66, died Saturday afternoon at a store in the Mt. Gilead community apparently of a heart attack. He was a Mason and a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lury Hunley Stanford; four sons, Virgil Stanford, Earl Stanford and Thomas Stanford, all of Cedar Grove and Lloyd Stanford of Lexington; three daughters, Mrs. Mattie Jo Gurley and Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith, both of Cedar Grove and Mrs. Pauline Anderson of near Lexington; two brothers, Bryant Stanford and Andrew Stanford, both of Cedar Grove; and three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Cook and Mrs. Lilly Cook, both of Atwood, and Mrs. Nathan Branch of Cedar Grove. The Lexington Progress, November 24, 1960 ELBERT S. STEGALL - Just before going to press, the Progress learns with deep regret the death of Elbert S. Stegall, which occrred at his home at Stegall, at 4 o'clock, February 11th. He died of pneumonia. Mr. Stegall has lived and been engaged in the mercantile buisness at the place where he died all his life. Through a life of honesty and integrity he had built for himself a reputaton to be envied by all. To his family, a wife and seven children, his loss is a crushing blow and to the community in which he lived and did business it is no less than a calamity. The death of any man living in the county would hnot have caused more genuine sorrow than that of the subject of this brief sketch. Space forbids a more extended notice of Mr. Stegall than this in this issue. Lexington Progress Elbert S. Stegall was married to Rhoda E. Flake (29 Dec 1850-Sep 1937) She is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Madison County ESTELLE (WOOD) STEGALL - Services for Mrs. Estelle Wood Stegall were Saturday at Bible Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Earnest Woods officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mrs. Stegall, who was 68, died Thursday night at Jackson General Hospital. She was a retired nurse's aide at NuCare Convalescent Center. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Tate, Mrs. Jean Maness, both of Lexington and Mrs. Ann Maness of Winter Haven, Fla.; a son, Jerry Stegall of Lexington; a brother, James Erbie Wood of Lexington; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Maness and Mrs. Rodie Woods, both of Lexington and five grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, July 22, 1987 --- Headstone Photo RHODA (FLAKE) STEGALL - widow of the late E.S. Stegall, died in her home in Jackson Saturday morning. Although having reached the age of 86 years she had been in good health, and only two weeks ago was able to visit her friends in Lexington.. Mrs. Stegall is survived by three sons, Walter, Arthur and Elbert, of Jackson; and three daughters Mrs. Clyde Aycock of Jackson, Mrs. A.C. Brown of St. Louis and Mrs. Henry White of Knoxville. Another son Roy died in the West a few years ago. Dr. Samuel Stanworth of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the funeral service at the home on East Main followed by interment in Hollywood Cemetery. The Stegall family moved from this county to Jackson 34 years ago. Mrs. Stegall had many friends who regret the news of her death. Between the years of 1874 and 878, I first heard of Miss Rhoda Flake through my cousin, Miss Laura Barry, daughter of the late Dr. William Barry, who once lived in the Flake neighborhood, west of Lexington, and many years later it was my pleasure to meet her as the wife of the late Elbert S. Stegall, an outstanding citizen and merchant of Henderson County. Many, practically all of the Stegall family have been my personal friends and I have known the deep devotion of the children to whom even God can give but one- the mother.. W.V.B. ELLA (WILSON) STEPHENS , daughter of Z. T. and the late Eliza Carrington Wilson, was born September 10, 1978, and died December 1, 1927, aged 59 years. She was married to J. W. Stephens October 27, 1904, and to this union were born three children, Chester G., Poplar Springs, and Misses Lilliard and Rettie, who with their father survive her. She also leaves an aged father, two sisters, and three brothers, Mrs. a. I. (Ida) Nunnery, Parsons; Mrs. Jessie (Effie) Myracle, O. E. Wilson, M. H. Wilson, Darden; and E. F. Wilson, Parsons. She professed faith in Christ and united with Mt. Ararat Baptist Church at the age of 15. Rev. T. M. Boyd conducted the funeral services at Mt. Ararat Church with burial in the nearby cemetery. The Lexington Progress, December 10, 1937 JAMES WILLIAM STEPHENS - Services forJames William Stephens, 77, were conducted Thursday afternoon from Mt. Araret Baptist Church by the Rev. W.A. Moody and Rev. G.G. Joyner. Mr. Stephens died at his home near Darden Wednesday afternoon. He suffered a stroke last Friday. He was a member of the Mt. Araret Church. He leaves a son, Chester G. of Poplar Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Lillian White and Miss Retie Stephens, Darden; two brother, John C. and Robert, Clarkesburg; three sisters, Mrs. Demitte Lindsey, Bemis; Mrs. Amanda Wood and Mrs. James Bradfield of Wildersville. His wife died 13 years ago. Burial was in the church cemetery. Lexington Progress October 19, 1951 Friday NORA LEE (WOODS) LINDSEY STEPHENS - Services for Mrs. Nora Lee Woods Stephens were Saturday afternoon at Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Earl Owens officiating. Burial was in Lindsey Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Stephens, who was 78, died Friday at her home here after an illness of five months. She was a lifelong resident of Henderson County and a Baptist. She leaves her husband, George R. Stephens of Lexington; two sons, Jess Lindsey and Marshall Lindsey, both of Lexington; six daughters, Mrs. Florence Scoby of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Butts of Redlands, Calif., Mrs. Liza Hinson of Hohenwald, Miss Willie Stephens of Gibson, Mrs. Ada Sego and Mrs. Ruby Turnbow, both of Lexington and a sister, Mrs. Mollie Moon of Lexington. The Lexington Progress, Oct 17, 1963 Headstone Photo GWENDOLYN T. STEWART - Funeral services for Gwen T. Stewart were held Friday, January 7 at Pafford Funeral Home. Burial was held at Henderson County Memory Gardens. Mrs. Stewart, age 88, a homemaker, died Tuesday, January 4 at NHC Healthcare in Hendersonville. She is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Virgil Pafford Stewart, Sr. Survivors include a daughter, Gail Cleek of Hendersonville; and 2 sons, Virgil P. (Pat) Stewart, Jr. of Lake Junaluska, NC. And John Lee Stewart of Cleveland, TN. The Lexington Progress, 1-12-2005 – transcribed by, Becky Keen LULA MAE STEWART - Services for Lula Mae Stewart were Monday at Reed's Chapel with the Rev. Howell Gossett officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Stewart, who was 70, died Friday at Jackson General Hospital. She leaves her husband, Martin Stewart; a daughter, Sharon Herrin of Plainview, Texas; a son, Kenneth Stewart of Cedar Grove; a sister, Mrs. Leona Ashcraft of Elgin, Ill.; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, 1987 Headstone Photo MARTIN LUTHER STEWART - Services for M. L. Stewart were Saturday, October 26 at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Reed's Chapel in charge. Mr. Stewart, who was 83, died Friday, October 25, at Lexington Methodist Hospital. He was a retired factory employee. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mattie Stewart of Cedar Grove; a daughter, Sharon Stewart of Mountain Home, Ark.; a son, Kenneth Stewart of Cedar Grove; a sister, Mrs. Bert Clark of Mountain Home, Ark.; a brother, Robert Stewart of Michigan, nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. The Lexington Progress, October 30, 1996 Headstone Photo WILLIAM THOMAS STEWART - Services for William Thomas "Jack" Stewart were conducted Friday from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church by the Rev. Edwin Deusner. Mr. Stewart died Thursday at his home in the Cedar Grove community after an illness of six monts. He was a marmer, 40 years of age. He leaves hism other, Mrs. Mary E. Stewart and a sister Mrs. S.T. Ivy. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Lexington Funeral Home in charge. Lexington Progress 6 Jun 1952 WILLIAM CHARLES STEWART - Services for William Charles Stewart were Wednesday at Palestine Cumberland Presb. Church with the Revs. J.J. Douglas, Earl Owens and Jearl Hunley officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Stewart, 62, died Monday in St. Louis. He was a former resident of Lexington and a retired railroad employee. He leaves three sons, Don of Clarksville and Bill of Dickson; a daughter, Anita of Knoxville; two brothers, Thoams of St. Louis and G. Tillman of Lexington and a sister Ruth of Lexington . Lexington Progress 9/14/1977 NEIL RAY STOLTZFUS - Funeral services for Neil Ray Stoltzfus, 2, are 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 15, 2007, at Rock Springs Christian Fellowship Church, with burial following in the church cemetery. Neil Ray died Sunday, March 11, 2007, at his home. Survivors include his parents, Orman U. and Erlene Martin Stoltzfus; a sister, Heidi and grandparents Roger and Lois Stoltzfus and Dennis and Lois Martin, all of Cedar Grove. Henderson County News, March 14, 2007 BERTHA LEE (PETERSON) SWAIN - Services for Mrs. Bertha Peterson Swain, former Henderson Countian, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pafford Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Owens officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery. Mrs. Swain, born and reared in Henderson County, died Tuesday in Nashville where she had lived for the past 15 years. She was a Baptist. She leaves her husband, William Leroy Swain; a son W. L. Swain Jr., both of Nashville; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren The Lexington Progress, December 24, 1970 Headstone Photo WILLIAM LEROY SWAIN - Services for William L. Swain Sr. were Saturday at Pafford Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Owens officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Mr. Swain, 87, died in Sumner County Memorial Hospital at Hendersonville. He was a former resident of the county and a Baptist. He leaves a son, W. L. Swain Jr. of Hendersonville; a sister, Mrs. Frances Bingham of Dyersburg; three grandchildren; three step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The Lexington Progress, January 8, 1972 Headstone Photo ALBERT W. SWEATT , aged 74 years, seven months and 19 days, died last Saturday, April 12 (1919) at 5 o'clock p.m. after many months of disability, the end coming while he was sitting in a chair, at his home near Murray Kentucky. Mr. Sweat was first married to Miss Alphia A. Taylor, Sept. 20, 1868 and of the children born to this union five survive; Wayne, of Pine Bluff AR, Dora (Mrs. Osborne) of Murray KY, Walter and Cooper of Lexington TN and Howard of Little Rock AR. His second marriage was to Mrs. Annie Farrow, October 23, 1902 and he is survived by her. The final summons coming suddenly as it did to Mr. Sweatt, none of his children were with him except Mrs. Osborne. Mr. Sweatt had been a "live wire" in his time. For 30 years he was a traveling salesman without missing a season and that fact alone speaks for his activity. He went through the war as a soldier of the Southern Confederacy and he was probably prouder of that than any other of his life experiences. He was for some time a follower of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and was near Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson when he fell at Shiloh. He was a member of the Christian Church. Knowing as we do the respect and affection in which Mr. Seatt was held by his four sons, all of whom have lived here, we feel that the best we see and know in these sons is due to the example and precepts of their father. May his soul rest in peace. The Lexington Progress April 17, 1919 ALBERT WAYNE SWEATT - DIES IN ENGLAND: With the reported death of 21 year old A.W. Sweatt of Hot Springs, Arkansas, former Hollywood actor and artist, and since September a ball turret gunner on a bomber based in England, a press agents story from prewar days becomes ironic. "It hasn't been a very long life for Albert Wayne Sweatt.." the agent wrote in the Commercial Appeal several years ago, "but it has been a very eventful one." At fourteen, the future fighter was discovered by David O. Selznick and given a part in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." He played important roles in other productions and made a double mark by painting portraits. Sergeant Sweatt died in England January 11, according to a War Department message sent to his mother, Mrs. Dell Sweatt of Hot Springs. The cause of death was not given. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in California early in 1942 and earned his wings in Atlanta. He had participated in several combat missions. His brother, Joseph H. Sweatt, 23, is in Italy with the Army Medical Corps -- Memphis Commercial Appeal. Sergeant Sweatt was the son of Howard Sweatt, who lived in Lexington many years ago, thus a nephew of our townsman, W.W. Sweatt, who is bereft because of the death. Lexington Progress 28 January 1944 COOPER C. SWEATT , third son of the six children of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Sweatt, was born in Conyersville, Henry County TN, July 24, 1881 and was called to final judgment August 5, 1932, having been stricken with apoplexy. Mr. Sweatt had two days before mad a satisfactory business trip to Jackson, returning and remaining in a cheerful mood in anticipation of the early opening of his ginning business here, but rare indeed was Cooper anything but cheerful, for he possessed a buoyancy of disposition that even bad luck or misfortune could not long depress. In 1890 the Sweatt family moved to within two miles of Murray KY, and the old home is still owned by the surviving sister of Cooper, Mrs. W.D. Osborne, who resides in Blytheville (Arkansas). In addition to this sister, he is survived by three brothers, Walter W. and Howard of Lexington, and Wayne of Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1896 Walter, an elder brother, came to Lexington and was followed in 1901 by Cooper and for a great many years the brothers were associated in business, demonstrating the meaning of the old saying "Sticketh closer than a brother," for close indeed would be the tie that would bind more firmly and affectionately than the tie which bound Walter and Cooper Sweatt. In 1904 Mr. Sweatt was married to Miss Willie, younger of the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Elkins, the elder daughter, Miss Bessie, being the wife of Walter, older brother of Cooper. Cooper is survived by his wife but no children. Cooper was so evidently gifted in personality and had such a steady flow of language, with pleasing address, that I have often told him that he missed his calling, when he failed to take up a profession which included public speaking. He once aspired to membership in the State General Assembly, but the only public office he ever filled was that of Mayor of Lexington during the years 1911 - 1912. Funeral services were conducted in the old home on Monroe Street by Rev. Fleetwood Ball. The Lexington Progress, August 12, 1932 GEORGE H. SWEATT , aged 45 years, died in Memphis Wednesday morning of this week, following an operation for appendicitis and his remains, accompanied by W.B. Lamb, passed through here Wednesday afternoon to be interred at the boyhood home of the deceased in Henry County. Mr. Sweatt some 15 years ago was in business in Lexington but nearly all the time since his removal from here has been on the road for clothing houses and with headquarters at Jackson. He left a wife and son. No man better knew how to be genial than did George Sweatt and our recollection of him are all pleasant. Deceased was a cousin of our townsmen, the Sweatt brothers and they are a people with and among whom the bond of kinship is a strong one. We join the surviving relatives and friends of the deceased in the regret that he was cut down on the prime of vigorous manhood. Lexington Progress, June 30, 1991 THOMAS SWEATT - (Warens Bluff): Mrs. Thomas Sweatt and children formerly of Perryville have moved here. Mr. Sweatt was found drowned in the Tennessee River several weeks ago. He left a widow and five children. Lexington Progress June 9, 1916 MRS. W.J. SWEATT was born Feb. 9, 1847 and died Mar. 17, 1931. Mrs. Sweatt was twice married, first to J.J. Sweatt with whom she lived happily. She is survived by an aged husband. Funeral services were conducted by Prof. J.O Brown at Independence. The Lexington Progress 27 March 1931 WILLIE (ELKINS) SWEATT - While the sad event was not unexpected, yet the death of Mrs. Willie Elkins Sweatt, widow of the late Cooper Sweatt, who died suddenly February 23, 1933, cast a pall of gloom over the entire community, for she who had been taken was born in Lexington, was mainly educated here, married here and spent almost every day of her life in the same place. She was the younger of the only two children of her parents, the elder, Bessie having married Mr. W.W. Sweatt, when our subject was married to Cooper c. Sweatt, November 29, 1903, and she outlived that sister who died more than 20 years ago. No children of their own blessed the home of Cooper and Willie but when Mrs. W.W. Sweatt died, they fell heir to Allen, the small son left by her and no son ever had a more devoted, attentive and affectionate mother than she proved to be to him, and he was as devoted to her as if she had been his natural mother. Mrs. Sweatt lost her father the late W.M. Elkins March 21, 1891 and her mother Mrs. Nannie Ross Elkins, May 21, 1911. The funeral service was held at the home on Monroe Street by Rev. Fleetwood Ball. The Lexington Progress March 3, 1933 (My notes - Christine Walters) Cooper and Willie did have an infant child who was born and died Nov. 14, 1906 - he is buried at Lexington Cemetery. Early on when the cemetery was walked and recorded the grave of William Sweatt was recorded, but when it was walked and checked again in 1996 - it was not found. Today (July 26, 2007) I went to the cemetery to look for the graves of Cooper and Willie - but did not find any indication that they are buried there. There is empty space on both sides of their infant child.. There is a lot of empty space between Bessie, her parents and the infant child. I suspect that they are both buried at Lexington Cemetery. LELA B. (MOONEY) SWIFT - Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Britton Swift, age 93, were held Thursday, August 30, 2007, 3:00 PM in the chapel of Pafford Funeral Home in Scotts Hill with Bro. William Duke and Bro. Tony Roach officiating. Interment followed in Cedar Grove Cemetery near Sardis. Mrs. Swift died late Tuesday in Parsons. She was born March 1, 1914 in Henderson County to the late Ivey and Virgie Mooney. She was a homemaker and the oldest member of Cedar Grove Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Dennis Britton and Ernest Haywood Swift; son, Robert Britton; grandchild, Jimmy Moody. Survivors include her three daughters, Lois (J.W.) Moody, Clois Jean Britton, and Brenda (Bill) Blair; two brothers, Roy and Grady Mooney; two sisters, Dorothy Ross and Ruth Scott all of Sardis; two grandchildren, Lisa Tatum and Tony Britton; six great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Decatur County Chronicle