Genealogy and History
Town of Garland was established sometime in the early 1870’s. In 1872 a post office was opened in the Archer Store there and it was named “Garland” in honor of Dr. John C. Garland, a noted physician in the village. On February 14, 1913, Garland was incorporated by an Act of the Tennessee General Assembly….
Garland Notes: Something About The School at That Place – Crop Prospects – Garland’s Prosperity No mention of the war, weather or locusts. General Green seems to demand most attention just now. In this vicinity the farmers, it is believed, will soon have General Green routed. Some hard fighting has been done. People are having…
Mrs. Amanda Melvina Luttrell Obituary Succumbs at Garland Mrs. Amanda Shankle Luttrell, 88-year-old resident of Garland, died at 11:55 a.m. Sunday at her home. She had been in ill health for the past two years. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Earl Starnes at the Garland Methodist Church at 10 a.m. Tuesday, and the burial…
Personal : Dr. J. J. Ross has returned to the city. Mr. Mack, of St. Louis, left the city yesterday for Helena and points south. We find this item of news in the St. Louis Republican: “Governor Augustus Hill Garland, of Arkansas, is a native of Tipton county, Tennessee. His mother removed to Arkansas when…
Services for Dura Hensley Glass of Covington will be on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home Inc. with Dr. Mickey Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in R. H. Munford Cemetery in Covington. Mrs. Glass, the widow of Floyd R. Glass, died in Covington Care Center of heart failure. A native…
Mr. James Glass a venerable citizen of the Garland community, died at the home of his son, Mr. David Glass, Monday morning, following a lingering illness. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist church, an active layman and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. At the time of his death he was…
John Henry Glass: Died at his home in Garland at 1:10 Sunday morning following a three-day illness. He was 78 years old. Mr. Glass spent all of his life at Garland and was a farmer until he retired. A member of the Garland Methodist Church he had served as trustee and a steward in the…
Mrs. Mollie Glass, 80, died at her home at Garland Wednesday morning at 12:18 a.m. after an illness of 10 days. The funeral was held at the Garland Methodist church the same afternoon at 4 o’clock, the services being conducted by Rev. W. I. Drake, pastor of the Covington (Methodist) circuit, assisted by Rev. S.B….
Mrs. Bessie A. Garland died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Canaan MB Church, where she was a member, with burial in Townsend Cemetery. Barlow Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Garland, the widow of William Garland, leaves two daughters, Mrs. Reaver Barlow…
Evelyn Claire Garland, 39, of Knoxville, formerly of Covington, attorney for the general counsel of the Tennessee Valley Authority, died Thursday near here. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church with burial in Henderson (Tenn.) City Cemetery. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home has charge. A graduate of Lambuth College in Jackson she…