COVINGTON – Ernie M Mills, 88, retired farmer, died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Maley- Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Indian Creek Cemetery. Mills, the widower of Beatrice Mills, leaves two daughters, Mrs. Lorene Goforth and Mrs. Peggy Tracy, both of Covington. [Published in The Commercial…
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Goforth, Gerald Wayne
Gerald Wayne Goforth was born on 14 Sep 1936 in Covington, Tennessee. His father was William Herman Goforth, and his mother was Lois Miller Goforth Mills. Gerald was the oldest of his siblings. He had one brother and two sisters. They were Jimmy Gene Goforth, Betty Ann Mills and Judith Jane Mills Herring. Jimmy, Gerald’s…
Mills, Erskin Lee
Erskin Lee Mills was born on 3 Sep 1897 in Holly Grove, Tennessee. His father was John Manuel (1869-1948) and his mother was Mary Agnes Whitesides Mills (1875-1959). Erskine had five siblings. They were Sidney Randall “Ranel” (1893-1983), Eura Grace “Eudell” (1895-1980), Leno Ross (1901-1964), Ernie M “Poolie” (1903-1991) and Cecil Erwood Mills (1910-1987). On…
Mills, Lois Miller Goforth
Lois Miller Goforth Mills was born on 22 Jul 1913 in Covington, Tenn. Her father was Norman Newton (1887-1965) and his mother was Myrtle Ida Goode Miller (1891-1983). Lois had ten siblings. They were Verbal Newton (1911-1985), Lona Lorea (1913-2011), Richard Everett (1915-1981), James Ashley (1917-1981), Bessie (1920-1925), Wilbur Alton (1922-2014), Hulen Marion (1924-1978), Cleo…
Delashmit, Mary Lee Goforth
Mrs. Mary Lee Delashmit, 89, the widow of Mr. Buford Delashmit, passed away on the morning of March 12, 2017. Mrs. Delashmit was a member of the Holly Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Delashmit is survived by her daughter, Melba (Ricky) Howard of Brighton; her three grandchildren, Jason Cody (Melissa) Howard, Justin Ryan Howard, and…
Goforth, Sarah Lottie Smith
Sarah Lottie Smith Goforth, 93, of Brighton, passed away on Friday, May 10. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14 at the Covington Funeral Home chapel with interment to follow in Morrison’s Memorial Cemetery in Brighton. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Monday, May…
Descendants of Russell Goforth
Generation 1 1. RUSSELL1 GOFORTH was born in 1799 in Barren County, Kentucky. He died on 17 Sep 1879 in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee. He married MARGARET G. She was born about 1803 in Tennessee. She died in 1876 in Tipton County, Tennessee. Russell Goforth and Margaret G had the following child: 2. i. RUSSELL…
Hensley, Mary Ruth Goforth
MARY RUTH HENSLEY, 95, of Covington, Tenn., homemaker, died of heart failure Monday at Covington Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington with burial in Munford Cemetery there. She was a member of Covington Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hensley, the widow of Robert M. Hensley,…
Goforth, Jimmy Gene 1938-1959
Jimmy Gene Goforth is the son of William Henry Goforth and Lois M Miller Goforth. He was born on 4 Sep 1938 in Tipton County. Jimmy graduated from Brighton High School. He was seventeen and a half years old when he graduated. Immediately after high school, Jimmy joined the United States Air Force on 26…
Goforth, Helen Flora Wilson
Helen Flora Wilson GoforthBorn: 26 Jun 1919Died: 1 Sep 2017 Mrs. Helen F. Goforth, 98 of Covington, passed away on September 1, 2017. Mrs. Goforth, the widow of Mr. Harold Adian “Boots” Goforth, was a member of the Covington Church of Christ. Mrs. Goforth is survived by he many nieces and nephews. There will be…