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Baptist, Nathaniel Wilson
Notable Men of Tennessee Nathaniel Wilson Baptist, chairman of the Tennessee Railroad commission, was born in Mecklenburg county, Va., Oct. 10, 1846, and was there reared and given a common school education. Military Life On April 27, 1862, he entered the Confederate service as a private in Company A, Eighteenth Virginia infantry (the Danville Blues). ...
Barlow, Quincy Steven
Covington – QUINCY STEVEN BARLOW, 58, owner of Barlow Funeral Home in Covington, TN; Pastor of Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Brownsville, TN and Executive Director of Delta Human Resource Agency in Covington, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2015. He will Lie In State 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 with a Memorial Service ...
Barret, Richard S
Richard S Barret, Esq., son of James and Nancy (Sanford) Barret was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on January 8, 1821, and is one of a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Life Our subject received his education in the district schools of his neighborhood. In 1846 united his fortunes with those of ...
Barret, William Lewis
Parents Dr. William L Barret, surgeon and physician of Center, Tenn., is a son of James and Nancy (Sanford) Barret, and was born in Cumberland County, Ky., in 1832, being the sixth child of a family of six sons and two daughters; one son has died. The father was of Anglo-Irish extraction, and was born in ...
Baskin, Wayne
Covington – WAYNE BASKIN, 72, former Sheriff of Tipton County, died Saturday evening, December 31, 2005, at Baptist Hospital Tipton in Covington. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 3, at 11 a.m. at the Covington Funeral Home chapel with interment to follow in the Helen Crigger Cemetery in Munford. Visitation will ...
Bass, Sterling Hicks Sr
STERLING HICKS BASS SR. | Banker and attorney at law; born Halls, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1876; English descent; son of P.H. and Fredonia F. (Abernathy) Bass; father’s occupation farming; paternal grandparents Stephen and Eliza (Cook) Bass; maternal grandparents Sterling and Martha (Owen) Abernathy; educated in public schools of Tenn., and Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tenn., graduating ...
Bass, William Henry
William Henry “Hank” Bass III, 69, died on March 4, 2019 in Memphis. The son of Henry and Clara Bibb Bass, Hank spent his formative years in Munford, playing little league baseball and high school football, cheered on by his dad,dining at the City Cafe, where he always started with pie, shooting the breeze and ...
Beasley, Charles Whitfield “Whit”
CHARLES WHITFIELD “WHIT” BEASLEY | Register of Deeds and a Farmer. Born in Lawrence County, Alabama, on Oct 14, 1872, of Scotch-Irish descent. The son of Charles David and Maggie (Misenheimer) Beasley. His paternal grandparents are David Beasley and Susan (Berger). His maternal grandparents are Jacob Misenheimer and Hettie (Slough). He finished the public schools ...
Beaver, John Delashmit
John Delashmit Beaver was born on 2 Sep 1885, in Beaver, Tipton County, Tennessee. His father was Stephen Daniel Beaver and his mother was Mariah Luvenia Delshmit. John had six brothers and three sisters. They were Everet Lee (1882-1932), Claude Gaston (1884-1918), Stephen Leslie (1888-1945), Willie I “Nyna” (1889-1914), Solon Monroe (1891-1958), ...
Beaver, Mariah Luvenia Delashmit
Mariah Luvenia Delashmit Beaver: Mrs. S. D. Beaver, widow of the late S. D. Beaver, of Beaver, died at her home Saturday, April 25, at 2 p. m., following an illness of 10 days. Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church at Beaver Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, interment occurring at Ravenscroft cemetery. ...
Beaver, Stephen Daniel
Parents Stephen Daniel Beaver, farmer and merchant of the Fourth District, is a son of Dr. S. B. and Elizabeth Beaver, and was born in Fayette County, 1853, and is one of nine children, five of them living; Mrs. Frances Freeman, Mrs. Isabella Sloop, James B., S. D. and Sarah A. Allison. The father was of ...
Bell, Marmaduke Dr.
Parents Dr. Marmaduke Bell, a skillful physician of Tabernacle, Tipton Co., Tenn., was born in Dickson County, Tenn., August 10, 1834, and is a son of Thomas and Mary J. (Bowen) Bell. The father was born in North Carolina, in 1805, and died in 1867. He moved to Dickson County with his parents when young, and ...
Benson, Jesse – Obituary
Mr. Jesse Benson, an old and well known citizen, died at his home in the vicinity of Glenn Springs Saturday night and was buried at the old Campground graveyard Sunday. Mr. Benson made his home for a great many years in the 9th district. Two sons and two daughter survive him. [The Covington Leader, Thursday, ...
Bibbs, George James
George James Bibbs was born on October 27, 1817, in Virginia. He married Lucy W. Brooks on January 25, 1847, in Shelby County, Tennessee. Lucy W. Brooks Bibbs was born in 1829. They had seven children in their 21 years. He died on April 26, 1883, at the age of 65, and is buried at ...
Billings, Dorothy Marie Birmingham
DOROTHY MARIE BIRMINGHAM BILLINGS | Mrs. Dorothy Marie Billings, 87, homemaker and member of Cornerstone Assembly of God Church, died Thursday, November 30. The widow of Ulys E. Billings, she leaves a daughter, Rhonda Cook of Brighton; stepdaughters Vickie Hart of Covington and Sherry Rose of Ripley; son Jeffrey E. (Tammy) Billings of Covington; sisters ...
Billings, Elnora P. Berg – Obituary
Elnora P. Berg Billings: Services for Mrs. Billings Services for Mrs. Elnora Billings were at 2 p.m., Tuesday, at Kelley’s Chapel Church of God. Interment was in Shiloh Cemetery with Maley Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Billings died at her home, Monday, at 4:30 p.m. She was 94 and the widow of William Henry ...
Billings, James Abner
Parents James Abner Billings | farmer and merchant of the Third District, is a son of David and Susan Ann (McCoy) Billings. He was born in Lincoln County in 1830, and is the sixth child of a family of fifteen children — seven sons and eight daughters; four sons and three daughters living. The father was ...
Billings, Mary “Mollie” Tabitha Gwinn – Obituary
Mrs. Mollie Billings (nee Gwinn) was born in Saline county, Ark., April 23, 1958 and died at her home near Burlison, Tenn. March 6, 1913 having spent a life of nearly fifty-five years. She had been in poor health for many years, but being a woman of more than a usual amount of energy, she ...
Billings, William Henry Jr.
Dies at 92 – William Henry Billings, retired farmer of Garland, died at 2:30 Monday morning at his home following a year’s illness. He was 92. Mr. Billings, a lifelong resident of Tipton County, was active in his farming and in community affairs until a year ago. He was employed for 30 years at Peeler ...
Black, James Darrel
James Darrel Black, 62, of 214 Countrywood in Covington died last Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. in Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton, following a one-car accident at the intersection of Highway 51 South and South High Street around 6:35 p.m. According to the Covington Police Department report, Black was driving a 1989 Ford Escort, going north, when the ...
