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Descendants of Russell Goforth

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 ...

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Garkey, Frederick William

Garkey, Frederick William

Sad Casualty.A Pleasure Boat Drawn Under a Coal Barge.Five Persons Find a Watery Grave.Drs. Garkey and Miller, Mr. Adams and Dr. Acre’s Little Son DrownedNarrow Escape of the Survivors. Frederick William Garkey | One of the most lamentable casualties that we have been called upon to report in many months, occurred last evening about dusk across ...

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Gibbs, George R

Parents George R. Gibbs, one of Tipton County’s most enterprising business men and practical farmers, is a son of P. H. and M. E. (Cotton) Gibbs; was born in Brownsville in 1843, and is one of eight children, two sons and three daughters living. The father was of English descent; he was born in Wilmington, N. ...

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Gillespie, Dr Green Berry

Gillespie, Dr Green Berry

Parents Dr. Green Berry Gillespie | a physician of Covington, was born in Georgia, in 1844, and was one of nice children that lived to be grown — six girls and three boys. His parents were G. B. and Rebecca (Poer) Gillespie. His father was born in Spartanburg County, S. C., in 1800, and moved from ...

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Gilliam, Leo

Covington – Leo Gilliam, 70, retired farmer, died Friday at Memphis Veterans Medical Center. Services will be at noon Friday at St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church near Covington, where he was a member, with burial in Charleston Cemetery near here. Thomas Funeral Home has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Gilliam, ...

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Glass, Albert

Glass, Albert

Mr. Albert Glass, a well known citizen of Garland, died last Friday after several months of ill health. He suffered mostly from a tumor in the head and underwent an unsuccessful operation for its removal. Mr. Glass was 32 years of age and a prosperous young farmer with many friends who esteemed him highly. His ...

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Glass, David Lauderdale – Obituary & Death Certificate

Lifelong Citizen Answers Call – Died October 30,1921 David Lauderdale Glass 86 years of age died at 5 o’clock Sunday morning at his home in Garland, following an illness of only a few days, resulting from a stroke of paralysis. He had been in feeble health for several months, but was very active and alert ...

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Glass, Edward Sherrod

Glass, Edward Sherrod

Edward Sherrod Glass: Died at 9:30a.m. Wednesday at his home near Detroit. His death followed a long illness he was 73. Mr. Glass was born and spent all his life in the Detroit community. He was a farmer. Services were held by the Rev. R.B. Owens, pastor of the Smyrna Baptist Church at 2 ...

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Glass, Isaac Newton

Glass, Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton Glass: An old and most highly esteemed Tipton county citizen aged 82 years, nine months and 22 days, died at his home at Garland Friday morning. Mr. Glass had been in poor health for some two or three months prior to his passing, but heart trouble was the immediate cause of his ...

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Glass, John Henry

Glass, John Henry

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 ...

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Glass, Julius Ceasar Sr

Julius Ceasar Glass: J. C. Glass Sr. of Covington died in Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton of heart failure. Services were on Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home Inc. with Dr. Mickey Carpenter officiating and Rev. Hugh Hamilton assisting. Burial was in Covington Memorial Gardens. A native of Tipton County, he was a ...

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Glass, Maria Elizabeth "Lizzy"

Glass, Maria Elizabeth “Lizzy”

Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Glass , aged 40 years and three day, died from a long siege of tuberculosis Sunday evening, August 15 at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Glass was born August 12, 1880, and was married to Mr. David N. Glass February 2, 1899. To this union were born six children – three boys and three ...

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Glass, Richard William "Buddy"

Glass, Richard William “Buddy”

Covington/Merigold, MS.: Richard William Glass “Buddy”, 80 , died Dec. 5, 2014 at his daughters residence in Merigold, MS. Mr Buddy was a farmer and widower of Mrs. Katie Sue Glass. Survived by daughter, Connie J. (George) Rone of Merigold, MS. Sons; Anthony Wade (Carolyn) Glass of Drew, MS. William (Francine) Glass of ...

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Glass, Samuel Johnson

Glass, Samuel Johnson

An Old-Fashioned Singing Master Dies Samuel Johnson Glass, 69, well known farmer and singer, died at a Memphis hospital at 1 p.m., Friday, November 23. Death followed a five-weeks’ confinement in the hospital and a period of invalidism which covered many months. Funeral services were conducted at the Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church, of which he ...

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Glass, Sophia Elizabeth Luttrell

Glass, Sophia Elizabeth Luttrell

Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Elizabeth Glass, aged 70, who died Saturday, October 11, were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Kelley’s Chapel. Mrs. Glass was born and reared in Tipton County and moved to Cleveland about 40 years ago. She was a member of the Kelley’s Chapel Church. Mrs. Glass was the daughter ...

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Glass, Wesley

Glass, Wesley

Wesley Glass: Age 49, died January 12, at Baptist Hospital, Memphis after a short illness. He was born and reared in Tipton county and had lived in the Gift community until Christmas when he moved with his family to the Holly Grove community. The funeral service was conducted at the residence of his parents, ...

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Glass, Wilbur Orris

Glass, Wilbur Orris

GLASS, WILBUR ORRIS – Burlison, 85, Retired Farmer, Died Monday at his home. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at R. H. Munford Cemetery in Covington. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington has charge. He was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Glass, the husband of Ada Lee Townsend Glass, also leaves four ...

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Glass, William Harrison "Willie"

Glass, William Harrison “Willie”

William Harrison Glass: Mr. Willie H. Glass died at the Huffman House in this city at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon, and was buried at noon Friday at the Indian Creek burial ground, Elder G. W. Tracey conducting the funeral services. Mr. Glass was operated on for appendicitis about three weeks ago, but contracted pneumonia about ...

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Glass, William Verbal

Glass, William Verbal

BURNS ARE FATAL TO WILLIAM VERBAL GLASSDies in Memphis Hospital After Wreck at Frayser- Billings Burned Trying to Save Him Verbal Glass, 35, of Garland, was fatally burned when an empty log truck in which he was riding failed to make the curve at Frazier and struck a telephone post, snapped the post off a few ...

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Goad, Newton Clay

Goad, Newton Clay

Newton Clay GoadDate of Death: September 23, 1920 Mr. N. C. Goad, an old and well known citizen and an ex-Federal soldier of the Civil War, died at South Covington Sunday night of dropsy and was buried at Munford Cemetery at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, Rev. C. E. Wauford, pastor of the First Baptist Church, conducting ...

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Shelley, Barbara June Abbott

BARBARA JUNE ABBOTT SHELLEY | 52, of Drummonds, Tenn., clerk for Abbott Jewelry, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Tipton in Covington, Tenn. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Drummonds.  She leaves a daughter, Kimberly Ann Douglas, and a son, James D. Shelley, both of Atlanta; her parents, John and Reamonia Millican Abbot of Drummonds; a brother, Paul Abbott of Memphis, and five grandchildren.

[Barbara June Abbott Shelley; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 14 Dec 2003; Pg 29]

Janie Reamonia Rann

JANIE REAMONIA RANN, 17, of Drummonds, Tenn., clerk for Abbott Diamond Enterprises, died Thursday at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Munford (Tenn.) Funeral Home with Burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Drummonds. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church. She leaves her great-grandparents who raised her, Reamonia and John Abbott of Drummonds; a half-brother, John Abbot Peak of Texas, and her grandmother, Barbara Shelley of Drummonds.

[Janie Reamonia Rann; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 20 Sep 2003; Pg 15]

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Lillian Oreed Smith

Lillian was born August 22, 1903, in Tipton County, Tennessee and died June 22, 1992, in Covington, Tennessee.  She married William Austin Rhodes, May 25, 1924.  William was born July 18, 1894, and died September 17, 1980.  Lillian taught school in the schoolhouse at Bethel as a very young woman.  Then she went to Memphis where she met and married Austin.  They operated drug stores, sometimes one and sometimes two, in north Memphis most of their adult lives.  One of the stores was on Leath Street very near Humes High School and the other was on Manassas Street.  Rather late in life, they bought the old Smith family house and four acres from Lillian’s mother, Della, and moved back to Tipton County.  They put in a hen house for laying hens and sold eggs until retirement.  Austin and Lillian never had any children.  They both are buried in the “New Part” of Bethel Cemetery.

[ from An Illustrated History of the People and Towns of Northeast Shelby County and South Central Tipton County, page 178]

Lillian Oreed Smith Rhodes Obituary

ATOKA – Lillian Smith Rhodes, 88, retired merchant, died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton after a long illness.  Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Bethel Cemetery.  She was a member of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Home Demonstration Club.  Mrs. Rhodes, the widow of Austin Rhodes, leaves a sister, Carmen Smith of Memphis, and two brothers, A. T. Smith of Atoka and Richard Smith of Gautier, Miss.

[Rhodes, Lillian Smith; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 24 Jun 1992; Pg 11]

Delayed birth certificate Lillian Oreed Smith
Delayed birth certificate Lillian Oreed Smith
Lillian Oreed Smith and W A Rhodes Marriage License
Lillian Oreed Smith and W A Rhodes Marriage License
Lillian Oreed Smith Rhodes
Lillian Oreed Smith Rhodes
Richard Arnold Smith

Richard was born on June 29, 1912, and died in Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 3, 1994.  He married Zelma Wright on October 19, 1940.  Richard attended college at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.  I do not know if he got a degree or not.  After college, he went to work for Continental Gin Company as a sales engineer in Birmingham.  He and Zelma lived there for a long time.  He finally did transfer to Memphis and lived there for several years.  During his years with Continental Gin Company, he traveled a lot, even to India for several months to install a cotton gin there.  After a long career with Continental, they bought a small tourist court in Pascagoula and moved down there to operate it.  This facility consisted of several individual cottages scattered through a pine grove.  They did most of the work themselves, just hiring people to supplement in areas that they could not see after twenty-four hours per day.  Most of their clientele were extended stay types who worked on the shrimp boats that fished out of the Pascagoula harbor and construction workers who were there for several months at a time.  Of course, they did do some overnight business, too.  Later in life, when the work became too difficult, they sold the tourist court and retired to Dolphin Island where they lived until Richard died.  It is assumed that both Richard and Zelma are buried in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

[An Illustrated History of the People and Towns of Northeast Shelby County and South Central Tipton County]

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Iva Electa Smith

Iva Electa was born April 20, 1901, and died December 24, 1991, in Savannah, Hardin County, Tennessee.  She married Lenvil Gordon Beaver on March 30, 1925.  He died February 21, 1949.  They lived in the community that was named after his family, Beaver, or sometimes referred to as Beaver Town.  There was a store and cotton gin, both of which he owned.  They lived in a house that sat across the road from the store.  They had five children: Lenvil Oneda, Iva Shirley, Steve, Carmen Theo, and Lemuel Gordon Beaver.  Gordon and Iva Electa are buried in Ravencroft Cemetery in Tipton County, Tennessee.

[An Illustrated History of the People and Towns of Northeast Shelby County and South Central Tipton County, page 178]

After the death of Gordon in 1949, Iva Electa married Jesse Ray Blakey on 21 Aug 1970.  Both the bride and the groom were 69 years of age.

Iva Electa passed away on 24 Dec 1991.  Her obit is below:

BRIGHTON – Electa Smith Beaver Blakey, 90, former teacher, died Tuesday at Hardin County General Hospital in Savannah.  Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Munford Funeral Home with burial in Ravenscroft Cemetery.  She was a member of Beaver Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School and the Women’s Bible Class.  Mrs. Blakey, the widow of Gordon Beaver and J. R. Blakey, leaves three daughters, Lenvil Leadbetter of Savannah, Shirley Dyer of Clinton, Ill., and Carmen Harshfield of Somerville; a son, Gordon ‘Lem’ Beaver Jr. of Brighton; two sisters, Carmen Smith of Memphis and Lillian Rhodes of Savannah; two brothers, A. T. Smith of Atoka and Richard Smith of Gauthier, Miss., 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Electa Smith Beaver Blakey; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, TN; 26 Dec 1991; Pg 29
Electa Smith Beaver Blakey; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, TN; 26 Dec 1991; Pg 29

 

Gordon and Electa Beaver's Headstone in Ravenscroft Cemetery
Gordon and Electa Beaver’s Headstone in Ravenscroft Cemetery
Delayed Birth Record Iva Electa Smith
Delayed Birth Record Iva Electa Smith
Electa Smith marriage to Lenvil Gordon Beaver
Electa Smith marriage to Lenvil Gordon Beaver
Electa Smith Beaver Marriage to Jesse Ray Blakey
Electa Smith Beaver Marriage to Jesse Ray Blakey
Carmen Theo Smith

Carmen was born on 24 Oct 1898 in Tipton County, Tennessee.  After graduating high school, Carmen moved to Memphis where she was a bookkeeper and secretary for William G. Smith.  William owned a refrigerator business.  They soon fell in love and where married on 24 Jun 1927.  William had three children from a previous marriage, and he and Carmen did not have any children.  They lived on E. Cherry Circle in Memphis.  According to Wayne Smith, their house was very nice and sat on about two acres of land.  Carmen died on 6 Feb 2000 in Shelby County, Tennessee.  Both William and Carmen are buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

Obituary for Carmen Theo Smith

Carmen T. Smith, 101, of Bartlett, retired bookkeeper for Smith’s Refrigeration Co., died of heart failure Sunday at Ave Maria Nursing Home.  Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.  She was a choir member at Broadmoor Baptist Church, taught Sunday school, and was a charter member at Sunset Baptist Church.  Mrs. Smith, the widow of William G. Smith, leaves a brother, A. T. Smith of Atoka, Tenn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Churchin Atoka.

Carmen T Smith; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 8 Feb 2000; Pg 14
Carmen T Smith; The Commercial Appeal; Memphis, Tenn; 8 Feb 2000; Pg 14

 

Delayed Birth Certificate
Delayed Birth Certificate
1910 US Census
1910 US Census
1920 US Census
1920 US Census
1940 US Census
1940 US Census
1950 US Census
1950 US Census
Allie Perry Smith

Allie was born about 1865 and died on 10 Aug 1911.  Allie worked as a clerk in  a store in Randolph, Tennessee.  He never married.

There is an old rumor that Allie was shot and killed.  The suspect, a jealous husband, but no one was ever charged with the crime.  It seems, although an interesting story, this cannot be true as his death certificate states he died of Typhoid Fever.

Fannie Smith

Fannie was born in 1867.  She married John W Reeves (1862-1945) on 7 Feb 1889 in Tipton County, Tenn.  The couple had two children:  Baudine and Finis Henry Uric.  The Reeves family was instrumental in the growth of business and church affairs in Atoka.  John was a merchant for many years and he was very active in the civic projects of the town.  They were members of the Methodist Church, where Fannie taught Sunday school.  Their son, Finis, born 6 Aug 1895, was confined to a wheelchair because of a spinal injury he received as a child.  He died on 28 Jan 1924, at the at of 29. Fannie, John and Finis are buried in Bethel Cemetery.  Baudine, who was born 19 Nov 1893, married James C Smith (1891-1981) on 3 Sep 1916 in Tipton County, Tenn.  Baudine died in Dec of 1981 and is buried in Bethel Cemetery.

 

William Richard Smith

William was born February 16, 1863, and died 22 Oct 1900.  He married Lula Victoria Aycock.  The couple farmed between Tipton and Bethel on land they had purchased.  William and Lula had two daughters, Dorcas Smith and Gladys Smith, and one son, William R Smith who was born 16 Feb 1901, and died 25 Feb 1902.  William and Lula are buried in Bethel Cemetery in unmarked graves.  Their son, William, is buried in part “C” of the cemetery.  They are probably buried in that vicinity.

After William’s death, Lula married Walter Lyles. Walter had a child from a previous marriage named Helen.  Walter and Lula did not have children.

Edward Scott Smith

Edward was born 1860 and died in 1932.  He married Laura McCormick who was born 1859 and died in 1945.  They lived in Shelby County near the Tipton County line just south of Bethel Road.  They farmed, but the land was very poor and they did not do very well.  After their children were grown, Ed and Laura moved into a house located on Tipton Road between Tipton and Munford.  They are buried in the “C” section of Bethel Cemetery.  The children of Edward and Laura McCormick were daughter Myrtle and twins Roger B. and Rodney.

John Alexander Smith

John Alexander married Jarusha Dorcas Walker Oct. 28, 1959 in Tipton County, Tennessee.  She was the daughter of John and Frances Walker.  Jarusha was born July 20, 1842, and died April 24, 1917.  John and Jarusha are buried in the “B” section of Bethel Cemetery.

Arthur Theophilus Smith said that he always heard that John and Jarusha did not own the house and property where they were living when John died.  This property was located in Shelby County between Tracy Road and Mudville Road.  Today the road is known as Mulberry Road.  Somehow, Jarusha managed to raise seven children and purchase a portion of the property, at least the house and maybe some land.  The children of John A. and Jarusha Walker Smith were:  Edward Scott, William Richard, Allie, Fannie, Auther Theophilus, Wyatt Andrew and Johnny LeAndrew.