Surnames of families who have lived in Tipton County, continue to live in Tipton County or those who have left the county.
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Bragg, Fannie Lemmon
FANNIE LEMMON BRAGG | Fannie Bragg, wife of Willie Bragg, a well known colored man, died suddenly at her home two and half miles east of the city Saturday night of acute indigestion. She was taken ill in the night and died before any medical aid could be secured. Her burial took place in the ...
Brammer, Sallie Florence Archer
SALLIE FLORENCE ARCHER BRAMMER | Mrs. Sallie Brammer, wife of Mr. Wm. Brammer and daughter of the late Nat Archer, died at her home in the 10th district at 12 o’clock Monday night of tuberculosis, after a long illness, and was buried at Charleston at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Syl Fisher conducting the funeral ...
Brammer, Stella Olena Smith
STELLA OLENA SMITH BRAMMER | COVINGTON – Mrs. Stella S. Brammer, 90, died Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home with burial in Charleston Baptist Church Cemetery. She was a member of Charleston Baptist Church. Mrs. Brammer, the widow of Will Brammer, ...
Brasfield, Duke Harris
Covington – DUKE HARRIS BRASFIELD, 62, of Covington, Tennessee, died April 9, 2010. He was an attorney, having received his Juris Doctor in 1975 from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the then Memphis State University, and had practiced law in Covington for 33 years. He is survived by his wife, Chancellor Martha ...
Brewer, Justin Don
Justin Don Brewer | 33, of Burlison, passed away at Methodist University Hospital on March 4, 2019. Upon his death, he gave the gift of life through organ donation. Visitation was held on Sunday, March 10, from noon – 2 p.m. with services following, both at the Munford Chapel. Interment followed in Helen Crigger Cemetery. He leaves ...
Bringle, James Hicks
Parents James Hicks Bringle | a citizen of the Twelfth District, was born in Tipton County in 1841, and is one of twelve children, two sons and three daughters living, all in Tipton County. The parents were Peter and Nancy (Verble) Bringle. The father was Dutch extraction and was born in Davidson County, N. C., in ...
Bringle, John Nicholas
John Nicholas Bringle, one of the early settlers of Tipton County, and a leading farmer of the Twelfth District, was born in Rowan County, N. C. in 1825. He is one of four children — two sons and two daughters – our subject and one sister surviving. Parents His parents were Thomas and Catharine Limpaugh ...
Bringle, John Nicholas “Nic”
JOHN NICHOLAS BRINGLE | died Saturday morning at his home in the 12th district, after having passed his ninety-first birthday. He was, perhaps, the oldest citizen in Tipton county and had been an active man during all of his life until last winter, when his health was impaired from an attack of pneumonia, leaving him ...
Bringle, John Nicholas “Nic”
Parents John Nicholas Bringle | one of the early settlers of Tipton County, and a leading farmer of the Twelfth District, was born in Rowan County, N. C., in 1825. He is one of four children — two sons and two daughters – our subject and one sister surviving. The parents were Thomas and Susan ...
Bringle, Nennie Pearl Jordan
NENNIE PEARL JORDAN BRINGLE | Mrs. Pearl Bringle, wife of Mr. Ernest Bringle, and daughter of Mr. Alphonzo Jordon, died of tuberculosis at her home in the 12th district Tuesday night after a long illness and was buried in the Walton graveyard Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. T. Riley Davis conducting the funeral services. ...
Bringle, Sarah Frances
SARAH FRANCES BRINGLE | Aged Lady Passes to Her Reward Sunday Morning – Mrs. Sarah Frances Bringle died at her home in the 12th district Sunday morning at 6 o’clock after quite a long illness, and was buried at Mt. Lebanon graveyard Monday morning at 11 o’clock, the services being conducted by Rev. J. E. ...
Bringle, Thomas James
Parents THOMAS JAMES BRINGLE | T. J. Bringle, one of the influential citizens of the Twelfth District, is a son of Peter and Nancy Verble Bringle. He was born in Tipton County, in 1835, being the fifth of ten children, two sons and three daughters living. The grandfather was born in Germany, and name was ...
Brodnax, George Taylor
GEORGE TAYLOR BRODNAX | The news of the death of Mr. Geo. T. Brodnax was a great shock and surprise to his friends in this county. He was born and reared in Mason in this county and was a pupil in the school of the late James Byars in Covington. Mr. Brodnax was taken ill ...
Brooks, Wade
Wade Brooks, colored, who made his home with his niece, Lou Riley, in this city, died Tuesday morning and was buried in the Townsend graveyard, Rev. J. B. Smith conducting the funeral service. Brooks claimed to be 101 years old.
Brown, Bertha Emeline
BERTHA EMELINE BROWN | Young Lady Victim of an Accidental Shooting – Miss Bertha Brown, a young lady 22 years old, daughter of Mr. W. A. Brown, Sr., of this city, was the victim of a very serious accident about noon last Saturday. Miss Brown and her nephew, Edward Brown, a son of Mr. W. ...
Brown, Burch
Former Covingtonian Killed – Burch Brown BURCH BROWN | The Memphis Commercial Appeal of April 23 gives the following account of the killing by a switch engine in the Nonconnah yards of the Illinois Central railroad, of Burch Brown, son of Mr. W. L. Brown, formerly of this place, and who was born and reared here: ...
Brown, Laura Catherine
DEATH OF MRS. LAURA BROWN | Mrs. Laura Brown died at the home of her son, Mr. W. L. Brown, in South Covington Tuesday morning. Heart trouble was the immediate cause of her death, though she had been in feeble health for quite a long while. The funeral services were held Wednesday morning ...
Brown, Saluda Catherine “Saludie” Smith
DIED SALUDA CATHERINE “SALUDIE” SMITH BROWN | Mrs. Brown, wife of the late Peter A. Brown, died yesterday evening at 1 o’clock at the home of her daughter in Covington, Tenn., from old age, she being 83 years old. The remains will arrive this evening at 5 o’clock over the M. & O. railroad. ...
Brown, Thomas Warren
THOMAS WARREN BROWN | Mr. T. W. Brown, an aged citizen of the Drummonds neighborhood and an ex-Confederate veteran, whose illness was mentioned in these columns last week, died Sunday and his burial occurred at Poplar Grove on the day following. His wife and two children survive him. [ THOMAS WARREN BROWN | The Covington ...
Brown, William M.
WILLIAM M BROWN | Mr. W. M. Brown, a former well known citizen of this city, died at his home in Memphis Sunday afternoon at 4:45 o’clock of pneumonia. His remains were brought to Covington at 9:20 o’clock Monday were taken immediately to Munford cemetery and there interred. Mr. Brown is survived by his wife, ...
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