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Brumley, Luvina Sarah West
LUVINA SARAH WEST BRUMLEY | Mrs. Sarah Brumley, widow of the late Hiram Brumley, died at her home near Tipton on Tuesday morning of last week, of heart failure, and was buried at Bethel Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. Two sons and one daughter survive her. [The Covington Leader, Covington, Tenn., February 7, 1918, Pg ...
Bryan, Mattie William
MATTIE WILLIAM BRYAN | Miss Mattie Bryan, whose home was about three miles west of Covington died at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning of slow fever, after an illness of several weeks. She was buried at the family burial ground on Wednesday morning. Miss Bryan was a daughter of the late Needham Bryan and was a ...
Bryan, Paul Livin
PAUL LIVIN BRYAN | Mr. Paul Bryan, aged 18 years, son of Mrs. Belle Bryan, died at his home in the Burlison vicinity, Tuesday morning after a two-weeks’ illness and was buried at the Walton graveyard Wednesday. The Census of 1900, shows Paul living in the ...
Bryant, Pearl
PEARL BRYANT | Glenn Springs Notes – Pearl, the little five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bryant, of the Glenn Springs vicinity, died Wednesday, January 23, and was buried at the Randolph graveyard. The parents wish to thank their many friends for their kindness in extending their aid throughout her spell of sickness which ...
Bryson, Marshall Daniel
Marshall Daniel Bryson | 86, retired Tennessee State Highway Department employee, died Tuesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis after a short illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home, with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. Bryson, the husband of Audrey Elsie Yarbro Bryson, also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Carol Brashier ...
Bumpus, Myrtie Marshall
MYRTIE MARSHALL BUMPUS | Mrs. Myrtie Bumpus, wife of Mr. R. C. Bumpus, and daughter of Mr. Oscar Mitchell, of Mason, died at her home in Memphis Friday morning at 1 o’clock, after a long illness. The remains were shipped to her former home at Mason on the afternoon of her death, where the interment ...
Burgess, Eliza Jane Adams
ELIZA JANE ADAMS BURGESS | Mrs. Eliza Burgess, who lived on the J. S. Clark place in the vicinity of Leigh’s Chapel, died Sunday morning at 9 o’clock of measles and pneumonia, after an illness of only a few days, and was buried at Leigh’s Chapel graveyard Monday morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. A. H. ...
Burgess, Fannie Sue Byars
FANNIE SUE BYARS BURGESS | Mrs. Fannie Burgess died of malarial hematuria at the home of her father, Mr. J. J. Byars, in the Phelan vicinity, Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, after an illness of several weeks. Her burial occurred at old Charleston burial ground Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. Chesley Bowden conducting the ...
Burgess, James Henry
JAMES HENRY BURGESS | Mr. Henry Burgess, a former citizen of the 15th district, died, after a two-weeks’ illness at his home in the vicinity of Braden at 1 o’clock Sunday morning of pneumonia. The deceased was 42 years of age and is survived by his wife and three children. He was buried at Charleston ...
Burlison, Aaron Brown
AARON BROWN BURLISON | A. B. Burlison was born on March 21, 1857 in Tipton County, Tennessee, and he lived in Tipton County until his death. He was married to Miss Darthula Josephine Wethington. They had seven children only two boys survived him, Lafayette and Johnnie. After the death of his first wife, he married ...
Burnett, Annie Lee
Annie Lee Burnett | colored, aged 37 years, one of the teachers in the colored schools here, died at her home in this city Friday morning, after a long illness, her death being caused from ulcer of the stomach. Place ...
Burrell, Mary Jane Dye Hemp
MARY JANE DYE HEMP BURRELL | Jane Burrell, aged 59 years, wife of Reuben Burrell, a well-known colored man of the 9th district, died at her home at 9 o’clock Friday night of Bright’s disease, and was buried at Salem Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Rev. J. A. Hubbard conducting the funeral services. The deceased ...
Bush, Mrs. E M Coffin
E M COFFIN BUSH | Mrs. E. M. Bush died at her home in South Covington on Wednesday of last week of dropsy, after an illness of some length, and was buried in Munford cemetery the day following, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. T. Riley Davis. The deceased was 74 years of age ...
Bush, Thomas
Mr. Thomas Bush | aged 42 years, of South Covington, died Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock of dropsy. His burial occurred in Munford Cemetery the afternoon following his death, at 3 o’clock, the services being conducted by Rev. C. E. Wauford, pastor of the First Baptist Church. [The Covington Leader, Covington, Tenn., January 10, 1918, ...
Butler, Richard – Killed by Lightening
Richard Butler, a young colored man about 24 years old, who lived on the John Douglas place, near Gift, was found on the side of the public road Friday morning dead. Butler, it is thought, had started through the wire fence which encloses the road at that point when he was struck by lightening. It ...
Byars, Andrew Jackson “Jack”
ANDREW JACKSON BYARS | Mr. Jack Byars died at his home at Stanton Monday morning of pneumonia, following an attack of measles, and was buried at Charleston graveyard the same afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. The deceased was a son of Mr. W. D. Byars, and was born and reared in the 15th district of this ...
Byars, Thaddeus C
THADDEUS C BYARS | Mr. T. C. Byars, son of Mr. P. N. Byars, of Churchton, Dyer county, died on Wednesday of last week at the Western Hospital, Bolivar, for concussion of the brain, caused from an accidental fall. His remains were brought back to his county and his burial occurred at Charleston graveyard Thursday ...
Byars, William Vincent
William Vincent Byars was a journalist born in Covington, Tennessee on June 21, 1857. He was the son of James and Mary (Vincent) Byars. He received a classical and scientific education by his father who was the principal of Tipton Male High School in Covington. On June 15, 1880, in Brownsville, TN, ...
Byrd, Cathy
CATHY BYRD PLACES TWELFTH IN SPELLING Cathy Byrd Places Twelfth in Spelling | Cathy Byrd, Tipton County’s entrant in the Mid-South Spelling Bee held on Friday night at Tech High School in Memphis, placed 12th among 56 contestants. Cathy, an eighth grade Mason Elementary School student, went down on the word “questionnaire.” She is a ...
Byrd, Christopher Columbus
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BYRD | Mr. C. C. Byrd, a well-known and respected citizen, died at his home in the Craig’s Chapel vicinity in the 4th district, Friday morning. He had been in a feeble state of health for quite a long while, but heart trouble was the immediate cause of his death. The deceased was ...