Thomas Rainey Gregory Family
Left to Right: William Hugh (Bud), Aletha (Quille), Thomas Rainey, Gracie Ethel Gregory
Thomas Rainey Gregory was the son of William Stokes and Sarah H.Smith Gregory.
Aletha Aquilla (Quillie)Oldham was the daughter of Hugh Edward and Emily J. Dillehay Oldham.
A picture of the William Stokes Family is on this web site:
The Children of Thomas R. and Quille are:
Gracie Ethel Gregory
b. 5 Jul 1908, Smith Co., married William Clayton Gregory
son of John Henry (Spud) Gregory and Susan Tennessee Oldham
William Hugh (Bud Stokes) Gregory
b. 1 Feb 1911, Smith Co., married Ruby Clarice Gregory
Daughter of Edmond Rome Gregory and Neppie Parker
Johnson Thomas (Jack) Gregory
b. 15 May 1921, Smith Co., married Kathlene Thomas
Sarah Emily Gregory
b. 15 May 1925, Smith Co., Died as infant
James Edward Gregory
b. 6 Nov 1927, Smith Co., Died as infant
Kenneth Ray Gregory
b. 28 May 1930, Trousdale Co., married first Margaruite Harris
daughter of Eddie and Rosalie Harris and then to Dianne Gregory.
Tom and Quille are both burried at Dixon Springs Cemetery. The headstone
is shown on the cemetery page.
Quote from Cal's Column Article February 5, 1953 as follows:
Stokes was a youth of quick words, talking very rapidly and also having a way of saying
things that was quite unusual. The story is that Stokes, a lad of perhaps 17, had been sent
to the well by Mrs. McKinnis to draw a bucket of water. The well rope broke and the
bucket, full of water, dropped rapidly into the bottom of the well. Mrs. McKinnis heard
the noise and called out, "Stokes, where is that well bucket?" His reply was, "If it is still
going like it started, it is in hell by now!"
Thomas Rainey Gregory Family
Front: Kenneth Ray Gregory
Left to Right: Thomas R., Jack, Quille, Bud, Ethel
Thomas Rainey Gregory Family
Thomas and Quille with sons Jack and Ray
Thomas Rainey and Quille Gregory