YESTERDAY'S DECATUR COUNTY

Decatur County, Tennessee History Page

Life

• Antioch News and Other Articles, Mrs. A. H. Taylor
• A Pleasant Visit - 1903, W. V. Barry
• Betty Ann Dress Shop Fire, B. R. Jennings
• Decatur County, Tennessee poem
• Granddaddy's Store, Jerry Butler
• Houses: Georgia Avenue/Old Decaturville Road, Parsons (photographs); Kentucky Avenue, Parsons (photographs); Second and Third Streets, Parsons (photographs); West of Parsons (photographs); Miscellaneous Locations (photographs)
• Dunbar Store, compiled by the Keeton Family
• Keeton Store
• makin' molasses
• W. V. Barry Remembers Decatur County, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler

Leisure

• Grand Army of the Republic - Decatur County Chapter
• Patriotic Celebration - Dunbar, circa 1940
• Tolley baseball legacy
  • Tolley Baseball Team - 1914-1918
  • Little League Red Sox - 1959
  • Little League All Stars - 1959

Women

• Confederate Widow's Application - Mary Ellender Orr Ivey, Brenda Kirk Fiddler
• Decatur Woman Judge Has Unique Job in State, Lillye Younger (about Juanita Long)
• Midwifery Work Came from Necessity, Lillye Younger
• "Miss Allie Mae" Retires After 46 years as Educator, Lillye Younger

This page is to help make Decatur County history more accessible by sharing over the Internet some of the materials which are available. 

Do you have a history of your church, school, community, or business?  How about your grandfather's farm journal or a story told by your grandmother about a memorable event?

Please contact me to share it with others.