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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 14 — Friday, March 20, 1903

LOCALS AND PERSONALS FROM ANTIOCH —

Mr. & Mrs. COVINGTON visited their father and mother, Mr. & Mrs. J. M. FORD.

Miss Annie GIBBS and brother, Richard, visited their uncle, Mr. J. R. PITTMAN.

Mr. Jack FORD and wife were the guests of their sister, Mrs. J. T. PARK.

WEST MADISON —

Messrs. Lennie OVERTON and John SHELTON have erected a new store in our midst.

Mr. John OVERTON and Miss Lutitia PIPKIN were married last Sunday at the residence of Esq. TYSON.

The twin babes of Mr. & Mrs. Chas. NELSON were buried at Providence last Tuesday. This is the second time Mrs. NELSON has given birth to twins.

LOCALS AND PERSONALS FROM VILDO —

Since our last writing, death has entered the home of Dr. M. M. SMITH, of Whiteville, and carried away his beloved wife.

Mrs. Lenna HICKS is visiting her father, J. T. MOORE.

LOCAL NEWS —

Deputy Sheriff D. A. BURLISON, of the Tenth District, has been confined to his room for five weeks. He is suffering with carbuncles on his neck.

Will HART and Mrs. Nora GRIFFIN, both of the Twelfth District, were married at the court house Wednesday morning. Col. A. H. BRADFORD performed the ceremony.

Mr. James LOCKETT, of Brownsville, was here Wednesday to attend the marriage of his sister, Miss M. E. LOCKETT to Mr. Jno R. RHEA. (Somerville Reporter & Falcon. )

Green H. HARPER, of the Eighth District was in the city Saturday for the first time in eight weeks. He was afflected with carbuncles on his neck and was confined to his bed for five weeks.

During the year 1902, only eight white persons died within the corporate limits of Brownsville. This accounts for the cheerful smile that usually adorns the face of Undertaker COX.

Friday morning, Mr. J. W. BROWN, the painter, received a telegram from Unity, Wisc., announcing the death of his mother, aged 76 years. The deceased was born in Bohemia, but has been a resident of this country for a good many years. Her remains were buried at Unity last Monday.

Yesterday, March 12th, Col. and Mrs. J. M. TIPTON reached the 63rd anniversary of their marriage. (Covington.)

Miles BENNETT, an old Brownsville boy, died at St. Joseph’s hospital in Memphis, on Monday last of cancer, aged 37 years. He was a son of the late Major William Key BENNETT by his first marriage and was raised in this vicinity, living with either Mrs. TATE or Mrs. YANCEY, his sisters. In the coal miners rioting in East Tennessee some 10 years since, he served with credit under Col. Kellar ANDERSON. He also fought in the Spanish war.

GIBSON COUNTY NEWS; TRENTON HERALD DEMOCRAT — Esq. J. D. GARDNER died of a congestive chill last Sunday evening at his residence in Dyer. He was the brother-in-law of B. F. JONES, of this city.