Arguably, Haywood County’s most famous native was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush on November 26, 1939. Anna Mae’s parents separated when she was 11, leaving Anna Mae and her sister to be raised by their grandmother. At the age of 16, Anna Mae moved to St. Louis to live with her mother. There, Anna Mae Bullock met Ike Turner. As Tina Turner, she became a force in the global music industry before her death in 2025. Click here to…
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Photos and information submitted by Ima Stephens about 2000. Click the thumbnails for larger images. James Newton Alexander and Deborah McCree Alexander were both born with the Alexander surname. Deborah was born April 22, 1846 in Haywood County, Tennessee, daughter of Jesse Rankin Alexander and Mary E. Smith; granddaughter of Benjamin Grayson Alexander and Ruth Wallace (daughter of William Wallace of Blount County, TN, and Mecklenburg County, NC); great-granddaughter of Oliver Alexander and Mary Craig (daughter of Thomas Craig and…
Submitter of photo and information unidentified. Home of Samuel Radford Elllington, near Bells between 1905 and 1910. L to R looking at the photo: Augustus (Gus) Cooper Ellington Bernice Radford Ellington Rhoda Ellington Leslie Miller Ellington Samuel Radford Ellington Willie Florence McPherson Ellington Henry Wylie Ellington J. R. Ellington (on chair) Mack’s son Mary Lucy Ivy Ellington Acuff Paul Boston (Mack) Ellington holding Mary Olive Ellington (his daughter). The picture in front of Samuel is Alice Ellington Cain; she d….
Photo gallery image of Martha Ellen Johnson Taylor, b. 7-25-1885 in Nutbush community and d. 1937. She was the daughter of Alexander Johnson and Martha Ellen Bridgewater of Nutbush. Married in 1908 to Edwin S. Taylor of the Tabernacle community. They are buried in the Tabernacle Cemetery. Contributed by Tina Gray. Photo gallery image of Martha Ellen Taylor Hughes, b. 2-12-1915 and d. 6-3-1983. Daughter of Edwin S. Taylor and Martha Ellen Johnson. She grew up in the Tabernacle…
Contributed by Kelly Russell, Friday, March 26, 1999, in honor of his mother, Willie Elizabeth Elder Russell, and grandmother, Hattie Lee Jones, who is in the picture. Information he contributed about Hattie is at the bottom of this post. FIRST ROW: Isaac Castellaw, Tommy Castellaw, Dan Castellaw, Harry Cable, Clarence Castellaw, Dennis Cain, Carl Marbury, Jim McNeal, Dade Williams, Emery Sullian, Glema Brown SECOND ROW: Beatrice Hill, Fanny Moody, Zilma Williams, Madeline Moody, Pauline Russell, Grace Booth, Kate Booth Ker,…
Submitted by Jo Vail in 2002 with notation “Bob Sumners gave me this photo.” Identified individuals: Edith Sumners (Tanner) 1st row next to last on right (grey dress-4 buttons) Dr. & Mrs. Marr 2nd row, second and third from left (Dr.= striped tie, Mrs.= dotted dress) Dr. Wm. Lee Sumners 3th row, fourth from left, dark suit) Mary (called Mamie) Sumners Read 4th row, 9th from left (ruffled dress/ bow tie) Billy Sumners 5th row, 1st from left (next to…
Photo gallery image of Charles M Delaney, born around 1865, died 7 Jan 1940 in his home 3 miles north of Brownsville. He had 2 sons, Joseph William Daniel Delaney and Johnny May Savaniel Delaney. He may have also had a daughter. Charles and his son, Johnny are both buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville without markers – Submitted by Juanita Delaney-Sternenberg
Contributed by Anne Thiem, July 26, 2001. Robert Bruce Saunders served in the Civil War from Haywood and was also in a Tennessee Mounted Infantry in the Mexican War. He is also an ancestor of Brownsville resident Gene Campbell. R. B. Saunders was born in Virginia and moved to Tennessee in 1850 living there until 1874 when his family migrated to Texas. In 1966 many of his grandchildren had memories and stories of him. Finding this portrait in old trunk…