Chester Arthur Beckett, better known as “Chet”, died Wednesday [18 February 2004] at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. He was 65. Funeral Services will be conducted Friday, February 20, 2004, at 1:00 PM, in the McDonald Funeral Home Chapel. Sam Livingston, Pastor of Highland Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial is to follow in the Downey Cemetery. Survivors include his wife…
James Edward Beatty, age 85, born June 13, 1919, Hohenwald, TN, died July 10, 2004 at Grandview Medical Center, Jasper, TN. The funeral will be held at: McDonald Funeral Home Inc, July 13, 2004 at 11:00 AM. The officiating clergy will be Richard Tate. Burial will take place July 13, 2004 in the Downey Cemetery, Hohenwald, TN. Visitation will be…
Dan Hardy, age 89, of Hohenwald, died Monday, December 15, 2003, at the Lewis County Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 1:00 PM in the McDonald Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Clifton Johnson, minister of the Leipers Fork Primitive Baptist Church in Arrington will officiate. Burial will follow in the Swiss Cemetery. Survivors include…
Delbert Ray Mash Jr, age 20, died Friday, [August 8, 2003] at Lewis Ambulatory Care. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, [August 11, 2003] at 11:00 AM graveside in the Springer Cemetery. Survivors include His father Delbert Ray Mash Sr, of Hohenwald, his mother Shirley Mash of Hohenwald, one son Grant Page Mash of Linden, one brother, Chris McDonald of…
Submitted by Sammye Lawson, 26 February 2002 Bottom Row – Left to Right: Lois Davis – Effie Dugger – Zuma Whitehead – John R. Craig – Horace F. Whitehead – Eunice Schwendimann – Alline Hinson – Mary Lou Lynch Row Two: Mary Lou Walker – Mary V. Atkinson – Thelma Rosson – Mildred Brown – Willie Plummer – Thomas A. Poore –…
Submitted by Patsy Hinson, 17 January 2002 Retracing the history of Garrett School has been an enjoyable adventure. Bits and pieces from talks with former students and teachers, microfilm from the Lewis County Public Library and pictures so many of you shared have helped complete the project. Before Garrett another school existed. A one-room structure was located on Rone Road…
Submitted by Patsy Riley Hinson, April 20, 2004 Writing the history of the Kimmins Church of Christ tugs at my heart and I relish my connection with those wonderful men and women who dedicated themselves to living honest, loving, and caring lives through the years. They nurtured the values of hard work, determination and an absolute commitment to truthfulness. Memories…
Written by Faye Johnston Submitted by Sammye Lawson Between 1911 and 1919, Gordonsburg made history that will live in our hearts and minds forever. The phosphate mines were operating in full capacity, which made it a very heavily populated area (about 1500). At this time a small group of Christians decided Gordonsburg needed a Church of Christ. In 1911, Brother…
This picture is from a collection owned by Patsy Hinson and are used with her permission. Please contact her directly if you have further questions regarding this family. My great grandparents William Grant & Martha Savannah Brown Skelton with eleven of their thirteen children. One died in infancy and another son, Dolly, died in World War 1. 1917 Back Row…
This picture is from a collection owned by Sammye Jo Lawson and is used with her permission. Please contact her directly if you have further questions regarding these families. The couple sitting with the three children are Samuel Torrence Bates & Josephine Vivine Lynch Bates. The children are their three older ones – Lula (Joe Sebja), Ollye (Ralph Brown),…
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