01/19/14

PATTERSON, Wash C. – (d. 1963)

Services For Former Macon Trustee Are Held

Funeral services for Wash C. Patterson, 74, were conducted Saturday at the Smith Chapel Methodist church in Red Boiling Springs by Rev. J. P. Neel, Jr., pastor of Highland Baptist church in Red Boiling Springs. Burial was in the Smith Chapel cemetery. Masonic rites were held by members of the Red Boiling Springs Masonic Lodge. Mr. Patterson died Thursday afternoon in Nashville.

He was a native of Macon county, but for the last twenty years had resided on Canton, Ohio, and Nashville. He was a former trustee of Macon County and a member of the Red Boiling Springs Lodge No. 585, F and AM. Mr. Patterson was the son of the late George W. Patterson and Martha Andrews Patterson. He had ten brothers, three still living, M.L. Patterson, M.P. Patterson and Floyd Patterson, all of Lafayette.

Other survivors include his wife, Bessie Brandon; two sons, Roy F. Patterson, Page, Arizona, and Ray C. Patterson, Franklin, Tenn; four daughters, Mrs. R. W. Knoght, Madison, Mrs. Lawrence Jordon, Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. William B. Green and Miss Georgia C. Patterson of Red Boiling Springs; and eight grandchildren. Phillips-Robinson funeral directors were in charge of arrangements

Source: Macon County Times – Lafayette, TN – Thursday June 13, 1963 – Page 5

Submitted By: Bill Patterson

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05/12/13

ANDREWS, Richard – (d. 1944)

Richard Andrews is Victim of Paralysis

Richard Andrews, age 72 years, died at his home in the Dry Fork section of the county about one o’clock Monday afternoon of last week after months of ill health. However, death was attributed directly to a paralytic stroke. His wife, Mrs. Jane Dixon Andrews, died seven years ago. He is survived by four sons, Johnnie Andrews, who resided with his father; Robert Andrews, living nearby; Jesse Andrews, of Franklin, KY; and Benton Andrews, of the Pumpkintown section; one daughter Mrs. Ollie Brooks, who kept house for her father; and a number of grandchildren.

The remains were laid to rest about three thirty o’clock last Tuesday afternoon in the Shrum Cemetery at the home of Esquire O. L. Barnsfield, following funeral services conducted from Beech Bottom Baptist Church by Elder Calvin Gregory. The deceased was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church for many years and was one of the good men of his section. He was the son of Albert Andrews, and was born and reared in the Dry Fork section.

Source: Macon County Times, Lafayette, Tennessee, Thursday, December 7, 1944
Submitted by:  Shelta R. Shrum

05/12/13

ANDREWS Michael A. – (d. 2003)

May 7, 2003

Michael A. Andrews, 53, Greenwood, died May 6, 2003. He was born on February 24, 1950 in Franklin, KY. He was Engineering Supervisor at INDOT for 6 years, previously he was owner of CAD Graphics Plus for 4 years, and before that he was Engineering Supervisor at AMAX for 20 years. He was a member of Southport Heights Christian Church. Mr. Andrews was an avid golfer and IU fan. Services: 1 p.m. May 9 at G. H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home with visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. May 8. Burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. He is survived by his wife, Beulah A. (Kincaid) Andrews; children, Amy J. Beaumont, Jenny L. Barton and Aaron M. Andrews; parents, Willie and Melba Jean Andrews; sister, Barbara Bush; grandchildren, Josh and Katie Beaumont, Emily, Blake and Austin Barton and Hannah Andrews; and nephew, Daren Bush.

Source: Indianapolis Star, May 7, 2003

Submitted By: Jenny Barton, e-mail is: fivebartons@yahoo.com