1940 Clippings

 

ADKINS, CHARLES, age 55, died at Ludlow, Ky. Survivors, Blane and Harry Adkins; sisters, Mrs. Fred Young and Mrs. James Back. Burial in Summers Cemetery, Pine Orchard. [Morgan County News dated 12/26/1940]

ADKINS, ELLEN, of Oakdale, and Ludlow, Ky, died in Cincinnati, Ohio. Survivors, husband, Charles Adkins; daughter, Iva Mae Adkins; brothers, W.J. Summers, L.S., C.G., and Fred Summers; sisters, A.J. Thomas, Edith Smith, Mrs. H.F. Young, Mrs. G.W. Mehlhorn. Mrs. C.G. Shadden. Burial in Family Cemetery in Pine Orchard. [Morgan County News dated 5/23/1940]


BALDEW, MRS. DAVE, died 12/2/1940 at Camp Austin, White Oak. Leaves husband and two sons. [Morgan County News]

BAUGHMAN, PATRICIA MARIE, age 4 years was fatally burned when a can of kerosene exploded. [7/12/1940]  Survivors include four brothers and four sisters. Burial in Piney Cemetery., [Morgan County News]

BEATY, EVA JUNE, age three (3) months died 10/4/1940. Survivors: parents, Mr. & Mrs. Jess Beaty;
brothers, , Donald, Cecil, Von and Billy. grandfathers, Rev. Charley Galloway and J.M. Beaty; grandmother, Mrs. J.M. Beaty. [Morgan County News]

BRANSTETTER, RICHARD, age 78, of Deer Lodge. [Morgan County News dated 8/1/1940]

BREWER, MRS. W. M. age 65. Survivors, son, W.L. Brewer; daughters, Mrs. Harry Ashley, Mrs. Jennie Laymance, Mrs. Raymond Summer, Mrs. Frank Schubert, Mrs. Dewey Robinson, Mrs. Marie Kennedy.
Burial in Liberty Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

BURNS, MARY, Lancing. Morgan County News dated 3/21/1940]

BYRD, HAGGARD, age 29 died at Knoxville. Survivors, widow; mother, Mrs. Willie Byrd;
brothers, Billy Joe and Rexford Byrd; sisters, Mrs. John Rogers. [Morgan County News]


CATES, FRANK C., age 59, a veteran of the Spanish American War [5/10/1940]. Survivors, widow Annie Jacks Cates; sons, Ben, Robert, William, Richard, Everett, Lee and Grant; brothers, William and Andy; sister, Mrs. M.B. Phillips; daughter-in-law, Myrtle Strutton Cates and grandson, George Cates. He served for 38 years with eight honorable discharges. [Morgan County News dated 5/16/1940]

COOPER, JOSEPH HENRY, of Kentucky, brother of J.W.L. Cooper, died in Chattanooga where he had gone for treatment from his brother. Sons, Randall and William; daughter, Helen; brothers, J.O. and Dave; sister, Mrs. F. W. Hoover. Funeral was at Wartburg. [Morgan County News 8/1/1940]

CROSS, FLOYD, killed in auto accident in Somerset, Ky [10/12/1940]. Son of Mr. & Mrs Bill Cross. Burial in Piney Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 10/17/1940]


DAVIS, ALICE HURTT, age 31, Sunbright, died 3/13/1940. Survivors: husband, Irving Davis; five children; sisters, Mrs. Roy Brown, Mrs. Virgil Northrup, Mrs. Ben Hambright, Mrs. E.R. Bunch; brother, Albert J. Hurtt. [Morgan County News]

DAVIS, DORA TONY, age 59, wife of Charles H. Davis; son, Albert; daughters, Mrs. Lorraine Adkins, Mrs. George Bales and Mrs. Martin Hines. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 1/4/1940]

DAVIS, JOSEPHINE, died at Oliver Springs. She leaves her husband, Sam L. Davis; son, Ellis Davis; daughters, Mrs. Walter Jackson, Mrs. Sam Brown, Mrs. Alvin Heidel, Mrs. John Cox Mrs. A. R. Weber. [Morgan County News dated 10/17/1940]

DEBLIEUX, PAUL J., age 81 [12/01/1940]. Survivors: niece, Mrs. T.R. Carter and 4 other nieces and nephews. [Morgan County News]

DOUGHTY, JIM ISAAC, age 71, Oakdale; leaves widow, Julia Doughty; sons, D. Doughty and Fred; step-daughters, Laura Wilson and Marie Hide. [Morgan County News dated 8/8/1940]

EDWARDS, LUTHER, age 5. son of Mr. & Mrs. Pearlie Edwards. also leaves a brother and a sister. Burial Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 2/15/1940]


FAIRCHILDS, HERBERT, died at Harriman. Survivors, wife; mother, Mrs. C.A. Fairchilds; brothers, Albert, Gilbert, Robert, Wesley and Theodore. sisters; Nedra and Mrs. F. Shannon. [Morgan County News dated 2/15/1940]

FAIRCHILDS, WALTER H. , died 2/10/1940. He was in the 105th Infantry overseas.
[Morgan County News]

FORRESTER, JOHN B., of Freeport, Ill, died 1/13/1940. Survivors; children, Billy and Virginia; , sister, Mrs. J.B. Johnson; brothers, Albert and Daily. Burial in Sunbright. [Morgan County News]

FRANCIS, MATILDA, age 84, died at Johnson City. Formerly of Oakdale. Survivors, daugher, Mrs. W.J. Johnson; sons, Fred, Harry and Walter; brother, Amos Taylor; sister, Sarah Ramsey. [Morgan County News dated 11/7/1940]

FREELS, daughter of Mrs. & Mrs. Benton Freels, Sunbright, was run over by a school bus. [Morgan County News dated 4/11/1940]


GALLOWAY, ANNIE LOU, age 16 months died 3/16/1940. She was the daugher of Mr. & Mrs. Heargin Galloway. Also surviving, grandparents, Mrs. Edie Galloway and Mr. & Mrs. Geo. M. York. [Morgan County News]

GALLOWAY, SAMUEL ADLEY, born 1/17/1864, died 1/16/1940. Married to Mary Elizabeth Peters, Oct. 7, 1886. Children: Mrs. Emma Garrett, Mrs. Charles Hughes, Mrs. T.L. Curry, Mrs. Grover Pemberton, Mrs. William Coen; sons, George, Evans and Samuel Chaffin Galloway and one child deceased; ten grandchildren; four great grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Dan Young, Mrs. L.D. McCormick; brothers, L. P, Galloway, George C. Galloway, and T.C. Galloway. [Morgan County News]

GALLOWAY, TIMOTHY C., age 91, died 6/6/1940 at Burrville. Survivors: sons, N.C., Ed., W.J. and Ralph; daughters, Mrs. Phenie Jackson, Mrs. John Walt, Mrs. Wm. Schick, Mrs. Edward Schick; brothers, George Galloway, Levy Galloway; sister, Mrs. Hannah Young and Mrs. Orlena Galloway. [Morgan County News]

GARRETT, BEN, age 67, of Deer Lodge, died 2/7/1940. Survivors, wife Laura Garrett; sons, Everett, Gier and Ray; daughters, Mae Hedgcoth, Mollie Olmstead and Stella Ellis. Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

GILLIS, ANDY, age 50, was killed in a car wreck on 1/29/1940. Survivors, wife and a brother, William. [Morgan County News]

GOANS, D. P., age 84, Oakdale. Survivors: wife, Martha Jane Betram Goans, formerly of Huntsville; daughters, Mrs. Chas W. Hill, Mrs. Eva Hamm, Mrs. Delcie Gallup, Mrs. Roy Grice, Mrs. Fred Ehme; eleven grandchildren and three great, great-grandchildren. A son, L.C. Goans died 18 years previous. [Morgan County News dated 10/17/1940]

GRIFFITH, ALEX S., age 82, died 10/17/1940. He was a pioneer settler of Morgan County. Leaves wife, Isobelle Griffith; daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Haun, Mrs. A. Litton, Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Mrs. E,H. McKeethan, Mrs. Clara Phelps; sons, Thomas and Sam. Burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


HALL, MANDY, Lancing. [Morgan County News dated 1/18/1940]

HAMBY, R. P., age 71. Survivors, wife, Etta Overton Hamby; sons, Guy, Ben, Sam, Ray and Rex; daughters; Ella, Cassie, Tempa Nada, Maud, Nometh and Loraine Hamby. [Morgan County News dated 4/18/1940]

HANNAHAN, LOU VERNIA, Flat Rock, died 11/5/1940, at age 67 years, 1 month and 1 day. She was born 10/4/1873 and married Monroe Hannahan 2/20/1897. Survivors, husband; sons, Olin, Clark Radge, Wilbur, Floyd and Stanley; daughters, Myrtle Atkinson; brothers, Allen Hall, Calvin, Burton Hall and Luke Hall; sister, Millie Jones. [Morgan County News dated 11/14/1940]

HARGROVE, J. F., died 4/17/1940. Survivors, widow, Bessie Hargrove; 4 brothers and one sister; Services at Barton’s Chapel and Sweetwater. [Morgan County News]

HEIDEL, ARTHUR, age 17. Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Heidel; sisters, Mrs. Albert Leopper, Emma, Mary and Madge Heidel; brothers, Archie, George and Ellis Heidel. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 11/14/1940]

HUMAN, NETTIE, age 56. Survivors, husband Tom Human; four sons and five daughters; father, J.D. Edwards; three sisters and two brothers. Burial at Grandview. [Morgan County News dated 10/3/1940]

HOWARD, ROY, Veteran of WWI, died 2/21/1940. He was in the 161st Infantry overseas. Surviors, widow: sons, Raymond, Gaylor and Ross Odell; daughters, Eula Hamilton, Christine, Wanda and Mary Ann Howard; parents, Mrs. & Mrs. G.U. Howard; brothers, Clayton and Ross Howard; sisters, Mrs. J.M. Galloway, Mrs. E.A. LeCoultre, Mrs. D.C. Bonifacius and Mrs. Ray W. Schubert and Mrs. J.H. Escue. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

HUTCHISON, MADGE, age 30, Sunbright. Wife of Homer Hutchison; daughter, Jacquelyn; mother, Mrs. John Pack; sister, Mrs. H.B. Judd. Burial in Sunbright Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


JONES, MARY VIOLA, age 19, Burrville, daughter of Vernon and Grace Jones and the wife of Stanley Jones. [Morgan County News dated 7/11/1940]


KEETON, MARY, age 74. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. H.D. Sitz and Miss Mary Keeton; sons, Scott and James; sisters, Laura, Hennie Carter and Nona Letory; brothers, T. R. Carter and George Carter. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 9/26/1940]

KEETON, SARAH, age 88, died at Oneida. Survivors; daugher, Mrs. L. Waldrupe; sons, Henry and Dock Keeton. [Morgan County News dated 11/14/1940]

KEETON, PATRICK, age 40, died 7/10/1940 at the Veteran’s Hospital in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Survivors; father, W.S. Keeton, mother Mary Keeton; brothers, James and Scott; sisters, Mrs. H. D. Sitz and Mary Keeton. [Morgan County News]

KREIS, C. L. age 50, Wartburg, died in Knoxville. Survivors; widow, Mrs. Gertrude Kreis; son, Charle H. Kreis; daughter, Miss ??Alice and Mary Margaret Kreis; mother, Cynthia Henry; sisters, Mrs. M. C. Hacker and Mrs. Glenna Ott. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


JOHNSON, ELLEN ISHAM, age 51, Piney. Survivors, husband, Walter Johnson; daughters, Lola Honeycutt, Lucille Snyder, Lydia Johnson and Lillian Johnson; sons, Fred, Henry, Riley and Lonnie; brother, Dave Isham. Burial in Piney Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 6/27/1940]

JONES, JOHNNY, age 28, died in Akron, Ohio. The son of Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Jones. Leaves wife, Mary Blake Jones; son, Jimmy age 6, daughter, Betty Joyce age 3; brother, Leo, W.E. and Charlie; sister, Mrs. Sam Brawner, Mrs. Buford Roberts. [Morgan County News dated 1/11/1940]

JONES, HOUSTON, formerly of Flat Rock died in Knoxville. [Morgan County News dated 1/18/1940]

JONES, JOHN W., age 69, Deer Lodge [1870-1940]. Survivors, wife Eliza Jones; son, William; daughters, Mrs. Arvine Payne, Mrs. Ray Howard, Mrs. Alfred England, Mrs. Conway Johnson and Mrs Barton Woolum. Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 7/4/1940]

JONES, WILLIAM H., age 69, Lancing [5/18/1940]. He was a postmaster for 15 years. Survivors, sons, Luther, Theodore, Amos, Kenneth, and William Jr.; sister, Mrs. Luther Clark. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News6/1940]

JUSTICE, NANNIE, age 69, died 3/12/1940. Survivors: sons, Riley, Walter, Lee, Harvey; daughters, Mrs. Joe Anderson, Mrs. Carton Kenton, Mrs. Les Snapp, Mrs. J. J. Roberts, Mrs. Maynard Bishop and Mrs. Willard Rich. Burial at Liberty Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


LEWIS, J. D., age 86, died in Somerset, KY. Leaves daughters, Mrs. J.A. Higgins and Mrs. Chas. Dunn. Burial in Alpine, Ky. [Morgan County News]

LIVELY, LOUIS A., age 43, died 7/30/1940 from injuries suffered in a mine accident. Leaves widow Anna Lively and eight children. Burial in Union Baptist Church Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


McCORMICK, MRS. THOMAS, died 8/15/1940 at the home of her nephew, Lee Galloway. Burial in Union Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

McCOY, JULIA ANN,  [1858-1940] leaves husband, A.J. McCoy; brother, Paul Daniel; daughter, Rose Hood and Mrs. Othena Webb; step-son, J.E. McCoy; grandchildren, Sibyl Hood, Earl and Rose Webb. Burial in Lane Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 1/18/1940]

MOORE, CAROLINE [AUGUSTA], Wartburg, died 7/23/1940. Survivors, husband, Javis E. Moore whom she married 5/14/1905. She was born in Morgan County 7/14/1885, the daughter of Fred and Margaret Mehlhorn. There were nine children; sons, John, Frederick, William Robert and Edward; daughters, Rubina, Thelma, Ida, Edith, Margaret and Mary Jane; brother, C.H. Mehlhorn. [Morgan County News]
[ed note-cemetery books shows dated of death as 6/28/1940]

MOORE, MARY, age 88, died in Chattanooga. She was the daughter of Mrs. J.W.L. Cooper. Leaves daughters; Mrs. J. S. Goldston, Mrs. Lark Goldston, Mrs. Mollie Dietz, Mrs. Ella Aikers, Mrs. Bertha Cooper, Mrs. Sarah Queener, Mrs. Flora Creekmore and Mrs. H.D. Delius; sons, Andy and Robert Moore. [Morgan County News dated 9/19/1940]

MORGAN, ALEX LOUIS, six month old infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Otto Morgan. Survivors, parents; sisters, Lucy Mae and Pauline; grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. William Bingham. Burial in Montgomery Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

MORGAN, JULIA STRINGFIELD, age 59, leaves husband Sherman Morgan; sons, Jasper, Emmett and Lonnie; daugher, Mrs. Hatheran Howard. Burial in Elizabeth Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

MORGAN, NANCY JANE, age 88, mother of 15 children, 4 surviving: Lee, Ruben, Mrs. Mary Burritt and Mrs. Frank Hall. Burial in Liberty Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


NANCE, Six month old daughter of Mrs. & Mrs. Virgil Nance. Burned in a fire. Besides parents she leaves a brother, William, age 3. [Morgan County News dated 1/4/1940]

NANCE, BILL, Lancing. [Morgan County News dated 3/14/1940]


PHILLIPS, AMANDA, age 86, died 2/6/1940. Survivors, son, Louis and Sherman. Brothers, James S. Stephens and Jasper Stevens. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


RHODES, MRS. I. J., of Middlesboro, Ky died of burn injuries received at the home of her parents, Mrs. & Mrs. Sam L. Davis of Coalfield. Survivors, parents; sisters, Mrs. Albert Wilbur, Mrs. Alvin Heidel, Mrs. John Cox, Mrs. Sam Brown, Mrs. B.W. Jackson; brother, Ellis Davis. [Morgan County News dated 2/1/1940]

RICHARDSON, J. R. , Lancing. [Morgan County News dated 4/11/1940]

RUPPE, RUDOLPH, died at Royalton, Ky. Burial in Deermont. [Morgan County News dated 12/26/1940]

RUSSELL, WILLIAM H., age 47, a WW veteran, died in Sandusky, Ohio 6/27/1940. Leaves wife, Nelle Alley Russell; adopted son, Jack Russell and his mother and brother and sister. [Morgan County News]


SHANNON, W. M., age 45, formerly of Oakdale, died 4/12/1940. Survivors, wife, Irene Shannon; daughter, Geneva; sons, Betty, James, and Donald; parents, Mrs. & Mrs. H. C. Shannon; brothers, R.H., Clifford, Elmer and Glenn; sisters, Louise Heidel, Georgia DeBoard and Maggie Shannon. Burial in Liberty Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

SLOAN, HALL, age 48, died in Chattanooga. wife, Cleta Williams Sloan; sister, Flonnie Sloan; brother, Jim Sloan. Burial in Rockwood. [Morgan County News]

SLOAN, SHERMAN, formerly of Morgan County, died in Tateville, Ky. (He served as a postmaster at Rose. [Morgan County News dated 11/28/1940]

SMITH, MRS. JOHN, age 69, died 2/7/1940. Survivors, husband; daughters,Alice Randolph and Nellie Blair; sons, Clarence, Leonard and Raymond. Burial in Piney Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

SMITH, LOLA I., Rugby, died 3/29/1940

STAPLES, JAMES H., died 12/9/1940 in Harriman. He was born in Wartburg 12/5/1875, the son of Samuel and Eliza Childress Staples. sisters; Mrs. W.C. Thompson and Mrs. Gertrude Lenoir. [Morgan County News]

STEPHENS, JAMES S., age 82, Montgomery. Survivors. sons, Vard, Leomer, Maynard, Harrison, Oscar, Thurman; daughters, Mrs. Anna Fairchilds and Mrs. Theodore Cooper; brother, Jasper Stephens. Burial in Liberty Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

STONE, W. T., age 77, Pine Orchard. Survivors, widow, Margaret Powell Stone; sons, Ray, Roy, Harley and Walter Stone; daughters, Mrs. H.A. Sackrider and Miss Libbie Stone. [Morgan County News dated 6/29/1940]

SUMMERS, DAVID, SR., age 91, Sunbright,. Survivors, widow; sons, David Jr., J.C., Charles T. and H.W. Summer; daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Brown, Addie Muth, Effie Ring and Alice Greer; 29 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


TAYLOR, MRS. AMOS D. age 66 died 4/24/1940. Survivors, husband; children, Mrs. D.J. Rogers, Miss Goldie Taylor, Hebert R., Earl and Bobbie Taylor; brothers, John and Mart Bradshaw; sister, Mrs. Malovie Cofer. Burial in Piney Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

TAYLOR, GOLDIE MARY, age 34, Piney Community; [1904-1940]  daughter of A.D. Taylor and the late Mrs. Taylor. Survivors, father, brogher, Herbert, Earl and Robert; sister, Mrs. Dan Rogers. Burial in Piney Cemetery. [Morgan County News]


UNDERWOOD, JAMES, age 69. Burial in Lane Cemetery,. [Morgan County News 6/1940]

UNDERWOOD, JOHN F. (CHARLEY), died 3/8/1940, age 64 years, 11 months and 23 days. Survivors, borhter James; 3 half sisters, Carrie, Dell and Stella. Burial in Lane Cemetery. [Morgan County News]

WARD, MARCUM, Petros, killed in a mine accident. Survivors, wife, mother, two sisters and three brothers.
[12/1940]-[Morgan County News]

WATSON, JAMES, age 49, Oakdale. Widow, Cornelia McGill Watson; daughters Mrs. Ben Snow, Mrs. James Keylon, Joan and Josephine Watson; son, Orlando Watson. [Morgan County News]

WHITE, ELIZA, Oneida, died 1/6/1940. Sister of Mrs. Cal Headrick. [Morgan County News]

WILLIAMS, MRS. J. B., age 82, Wartburg, die in Rockwood. Survivors, daughters, Mrs. J.E. Tanner,
Misses Eliza and Amanda Williams; son, E.R. Williams; brothers, Col., J.M. Davis, William and
Charles H. Davis. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery. [Morgan County News 5/1940]

WILLIAMS, SEVITS E., Lancing, died 6/26/1940. He was born 3/16/1928, the son of Mrs. & Mrs. Alva S. Williams; sister, June Williams; grandmother, Mrs. Mary Morgan; 10 aunts and 9 uncles. [Morgan County News]

WISE, MABEL MINNIE FAIRCHILDS, 43 years, 3 months and 11 days died in Flint, Michigan. Born in Mill Creek 6/17/1897 the daughter of John and Savannah Fairchilds. She married Joseph F. Wise 10/21/1939 at Wartburg; sisters, Mrs. Ellen Brown, Mrs. Berth Wilhoit, Mrs. Artie Brown and Mrs. Esther Taubert; brother, John C. Fairchilds. [Morgan County News dated 10/17/1940]

WRIGHT, NANCY ELLEN, age 69 died at Glen Mary; sons, Clyol, Fred, William, Veo and Leo; daughters, Mrs. Millie Simpson and Mrs. W.M. Fairchilds. Burial in Glen Mary. [Morgan County News]


YOUNG, HILLARY S., age 62, Nydeck Community. Survivors: widow, Mrs. Ollie Pittman Young; sons, Truman, Arlin, Trilby and Delmar; daughters, Mrs. Larry Misch; mother, Mrs. D.C. Young; sisters, Mrs. W.H. Mathews, Mrs. J.H. Albertson and Mrs. Charles Todd; brothers, J.D. , T.B. and T.C. Burial in Albertson Cemetery, [Morgan County News dated 4/18/1940]


ZUMSTEIN, MARY HAEDRICK , (Mrs. C. A.) age 75, was born Dec. 23, 1864 in the Deermont Community. She married C.A. Zumstein at age 18. There were seven childen, six still living: Edward Zumstein, Mrs. M.L. Monroe, Mrs. J.C. McGuffey, Mrs. T.E. Byrum and Mrs. R.E. Malte; 14 grandchildren.
[Morgan County News dated 2/22/1940]

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MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE LICENSES

1940
Dates are mostly dates of the newspaper, a few show actual marriage dates as stated in the paper.
If you know any of the marriage dates for these folks, EMAIL them to me and I will add them to the page.


Week of  1/4/1940
Henry Johnson to Imogene Eble

Tom Adkins to Dora Mike

Lloyd Miller to Ethel Lucille Justes

Ralph Weaver to Gertie Conaster


Week of 1/11/1940
Johnnie Williams to Maxine Stringfield

Johnnie Hamby to Edith McCann

Ted Fairchild to Lou Hamby, m in Kingston, 1/12/1940


Week of 1/25/1940
Dewey Lee Curtain to Muriel Catherine Moore

Frank Walker to Ann Blair

B.O. Shirks to Rosella Bunch

Lee Burgess, Jr to Vestie Armes

Clifford Phillips to Rachael Norris

Omer Williams to Lydia Stringfield

Layne McCoy to Ruby Taylor


Week of 2/22/1940

R.A. Nunley to Eva Trail

Tom Lyles to Jane Metcalf

Kenneth Basinger to Mary Froelich

Earl Cox to Enith Howard

William Kyer to Milldred Terry

Mike Solock Jr., to Madgalene West

Grover Portwood to Flora Bray

Dewey Lee Curtain to Murial Catherine Moore


Week of 3/7/1940

Edgar Parker to Robbie Asberry

Arnold Hall to Aliene Phipps

R.A. Nunley to Eva Trail

Walter Layne to Delia Smith

Tom Lyles to Jane Metcalf

Wilbur Leete Hopper to Iva Elizabeth Babcock – m-6/1/1940 ??


3/14/1940

Jesse Willard Jones to Hazel Pearl Ray

Roy Webb to Lucille Taylor


3/21/1940

Hovbert Peters to Madeline L. Kesterson

Frankie Watters to Pauline Sexton

Archie Tinch to Gladys Burchell

Leslie Laymance to Edith Bright

Millard Stooksbury to Jessie Adkins

Emmit Davis to Shirley Aytes


3/28/1940

George Willett to Clara Shannon

B.G. Smith to Pauline Tilson, m – Easter Sunday, 1940

Averyt Farmer to Esteen Jennings

Alex Jeffers to Nina Stonecipher


4/4/1940

Wilbur Brooks to Ruth Miller


4/11/1940

Paul Arp to Noami Taylor – m 4/2/1940

W.E. Watson to Lena Chitwood

Rowe C. Parker to Flonnie Marie Crabtree

Charles Sampsel to Helen Wall – m – 4/6/1940

Glenn Powell to Janet Mee – m – 4/23/1940 in Cookeville, Tn.


4/25/1940

Robert R. Spurling to Amy Irene Jones

Junior Armes to Gusta Armes

Clyde Hollingsworth to Leota Redmon

Theodore Bishop to Grace Lee

Gillum Garrett to Thelma Jacks

Irving Davis to Loma Brown


5/2/1940

Edward Irish to Naomi True

Jimmie Burgess to Bessie Miller – m-4/1940

Luther Brown to Reba Joyce Bertram – m – 4/25/1940

A.J. Ewan to Annie Shannon – m- 5/4/1940

Rev. Fred Copeland to Myrtle Clark – m 4/27/1940 in Harriman


5/23/1940

Freddie C. Seiber to Agnes Liles

Arthur C. Miller to Edna M. Hicks

James A. Davis to Nancy Jennings

A.J. Ewan to Winifred Brown

Arrthur McCormick to Emily Melton

Carlos W. Brown to Glendean Leach


5/30/1940

William Hollars to Beatrice Durham

L.A. Newport to Ruth Williams

D.R. Blakely to Katherine Cable

Mouzon Peters to Mary Alice Webb – m – 6/4/1940 in Jackson, Miss.


6/5/1940

Robert H. Stovall to Matilda Simpson

Melvin Patterson to Beulah Moore

Carl McLaughlin to Mary Miller


6/13/1940

Kenneth William Hill to Kathleen Stonecipher – m – 6/1940

Edwin R. Heidle to Lorraine Huling – m – 6/14/1940

Martin Heidel to Florine Eastman – m – 6/14/1940 (double wedding, 2 brothers)

Herman Chaney to Macel Cromwell – m – 6/15/1940


6/20/1940

Durward S. O’Dell to Mildred Streitenberger

William Marshall to Bessie Belle Beard


6/27/1940

Bill Rice to Ruby McCoy

Arnold Clark to Aline Brooks – m – 5\6/23/1940, in Harriman. Tn.


7/4/1940

Virgil Helton to Vadna Heidel

Lemuel Potter to Edna Bingham, m – 6/26/1940 in Rockwood, Tn.

J.L. Freels to Ruby Brown – – m 7/4/1940


7/11/1940

Richard Bingham to Myrtle Norris

Samuel Dodd to Victoria White

Arthur Voyles to Pearl Covington

Claude Dean Langley to Odessa South

Alfred Anderson to Flonnie Beach – m – 8/1/1940

Frank Ploch to Albina Susack – m – 8/3/1940

Edmund C. Armstrong to Josie Mae Powell – m – 8/3/1940


7/25/1940

L.H. Duncan to Mozell Ford

John H. Futrell to Mary Smith’Raymond Clark to Verlin Patterson

Harold Honeycutt to Betty Jane Mains – m – 7/1940

Clayton Wilson to Juanita Langley – m – 8/30/1940

John Ownbey to Nellie Broyles – m – 8/27/1940


8/5/1940

Benjamin B. Smith to Julia A. Pelc

George Lyons to Dixie Black

William Ashley to Iva Joe Blakely – m – 8/1940 at Glades
(Note: correction courtesy of Roy Ashley – William Ashley to Iva Jae Blakley at Cox Farm, Burrville.)

Robert James England to Violet Stringfield


8/8/1940

E.G. Hammick to Matilda Williams

Melvin H. Ooten to Willie Mae Norris

 


8/29/1940

Steve Holod to Mae Morgan

Thurman Haskel to Maxine Zeigler – m – 8/18/1940 in Washington, D.C.


8/22/1940

Willard M. Lowe to Ophie Barnett

Lloyd Boyd to Lula Dean Marlow

Oliver Cooper to Lillian James

Albert Armes to Ava Snoderly

Arthur J. Willia to Ruby Laymance

Stevon Crouch to Lois Henry

C.H. Saffell to Mary Ella Collins


9/12/1940

Ross M. Weaver to Allie Edna Turner

William Stringfield to Clara Mae Ooten

Gordon S. Reynolds to Irene Francis Trout

Ocia Cole to Pauline Kesterson – m – 9/1940


9/19/1940

H.B. McCullough to Selena Cash

Claude Bunch to Linnie Cox

 


9/26/1940

Glenn H. Cooper to Esther Blair

William O. Lavender to Margie Melton

Pless Seiber to Sally Ann Hamby

Ollie James Reynolds to Mary Marie Langley – m – 9/1940

 


10/3/1940

Van Thomas Letner to Jean Phillips

Dillard Berry to Dora Ella Barnett

Herman Liles to Thelma Josephine Turner

Charlie Russell to Rhoda Lee Turner

Ledford Cochran to Minnie Irene Olmstead – m – 10/1940

 


10/17/1940

Billy F. Sanderson to Evelyn Long

Ralph Duncan to Delvenia Laymance

Edward W. Leach to Marion Brown

V.E. Davis to Loreene Flowers
Charles Langley to Virginia Vance – m – 10/26/1940 in Jamestown, Tn.


10/31/1940

Four-Don’t Publish


11/7/1940

Leonard Henry to Mary Edna Goad

Red Nelson to Dorothy Walker

W.H. Steelman to Mary Phillips

Archie Hughett to Ruth Mae Grant
E.M. Shelley to Edda W. Stone – m – 10/26/1940 in Kingston, Tn.

Walter Matney to Evialee Griffith


11/21/1940

Irville Mishe to Willmena Cockram

C.R. Reynolds to Golda Tackett

Herbert Norris to Lillie Pearson – m – 10/10/1940 in Spring City, Tn.


12/5/1940

Delius Goad to Imogene Russell

Horace Crabtree to Elma Beatty

G.S. Allen to Mildred Morris

Ben Payne to Gladys A. Higgins – m – 12/1940

Milton R. Whaley to Laura Pauline Rogers – m – 11/28/1940


12/12/1940

Lester Hill to Jewell Carter

James Carl Comer to Helen Scott


12/19/1940

Samuel Pete Kesterson to Hazel Goad

Ralph T. Robbins to Phyllis Walker


12/26/1940

Joe W. Plemons to Imogene Duncan

Carr Bingham to Helen K. Helton

Ben Payne to Gladys Higgins, m 12/24/1940

Fletcher Sweet to Hazel Langley, m 12/25/1940

 

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