CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH GODDARD
A life long resident of the First District of Morgan County is nearing 101 years of age. She is Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Goddard, known to her many friends and relatives as “Aunt Lottie”.
This year Aunt Lottie will be 101. She makes her home with her only daughter, Mrs. Teresa Goddard, in Coalfield. Her husband, the late David Ezra Goddard, to whom she was married on May 26, 1881, passed away several years ago.
Although her eyesight and hearing are failing, Aunt Lottie enjoys having visitors. She recalls many incidents of the 19th century.
A charter member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Coalfield, she was active in the work of the church as long as she was able to go.
She suffered a fractured hip in 1961 and has since been confined to her home.
Mrs. Goddard’s parents were Thomas H., and Mary Ann Langley Davis and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Davis and James and Margaret Langley, both came to this county in 1818 from Virginia.
The late Sam Davis, a well known East Tennessee contractor and road builder, was her brother, and the late Mrs. Artelia Adkisson and the late Mrs. Ida Christmas were sisters.
She has a grandson, Kenneth Scarbrough, and three great grandchildren, Margaret, Stephen and Joel Scarbrough, all of Coalfield.
In doing some research on this lady I found that Louise Crowe of Coalfield was at one time married to Kenneth Scarbrough (the grandson of “Aunt Lottie”) and there are several descendants of “Aunt Lottie” who live in the Coalfield area. It was nice talking to Louise and I hope she and her children and all those related to “Aunt Lottie” will enjoy seeing this old article. Thanks to Bill for ‘sharing it with our readers. [Morgan County News – [“Sharing the Past” by Jean Pollard ]
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MRS. CHARLOTTE GODDARD DIES AT 102
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MORGAN’S OLDEST RESIDENT: Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Goddard, age 103, Morgan County’s oldest resident, died at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Hospital. [b 5-6-1863, d 7-30-1966]
Mrs. Goddard, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on May 6, had been ill for only a few days before her death.
She was a native of First District of Morgan County, and had spent all her life there. She and her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Mae Goddard, 82, made their home together near Coalfield.
The mother and her daughter received state-wide publicity in March of this year when they made applications for Medicare.
A charter member of Seventh Day Adventist Church at Coalfield, Mrs. Goddard remained active in the church as long as her health permitted. She suffered a fractured hip in 1961, and had since been confined to her home.
Mrs. Goddard’s parents were the late Thomas H. and Mary Langley Davis, and her grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. John M. Davis and James and Margaret Langley, came to Morgan County in 1818 from Virginia.
Mrs. Goddard attended Walden’s Academy at Montgomery, one of the first schools of higher education in Morgan County. Surviving, besides the daughter, are a grandson, Kenneth Scarbrough, and three great-grandchildren, Margaret, Stephen and Joel Scarbrough, all of Coalfield. Her husband, the later Ezra Goddard dies in 1937.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Middle Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Newbern and the Rev. Harold Butler officiatiing. Burial was in the Davis Cemetery at Coalfield, and great nephews served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Goddard is the third Morgan County centerarian to die in the past few months. Late in December of 1965, Mrs. Rebecca Davidson of Lancing, who was Mrs. Goddard’s first cousin, died at the age of 104 and only a few weeks ago, another first district resident, Mrs. Nancy Stringfield died at the age of 103.
[Source-Generations- A Publication of the Coalfield Genealogical & Historical Society, Vol. 1, Sept., 2003, Issue #1]