Bobby Barnes, 22, Honor Student At U-T, Succumbs Bobby Deering Barnes, 22, honor student at the University of Tennessee and a prominent member of McMinnnville’s younger set, died unexpectedly Monday morning at 6 o’clock (EST) at his apartment, 225 12th St. Knoxville, apparently as a result of a heart attack. Young Barnes, who possessed a brilliant scholastic record at the state university as well as being a leader in various school activities, had not…
Gunshot Wound Is Fatal To Veteran A gunshot wound, self-inflicted at his home near Viola Monday night, proved fatal to Charles Edward Barnes, 31, farmer and World War II veteran. He died Thursday at 11; 45 a.m. at Thayer VA hospital, Nashville, where he was rushed following the shooting. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Old Jefferson Baptist Church in DeKalb county. Rev. Rayton Cope officiated and burial was in Old Jefferson…
DeKalb Rites For Horace Barnes, 72 William Horace Barnes, 72, father of Commander Roscoe Barnes of the VFW post, died at his home in Riverside community Monday afternoon at 4:45 o’clock, following an illness of four years. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church of Christ at Jefferson, DeKalb county, with Rayton Cope and Felix Cantrell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Dekalb county, Mr. Barnes…
Bridgett Gracelynn Bates Infant Bridgett Gracelynn Bates, one month and 25 days old, died April 28 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The daughter of David Lynn and Barbara Ann Shehane Bates of McMinnville, she is also survived by her maternal grandparents, Ruth and Tom Cantrell of Smithville; paternal grandparents, William and Nellie McCormick of McMinnville; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held Thursday at High’s Chapel at…
Thomas H. Faulkner, manufacturer, was born near McMinnville, Tenn., April 19, 1842, the son of Asa and Anis Faulkner. The father, born July 16, 1802, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, of German descent, came to Hickory Creek, Tenn., in 1808, and was apprenticed to Mr. Biddleman, a machinist. With little education he learned the manufacture of wool cards. His first venture was a mill on Hickory Creek in 1830. In 1846 two others joined him in building the cotton factory,…
Mrs. Susie Allen Dies Tuesday Mrs. Susie Geneva Allen, wife of E.H. Allen, died at her home at Keltonburg in DeKalb county Tuesday evening at 9:55 o’clock, following and illness of several months. She was 73. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Keltonburg Methodist Church. Rev. W.G. Hawkins officiated and burial was in Keltonburg cemetery. Mrs. Allen, born April 14, 1878 in DeKalb county, was a daughter of Thomas Jones and Frances Walker Jones and…
Dibrell community resident and Warren County native I.D. Adcock, 83, died unexpectedly Dec. 3 at his home. A retired nurseryman, owner and operator of I.D. Adcock & Son Nursery, he was an honorary member of the Middle Tennessee Nurseryman Association and the Tennessee Nurseryman Association. He was a member of Dibrell Church of Christ. The son of the late Norman and Betty Harvey Cantrell Adcock, he was preceded in death by sisters, Hannah Neal and Thelma Taylor; and brothers, Luther…