Benton Wayne Davis Bain, 14-months-old son of Benton Thomas Womack and Mrs. Harrie Davis Bain, died at a local hospital March 5 at 1:30 a.m. The child had been ill a week. Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Mar. 14, 1952, p. 3. [Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
Death of Dr. Baird Dr. A. J. Baird, whom we mentioned last week as dangerously ill in New York, died last Sunday morning. His remains were brought to Nashville, his home, for interment. He was one of the most eminent and useful ministers of the C. P. Church, and his death will be a great loss to the church. Southern Standard (McMinnville, TN) Sat 21 June 1889, p. 1. [Contributor: Miss Dean Brewer, McMinnville, TN, 1999]
Joe Harding Baker Joe Harding Baker, 63, died at his home in the seventh district of Van Buren county, January 9. Funeral services were conducted from the residence in Spencer January 12 by John W. High. Burial was in Spencer cemetery. Born in Van Buren county, July 17, 1877, he was a son of the late Ben and Sara Measles Baker. His wife, Mrs. Erelene Mills Baker, survives. Arrangements by High Funeral Co. Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Friday, 17 Jan…
Mrs. Homer Baker Dies In Knoxville Mrs. Inas Lee Baker, 40, wife of Homer Baker, died at Knoxville hospital Thursday. She had been ill for two years. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Mt. Elam Baptist Church. Rev. Clyde McCoy of Knoxville, officiated, and burial was in Long cemetery in Van Buren county. Mrs. Baker, a native of Van Buren county, was born November 4, 1911. Her parents were Albert Miller and Vernie Yates Miller…
Kentucky Rites For Mr. Baker Funeral services for W.A. Baker, former resident of Viola Community, were conducted Thursday afternoon at Gamaliel, Ky., Church of Christ. W.D. McPherson, Church of Christ minister of Atlanta, Ga., officiated and burial was in the cemetery there. Mr. Baker, father of Mrs. Mayhew Peery, died at the home of another daughter, Mrs. McPherson, in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday. He had been ill six months. Mr. Baker made his home with Mrs. Peery near Viola until he…
Highland – Thursday morning at 3:30 o’clock following a lingering illness. A native of Sevier county, Tenn., Mr. Bales was born June 15,1868. His parents were Samuel Bales and Katherine Hickman Bales. He had resided in Warren county for several years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Nobla Bales; six daughters, Mrs. John H. Barnes, Mrs. Arsey Gross, Mrs. Escle Curtis, Mrs. Herman Starkey, Mrs. Arlle Potter and Miss Winnie Inez Bales, all of McMinnville. Arrangements were by High Funeral Home….
Many thanks to Scott Mitchell for sharing this 1880 photo of men in front of Tate House, located on the corner of East Main and Sparta in McMinnville. Tate House was owned and operated by his great-great grandfather James Douglas Tate and wife Mary Jane (McGregor) Tate. John Douglas Tate died in 1902; Mary Jane in 1911. Soon after Mary Jane died, Charles and Martha (Tate) Mitchell sold the boarding house to the Brown family and moved to…
Van Buren Man Fatally Wounded A 39-year-old truck operator was fatally injured late Sunday afternoon when a fellow Van Buren countian is alleged to have fired a double-barrel shotgun blast into his mid-section in an altercation reported to have taken place near a club, located on McMinnville highway, ½ mile from Spencer. C.C. (Chris) Banker, of Spencer, died of wounds received in the shooting which was reported to have occurred about 5 o’clock Sunday…
Last rites were held Dec. 28 at the Love-Cantrell Funeral Home Chapel for Alice Clarice Banks, 64, of Smithville. Mark Miller officiated. Burial followed in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Banks died Dec. 22 at Centennial Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Lee County, she was a member of the Prosperity Baptist Church and a retired caretaker at the Webb House in Smithville. She was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Emma Irene Rains Taylor. Banks is survived…
Funeral Services Today For Mrs. Ellen Barbee Mrs. Ellen Barbee, age 76, died Wednesday night at the residence of her son John Barbee in McMinnville after an illness of five months. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. this afternoon at High’s Chapel with John W. High officiating. Burial well be in the Waterton cemetery in Poplar Grove. Daughter of L. H. Marlowe and Nancy Marler, she was born July 24, 1879…