Obituaries of Morgan County, Tennessee
Surnames beginning with 'J '
JACKS, HAROLD DAVID, 61, Lancing, died Nov. 2,
1999. Preceded by parents, Virgil and Ethel Hines Jacks; brothers,
Kenneth, Robert and Delton Jacks. [Morgan County News]
JACKS, NORA MILDRED, 80, Lancing, died Wednesday
evening, March 6, 2002 in the Life Care Center of Wartburg. She was
preceded in death by her parents Virgil and Ethel Hines Jacks, brothers,
Kenneth, Robert, Delton and Harold David Jacks, sister, Dorothy Edmonds.
She is survived by nieces Sue Stone, Mary Ann Harrison, Devonia Adkins
and Judy Duncan, nephews Jerry Edmonds, David Jacks, Bobby Jacks and Steve
Jacks, sister-in-laws, Joyce Bingham of Wartburg, Ruby Jacks of Harriman
and Elma Jacks of Utah. Funeral services will be held on March 8
at 8 p. m. at Schubert Funeral Home Chapel in Wartburg with Rev. Buster
Armes officiating. Graveside services will be held Saturday morning
at 10 a. m. in Morgan Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends
Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Schubert Funeral Home. [Morgan
County News]
JACKSON, ANNA , 69, of Oakdale died
at her home last Saturday. She leaves one son and and one daughter.
Her funeral was conducted by Rev. I. C. Whaley. Interment in Mossy
Grove Cemetery. (Morgan County Press dated December 5, 1919)
JACKSON, ARMILDA - age 81, a resident of Oliver
Springs, formerly of Coalfield, passed away Saturday,June 5, 1999. Preceded
in death by her parents, Oliver Campbell and Ethel Brummett
Campbell and by her husband, Clay W. Jackson. Survivors: sons, Terry Jackson
and wife, Emma Dee, of Oliver Springs, Ronnie Jackson and wife, Chris,
of Oliver Springs; grandchildren, Mark Jackson and wife, Joy, Rhonda Butler
and husband, Chuck, Christi Simms and husband, Greg, all of Oliver Springs.
Great-grandson, Clayton Levi Jackson of Oliver Springs; sister, Dorothy
Jackson of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Jackson was born January 19, 1918 in
Morgan County. Burial in the Estes Cemetery of Coalfield.
[Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON, ANNA FRANCIS McKINNEY, 92, of Coalfield,
died, Oct. 12, 1994. Preceded by husband Elbert Jackson; daughters,
Margaret Peters and Jane Hines; son, Charles Allen; parents, E. W. and
Nancy Stonecipher McKinney; sister, Edna Winifred McKinney. Survivors:
daughters, Jewell and husband Paul Cloud; Roberta and husband Carl Cardwell
and Kathleen and husband Doug Fulp, Edna and husband Forest Johnson; Mae
and Jim Fritts, Leota and P.D. Hawks; sons, Cecil and wife Joy,
Paul and wife Mary, W.R. and wife Phyllis, Davis and
wife Carol, John and wife Vicki and son-in-law Carl J. Hinds. Also,
29 grandchildren; 25 g-grandchildren and 1 g-g-grandchild; brother, Clifton
McKinney and Aunts, Adella and Grace McKinney. Burial in Estes Cemetery,
Coalfield. [Morgan County News]
JACKSON, BURNACE L. - age 70,
a resident of Coalfield, died Monday, December 11, 2006 at Methodist
Medical Center in Oak Ridge. Mr. Jackson was born October 18, 1936 in
Chevrolet, Kentucky. He has lived in Coalfield since the age of two.
Burnace was a member of Middle Creek Baptist Church. He retired from
the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge after working twenty-years as a truck
driver. Burnace had a great sense of humor and he delighted himself in
his ability to tell a tall tale. His greatest pleasure was his
grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, hunting wild muscadines,
Coalfield High School Sports, U. T. Football, and day trips with
friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Tommie Jackson and
Ada Riggs Jackson. Survivors: wife of 47 years, Betty Sweeten Jackson
of Coalfield; daughter, Kathy Waters and husband Mitch of Clinton; son,
Tommy Jackson and wife Mary Rose of Coalfield; grandchildren, Jessica
Blalock, Ryan Jackson, Taylen Jackson,
Christopher Waters, Storm Jackson, Blade Jackson; brothers, J.T.
Jackson and wife Shelby of Coalfield, Charles "Bit" Jackson and wife
Brenda of Coalfield, Ellis Jackson and wife Pam of Knoxville; special
friends, Claude Junior Oakes, Kermit Justice, Jackie Jackson. He is
also survived by nieces, nephews, extended family members and many
special friends. The family will receive friends Wednesday, December
13, 2006 between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 pm at Middle Creek Baptist
Church with funeral services following at 8:00 pm, Rev. Ronald Guthrie
and Rev. Mike Beach officiating. Burial and graveside services will be
held Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 12:00 noon at Anderson Memorial
Gardens. Sharp Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
[Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON,
CARL
'STONEWALL', of Ohio died May 10, 1998. He was born in Coalfield, Aug
21, 1921 and had lived in
Lorain, Ohio for 59 years. He was discharged from the
U.S. Army in 1942. Preceded in death by his parents Walter and Rena
Ruffner Jackson; sister Vada Christopher; three brothers, Clay, Marvin
and Raymond Jackson; his first wife, Ruby McGlenning Jackson; infant son
Douglas Edgar Jackson; and step son Lance Corporal Richard Duane Orlando
who died in Vietnam. Survivors: wife of 38 years Eleanora (Britvec-Orlando)
Jackson; son Kurt Vincent Jackson of Ohio; daughters; Darlene and husband
Norman Harding; Kathleen Jackson, Barbara Jo and husband Glenn Smith, Lynda
Orlando; sister Anna Bradshaw of Lafollett; five grandaughters, Ellen Garrison
and husband Kendric; Diane Young and husband Tim; April Manuel and husband
Eric; Dana Ferguson; and Jane Richard Ferguson; and five grandchildren,
Kyle and Ryan Garrison, Andrew Young and Haley and Zackary Manuel.
Burial in Lorain Ohio. (Morgan County News
JACKSON,
CLYDE MAXWELL "MAX", 84, of Harriman, died Thursday, May 22, 2003,
at Harriman Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 12, 1919,
in the Back Valley Community of Coalfield, he was the son of John Columbus
and Susan Jones Jackson, both now deceased. He resided in Roane County
for most of his life and during the last four years he was a resident of
Harriman Health and Rehabilitation Center. The family said he enjoyed all
of the activities at the facility and loved to visit with his friends.
One of his favorite activities was listening to Tommy Hardin sing to the
residents, the family said.Mr. Jackson was a U.S. Army veteran and served
during World War II. He was at the invasion of Normandy and then served
in the European theater in France and Germany. He was awarded the Silver
Star with a bronze arrowhead for gallantry in action.In addition to his
parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary C. Jackson; a sister,
Pauline Jackson; and by a niece Emma Whaley. Mr. Jackson is survived by
a daughter, Brenda Stringer and husband, Mark, of Midtown; a son, Brad
Jackson and wife, Susie, of Madisonville; a granddaughter, Katie Stringer
of Midtown; a stepdaughter, Ann Lay of Totz, Ky.; and by a sister, Lois
Mahoney of Oliver Springs. He is also survived by two nieces, Caroline
and husband, Julian, and Judy and husband, Lynn; a nephew, Howard Mahoney
and wife, Carol, of Georgia; and by 13 grandnieces and grandnephews, Katherine
Whaley, Tim Duncan, Glenda Cloutier, Dan Cloutier, Paulette Higgenbottom,
John Higgenbottom, Mark Stein, Jim Stein, Joan Stein, Jay Stein, Jen Stein,
Howard Mahoney Jr. and Debra Mahoney. He considered nephew-in-law,
Leo Whaley of Oliver Springs, and Joseph Kata, his roommate at the rehabilitation
center, as special friends.A graveside service was Sunday, May 25, 2003,
at Jackson Cemetery in Coalfield with the Rev. Michael M. Miller officiating.Sharp
Funeral was in charge of arrangements. [Oak Ridger]
JACKSON, DOLLIE FAYE PHILLIPS,
age 59, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Monday, May 1, 2006,
at her home.She was born June 11, 1946, in Petros, Tenn. She lived in
Luka, Miss., for 13 years before moving back to Oliver Springs in
February 2006. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Nina Lambert;
parents, James Phillips and Mamie Bunch Phillips; and brothers, Terry
Phillips and Sam Junior Phillips. Survivors include her best friend,
Thomas Lambert of Luka, Miss.; sons, Johnny Sanchez and wife, Pam of
Luka, Miss., and Thomas Junior Lambert and wife, Nancy of Luka, Miss.;
daughters, Sarah Largent and husband, Bobby of Luka, Miss., and Tanicka
Gonzalez of Luka, Miss.; grandchildren, Priscilla, Jessica, Ashley,
T.J., Tyler, Megan, Cody, Erica, Destany, Bobby, Abby, Nathan, Destany,
and Isaiah; brothers, Charles Phillips and wife, Barbara of Oliver
Springs, Oscar Phillips and wife, Ivory of Sunbright, James Phillips
and wife, Merlene of Oliver Springs, and Robert Phillips and wife,
Kathy of Sunbright; sisters, Sallie Batrial and husband, Carl of
Florida, Ina Lue Gonzalez Tenner of Oliver Springs, Alice Ferguson and
husband, Harvey of Oliver Springs, Christine Phillips of Oliver
Springs, and Shirley Phillips of Clinton.She is also survived by a host
of special friends and extended family members, including nieces and
nephews, of which there are too many to count but not too many to love.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 3,
2006, at Sharp Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday, May 4, 2006, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home with
the Rev. Ralph Wilson officiating. Burial and graveside service will
follow at the Petros Cemetery.
Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of all the
arrangements. [Oak Ridger]
JACKSON, MRS. DONIE,
77, died at Harriman Hospital last Tuesday morning. She is
survived by four sons, the Rev.Dewey Jackson of Knoxville, Welch
Jackson of Coalfield, Wade Jackson and Walter Sampsell of Oliver
Springs, 17 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, one step-daughter,
Mrs. Mac Bunch of Clarksville,Ark.,one step-son, Herman Jackson of
Kenewick,Wash., one sister, Mrs. Fornie Jones of Oliver
Springs.Services were held today (Thursday) at the Middle Creek Baptist
Church at 2:30 p.m. with burial in the Jackson family cemetery.Sharp's
of Oliver Springs is in charge. [Oct. 27, 1955]
JACKSON, EDITH A. "MAW", 81, of Coalfield, died Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at her home.Born
Dec. 10, 1922, in LaFollette, she was the daughter of John and Addie
Young Hatfield. Mrs. Jackson moved to Coalfield in 1944. She was a
homemaker and a member of Corbin Hill Bible Baptist Church in
Coalfield. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband,
Robert L. Jackson; two sons, Johnny Jackson and Paul David Jackson; her
stepson, James Arthur; her sisters, Thelma Hackler and Nora Thomas; a
grandson, Ruley M. Jackson; and a great-grandson, Joseph Seth Jackson.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by her children,
Letha Sue Kivett and husband,
Ralph, of Mossy Grove, Kenneth Jackson and wife, Louada, and Troy L.
Jackson, all of Coalfield, Betty L. Armes and Robert E. Jackson and
wife, Susan, all of Wartburg, Mary M. Armes and husband, David, of
Joyner, and Leona Hale and husband, David, of Oliver Springs; and her
stepdaughter, Bobbie Jean Blankenship of Ohio. She is also
survived by her sisters, Elsie Hedgecough of Cookeville and
Opal Stanley of Mooresville, Ind.; and by 23 grandchildren, 21
great-grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews and extended family
and friends. Mary Ellen Crowe of Coalfield was considered Mrs.
Jackson's very special friend. The funeral will be at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Corbin Hill
Bible Baptist Church in Coalfield with the Rev. David Armes and the
Rev. Mark Bass officiating. Burial and a graveside service will follow
at Davis Cemetery in Coalfield. The family will receive friends from 6
to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Sharp Funeral Home of Oliver Springs
in charge of arrangements. [Oak Ridger]
JACKSON, ETHEL W., 84, of Coalfield,
died 2/17/1977. She was born 3/1/1893. Survivors: husband Lee Jackson,;
daughters, Beatrice Walls, Irene Davis, Georgia Melhorn, Helel Brooks,
Maxine Hassell, and Ruth Davis; sister, Vola Akins; 15 grandhcildren and
10 g-grandchildren. [Morgan County News}
JACKSON, FRANCES OCTOBER ,- age 85, of Coalfield,
passed away Thursday, March 8, 2001. Mrs. Jackson was preceded in
death by her parents, Fred and Ellen Ruffner; her husband, Oscar Jackson;
three brothers, Leonard Ruffner, Gerald Ruffner, and Doyle Ruffner; four
sisters, Cecil England, Carrie Jackson, Lora Scarbrough, and Wilma Tucker.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by one son, Jerry Jackson and wife Brenda of Coalfield;
one daughter, Kathryn Shepherd and husband Kyle of Clinton. Mrs. Jackson
is survived by two granddaughters, Kandi Alderson and husband Mark
of Clinton, and Janet Roberts and husband Brian of Coalfield. Mrs. Jackson
is survived by three great-grandchildren, Katie Alderson, Johnathan Alderson
of Clinton, and Matthew Roberts of Coalfield. Interment in the Estes
Cemetery on Saturday, March10. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON , FANNIE LEE , 78, of Oakdale,
died Nov. 27, 1982. She was the wife of the late Jake M. Jackson. Survivors,
four sons, Jimmie, Bobby, Lindsey and Luther. three daughters, Mildred
Wilder, Wynetta Morrison and Artie Allen. 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Also two sisters, Edna Keeney and Bonnie Malone, both of Oakdale.
Interment in Crab Orchard Cemetery, Oakdale. (Morgan County News)
JACKSON,
FRANK, 78, Coalfield, died Sept 21, 1994. Preceded
by parents, Thomas J. and Fannie McGlothin Jackson; five brothers, W. I.
"Irdel", Tommie, Arthur, Elmer, and Hix Jackson; sisters, Fannie Imogene
Jackson, Mattie Ruffner, Sudie Ruffner, and Mollie Hatfield. Survivors;
wife of 51 years Florence Ward Jackson; children, Virginia and husband
Waldo Evans, Ronnie and wife Diane Jackson, Diana and husband, Jim Morgan
and Teddy and wife Vickie Jackson; sister, Emma Tuper; 7 grandchildren;
He was a veteran of WW II, 83rd infantry. Burial in Anderson Memorial
Gardens.[Morgan County News]
JACKSON, GEORGIA LORENE, 71, of Coalfield,
died Nov. 1, 1996. Preceded by parents, James Adkins and Helen Freeman
Sisson and stepfather, Albert Sisson; husband, Glen Ervin Jackson; brother,
Jommy Adkins; and great-grandchild, Anthony Vespie. Survivors: sons,
Jimmy and wife Judy Jackson, Wayne Jackson; daughters, Sandra and husband
Dave Sands, and Gini and husband Danny Burress. 11 grandchildren, and 8
g-grandchildren. She was a native of Corbin, Ky. Burial in Estes
Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
JACKSON,
GLEN E., 63, of Coalfield, died Feb. 13, 1989. A veteran
of WW II. Survivors: wife, Lorene Jackson; daughters, Sandra Sands and
Gini Burress; sons, Jimmy Jackson, and Wayne Jackson. 11 grandchildren
and 1 g-grandchild Burial in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield. [Morgan County
News]
JACKSON, HARLAN 78, of Oliver
Springs, died, May 17, 1997. He was born Aug. 10, 1918 in Coalfield,
the son of his late parents Charlie and Hattie Adkisson Jackson; also preceded
by his wife Ida T. Jackson. Survivors: sons, Willard Ray and wife Bobbier
Jackson and Charles and Jane Jackson and David L. and Janie Jackson; daughters,
Hattie and Bobby White, Mildred and Donald Russell and Martha and Joseph
Cabino and Collen and Bob Andrus; 10 grandchildren, 8 g-grandchildren;
brothers, Richard A. and Marie Jackson, and Leroy Jackson; sister, Mildred
J. and Jim Massengill. Burial in Anderson Memorial Gardens.
[Roane County News]
JACKSON,
1ST SGT. JAMES A. (RET) — age 63 of Wartburg, passed away Monday, May
24, 2004 at his home following a long illness. He was preceded in death
by: his father, Robert Lee Jackson; mother, Lilly Mae Jackson; brothers,
Johnny Jackson, Paul David Jackson, and Billy Silcox; sister, Willa Mae
Jackson. He was retired from the U.S. Army after serving 23 years including
two tours in Vietnam. He was a Master Mason with the Hudson River Lodge,
#607 in New York and a member of the American Legion (Galloway Post) in
Newburgh, NY. He is survived by: his wife, Diana Jackson of Wartburg; children,
Donna Wallace of Columbia, Maryland, Elisha Biggs of Maryville, TN, Abra
Youmans of Modena, NY, Charles Jackson of New Windsor, NY; step-children,
Heather Myers of Lancing, TN, Angela Ralston of Ft. Bragg, NC, Micheal
Lynch of Modena, NY; grandchildren, Andrew, Todd, Matthew, Dane, Corey,
John David, Jacob, Matthew, Owen, Jacob, Emily, Marinda, Jenna; sisters,
Bobbie Jean Blankenship, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sue Kivett of Mossy Grove, Betty
Armes of Wartburg, Leona Hale of Oliver Springs, Mary Armes of Joyner,
TN; brothers, Kenneth Jackson of Coalfield, Robert Jackson of Wartburg,
Troy Jackson of Coalfield; step-mother, Edith Jackson of Coalfield. The
family will receive friends Thursday Afternoon, May 27, 2004 from 1-3 pm
at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg. Interment with full military honors
will be held on Friday, 11:30 am in the Tennessee Veteran's Cemetery, Knoxville.
[Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON,
JIMMIE EDWARD, - age 64, Oliver Springs, passed away May 25, 2000 at
the home of his son and daughter in law, after a courageous battle with
lung cancer. Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his parents, Dave S.
Jackson and Cumile Russell Jackson; by his wife, Kathleen Duncan Jackson;
by a daughter, Darlene; by four brothers; and a sister. Survivors: son,
Gary E. Jackson, Sr. and wife, Sherry of Oak Ridge; grandchildren, Regina
K. Jackson of Harriman, Gary E. Jackson, Jr. of Oak Ridge; great grandson,
Austin T. Jackson of Harriman; sister, Daisy Goins of Oliver Springs, Thelma
Patterson of Oliver Springs; special friends, Irene Taylor, Betty Freels
and Toby Owens. Mr. Jackson was born December 9, 1935 in Petros, Tenn.
He was a US Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Burial at Anderson
Memorial Gardens. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON, JOE SABE, 53, formerly of Coalfield,
died in Toledo, Ohio. Son of late Richard & Abbie Jackson; Survivors,
wife, Mabel Mary Jackson; son, Tony; sisters, Mary Samsel, Mrs. Burt Fagan,
Kate Stubbs, Lucille Ruffner, Mrs. Claude Purdy; brother, Oliver Pete Jackson.
Burial in Estes Cemetery. [Morgan County News dated 7/15/1965]
JACKSON , JOHN A., 51, Coalfield,
died July 11, 1998. Preceded by parents, Elbert and Anna Frances Jackson;
sisters, Margaret Jackson Peters and Jane Jackson Hinds. Survivors:
wife of 23 years, Vicki A. Justice Jackson; daughter, Jada Leigh Jackson;
brothers, Cecil and wife Joy, Paul and wife Mary, W. R. and wife Phyllis
and David and wife Carol; sisters, Jewel and husband Paul Cloud,
Roberta and Husband Carl Cardwell; Kathleen and husband Doug Fulp, Edna
and late husband Forest Johnson, Mac and late husband, Jim Fritts and Leoda
and P.D. Hawks; parents, Vaughn and Mona Justice; brothers, Chuck
and wife Sherri Justice, and Sherry Justice.Burial in Estes Cemetery,.
Coalfield. [Morgan County News]
JACKSON,
JOHNNY CHARLES, 56, Coalfield, passed away Friday, Nov. 8, 2002 in
the home of his mother in Coalfield. He was preceded in death by
his father Robert Lee Jackson. He is survived by his mother, Edith
Hatfield Jackson of Coalfield; daughters Arlena Jackson Phillips and husband
Douglas of Wartburg and Wanda Michelle Dodson and husband William of Lancing;
grandchildren Tiffany Dodson and Whitney Dodson; brothers Kenneth Jackson
and wife Louada of Coalfield, Troy L. Jackson and wife Barbara of Coalfield,
Paul David Jackson and wife Agnes of Oakdale and Robert E. Jackson and
wife Susan of Wartburg; sisters Letha Sue Kivett and husband Ralph of Mossy
Grove, Betty L. Armes of Wartburg, Mary M. Armes and husband David of Joyner
and Leona Hale and husband David of Oliver Springs; half brother James
A. Jackson of Wartburg and half sister Bobbie Jean Blankenship of Cincinnati.
Mr. Jackson was born Aug. 15, 1946 in Jellico. He lived in Morgan
County most of his lfe. He was a disabled coal miner. He was
a member of Corbin Hill Baptist Church and a U.S. Army veteran. Funeral
services were held Sun. Nov. 10, 2002 at 1 p.m. in Corbin Hill Baptist
Church with Tev. Luke Ward and Rev. Mark Bass officiating. Burial
followed in Anderson Memorial Gardens. The family received friends
Sat. Nov. 9, 2002 from 6 to 9 p.m. in Corbin Hill Baptist Church.
Sharp Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. [Morgan County
News]
JACKSON, JUDY ANN STYLES, 57, of Oak Ridge, died
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Roane Medical Center in Harriman. Ms. Jackson
belonged to White House Church in Welch's Gap. Her family said she enjoyed
working in flowers and cooking. She was preceded in death by her father,
James E. Styles, and her grandparents, Brass and Margaret McGhee. Ms. Jackson
is survived by her mother, Melissa McGhee Styles of Harriman; her daughter,
Janet Roberts and husband, Brian, of Coalfield; her grandson, Matthew B.
Roberts of Coalfield; two brothers, James D. Styles of Harriman and Scotty
Douglas Styles and wife, Patty, of Seymour; two sisters, Evelyn Styles
of Harriman and Darlene Templeton and husband, Gary, of Smyrna. The funeral
will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, in the chapel of the Oliver Springs
Mortuary with the Rev. Jean Richardson officiating. A
graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21,
at Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. The family will receive friends from 7
to 8 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. [Oak Ridger]
JACKSON, REV. KENNETH L., a native of Petros,
age 65, died in Harriman. Preceded by a son, Robert Darrell
Johnson; Survivors: wife, Reva Dean Johnson; sons, Rev. Kenneth Jr.
and Joy; James Damon and wife Donna Johnson; daughters; Rhonda Gail and
David Currier and Cherlyn Ann and Steve Seaton; brother, Elmer Johnson.
Interment in Petros Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
JACKSON, LEE, 90, of Coalfield,
died 1/8/1978. He was born 3/4/1887. Preceded by wife Ethel W. Jackson
in Feb. 1977. Survivors: daughters, Beatrice Walls, Georgia Melhorn,
Helen Brooks, Ruth Davis, Maxine Hassell; sisters; Lillie Richards,
Clara Miller, Mae Phillips; brother, Hobart Jackson; 10 grandchildren,
14 g-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. Burial in Estes
Cemetery, Coalfield. [Morgan County News]
JACKSON, LEVOY "CEDRIC" — age 85, a resident of Coalfield, passed away
Sunday July 24, 2005 at the Farragut Health Care Center. Mr. Jackson was
born March 22, 1920 in Morgan County. He was a lifelong resident of
Coalfield. Cedric served his country in the United States Army during WW
II fighting in Central Europe and Rhineland, receiving several
decorations and citations including two Bronze Starts. He was a retired
coal miner and carpenter. A skilled builder who loved his trade so much
he continued woodworking as a hobby after retirement. In addition, he
also enjoyed his vegetable garden. He was a longtime member of Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church where he served as custodian for several years. Mr.
Jackson was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Hattie Jackson
and Conard and Sadie Futrell and by four brothers, Ishmael, Harlan,
Barney and Robert Jackson. Survivors: sisters, Arvina Massengill and
husband, Jim of Heiskell, Susie Whitaker and husband, Thomas of
Knoxville, JoAnn Gregg and husband, Willie of Mosheim, Tenn.; brother,
Richard Jackson and wife, Creed of Kingston, Tenn. Mr. Jackson is also
survived by several nieces and nephews, cousins, extended family members
and special friends. The family will receive friends Monday, July 25,
2005 at Sharp Funeral Home between the hours of 6-8 p.m. with the
funeral service following in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Mack
Smith and Rev. Todd Hardin officiating. burial and graveside services
will be held Tuesday July 26, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Estes Cemetery of
Coalfield. Sharp Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
[Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON, STANLEY "STONEWALL" GRATZ
- age 83, a lifelong resident of Coalfield in Morgan County, passed
away Monday, May 23, 2005 at the Lifecare Center of Morgan County. He
was born March 25, 1922 in Coalfield, Tennessee. He was a member of
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Coalfield. Stonewall was also a
retired coal miner. He is preceded in death by parents, Gratz &
Jenny Carson Jackson; sisters, Lector Grubb, Lillie Goins, Ruby Morton,
Leon Chaniott, Helen Wendt; brothers, Arnold, Roy & Horace Jackson.
Survivors: special niece & nephew who were his caregivers: Jenny
Sims of Oak Ridge, Jim Wendt of Coalfield; Also a host of nieces,
nephews, extended family members & friends; Brother Issac C.
Jackson & wife Mary of Coalfield; Sister-in-law Angie Jackson of
Springfield, Ohio. The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 pm,
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs. Burial
and graveside service will be held 11:00 am, Thursday, May 26, 2005 at
the Estes Cemetery in Coalfield with Rev. Mike Beach officiating. Sharp
Funeral Home of Oliver Springs is in charge. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
MAHONEY, LOIS JACKSON, 91, of Oliver Springs,
died Thursday, October 28, 2004 at Life Care of Morgan County. She was
born November 16, 1912 in Morgan Co., the daughter of John C. and Susan
Jones Jackson. She was a member of New Mountain View Baptist Church of
Oliver Springs, where she served as pianist for many years. In addition
to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, H. T. Mahoney
in 1968; daughter, Emma Jean Whaley in 1997; Brothers, Clay, Lloyd and
Max Jackson and sister, Pauline Jackson. She is survived by son, Howard
B. Mahoney and wife Carol of Waycross, GA; daughters, Judith M. Eaton
and husband Lynn and Carolyn Stein and husband Julian; son- in-law,
Leonard Whaley, all of Oliver Springs; 7 grandchildren, Mark Stein of
Palo Alto, CA; James Stein of Shelton, CT; Jay Stein of Vienna, VA;
Katherine Whaley Duncan of Andersonville; Glenda Cloutier of Cranberry
Township, PA; Paulette Higginbottom of Marietta, GA and Howard Mahoney,
Jr of Maceo, KY. She is also survived by 8 great grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held on Sunday, October 31, 2004 at 2:00 pm with Rev.
Joe Copeland officiating. The burial will follow at Anderson Memorial
Gardens. The family asks that any memorials be in the form of
contributions to New Mountain View Baptist Church, 381 Mahoney Rd.,
Oliver Springs, TN 37840 or Life Care Center of Morgan County, 419 S.
Kingston St., Wartburg, TN 37887. The family will receive friends on
Sunday from 1:00- 2:00 pm at Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JACKSON, LOLA, died June 1965. Daughter of late
Fred & Arpie Jackson. Survivors; brothers; Oscar & Virgin
Jackson and one nephew. She was a niece of the late S.H. Justice.
Burial not show. [Morgan County News dated 6/2/1965]
JACKSON, NAOMI KATHRYN "KATE", 64 of Dayton,
Ohio, formerly of Coalfield died, Oct. 4, 1994. Preceded by parents, James
R. Wilson and California Jackson Wilson and eight brothers and one sister.
Survived by husband, Stanley Jackson, daughter, Julia and husband Guy Palumbo.
Burial was in Estes Cemetery, in Coalfield. [Morgan County News]
JACKSON, MABLE IRENE, 86, of Decatur, died
Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at Athens Regional Hospital, Athens. Mrs.
Jackson was a native of Oliver Springs. She had also lived in Coalfield
and Ohio. She was the daughter of Bill and Bessie Walls May, who
are deceased, and she was the widow of Fabe Jackson. Mrs. Jackson is survived
by her son, Tony Jackson and his wife, Beverly, of Rossford, Ohio; her
brother, Jack May of Decatur; her sisters, Jib Elizabeth Shearl, Helen
France and Mattie Shackleford, all of Decatur; two grandchildren, Tricia
Jackson and Jennifer Verbosky and her husband, Dave; and two great-grandchildren,
Claire Verbosky and Benjamin Verbosky. Interment in Estes Cemetery in Coalfield.
[Oakridger]
JACKSON, MARY LOUISE, 66, of
Coalfield, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at her home. Born Nov. 15,
1937, in High Coal, W. Va., she was the daughter of Virgil and Macel
Vera Oxier Chapman. She lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for 12 years and
moved to Coalfield in 1966. Mrs. Jackson worked for several years at
Coalfield school in the cafeteria. She had also worked as a seamstress
for Red Kap Industries in Wartburg. She came from a family of very
talented musicians and she could play a variety of musical instruments.
She was also a very spiritual person, a Baptist, and was a published
poet and an accomplished songwriter, her family said. In addition to
her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters and brothers,
Ada Chapman, Betty Moore, Charles Chapman and Arthur Chapman. Mrs.
Jackson is survived by her husband, Paul H. Jackson; her children, Paul
Joseph Jackson and wife, Melinda, of Lancing, Connie Greene and
husband, Charles, of Oliver Springs, and Richard A. Jackson and wife,
Heather, of Coalfield; her grandchildren, Jason Jackson, Christina
Hall, Casandra Ferguson, Micah Kamer, Tiffany Jackson, and Brian
Greene; and her great-grandchildren, Derrick Jackson, Emma Greene,
Allison Hall and Tyler Stockton. She is also survived by five brothers,
Glen Chapman and wife, Anna Belle, of Carlsbad, N.M., Sherman Chapman
and wife, Sharron, of Charleston, W. Va., Herman Chapman of
Circlesville, Ohio, Robert Chapman and wife, Vel, of Cleveland, Ohio,
James Chapman of Liberty, W. Va.; her sister, Joyce Ann Johnson and
husband, Herman, of Cleveland, Ohio; her special friends, Patty Johnson
of Beaver, Ohio, and Lisa Walker of Kingston; and numerous nieces and
nephews. The funeral will be at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2004, in
the chapel at Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Todd
Hardin officiating. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Sept. 30, at Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. The family will receive
friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral
home. [Oak Ridger]
JACKSON, ORA LEE,, 89, Coalfield, died Dec. 18,
1998. Preceded by son. J.W. Kesterson, husbands, Luther Kesterson,
Edgar Jackson and Roy Jackson. Survivors: daughter, Patricia Jackson,
Iva and husband Gene French; five granddaughters and two grandsons; 18
great-grandchildren and one g-g-grandchild. Burial in Davis Cemetery Coalfield.
[Morgan County News]
JACKSON, PAUL DAVID, 47, died Dec. 13, 2003 in
his home in the Boswell Chapel Community in Morgan County. He was
preceded in death by his father, Robert Lee Jackson and brother Johnny
C. Jackson. He is survived by wife, Agnes Moon Jackson; daughter
Tracy Rene Jackson of Harriman; three stepsons, Glen and Travis of Harriman
and Tony of Naxhville; seven step-grandchildren, one who mad her home with
him, Chelsey Lively, mother Edith Jackson of Coalfield; sisters, Sue Kivett
of Coalfield, Betty Arems of Wartburg, Mary Armes of Joyner Community and
Leona Hale of Oliver Springs; brothers, Kenneth and Troy Jackson of Coalfield;
Robert (Bobby) Jackson of Wartburg; half-brother James A. Jackson of Wartburg
and half-sister, Bobbie Jean Blankenship of Ohio. Interment in Anderson
Memorial Gardens. Schubert Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
[Morgan County News]
JACKSON, REX H., 77, formerly of Coalfield,
died Jan 14, 1997 in Montgomery, Ala. Survivors, wife Roberta; sisters,
Ruby Shipwash, Sue Hicks and Rose Grimmer; sons, Rex Jr., and John Voorhes;
daughter, Cullene Sanders and five grandchildren. Interment in Lee Memorial
Park, in Ala. {Morgan County News}
JACKSON, STANLEY, 73, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly
of Coalfield, died, March 11, 1997. Preceded by parents, Edward H. Jackson
and Edith Hudson Jackson and wife of 47 years, Naomi 'Kate' Jackson. Survivors;
daughterm Julia and husband Guy Palumbo; brothers; Charles H. Jackson,
Neil and wifeWilma Jackson; sisters, Wilma and husband, Wilson Kumm, and
Elma June and Roy Wilson. Burialin Estes Cemetery, Coalfield.
[Roane County News]
JACKSON, WADE K., 86, of Oliver Springs
died March 24, 1997. He was born in Morgan County, Jan. 15, 1911.
preceded by parents, Samuel L. and Donna Sampsel Jackson, wife Hester Smith
Jackson and son Carl Jackson. Survivors: son, Leighton and wife Betty Jackson;
daughters, Melba and husband, Tuell and Reba and Dean Bennett; 9 grandchildren
and 11 g-grandchildren. Burial in Anderson Memorial Gardens. [Roane
County News]
Brother Of Clinton Woman Dies
The brother of a Clinton woman, JACKSON, WESLEY IRDELL, (W.I.), 77,
of Back Valley Rd.,Oliver Springs Rt.1, in Morgan County, died at 8:50
p.m. Sunday at Oak Ridge Hospital of heart failure.He had been in the
hospital since March 14 for treatment of black lung disease.Jackson was
the brother of Mrs. Hugh (Emma) Tupper of 503 Hillcrest St. He was a
native of Oliver Springs.He was a former coal miner and a member of
Middle Creek Baptist Church.In addition to Mrs. Tupper, Jackson is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornetta Jackson, a son, Jackie Jackson of
Oliver Springs Rt.1, a grandson, two sisters other sisters, Mrs. Mattie
Rufner and Mrs.Molly Hatfield both of Oliver Springs Rt.1, and two
brothers, Frank Jackson of Oliver Springs Rt.1 and Hicks Jackson of
Beaver Dam, Ky. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Sharp Funeral
Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev.Homer Hooks and the Rev. Lloyd
Napier officiating.Burial was Wednesday in Anderson Memorial Gardens.
Clinton [Clinton Courier June 25, 1981]
JAMES, ARCHIE VIOLA. 74, died July
13, 1982, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Sam and
Nancy Hall Summers and was married in 1924 to Oscar James. She was born
in Wartburg, Tn., and moved to Ohio in 1926. She was a decendent of both
Martin and Sam Hall, said by some to have been the first settlers in Wartburg.
She was also a decendent of Wilson Summers and has many relatives still
residing in Wartburg. Surviving are her husband, Oscar James, and
six children; Viola Herzner, Betty Herzner, Vonna Gault, Merle, Ray , James,
and Ruth Carlisle. A son, Oliver, died in 1933.
Funeral and burial in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Morgan
County News)
JAMES, MRS. LAURA MYRTLE, AGE
84 OF HARRIMAN FORMERLY OF MORGAN CO. PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2004 IN
THE ROANE CO. MEDICAL CENTER. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS
MAJOR AND VISTA STANCIL . BROTHER CARL STANCIL; SURVIVING ARE HER
HUSBAND WALTER JAMES OF HARRIMAN, TN.
SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW RAYMOND AND BONNIE JAMES OF HARRIMAN, TN.
GRANDDAUGHTER CARIE AND HUSBAND STEVE SNOW OF OAKDALE, TN; THREE GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. MARIAH, MIA, ISSAC SNOW; SISTER, GRACE DEVANEY OF
HARRIMAN, TN;
BROTHER CHARLES STANCIL OF OAKDALE, TN.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 8 P.M. SCHUBERT
FUNERAL HOME, CHAPEL WARTBURG, WITH REV. JAMES JONES OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL BE IN THE MORRIS CEMETERY IN SUNBRIGHT. [Schubert
Funeral Home]
JANSCH, CHARLIE RICHARD, 85, of Wartburg,
died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at St. Mary's Select Specialty Hospital in
Knoxville. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Wartburg, serving
as Sunday school superintendent for 13 years, and as a member of the choir.
He was a member of the Soil Conservation District board of supervisors,
vice president of the Morgan County Farm Bureau, chairman of the Tennessee
abandoned coal mine reclamation committee and a member of Emerald Masonic
Lodge No. 377, F&AM, in Wartburg. For 35 years, he served as county
extension leader in Morgan County for the University of Tennessee Institute
of Agriculture. He retired in 1982. He was president of Jansch Enterprises
Inc., specializing in landscape plants and Christmas trees. He is survived
by his wife of 60 years, Sallie Mimms Jansch; daughter, Sallie Rebecca
"Becky" Jansch Whaley and husband, James C., of Wartburg; step-grandchildren,
Matt and Cindy Whaley; and several beloved sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
He also leaves behind a host of camping and community friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Alice
Jansch, who were both Ellis Island immigrants in the early 1900s, and by
five brothers and sisters. The funeral was at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 1,
at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg with the Rev. Tom Mooty officiating.
A graveside service was at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Wartburg City Cemetery.
[Oak Ridger]
JARNIGAN, LEE OMIE, 89, of Coalfield, died
Dec. 21, 2000. Born Aug. 29, 1911, in Morgan County, she was the
daughter of Thomas James and May Pinyon. She was the widow of Tolbert Jarnigan.
Mrs. Jarnigan is survived by her daughter, Thelma Jean Davis and her husband,
Harold C. Davis, of Oliver Springs; her grandchildren, Garey Lowe, Theresa
Adcock, Randall Jarnigan, Marlon S. "Pal" Jarnigan, Michelle Woods, Trudy
Lynn Crowe and Kimberly Erwin; her great-grandchildren, Garey Lowe Jr.,
Jennifer Lowe, David Lowe, David Lively, Mark Lively, Parker Jarnigan,
Tyler Jarnigan, Asha Jarnigan, Justin D. Crowe, Jonathan Crowe, Matthew
Erwin and Dalton Ray Woods; and by her great-great-grandchildren, Hannah
J. Lowe,
Gabriel Lowe, Israel Lowe and Brendon Clay Lively. She
is also survived by her sister, Edna Campbell, and by her niece, Brenda
Brown, both of Oliver Springs. In addition to her parents, her son,
Marlon R. Jarnigan, died earlier. Burial in Estes Cemetery
of Coalfield. [The Oak Ridger]
JARNAGIN, MARGARET KATHERINE, 81, Joyner Community,
formerly of Carter County, Tn., passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001 in
the Morgan County Life Care Center of Wartburg. She was preceded in death
by her husband Cecil Jarnagin. She is survived by son Timothy and wife
Laura Jarnagin of Atlanta, Ga.; daughter Gale and husband Leon Bunch of
Joyner; grandsons Rickey and Brian Bunch of Joyner, Douglas and Andrew
Jarnagin of Memphis; granddaughter Rachel Jarnagin of Atlanta, Ga.; great-grandchildren
Elizabeth and Grant Jarnagin of Atlanta, Ga. and Adam, Allan and Kirsten
Bunch of Joyner; one nephew and two nieces of Rogersville, Tn.; special
friends the Lewis family of Bristol; and many care givers of the Morgan
County Life Care Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday evening at
8 p.m. in Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg, with Rev. Wayne Boswell officiating.
Graveside services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the New Slagel Cemetery
Elizbethton. The family received friends Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
in Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg. [Morgan County News]
JARNIGAN, RUTH EDMONDS - age 89, of Petros,
died Saturday evening, January 18, 2003, in the Methodist Medical Center,
Oak Ridge, Tenn. She was a member of the Petros First Baptist Church, and
a member of Sunrise Chapter #364 Order of Eastern Star, Petros. She was
a avid U.T. and Atlanta Braves Fan. She was preceded in death by husband,
Walter Jarnigan; parents, Ben and Maggie Kelly Edmonds, and brother, Garland
Edmond. Surviving: sister-in-law, Geneva Edmond of Oak Ridge; nephews;
Ron Edmond of Oak Ridge, Ken and Janet Edmond, of Clinton. Funeral Services
will be held Monday evening, 8 p.m., Schubert Funeral Home Chapel, Wartburg,
with Dr. Jim West officiating. Graveside Services will be held Tuesday,
11:00 a.m., Jan. 21, 2003, in the New Petros Cemetery. The family will
receive friends Monday evening, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Schubert Funeral
Home, Wartburg. In lieu of flowers, the family request, memorial contributions
be made to the First Baptist Church, Petros. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JARNIGAN, THEORDORE R.:
Services for Theodore R. Jarnigan, 84; who died Monday in Lorain after
a long illness,will be 1 p.m. Monday in Sharp Funeral Home; Oliver
Springs, Tenn., where friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. The
Rev. Gervin Walls, pastor, of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, Oliver
Springs, where Mr. Jarnigan was a member, will officiate. Burial will
be in New Hope Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Tenn. In Lorain, friends will be
received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at Dombrowski and Wohlever Funeral Home
in Harriman.Tenn., Mr. Jarnigan lived in Lorain from 1946 until
retiring as head shipper with The Shovel Company in 1973. He returned
to Tennessee following his retirement and made his home in Coalfield
until moving back to Lorain last year
to live with his daughter, Florence Apple of Lorain. Other survjvors
include, sons, Ted, David, and Johnny, all of Lorain; six
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Jarnigan was preceded
in death by his wife, Leona M. (nee Graham), in 1985; and a grandson,
Mark, in 1985.
Source: Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1989
JARRELL, JAMES, In Loving Memory - May
2, 1935, August 31, 2000 - Sadly missed by your wife, Sue, daughters, Cricket
and Candi; granddaughters, Jade, Jessica and Jamie Sue. [Morgan County
News]
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JARRELL, JAMES V., 65, of Cleveland, Ohio,
formerly of Dana, died Thursday, August 31, 2000. Born on May 2, 1935,
in Dana, he was the son of the late Bruce and Birdie Jarrell. He was a
former General Motors employee. He is survived by his wife, Susie
Spurling Jarrell. Other survivors include two daughters, Lowana
"Cricki" and Candice Jarrell; three sisters, Anna Rae Boyd, Margaret
Boyette and Uvon Fruciano; three brothers, Clifford Jarrell, Troy
Jarrell, and Gary Jarrell. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday,
September 5, at 11 a.m., at the Union Grove Baptist Church, Sunbright,
Tennessee.Burial was in the Union Grove Cemetery, Sunbright,
Tennessee
(Information, courtesy of Hall Funeral Home, Martin).
JEFFERIES,
RAY, 59, Lancing, passed away July 27, 2003 at the home of his sister,
Phyllis McKinney in Oliver Springs. He was preceded in death by his
mother Ruby Jefferies. He is survived by sisters Phyllis Ann McKinney and
husband Burlin of Oliver Springs, Carolyn June Worthington of Harriman
and Rena Andrews and husband Ernest of Clinton. Ray was born Nov.
14, 1943 in LaFollette. He lived most of his life in Morgan Co. He
was employed by the Dept. of Correction, working at Morgan County Regional
Correctional Facility for 21 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. A
memorial service was held Aug. 1, 2003 in Orchard View Baptist Church with
Rev. Fred Hampton and Rev. John Travis McKinney officiating. Burial
was private. Sharp Funeral Home, Oliver Springs, was in charge of arrangements.
[Morgan County News]
JEFFERIES, RUBY OPAL, 84, Oliver Springs, passed
away Jan. 21, 2001 in the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She was
preceded in death by her parents Roland Jeffers and Parley Melton Jeffers.
She is survived by son Ray Jefferies of Lancing; daughter June Worthington
of Harriman, Phyllis Ann McKinney and husband Burlin of Oliver Springs
and Rena Andrews and husband Earnest of Clinton; nine grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren; sister Anna Johnson of Michigan; and several
nieces and nephews. Mrs. Jefferies was born March 15, 1917 in Anderson
County. She lived in this area all her life. She was a member of Oliver
Springs Church of Christ. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan.
23, 2002 at 8 p.m. in the Oliver Springs Church of Christ with Richard
Powlus officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday between the
hours of 6 and 8 p.m. in the church. Burial and graveside services will
be held Thursday, Jan. 24, at 11 a.m. in the Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
[Morgan County News]
JEFFERS, ALLARD--Allard Jeffers, 64, of Deer Lodge,
died Sunday March 7, 1993 in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He
was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are son Larry of Ohio, sister
Mable of Scott County, brothers, Alfred and Crawford both of Scott County
and step children: Lester and Floyd Hall both of Deer Lodge. Funeral
services were 11 a.m. Wednesday in Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg with
the Rev. Reid Watson officiating. Burial was in the family
cemetery. The family received friends 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Schubert
Funeral Home in Wartburg. (Source: Morgan County News, 3/11/1993.
p2)
JEFFERS, KERTY, 65, of Clinton died Saturday
at the Oak Ridge Hospital. He was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist
Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Phillips Jeffers, three
daughters, Mrs. Lola Lee of Wartburg, Mrs. Trula Mae Prosise of Oak Ridge;
Miss Alma Rose Jeffers of Clinton, two brothers, Elba Jeffers of Powell,
Thomas Jeffers of Clinton; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Byrd and Mrs. Cliff
Long, both of Clinton, four grandchildren. Funeral services were
held Monday at Martin's Chapel in Clinton with the Rev. Hubert Lee officiating.
Interment was in Sunset Cemetery; Martin Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements. (Source: Morgan County News, 7/16/1970)
JEFFERS, LEE M.-- FUNERAL FOR ATTY. LEE M. JEFFERS--OAKDALE--Funeral
services were conducted Friday afternoon from the Baptist Church by the
Rev. D. C. Sparks of Harriman, assisted by Rev. David Burris, for Attorney
Lee M. Jeffers, a member of the church, who died at this home Wednesday
morning at the age of 46 years. Mr. Jeffers came to Oakdale from
Scott County some 20 years ago and first served as clerk for the Southern
Railway. He then taught in the Oakdale School; was appointed postmaster
and served in that capacity for 11 years. He resigned as postmaster
to accept the position of cashier of the Depositors State Bank. He
then entered Cumberland University at Lebanon where he received his degree
in law and set up office in Oakdale, where it was his privilege to practice
only a short period before being stricken with a disease that confined
him to bed for the past three years prior to his death last Wednesday.
Mr. Jeffers is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillie Gibson Jeffers, and an
only daughter, Miss Louise Jeffers; a large number of relatives and a host
of friends who grieve with the family in his passing. Rev. Sparks
in his service compared life to a garden and in each garden a sepulcher.
This true of life, but in Mr. Jeffers' garden of life, his sepulcher was
surrounded by lovely roses that blossomed into beauty about him as his
life came in contact with others. Especially was this true of his
life the past 3 years, and to each visitor at this beside he spread sunshine
and good cheer that made them happier and more content with their lot in
life. The spirit of hope and expectancy continued even down to the
river's brink. Schubert's of Wartburg had charge of arrangements
and burial took place at Crab Orchard. (Source: Morgan County
News, Thursday, 10/2/1941, Vol. 24, #27.)
JEFFERS, LEONARD EDWARD "ED", 45, passed away
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001 in Evansville, Ind., after suffering a massive heart
attack. Ed had lived in Evansville for the past 28 years where he owned
and operated B and E Tree Service. He was known throughout the city for
his honesty and dedication to his work. Ed was raised in the Sunbright
Community where he still has many family members and friends. He
loved to come to visit when he had time. He was preceded in death by his
parents Segal and Betty (Hawn) Jeffers; and by an infant brother Randall
Paul. He is survived by his wife of 23 years Cathy; five sons Toby, Keith,
Grant, Glen, and Stewart; one granddaughter Caitlyn Nikole, all of Evansville;
three brothers Carl Wayne and Nancy Jeffers, Mark and Lisa Jeffers of Sunbright
and Clyde and Cindy Jeffers of Cartersville, Ga.; five sisters Marion and
Mike Hardy, Linda and Ray Henderson, Ruth and Jimmy Morgan and Peggy and
Mike Colby, all of Sunbright and Betty Jane and Jesse Watkins of Stoneville,
N.C.; and several nieces and nephews, other family members and friends.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. The family received friends
Thursday, Nov. 1 from 2 to 8 p.m. in Pierre Funeral services were held
Friday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. in Scared Heart Church. Burial was in St. Joseph
Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
JEFFERS, LESTER SHORTY, --TWO
KILLED IN OAKDALE CAR CRASH--Automobile Plunges Over 200-Foot Bank; One
Person Injured--Oakdale--Two persons were killed and a third was injured
seriously at 5:45 a.m. Saturday when the automobile in which they were
riding plunged over a 200-foot embankment on Oakdale Road near here.
Mrs. Hubert Cromwell, 20 and Lester (Shorty) Jeffers, 25, died instantly,
Jeffers' sister, Miss Lillian Jeffers, 31, was taken to Harriman Hospital,
where she is reported in satisfactory condition. Sheriff Byrge said
the trio was enroute to Oakdale from Harriman, where the two women were
employed. The car, driven by Jeffers, was reported to have struck
a bluff on the left hand side of the road, careened back across the highway
and over the embankment. Jeffers, who was on leave from the Navy,
and Miss Jeffers are the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jeffers of
Oakdale. Mrs. Cromwell was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bronce Collier
of Emory Gap. She is survived by a small child. (Morgan County
News, 9/13/1951, p1) Funeral services for Lester Jeffers, age 25,
who was fatally injured in an automobile crash here Saturday Sept. 8, were
held at the Crab Orchard Baptist Church on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 2:00 P.M.,
with the Rev. Fred Laymance and Rev. E. F. Wood officiating. Mr.
Jeffers is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jeffers; two brothers,
Alfred of Harriman, and Edgar of Oakdale, and five sisters, Charlotte,
Joan, Lillian and Mrs. Donald Morgan of Oakdale, and Cora of Oklahoma.
Burial was in the Crab Orchard Cemetery. (Morgan County News, 9/13/1951)
JEFFERS, LOUIS MAYNARD, --Maynard Jeffers, Prominent
Scott Minister, Dies--Rev. Louis Maynard Jeffers, a prominent Scott County
Baptist Minister, and a former county official and school teacher there,
died at his home near New River Saturday morning following an illness of
four months. He was 66. Rev. Jeffers was well known in Morgan
County. He had conducted services in practically every Baptist Church
in the county and for a number of years was pastor of the Elizabeth Church
on Emory River. Prior to his election to the office of County Court
Clerk in Scott County in 1940, an office he held until 1950, he taught
school in the elementary schools of Scott County. He was ordained
a Minister in 1929. A Mason, Rev. Jeffers belonged to the Oneida
Lodge No. 695, F.& A.M. A year ago he resigned as Moderator of
the New River Association, an organization of Southern Baptist Churches
in that area. He had held this office for 29 years. At the
time of his death he was pastor of the Low Gap Baptist Church located near
his home. He had served this church in this capacity for 31 years.
It was there on Easter Sunday of this year that he preached his last sermon.
On the following Tuesday he entered the Scott County Hospital at Oneida
for examination. Later he was taken to the Knoxville Baptist Hospital
where he remained for 6 weeks. He was home three weeks before his
death. Rev. Jeffers, the son of the late J. H. and Millie Jane Pemberton
Jeffers, and spent all of his life in Scott County. Survivors include
his wife, Mrs. Della Humphrey Jeffers, two sons, Claude and James of Helenwood,
four daughters, Mrs. Sherman Walker of Helenwood, Mrs. Stanley Walker of
Robbins, Mrs. Dale Freels of Lancing, Rt. 2, and Mrs. Bill Bowling of Oneida;
fifteen grandchildren; three brothers, W. E. Jeffers of Sunbright, John
R. Jeffers of Huntsville and H. I. Jeffers of Robbins and one sister, Mr.
W. E. Underwood of Sunbright. Funeral services were conducted Monday
afternoon from the Low Gap Church with three fellow ministers officiating.
They were Rev. Carl Jeffers, a nephew, Rev. Roy Blevins and Rev. Ed Simpson.
Burial was in the Carson Memorial Gardens near Oneida, following a Masonic
burial service. Nephews, Ralph Jeffers, Kenneth Jeffers, Estel Underwood,
Jr., John York, Oswell S. Sexton and W. E. Jeffers, Jr., were pallbearers.
Officials of the West Funeral Home in Oneida, in charge of the arrangements,
described the service as the largest funeral ever held in Scott County.
(Morgan County News, 1963)
JEFFERS, MAGGIE, 87, Sunbright, formerly
of Devonia, died July 5, 1998. Preceded by husband Harris Jeffers.
Survivors; daughters, Bessie Jeffers and Imogene Walko; sons, Bill Jeffers
and wife Peggy and Walter Jeffers; 13 grandchildren, 21 g-grandchildren
and 4 g-g-frandchildren; brothers, Walter Patterson and Mack Patterson.
Burial in Sunbright Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
JEFFERS, SADIE GOAD, - 103, a former resident
of Oak Ridge and Oneida, Tenn. died at the Life Care Center of Wartburg,
Tenn. on September 5, 2000. She was born in Morgan County, Dec. 28,
1896, the daughter of Ruben Goad and Elizabeth Holloway Goad, who are deceased.
Preceding her in death were two of her sons, Olin and B.R. Jeffers; also
her brother, William Rommie Goad and sisters, Eva Barnes, and Mazena Pointer.
She is survived by a son, Fred Palmer Jeffers and wife, Maxine S. Jeffers
of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; a step son, Ervin Jeffers of Oneida, Tenn.; three
grandchildren, Fred P. Jeffers, Jr. and wife, Barbara of Greensboro, NC.,
Katherine J. Smith and husband, Doug of LaFollette, Tenn., and Phillip
A. Jeffers of Charlottesville, Va.; also three great grandsons, Benjamin,
Michael, and William Jeffers all of Greensboro, NC. She is survived by
several nieces and several great nieces and great nephews. Graveside services
were conducted at Litton
Cemetery, Oneida, Tenn. [Knoxville News-Sentinal]
JENKINS, IDA BELLE JACKSON, 72, Oak Ridge, died
Wed., April 10, 2002 in Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She
had been a resident of Windwood Health & Rehab. Center in Clinton.
Born on Dec. 2, 1929, in Coalfield, she was the daughter of William Oliver
and Arvena Merle Fagan Jackson, who are deceased. Mrs. Jenkins was
a homemaker and was the widow of Ernest Eugene Jenkins, who died June 26,
1989. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge.
She is survived by her son William Stanley Jenkins and his wife Laura of
Goodlettsville; her daughters, Lucella Ann Wright and her husband Larry
of Sevierville and Melba Jean Franse and her husband Wesley of Claxton;
her sisters Barbara Whitlock and her husband Ray of Athens, TN., and Margaret
Milsaps and her husband Jay of Sweetwater; grandchildren Kenneth Eugene
Franse, William Wesley Franse, Jake Jenkins and Rachel Jenkins; several
nieces, nephews and cousins; and her aunt Lucille Ruffner of Coalfield.
The funeral was held Sat. April 13, 2002 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Weatherford
Mortuary. Burial followed in Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family
received friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. [Morgan County News]
JENNINGS, FRANK--Frank Jennings, 38, of Route
2, Lancing, died Sunday evening, September 7, at the home of his mother.
He was a son of the late Dock Jennings of Sunbright. He is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Ruby Jennings; three brothers, Bobby Gene, Junior and
Rank, all of Lancing, TN.; and three sisters: Margaret Cox, Geneva McCann
and Cora McCann, all of Harriman. The body was returned to his mother's
home, Route 2, Lancing, where the family received friends Tuesday night.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Sunbright Church
of God of Prophecy with the Rev. Robert Lawrence officiating. Interment
followed in Sunbright cemetery with Schubert's of Sunbright-Wartburg in
charge. (Morgan County News, 9/11/1980)
JENNINGS, GEORGE, 51, Jefferson City, passed away
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002. He is survived by his sister Maude Jennings
of Sunbright; and several other relatives and friends. He was buried
Friday Feb. 22, 2002 in Stringfield Chaped Cemetery, Sunbright. [Morgan
County News]
JENNINGS, RANKIN 51, died March 17, 1998
in Lancing. Preceded in death by father, Dock Jennings; brothers,
Bobby Jennings and Junior Jennings; sisters, Margaret Ooten, Cora McCann
and Geneva McCann. Burial in Sunbright Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
JENNINGS, RUBY, 87, died Dec. 11, 2000 in Harriman.
Preceded by mother, Florence Phillips; father, Jim Stringfield; husband
Doc Jennings and sons, Harold, Johnny, Frank and Dock Rank Jennings.
Surviviors: sons, Junior Jennings of Lancing and Bobby Jennings also of
Lancing; daughters, margaret Ooten of Jamestown, Cora McCann and husband
Bobby of Deer Lodge and Geneva McCann and husband Byrl of Lancing; 20 grandchildren
and 35 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Burial
in Sunbright Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
JOHNSON, ARNETTA, eight-year-old Arnetta [Viola]
Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Edward Johnson of Route One, Oakdale,
died Sunday at 3:05 a. m. at Harriman Hospital. She had been ill
several years. Survivors also include a sister, Tabatha; maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil S. Brown, Oakdale; Paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson, Rockwood; and great-grandmother, Mrs.
Ida Brown of Oakdale. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Kyker
Funeral Home at Harriman with burial at Crab Orchard Cemetery in Morgan
County. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 o'clock tonight
at Kyker's. [b: 3-13-1964, d 5-7-1972]
her sister:
JOHNSON, REBECCA JEAN, was born and died May 18,
1976 in the Harriman Hospital and died one hour later. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Edward Johnson of route
one, Oakdale. She is survived by two sisters Tabatha and Tina Johnson;
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil S. Brown, Oakdale; Partenal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wallace Johnson, Rockwood; and great grandmother, Mrs.
Ida Brown of Oakdale. Burial will be at Crab Orchard
Cemetery in Morgan County. She will be buried by her sister Arnetta.
[Submitted]
JOHNSON,
BILL W., 85, Coalfield, died Sept. 16, 1999. Preceded by parents
Charlie Brummett and Nora Johnson; brothers, Oscar, Clarence and Nathan
Johnson and Thomas Brummett. Survivors, wife of 53 years, Gertrude
Hood Johnson; son, David Johnson and wife Pam; daughter, Linda Strickland
and husband Jack; four grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; brothers,
Frank and wife Thelma Brummett, Winfred and wife Betty Brummett, Chris
and wife Maryann Brummett; sisters, Jean Herron and Billie Joe Ward; brothers-in-law,
Clyde Hood and wife Sandy and Junior Hood and wife Joyce; sisters-in-law
Helen Massengale and husband, Rube, Juanita Ricker and Rose Brummett;
Mr. Johnson was born June 17, 1914 in Roane Co. He was an Army veteran
of WW II and retired from Brushy Mountain Prison as a guard in 1978.
Burial in Estes Cemetery Coalfield. [Morgan County News]
JOHNSON, CARRIE MAE BINGHAM, 86, Wartburg, passed away Saturday, Dec.
10, 2005 in the Roane Medical Center in Harriman. She was a
long-standing member of Liberty Baptist Church in Wartburg.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Grant and Lillie (Redmon)
Bingham; husband, Marion Johnson; son, Tommy Johnson; sister, Bonnie
Wallace; and brothers, Elmer and Lester Bingham.
She is survived by her sisters, Reba Williams of Wartburg and Winnie
Flatt of Cookeville; two special sisters-in-law, Joyce Armes and Hazel
Bingham, both of Wartburg; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives
and friends.
The family received friends Monday, Dec. 12, 2005 from 6 to 8 p.m. in
Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg. The funeral service began at 8 p.m.
with Bro. Paul Frick and Bro. David Acres officiating. A graveside
service was held on Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. in Liberty Church
Cemetery. [Roane County News]
JOHNSON, MRS. DORIS M., AGE 93 OF HARRIMAN, DIED MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006
IN THE HARRIMAN CARE AND REHAB CENTER. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE OAKDALE
METHODIST CHURCH.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND JOE E. JOHNSON. PARENTS; DAVID AND MARY E.
McGINNIS CREEKMORE. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS; PATSY BROWN AND RHONDA
JOHNSON, BOTH OF HARRIMAN. SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW; LARRY AND JEAN
JOHNSON OF MARIETTA, GA.
GRANDCHILDREN; TERRY BROWN OF HARRIMAN., JOSEPH BROWN AND GLENDA BALES
BOTH OF SODDY DAISY, CINDY KRAFT OF MARRIETTA, GA, PAM JOHNSON OF
ROSSWELL, GA AND BARRY EDMONDS JOHNSON OF SEATTLE, WA.
NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 6 TO 8 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2006 AT SCHUBERT FUNERAL HOME, WARTBURG.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE THURSDAY 10:30 A.M. ROANE MEMORIAL GARDENS,
ROCKWOOD, WITH REV. CHARLES KELLY OFFICIATING. SCHUBERT FUNERAL HOME,
WARTBURG, TN IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. [Schubert Funeral Home]
JOHNSON, EDGAR EUGENE - age 70, a resident of
Oliver Springs and formerly of Oakdale, died July 31, 2000. Mr. Johnson
was preceded in death by his parents, Boyd W. Johnson and Pearl Smiley
Johnson and by a son, Boyd Wayne Johnson. Survivors: Faye Dyal Johnson
of Oliver Springs; daughter, Sharon Johnson of Oliver Springs; sons, Johnny
Johnson and Keith Johnson, both of Oliver Springs; seven grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; brothers, Arnold Boyd Johnson and Joseph Mitchell
Johnson, both of Oakdale, Lester James Johnson of Rockwood, Leonard Lee
Johnson of Morgan County and Johnny R. Johnson of Alcoa; sister,
Pauline Laymance of Mossy Grove. Mr. Johnson was born August 10, 1929 in
Oakdale. He had lived in Oliver Springs since 1991. He was a retired Mechanic
who worked as a Civil Service employee of The U.S. Government. [Morgan
County News]
JOHNSON, FRED BLY, 59, of
Petros, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, in Methodist Medical Center, Oak
Ridge. Born Nov. 17, 1947, in Oliver Springs, he was of the Baptist
faith and worked as a dry-wall hanger in the construction business. He
was preceded in death by parents, Wiley Johnson and Mattie Viola
Fletcher Johnson; and brothers, Raleigh Johnson, Joe Johnson, Ray
Johnson, Chris Johnson, Bill Johnson and Luke Johnson. Survivors
include son, William Fred Johnson of Petros; daughters, Jennifer
Johnson and Sherry Lynn Johnson of Baltimore; brother and
sister-in-law, Fletcher and Dicie Johnson of Clinton; and sisters and
brother-in-law, Daisy L. and William Nichols of Naples, Fla., and Judy
Salazzar of Wartburg. Funeral service was at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12,
in Sharp Funeral Home chapel, Oliver Springs, with the Rev. Mike
Wan-kawski officiating. Graveside service and burial will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Anderson Memorial Gardens, Clinton. [Roane
County News]
JOHNSON , FREMING R. a native of Coalfield,
age 62, died April 26, 1996 in Lockport, Ill. Survivors: wife, Glenneva
Wiggins Johnson; son, Sterphen and wife Rose Marie Johnson; daughters Kay
Johnson, Melanie Johnso, and Rene and Darrell Blaster; brother, Winifred
and wife Elanora Johnson; sisters, Geneva and Austin Armes, and Carolyn
and Russell Massingale; 10 grandchildren. Burial in Estes Cemetery Coalfield.
[Roane County Standard]
JOHNSON, GERTRUDE HOOD, 78, of Coalfield, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at
her home. Born June 29, 1927, in Morgan County, she was a lifelong
resident of Coalfield and a member of Oliver Springs Church of God of
Prophecy. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Bill W.
Johnson; parents, Bowers and Tessie Roberts Hood; and brothers, Paul
Hood and Wilburn Hood. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Linda
and Jack Strickland of Coalfield; son and daughter-in-law, David and Pam
Johnson of Tellico Plains; brothers and sister-in-law, Clyde Hood of
Oliver Springs and Junior and Joyce Hood of Clinton; sisters and
brother-in-law, Helen and Rube Massengill of Coalfield and Juanita
Ricker of Loudon; grandchildren and spouses, David and Raezean Johnson
of Harriman, Bill B. and Cynthia Johnson of Vonore, Mike and Christie
Strickland of Rockwood, Russ Parks of Tellico Plains and Paul Strickland
and companion Missy of Oak Ridge; great-grandchildren, Brook Johnson,
Matthew Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Zack Strickland, Josh Strickland, Caleb
Strickland, Natalie Strickland, Ethan Strickland and Tristan Parks;
special niece, Judy Smallen of Loudon; and a host of nieces, nephews,
special friends and extended family members. Funeral service was at 8
p.m. Wednesday, May 31, in Sharp Funeral Home chapel, Oliver Springs,
with the Rev. Roy Massengill and Chaplain John Shaw officiating.
Graveside service and burial were at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1, at Estes
Cemetery, Coalfield. [Roane County News]
JOHNSON,
MARION F. - age 77, of Wartburg, February 7, 2000 . He wasborn on July
13, 1922 in Harriman.He served in the US Navy during World War II, enlisting
shortly after Pearl Harbor, and was retired from the US Postal Service.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Addie Johnson of Harriman
and his son, Thomas F. Johnson of Wartburg. He is survived by his wife
of 44 years, Carrie Mae Bingham Johnson of Wartburg; brother, James Ray
Johnson of Harriman; sisters, Mrs. Clint (Geneva J.) Stinnett and Mrs.
Joe (Francis J.) Wright, all of Harriman; special niece, Mary Botkin of
Harriman; sister-in-law, Reba Bingham Williams and Hazel Bingham, both
of Wartburg, Winnie Flatt of Cookeville; brother and sister-in-law, Lester
and Joyce Bingham of Wartburg; Burial in the Liberty Cemetery. [
Knoxville News Sentinel 8 Feb 2000]
JOHNSON, MRS. NELLA "JEAN" -
age 66 of Oakdale, born December 26, 1940, died Friday, July 13, 2007
at her home after suffering a battle with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease).
Jean loved the Lord and was a faithful member of the Piney Baptist
Church. She was so loved by her community and was well known for her
many years of babysitting and her love of children and cooking. She is
preceded in death by: parents, Wilburn and Elsie Spurling Brown of Deer
Lodge; brothers, Lawrence Brown and Leon Brown of Deer Lodge; half
brothers and sisters, Ray, Roy and Amos Brown, Geraldine Brown Anderson
and Gladys Brown Knepp; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Fred Johnson
and Velma Duncan Johnson of Oakdale and Lowell Dean Johnson of Oakdale.
Jean is survived by: her husband of 47 years, Morris Johnson of
Oakdale; son, Tim Johnson and wife Kay of Oakdale; daughter, Tammy
Johnson Smith and husband Taylor of Wartburg; grandchildren, Tyler and
Cory Johnson of Oakdale, Savannah, Morgan and Marley Smith of Wartburg,
Travis and wife Robyn Langley of Oakdale, Stacy Langley Ruppe and
husband Matthew of Oakdale; sister, Janet Brown Wormsley and husband
Willis of Deer Lodge; brothers, Lonnie Brown and wife Barbara of
Oakdale, James Brown and wife Thelma of Deer Lodge, Amil Brown and wife
Jeanette of Jacksonville, Florida; brothers and sisters-in-law, Edward
and Edna Johnson of Oakdale, Marie and Bill Collier of Harriman, Linda
Johnson and Frances Johnson both of Harriman; special loved ones, Greg
and Phyllis Langley of Oakdale and many nieces and nephews as well as
all her children she helped raise. The family will receive friends
Monday July 16, 2007 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Schubert Funeral Home,
Wartburg. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at Piney
Baptist Church with Rev. Pat McGee and Rev. Jim Disney officiating.
Mrs. Johnson will be taken to the church one hour prior to the service.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Schubert Funeral Home,
Wartburg in charge of arrangements. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JOHNSON, RENA - age 87 of Deer Lodge, passed
away , Feb. 25, 2000. She was a member of Deer Lodge Congregational Church
and was preceded in death by her husband, Conway Johnson; sons, C.E. Jr.
and Francis Leon Johnson. She is survived by her daughter, Beverly and
her husband, Lincoln Payne of Sunbright; granddaughters, Cynthia Bielat
of Sunbright, Linda Johnson Harris of Pittsburgh, Pa., Melinda Jones of
Mossey Grove; five great grandchildren; sisters, Opal Howard of Harriman,
Tenn., Reba Payne of Indianapolis, Ind.; Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Deer
Lodge. [The Knoxville News Sentinel 27 Feb 2000]
JOHNSON, VELMA (MAMAW JOHN) DUNCAN - of Oakdale
went home to be with the Lord Saturday, March 22, 2003. She was a faithful
member of Boswell Chapel Baptist Church in Oakdale. She was a Godly mother,
Mamaw and friend to all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Fred Johnson; parents, Mark and Zella Duncan; brother, Wade Duncan;
son, Lowell Dean Johnson. She is survived by her sons and their wives,
Morris and Jean Johnson, Edward and Edna Johnson; daughters and their husbands,
Barbara and Lonnie Brown, Linda Johnson Marie and Bill Collier, Frances
Johnson; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren and many friends
and extended family members. The family will receive friends at Schubert
Funeral Home on Sunday, March 23, 2003 from 6-9 p.m. The funeral service
will be held on Monday, 2 p.m. at Boswell Chapel Church in Oakdale with
Bro. Jim Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in Piney Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the church from 1-2 p.m. [Knoxville
News Sentinal]
JOHNSON,
WALTER LEWIS, 58, born May 18, 1944 in Central City., KY., passed away
in his home in Westminster, S.C., Oct. 3, 2002. He was retired from
the U.S. Navy as a Mastered Arms. He wa also a retired Westminster
Police officer. He was preceded in death by his father Welbon Johnson;
sister Kay Brown and wife Janie L. Johnson. He is survived by daughters
Teresa and husband Donald Cox of Lancing and Michelle Clark and husband
of Pine Knot, Ky.; son Anthony and wife Nena Johnson of Pine Knot and the
mother of his child, Barbara E. Johnson. three step-sons Ronnie and
Pete Delfino of Westminster, S.C., and Morgan Delfino of San Antonio, TX.;
7 grandchildren, 8 grandchildren by marriage in S.C. Interment in
Forrestner Cemetery, Lancing, with full military honors. [Morgan
County News]
JOHNSON,
WINIFRED H., 70, of Coalfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002, at Methodist
Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Born July 9, 1931, in Coalfield, he was the
son of Oscar and Stella Roberts Johnson, who are deceased. He had been
a lifelong resident of Coalfield. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean
War. Mr. Johnson was a retired maintenance supervisor for Martin
Marietta Energy Systems. He was a member of Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in Coalfield and a member of the Black Diamond Masonic Lodge No.
625, F&AM. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Elenora Wormsley
Johnson; his son, Eric Johnson of Coalfield; his daughter, Starlette Underwood
and her husband, Greg, of Coalfield; two grandchildren, Jessica Underwood
and J.T. Underwood, both of Coalfield; two sisters, Geneva Armes and her
husband, Austin, of Seymour and Carolyn Massengale and her husband, Russell,
of Clinton; several nieces and nephews; and his in-laws, which he considered
as his own family. In addition to his parents, Mr. Johnson was preceded
in death by a brother, Robert Johnson. The funeral will be held at
8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver
Springs. The Rev. Mark Hester and the Rev. Russell Massengale will officiate.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at Estes
Cemetery in Coalfield. The family requests that any memorials be in the
form of donations to Mount Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Coalfield,
TN 37719. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at
the funeral home. [Oak Ridger]
JONES, ADA L., 92, Trenton,
Mich., formerly of Coalfield, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006 in
Woodhaven, Mich. She was born Aug. 20, 1914 in Coalfield and has been
living in Michigan since 1942. Mrs. Jones was a loving mother and
grandmother. She was a homemaker and a member of the Seventh Day
Adventist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer
Jones; parents, Hugh and Minnie Case Davis; sister, Mae McCartt; and
two brothers, June Davis and Glen Davis. She is survived by son, Donald
Jones and wife Evelyn of Trenton, Mich.; grandchildren, Denise Byrne,
Brian Jones and Sharon McNamara;great-grandchildren, Shannon Toler and
Michael Patrick McNamara; great-great-grandson, Landon Ruhl;
and 3 nieces, 1 nephew, several extended family members and special
friends. The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16,
2006 in Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with funeral services
following with Dr. Billy Edmonds officiating. Graveside service was
held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006 in Estes Cemetery in Coalfield.
JONES, ALBERT 64 of Annadel Community of
Lancing, died June 25, 1994. Preceded by father, W.M. Jones; brother,
Arvil Keith Jones and sister Bernice Combs. Survivors: wife, Aggie
Goad Jones; sons, Jerry and wife Ann Jones, Carl and wife Jennie Jones;
4 grandchildren; brothers, Jack, Edward, Bill and Paul, sister, Mrs. Farish
Ray Richburg. Burial in Annadel Cemetery, Lancing. [Morgan County News]
JONES, AGGIE LINDSAY, 72, formerly of Mill Creek,
died in Fentress County. She was the daughter of the late S.W. & Martha
Ballew Lindsay. Survivors: husband, Joe Jones; daughter, Marie
Cooper; sons, Kenneth, Austin and Bill Jones; daughters,Mrs. Raymond
Gamble and Mrs. Juanita Brazelle; 22 grandchildren and 6 great, grandchildren.
sister, Abbit Wilson. Burial, Range Cemetery, Fentress Co. [Morgan
County News dated 2/4/1965]
JONES, ALEX, 78, of Sunbright, died,
Nov. 28, 1982 in Scott County Hospital. Preceded in death by his wife,
Bertha Williams Jones. Survivors, son, Carl Jones of Sunbright, 3 grandchildren,
4 step-grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren, and 3 step-grandchildren.
Also surviving, brother, Alfonce Jones; three sisters, Grace Gosnell, Dora
Summers and Juanita Garrett.
Interment in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
(Morgan County News)
JONES, ALMA LANGLEY - age 70, of the Joyner
Community passed away Sunday, February 27, 2000. She was a member of the
Liberty Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her father, James H. Langley;
brother, Darrell Langley. She is survived by husband, Raymond L. Jones;
son, Murrell R. Jones of Oak Ridge; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Myrna
L. and Marvin Sayne of Knoxville and Lora D. and Lyle Fountain of Joyner
Community; 7 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; mother, Edith Barger
Langley of Rockwood; sister, Eunice Navas of Wartburg; brother and sister-in-law,
Reece and Gladys Langley of Joyner Community.
Interment in the Union Cemetery. [Knoxville News
Sentinal]
JONES, ALMA WALLS - age 68, a
resident of Coalfield, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Briarcliff Health
Care Center in Oak Ridge. Alma was born in Coalfield on October 25,
1938. She has lived in Coalfield, the community that she loved all of
her life. Alma was the youngest of 11 children. She graduated from
Coalfield High School in 1956. She was an experienced bookkeeper and
accountant. She worked as a bookkeeper at Balliff's Department Store.
She frequently completed Federal Income Tax forms for friends, and she
did the quarterly audits for the city of Oliver Springs. She was the
owner of Hansom House (Dress Shop) and Jones Meat Market in Coalfield.
She was also one of a group of three women to become the first female
employees of Brushy Mountain Prison. She was employed at the prison for
twenty-five years as a correctional officer and a teacher. While
working as a correctional officer she was assigned to guard James Earl
Ray while he was hospitalized at a local hospital.Alma was appointed as
the Morgan County Executive in 2001 to fill the office of Tommy Kilby.
Therefore she became the first female county executive of Morgan
County. While serving the county in this capacity she was instrumental
in bringing the new state prison to Morgan County. She also organized
the 100th anniversary celebration of the Morgan County Courthouse. She
was also appointed to serve Morgan County as a county commissioner of
the 6th district following the death of her husband. She served for 13
years under three different county executives. While a commissioner she
served as the budget committee
chairwoman and she also served on the county building committee. She
was currently serving on the Morgan County Library Board and the Morgan
County Election Committee. She participated in a memorial service which
commemorated the 1 year anniversary of the tornado which struck Morgan
County in November 2002. As part of the memorial service she unveiled
plaques that listed the names of those killed in the tornado. In
addition she also unveiled a plaque listing the name of every Morgan
County soldier killed in combat. She is preceded in death by her
husband; Jerry Leon Jones, Sr. and by a son; Jerry Lee Jones, Jr., by
sisters; Susie Ward, Irene Walls, and Shirley Walls, and by five
brothers; William E. "Bud" Walls, Wilson E. "Dude" Walls, Robert Walls,
Jr., George C. Walls, and Jack D. Walls. Survivors: daughter, Renee
Davis and husband John of Oliver Springs; Grand-Children, Kathryn
Ruffner, Britt Ruffner, James Davis all of Oliver Springs, Greg Carroll
and wife Tonya of Clinton; great-grand- daughter, Kayla Carroll of
Clinton; brother, Arnold Walls of Coalfield; sister, Louise Crowe of
Coalfield, sisters-In- law, June Hudson and husband James, Jan Hale and
husband Harry, Jeanette Babb and husband James, Judy Slack and husband
Charles, Jackie Maston and husband Dwight, Peggy Jones all of
Coalfield; brother in-law, Joe Jones and wife Judy of Rockwood. She is
also survived by 30 nieces & nephews, and 55 great nieces &
nephews. The family will receive friends at Beech Park Baptist Church
Saturday, May 26, 2007 between the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 pm. Funeral
services will follow at 8:00 at the church with Pastor Robbie Leach
officiating. Burial and graveside services will be held Sunday, May 27,
2007 at Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. Sharp Funeral Home is in charge of
the arrangements. [Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on
5/26/2007.]
JONES, ALVINIA ALINE, 80, Sunbright, passed away
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001 in the Life Care Center of Morgan County. She attended
St. Ann's Catholic Church in Deer Lodge. She was preceded in death by her
parents Frank and Catherine (Walkos) Toper; two sons Thomas S. Jones and
Walter C. Jones; sister Helen Zeglin and brother Frank Toper. She is survived
by her husband of 59 years Clifford Jones of Sunbright; children Gweneth
Freels, Edward Jones and Evelyn Jones all of Sunbright; six grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren; brother Walter Toper of Manchester, Tn.,
and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. The family
received friends Wednesday evening, Jan. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Schubert
Funeral Home, Sunbright. Funeral services followed at 8 p.m. with Father
Mike Sweeney officiating. Graveside services were held Thursday at
1 p.m. in the Mt. Hope Cemetery [Morgan County News]
JONES, AMIL R. 'POPPY', 85, Sunbright, died Dec.
2, 2000. Preceded by son, Jackie Lee Jones; grandsons, Gregory McArthur
Jones and John Christopher Davis; parents Walter and Josie Morgan Jones;
brothers Estel and Raymond Jones; and sister, Bertha England Jones.
Survivors, wife of 64 years, Stella Mae England Jones; sons, Joe and wife
Jennie Rose Savage Jones of Jamestown, Byrl and Vonlee Shannon Jones of
Sunbright and Ronnie and Charlona Capps Jones of Coalfield; daughters,
Betty and husband Estel Roberts of Dayton, Ohio, Kathy and husband Scott
Murray of Naples, Fla., Peggy and Michael Davis of Jamestown, Ohio and
Kay and Tom Olmstead of Deer Lodge; nine grandchildren and two step-grandchildren;
three granddaughters, 5 step-granddaughters; step-daughters, Debbie and
Tracy Murray, Jenifer Mills, Karen Berry and Vickie Cunningham; 5 grandsons,;
8 great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandson; six step-great-granddaughters;
brother Dennis and wife Edith England Jones of Beaver
Creek, Ohio; sister, Elsie Innis of Bradenton, Fla., Grace Hall of Springfield,
Ohio and Maxine Benjamine of Calif. Burial in Sunbright Cemetery.
[Morgan County News]
JONES, AUBREY FAYE 92, of Coalfield, died
May 26, 1994. Preceded by parents, Richard and Callie Liles Summers
and husband Frank Jones. Survivors: son, Lester Eugene Jones and
daughter, Glenna Spradlin; 3 grandchildren, 2 g-grandchildren; sisters,
Pearl Marlow and Ruby Duncan. Burial in Union Cemetery. [Morgan County
News]
JONES, AUDREY ROBERTA
(BERTIE) 70 of Annadale, died Feb,. 12,1999. Survived by mother
Marie Underwood, sisters, Mabel Winkler, and Faye Griffin.; brother, Ed
Underwood sons and wife: Charles and Alice Jones, Ray and Linda Jones and
Paul and Susan Jones and Allen and Mary Jones; seven grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. Burial in Lane Cemetery, Sunbright. [Morgan County
News]
JONES, BEN LOUIS, 63, Old Gobey Rd., Wartburg,
died Dec. 13, 1999. Preceded by parents, D.W.C. and Daisy Wyatt Jones;
brothers, John D. and Henry Jones and soster, Mary Jones. Survivors:
daughters, Kathy Hamby and one grandson; sisters, Martha Hall and Betty
Smith; brothers, Bob Jones and Bill and Jim Jones. Burial in Clear
Creek Cemetery, Lancing. [Morgan County News]
JONES, MRS. BETTIE SUE LLOYD
- age 64, of the Oakdale Community, passed away suddenly Thursday,
December 28, 2006. She attended the Riverside Baptist Church, Harriman.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jackie Jones, Parents, Robert
and Mary Brown, Brother, Jack Brown. Surviving children; Linette Lloyd
Knight and husband, Wayne, of Seymour, Tn., Alan Lloyd and wife,
Melissa, of Wartburg, Tn.; grandchildren, Michael and Alysha Lloyd,
Logan and Devin Stewart; brother, Charles Brown, of Wartburg; sister,
Eva Vespie, of Wartburg; special friends, Lynn Bunch, Tim Carroll and
Lisa Kidd; and several other children who called her mom, and other
friends. The family will receive friends Sunday, December 31, 2006 from
6 to 8 P.M. Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg. With funeral services to
follow at 8 P.M. with Rev. Richard Jones officiating. Graveside
services will be held Monday 11 A.M. Liberty Baptist Cemetery,
Wartburg. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JONES, BILLY R., 43, Sunbright, died May 24, 2000.
Preceded by father, Roy Jones and sister, Kay Freels. Survivors;
mother, Mabel Jones; brothers, Willard and wife Rose Jones, David and wife
Carol Jones and Dennis and wife Sue Jones; sisters, June and husband Charles
Phillips, Wanda and husband Larry Good, Eva Smith, Daisy and husband Ed
Churchwell, Fay and husband Larry Huling and Becky and husband Wayne Fritz.
Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Deer Lodge, Tn. [Morgan County News]
JONES, CALLIE MAE, 87, Sunbright, died Oct. 24,
2000. Preceded by parents Ransom and Elsie Price of Athens; husband
Freemon Litton Jones, Sr., and daughter Chalrean Jones. Survivors;
sons, Cleatis Ray Jones and Paul Franklin Jones and wife Betty, all of
Sunbright and Freeman Jones, Jr. of Fla.; daughters, Virginia Hamby and
husband Ernest and Ruth Evelyn Hamby and the late William Dodger Hamby,
Sr., all of Sunbright, Winiford Young and husband Mayford of Maryville,
Velva Mae Ziegler and husband Fred of Coalfield and Judy Cooper and husband
Conrad of Lancing; several brothers and sisters of Athens; 22 grandchildren
and 19 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Burial
in Sunbright Cemetery. [Morgan County News]
Additional submitted information: Husband: Jones, Freeman
Litton Sr. b. 6 Apr 1912 d. Apr 1984
His father: Ulysses Grant Jones (nicknamed "Babe")
His mother: Lucy Ellen Overstreet
His paternal grandparents: Samuel Jones & Mary "Polly"
Guffey.
His maternal grandparents: William Calvin Overstreet
& Minerva Jane Revel
His paternal cousin, Julie Jones (daughter of Shadrack
"Shade" Jones...brother of Ulysses Grant Jones) became
the 2nd wife of his maternal uncle, John L. Overstreet
between 1918-1920. She 29, he 64.
Submitted by: Pat
JONES, CHARLIE RUBEN, 83, Oliver
Springs, died Feb. 9, 1999. Preceded by parents, Albert and Lula Jones,
brothers, David, Russell and Gentry Jones.; sister, Thelma Wilson; step-sons,
Leornard B. Ruffner and Ralph Moore. Survived by wife Eva Rankin
Jones; daughters, Shirley Daughtery, Darlis Campbell and husband, George,
Azalee Hensley and husband Dana;son, Arnold Jones and wife Carolyn; stepdaughter,
Betty VanNorstran and husband Bob; step-son, William L. Ruffner and wife
Rebecca; brother, Wilburn Jones; 6 grandchildren and 3 step-grandchildren.
Burial in Morgan Memorial Gardens, Wartburg. [Morgan County News]
JONES, MRS. CHRISTINA RUTH HOLDER,
of Oakdale, passed away Friday, January 12, 2007 in the Life Care
Center of Morgan County. She was a member of the First Baptist Church
of Oakdale. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cody Jones;
parents: Mart and Lizzie Holder; brothers: Claude, Archie, Hooper, and
Irdel; sisters: Clara, Lora, and Sadie; sons: Larry and Dean; daughter,
Lorna Alford and an Infant daughter. She is survived by her sons:
Wendell and wife, Carol Jones, of Wartburg and Kenneth and wife,
Paulette Jones of Decatur, Tn.; daughter, Lorell Joseph of Oakdale,
sister, Jessie Laymance; Son-in-law; Don Alford, thirteen
grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one great, great grandchild.
Special great niece, Teresa and Bill McGee; great nephews, Ronnie Isham
and Brian Shadden; also several other nieces, nephews, and friends. The
family will receive friends Monday, January 15, 2007 from 12 to 2 p.m.
at Oakdale First Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 2:00
p.m. with Rev. Bill Young and Rev. Charles Kelley officiating.
Interment will follow in the Roane Memorial Gardens. [Schubert Funeral
Home]
JONES, CLARENCE L.-- 86, died Saturday evening,
July 7, 1990, at his home in Coalfield. He had been a merchant in
Fork Mountain and Coalfield for over 40 years. He was a member of
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and of Black Diamond Lodge No. 624, F&AM.,
Petros. Surviving are his wife, Rheba Mathis Jones; son, Ben F. Jones
of Atlanta, Ga., two daughters, Sheena Forester of Springfield, Va., and
Jenny Lester of Coalfield; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services ere held Monday at 11 a.m., at Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church, Coalfield, with Dr. Bill Edmonds officiating. Interment followed
in the Petros cemetery with Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg, in charge
of arrangements. (Morgan County News, 12 Jul 1990)
JONES, CLIFFORD, age 92, of Sunbright, passed
away Wed. Nov. 27, 2002 in the Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alva and Willie Mae Anderson Jones;
three brothers, Leamon Jones, Eason Jones, and Julian Jones; two sisters,
Maude Nash and Addie Ryon; beloved wife, Alvinia Jones; two sons, Walter
B. Jones and Thomas S. Jones. He is survived by children, Edward
Jones, Gweneth Freels and Evelyn Jones; all of Sunbright; six grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Dora Clark of Deer Lodge,
Hallie Mae Chrisman and Betty June Bain of Knoxville, and a host of cousins,
nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. The family will
receive friends Friday evening, Nov. 29, Schubert Funeral Home, Sunbright.
Funeral services will follow at 8 p.m. with Herb Judkins officiating.
Burial and graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 30, 2002
in the Mt. Hope Cemetery of Deer Lodge, Schubert Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JONES, DALICE GARRETT, 86 died Nov. 9, 1997.
She was a member of the Mossey Grove Baptist Church for over 50 years.
Preceded in death by her husband Hugh Jones; parents William & Mary
Garrett; brothers, Percie, Harlon, Carl and Odie; and sisters, Winnie Dilbeck
and Ora Hacker. Survived by daughters Vera Morrison and Mary Gustafson
of Mich; sons, Ross, Bill, Ken, Jr., and Charles. 19 grandchildren and
19 great-grandchildren and a sister, Kate Cromwell of the Gobey Community.
Interment in Mossy Grove Cemetery. (copied from Morgan
County News)
JONES, DANIEL, TAKEN BY DEATH; RITES TUESDAY--Daniel
Jones, 79, well-known farmer of McMinn County for the past two score years,
died at his home in North Athens at noon Sunday, the culmination of six
years illness. He was born in Morgan County, a son of Rufus Barley Jones
and Martha Letsinger Jones. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones;
three daughters, Mrs. C.A. Wallace, Mrs. Opal Lee and Miss Christine Jones;
four sons, Elmer, Ernest, Bruner and Johnny Jones, all of Athens; one sister,
Mrs. Maggie Holloman of Oneida; three brothers, Jim and Marion Jones, both
of Oakdale; Sam Jones of Oneida; 19 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Jones home Tuesday at 2 p.m., with
the Rev. C.E. McDonald of Cleveland; the Rev. Hoyt Shadden of Etowah and
the Rev. Orlan Bak- er of Athens conducting. Interment will be in Cedar
Grove cemetery in Athens. Pallbearers will be Richard Bandy, Ross Brown,
Hubert Cunningham, Creed Withrow, Arthur Lingerfelt, Jack Clayton. Flower
girls: Lorene Stevens,Wanda Jones, Helen Wyatt, Ruby Ray, Hazel Vigage,
Gertrude Withrow, Louise Wallace, Willene Jones, Ernestine Janes, Wilma
Foster, Virginia Richardson, Lena Mae Jenkins, Reba Eaves, Charlsie Moss,
Glenda Faye Jones, Evelyn Bandy, Ramona Wallace. The body was removed to
the Jones home Sunday afternoon where it will remain until after the funeral
services. Arrangements by Evans Funeral Home.
*Notes: Typed as written
Full name: Daniel Johnson Jones
Died: Sunday, 24 Aug 1947
Father’s full name: Bartley Rufus Jones
Mother’s full name: Martha Jane Letsinger
Paternal Grandparents: Johnson Jones & Sarah (Unknown)
Maternal Grandparents: Daniel Boone Letsinger & Mary
W. Shinpaugh (Shinpack)
Submitted by; Pat
JONES,
DAVID, 54, Harriman, passed away, Jan. 10, 2002 in Rockwood Health
Care and Rehab Center of Rockwood. He was born Jan. 9, 1949 in Lancing.
He was preceded in death by his parents Ira and Marie Miller Jones and
a brother Howard Lee Jones of Wartburg. He is survived by son David
Michael Jones II and his wife Jill; grandsons Keaton Nathaniel Jones and
Brantley Diggs of Harriman; the light of his life, Rebecca Long Jones of
Harriman; sisters, Brenda Walker of Crossville, Anna Amonett of Wartburg
and Janice Hudgin of Knoxville; sister-in-law Glenda Thomas of Wartburg;
and several nieces and nephews. The family received friends Jan.
12, 2003 in Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg. A memorial service followed
at 2 p.m. with Rev. Bill Goodman and Rev. Benji Blakney officiating.
[Morgan County News]
JONES, DELCIA GREENE, 87, Wartburg, died 10/8/1999.
Preceded by parents, Roy and Dora Stewart Greene; brothers, Floyd and Russell
Greene. Survivors: husband of 65 years, Reuben Jones; sister, Eva
Hall; brother, Raymond Greene. Burial in Liberty Church Cemetery.
[Morgan County News]
JONES, MR. DONNIE RAY, AGE 52 OF WARTBURG, PASSED
AWAY FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 AT METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OAK RIDGE AFTER A
LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF UNION BAPTIST CHURCH. PRECEDED
IN DEATH BY FATHER, RAY S. JONES, MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER, EDITH AND JAMES
HOPKINS. SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS, SHIRLEY COCHRAN OF WARTBURG AND WANDA
ODELL OF LAFATTE, TN. THREE BROTHERS, DENNIS JONES OF WARTBURG, DANNY AND
DEXTER JONES OF GA. HE HAS TWO CHILDREN, PLUS GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST
OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SPECIAL FRIENDS, JIMMY REYNOLDS, CHARLES CHANEY
AND BILLY DAILY. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2003
AT 1:00 P.M. IN THE UNION CHURCH CEMETERY WITH REV. EUGENE CHANEY OFFICIATING.
[Schubert Funeral Home]
JONES, MR. EDGAR ALLEN, age
52, of Gainsboro, formerly of the Mossy Grove Community, passed away
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at the Cumberland River Hospital, Celina,
Tenn. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jennifer Nicole
Jones. Maternal grandparents, Arvil and Hester Tilson, Paternal
grandparents, Fred and Mattie Jones, Brother-in-law, James Daugherty,
Father-in-law, J. W. Daugherty. He is survived by daughter and
son-in-law; Tonya and Greg Hamlet, of Gainsboro, Tenn., and a very
special grandson, Bradley Hamlet. Parents; Ed and Faye Tilson Jones, of
the Mossy Grove Community. Mother-in-law, Mevaline Daugherty, of
Wartburg. Brothers; James Jones and Wayne Jones; Sister; Kim Barger;
Sister-in -law; Kim Norman; Brother-in-law, John Daugherty and a host
of nieces, nephews, aunts, Uncles and very special friends, Greasy,
Chris and Amber. The family will receive friends Thursday
evening, April 5, 2007, from 5 to 7 p.m. CDT at the Anderson-Upper
Cumberland Funeral Home, Gainsboro, Tn. and on Friday April 6, 2007,
from 6 to 8 p.m. Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg. With
funeral services to follow at 8 p.m. With Rev. Gary
Wayne Massengill and Rev. James Forrester officiating. Graveside
services will be Saturday 11 a.m. Mossy Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery.[Schubert Funeral Home]
JONES, ELSIE M. , 88, of Knightstown, Ind,., died
Jan. 5, 1997. She was born, Dec. 1, 1908 in Morgan County,
the daughter of Samuel Dixon and Parelde Innis. Preceded by husband, Mintford
Jones; three sons; one brother and four sisters. Survivors:sons, Kenneth,
James, Jack, Roland, Roy daughter, Linda Sullivan; 34 grandchildren and
27 g-grandchildren. Burial at Center Christian Church Cemetery at Mays,
Ind. [Morgan County News]
JONES. ELMER C. Elmer Jones
funeral today......., age 79, a self-employed carpenter and resident of
620 Haley Street, died unexpectedly Monday afternoon at his home.
For several years he was employed as a painter for Shell Oil Company. Mr.
Jones was born in Morgan County, moving to McMinn County 55 years ago.
He was the son of the late Daniel Jones and Margaret Jones. He was a member
of Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virgie Rogers
Jones of Athens, four daughters, Mrs. Bill Belcher of Woodbridge, Virginia,
Mrs. Hubert Gray of Athens, Mrs. Z.W. Daugherty of Etowah and Mrs. Walter
Partington of Manasquan, New Jersey; one son, William Edwin Jones of Corpus
Christi, Texas; 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers,
Earnest Jones of Athens and John Jones of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. George
Elliott and Mrs. Chip Wallace, both of Athens. Funeral services were held
this afternoon at 4 p. m. at the Temple Baptist Church with the Revs. T.W.
Schild Jr., and Hugh Ensminger officiating. Burial was in Idlewild Cemetery.
Grandsons served as pallbearers. Ziegler Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
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Notes: Typed as written
Died: Monday, 07 Feb 1972
Father’s full name: Daniel Johnson Jones
Mother’s full name: Margaret (Jones) Jones
Paternal Grandparents: Bartley Rufus Jones & Martha
Jane Letsinger
Submitted by: Pat
JONES, ERNIE, 80, of Wartburg Rt.1, died July 14, (1989) at Methodist
Medical Center of Oak Ridge. A son Ray Jones, lives in Clinton. She was
a member of the Beech Grove Baptist Church in the Fork Mountain
community.Her husband, Ridley Jones, died in 1979, and a daughter,
Christine Brummitt, died in 1984.Another son, Leon Jones, died May 16
of this year.
Survivors include another son, David Jones of Wartburg, nine
daughters, Geraldine Jenkins, Mary Malenovsky, Wanita Shifflet and
Donna Malenovsky, all of Harriman, Janice Hatcher and Patricia
Massengill, both of Dayton, Ohio, Treatha Vann and Wanda Duncan both of
Oliver Springs and Sheila Ledford of Hixson, 33 grandchildren, 22
great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild.Services were held
July 16 at the Beech Grove Baptist Church with the Rev.Lester Phillips
and the Rev.Donald Daugherty officiating.Burial was in Patterson
Cemetery in Devonia.Sharp Funeral Home of Oliver Springs was in charge
of arrangements.
[Clinton Courier July 19,1989]
JONES, EVA GOODMAN, 84, Pilot Mountain Community,
went home to be with the Lord, Sat. June 14, 2003. She was a fiathfull
and life long member of the Baptist Church. She was preceded in death
by husband, Albert Harrison Jones; parents Franklin and Maude Goodman;
sisters Pauline Lucado and Bertha Swint; and brother Franklin Goodman,
Jr. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Wayne and Janice
Jones, Alan and April Jones; daughter Pamela Brown; daugher and son-in-law
Patricia and Mickey Barger; grandchildren Melissa and Dennis Glendenning,
Samanatha and Jason Hughes, Eric and Kelly Barger, Wesley and Heather Barger,
Joe and Tabitha Riggs, Raven Jones and Seth Brown; two great-grandchildren
Amaya Barger and Faith Riggs; brother Alvin Goodman; sisters Ruth Hickle,
Susie Norman, Charity Lowe, Louise Risen, Ara Davis and Joanne Campbell;
and several nieces and nephews. Memorial service was held at Schubert
Funeral Home Chapel in Wartburg. [Morgan County News]
JONES, MRS. FLORA CHRISTINE (CRICKET),
age 78, formerly of Wartburg, TN and Fairborn, OH passed away Saturday,
April 7, 2007. Flora was preceded in death husband; John D.
Jones. She is survived by four children; Shirley Gamble, Susan
(Warren) Henkaline, Steve (Liz) Jones and Stanley (Diane) Jones.She is
also survived by three sisters and one brother.She was a loving
grandmother of nine grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.The family will receive friends Friday April 13,
2007 at Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Funeral
service will follow at 8:00 P.M. with Rev. Jim
Phillips officiating.Graveside service will be Saturday 10:00 A.M. at
Wartburg City Cemetery.Special thanks to all those who took care of our
mother at Hartland of Beavercreek and Paramount Senior Living.In lieu
of flowers memorial contributions may be made to; Hospice of Dayton,
324 Wilmington Ave. Dayton, OH 45420.Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg in
charge of arrangements.
JONES, FRED O., 76, Coalfield died 2/23/1984.
He was born, 10/25/1907. Preceded by his wife of 55 years Mattie
Stringfield Jones. Survivors: daughters, Pauline Wilson, Margaret
Silvey, Roxy Seiber; sons, Edgar Jones, Johnny M. Jones, and Bobby Lee
Jones; 22 grandchildren and11 g-grandchildren; sister, Lydia Edmonds; brothers,
Guy Jones and Reece Jones. Interment in Ritter Cemetery, Coalfield.
[Morgan County News]
JONES,
FRED OTTO, 77, Wartburg died 3/5/1965. Son of late Columbus Benson
and Rachael Hall Jones. He was born 6/7/1887 and was a veteran of WWI.
Preceded by son, Robert Jones; Survivors, wife Linna Hamby Jones; daughter,
Loraine Humble, Rachael Jacob, Ruby Hembree, Gladys Sims, Mrs. Freddie
Lee Jones, Margaret Messer, Ruth Jones, Ann HJones; sons, Ray O., Roy E.,
Sam H. and James W. Jones. ten grandchildren. Burial in Wartburg Cemetery.
[Morgan County News dated 3/11/1965]
JONES, FREEMAN LITTON, JR., 56, Port Orange, Fla., went home to be with
our Lord August 2006, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born
in Harriman May 24, 1950 and was raised in Sunbright. He was a Vietnam
War Veteran who after the war moved to Florida in the late 1970's. He
was a self-employed construction contractor. He was preceded in death by
his father, Freeman Jones Sr.; mother, Callie Price Jones; and sister,
Charlene Jones. He is survived by his wife of one year, Geraldine; son,
Richard Jones of Daytona; two daughters, Angela Pompa of Austin, Texas,
Crystal Harrison of Georgia; five sisters, Judy Jones Cooper and
Virginia Hamby of Wartburg, Winifred Young of Maryville, Velva Ziegler
of Bulls Gap and Ruth Evelyn Hamby of Sunbright; two brothers, Cleatis
Jones and Paul Jones of Sunbright; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews and a host of friends. Funeral arrangements were held by Lohmans
of Daytona Beach. In lieu of flowers family would ask donations be given
to local cancer society or St. Jude's. [Roane County News]
JONES, FOX age 84,, a member of one of Morgan
County's pioneer families passed away March 14, 1963. Survived by his wife,
Maggie Hall Jones, six sons, Hugh, Claude, Clem, Andy, Ira and Arthur.
One daughter Mrs. Otie Griffith and a brother, Fred Jones. Burial in Elizabeth
Cemetery. (Morgan County News)
JONES, FRANKIE MAE QUEENER, 96, of Coalfield,
died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mrs. Jones was the daughter of Henderson and Margaret Queener, both now
deceased. According to her family she was a loving mother, grandmother,
and great-grandmother, and she was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of
66 years, Guy W. Jones Sr.; two sons, Guy W. Jones Jr. and Jerry Jones;
a daughter, Joyce W. Jones Cox; two infant children, Paul Gene Jones and
Joanne Jones; and by two brothers Jim Queener and Roy Queener. Mrs. Jones
is survived by a son, Joe V. Jones and wife, Judy, of Rockwood; five daughters,
June Hudson and husband, James, Janice Hale and husband, Harry, Jeanette
Babb and husband, James, Judy Slack and husband, Charles, and Jackie Maston
and husband, Dwight, all of Coalfield; a son-in-law, Johnny C. Cox of Coalfield;
and by three daughters-in-law, Gladys Jones, Alma Jones and Peggy Jones,
all of Coalfield. She is also survived by two sisters, Geraldine Hines
of Coalfield and Jenny Henderson of LaFollette; 16 grandchildren, Barry
Jones, Mick Jones, Jerry Lee Jones, John Cox, James G. Hudson, Jeffrey
Cox, Paul Hudson, Bradley Jones, Jamie B. Jones, Marty Maston, Andrew Maston,
Melissa Newberry, Renee Davis, Elizabeth Roberts, Cynthia Snow and Stacie
Hickman; 19 great-grandchildren; and by several nieces and nephews. The
funeral will be at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, in the chapel of Sharp
Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Mack Smith officiating. A
graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Estes Cemetery
in Coalfield. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at
the funeral home. [Oak Ridger]
JONES, FRAZIER 77 of Crossville,
formerly of Wartburg, died. Survivors: wife Zadie Jones; three sons, Luther,
of Wartburg, Ben of Coalfield, Casey of Loudon; two daughters, Mrs. Iva
Hannah, Pilot Mt., Mrs. Edna Sexton of Coalfield. Burial in
Wartburg Cemetery. (Morgan County News dated May 2, 1957)
JONES, GARLAN R., Mrs., 84, Sunbright, died
Jan. 28, 2001. She was born in Sunbright, Jan. 6, 1917. Preceded
by husband, William E. Jones; parents, Dr. Sam H. Jones, Sr. and Martha
Miller Jones; brother, Dr. S. H. Jones, Jr., and grandson, James E. Jones,
Jr. Survivors: daughter, Martha Hart and husband Dale of Troutville,
N.C.; three sons, William E. Jones Jr., and wife Linda of Rugby; James
E. Jones and wife Kay of Sunbright and John C. Jones and wife Darlene of
Sunbright; 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews. Burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Deer Lodge. [Morgan
County News]
JONES, GUY W. SR., 86, of Coalfield, died
Jan. 12, 1988. Survivors: wife, Frankie Queener Jones, sons, Guy Jr., Jerry,
and Joe Jones; daughters. June Hudson, Janice Hale, Joyce Cox, Jeanette
Babb, Judy Slack and Jackie Maston; 16 grandchildren and 3 g-grandchildren;
sister, Lyda Edmonds and brother, Reece Jones. Interment in Estes Cemetery.
[Morgan County News]
JONES,
GUY WALTER, JR, 75, Oak Ridge, died Oct. 22, 1998 in Memphis Methodist
Medical Center of complications following a stroke. Mr. Jones retired
in 1985 as a chemical technician at Oak Ridge National laboratory.
He was born in Blue Diamond, Ky., on Aug. 18, 1923. He was a U.S. Marine
Corp veteran of W.W. II. He was an avid golfer and during the 1950's,
60's and 70's had coached baseball teams in Oak Ridge. He was preceded
in death by his father Guy Walter Jones Sr.; and a brother and sister,
Jerry Jones and Joyce Cox. He is survived by wife of 53 years, Gladys
Carringer Jones; two sons, Barry Guy Jones and Mick Jones and his wife
Denise all of Oak Ridge; two grandchildren; mother, Frankie Mae Jones of
Coalfield; five sisters, June Hudson and husband Jim, Jamice Hale and husband
Harry, Jeanette Babb and husband Jim, Judy Slack and husband Charles and
Jackie Mastin and husband Dwight, all of Coalfield; his brother Joe Jones
of Crossville; uncle Reece Jones and wife Lynn of McComb, Ill. Burial
in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, [Morgan County News]
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JONES, GLADYS CARRINGER - age 83 of Coalfield, a former resident
of 100 California Avenue, Oak Ridge, died Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at
her home after a brief illness. She was born August 20, 1923 in
Maryville, Tennessee. Gladys was the daughter of C. V. & Elizabeth
Standridge Carringer who are both now deceased. Before the death of her
husband, Guy Jones, Jr., they enjoyed traveling, dancing and music. She
was a loving mother & grandmother. In addition to her parents and
husband, she was preceded in death by: two brothers, James Howard
Carringer & Cecil Carringer; two sisters, Vaughna Carpenter &
Mildred Cronan. Survivors: sons, Barry Guy Jones of Coalfield, Mick
Jones & wife, Denise of Destin, FL; grandchildren, Dustin and
Brooke Jones, both of Destin, Florida; sisters & brothers-in-law,
June & Jim Hudson, Jan & Harry Hale, Jeanette & Jim Babb,
Judy & Charles Slack, Jackie & Dwight Maston, all of Coalfield,
Joe & Judy Jones of Rockwood. Also survived by a host of nieces,
nephews, extended family friends and special friends. The family will
receive friends 6:00-8:00 pm, Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at Sharp
Funeral Home. Burial and graveside service will be held 12:00 noon,
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. In lieu
of flowers, the family request memorials contributions be made to: Ft.
Sanders Hospice Foundation, 1901 Clinch Avenue, Knoxville, TN
37916.Sharp Funeral Home of Oliver Springs in charge of all
arrangements.
JONES, REV. HAROLD
age 87, of Oakdale, went home to be with the Lord, Monday morning,
Feb.19, 2007, Life Care Center, Wartburg. Bro. Jones
was a pastor of several local churches in Roane and Morgan Co. He
was a veteran of W.W. II, having received a purple heart, bronze star
and several Other medals. He was preceded in death by wife,
Inez Powers Jones, daughter, Linda Jones Appel, Parents, Arthur and
Eliza Norris Jones, twin sister, Hallie, Alta and Herald,
brother; Russell. Surviving; Sons and Wives; Roger and Sue Jones,
of Crossville; Gene and Darlene Jones, Harriman;
Stanley and Becky Jones, Oakdale; Daughters and sons-in-law; Becky
Ruppe and Darrell Christmas, of Oakdale; Connie and Gary Walls, of
Kingston. Brothers and Sisters-in-law; Noah and Minnie of Harriman,
Bill, .and Alene, Arthur Jr. and Joyce, all of Black Mtn. N.C. Sisters
and brothers-in-law; Ruth and Jr. Headrick, of Oakdale, Hazel
McElrath and Dottie Stafford, both of N.C. Charlotte and Andy Johnston,
Of Oak Ridge. Nine Grandsons, Seven grand daughters, and thirteen great
grandchildren and a host of Nieces and nephews. The family will receive
friends Tuesday evening, 5 to 9 P.M., Feb. 20, 2007, Schubert Funeral
Home Chapel, Wartburg. Funeral services will be held Tuesday 2
P.M. Rankin Chapel Church, Oakdale With Rev. Danny Jenkins
officiating. Interment will be in the Roane Memorial
Gardens, with Military Honors. Bro Jones will lie in state at the
church one hour before services [Schubert Funeral Home]
JONES, MRS. HATTIE, age 81 of Chestnut Ridge Community,
passed away Friday, September 5, 2003 to be with the Lord. Mrs. Jones was
a loving mother and friend who never met a stranger. She was known for
her kind and loving spirit by all who knew her. She was preceded in death
by her parents, Estel and Dovie Potter Brown; Husband, Norman Jones; Son,
Denzil Jones; Daughter, Norma Jean Jones; Brother, Lee Stedham; Grandson,
Randy Aytes; Son-in-law, Carl Capps. She is survived by daughters, Rena
Carpenter and husband, Walter Carpenter of Haines City, Florida, Mary Hall
and husband, Teddy of Crossville, Martha Evans and husband, Ralph of the
Glades Community, and Paulette Byrge of Chestnut Ridge; Sons, Willie Jones
and wife, Linda of Deer Lodge, Wade Jones and wife, Kay of Lancing, Edsel
Jones of Chestnut Ridge, Tim Jones and wife, Christine of Chestnut Ridge,
Byrl Jones of Lancing, and Bryant Jones and wife, Regina of Chestnut Ridge;
Brothers, Odis Brown and Louise of Meister Hills and Leamon Brown and Alice
of Deer Lodge; Sisters, Ruby Bowman of Deer Lodge, Viola Jones of Meister
Hills,Dimple Allred of Clarkrange; And a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends. The family will
receive friends Sunday, September 7, 2003 from 6-9 pm at Schubert Funeral
Home in Sunbright. Funeral services will be held on Monday morning, 11
am at High Point Church with Bro. Ronnie Wilson and Bro. James Ford officiating.
Interment will follow in Adam's Hill Cemetery. [Schubert Funeral
Home]
JONES, HAZEL LEE, 86, of the Mossy Grove community
in Morgan County, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, at Morgan County Life Care
Center in Wartburg. She was the widow of William Lloyd Jones. Mrs. Jones
is survived by her children, Randel Jones of Coalfield, Joyful Vannorstran
and her husband, Ira, and Brenda Jones and her husband, Charles, all of
Mossy Grove, Fay Hamby and her husband, J.C., of Alabama, Wanda Quinn and
her husband, Ray, of Knoxville, and Gail Berryhill and her husband, Lonnie,
of Decherd, Tenn.; a sister, Lillian Rucker of Charleston, S.C.; and 23
grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents,
Willie and Lola Hollon; two other daughters, Joyce Whitney and Jean Thompson;
and two grandsons, Don Vannorstran and Robert Silcox. The funeral was held
at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg. The
Rev. David Goodman and William Vannorstran officiated. A graveside service
was conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at Union Cemetery in Wartburg.
[Oak Ridger]
JONES, HUGH,
87,
passed away, June 21, 1994. He was a 46 year member of Mossy Grove Baptist
Church. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dalice Garrett Jones; daughters
Vera Morrison, and Mary Low. Sons, Ross, Bill, Ken, Junior and Charles.
Also survived by his brothers, Arthur and Andy 21 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren.
Burial in Mossy Grove Cemetery. (copied from Morgan County News)
JONES, HUGH K., JR. - age 84 of Cornelia,
Ga., formerly of Sunbright, passed away, Nov. 28, 1999. He was preceded
in death by his parents, Hugh and Grace Jones; brothers, Frank and Wilbur
Jones and daughter, Stephanie Kay Jones. Surviving: wife, Xenia Jones,
Cornelia, Ga.; son, James K. Jones, Cornelia, Ga.; grandchildren, James
K. Jones, Jr., Dahlonega, Ga., Jamie Weyenberg, Cummings, Ga.; great granddaughters,
Sydney Kay Jones and Katelyn Marie Weyenberg. Burial in Sunbright Cemetery.
[Knoxville News Sentinel]
JONES,
JAMES LARRY, 62, Harriman, passed away Tue. Morning, Dec. 24, 2002
in him home. He was retired from Norfolk Southern Roalroad after more that
38 years of service. While working for the railroad he presented
the operation life saver to many area schools. He was also a very active
member of the South Harriman Baptist Church and a Veteran of the United
States Navy. He was preceded in death by his father Rev. Lloyd Jones.
He is survived by his wife Connie Harmon Jones; three children, James Lynn
Jones, Tammy Adkisson and Jackie Kerns; one step-son James Corey Mashburn;
one adopted son, John Griffin; five grandchildren, three great grandchildren;
his mother Monteze Wilburn Jones; four brothers, W.C. 'Dub' Jones, Lonnie
Jones, Ronny Jones and Lloyd C. "Buster" Jones, Jr.; three sisters Paulette
Schiwart, Cathy Long and Regina Arnold and a host of nieces, nephews, friends
and loved ones. The family received friends Thur. Dec. 26, 2002 from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in S. Harriman Baptist Church. Funeral services
followed at 2 p.m. with Rev. Randy Maxwell and Rev. Mason Goodman officiating.
Interment followed in Roane Memorial Garedns. Davis Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements. [Morgan County News]
JONES, JERRY LEE, JR., 47, a
lifelong resident of Coalfield community, died Thursday, April 14,
2005, at his home. The son of Alma Walls Jones of Coalfield and Jerry
Leon Jones Sr., he was born Aug. 30, 1957, in Harriman. He was preceded
in death by his father, Jerry Leon Jones Sr. He had worked 15 years as
a machinist for Advance Machine and seven years as a machinist for
Boeing in Oak Ridge. He was a member of Beech Park Baptist Church in
Oliver Springs. In addition to his mother, Mr. Jones is survived by his
son, Greg Carroll and his wife, Tonya, of Clinton; his granddaughter,
Kayla Carroll of Clinton; his sister, Renee Davis and her husband,
John, of Oliver Springs; his half-brother, Jamie Jones of Clinton; his
niece, Kathryn Ruffner of Oliver Springs; his nephews, Britt Ruffner
and James Davis, both of Oliver Springs; several aunts and uncles; and
by many extended family members and special friends. The funeral was
held Sunday, April 17, 2005, in thechapel of Sharp Funeral Home in
Oliver Springs. The Rev. Robbie Leach and the Rev. Todd Hardin
officiated. The burial and graveside service will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday, April 18, at the Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. [Oak Ridger]
JONES, JOE VINCENT, 80, Deer Lodge, died Aug.
10, 2000. Survivors: wife of 39 years, Evaughn Strand Jones of Deer Lodge;
daughter, Joanne Jones of N.Y.; sons, Don and wife Elizabeth Jones of Fla.,
Jerry and wife Jill Jones of Deer Lodge; six grandaughters and five great
grandchildren; sister, Josie Clayton of Knoxville and Wilma Lehtonen of
Fla; brother, J. W. and wife Freddie Jones of Cleveland, TN. Burial
in Mt. Hope Cemetery Deer Lodge. [Morgan County News]
JONES,
JOHN HENRY - age 77, of the Stevens Community, Petros, went home to
be with his Heavenly Father, March 30, 2001 at the Methodist Medical Center,
Oak Ridge. He was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Harriman
and was a WW II veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Verdie
and Sally Jones; sons, Johnny and Jimmy Jones; brother, Layton Jones. He
is survived by his wife of 33 years, Betty Jane Jones; son, Michael H.
Jones; daughters and sons in law, Carolyn and Tommy Roberts, Emma Dee and
Terry Jackson, Margie and Paul Mayton; step children, Debbie Hensley, Becky
Hensley and Jeff Hood; brothers and sister in law, Tommy and Sue Jones,
Raymond Jones; sisters, Katie Duncan, Ruby Wells; several grandchildren,
nieces and nephews, and a host of friends. Burial in the Roane Memorial
Gardens, Rockwood. [Knoxville News Sentinal]
JONES, MRS. LENA BEENE, age
77, of Knoxville, formerly of Petros, died Wednesday morning, September
13, 2006 at St. Mary's Residential Hospice. She was a member of First
Baptist Church of Powell. Preceded in death by parents; Kirk Beene and
Lula Davidson Beene Son; Alan Jones and brother; K.D. Beene. Survived
by husband of 58 years; Arlis Jones; Son and daughter-in-law Phil and
Kathy Jones of Powell. 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Sister; Polly Anderson of Waynesboro, N.C. Sister-in-law; Jean
Beene of Knoxville Several nieces and nephews also survive. The family
will receive friends on Sunday September 17, 2006 at First Baptist
Church of Powell from 1 to 3 P.M. with funeral service to follow at 3
P.M. with Pastor Phil Jones officiating. Graveside service will be
Monday at 11:30 A.M. in the East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. Memorial
donations may be made to the Powell First Baptist Church Christian
School 7706 Ewing Rd., Powell, TN 37849. Schubert Funeral Home, Wartburg in charge of arrangements. [Schubert Funeral Home]
JONES, LILLIAN WORMSLEY WOOD, 92, of Swansea, S.C., formerly of
Coalfield, died Thursday, Aug. 19, at her daughter's home in South
Carolina. She was a member of Sardis Baptist Church in Swansea, S.C.
She was preceded in dea
