In Alphabetical Order by Surname
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BUCHELE, Henry Michael (1870-1952)
Funeral Services For Mr. Buchele Set For Today
Funeral services for Henry Michael Buchele, 81, retired merchant and resident of McMinnville for almost half a century, will be held this (Friday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the chapel of High Funeral Home. Rev. Geddes Orman, Minister of Main Street Presbyterian Church, will officiate and burial will be in Mt. View cemetery. Mr. Buchele, operator of Buchele's Grocery on Beersheba road for 20 years prior to his retirement in 1949, died at Riverview Nursing Home Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. He had been in ill health for several months. A native of Napoleon, Ohio, Mr. Buchele was born July 28, 1870. His parents were Chrisitian Buchele and Lucrecia Singer Buchele and he was married April 4, 1895, to Miss Minnie Tietje. She died May 27, 1949. The Buchele family moved to Warren county in 1908 and after three years removed to Kansas, returning here in 1921 to make their home. Mr. Buchele was engaged in farming at Mt. Leo until 1929 when he entered the grocery business. He operated a store on Beersheba road until he retired. Mr. Buchele was a member and elder of the Main Street Presbyterian Church and a Royal Arch Mason. Survivors include two sons, E.E. Buchele, druggist, and Irving Buchele, state highway department official, Chattanooga; one brother, M. L. Buchele, Marion, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs.Frank W. Treece Bellfontaine, Ohio. Also three grand- children, Miss Sandra Buchele, McMinnville, Mrs. Kenneth Jonakin and Howard E. Buchele, both of Chattanooga. Arrangements are under the direction of High's.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Friday, Jan 11, 1952, p. 1
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2000]
BURCH, R. Washington (1861-1952)
Rites At Liberty For Mr. Burch
R. Washington Burch, 91-year-old retired farmer, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bessie Holland, on Route 1 Thursday morning at 11 o'clock following an extended illness. Funeral rites were held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church with C.C. Dickson officiating. Burial was in the Liberty cemetery. Born in DeKalb county, June 10, 1861, Mr. Burch was a son of George Burch and Mary Anna Burch and he was married to Miss America Reed. She preceded him in death. In addition to his daughter. Mr. Burch is survived by four sons, Lee, Buddy, and Pete Burch, McMinnville, and George Burch, Manchester. Also one brother, Will Burch, Morrison. Arrangements were by High's.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 19 June 1952, p. 8.[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
BURGDORF, Louis J. (???? - 1920)
Louis J. Burgdorf
Newspaper men all over Tennessee heard with genuine sorrow of the death of Mr. Louis J. Burgdorf, editor of the Murfreesboro Home Journal, which occurred last Sunday. For about twenty years he had owned and published the Home Journal and had built it up to one of the very best and most influential weekly papers of the state. He was a vigorous advocate of Law enforcement and every progressive measure for the moral and material advancement of his town and county. Genial, generous, warm hearted, his friends were limited only by the circle of his acquaintance, and his death leaves a vacancy in his community that will be hard to fill.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Sat 28 February 1920.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 1999]
BURGER, Katherine Ann (1953 - 1953)
Burger Child’s Rites Held At Center Hill
Funeral services for Katherine Ann Burger, 6-months old daughter of J.C. Burger, Jr. and Shirley Mayo Burger, were conducted at Center Hill Church in Cannon county Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Grady Crook officiated and burial was in Center Hill Cemetery. The child died at Vanderbilt hospital, Nashville, Monday. Survivors include the parents; maternal grandfather, O. L. Mayo, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Burger, all of Daylight. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, Dec 24, 1953, p. 15.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000]BURKS, Richard P. (1816 - 1889)
Death of an Old Citizen
Mr. Richard P. Burks died at his home about two miles west of McMinnville, at twelve o'clock last Wednesday, July 24th. He lacked but a few days of being 73 years of age. Mr. Burks was born and raised in this county, and spent all of his life here. He had served the county for a good many years as sheriff, both before and after the war, and had filled other official positions. He had been in feeble health for several years, and suffered a great deal during the last few weeks of his life. His remains were buried at Hopewell church on Thursday afternoon, with services by Rev. J.T. Curry.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, July 27, 1889
[Contributor: Sue Pittman Wright, 2008]
BURNETT, Delia Mathis (1880-1948)
Mrs. Delia Burnett, 68, died at her home in the fifth district of Cannon county Sunday evening at 8:45 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Center Hill church with J. D. Jones officiating. Burial was in the Center Hill cemetery. Mrs. Burnett was the daughter of John Mathis and Lucy Myers Mathis and was born in Wilson county, February 26, 1880. She was married to Monroe Burnett who survives. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Johnnie Burnett; and one daughter, Mrs. Delter Youngblood. Also several brothers and sisters. Arrangements were by High Funeral Home.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. May 21, 1948.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio from her 4th Obituary book, 2001]
BUSBY, Mrs. EUGENE L. (circa 1911 - 1953)
Rites In Nashville For Mrs. Eugene Busby
Funeral services for Mrs. Eugene L. Busby, 42, who died Tuesday, July 21, at a Nashville hospital, were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Primitive Baptist church in Nashville. Burial was in Spring Hill cemetery. Mrs. Busby, a native of Woodbury, had been in ill health for five years. She had resided in Nashville for several years and had operated a beauty shop at 909 Main street. She was a daughter of the late Benjamin F. LaFevers and Dora LeFevers and she was married in 1928 to Eugene Busby, a mechanic, who survives. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, three sisters and three brothers. Local relatives of the deceased woman are Mrs. J.W. Cooper and William LeFevers, McMinville, and Benjamin F. LeFevers. Morrison.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, July 30, 1953, p. 2.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
BUTTERWORTH, Ida Elizabeth (circa 1910-1999)
McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ida Elizabeth Butterworth, 89, died Jan. 10 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Nettie Vinson Sellars. She is survived by one nephew, Russell Sellars of Atlanta, Ga.; and several cousins. Services were held Tuesday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home Chapel with Titus Ward officiating. Burial followed at Blues Hill Cemetery. Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 13 Jan 1999.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
BYARS, Franklin P. (1879-1952)
Franklin P. Byars, 73, only brother of J. H. Byars of McMinnville, died May 5 at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Mountain Home. Mr. Byars had been at the hospital for some time. Funeral services and burial took place at Blue's Hill cemetery beside his wife who preceded him in death 21 years ago. Mr. Byars was born in Warren county June 13, 1879. His survivors include two daughters, Mrs. W.H. Cantrell, Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Lester Smith, Detroit, Mich.; three sons, L. A. Byars, Huntsville, L.C. Byars, Murfreesboro, and Frank Byars, U. S. Navy, San Diego, Calif.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. May 16, 1952, p. 3.[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
BYARS, James Henry (1868 - 1953)
J. H. Byars, 84, Dies Of Attack; Rites Friday
James Henry Byers, 84-year-old retired manufacturing plant employee and a leader in Mt. Leo Church of Christ, died unexpectedly at his home in Mt. Leo Wednesday morning at 1:15 o'clock at the residence. Rufus Higgins, minister of Chestnut Grove Church of Christ, officiated and burial was in Riverside cemetery. Mr. Byars, a lifelong resident of McMinnville, was born August 2, 1868. He was a son of Enoch A. Byars and Nanny Webb Byars and he was married to Miss Malissa Mullican. She died June 21, 1944. An employee of Burroughs-Ross-Colville Company for a number of years, Mr. Byars retired at Mt Leo. He was an elder of Mt. Leo Church of Christ for many years. He is survived by four sons, Henry Byers, James Byers, and Smith Byers all of McMinnville, and Robert A. Byars, Detroit, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Wannamaker, who made her home with her father, and Mrs. Brack Malone, Detroit, Mich. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, Aug. 6, 1953, p. 7.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000]
BYARS, Jennie Kittrell (1879-1961)
Mrs. Jennie Byars Dies Here Friday; Rites Saturday
Mrs. Jennie Cullum Byars, 82, widow of the late P.G. Byars, died Friday afternoon at a local hospital following an illness of two and one half years. John W. High officiated at rites conducted Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the chapel of High Funeral Home. Burial was in the Mt. View Cemetery. A daughter of John B. and Julia Ballow Kittrell, Mrs. Byars was a native of Smith County. The Church of Christ member was born April 21, 1879, She was first married to Talmon Fugitt. He died in 1912, and in 1914 she was married to Mr. Byars, who preceded her in death in 1958. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. A.T. Morgan, McMinnville; a step-son, P.G. Byars, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. W.G. Gibbs, Nashville; two grandchildren, three step grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Tuesday, 27 June 1961.[Contributor: Don L. Morgan, 1999][Note: Jennie Cullum Kittrell, 21 April 1879 - 23 June 1961, was the daughter of John Bell "Jack" and Julia Elizabeth Ballow Kittrell of Pleasant Shade, TN. Don Morgan.]BYARS, NANCY (1812 - 1887)
Mrs. Nancy Byars, who had lived to an old age and had been a constant sufferer for a number of years, was released from her suffering here on Friday evening, Sept. 9th. She died in the faith, as she had for a number of years been a faithful member of the Baptist church, and while she is dead, and her body confined to the tomb, she yet speaketh, "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord," yea sayeth the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors and their works shall follow them. She was the mother of a large family of children who are all grown. Some of them are in Texas, and will in sadness listen to the story of the death of mother.Southern Standard, Saturday September 17, 1887 Dibrell News(Note: Nancy HAND BYARS, March 25, 1812 - Sept. 9, 1887, wife of Nathan BYARS, daughter of Samual HAND and Mary CAMPBELL. Kristi Sebring.)
[Contributor: Kristi Sebring, 2000]BYARS, Perry Green (1879-1958)
Perry Byars, 79, Retired Farmer Dies; Rites Today
Perry Green Byars, 79, retired farmer, died in the Medical Clinic here, Monday morning, after an extended illness. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Tuesday) at High's Chapel and burial will be in the Mt.View Cemetery. Reverend H. V. Massey will officiate. Mr. Byars, the son of Reverend P.G. Byars and Smith Potter Byars, was born in DeKalb county, Feb. 13, 1879. He was married to Jennie Cullum Byars who survives. Surviving in addition to his wife are; one son, Perry Byars, Detroit; one daughter, Mrs. Talman Morgan, McMinnville; one brother, Floyd Byars, Stroud, Oklahoma. High Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 1958.[Contributor: Don Morgan, 1999][Note: Perry Green Byars was the son of Perry Green and Senith (Senie) Potter Byars. Don Morgan.]
BYARS, Samuel Hand (1875-1952)
Funeral Today For Mr. Byers
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon for Samuel Hand Byars, 76, retired Warren county farmer, who died Tuesday afternoon at 1:06 o'clock at a hospital in Oak Ridge. The rites will be conducted at Bluff Springs Church of Christ with John W. High officiating. Burial will be in Webb cemetery. Mr. Byers died in Oak Ridge following an illness of four weeks. A native of Warren county and a Bluff Springs farmer for many years, Mr. Byers was born February 27, 1875. His parents were John L. Byers and Melvina Purser Byers and he was married to Miss Ebbie Adcock. She survives. Mr. Byers was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Herman Byars, Green Hill, and Wade Byars, Oak Ridge; one daughter, Vera Pauline Byars, Oak Ridge; two brothers, George Byars and J.B. Byars, McMinnville; a sister, Mrs. Mollie Womack, McMinnville, and one grandchild, James Byars. Arrangements were by High Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 29 Feb 1952, p. 1.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
BYARS, William Harrel (1867- circa 1946)
W. H. Byars, 79, Church Leader, Buried Today
W. H. Byars, 79, well known church leader and farmer of the Dibrell section, died Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of his eldest son, F.H. Byars in Sequatchie. He had been ill and confined to his bed for about seven months. Mr. Byars had resided at Dibrell for about forty years. He was the son of the late Elder P.G. Byars and Senie Byars, and his father was widely known as the founder of the New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church of which the deceased was a member. He graduated from the old Smithville College in 1891 and married Miss Sara Ann Stevens of Dibrell in 1892. Survivors include his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Byrd of Jasper; Miss Jenny Woodward Byars of Murray Ky.; and Mrs. Turnmire B. Carrol of Hardin, Ark.; four sons, F. H. Byars of Sequatchie; Dr. Stevens Byars of Jasper; John Burns (Doc) Byars of Harrodsburg, Ky.; and the Rev. W. H. Byars Jr., of Palmer; also 13 grandchildren, four brothers, Joe and Poper Byars, Oklahoma, Floyd Byars, Calif., and P.G. Byars of McMinnville and one sister, Mrs. Mary Cantrell of Smithville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 o'clock Friday morning from the New Bildad church, Elder Felix Cantrell of Smithville officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. High Funeral company will be in charge of local arrangements.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN.[Note: William Harrel Byars, 21 November 1867- Abt. 1946, was the son of Perry Green and Senith Potter Byars. dlm.]
[Contributor: Don L. Morgan, 2001]
