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SAFLEY, Pearl Hillis (1884-1956)
Mrs. Safley Dies In Van Buren; Rites Set Today
Mrs. Pearl Safley, mother of Clarence E. Safley, McMinnville Veteran leader, died Wednesday at 7 a.m. at the Safley residence in the Fifth District of Van Buren county. She was 71 years of age and had been seriously ill for the past several months. Funeral services will be held this morning at 11 o'clock at the Crain Hill Church of Christ in Van Buren county. John W. High will officiate and burial will be in the Crain Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews and close friends of the family. Active and honorary, the pall- bearers were Earl Hillis, P.D. Grissom, Doyle Hillis, Karl Hillis, Kelly Hillis, G. L. Kell, Joel Hillis, Johnnie Hillis,Wince Hillis, Parker Hillis, Walter Hillis, J. F. Hillis, Thomas Grissom and Charles McKinny. A daughter of the late John H. and Nellie Barnes Hillis, Mrs.Safley was born in Warren county on September 17, 1884. She was married to Remus Safley February 17, 1909. He survives. Mrs. Safley was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving in addition to the husband are two sons, Clarence E.Safley, McMinnville and Lawson Safley, Springfield, Tenn., and a daughter, Mrs. Collie Russell, Laurelburg. Also four brothers, Irvin Hillis, Bone Cave; R.I. Hillis, McMinnville; Noland Hillis, Laurelburg, and Leslie Hillis, Doyle and three sisters, Mrs. J. M. Brady and Mrs. Jay Graham, Spencer, and Mrs. George L. Kell, Laurelburg. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Mar. 16, 1956, p. 7.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
St. JOHN, Billie Louise Lusk (circa 1937-1986)Grundy County native Mrs. Billie (Louise) St. John, 49, died of an extended illness Thursday in a Birmingham, Ala. hospital. A resident of Gadsden, Ala., she was the wife of Joe E. St. John. A member of the Baptist Church, she was a daughter of Mrs. Lucille Lusk of Manchester. She is also survived by a son, Michael St. John, daughters Debra Usry and Denise Redish Ezell, brother James Frank Lusk of Viola, sisters Mary Frances Dickerson of Viola and Katherine Sullivan of Ohio, and three grandchildren. Services were held Sunday in the chapel of Morgan Funeral Home, Attalla, Alabama. Interment was in Rainbow Gardens.
Gadsden Times, Gadsden, AL. Jun 1986.
[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]
SANDERS, Fannie (circa 1863 - 1939)
Mrs. Fannie Sanders, 76, died at her home in the second civil district of Grundy county, near Gruetli, Thursday night, March 2. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, March 3 from the residence by Rev. Land, of Palmer. Burial followed in Fall Creek cemetery. The deceased is survived by one daughter and a son. Funeral arrangements by Jones & Warren, Inc.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 10 Mar 1939.[Contributor: Miss Dean Brewer, McMinnville, TN, 1999.]
SANDERS, Lydia Moore (1876-1949)
Mrs. Lydia Sanders, 73, died at her home in the fourth district of White county, near Quebeck Sunday morning at 2:30 o'clock after an illness of eight weeks. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mt. Pisgah Methodist church, near her home, with John W. High officiating. Burial was in the Pt. Pisgah cemetery. Mrs. Sanders, native of White county, was born February 28, 1876. She was a daughter of A. Moore and Nancy Anderson Moore and was married to C.Clark Sanders who preceded her in death. Mrs. Sanders was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving are two sons, L. B. Sanders and C. W. Sanders, of Walling; one daughter, Mrs. Richard Denton, Quebek; one brother, Ed Moore, and two sisters, Mrs. Laura Fisher and Mrs. Florence Horton, of Quebeck. Highs were in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. July 22, 1949.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
Sanders, Sarah Lusk (1919 - 1926)Sarah Lusk Sanders, aged 7 years, 11 months and 4 days, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Sanders, passed away at the home of her parents after an illness of about two weeks on Sunday night, January 24, 1926, at 8:30 o'clock. Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon, January 26, at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Baker of Manchester and Rev. Tinnon officiating. Interment was in Mt. View Cemetery. The pallbearers were Frank Winton, Robert Smith, George Smith and John Davis.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Thursday 28 Jan 1926.[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 1999]
SAVAGE, James Ambrose (1874-1956)
James A. Savage, Native Of Grundy, Dies At Hospital
James A. Savage, Grundy county native, died Sunday at 9 a.m. at a local hospital after an illness of three weeks. He was 81 years of age. Final rites were held Tuesday at Philadelphia Church. Burl Killian officiated at 2 p.m., and burial was in the Philadelphia cemetery. James Ambrose Savage was born in Grundy county on April 23, 1874. He was a son of Starling and Delitha Delong Killian Savage and was married to the former Miss Mary Gross. She preceded him in death. The retired farmer was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving are three sons, Louis and Herbert Savage, Gooding, Ohio, and Ausborn Savage, McMinnville; five daughters, Mrs. Hubert Gross, Dallas, Texas; Misses Nellie and Alma Savage, Tarlton; Mrs. Evertt Bess, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Eston Brown, McMinnville; three brothers, Marrion, Eddie and Noah Savage, Tarlton, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hobbs and Mrs. Edd Ray, Altamont. Arrangements by High Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Jan. 26, 1956, p. 12.[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
SAVAGE, Colonel John Houston (1815-1904)
John H. Savage was born in McMinnville, Tenn., Oct. 9, 1815, and died in the same place at an early hour, Tuesday morning, April 3, 1904, aged 88 years 5 months and 26 days. Soldier, Statesman and Patriot Passes Away
His death had been hourly expected for several days and was no surprise to his relatives and friends. He was the oldest son of Geo. and Elizabeth Keener Savage, and was the first of a family of ten children, all of whom are now dead except Mrs. O.W. Davis of Smartt. He had been prominent in political and military life and much could be written about the parts he played in various political and military battles of this State and nation, but want of space will not admit. He was a man of strong convictions, fine mental endow- ment and fearless in expressing his convictions on any subject. The burial occurred in the city cemetery here Wednesday morning after funeral services by Revs. Cotton and Binkley.Warren County Times, McMinnville, TN. Fri., 8 Apr 1904.
[Contributor: Chris Keathley, McMinnville, TN. 2002]
SAVAGE, Josie Etter (1861 - 1953)
Aged Colored Woman Dies On East Main
Josie Etter Savage, one of Warren county’s oldest colored residents, died at the home of her son, Merrell Etter, on East Main street Monday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock. She was 92 years of age and had been ill for two weeks. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at East End Drive Church of Christ. Ben M. Bates officiated and burial was in Riverside cemetery. A native and life long resident of McMinnville, the colored woman was born October 1, 1861. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors in addition to her son with whom she made her home.
Include another son, George Etter, McMinnville; one daughter, Margaret Hill, McMinnville; one brother, Charles Settles, McMinnville, and a sister, Ada Smith, Also of McMinnville. Also three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Arrangements were by Love, Cantrell & McGrath Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, Nov 5 , 1953, p. 4.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
SAVAGE, Mary (circa 1834 - 1885)
Mary Savage, col., wife of Wash Savage, died near Smartt Station, on the 23d inst., aged 51 years and 5 months. She was a member of the Methodist Church, Finger Chapel congregation, and died a consistent Christian.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 27 June 1885, p. 1.[Contributor: Miss Dean Brewer, McMinnville, TN, 1999.]
Savage, Mary H. (1874-1949)
Grundy Woman Buried Tuesday
Mrs. Mary H. Savage, Grundy county housewife, died at her home in the 7th district near Tarlton, Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. She had been ill for several months. Funeral services were conducted at the Philadelphia Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. John W. High officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Savage, native of Grundy county, was born December 23, 1874. She was a daughter of Asa Gross and Elizabeth Tate Gross and she was married to J.A. Savage, who survives. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Savage is survived by three sons, Lewis Savage, Gooding, Idaho, Herbert Savage, Tarlton, and Ausborn Savage, Beersheba; five daughters, Mrs. Hubert Gross, Dallas, Texas, Misses Nellie and Alma Savage, Tarlton, Miss Ida Savage, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Eston Brown, Tarlton; three brothers, Lawson and Herbert Gross, Dallas , Texas, and John Gross, Altamont; and five sisters, Mrs. Bud Hobbs, Mrs. Albert Fults, and Mrs. Bill Hobbs, Mrs. Albert Fults, and Mrs. Bill Tate, all of Altamont, Mrs. Nita Hobbs, Whalen, Ky., and Mrs. Floyd Wanamaker, Grundy county. Arrangements were by High Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. June 17, 1949, p. 7.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
SAVAGE, Will (1874 - 1953)
SPURLOCK, Bob (1880 - 1953)Two Colored Men Perish As Raging Flames Destroy East End Dwelling
Two McMinnville colored citizens – lifelong friends – burned to death Monday morning when raging flames destroyed the Cedar Street dwelling owned by one of them. Fatally burned as fire destroyed the five-room structure were, Bob Spurlock, 73, who resided in the house, and Will Savage, 79, a resident of Shelbyville Road. Both colored men were well known in McMinnville. The close friendship of the pair probably cost Savage his life. He was visiting his friend when the fire occurred and both were trapped in the blazing inferno.
The blaze was discovered by Spurlock’s wife, Sally Spurlock, who had gone into the back yard of the home for wood. She noticed the flames breaking through the structure and before aid could be summoned the dwelling was a mass of flames. She told patrolman Doc Grissom that she made a futile effort to rescue her husband. Both Spurlock and Savage were presumably sitting in a rear bedroom of the house at the time the fire broke out. Indications point to the fact that Spurlock made an effort to reach the front of the house, since his body was found in the front bedroom immediately forward of the other bedroom he had reached a window in the room before apparently being overcome by smoke or fire. Savage’s body was slumped to the floor, in a sitting position, in the rear bedroom. Both bodies were badly burned.
Spurlock’s wife made an effort to turn in the fire call from the burning dwelling, however just as connection with the phone operator was made, and the word “fire” heard, the phone went out of service, therefore there was a slight delay in locating the blaze. Firemen proceeded to Cedar street where they found the house afire all over. Dense smoke apparently caused suffocation of the two men trapped in the dwelling. Engine Co’s 1 and 2 of the fire department under the direction of Capt H.D. Mitchell and Cecil Justice, with 9 volunteer firemen answered the call. After the burning structure had been cooled, the bodies were removed from the building by Elvin Spangler, Hugh D. Paris and Comer Zwingle of High Funeral Home, assisted by firemen.
Both men were natives and lifelong residents of McMinnville. Spurlock was born July 15, 1880, the son of Tom and Lydia Ramsey Spurlock. He is survived by his wife Sally Spurlock, McMinnville. One son Harry Spurlock, McMinnville, and three daughters, Katherine Biles, McMinnville; Susie Mae Johnson and Mattie Bell Womack, Cleveland, Ohio.
Savage had been employed as a gardener and yard attendant for several McMinnville families in recent years. He was married to Nora Martin, who preceded him in death September 8, 1937. He is survived by five sons, Sherman, Thomas, Fred and Henry Savage, McMinnville, and Haskell Savage, Chattanooga.
Double funeral services were held for the two men Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at East End Drive Church of Christ. Ben M. Bates officiated and burial for Spurlock took place at Riverside cemetery. Savage was buried at Hopewell cemetery, near Oakland. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements for both services.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thurs, 12 Nov 1953, p. 1.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
