The Crockett Times
Alamo, Tennessee
Thursday, February 1, 1951
Vol. 18 No. 49

E. A. McKENZIE
          E. A. McKenzie, aged 58, died Wednesday at 11 a.m. at his home in Alamo. He was a native of Crockett County and a retired farmer.
          Funeral services were at Center Methodist Church Friday with Rev. G. G. Pressley officiating. Burial was in Center Cemetery with Ronk Funeral Home in charge.
          He is survived by his wife; three sons, Murphey McKenzie, Charles McKenzie and Chesley McKenzie, all of Alamo; one daughter, Mrs. Magdalene Miller of Gadsden; one half sister, Mrs. Lillian Lavender and one half brother, Jimmy McKenzie both of Covington.

Former Gadsden Boy Killed in Korea
'DOING JUST FINE' NOTE OF GI IS IRONICAL ONE
          The day before he was killed in action Jan. 14 in Korea, Pvt. Barney Boyd wrote a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boyd of Humboldt, Tenn.
          It started out on a jocular note . . . . "I'm doing just fine. Wrote you yesterday but fell in the river and got the letter wet so had to start all over again."
Tinged With Bitterness
          The rest of the letter is tinged with bitterness and bafflement.
          "How does the war news sound back home?" It doesn't sound so good over here. We are backing up all the time and letting the Chinese take everything we had. They've got us all mixed up over here. We take over a place and in a couple of days; they give it back to them. We don't know what to think."
With Third Division
          Private Boyd, brother of Mrs. Claude Bolton of 702 Jefferson, was 17. He enlisted last June and was in Korea by October. He was with the Third Division.
          Born in Crockett County, Pvt. Boyd lived most of his life near Gadsden, Tenn., where he attended school.
          In addition to his parents and sister, he leaves five brothers, Billy Gene Boyd, Berney Neil Boyd, Buddy Darrell Boyd, Bruce Terry Boyd and Byron Douglas Boyd; three other sisters, Betty Ruth Boyd, Beverly Ann Boyd and Bernice Boyd all of Humboldt.
----Commercial Appeal

BELLS
          Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Piercy are the parents of a son Michael Ray, born Monday morning at the Jackson Madison County Hospital. Michael Ray weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces and is the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Piercy.

The Crockett Times
Alamo, Tennessee
Thursday, February 8, 1951
Vol. 18 No. 50

MRS. W. B. HUMPHREYS
          Services for Mrs. Lorene Willoughby Humphreys who died at 2:25 o'clock Sunday afternoon were held at the residence at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. J. P. Irion of Jackson and Rev. R. E. Black of Maury City officiated.
          Burial was in Belleview Cemetery with Goosmann Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Humphreys was 69.
          She was born in Crockett County, daughter of the late John W. and Nancy Willoughby, but had made her home in Bells for many years and was greatly loved and admired for her sweet, gentle Christian influence.
          She was a member of the Church of Christ.
          Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Miss Teresa Humphreys of Memphis; grandson, W. B. Humphreys and a sister, Mrs. D. E. Farrow of Bells, a brother, Mr. Charles Willoughby of Chattanooga and several nieces and nephews.
          Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys had lived a happy married life and two years ago celebrated their 50th anniversary with open house when hundreds of friends and relatives called and wished them more happy days of devotion together.

SERVICES FOR JERE COOPER, JR.
Death of Representative's Son Sadden Dyersburg
          Dyersburg, Tenn., Feb 5---Services for Jere Cooper, Jr., son of Tennessee's Ninth District representative were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Rev. E. C. Cross officiated and burial was in Fairview Cemetery.
          The 16-year-old boy died Sunday morning at Baird-Brewer General Hospital after an illness of only four hours. News of his sudden death injected a note of sadness into the life of this community as it spread rapidly through the congregations of the city's churches. The boys in the Sunday school class he attended wept openly when their teacher interrupted the lesson to advise them of his death.
          A junior of Dyersburg High School, young Cooper was a member of the Beta Club, an honorary scholastic society. He was active in church affairs and was past president of the Youth Fellowship.
          Young Cooper's mother died during his infancy, and he made his home with an aunt, Mrs. Royce Jones. After learning of the death of his only child, Representative Cooper boarded a plane at Washington and arrived here Sunday night. He was accompanied by Mrs. Mildred Somers of Washington, a sister of the late Mrs. Cooper.
          He also leaves three uncles, Fowler Cooper of Memphis and Harry Rankley and Frank Rankley of Campbellsburg, Ky., and three other aunts, Mrs. Royce Jones, Mrs. Paul Bradshaw and Mrs. Norman Fuller, all of Dyersburg.
----Commercial Appeal

JOE FRANK PORTER PASSES
          Mr. Joe Frank Porter, for 25 years President of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, died on Saturday at his home in Williamsport, Tenn. He was the first state president and resigned at the close of the 25th year of Farm Bureau in Tennessee.
          Mr. Porter made many friends in Crockett County where he attended Farm Bureau meetings and was often a visitor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Todd.
          At the time of his death Mr. Porter was director at large of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, President of the Farmer and Merchants Bank of Columbia, director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, an extensive land owner in Maury County and one of American Agriculture's greatest friends.

WALTER RIDDICK
          Mr. Walter Riddick died suddenly at the home of his son, Westal Riddick, in Fenton, Mich., February 2. He was carried to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jimmy Osburn in Wardell, Mo., and then brought to the home of his brother, J. D. Riddick in Maury City. He was sixty-two years of age.
          Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elsie Riddick of Fenton, Mich.; a son Westal Riddick of Fenton, Mich.; five daughters, Mrs. Sidney Miller of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Jimmy Osburn of Wardell, Mo., Mrs. Katy Young and Mrs. Nell Kinney of Fenton, Mich., and Mrs. L. A. Badger of Cannelton, Ind.; one sister, Mrs. Ola Riddick and three brothers, Edd Riddick and J. D. Riddick of Maury City and Theodore Riddick of Humboldt.
          Services Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of Christ in Maury City with R. E. Black officiating. Burial was in Floyd's Chapel Cemetery with Sudbury Funeral Home in charge.

FRIENDSHIP
          News was received here Tuesday of the death of Mr. Charles Cobb, prominent attorney and businessman of Union City. Mrs. Cobb is the former Otis Luton of Woodland Mills. She had charge of the Music department here for several years.

GADSDEN
          Mr. and Mrs. Dan Williams of Memphis are announcing the arrival of a son in their home. He has been named Mark Edwin.

BELLS
          Relatives here have received the following wedding invitations, which will be of interest to Miss Gibson's Crockett County friends. Mrs. Gibson is the former Jessie Nunn, daughter of the late J. C. W. Nunn and Mrs. Nunn. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Egbert Gibson request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Mary Ernestine to Mr. James Arthur Spears, Jr., on Friday the sixteenth of February at seven o'clock in the evening, Hardy Memorial Methodist Church, Texarkana, Texas. Cards enclosed announced the reception immediately following the ceremony at Hotel Cartney.

The Crockett Times
Alamo, Tennessee
Thursday, February 15, 1951
Vol. 18 No. 51

HERBERT MALONE
          Herbert Malone, 65, died Monday at 5 p.m. at his home near Alamo. He was born and reared here and had lived in the community most all of his life.
          Mr. Malone was a member of Center Church. He was a successful farmer and well liked by all who knew him.
          He was married to Viola Boyd forty-one years ago. Mrs. Malone; one son, Judson Malone of Ellendale; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn McCord of Ellendale and Mrs. Rebecca King of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., survive him. Also two brothers, Pat Malone and Walter Malone and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Wroten and Mrs. L. E. Bickham all of Homer, La., survive.
          Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Alamo Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m., the Rev. H. A. Townsend and the Rev. E. R. Roach, officiating.
          Burial was in Alamo Cemetery under the direction of Ronk Funeral Home.

FRED MOORE OF DYERSBURG DIES
          Fred Moore, prominent Dyersburg resident and civic leader died Wednesday morning at his home on Sampson Ave. in Dyersburg, of a heart attack. Mr. Moore had suffered from a heart ailment for several months but had been able to be up and his death came unexpectedly.
          He had spent all of his life in Dyer County and Dyersburg. He was born and reared in the Unionville community. He was a devout member of the First Baptist Church of which he was a deacon and a man of estimable character and ideals. He was held in the highest esteem and admiration by all who knew him.
          Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Dyersburg with the pastor, Dr. Robert Orr, officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery with J. W. Curry and Son in charge of arrangements.

CHARLES O. PORTER
          Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home for Charles O. Porter, farmer of the Coxville neighborhood, who died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home west of Humboldt. The Rev. R. E. Black officiated. Burial was in Porter's Cemetery with Hunt Funeral Home in charge.
          Born and reared in the community, he had resided there all his life. He was the son of the late James and Laura Miller Porter. Mr. Porter was a community leader and a member of the Cox Chapel Church of Christ. He was 74.
          He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Auvice Cox of Humboldt; three sons, James M. Porter, Leslie G. Porter and Coulton Porter and a brother, Ira Porter.

JERELL WAYNE KERKNYKENDALL
          Funeral services will be held at the Center Methodist Church this afternoon (Thursday) for Jerell Wayne Kerknykendall, who died at his home near Alamo Wednesday morning. Rev. E. R. Roach of Alamo will officiate. Burial was in the church cemetery with Ronk Funeral Home in charge.
          Jerell Wayne was two months old.
          He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kerknykendall and one brother, Ronnie Leon Kerknykendall.

MRS. ROBERTSON PASSES AWAY
          Mrs. Laura Robertson who would have been 91 years old had she lived until July 12, passed away Monday afternoon at her home in the Cross Roads community after several years illness and confinement in her home.
          Mrs. Robertson was bright and cheerful through all her years of suffering and helped with the home duties until a short while before her last illness. She was a loyal member of the Cross Roads Methodist Church where the funeral was held Tuesday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. Roach and Bro. Oscar Patterson. Burial took place in Old Field cemetery where her husband was buried several years ago.
          Mrs. Robertson is survived by her son, Mr. Abner Robertson with whom she made her home, Mr. Henry Robertson of Oklahoma and a daughter, Mrs. Jordan of Dyersburg. Goosmann Funeral Home in charge. JETTONS
          Mr. and Mrs. Earl Austin attended the funeral of Mr. Fred Moore in Dyersburg Thursday.

BELLS
          Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Raskopf of Knoxville are announcing the recent arrival of a little girl who has been given the name Kay. Mrs. Raskopf is the former Annie Margaret Pearson, daughter of Mr. Willie Pearson and sister of Mrs. C. Rex Mehr, Jr.

MISS JEAN BLURTON'S WEDDING IS HELD
          Miss Jean Blurton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blurton of Gadsden, Tenn., became the bride of William B. Matthews of Humboldt, Feb. 3.
          The ceremony was held in the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. Tinsley B. Thrower, pastor of the Methodist Church.
          Mr. Matthews is the son of Byron E. Matthews and the late Mrs. Willard Hopper Matthews of near Humboldt.           The couple is now living near Humboldt where he is engaged in farming.

The Crockett Times
Alamo, Tennessee
Thursday, February 22, 1951
Vol. 18 No. 52

MRS. E. M. PATTERSON
          Services for Mrs. E. M. Patterson, who died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irene Parker, in Bells were held at 2:30 Friday afternoon at the Bells Baptist Church with the Rev. J. E. Sharp officiating. Burial was in Zion Cemetery with Ronk Funeral Home in charge.
          Mrs. Patterson, who was 61, was born in Haywood County. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
          She leaves two other daughters, Mrs. W. M. Cobb and Mrs. Viola Outlaw of Bells; a son, Edward Patterson of West Memphis; seven sisters, Mrs. J. A. Kail of Memphis, Mrs. Dora Neely and Mrs. J. L. Williamson of Brownsville, Mrs. J. W. Shelton of Baton Rouge, La., Mrs. J. W. Jacocks of Zachary, La., Mrs. Dorsey Castellaw of Bells and two brothers J. L. Lovelace of Brownsville and A. F. Lovelace of Fanin, Miss., also nine grandchildren.

Former Friendship Boy Killed in Korea
SGT. RUBLE W. WYATT
          Sgt. Ruble W. Wyatt was killed in action January 26 while fighting with the First Cavalry Division in Korea.
          Ruble lived most of his life in and around Friendship. He had been in Korea since June and served four and a half years in World War II. He saw action on the Solomon and Philippine Islands. He was discharged in 1945. Three years ago he reenlisted and was sent to Korea at the beginning of the Korean War. He was injured shortly after he arrived there. He recovered and again sent to the front.
          He is survived by two sons, Jackye Brown Wyatt, age 13, of Friendship Rt. 3 and Ruble Wendell Wyatt, age 10, of Memphis; several cousins around Friendship and a host of friends. FRIENDSHIP WAS HIS HOME THE FOE WAS HIS DEATH
Fatherly Letters From Korea to His Son Kept the Faith Until the Last
          Sgt. Ruble Wesley Wyatt was a jolly, friendly fellow who learned to hate war the hard way.
          He was born and reared at Friendship, Tenn., and grew up on a farm, operating it with his mother, Mrs. Roxie Wyatt, a widow. Before World War II, his mother died and Wyatt moved to Memphis, went to work for the U. S. Engineers.
          He got married, and a son Ruble Wendell Wyatt, now 10, was born.
          Wyatt became a sergeant in the Army. He was in the Pacific theater 4 ˝ years, fought from the Solomon to the Philippines. He was decorated, two rows of ribbons, including the Purple Heart for a broken eardrum.
Two Civilian Jobs
          Discharged in 1945 Sgt. Wyatt went to work for Memphis Street Railway Co. as a bus operator. He usually drove Poplar-Peabody or Parkway buses.
          Later he went to work for Memphis General Depot, receiving bodies of men killed in the war, arranging and attending funerals. Memories of war came back strong, and again war threatened. Sgt. Wyatt and his wife were divorced. His son stayed with his mother, Mrs. Ailene Sanders of 2307 Lowell.
          Wyatt went back into the Army to make it a career. He didn't think he would go back overseas and was at Fort Devens, Mass. But trouble started in Korea. Last June he was flown to the Orient and went into action with the First Cavalry.
          Word came that he had been wounded, his good eardrum having been broken. Now and then a letter would come to 10-year-old Ruble. In his next to last letter, Sgt. Wyatt wrote of killing so many people "you don't even mind that after awhile." He wrote to his son that his insurance was made out to him "and if I get killed, I have it fixed so my body will come to you, and six months pay. One thing I want you to do, have me buried beside my mother (in Friendship). The War Department will notify you if I get killed or missing in action.
Mosquitoes and Flies
          He wrote of the hard conditions, mosquitoes at night, flies in the daytime.
          He wrote that if he got back and his mother would let him, he would take his son on a nice vacation.
          Sgt. Wyatt's last letter, written from Maseguri, Korea, Dec. 25, came in January. "Hello son: I will try to write a few lines to say sweet hello and to say I received your Christmas card today. Sure was glad to get it. I wrote you a couple of times, but haven't received an answer. I thought you'd forgotten about me. (The son had written, but the letters apparently hadn't been received.) I'm still on the front lines. Sure will be proud when all this is over with.
          "Son, I hope you had a nice Christmas. Sure wish we could have been together. Had a wonderful dinner over here. No exchanging of presents. I'll have to give you yours when I get back, if I ever do. I couldn't have sent you anything since I haven't been paid since I left Fort Devens in June.
Worse Than War II
          "Sure have been thru a lot of hell. This was even worse than World War II so far. I have a few souvenirs I have picked up, which I will send you later.
          "Son, I would have written to you before now, but lying around on frozen ground and that covered with about 10 inches of snow, a guy doesn't feel too much like writing. About all you think about is trying to keep from freezing.
          "We moved into one of these native villages about a week ago, which sure was nice. Just don't know where we'll wind up. I don't guess I would know you now as I guess you're about grown, (Sgt. Wyatt didn't get a furlough home before going overseas), and I guess you wouldn't know me, as I've lost about 20 pounds.
          "Well, son, I've got to close and go out on the post tonight and sleep in the snow. So write and tell me the news in Memphis. Be good and I will try to be careful."
          Since this last letter, a telegram has come to the little boy, thru his grandmother (Wyatt's mother-in-law) from the Department of Defense. It stated that Sgt. Wyatt was killed in action in Korea Jan 26.
-----Memphis Press-Scimitar

THOMAS ESCO ROSS
          Funeral services were held at the Salem Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Mr. Thomas Esco Ross, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Barton Raines Sunday night. Rev. Carl Davis and Rev. Charles P. Herndon officiated. Burial was in the Salem Cemetery with Ronk Funeral Home in charge.
          Mr. Ross was 69. He was born in Obion but had lived in Crockett County most of his life. He was a retired Café operator of Humboldt at the time of his death.
          He leaves his wife, Mrs. Inez Ross of Humboldt; six daughters, Mrs. Annie Lee Raines, Mrs. Jessie Arnold and Mrs. Frank Clark of Alamo, Mrs. Montague Reasons of Humboldt, Mrs. Reba Daniels of Detroit, Mich., and Miss Patsy Ross of Humboldt; one son Wilburn Ross of Detroit; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Katie Vulinski of Hollywood, Fla., Mrs. Milton I. Baun of Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Jay Derosset of Ralston, Ill., and Mrs. Wayne Smith of Humboldt; four stepsons, Joe Lynch of Alamo, Bobby Goodman of Chicago, Billy Goodman of Ralston, Ill., and Benny Goodman of Humboldt and one granddaughter, Andra Neal Lassiter, who made her home with him in Humboldt.

MRS. J. H. ROBERTSON
          Mrs. J. H. Robertson passed away at her home near Cross Roads at the age of 90 years and 7 months. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. E. R. Roach, assisted by Bro. Oscar Patterson, a next door neighbor, at the Methodist Church of Cross Roads of which she was a faithful member for 43 years. She will be missed in her community where she was known as "grandma." She leaves her son, Abner Robertson with whom she lived, Henry Robertson of Helena, Okla., Mrs. W. E. Jordan of Dyersburg, David Robertson, grandson, David Shelton Robertson, Alva Palmer Robertson, Gene Revelle Robertson, great grandsons and Fred Jordan, grandson of Dyersburg, Mrs. Lewis Barlett, granddaughter, Beverly Sue Barlett, great granddaughter, Dicky Barlett, great grandson of Puente, Calif., two nephews, E. O. Cherry of Jonesboro, Ark., and Herman Cherry, Mrs. Will Watson, Mrs. Itha Isabelle of Bay, Ark.; two half brothers, Will Ellis of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Bob Ellis of Jonesboro, Ark.           Goosmann Funeral Home in charge. ----Contributed

CHANNON --- SCUDDER WEDDING
          Miss Millicent Scudder, daughter of Mrs. Irving Callander Scudder of Fort Benning, Ga., and the late Colonel Scudder, USA, became the bride of Capt. Robert Irving Channon, USA, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bingham Channon, Portsmouth, Va., February 17 at the Post Chapel, Fort Benning.
          The candlelight ceremony was performed by Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Loren T. Jenks. The bride is the granddaughter and grand niece of Mrs. Ada W. Jones and Miss Anna Worrell of Alamo.
          The bride was given in marriage by Col. Charles Frost Craig, head of the Army Field Forces Board, Fort Benning, a life long friend of the bride's family.
          Miss Joan Schwarzenbach of Thibodaux, La., was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Ann Armstrong, Deridder, La., and Miss Joan Kavanaugh, Lexington, Ky.
          Mr. Channon served as his son's best man. Groomsmen included Capt. Daniel Bogan, Capt. Shepert Booth, Capt. Alvin Futrell, Capt. Albert Ives, Capt. Charles McCarty and Capt. Robert Philips.
          Mrs. Willis E. Osborne, organist, presented the nuptial music with Lt. Col. Harry F. Jost, soloist.
          At the reception, Miss Helen Moore of Fort Benning kept the bride's book.
          The bride will be graduated from Louisiana State University in June. She is a member of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," Chi Omega sorority, the Student Council and numerous honorary fraternities and is editor of the LSU year book
          Capt. Channon is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, class of 1946 and is currently assigned to the Third Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) at Camp Carson, Colo.
          (Note: Descriptions of the church décor and the dresses were omitted.)

MANN --- FONES
          Miss Ozie Lee Mann and Mr. Harold Lloyd Fones were married February 10 at Hernando, Miss. She is the daughter of Mr. Floyd Mann and the late Mrs. Flossie Mann of Alamo, Rt. 1. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Fones of Friendship.
          They will make their home at 309 Margin St., Brownsville.