Abstracts taken from available
1925-1930 copies of the Blue Ridge Summit-Post and from 1932 and
1937-1943
Fannin County Times.
-Feb- Col. Benton Latain "Tane" Smith,
well-known and respected political leader, dies. Served
in State Senate and General Assembly.
-Aug 9-
Col Mike McKinney, 85,
died. Founder of
-John F.
Thomas, b 1842, d
1925, mar. Mary A. Walls and had 11 children: Dr. W. C., G. O., Mercer,
Mrs
Delia Price, Mrs Mary Ann Davis, Mrs Emma Thomas, Mrs Ella Davis, Mrs
Ola
Witzell, Mrs Ida Terrell, Mrs Nora Gilbert, & Mrs Pearl Pool. Survived by 2nd wife, Sarah (Young) Thomas.
1927
- Jan –
Gus Farmer of Lula
killed in car wreck in January
-Sheriff
J. K. Bell had a man
to visit him for whom he had an outstanding warrant.
After the man thawed out before the sheriff’s
fire, the guest was hustled off and locked up by the sheriff.
-Fannin
County Bank has assets
of $300,000.
-Mary P
Willingham freshman
class elects Hazel Bearden the prettiest and Opal Tarpley the cutest.
-Jan 23-
Former Postmistress
during
- Feb -
Celia Cochran
administratrix of estate of P. C. Cochran.
-Feb 20-
Cecil McKinney,
eldest son of J. M. McKinney, dies. Left
wife and two sons.
-Mar
3-Col. Thos. A. Brown,
64, dies, left wife & sons, Edgar & Stuart..
He was a lawyer for 30 years, served as
senator in state legislature, and was mayor of
-Mar 2-
Mrs Hepsie M. Wheeler,
74, died. Survived by children: R. H.,
Oscar, Arthur, and Mrs Sallie Holden.
Thre children predeceased her.
- John F.
Tarpley, county game
and fish warden moves to Sugar Creek.
-Mar
10-Adam Davenport, Former
Supt. of Schools and Confederate veteran, 83, of Hemptown, dies. Son of William Davenport of
- Mr. W.
M. Barnes of Higdons
Store died 28 Feb.
-J. E.
Davis advertises
all-wool men's suits for $21.75
-Mar 27-
Joshua M. Hall, 93,
dies. Left sons: James, John, T. G. and
daughters: Mrs John M. Ash, Mrs W. G. Thomas and Mrs Thomas R. Johnson.
-Mrs
Martha E. (
-Confederate
veteran James A.
Jones, 85, of Murphy Junction, dies leaving sons: Perry & Harvey,
daughters: Mrs J. W. Clark, Mrs Mollie Brunkow, Mrs Gus Pierce, Mrs Lon
Crisp,
Mrs Ogle, Mrs O. T. Olvey, and sisters: Mrs Nellie Hughes & Mrs
Tilda Butt. Moved from Union County 30
years ago.
-Weekly
newspaper feature on
former residents around
-Sheriff
Bell captures a big
Peerless 8 car with 101 gallons liquor.
-William
Bolile convicted of
murder of nephew. Given life.
-Spurgin
Randolph shot and killed
by Reed Hickey at Ben Tilley place.
Murder trial ended in mistrial.
-New
Chevrolets selling at
$525 for a roadster and $395 for a pickup.
- Crawford
reunion: John W. Crawford , 98, (b 1829)
was oldest
one present.
-"Uncle
Jack"
Russel, colored, over 100 years old, living at
-Aug- Joe
Brown Chastain, 38,
killed in truck wreck.
- W.
Lee
-
George
N. Green dies 8 Dec.
- Mrs
Wright, 90+, dies at
home of dau., Nrs James Puckett, of
-December
deaths: J. S.
Cathey, John M. Long, 82, and Prof. G. M. Futch.
1928
-Jan-
Fayette Forrester, 85,
Union Soldier in Civil War, dies. He
married a
-April-
Mrs Margaret (Morris)
Trammell, 86, widow of Tom Trammell, dies.
Children: J. Van Trammell, Mrs Gus Smith, Mrs. B. L. Smith.
-Sept- Tom
R. Johnson, 69,
dies. Married daughter of Josh
Hall. Survived by children: Josh, Joe,
Charley, Reid, Mrs John Mull, Mrs Arthur Olvey, [
-Nov 6- W.
L[ester]
"Red" Parks, 37, dies from poisoned whiskey. Married
[Pearl Mae] daughter of Prof. George
W. Tarpley.
-Dec.- Mrs
John A. McKinney,
now of Ball Ground formerly of Chesnut Gap, dies.
-Dec 30-
Rev. E. Web Kincaid ,
77, brother of J. R. Kincaid dies at
-Dec 25-
Brown Allen, age
about 70, died at home near Cherry Log.
1929
-Wade
Woody, aged gentleman of
upper end of county dies.
-J. P.
Cochran, b 1856, d
1929, mar. Julia E. Elrod, had daughters: Sarah and Frances.
-Elected: G. A. Curtis, member Blue Ridge School Board
succeeding himself. R. T. Hampton, Mayor
of Mineral Bluff. Western Whitfield
elected mayor pro tem of
- Mrs M.
K. McKinney dies.
- Jan –
Elmer Rose (26) and
Rosie Franklin (17) arrested for abandoning baby on porch of Mr Cabe of
Epworth. Confessed all to Squire
McKinney.
-Jan 9-
Miss Sarah Welch, 90,
dies at home of J. S. Bryant, Cherry Log.
-House
& 58 acre farm on
head of lake at Fighting Town Creek, $450.
-Mary
Burnett & Rose farm,
178 acres at Chestnut Gap, $3000.
-F. Y.
Weaver place, splendid
house, 35 acres,
-Joe
Foster, who shot &
killed John Gilbert, turned in by bondsman.
-L. E.
Cox, Epworth Seminary,
receives $25 award for vocational program.
- 8 Feb,
Mrs. Elizabeth
Carolyn [Orton]. Ralston, 66 [b 26 Jan 1863], of Wilscot, died exactly
one year
after husband, Robert D. Ralston [d 10 Feb 1928]. Had
12 children of which two died as
infants. Daus: Mrs Nancy Tilley &
Mrs Candus Bryan predeceased parents. Survived by children: Martha
Ralston,
William D. Ralston, Ruth E. McClure, Callie E. Weeks, Mary E. Vanzant,
J. Lewis
Ralston, Lee W. Ralston, & Joseph P. Ralston.
- 9 Jan –
Mrs Golden, mother
of J. L. and G. L. Golden dies at Sugar Creek.
- Jan –
Joe Foster, who shot
and killed John Gilbert at
- Jan –
Prof. L. E. Cox of
Epworth Seminary receives $25 award for vocational program.
-Tennessee
Egg Company paying
$.23/lb for hens, $.35/lb for fryers.
- Feb
-Work on power dam
between
-Deaths in
Feb.- C. L.
McClure, 80, Mrs Lita Thomas of Epworth, Mrs Jake Ammons of Morganton,
Mrs
Thomas Morris of Wilscot.
-Feb
25-Nan Josephine
(Galloway) Vestal dies. Husb., John
Vestal. Daus: Mrs Maud Rockwell & Mrs Dixie Ford, bros.: Jesse W.
(of
-Mar
6-Mary E. (Ray) Griffith,
75, wife of former sheriff A. C. Griffith, dies at home of daughter,
Mrs C.
Riddle of Atlanta. Survived by children:
Capt. J. M.of Chicago, C. P. of Miami, C. A. of Decatur, Mrs Warner
Smith, Mrs
D. F. Chastain of Knoxville, Mrs W. B. Holyfield, Mrs C. Riddle, Mrs
Ben
Gartrell of Murphy, Mrs Charles H. Carter of Montgomery, AL, and Miss
Vanna
Griffith of Blue Ridge. Brother J. C. Ray of Winder.
-Mar 1-
Milligan Cantrell,
aged gentleman of Flint Hill dies.
-Mar 22-
Mrs M. A. Hackney
dies. Survived by sons: J. M., G. N. [of
Blue Ridge], and W. O. [of
- Mar – 10 yr old son of Carl Dean of Gravelly
Gap dies of liquor poisoning.
-Married:
June Love and
Marjorie McKinney, Spurlen Abercrumbie and Faye Cox, Kittie Anderson,
daughter
of J. D. Anderson, and ___McMulligan (of New Orleans)..
.
1930
- Prof. J.
M. Clement, 74,
dies. First president,
1932
-Petition
published asking
county officers to take 20% cut in pay during time of depression.
-
-
-Chipeta
gold mines on Dial to
reopen. (run by Wade Owenby on lease)
-Mar 6-
Miss Hattie Jane
Galloway dies. Surv. by parents, John D.
& Callie Harper Galloway, by sisters: Mrs J. L. Chastain, Mrs
Welbourne
Wehunt, Mrs Nora Weese, Mrs Sydney Callihan and Miss Lily Galloway, and
by
brothers: Sam and Claude.
-Mar-
William S. Mashburn, 76,
dies. Leaves wife, daughters: Mrs J. C.
Morris, Mrs H. W. Wilson, & Beulah Mashburn, and sons: J. W., Noah,
&
Monroe, bro.: James, and sisters: Mrs Wiley Craig & Mrs Laura
Pittman.
-
-Kiwanis
Club requests Sheriff
to enforce law against fishing on Sunday.
-July
15-Col. Oliver Reed
Dupree,78, dies. Children: O. R., R. C.,
Ray, Mrs __McAmos, Mrs Fred Kimsey. Wife
was former Retty Beavers (dec).
-Sheriff
Bell seeking Frank
Thomas for killing Ivory Kinberg.
-Dorothy
McKinney, dau. of M.
K. McKinney, Sr. marries Edgar S. Harrison
-Aug 27-
O. Monroe
"Mon" Rector, 47, dies.
Survived by wife, Katie (Brackett), children: Elon, Amon,
Arthur, &
Elizabeth, and father, A. J.
-Luke
Hampton of Copperhill
caught 15.75 lb and 18 lb Muskelonge in
-Sept.-
Norman Henry shot by
Prince Roper in church yarn at Mineral Bluff.
Henry died in October.
-Oct 15-
Joseph Marion Beaver,
73, dies. Mar. first Elizabeth Morris
then Nancy Anderson, dau. of John W. Anderson.
Survived by wife, daughters: Mrs T. M. Callen, Mrs H. Phiffer,
Mrs H. A.
Vanpoer, Miss Louise & Miss Alice, and sons: Reid, Ralph, and
Crawford.
-Oct 19-
Mart Ross, 82, bro of
former Sheriff Art Ross, dies. Survived
by wife and daughters: Miss Florence, Mrs Grant Waters, Mrs G. Marshall
Ware,
Mrs Ross Ledford, Mrs Paul Mulkey & Mrs Ed Aderhold.
-Mark C.
King, Democrat, wins
over G. A. Curtis for Commissioner of Roads and Revenue by 210 votes.
-Nov 13-
"Aunt
Lively"
-Fannin
1937
-
Representative R. T.
Hampton, of
-February-
Morganton's
-Mar 4-
Nancy Gray, 87, widow
of Sheriff, John Gray, dies. Survived by
brother, Burt Arp, and sisters: Mrs M. C. Brock, Mrs Martha Withrow,
Mrs Vira
Withrow, and Mrs L. C. Henry.
-Mar
18-Dr. R. H. Robb, 85,
retired Methodist minister, dies. Native
of Tyrone Co.,
-Clara
Henry (colored), wife
of Tom "Sip" Henry, charged with fatal shooting of son, June, bound
over to court for Grand Jury action.
-April 17-
George W. Hamption
celebrates 101st birthday.
-Apr 25-
Alice (McDaris) Fox,
66, daughter of Billy and Rachel McDaris, dies.
Survived by husband, Ben, dau, Gertrude Shields, son,
-Apr 23-
Birthday of Hepsey A.
McKinney, 95. She remembered
mountaineers trading beeswax, furs, venison, tallow, and dried herbs
such as ginseng,
lady slipper, golden seal, and may apple with her husband for
merchandise. They wagoned to
supplies,
and deposited any
money with John Silvey & Co. She
named a son after Mr. Silvey. A
shoemaker would come to her home each fall and spend about two weeks
making
footwear for the family. Once they had
six large bears and a cub, the latter trained to eat chestnuts from her
hand. When the Yankees came in 1864,
they burned their corn mill and all their belongings.
They refugeed to
-May 29-
Hepsey Adeline
(McClure)
-Apr 26-
Mrs Paul Dickey
dies. Surv. by mother, Mrs Addie
Leatherwood, sister, Mrs Ralph Dickey, and brother Luther Leatherwood.
-Apr 29-
Perry Craig, 78,
dies. Survived by wife, sons, A. G., A.
T., W. G., and E. A., and daughter Girlie Craig.
-May
8-Miles C. Turner, 90,
dies. He was a Union soldier in Civil
War.
-May 10-
Cal L. Gray, 82,
dies.
-June- Repeal of Prohibition loses 94000 to 103000
in
-June- Joe
Vestal, 82 returns
from trip to Pacific coast. He married
Rose Mull, and had 12 children. Lives at
Madola.
-June
25-Robert Willis Woody,
91, Civil War veteran, died. Survived by
son, John, and daughters, Mrs Belle Stover and Mrs Amanda Weeks.
-Mattie
Mashburn, 80, visits
-Jul 30-
Ruth Adeline Stuart,
87, dau. of William Smith and Adeline Holtzclaw Smith, dies. Surv. by children: Bertha Stuart, Frank
Stuart, William Butt, R. L. Butt, C. M. Butt, Mrs J. C. Stanbery, &
J. V.
Stuart
-Aug 4-
Mrs A. S. J. Hall
dies. Survived by daughters: Mrs Maxie
Howard and Mrs W. J. Chastain.
-Aug.-
Constable Joe Brown of
Higdons' Store murdered by shotgun blast from a parked car. Murderers escaped without being recognized.
-Sept. 6-
New County
Courthouse dedicated.
-Oct-
Ex-Sheriff J. K. Bell,
52, dies as a result of a fight with a number of parties at the
Question Mark,
a soft drink place on the Copperhill- Blue Ridge highway.
Survived by wife, dau, Mrs M. K. McKinney,
Jr., and sons Vestall, and Howard.
-Oct- CCC
Camp F-13 move from
Higdon Store to Drain,
-Oct 28-
William A. Tarpley, b
May 12 1873, dies. Was son of Linsey G.
and Martha Tarpley.
-Nov.,Red
Cross campaign opens
with quota for
-Nov-
Fannin County War
Memorial dedicated. Present were Gov.
Rivers, Sen. George, Sen. Russell, Judge Deaver, etc.
Names of Robert P. Richards, and John G.
Green were accidentally left off the monument.
-Nov- T.
B. Thomas, 60,
dies. Survived by wife, daughters: Mrs
Gladys Bailey & Miss Loy, and sons: Glenn & Gilbert, both
marines.
-Nov-Rufe
R. Crawford, 65,
dies. Left wife, daus: Mrs Iva
Pickelsimer, & Mrs Emma Hyatt, and sons: Clem, Guy,
- Forty
vacancies for service
in the U. S. Marine Corps will be filled from this district. Term is four years.
-O. A. Dillingham had an old time corn shucking last
Saturday, and fed everyone an awfully good dinner.
He didn't get all his corn shucked due to
everyone eating too much to stoop over. Hassen
Turner and Luke Davenport put on an
eating contest won by Hassen.
-Anderson
& Wilson:
Hamburger $.25/2 lb, coffee $.10/lb, pepper $.20/lb.
-Taylor
& Collett Motor
Co.: New Fords for $599 to $904.
-Messer's
Christmas sale: Silk
gowns $.89, Boy's leather boots $1.98.
-At CCC
Co. 3431 in Gunter
Ore., Howard Richards caught a salmon with his bare hands, Arnold
Walker caught
a Canadian Loon. Earnest Williams got
ducked in the
1938
-Sketch
about Milligan C.
Goss, 75. Born near
-Feb-
Hemptown Iron Ore Bank
sold for back taxes for 1934-1937 not paid by owners, Hughes &
Craigmire
-Pvt
Gilbert Thomas, son of
the late T. B. & Mrs Annis Thomas, saved the life of a 65-yr old
man by
pulling him from the river in
-300 CCC
camps will be closed
before June 1 to reduce strength of Corps.
-Apr 7-
Boon Crawford, 71,
dies. Survived by wife, sons: Clyle L.
& Lake B., sisters: Mrs W. O. Bray,
Mrs W. C. Bolling, Mrs B. T. West & Mrs H. D. Gurley, and
brothers.: Dr. C.
B., Mark, and E. C.
-April- A
15-second earth
tremor felt. No damage reported.
-Ed and
Harry Barclay found
guilty of involuntary manslaughter in death of ex-sheriff J. K. Bell.
-Feb 10-
Mrs Philip Ross
dies. Survived by sons: Rev Milt, George,
& Philip, daughters: Mrs C. G. Gray, Mrs J. T. Ross, Mrs Bill Cole,
and
Miss Dolie.
-Mar
20-Betsy Eveline (
-Jun 15-
Dr. Thomas Martin
Greenwood dies in
-July 5-
Poley Gray, 53,
formerly of Cut Cane now Hemptown, dies.
-Jul- Mrs
Sarah Elizabeth
Ballew, 76, died. Surv. by sons: John,
Poley, C. T., Press, & Elbert, and daus.: Mrs Mattie Shuler &
Mrs Adie
Ballew.
-Aug-
George Washington
Hampton, 102, dies. Surv.- sons: G. S. & T. B.
-Aug 17-
Mrs Armanda [Harper]
Gilliam , widow of Jasper W. Gilliam, dies.
Surv. by children: Dr. W. Y., Emory, Arthur, James, Mrs D. E.
Douthit,
Mrs Jennie Crawford, Mrs Pearl Jones, Mrs Siddie Hedden, Mrs Bill Tate,
and Mrs
Della Kincaid.
-Aug 24-
Lee C. Weeks, 59,
former postmaster, dies. Left wife, the
former Ellen Clonts, and sons: Emmett, Edward, Howard and George.
-Sep 5-
Mrs Lilie Jane
"Toad" Woody, 85, of Dial dies.
Survived by children: Dallas, Elijah, and Mrs Oliver Dillingham.
-Sep 11-
Mrs B. I. Crumley,
72, of Epworth dies. Surv. by husband,
daus: Mrs Walter Mashburn and Miss Bessie Crumley, sister: Mrs Julia
Ann
Watson, and bros.: John M. Ash, G. W. Ash, & M. A. Ash.
-Sep- Tom
Brown Stuart, son of
late Sheriff Henry Stuart and Josie McDaris Stuart, dies.
Surv. by wife, former Ruby Pack, and son
Tommie.
-Sep 30-
John A. Gilreath, 95,
dies, within three weeks of birthday.
-Wage-Hour
Bill sets $.25/hr
minimum wage and 44 hour work week.
-Nov 8-Mrs
Jane Dillingham,
76, of Hemptown dies. Surv. by son:
Gordon, dau.: Mrs Noah Mashburn, and sister Mrs James Bruce.
-Nov 14-
J. T. L. Hartness, ca
75, of Mineral Bluff, dies.
-Dec 9- J.
William Dillard of
Chestnut Gap dies. Survived by wife,
sons: Andrew, Verlin, & George, and daughters: Mrs J. M. Cochran,
Mrs Dela
Potter, Mrs Elmer Patterson, and Mrs Essie Callihan.
-Dec 20-
James I Hall, 80,
dies. Surv. by wife, children: Effie
& Josh.
-Dec 19-
W. A. Anderson, 73,
dies. Left wife, dau, Vella, sons:
Furman, Frank & Fred, bro. John, and
sisters: Josie, Addie, Janie & Sallie.
1939
-Feb 2-A.
J. Allen, 75,
dies. Children: Mary Abernathy, Mytle
Mutz, Dixie Cross, Lilly, Earnest,
-Mar 8- D.
J. Withrow, 74,
dies. Surv. by children: James , Ernest,
Mrs Bertha Martin and Mrs Verna Elrod.
-Mar 20-
B. I. Crumley, 75, of
Epworth dies.
-Apr 4-
Anna Mouchet Ferguson,
75, dau of late John Tyler Mouchet of S.
C., dies. Survived by children: Mrs R.
T. Adams, Mrs W. L. Cheek, C. L., Clarence, Joe, George, and Richard.
-Apr 4-
Sheriff James L.
Hawkins dies of influenza. Surv. by
wife, the former Alice Grantham,
children: Edward & Pauline, bro. Wm, and sisters: [Elizabeth]Mrs
John
Turner, Mrs Lon Pope, Mrs M. L. Burns, & Mrs Frank McCord.
-Apr 10-
Elisha Johnson, 88,
of Cut Cane dies. Surv by wife, Geneva
Tarpley Johnson and three children by a former marriage.
-Apr 10-
James C. Callihan,
73, of Sugar Creek dies. Survived by
wife and children: Arthur, Dave, Drew, Bob, Willard, Jonnie, Frank,
Lord, Mrs
Kate Burnett, and Misses Becky, May, and Nora.
-May 4-
James A. McDaris, 80,
of Morganton dies. Surv by wife, sons:
Earl, Blain, Everett, & Wayne, daus: Mrs Beulah Seabolt, Mrs Bonnie
Garren,
Mrs Myrtle Curbow, & Mrs Vesta Voght.
-Wade
Allen is opening up his
gold mine adjacent to old Garret Mine.
-Jun 1-Mrs
Mahilla T. Wilson,
87, Union Church, dies. Surv by
children: Rev. W. E., Wm, C. H., W. H., F. G., P. O., and Mrs O. W.
Crisp.
-Jun 10-
John Dilbeck, 78,
dies. Left wife, and children: Mrs Allie
Goss, Mattie Chastain, Nancy Patterson, Rosie Ray and Ivey Dilbeck.
-Jul 11-
Mrs Addie German
Andrews will tell her story on We The People about being captured by
the
Cheyenne Indians 50 or 60 years ago.
-Aug 22-
John M. Ash, 82,
dies. Surv. by wife, children: Mrs Mary Jane Watson, Mrs Margaret
Burnett, Mrs
Dora Sluder, Mrs Lillie Stewart, Miss Laura Ash, Miss Effie Ash, Mrs
Mandy
Yother and George Ash.
-Sep 4- J.
C. Edwards, 72,
Fannin Tax Recvr, dies. Left wife & children: Bessie Akins, Mary
Terrell,
Dorothy Plemmons, Dewey, Ross, Hoke & Harry.
-Several
homes of non-striking
employees of Tenn. Copper Co. have been shot into with rifles. No one hurt but there were several close
calls.
-Wade
Allen is working the old
Garrett gold mine. Reports samples assay
$100/ton. Says former operators took
gold from under adjacent property.
-Nov
23-Mrs Albert
Abercrombie, 65, of Flint Hill dies leaving husb. And children: Dawson,
Hobart,
& Claud Wright, Bascomb & Henry Abercrombie, Lulu Patterson,
Bonnie
Abercrombie, Fairy Parris, and Reba Davenport.
-Dec
19-Robert L. Weaver, 68,
of Hemptown dies. Surv.: wife,
daughters: Mrs Lily Brackett, Mrs Herbert Allen, Mrs Bessie Patterson,
Mrs
Howard Brackett, Mrs Joe Brackett, and sons: Elbert, Carl and Fred.
-Dec
24-Martha C. Green, 61,
dies. Surv by bros: Rena, George, &
Andrew Green, and sisters: Mrs H. C. Walker, Mrs F. W. Ward, & Mrs
Tom
Godfrey
1940
-Apr- For
third time in three
weeks, TVA transmission towers have been dynamited, disrupting service. FBI is investigating.
-May- M.
C. Anderson, CIO
leader of Ducktown, charged with conspiracy to destroy or injure
property of
the TVA in connection with dynamitings.
-April 29-
Death of Samuel
Ballew, 73, Surv. by wife, sons: Harrison, Robert, and Floyd, daus: Mrs
J. D.
Cantrell, and Leatha Ballew.
-Apr 29-
Mrs Cynthia Beavers,
85, dies. Survived by daus: Mrs W. F.
Kincaid, Mrs Lulu Woody, Mrs Horace Jackson, Mrs Ralph Beaver, sons:
Fred,
Edgar, Herschel, & Reed.
-May-
Sheep shearing
demonstration at farmers warehouse in
-May- 22
inch rainbow trout
caught in
-May-
Ladies hosiery of
DuPont's new fiber, Nylon, being sold.
-May-
McAllister Auto Supply
offering 4.50 x 21 tires at $4.95, motor
oil at
$.29/gallon and car
batteries at $2.25 exchange.
-Jun 2-
Elisha V. Brackett,
62, dies. Survived by wife, sons: Clyde
& E. V., dau: Mrs Carl Queen, bros:
Frank, Goodson, & Add, sist: Mrs Nannie Butt, Mrs Laura
Pickelsimer, &
Mrs Dovie Brackett.
-June-
Lake Conasauga opens.
-July 4-
-June 16-
Mrs J. B. Dills, 62,
dies. Surv by son:
-Jul 4-
Mrs W. M. Mason, 65,
dies. Surv. sons: Reed, Clarence, &
Auldin, daus: Mrs Harold Spriggs, Mrs Robert Dickens, & Mrs C. H.
Tate.
-July 28-
Cleveland N. Thomas,
66, dies. Surv. by wife, sons: Dupont,
Clyde,
-July 28-
A. B. Mosley, 68, of
-August-
Open letter to
President Roosevelt from Fannin County School Supt.
W. H. Fargason asking why the government is
buying power company property which paid $3400 school tax last year,
and giving
it to the TVA with their payment set at $400.
Our best farm land will be flooded.
-Aug 4-
Mrs Eliza Jane Mull,
78, of
-Aug 25-
Addie Mary Humphrey
Ray, 73, widow of C. S. Ray, dies. Surv.
by sons: Henry,
-Sep 8-
Robert H. Frizzell of
Hot House dies. Wife was Nola Harper.
-Oct
18-Contract let for base
and paving of
-Oct
24-Syrup-making, one of
the county's major cash crops, at its peak.
1941
-Jan 8-J.
W. Galloway dies in
-Jan 17-
First Fannin REA line
energized bringing power to Hemptown.
-Feb- Old
Garrett gold mine on
John Rogers property in Dial will reopen.
-Feb- In
last four months in
office, Gov. Rivers issued 1879 pardons.
-Feb
17-Theresa Mae Waters
Cantrell, 68, wid. of Milligan Cantrell dies.
-Feb 14-
Eb Thomas, 75
dies. Surv by bros: Rev. Luther, Henry
& Wm. And sisters: Mrs Alfred Patterson, Mrs Lee Thrasher, and Mrs
Hill
Huffman.
-Feb
14-James Willard
Garrison, 75, dies. Left wife &
children: Edgar, Spurgeon, Marshal, Mrs F. H. Nixon, Mrs Carl Bennett,
&
Mrs Earl McDaris
-Mar 8-
Andrew B. Ellis, 67,
nephew of Frank Ellis, Sr., dies.
-Mar-Smokers
asked to save
tinfoil from cigarette packs for War effort.
-Mar- Lee
Henry selling fish
scrap fertilizer.
-Mar 13-J.
W. Tutherow, 70,
dies. Surv by wife, Allie Gregory
Tutherow.
-Apr
2-Gov. Eugene Talmadge
failed to arrive for a speech at Morganton, disappointing a crowd of
2000
waiting to hear him.
-Apr 26-
John J. Brown, 82,
dies. Surv. by wife, daus: Mrs Zonnie
Anthony, & Mrs Zorris Munday, and sons: William T. & Robert.
-Apr
16-Harriett McClure
Witsell, 93, widow of John H. Witsell, dies.
Was sister to Tom McClure, Mrs Mike McKinney & Mrs Eliza
McKinney.
-Apr
24-George W. Bryan, 82,
dies. Surv by sons: J. S., G. D., & R. M., and daus: Mrs G. M.
Fisher,
& Mrs T. M. Hensley.
-May
7-Andrew J. Bramlett, 77,
of Dial dies. Surv. by wife, &
children: G. L., W. B., D. C., J. B., Roy, Mrs J. M. Cook, Mrs Clifford
Myes,
Mrs Edgar Payne & Mrs Parker
-May-No
paved roads for Fannin
this year. Highway funds are being
diverted from completion of primary system started in 1916.
-May
15-Mary Elizabeth Waters
Goss, 78, dies. Survived by
husband, M. C. Goss, and children: M.
F., A. L. and Lura Goss.
-May
31-James H. Ray, 77,
ginseng grower of Chestnut Gap, dies.
Surv. by wife, sons: William, Tom, Virgle, Joe, Boon, John,
&
-Jul 12-
James F. Turner dies
in
-Aug 13-
Joe C. Quintrell, 72,
dies. Mar. Sarah Waters.
Surv. by dau., Irene Quintrel, sisters: Mrs
Bertha Wehunt, Mrs J. H. Cole, & Mrs George Shalton, and bros: J.
W., S.
H., Harry, and T. A.
-Aug 15-
Funeral of Elizabeth
Queen, 89. Children: John, Davis,
Robert, Harrison, Mrs D. Thomas Dooly, Mrs M. M. Crawford, & Mrs
-Sep
7-Funeral of Mrs Dovie
Allen Martin, 80. Surv by bro., Wade
Allen.
-Sep 1-
Installation of dial
telephone system in
-Sep 19-
Funeral of Mrs Jasper
Brownlow Cobb, 76, of
-Sep 28-
Allen Columbus
Chastain, 63, of Morganton dies.
-Oct-
Nancy Bethenia Pruitt,
75, of Padena dies. Survived by sons:
Ferd & W. H., and daughters: Mrs Mattie Cruse & Mrs C. C.
Buchanan.
-Oct
20-Laura Dean Turner,
wife of Rev. W. Lon Turner, dies.
Survived by daus: [Lura Van Hook], [Bonnie] Mrs J[oseph] C.
Grantham,
[Elzy Jane]Mrs A[lva] E. Craig, [
-Oct 3-
Joe Edmundson, 90, of
-Nov
3-Isaac Theadore Petty,
72, dies. Mar. Jane Self.
Surv. by wife, sons: J. B. & John, daus:
Mrs V. M. Collis, Mrs E. L. Queen, Mrs T. H. Ellis, Mrs L. B. Greer,
Mrs I. H.
Ray, & Mrs Clint Queen & bro., T. L.
-Nov 14-
P. B. Bailey, 77, of
Epworth dies. Surv by wife, sons: Ezra
& Sam, and daus: Eula Mae & Anna Lee.
-Dec 23-
Mrs Laura Wehunt, 79,
dies. Surv. by son, Welborn.
1942
-Jan
13-Funeral of Emma Rush
Tate, 79, widow of J. F. Tate. Surv. by sons: Frank, Paul, Noel, Wm.,
Neal,
Homer, Ocean, Ed, & Fred, and daus: Mrs George Arnold, Mrs Emma
Mills,
& Mrs Mae Taylor.
-Feb
11-Martha Whitfield
Hammontree, 62, dau of John Whitfield & Nancy Patterson, dies. Survived by husband Caleb L. Hammontree,
bros: Elias Whitfield of
-Jan
30-Mrs Monroe Farmer of
Mineral Bluff, 77, dau of late Albert Mull, dies. Surv.
by husband, children: A. F., J. H., R.
L., Hayden, Claud, Frank, Reed, & Mrs Harv Ray, sisters: Mrs Mary
Ann
Turner & Mrs Alice Richards, & bros:
-Feb
15-Adeline Thomas
Davenport, 89, wid. of David E. Davenport, dies at home of son, Thomas
Davenport, in Young Cane.
-Feb-
Sheriff Collins holding
Pryor Ballew of Hot House on charge of killing Buster Harper. Found guilty in April, received life
sentence.
-Mar 5-
County residents are
digging out of a 15 to 30 inch snowfall.
-Apr 7- J.
B. Cobb, 79, of
Union Co., dies. Bro. to J. C. Cobb of
Hemp.
-Apr- War
Production Board
requires purchasers of toothpaste to turn in old tin toothpaste tube. Cuffs on wool trousers prohibited.
-Apr 16-
Man claiming to be
Jesse James, 94, ex-bank robber, in county.
-Jul 4-
Mrs L. B[ethel].
Tarpley, [neeLouisa Florentine Johnson] 82, dies. Children:
W[illiam] U., Rev. [James A.],
Sanford, L[uther] E., [Josie] Mrs F. E.
-July-
Death of Mrs Hariett
Rhodes Walker, 74, of Hemp.
-May 9-
Harriett Avanel Cook
Greenwood, 79, widow of Dr. T. M. Greenwood, dies in Erath Co.,
-May
26-Martha M. Dean
Williams, 79, wid. of W[illiam] A. Williams, dies.
Surv by children: Laura, Floyd, & Claud,
sister: Nancy Brock, bro: Jim Dean.
-May
7-Andrew J. Bramlett, 77,
dies. Left wife & children: G. L., W. B., D. C., J. B., Roy, Mrs J.
M.
Cook, Mrs Clifford Meers, & Mrs Edgar Payne
-May
19-Mattie Elizabeth
Harper Hyde, 69, dies. Surv. by husband, Albert Hyde, children: Emmett,
Ernest,
Hervey, Lester, [Florence] Mrs W. Hobart Mull, [Martha] Mrs Herschel
Ballew,
& [Maggie] Mrs Chas Crawford, bro: Jim Harper & sisters: Nola
(Mrs Robert
H.) Frizzell, [Callie] Mrs Jim Baker, & Mrs Ada Scott [Mrs Barney
Scott].
-Aug 16-
W. A. Patterson, 58,
of Harpertown, dies. Surv. by wife, the
former Caroline Thomas, and sons: Floyd, Arthur, and Junior.
-C. L.
Tilley, 73, dies at
home of dau., Mrs Darnell Davenport.
Surv. by dau. Mrs G. L.
-Jul 26-
Mrs Arleva Barnes
Beavers, pioneer resident, dies at home of adopted son, Henry Barnes,
of
Higdon's Store.
-Oct 8-
Minnie Elizabeth Fain
Johnson, 71, dau. of T. W. Fain, dies.
Surv. by husband, Poley Johnson, dau: Mrs John Carter, bros:
Dave &
Joe Fain, and sister: Mrs Florence Spivey.
-Sep 3-J.
J. Brown, 80, dies
in Pantertown. Children: Bob, William,
Mrs Payton Munday and Mrs Zona Anthony.
-Sep 15-
Laurinia Cordia Arp
Henry, 80 [widow of Tyrus Henry], dies.
Survived by children: John B., and [Bertha] Mrs Thomas E. Harper.
-Dec- New
"war
tires" contain three ounces of new crude rubber and a regenerated
compound
known as camelback. Tires will wear from
6000 to 10000 miles below the 35mph speed limit, but will fail in only
a few
hundred miles at higher speeds.
-Dec-
Bootleggers are buying
most of the
1943
-Jan 5-
Mine explosion at
Ducktown resulted in death of: Homer Payne, Simon Dunn, Thomas Fritts,
L. G.
Spurling, W. D. Deal, Elmer Pless, Ralph Hancock, and C. B. Helton.
-Jan 26-
Thomas K. Cook, 80,
dies. Wife, Amanda, died two years
ago. Surv. by children: J. M., Ebbie,
Ranzy, Mrs Homer Tate, Mrs A. M. Brackett, & Mrs Bud Ricketts, bro:
Allen,
and sister: Mrs Nannie Cook.
-Feb 1-
Lewis Lenore Woody,
67, of Morganton dies. Survived by wife,
the former Stell Pickelsimer, sons: Roscoe, Reed & Frank, daus: Mrs
James
L. Panter, Jr., & Mrs Winston Massengale, brothers: Willis, Lee,
& Bud,
sisters: Mrs Ida Forrester, & Mrs Minnie Woody.
-Feb 1-
Margaret Mitchell,
author of "Gone With the Wind", in Blue Ridge on War Bond drive to
raise money to build a new "
-Feb 11-
George Calvin
Seabolt, 73, of Mineral Bluff dies.
Survived by wife, sons: Willie, & Dewey, daus: Ruby, Edna,
& Mrs
E. G. Turner.
-Mar 8-
James A.
"Squire" Bruce, 83, dies.
Surv. by wife, sons: Willie, Davis, Ben, Lincoln, Ted, Perry,
&
John, daus: Mrs Homer Dills, Mrs John Abernathy, Mrs Gene Jones,
-Mar 14-
Funeral of Jim Dean,
of Mineral Bluff. Survived by wife
[Nebraska Williams Dean], sons; William & John E.[Ernest], dau:
Helen,
sister [in law]: Mrs Nancy Brock.
-Mar 19-
Funeral of Mrs Brilla
Sara Allen, 72.
-Apr 8-
James O. Green, 82,
Galloway Sta. dies. Left wife, sons:
Fred & Bruce, daus: Mrs Carl Queen, Mrs C. M. Engrim, & Miss
Frankie
Green.
-Apr 13-
Mrs Ivan Harper [nee
Amanda Little], 65, of Sweet Gum, dies.
Surv. by husband, sons:
-Apr 12-
Col. Allison S.
Prince, 52, son of Dr. E. L. Prince.
-Apr 30-
Vance Kimsey, 76,
dies. Surv. by wife [Caroline M. Smith
Kimsey], sons: Paul, & Mark, daus: [Eldie]Mrs R. A. Chastain, [Ara]
Mrs W.
W. Goss, [Willa] Mrs V. A. Hamilton, [Tilla] Mrs Leroy Weese, sister
Mrs T. V.
Lance, and brother: R.. E. Kimsey.
-Jun 1-
Ruth Mariah Chance
Richards, 61, of Hemp, dies. Survived by
husband: Brownlow Richards, daus: Mrs N. B. Simmons, Elizabeth, Callie,
&
Hattie, sons: Jay, & Frank, brothers: Tom, Bill, Pink, Glenn,
Avery, Frank,
& Virgel Chance, and sister: Mrs Arbie Bartonfield.
-Jun 5-
Miss Pearl Dickey
dies. Surv. by sisters: Mrs Lois
Cochran, & Mrs W. E.
-Jun 10-
Mrs Sarah L. [Mosley]
Turner, wid. of P. B. [Perry] Turner, Lewner, dies.
Surv. by daus: Mrs Abbie Botts [Mrs Larkin
Bruce Botts], Mrs Braska Botts [Mrs Jay Botts], & Mrs Belvia
Grantham [Mrs
Albert Grantham].
-Jun 21-
Georgia Annie Frady
McKinney, 84, wid. of Robert J. McKinney, dies.
Surv. by sons: Clyde,
-Jun 29-
Mrs Mollie Baugh
[beloved nurse and midwife, widow of Columbus Baugh ]of Mineral Bluff,
dies. Surv. by son: Winters Stuckey,
bros: George, Thart, & Brittain Roberts, and sisters.
-OPA
prices for 12 guage
shotgun shells- $1.38 for a box of 25.
-Premium
Gasoline reduced from
80 to 76 octane rating.
-OPA
prices for 54 & 57
guage rayon hosiery- $1.41/pair.
-OPA
ceiling price for used
tires (low quality)- $1 each.
-Average
per capita income in
Military
expenditures per
capita for April was $53.52.
-Jun 25-
Charles L. Ballew
dies. Left wife, the former Jane
Anderson, sons: Amos, George, Howard, & Kenneth, daus: Mrs
Courtland
Cooper, Mrs Hugh McCay, Misses Pearl & Fern Ballew, & sister:
Mrs
Caroline Brown.
-Jul 6-
Will Allen, 73,
dies. Surv. by wife, daus: Mrs David
Haight, Misses Leila, & Lois, sons: Lt. Joe Ben, Findley, Morris,
&
Roy.
-Jul 1-
Adeline "Aunt
Ad" Wolford Harper, 79, widow of Francis M. "Uncle Buddy"
Harper. Survived by [adopted] son,
Ernest [Wolford], sisters: Mrs Roy Bass, Mrs Nellie Abercrombie, Mrs
Jessie
Dean, & Mrs Estes Coggs.
-Jul 8-
Bessie Botts Shope
dies. Surv. by bros: Bruce, Jay, &
Walter Botts, sisters: Mrs Nellie Shope, Mrs Cretie Parris, & Mrs
Nettie
Mull, husband [Allen Shope], and seven children.
-Jul 11-
William Farmer, 77,
dies. Surv. by sons: E. H.. Blain, E.
E., A. R., & Floyd, daus: Mrs L. S. Allen, Mrs J. S. Ross, Mrs J.
B. Ray,
Mrs W. F. Wilson, & Mrs Edna Guinn, and brother, M. Farmer.
-Sep-
Fannin County exceeds
quota in third War Bond drive of $133,000.
-Sep 23-
Henry Burton Bell,
63, of Hot House dies. Survived by wife,
the former Ada Ballew, son: Claude, and sister, Mrs Emma Garren.
-Sep 21-
Quill Weeks (born
9/25/1866) dies. Surv. by wife, Amanda,
sons: John, & Fred, daus: Mrs Leila Daniel, Mrs Maye Davenport,
& Mrs
Edith Shelton, bros: Avery, & Luthur.
-Oct 11-
Mrs Hilley C. Young,
63, of Pantertown dies. Survived by
sister, Mrs Etta Gates, sons: Anderson Gray & Luther Teague, daus:
Mrs
Myrtle Parris & Mrs Lucile McDonald.
-Oct 19-
Mrs Sidney Wilson,
83, widow of T. A. Wilson, and dau of Col. Elijah W. Chastain, dies in
-Nov 18-
Mrs Laura Henson, 81,
of Mineral Bluff dies. Survived by sons:
A. W., & A. C., daus: Mrs Geo Seabolt & Mrs Harvey Shuler.
-Nov 15-
Louis H. Cochran, 61,
of Mineral Bluff dies, leaving wife, Lenora Dickey Cochran, sons:
Cecil,
Clarence, & John B., daus: [Edith] Mrs Hobart Turner, [Eva] Mrs
Stanley
Daves, & Mrs Harry A. Bramley.
-Nov 18-
J. O. Stepp, 65,
dies. Surv. by wife, sons: Willie,
Harvey, Floyd,
-Nov 27-
A. W. Vandiviere, 63,
of
-Dec 5-
William Benton
"Uncle Bill" Lovingood dies.
Survived by wife and daughters: Mrs O. B. Davenport & Mrs J.
G.
Aaron.
-Dec 4-
William F. Ellis, 84,
dies. Surv. by wife, Nancy Jones Ellis,
sons: Frank, Truman, & Herbert, daus: Mrs W. R. Elrod, & Mrs T.
J.
Corn.
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