"Tennessee Trails" through Bedford County
HON. DANIEL LAURENS BARRINGER
, of TN, formrly a member of Congress from the Wake District in this state, in Bedford Co., TN, on 16 Oct last, in the 64th year of his age.
JAMES LONNIE BEARDEN
, age 92, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Bedford County Nursing Home. Graveside services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Rose Bank Cemetery. Reverend Dr. Lloyd Doyle will officiate.
Visitation will be 4-8 PM Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. He was born June 11, 1917, in Bedford County, to the late James. L. and Mary Lillian Frost Bearden. For many many years, he was Sales Manager for Stewart Potts Motors and later Clarence Lamb Motors. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and served on numerous committees within the church. He was a Past President of the Kiwanis Club.
He married Mary Pauline "Polly" Alexander on March 16, 1941. They celebrated 66 years together before her passing in 2007.
He is survived by two daughters, Sheila B. Trolinger and Jeanie B. Phillips, both of Shelbyville; three grandchildren, Mary Gay Trolinger Burton, Rod Phillips ,and Molly Phillips Carneal; five great grandchildren, Maggie Burton, Abby Burton, Jake Phillips, Sam Carneal, and Sarah Beth Carneal.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church or Argie Cooper Library. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel assisted the family with the arrangements.
HENRY CLAY BEARDEN
, one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of the Flat Creek community died at his home Wednesday, about 2 miles east of Flat Creek village after a brief illness of pneumonia, aged 62 years. He had suffered with a severe cold a week or two but being a vigorous and robust man had continued to attend to his farm work. Pneumonia developed suddenly and he died in a few days. In his death the community in which he lived and the county, looses one of its best and most upright citizens. He was a man of the most exemplary character , a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church for many years and a fine citizen in every way. He is survived by his wife and one son and has many relatives in the Flat Creek and Southern Section of the county who greatly deplore his death. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Flat Creek by Rev. Walter Crawford of Birmingham. The burial was in the new cemetery near there in which cemetery the father of the deceased was buried there about 30 years ago- the first person buried there.
the Gazette sincerely regrets to learn of the death of this worthy and useful citizen and sincerely sympathizes with the bereaved (Betty Shoffner) wife and son (Lonnie) in their great loss.
NAOMI (HIX) BEARDEN
- A telegram has been received here by relatives, announcing the death in Tahlequa, Okla., of Mrs. Naomi Hix Bearden, wife of Mr. Robert Lacy Bearden. Mr. and Mrs. Bearden, formerly residents of Flat Creek and have many friends and relatives in this ocunty who will regret to hear of her death
GUY N. BEASLEY
- age 92, of Shelbyville, died Friday, November 20, 2009, at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services at Victory Baptist Church. Reverend Jimmy Tedder will officiate. Burial, with full military honors, in Rose Bank Cemetery in Flat Creek.
He was born January 5, 1917, in Christiana, Tennessee, to the late Will and Esther Overcast Beasley. He was retired as Operation Supervisor from Shelbyville Power Company after 43 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Clarice Holden Beasley, in 1971, and his second wife, Mae Francis Shearin Beasley.
He is survived by his son, Rick Beasley, and his wife Pam Neese Beasley, of Shelbyville; a step-son, Bryant Shearin, of Manchester, and step-daughter, Mary Lynn Shearin Brannon, of Shelbyville; a granddaughter, Katie Beasley Ducey, and her husband, Jake, of Franklin, and a great grandson, Miles Jacob Ducey.
WILLIAM LARRY BELLENFANT
passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 26, 2009, in a local healthcare facility. He was 51.
Larry was born in Shelbyville, Tenn., graduated from Shelbyville Central High School and the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and insurance agent.
Larry started his funeral career with the Howell Lawrence Funeral Home in Shelbyville and he also worked for Fike Funeral Home in Cleveland, Tenn., before joining the J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home in 1982. He was co-owner and managing partner of the funeral home.
Larry was a member of the Mountain City Club, National Rifle Association; National Funeral Directors Association; and Tennessee Funeral Directors Association.
Larry attended First-Centenary United Methodist Church. Larry was a volunteer for the Kidney Foundation, he was treasurer of the SIDS Foundation; and was chairman of the Blue and Gold Amateur Golf Association.
Larry was preceded in death by his parents, G.W. and Virginia Leone Bellenfant, of Shelbyville, Tenn.
He is survived by his sister, Barbara Brownfield and brother-in-law, Jack Brownfield, of Cleveland, Tenn.; two nephews, W. Jackson (Kim) Brownfield and Jeff T. (Laurie) Brownfield, both of Cleveland; also five great-nieces and great-nephews, Kacy, Jackson, Carter, Lauren, Laiken Brownfield, all of Cleveland; aunts, Frances Dozier, Anne Williams, Lois Kraft, of Nashville; Juanita Edwards, of Shelbyville, Lorene Williams, of Maryville, Ten.; uncles Powell Smith and Ed Bellenfant, of Shelbyville. several cousins.
Funeral services will be today noon at the J. Avery Bryan Funeral Home with the Rev. David Harr and Pastor Wilton Grimes officiating.
Graveside service to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
JOHN M. BITTICK
, well known retired salesman, died at his home in Tullahoma Wednesday evening after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the family residence, Friday morning, conducted by Dr. J.W. Cherry, pastor of the Methodist church in Tullahoma. The remains were brought to Shelbyville and laid to rest in the family plot in Willow Mount Cemetery. Mr. Bittick and his family were former residents of Shelbyville and they have many friends here who sympathize with the family in their bereavement. Mr. Bittick was a member of the Methodist church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estill Green Bittick; two daughters, Misses Pauline and Irene Bittick, and three sons, Douglas, Clarence and William Bittick.
MAMIE (WIMPEY) BLACKMON
- Funeral services for Mamie Wimpey Blackmon, 93, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Emmett Arnold and the Rev. Al Geeting officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be 4-7 p.m. today.
AL BLANTON
- The death angel has visited our community again and claimed for its victim, Al Blanton on September 14, 1938. Funeral services were held at Bethlehem church of which he was a member at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev W. A. Sanders. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Laura Arnold, two sons, Eunice and Frank, eight grand daughters, a brother and sister, and hosts of other relatives. Burial was in New Bethel cemetery at Bedford.
FRANK BOBO
- 40, merchant and farmer of Pleasant Grove, fatally wounded himself in the left chest with a shotgun charge late Monday following an altercation in which John A. Stallings a tenant on Bobo's farm had wounded the merchant in the leg. Mr. Bobo died in an ambulance in route to Bedford County Hospital.
According to reports Bobo, a large land owner, went to the farm Stallings was renting from him at about 4:30 o'clock when an altercation was said to have taken place in which Stallings shot Bobo in the leg. The wounded man was said to have returned to his store and ordered several persons to leave the building. When the customers had vacated the building, he was said to have fired the shotgun into his chest.
The body was carried from the Thompson Funeral Home Tuesday morning to the home of Mrs. Tate, his mother in law, at Pleasant Grove, where funeral services were held at 2 p.m. by Elder Gleaves. Interment was in Willow Mount Cemetery Besides his wife, the former Miss Eva Tate, survivals are one son Frank , Jr., who resides here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mullins, one sister, Mrs. Grace Parker of Flat Creek, and a bother Tom Bobo.
HORACE J. BOBO
- Rev. Andy Largen of Fayetteville conducted the funeral of Horace J. Bobo Friday afternoon at New Hermon. Horace Bobo met a tragic death at his home Thursday afternoon. He went to put a horse in the barn and his mother seeing the horse loose, went to the barn to see about the little boy when she found the lifeless form lying in the doorway. It is thought the horse kicked the child. The news of his death cast a glom over the entire neighborhood. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mr. L.F. Bobo, three brothers and a sister.
MATTIE (MULLINS) BORING
died at Atlanta Thursday last after an illness of some months. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mullins, both now deceased, and a sister of Sara Mullins and Lillie Mullins
of this place and will be remembered as a former popular telephone operator here before her marriage to Mr. Boring, then and some time
afterward connected with the Robinson-McGill Harness Company. She leaves besides her husband, two small children. Buried in Willow
Mount Cemetery. (Married to Walter Boring)
EVA MAY BOWEN
85, of Bell Buckle, died Saturday at NHC Healthcare in Murfreesboro.
Funeral services were held Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Chris Harris and Mark Hall officiating. Burial followed at Ivy Bluff Cemetery in Cannon County
JANE JENNET (POARCH) BRADFORD
, 88 wife of the late Nathaniel Bradford, died Tuesday morning, March 2, 1937 at the home of her son Dave Bradford. Mrs. Bradford had been ill a few days with double pneumonia. She was a devout member of the Baptist Church and had many friends who mourn her passing. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday, February 3, 1937 at 1 p.m. with Rev. Claude Lewis officiating. Interment was in Willow Mount Cemetery.
Surviving are three sons Dave, E. C., and Jim Bradford; one daughter, Mrs. Kate Sanders, of Diana; two brothers N.C. Poarch, and Thomas Poarch of Nashville; twelve grandchildren, Clarence, Raymond and Robert Bradford, David and Irene Bradford and Mrs. Jenette Nelson of Shelbyville; Buford Sanders of Old Hickory; William Sanders of Lewisburg; Paul Sanders, Mrs. Fred Tom Pyles, Mrs. Ernie Holly of Diana, and Mrs. Fred Cochran of Lewisburg; eleven great grandchildren.
FLORA LEE BRAGG
- Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Lee Bragg, who died Thursday at her home in the Horse Mountain community, were conducted Friday at the Horse Mountain Church, by Elder Clyde Gleaves. Burial was in Horse Mountain Cemetery. Mrs. Bragg, who had apparently been in good health, suffered a heart attack Thursday evening that resulted in her death. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Shelbyville and a woman of many fine traits of character. Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Basco Edwards; and five sons, Sam, Clarence, Edward, Lonnie and Donnely Bragg, all of Shelbyville.
J.L. BRAGG
- Funeral services for J. L. Bragg, 66, who died suddenly at his home here Tuesday a.m. at 10:30 o'clock were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at a funeral home in Murfreesboro. Rev. E. J. Barnett, pastor of the First Christian Church officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro. Mr. Bragg was a salesman for the Murfreesboro Marble and Granite Works. Before moving to Shelbyville three years ago he resided in Murfreesboro and was a manager of the Marble Works. He was a native of Cannon County. He had been in declining health for several years. Surviving besides his widow, are one daughter, Mrs. Bill Stanton, Corpus Christi, Texas; two brothers, W. J. Bragg of Woodbury and R. B. Bragg of Christiana, three sisters, Mrs. Robert Harris, Kittrell, Mrs. Ervin Ready, Milton, and Mrs. C. L. McNabb, Deason.
MYRTLE (JONES) BRANTLEY
, 82, mother of Mrs. G. B. Kemper of Springfield, died February 11 at Bedford County General Hospital in Shelbyville after a two week illness.
Funeral services were conducted February 13, at Gowen-Smith Funeral Chapel with Rev. John Winkler of the First Christian Church, officiating. Interment was in Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville.
A native of Bedford County, Mrs. Brantley was the Myrtle Jones, daughter of William and Johanna Harrison Jones. Her husband, the late Dr. Sam Brantley died in 1941.
Mrs. Brantley was a member of the First Christian Church. Other survivors include another daughter, Mrs. Myrtle B. Pressgrove, Washington D. C.' three sons, Edward Brantley and Ralph Brantley, Shelbyville and William Brantley of Carmi, IL; 11 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
NEELEY BROWDER
son of Mr and Mrs. Cecil Neeley, died at 2:25 P.M. Thursday at the local hospital, follwing injuries sustained at 12:45 P.M. Wednesday, when a motorcycle hge was riding crashed into a brick
column at the Pan-Am Service Station on Depot Street. With the expectation of buying the machine, he was learning to drive it, when he lost control over it.
He sustained a fractured skull form the impact and never regained consciousness,. Young Neeley graduated form Central High School this year. He played center on the school football team and was a member of the
school band and of Company I, Tennessee State Guard. Surviving besides his parents, are one brother, Wilmot; grandmother, Mrs.
W.T. Neeley of Shelbyville; maternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs. M.B. Walker of Fairfield. Rev. N.B. Tucker conduction. Burial was in Willow Mount Cemetery.
AUDREY MAE (McGOWAN) BROWN
age 67 of Unionville, Tennessee passed away on Friday, November 20, 2009 at Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
She is a native of Bedford County and the daughter of the late Raymond McGowan and Shelley Brymer McGowan.
Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband: Claude Brown Sr. of Unionville and three children: Sheree Vaughn of Unionville, Wilma Price of Shelbyville and Candice Hammonds of Springfield, Tennessee. Mrs. Brown is also survived by eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two children: Claude "Chip" Brown Jr. and Frankie Lynn Brown. Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by one grandchild: James William "Dirty" Price.
Funeral services from the chapel at Gowen-Smith with Bro. Eddie Ray officiating. Burial at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.
BETTIE (PHILLIPS) BROWN
died Friday afternoon at her home on the Stephens road, 4 miles from Shelbyville. Mrs Brown was ill only a short time, and her death was a shock to the neighborhood. Funeral services were held at the El Bethel Baptist church, of which she was a devoted member. Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W. C. Creasman, pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelbyville. The remains were laid to rest in the Brown graveyard. Mrs Brown is survived by one son Roy Brown, three brothers Joe Phillips of West Tennessee, John Phillips of Mississippi, Sam Phillips, Shelbyville; three sisters, Miss Doan Phillips and Mrs. Kate Nancy, California, and Mrs. Meek Adams of Shelbyville.
GLEN THOMAS BROWN
- Funeral services for Glen Thomas Brown of Shelbyville were held 2 p.m. today at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Randell Jernigan officiating. Burial was to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Mr. Brown, 91, died Friday at Bedford County Genral Hospital . A native of Franklin County, he was a retired farmer and member of Fairlane Church of Christ. He was the son of the late James Robert and Docia Dance Brown. He is survived by his wife, Rose Monette Brown
MAI (JENKINS) BROWN
, a well known citizen of the Haley community, died at her home last Wednesday. Mrs. Brown was Miss Mai Jenkins prior to her marriage and was a member of a prominent Bedford county family. She is survived by her husband, W. J. Brown, two children, Miss Elizabeth Brown and Maurice Brown of Haley; a brother Oscar Jenkins of San Antonia, Texas. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church at Haley, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Chas. Armstrong was in charge of the service. Mrs. Brown was well known here and held in high esteem by a wide circle of friends.
ROSE (MONETTE) BROWN
- Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Monette Brown, 90, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Geneal Hospital after an extended illness, will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Randell Jernigan will officate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorail Gardens. A native of Bedford County, she was the wife of the late Glen Thomas Brown, who died in 1996, and the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson "Jack" Monette and Martha "Matt" HART Monette. She was a retired teacher with 43 years of experience in the Bedford County school system. She was a graduate of Middle Tennessee State university, a member of Bedford County Retired Teachers Association and of Fairlane Church of Christ. Survivors include four nephews, William C. HART of Fresno, Calif.; Jack Monette of California; Robert McGehee of Virginia and Harry Monette of Arkansas.
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