Mrs. German - Items from Route 8 - Mrs. German died
Sunday afternoon about six o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Perry. She was a member of the Baptist
Church and had been since her girlhood. She had made her home with her son in Alabama, for several years, she
came with her daughter last summer, and remained here until her death. She was 81 years of age, leaves four daughters
and two sons, and several grandchildren to mourn her death. Funeral services were held at the house Monday afternoon
by Rev. Maxedon, of Humboldt, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Mason cemetery. The family has
the sincere sympathy of the entire community.
(The Courier-Chronicle, Humboldt, TN - Friday, February 1, 1924)
Jack Thompson Gill - The five-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gill died last Saturday morning at the family home at the corner of 16th Ave., and Vine street. Burial occurred at Rose Hill cemetery Saturday afternoon after a service conducted by Rev. E. H. Marriner. This was the second time death has come to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gill in a very short time, they having lost a baby but a short while ago. They have much sympathy in the grief that is theirs.
(The Courier Chronicle, Friday, April 18, 1924)
W. W. Glass - Death of Well Known West Tennessee
Editor - A dispatch from Dyersburg to the Commercial Appeal, under date of January 25, carried news of the death
of W. W. Glass, editor of the Newbern Tennessean, at his home Friday morning at an early hour, after an illness
of six months, as a result of a nervous breakdown. Mr. Glass was, perhaps, the oldest active newspaper man in West
Tennessee. He was born in Trenton 59 years ago and entered the newspaper business as a young man. He founded the
Newbern Tennessean 29 years ago and made it one of the best loved country weeklies in the state. With his newspaper
he was ever active in pushing the welfare of his town and was always on the right side of all moral questions.
He was a member of the Episcopal church. He is survived by his wife; two brothers, Louis T. and P. T. Glass, of
Trenton; one sister, Miss Nannie C. Glass, of Trenton; three sons, Quintard and Leon, of Newbern, and Charles,
of Trenton.
(The Covington Leader, Thursday, February 1, 1917)
Amelia Gleeson - Died, on the 25th of August, of consumption, Mrs. Amelia Gleeson, late consort of William W. Gleeson of Gibson county, Tennessee. The writer of this notice, who has long been an acquaintance and friend of Mrs. Gleeson, deems it unnecessary to write her panegyric, nor would he pass the subject in silence, lest he be thought writing in a proper respect to the memory of the deceased. Mrs. Gleeson was an amiable interesting woman, & her loss will be deeply felt and deplored by her numerous acquaintance, by whom her many virtues are known and appreciated, and her memory fondly cherished. She died as she had lived, a pious believer in the Christian religion, and with a hope, that in future she should be happy.
(National Banner and Nashville Whig , September 7, 1835, transcribed by Marla Zwakman)
