BEVERLY JEAN HACKETT
Girl With Smile Dies After Four Year's Sickness
Milton, W. Va. - The girl with a smile, Beverly Jean Hackett, is dead.
The 13-year-old Carthage, Tenn., girl died yesterday in Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children, where she
had spent nearly four years in an iron lung.
Her mother, Mrs. Benton Hackett, had obtained work at the hospital as an aide and was with her throughout the years
she spent at the hospital.
Mrs. Hackett was with her daughter when the end came. The wife of a farmer, Mrs. Hackett has three other children.
The Kingsport Times, April 13, 1950 - transcribed by, AJ
ISAAC JOHNS
Died, on Thursday evening the 2d of February, Mr. Isaac Johns aged 32 years. He was a respectable citizen
of Smith County.
Carthage Gazette (13 Feb. 1809) - transcribed by, Marla Zwakman
MAJ. HENDERSON LEWIS
At Memphis, Tenn. of cholera Maj. Henderson Lewis, formerly of Carthage, a gentleman of distinguished
talents and legal attainments.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (26 Mar. 1834) - transcribed by, Marla Zwakman
FRANCES SMITH
DIED, In Smith county, Ten., Mrs. Frances Smith, wife of Mr. Charles Smith. Miss Martha E. Donoho, daughter
of the late Dr. E. Donoho of Rutherford county, aged 15 years.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (5 Aug. 1834) - transcribed by, Marla Zwakman
CARL EUGENE WITCHER – Services for Carl Eugene Witcher were Monday
Nov. 29, 1993 at Anderson Funeral Home, Gainsboro TN, with the Keith Clark and Gene Carter officiating. Burial
was in John L. Clark Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Witcher, 65, died Friday at Smith County Memorial Hsp. in Carthage
TN. He was a retired factory employee and a member of the Church of Christ. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ethel Bilbrey
Witcher of Red Boiling Springs TN; a son Michael Eugene Witcher of New Castle IN; two daughters, Louise Bunt of
LaVergne TN and Wanda Holmes of Lexington; two sister, Jewel Taylor of Greenbrier and Clovie Dennis of Millersville.
The Lexington Progress, December 1, 1993 - Contributed by, Christine Walters
