Granny's Obituaries

SCATES, FERN [D. 17 Nov 1951-Brummitt Funeral Home] Former McKenzie Resident Dies in Memphis Nov. 17 Fern Scates, former employee of the Helen Shop and the shoe department of Levy’s, at Memphis, died at 9:40 Saturday morning, Nov. 17 at Kennedy Veterans Hospital, following a two year illness. He was 45. Mr. Scates underwent brain surgery in 1949 and never fully recovered. He was graduated from high school in McKenzie and attended Oklahoma A & M College at Stillwater. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Vaughn Scates. Funeral services were held at McKenzie. 

SCOTT, CHARLIE O. Charlie O. Scott Carroll County Services Set This Afternoon Milan, Tenn., Feb. 8 -Services for Charlie O. Scott, lifelong resident of Carroll County, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. Dennis Beal and the Rev. Kester Collton will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Bodkin Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Scott, a farmer, died at 8 p.m. Sunday at Robertson Clinic in Trezevant after an illness of several months. He was 71. He was a member of the Republican Grove Baptist Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Onnie Johnson Scott; six sons, Floyd Scott of Trezevant, Walter Scott of Murray, Ky., Warren Scott of Milan, Lester Scott of Cedar Grove, Charlie Scott Jr. of Fulton, Ky., and Bobby Scott of Memphis; two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Walker of Milan and Mrs. James Newsome of Memphis; three brothers, Bob Scott of Atoko, Okla., Joe Scott of Milan and Bud Scott of McKenzie and 10 grandchildren. 

SHAW, ELLA Miss Ella Shaw. Miss Ella Shaw a popular lady of the Pilgrims Rest community died Thursday night of last week of pneumonia. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and a most excellent lady. She was 42 years old. The funeral services were held last Friday at Pilgrims Rest and were conducted by Revs. Self and Foust. The burial followed at the cemetery at that place. She was a lady that will be greatly missed by the church and community, and the sympathy of a large number of friends is extended to the family.   

SHERWOOD, PRESTON [D. 24 Nov 1945-Brummitt Funeral Home] Body of Local Man Found In Ditch Preston Sherwood, age 30, son of Harrison Sherwood of McKenzie, was found dead, on a farm in the 19th District, Tuesday afternoon. Sherwood was accustomed to going about from one relative to another, and several weeks ago went to the home of a kinsman, Carl Brown, in the 19th District. On the night of the 24th, he borrowed a flashlight from the people with whom he was staying, stating that he was going over to a neighbor’s house to go opossum hunting. When he failed to return, the Browns thought he had gone on to stay with some other relative or friend. Learning of his son’s absence, his father became uneasy about him, and called Sheriff McCollum. On Tuesday Sheriff McCollum, with two of his deputies, met Mr. Sherwood down in the 19th District, and a search was begun. After a short time, Sheriff McCollum and Mr. Sherwood found the body of Preston, lying face down in a ditch, which, according to the Sheriff, was about 8 feet deep. There was very little water in the ditch, and from all indication Preston had been dead since the night of November the 24th when he started to the neighboring house to go hunting. Sheriff McCollum summoned six men and swore them in as a Coroner Jury. After hearing evidence and investigation all the circumstances, the jury decided that he came by his death by exposure, there being no mark or indication that he had been injured in any way. He is survived by his father, Harrison Sherwood of McKenzie, a step-mother, and one half brother, Marvin Sherwood, in U. S. Navy; four half-sisters, Aleen and Helen at home, and Verder May and Christine, of Nashville. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Enon cemetery by Rev. E. R. Ramer, with Penick and Brummitt in charge.   

SIMMONS, JAMES ETHRIDGE J. E. Simmons Buried Here Last Sunday Died at the Home of His daughter and son-in-Law, V. P. Rudd, Friday Morning James Ethridge Simmons, who died at Hickman last Friday morning, was buried in Huntingdon last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Simmons died Friday morning at about 4 o’clock after four days illness with double pneumonia. He was taken desperately ill, and from the very beginning his physicians held out no hope for his recovery. He was attended by three doctors, and everything that could possibly be done by physicians, and by loving hands, and close and devoted attention, was of no avail. The call came and he was ready. Mr. Simmons was born and reared in Carroll county and spent his life, until he went to Hickman, in the county of his nativity. He attended the schools of this county and took a business course in Nashville. In 1883 he was married to Miss Martha Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Gilbert of the third district of this county. Nearly 40 years ago he moved to Huntingdon with his family and resided here until a few years ago he and his wife moved to Hickman to live with their daughter, Mrs. Leila Rudd and her husband, Mr. V. P. Rudd, a leading druggist of that city. Mr. Simmons and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Hickman home in January 1933. His wife, with their two sons, Odell Simmons of Chicago and Gilbert Sim mons of Flint, Mich., and their two daughters, Mrs. Rudd of Hickman, and Mrs. Leslie Black of Twin Falls, Idaho, survive. He also leaves two brothers, Tip Simmons of Carroll county and Bill Simmons of Weakley county, and one sister, Mrs. Emma Jenkins of Bradford. He is also sur vived by a large number of near rela tives in Carroll and Weakley counties. Early in life he professed religion and united with the Baptist church and was a faithful and loyal member. He was also a Mason. He lived true to the teachings of his church and to the Masonic order. He was a good man and reared a fine family, and had a host of friends. Funeral services were held at the Huntingdon Baptist Church last Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock conduct ed by the pastor, Rev. Bernard Scates, the Rev. J. G. Cooper of Hollow Rock, a life-long friend of the deceased, bringing the funeral message. The church was crowded to its capacity, a large number of friends and relatives accompanying the remains from Hick man, and many from near-by towns and communities, also attended. A brief service was held at the residence in Hickman before leaving for Huntingdon. The burial was in Clark’s cemetery. The grave was banked with a great number of beautiful florals, attesting the high esteem in which the deceased is held, by his friends, both here and at Hickman. 

SIMMONS, SAMUEL C. Samuel C. Simmons. Is Dead at His Home in the Third District. Samuel C. Simmons, an aged citizen of the 3rd district, died last Sunday night and was buried Monday at

SMITH, INFANT OF SAM [Carroll County Democrat November 17, 1911] Child Dies The 8-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith, of the Twelfth district, died last Saturday of pneumonia after a short illness. The burial occurred last Sunday at Palmers Shelter. The bereaved have the sympathy of the community. 

SMITH, LEONARD [D. 28 Aug 1954-Brummitt Funeral Home] Retired Farmer Dies After Suffering Stroke Leonard Smith, retired farmer of near McKenzie, died at his home at 7:00 Saturday morning following a stroke. He had been ill three months. Services were held at 11 a. m. Monday at the residence, with the Rev. Cayce Pentecost officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olivet, with Brummitt Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Smith was born in Greensburg, Ind., where he lived until he came to Weakley County in 1907. He was a Baptist and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He leaves four sons, Marshall, of McKenzie; Luther, of Old Hickory; Taylor, of Chicago, and Claude, of Lansing, Mich.; and two daughters, Mrs. Georgia Dailey of McKenzie, and Mrs. Hazel Turner of Detroit. 

SMITH, WALTER Death Claims Walter Smith Walter Smith, 42 years old died on Monday afternoon, December 13th in the Methodist Hospital at Memphis following a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Buelah Smith, four brothers, Virdie Smith of Holland, Missouri, Felix Smith of near Gleason, Cecil Smith of Milan, and Lassie Smith of Lexington and one sister, Mrs. Lovie Greener of near Huntingdon. The funeral was held on Wednesday after noon at the McKenzie Baptist Church. Rev. Paul Lyles and Rev. Walter Miekley officiated. The burial took place at Oak Grove Cemetery. The Camden Funeral home was in charge. 

SNEAD, JACK MICHAEL Train Kills Korean Veteran As Car Goes Around Lowered Safety Barrier Jack Micheal Snead, 22-year old veteran of 18 months in peacetime Korea and a former resident of McKenzie, was fatally injured early Sunday morning in Millington when the car in which he was riding crashed into the side of a moving locomotive. Seriously hurt was George H. Wheatley, also 22. Mr. Wheatley, the owner of the car was presumably driving at the time of the accident. The car apparently circled around a lowered safety barrier in an attempt to beat the train to the crossing, according to a written report of the freight agent for the I. C. Railroad in Millington. The car, a 1931 Chevrolet coupe, was completely demolished. The train engine dragged the light vehicle 50 feet, rammed it against a big switch and finally hurled the wreckage onto parallel tracks about 50 feet further on. A Navy ambulance found both men unconscious and bleeding profusely. Mr. Snead died at 12:30 p.m. and Mr. Wheatley is under treatment at Kennedy Veteran’s Hospital. Born in McKenzie, Mr. Snead moved to Memphis in 1942 and was graduated from Whitehaven High School. Last December he returned to Memphis from Korea after service as a ground crew chief with an F-51 fighter squadron. He held the Air Force rank of corporal. Services were held Wednesday afternoon at the National Funeral Home with burial in National Cemetery. Mr. Snead’s father was his only living relative.   

SNYDER, JOHN D. [D. 14 Nov 1951-Brummitt Funeral Home] John D. Snyder Died Wednesday At Age of 33 Services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 for John D. Snyder, 33, who died at his residence here Wednesday morning, at the Methodist Church. The Rev. J. E. Wilford and the Rev. Paul T. Lyles officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Paris, with Brummitt Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Snyder was born and reared in Paris. He was a welder. His death followed a long illness. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nell Montgomery Snyder, one daughter, Donna Ann, his mother, Mrs. Zonnie Snyder, Paris; one sister, Mrs. Herman Haffman, Paris; two brothers, Dew ard Snyder, Paris, and Howard Snyder, Bruceton. 

SPAIN, JOCIE [D 8 Nov 1911 Carroll County Democrat, November 17, 1911] At Rest. On Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, 1911, at 3:30 o’clock death came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Burns, of the Twentieth district, and called from earth Mrs. Jocie Spain. She had been sick thirteen weeks. She was taken at Bemis and Mrs. Burns had her brought to her home so she could care for her. The deceased was born Oct. 16, 1851, making her stay on earth 61 years, one month and eight days. She was married to Dock Spain in 1881 and three children, one son and two daughters, were born to them. Her daughters, Mrs. Mandie Foster, of Jackson and Mrs. Clodie Barham, of Bemis, and her little son survive her. She professed religion and joined the Methodist church in early life, and lived a consistent Christian life. She was a devoted mother and her family and relatives sustain a sad loss. She leaves behind four brothers and three sisters. She left a sweet example and we hope her beloved ones will follow in her footsteps and be prepared to meet her in the happy beyond. A Friend. 

STAFFORD, JENNIE ARGO Mrs. Jennie Stafford Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Argo Stafford, 75, who died at the home of her son, R. J. Stafford, in the Christmasville community Sunday were held at the Pilgrims Rest Cumberland Presbyterian Church Monday afternoon. Mrs. Stafford was born and reared in this county, her husband, the late W. R. Stafford, was a farmer. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist church and the daughter of the late Isaac Argo and wife who were among the pioneer settlers of this section. Surviving are her son, R. J. Stafford with whom she lived many years; her three brothers, W. E. Argo, of Union City, O. W. And I. L Argo, both of Trezevant; her half sister, Mrs. Alice Cloyd, of Trezevant and a half brother, M. L. Smithson, of Hohenwald, Tenn. Burial was in Pil grims’ Rest cemetery. 

STANLEY, ANN [Carroll County Democrat., Friday January 14, 1910] Mrs. Ann Stanley Mrs. Ann Stanley died at her home a few miles north of town last Sunday of typhoid fever. She had been sick some time. She was 49 years old, a member of the Bap tist church and a most excellent Christian woman. She leaves four children. The funeral was preach ed Tuesday at Bethel by her pas tor Rev. W. A. Butler. 

STEELE, MRS. ED [MARY IDA] [D. 11 Jul 1950-Brummitt Funeral Home] Death Takes Aged Resident to Eternal Rest Services for Mrs. Ed Steele, 82, who died at her home on Main Street, July 11, were held at 2:30 Thursday afternoon, July 13th at Old Union Primitive Baptist Church. The Rev. Stallings of Milan and the Rev. Cayce Pentecost of Dresden officiated with burial in the church cemetery. Brummitt Funeral Directors in charge. Mrs. Steele, daughter of the late Ben and Mary Fodge Dinkins, was a member of Old Union Church for 60 years. Survivors include three sons Irving and Hafford Steele of McKenzie and Claude Steele of Gleason, three daughters, Mrs. Everett Gabler, McKenzie; Mrs. Cecil White, Detroit, and Mrs. Hugh Brooks, Trenton; 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Bert Austin and Miss Cora Dinkins of McKenzie. Two of her grandchildren whom Mrs. Steele raised, are Mr. John McDonald of Nashville and Linda Edgar of Madison, Tenn.