Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
Mary 'Babe' Edwards
Holiday Bureau, community worker
Mary "Babe" Edwards, 89, of the Frost Bottom community of Oliver Springs, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1998, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mrs. Edwards had worked with the Holiday Bureau since its inception, approximately 35 years ago. She often expressed her satisfaction in volunteer work and said that each year she looked forward to signing up low-income families in the county for aid at Christmas -- food baskets for families and toys for the children.
She served on the former Anderson County Welfare Advisory Board, the predecessor to the Anderson County Community Action Commission. During the mid-1970s, while on the board, she organized the geriatric-aide training courses for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Mrs. Edwards was still a representative on the ACCAC board at the time of her death.
In 1993, she was the recipient of the Children's Hero Award, an award presented by the Atomic City Kiwanis Club. She was chosen out of 34 nominees from Anderson County. She received a special plaque and a bouquet of roses during the awards ceremony held at the Garden Plaza Hotel.
Mrs. Edwards had lived in the Frost Bottom community for the past 40 years and took an interest in the area around her. At one time, she sponsored a cleanup contest for neighbors to keep their yards clean.
In 1968, she petitioned County Executive David Bolling and the Anderson County Commission to complete Frost Bottom Road so that elementary students could have an easier route to Norwood schools. She said the area was impassable during bad weather. The county school board wanted to move elementary children from Frost Bottom to Marlow.
Mrs. Edwards attended numerous meetings and spearheaded several protests to get the attention of county and state officials to finish the road. After a meeting with the Appalachian Regional Commission, the funds for the road came in September 1968 and the new Frost Bottom Road was completed in 1970.
In an interview with The Oak Ridger in 1993, Mrs. Edwards said she had she lost a car in flood waters of 1990 that also devastated several areas of Frost Bottom. In 1993, another flood filled her yard with mud, ruining her riding mower and washing away most of the gravel of a newly graveled driveway. She mounted a new protest and petitioned county officials for road improvements, complaining that trees and other debris had washed down from a nearby mining site and that a double culvert prevented the debris from washing away. The culvert had been built when the road was built in 1970.
Mrs. Edwards became a familiar face at county meetings. She organized motorcades around the Courthouse and she headed protest meetings, often held at Frost Bottom Church. Several times, Cox Funeral Home in Lake City provided transportation for her to travel to Nashville and lobby for the road improvements.
She is included in a recent book, "Circling Windrock Mountain" by Augusta Bell, a former Oak Ridge resident now living in North Carolina.
She was born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Aug. 3, 1909, the daughter of James and Katie Wall Pembroke. She was the widow of Leonard Edwards Sr.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by three children, Julia Lucas of Richmond, Va., Frank Prevo and his wife, Portia, of Raleigh, N.C., and Leonard Edwards Jr. and his wife, Edna, of Oliver Springs; and by 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Another daughter, Frances Stimmell, died earlier.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Frost Bottom Missionary Baptist Church of Oliver Springs with the Rev. Ralph Wilson officiating.
Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight, Sept. 4, at Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs.
The family requests that any memorials be made in the form of donations to Frost Bottom Missionary Baptist Church, 135 Frost Bottom Church Lane, Oliver Springs, TN 37840.
Hallie Jannell Burchfield
Former Oliver Springs resident
Hallie Jannell Burchfield, 42, of Lancing, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1997, at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital in Knoxville of cancer.
Mrs. Burchfield was a native of Oliver Springs. She had lived in Lancing for the past five years. She was a Baptist.
Mrs. Burchfield is survived by her husband, Larry E. Burchfield; two children, Patricia Ann Rutherford of Lake City and Chris Rutherford and his wife, Tammy, of Clinton; her mother, Maudine Wallace of Wartburg; a granddaughter, Christina Rutherford of Clinton; three sisters, Joyce Jones and her husband, Junior, of Black Mountain, N.C., Judy Pyles and her husband, Glen, of Clinton, and Betty Jo Patterson and her husband, Lenn, of Oliver Springs; and a brother, James Robert Braden and his wife, Gail, of Wartburg.
She is also survived by three half-sisters, Jamie Braden, Julie Braden and Lillian Braden, all of Knoxville; two half-brothers, Eddie Braden and Robert Lee Braden, both of Clinton; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, including a niece she considered special, Heather Braden.
Her father, Robert Lee Braden, is deceased.
The funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Harold Duncan officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Smith cemetery in the Batley community.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Raymond E. McNaughton
Owned Ray's BP Service
Raymond E. "Ray" McNaughton, 69, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, Sept. 15, 1997, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge after a lengthy illness with cancer.
Mr. McNaughton was the owner of Ray's BP Service station in Oak Ridge.
Before moving to Oak Ridge, he had retired from Goodyear Atomic Corp., in Piketon, Ohio.
Mr. McNaughton was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a member of Masonic Lodge No. 756 in Oak Ridge and of the Kerbela Shrine Temple in Knoxville.
He was born Jan. 18, 1928, in Webster, Ohio, and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. McNaughton is survived by his wife, Margaret K. McNaughton; two daughters, Cathy E. Wallace and her husband, Phillip, of Oak Ridge and Cheryl A. McNaughton of the home; a son, James A. McNaughton and his wife, Lisa, of Oak Ridge; and three grandsons, Jeremy McNaughton and Christopher Wallace, both of Oak Ridge, and Heath McNaughton of Waverly, Ohio.
His parents are deceased, and a son, Michael R. McNaughton, died March 17, 1997.
The funeral will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve McDonald officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church.
The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Foundation for Cumberland Oncology, P.O. Box 2529, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-2529.
McCarty-Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Alene Hatmaker Angel
Former Oak Ridge resident
Alene Hatmaker Angel, 82, of Olive Branch, Miss., died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1997, at Delta Medical Hospital in Memphis.
Mrs. Angel was a former resident of Oak Ridge and member of Central Baptist Church.
Born Oct. 24, 1914, in Harlan, Ky., she was the daughter of Mark and Brunett Hatmaker. She was a homemaker and the widow of Clarence Angel.
Mrs. Angel is survived by a daughter, Sandra Angel of Oak Ridge; two sons and their wives, Ronald and Marilyn Angel of Olive Branch and Tommy and Madeline Angel of Como, Miss.
She is also survived by two sisters, Donna Mulhulland of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Betty Pope of Harlan, Ky.; a brother, Robert Hatmaker of Cincinnati; and eight grandchildren, Kathy, Robyn, Tim, Scott, Kevin, Randi, Wes and Rod.
The funeral will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in the chapel of McCarty-Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Gray officiating.
Burial will be at Anderson Memorial Gardens, Oliver Springs Highway, Clinton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Roberta Mae Duncan
Retired Y-12 Plant employee
Roberta Mae Petty Duncan, 76, of Minneapolis, Minn., died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1997, in Minneapolis of cancer.
Mrs. Duncan formerly worked in the Isotopes Division at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. She retired from Martin Marietta Energy Systems in 1985 after 25 years of employment and moved to Minneapolis shortly thereafter.
She was born on April 18, 1921, in Fremont, Ohio, and was a 1942 graduate of Kent State University. She was the widow of Forrest Duncan, with whom she came to Oak Ridge in 1944.
Mrs. Duncan is survived by three daughters, Jane Trueblood of El Cerrito, Calif., Myra Duncan of Hopkins, Minn., and Karen Duncan of Minneapolis; three grandchildren, Sara Trueblood, Andrew Mortensen and Daniel Mortensen; and a brother, Charles Petty and his family of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
A memorial service is planned for Nov. 29, 1997, in Ohio.
William Everett Lively
Lake City resident
William Everett Lively, 85, of Lake City, died Monday, Oct. 6, 1997, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mr. Lively is survived by his wife, Hazel Geraldine Lively; a daughter, Barbara Miller and her husband, Gene, of Lansing, Ill.; a son, Edward Lively and his wife, Carol, of Cleveland, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Sharon Graham and her husband, Billy, of Clinton; and a stepson, Larry Blevins and his wife, Sharon, of Beech Grove.
The funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the chapel of Cox-Martin Funeral Home in Lake City with the Rev. Elmer Thomas and the Rev. Kelly Pyles officiating. Masonic rites will also be conducted.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Laurel Grove cemetery in Briceville.
The family will receive friends from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Ralph Carl Pointer
Owned R & R Tires
Ralph Carl Pointer, 57, of Claxton, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 1997, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mr. Pointer was the owner of R & R Tires in Clinton. He was also the operator of The Hitching Post on Highway 25W in Clinton.
Born in Anderson County on June 24, 1940, he was the son of Willie and Rena Bumgardner Pointer, both now deceased. He had served in the U.S. Air Force and was a Baptist.
Mr. Pointer is survived by a daughter, Sharon O'Neal and her husband, Carl, of Claxton; a son, Rodney Pointer and his wife, Janeen, of Powell; three sisters, Willa Mae Procise of Powell, Betty Brooks of Oliver Springs and Shirley Taylor of Clinton; and by a brother, Clarence Pointer of Andersonville.
He is also survived by five grandchildren, Rachel Gayne, Cody Gayne, Danielle Parker, Rodney Pointer Jr. and Megan Pointer; and by several nieces and nephews.
Marilyn Kesterson of Powell was his fiancée.
The funeral will be held at 8:30 tonight, Oct. 7, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with the Rev. Jim Ault officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Clinton.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Letha Raridon
Mother of Oak Ridger
Letha Raridon, 87, died this morning, July 21, 1998, at Key Springs Residential Home in Clinton after a short illness. She had suffered a stroke in September while living at 198 N. Purdue Ave.
Mrs. Raridon was the mother of Richard Raridon of Oak Ridge.
She was born on Aug. 27, 1910, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Sherman Edward and Tranna Mae Young Woods. She graduated from Newton High School and attended Iowa State College.
Mrs. Raridon spent most of her life in Kellogg and Grinnell, Iowa, before moving to Oak Ridge in 1991 to be near her son.
In addition to her son, she is survived by a daughter, Jeanene Upton of Grand Saline, Texas; a brother, Jay Woods of Newton; six grandchildren, including Susan Raridon of Gulph Mills, Pa., and Ann Raridon of Falls Church, Va.; and by five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
A memorial service will be held later in Grinnell.
Martha Watlington Ealy
Valley View Methodist member
Martha Watlington Ealy, 89, of Claxton, died Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997, at Asbury Acres Nursing Home in Maryville.
Mrs. Ealy was a member of Valley View United Methodist Church in Claxton.
Born Oct. 3, 1907, in Anderson County, she was the daughter of James S Watlington and Minnie Cooper Watlington. She had lived in the Claxton area most of her life and was the widow of Datis Kendrick Ealy.
Mrs. Ealy is survived by two sons, Ronald G. Ealy of Maryville and Dwain Ealy and his wife, Sally, of Athens; two grandchildren, Ellen Ealy Petree and her husband, Dr. Lewis Petree, of Braselton, Ga., and D. Carlton Ealy of Athens; two great-grandchildren, Holden Petree and Margaret Petree, both of Braselton; and by several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents, a sister and two brothers, Dossie W. Glandon, Otis Watlington and John Watlington, died earlier.
The funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton.
A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at Valley View United Methodist Church cemetery with the Rev. John Jackson officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to Valley View United Methodist Church, 515 Old Edgemoore Lane, Clinton, TN 37716; or to Tennessee Wesleyan College, 204 College Street, Athens, TN 37303.
