St. Louis Post Dispatch
November 15, 1938Service will be held at Jt. John's Methodist Church; Burial in Bellefontaine
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Dr. McCordock, 43 years old, was a leading investigator of virus diseases, particularly sleeping sickness.
Surviving are his wife, a 2 year old daughter, Marian Sarah; his mother, Mrs. Roberet McCordock of Harrogate, Tenn.; a brother and sister. He livede at 331 East Big Bend boulevard, Webster Groves.
New York Times
November 10, 1950
MONTREAL, Nov. 9 (Canadian Press) - Lewis Clark Haskell, secretary of the Souther n Canada Power Company, Ltd., and the Power Corporation of Canada, Ltd., until his retirement last year, died yesterday at the age of 68.
Find-a-GraveMrs. Clarence Preston
East Pembroke, Oct. 9, 1936Mrs. Livonia Pierce Preston, wife of Clarence Preston, died a her home at 7:15 o'clock Wednesday evening after being in failing health for the past three years. Death was due to colitis.
Mrs. Preston, a daughter of Roger and Livonia Pierce, was born at South Dansville on June 21, 1897. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Caledonia.
On June 20, 1920, she married Mr. Preston, who survives with two sons, Roger and James, and a daughter, Ruth at home.
Find-a-GraveClarence Preston, 91, of 910 Pamlico Dr., Cary, N.C., a brother of Mrs. Grace Davis of East Pembroke, died Friday (Jan. 28, 1983) at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N.C.
A retired farm operator, he was born in Michigan, Sept. 1, 1891, a son of William and Anna Webb Preston. He was the husband of the late Lavonia Pierce Preston.
Surviving with his sister are a daughter, Mrs. Ruth White of Cary; two sons, James of Ithaca, and Roger of Minoa, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
77615. Roger William Preston Sr.
Watertown Daily Times
July 12, 2011Roger W. Preston, Sr. passed away on March 20, 2011, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Mr. Preston, a resident of Henderson Harbor, NY, was born on April 7, 1921, in Caledonia, NY; the son of Clarence and Livonia Pierce Preston. He was married to Grace DeCamp on August 28, 1943.
He is survived by his loving wife Grace, sons, Roger Jr. (Diana) of Margate, Fl and Richard (Peggy) of Peoria, AZ, grandchildren, Jeremy (Casey) and Christopher (Rebecca), great-grandchildren, Grace, Kate, Collin and Reese. Other survivors include his sister, Ruth (Robert) White of Cary, NC and brother, James (Gretta) Preston of Hector, NY. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He is a graduate of East Pembroke High School, where he was valedictorian. Mr. Preston joined the U.S. Navy in 1944, where he served in the South Pacific on an LSM, until his discharge in 1946 as a Quartermaster 3rd class. He graduated from Cornell University in 1949 with a B.S. degree from the College of Agriculture. After spending many years in the field of education, Mr. Preston retired from the North Syracuse Central School system as a Dean at Cicero High School. As 50 plus year members of the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star, Roger and Grace were very active with their many friends. Upon retirement, they traveled extensively from coast to coast in their motorhome, acquiring friends from Canada to California.
Watertown Daily Times
July 25, 2012Grace D. Preston passed away on June 4, 2012, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Mrs. Preston, a resident of Henderson Harbor, NY, was born May 12, 1920 in Groton, NY., the daughter of Charles and Florence Robinson DeCamp. She married Roger Preston on August 23, 1943 who predeceased her in death.
She is survived by sons Roger Jr. (Diana) of Margate, FL and Richard (Peggy) of Peoria, AZ, grandchildren Jeremy (Casey) and Christopher (Rebecca), great grandchildren Grace, Kate, Collin and Reese. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was a 1943 graduate of Crouse Memorial School of Nursing. She obtained her Bachelor's degree and Master's Degree from Syracuse University. She spent many years in the Fayetteville-Manlius School District retiring from Mott Rd Elementary in 1980.
Grace was very active in the Order of the Eastern Star and held the honor of the 50 Plus Membership with Chapter 144-Onondaga Star where she was Matron and also District Grand Matron.
After retirement both Grace and Rog loved to travel with their motorhome. In many trips around the county, they met and made many friends and had many fond memories. They were founding members of the Thousand Island Voyagers motorhome club. Grace was also a National Director to FMCA.
As an avid gardener, seamstress and quilter Grace was able to touch many with the beauty of her work.
The LaFollette Press
June 27, 1946Charles O'Connor Baird, Sr. 1618 Rose Avenue, died early Monday morning at a Knoxville hospital after a long illness. He was 64 years old.
He is survived by his widow, Nelle Jones Baird and two sons, Navy Lt. James Richard Baird and Army Lt. Charles O'Connor Baird, Jr., both of whom are on terminal leave.. Surviving also are two sisters, Miss Margaret Baird of Jellico and Mrs, John Todd Bradley of Pineville, and brothers, Roland P. Baird and Harry L. Baird of Cincinnati.
Mr. Baird was a native of Carrolton, Ky.
Both of Mr. Baird's sons had returned in recent weeks from the Pacific. Lt. Charles Baird Jr. was in the Phillippines with an engineering outfit. and Lt. James Baird, who is a former instructor at University of Tennessee, served as military governor for the Navy of the Island of Kusaie near Kwajalein in the South Pacific.
77620. Charles O'Connor Baird Jr.
Chattanooga Free Press
April 9, 2008
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Charles O. Baird Jr., of Sewanee, Tennessee, died on Friday, April 4, 2008, at the age of 85 following a brief illness.Dr. Baird was a professor of Forestry at the University of the South for 32 years during which time he helped develop the Natural Resources major, which has proven to be one of the strongest majors in the college. A native of Knoxville, he graduated from Knoxville High School and the University of Tennessee. Subsequently, Dr. Baird earned master and doctoral degrees from Yale and Duke Universities, respectively. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers in the Philippine Islands. Dr. Baird played tennis in his eighties and was an avid outdoorsman. He was an Eagle Scout and strongly believed in the values it represented.
He is survived by his wife, Joan Fitzwater Baird; a son, Charles Bruce Baird and wife, Sandy; two daughters, Elizabeth Thoni and husband, Joe and Julia Denegre and husband, Stan; and eight grandchildren.
A memorial service will take place on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Otey Memorial Church in Sewanee, with burial following in the University Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Snowden Building Renovation Fund c/o the University of the South, 735 University Ave., University Relations, Sewanee, TN 37383.
San Pedro Valley News-Sun (Benson, AZ)
October 11, 2000Marion Shoun died Sept. 30, 2000, at the age of 88. She was born in Kingston, Penn., on January 21, 1912.
Marion graduated from Penn State University, with a bachelors degree in education and a masters degree in library science. She married in 1935 and moved to Tucson with her husband, Dr. Alexander N. Shoun, in 1939. She worked with her husband until his death in1958. She lived in Benson from 1939 to 1945, where her husband was the only physician in Benson during WWII.
Marion was the loving mother of two. She was preceded in death by Phillip Nathan Shoun, who was born Oct. 22, 1947, and died Nov. 3, 1994.
She is survived by and will be missed by her daughter, Diana Shoun Collins and her husband Robert Collins, seven grandchildren, two great-grandsons, and many friends.
DEATH NOTICES
Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - Friday, September 20, 1996
Mrs. Jane Shoun McNett, 83, of Kingsport, TN, formerly of Charlotte, died Sept. 19, 1996.
Knoxville News Sentinel
October 12, 2004HARKNESS, DAVID J. - died Saturday, October 09, 2004. He was born in Jellico, Tennessee, April 19, 1913, the son of David Alexander and Jessie Jones Harkness.
He did his undergraduate work at the University of Tennessee and graduate work at the University of California (Berkley) and Columbia University in New York City. He taught English in High School in Park Dale, Oregon and in Jellico High School, where he was later Principal for five years. He taught English at Lincoln Memorial University for two years and for one year was Director of the Demonstration School at East Tennessee State. David returned to U.T. as Director of Library Services in the Division of Continuing Education, a position he held for 34 years. During that time he published 55 booklets on Historical and Literary Subjects, among them "Tennessee Heritage" and "Tennessee in Literature". He was a frequent speaker at men's and women's clubs, high school and college assembly programs, high school and college class reunions, and at meetings of teachers and librarians all over the state.
He retired in 1981 and continued writing and speaking. In 1982 he was inducted into the first Literary Hall of Fame at L.M.U. and in 1992 was taken into the Educators Hall of Fame there. In 1987 he received the History In The Media Award from the East Tennessee Historical Society, where he served on the Board. He was Program Chairman for several years and retains the title of Honorary Director. In 1989 he was given the first Jellico High School Alumni Award. In 1993 he received the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University. With R. Gerald McMurtry,
he was author of "Lincoln's Favorite Poets" published by the University of Tennessee Press, and for five years he wrote a weekly column for the Knoxville News- Sentinel. He served on the Board of the Blount Mansion Association for many years, and he also served on the planning committees for Homecoming 86', Knoxville Bicentennial, Knox County 200 Years, and Tennessee Bicentennial.He was a member of First Presbyterian Church where he served as a Deacon and taught Bible Study to the high school seniors. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpa Fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Kappa. He was a charter member of the West Knoxville Kiwanis Club.
He was preceded in death by: his sister, Jane H. Hutchins.
He is survived by: his brother and sister-in-law, Alex and Mary Belle Harkness; his niece, Anne H. Herndon; nephews, Alex J. Harkness, Jr., David Ronald Hutchins, Thomas R. Hutchins, and Carl T. Hutchins, Jr.; and great nieces and great nephews.
77626. Jane Elizabeth Harkness
The Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN)
June 7, 2003HUTCHINS, JANE HARKNESS - of Knoxville, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2003. Jane was a member of Bearden United Methodist Church. She was born in Jellico, Tenn., the daughter of Jessie and David Alexander Harkness.
Upon graduating from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Virginia, she attended Greensboro College in Greensboro, NC. She was active in the Girl Scouts of America, attending their national leadership training center at Camp Andree, Briar Cliff Manor, New York. Many former campers fondly remember her as a counselor at both Camp Chewasse and Camp Margaret Townsend in the Great Smoky Mountains.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl T. Hutchins who was known as a favorite teacher and coach at Old Knoxville High School.
She is survived by her sons and daughters in law, Ron and Connie Hutchins of Knoxville, Tom and Liz Hutchins of Birmingham, Ala., Ted and Donna Hutchins of Florida and Pat Lanigan of Nashville grandchildren, Blair Hutchins, Stirling and David Hutchins, Jennifer Hutchins and Scott Lanigan brother, David J. Harkness and her brother and sister in law, Alex and Mary Belle Harkness.
Knoxville News Sentinel (TN)
June 10, 2014HARKNESS, MARY BELLE LOTHROP - died Saturday, June 7, 2014. She was the daughter of Ruth Belle Dooley Lothrop and Douglas Bradford Lothrop.
She was also preceded in death by her brother and sister-in-law Clinton Dooley Lothrop and Frances McAmis Lothrop, her brother Douglas Bradford Lothrop, Jr., her grandson, David Egerton, Jr., by her sister-in-law, Jane Harkness Hutchins and brother-in-law, David Harkness. She was also the multi-great-granddaughter of Sarah and Gov. John Sevier through their second son, Major James Sevier.
Throughout her life she kept her love of learning, encouraged by her two years at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving her Bachelor of Arts Degree. She was a member of Chi Omega Fraternity, the Knoxville Junior League where she helped meet the challenges of the first Dogwood Festival, the Girl's Cotillion Club and the Nine O'clock Cotillion Club. She served on the Board of Blount Mansion and for many years held offices on the Board of the Women's Guild of the Knoxville Symphony Society. As a young mother, she started teaching Sunday school to twelve year olds at Church Street United Methodist Church, her childhood church and where she was married, and she continued teaching that age group for fourteen years after becoming a devoted member in 1958 of their neighborhood church, Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church. Twelve members of her tennis group were also pianists, and joined together to form the Knoxville Piano Duet Club. Her love of gardening led to membership in the Garden Study Club and the Knoxville Garden Club where she enjoyed her years of serving on the Board and the later years of participation and fellowship. Her quiet time was reading, knitting, needlepoint and crewel embroidery. Her busy times were in landscaping and interior décor for Alex's new constructions, and with renovations, such as the L&N Station. She was patient with Alex's church commitments, many civic boards, Chamber of Commerce Board, late night meetings of City Council. The challenge came when he asked her if she would live several months of the year on a fifty-five foot motor yacht in St. Lucia, West Indies. She loved it: the precious people, the lasting friendships in the Methodist Church, the beauty of the island, and the efficiency of the boat. She became busy for several years mastering courses in the Knoxville Power Squadron starting with Seamanship and many more through Piloting. This knowledge was useful when their son Bo asked them to crew for him in bringing his new purchase of the Cheoy Lee trawler from Montreal, Canada to Georgia. A memorable trip: oceans, lakes, canals, locks, the Hudson River, and onward. Five years later, the three of them brought it back from St. Lucia to Florida.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Alex Harkness; daughter and son-in-law Anne Harkness Gilmer and James (Jay) Gilmer; son Alex (Bo) Harkness, Jr.; sister-in-law, Laura Lothrop of Jacksonville, FL; granddaughter Mary Egerton Nussbaum and her husband Brian Nussbaum and their four children, Alec, Carter, Dane and Mary Clair; and beloved nieces and nephews.
77628. Elizabeth Worth Browning
The Daly News-Journal (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
April 16, 2004Elizabeth B. Richards, 78, of Murfreesboro and formerly of Knoxville died Thursday April 15, 2004.
A native of Knoxville, she was the daughter of the late Fletcher Worth and Elizabeth Jane Jones Browning.
She was a graduate of St. Mary's School of Nursing in Knoxville. She was a member of Blaclman United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by he husband, William H. Richards.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, James (Julie) Worth Browning Barclay of Worcester, Mass., and daughter and son-in-law Elizabeth Marguerite (Butch) Browning Barclay Huffaker of Murgreesboro; grandchildren James Worth Barclay, Jr., Emily (Todd) Henry and Carrie (Travis) Henry); and great-grandchildren Leah Henry, Finnley Henry, Ruthie Jane Henry and Gates Henry.
Also known as "Uncle Loot" or "Gompy"
Delaware County Daily Times (Primos - Upper Darby, PA)
November 18, 2005Helen M. Haskell Martin, 82, of Fair Acres Geriatric Center in Middletown (sic Media), formerly a longtime resident of Westbrook Park, Upper Darby, died Nov. 16 at Fair Acres.
Born in Elmira, N.Y., Mrs. Martin graduated from Westfield High School and worked for Oxford Computer. She was a member of Holy Cross Church for 55 years.
Mrs. Martin was the widow of Robert J. Martin Sr.
Survivors: Daughter, Pam Clark of Lititz, son, Robert Martin of Glenolden five grandchildren one great-grandchild.
Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York)
October 4, 1998
Gigge, Mary of Elkland, PA., age 50 of 109 Sheldonia Ave, Elkland, PA, died Thursday, October 1, 1998 at Robert Packer Hospital, Satre, PA.
Star Gazette
March 18, 2007Loren M. Age 67, of Elmira, NY, passed away Friday, March 16, 2007, at the Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira. Loren was born on February 25, 1940 in Angelica, NY, son of the late Loren L. and Hazel (Baker) Gigee.
Loren was also predeceased by his wife, Mary (Haskell) Gigee; daughter, Kelly Gigee; and his sister, Rachael (Gigee) Holley.
Loren retired as a minister from the Two World's Church in Seattle, WA. He will be remembered as a kind and generous man. He will be missed by those that knew him.
Survivors include his brothers, Judson Gigee of Elkland, PA, and Donnie Baker of Newport, PA; brother-in-law, Bill Holley of Addison, NY; longtime friend, Eric Hagberg of Elmira.