CHS Class of 1943

The CHS Class of 1943 graduated 31 students and was staffed with 7 faculty members.

Evelyn Abbott

Gladys M. Bennett
February 2, 1926 - March 31, 2001

Mary Jordan, 76, BRUCETON
October 2, 1919 - Fegruary 6, 2001

Services for Mary Idola Jordan, 76, will be at 2 p.m. today at Bruceton Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Crossroad Cemetery near Camden. Mrs. Jordan died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital in Huntingdon of a stroke.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Jordan. She is survived by a daughter, Sandra Baker of Bruceton; and a sister, Ernestine Williams of Bruceton. For more information, call the funeral home at (901) 586-2512.

Willard Cole

Jim Doty
May 22, 1925 - January 14, 2021

James Willard “Jim” Doty, 95, a World War II combat veteran who served on the Dayton Planning Commission for 20 years, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Life Care Center in Dayton.

He was born on May 22, 1925 along the L&N railroad tracks between the Tennessee and Big Sandy rivers in Big Sandy, TN, to Wes and Lucille Crawford Doty. For the next 12 Depression years he lived in his beloved rural Big Sandy not realizing they were poor while his mother worked as a substitute teacher and his father hauled fruit from Florida.

Willard, as he was known in Big Sandy, contributed to the family’s income by picking up coal along the railroad tracks, catfishing with throwlines and set hooks in the river, and collecting and selling scrap metal, which unknown to him was sold to Japan and would be returned back at him during World War II. In 1937, much to his dismay, his father’s work required moving to Nashville, then Chattanooga and then back to Nashville over a 14-year period. In 1941, the family moved to rural Bruceton, TN, and he entered Hollow Rock/Bruceton Central High School. In 1943, before graduating, he took and passed the qualification test for the Army Air Corps cadet program. He was called to active duty two weeks later and trained in seven different locations, the last one overseas with his entire crew, as a bombardier and a ball turret gunner on a Mitchell B-24 heavy bomber. He was shipped out to the southwest Pacific where his crew was assigned to the 31th Squadron, 5th Bombardment Group of the 13th Air Force. After flying combat missions and then long patrol missions, which followed the dropping of the atomic bombs, he and his crew returned home in late 1945.

Along with his brother, Ray, he enrolled at The University of Tennessee/Martin. After two years they both transferred to the University of Tennessee/Knoxville, graduating as mechanical engineers in 1950. Following short stints with a contractor in Memphis and helping construct the Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, KY, he spent the next 34 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), including Knoxville Design, five fossil-fueled generating plants and three nuclear plants. He retired from Sequoyah Nuclear Plant after serving as mechanical maintenance supervisor, special projects manager and assistant plant manager/maintenance. He was a licensed professional engineer in the state of Tennessee and was active in the TVA Engineers Association, serving as valley-wide vice president.

It was early in his career, in 1954, that he visited a dentist’s office in Camden, TN, for a checkup and met a beautiful little redhead, Billie Jean Sandefur, which resulted in a 66-year marriage.

Over the years, Jim’s hobbies ranged from fishing and hunting to boat racing (two Kentucky state championships), gunsmithing, woodworking and years of working and golfing at Dayton Golf and Country Club. Other interests included Shriners, Lions Club and serving as treasurer of the 31st Bomb Squadron Association.

He was baptized at Big Sandy Methodist Church in 1936 and remained active in church, especially First United Methodist Church in Dayton, until his health declined.

Survivors include his wife, Billie, of Dayton; his supportive younger brother, Ray Doty (Betty), Loudon, TN; daughter, Tracy (Perry) Ward, Knoxville, and their children, Alex, and great-granddaughter Luci, Clinton, TN; Sam (Jasmine), Brooklyn, NY; Addie (Chris) Harrelson, and great-granddaughter Lily, St. Louis, MO; and Ben, St. Louis, MO; son, John Doty (Carol), Andersonville, TN, and their children, Dr. Wes Doty (Meg) and great-grandchildren Matthew and Arden of Charleston, SC; Wayne (Katie) Rader, Wichita, KS, and grandchildren, Courtney (Cameron) Sabol and Zachary Rader, Knoxville; Dustin (Amanda) Rader and grandchildren Hannah (Brady) Barnett, Cleveland, TN, Jackson Rader, Cleveland, TN, Annie, Millie and Molly Rader, Maryville, TN; a host of nieces and nephews, and numerous close friends in Dayton, including David and Lane Tullis, Bill and Mary Beth Moore, and Richard Daugherty.

The family wishes to thank the administration and staff of Life Care/The Veranda in Dayton for their caring support provided to Jim during his stay.

Vanderwall Funeral Home, Dayton, is in charge of arrangements. However, services will be delayed because of the COVID pandemic and will be announced at a later date. There will be a virtual memorial service posted on the Vanderwall homepage at https://www.vanderwallfh.com and on First Church of Dayton, TN Facebook page. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to First United Methodist Church, 993 Market St, Dayton, TN 37321.

Jno. D. Cunningham
Salutatorian

James Paul Eason

Rhea Ernest Evans
September 9, 1925 - September 24, 1981

Services for Rhea Ernest Evans, 56, a Memphis resident formerly from Bruceton, were at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 27 at First Baptist Church in Bruceton. The Rev. Dennis Pulley officiated. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery with Bruceton Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Evans died Thursday at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis after a long illness. He was a truck driver.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Faye Evans of Memphis; a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Aylor of Brnceton; a son, Joe Evans of Decatur, Ala.; a brother, Bill Evans of Bruceton; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Wanda McCullar of Memphis; two stepsons, David Moore of Memphis and Terry Moore of Houston; and five step-grandchildren.

Oscar Orville Harris, Jr.
President
December 23, 1923 - Suust 3, 1968
Buried in Prospect Cemetery

Elizabeth Henderson

Judy Herring

Rebecca Herring

Marie Holladay

J. D. Horn

J. D. Horn, 60, of Jackson died Saturday afternoon at Regional Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at George A. Smith and Sons Funeral Home in charge. Burial was in Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery in Bruceton.

Mr. Horn was retired from the E.L. Morgan Co. He was a World War II veteran and a member of North Jackson Church of God.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertha Horn; two daughters, Mrs. Bobbie Rush of Jackson and Mrs. Joan Simmons of Huntingdon; a step-daughter, Mrs. Katie Goode of Trezevant, a sister, Mrs. Lillie Ridings; Three grandchildren, six step-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Helen Jordan
February 8, 1925 - December 30, 2010

Helen Jordan HARPER

HARPER, Mrs. Helen Jordan Age 85 of Franklin, TN, December 30, 2010. Member of The People's Church and played the organ for 25 years at the former 3rd Ave. First Baptist Church in Franklin. Member of the Franklin OES.

Preceded in death by husband, longtime funeral director in Franklin, Truman Harper; infant daughter, Beverly Gail Harper & sister, Mary J. Caudill. Survived by: sons, John (Shanna Miller) Harper, Franklin, TN & Truman (Lyn) Harper, University Park, TX; brother, John (Billie) Jordan, Huntsville, AL; sister, Frances Hall, Bruceton, TN; grandchildren, John Harper, Jr., Michael Harper & Andrew Harper & Laurel (Matthew) Moffat; great grandchildren, Mason Harper & Michael Harper.

Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, Jim Taylor & Dr. Jim Harvey officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. Family will serve as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Sonshine Class of The People's Church. Visitation will be two hours prior to service at WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, (615)794-2289. williamsonmemorial.com
Published in The Tennessean on January 1, 2011
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Helen Jordan Harper, obituary

By wherald

Helen Jordan Harper, 85, of Franklin, Tenn., died Dec. 30, 2010.

She was a member of The People’s Church and played the organ for 25 years at the former Third Ave. First Baptist Church in Franklin. She was a member of the Franklin OES.

She was preceded in death by husband, longtime funeral director in Franklin, Truman Harper; infant daughter, Beverly Gail Harper and sister, Mary J. Caudill. Mrs. Harper is survived by sons, John (Shanna Miller) Harper, Franklin, Tenn. and Truman (Lyn) Harper, University Park, Texas; brother, John (Billie) Jordan, Huntsville, Ala.; sister, Frances Hall, Bruceton, Tenn.; grandchildren, John Harper Jr., Michael Harper and Andrew Harper and Laurel (Matthew) Moffat; great grandchildren, Mason Harper and Michael Harper.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, Jim Taylor and Dr. Jim Harvey officiating. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Family served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were the Sonshine Class of The People’s Church.
01/06/2011, Williamson Herald

Rachel Jordan

Billy King
Treasurer

William Dwayne "Cotton King (January 7, 1926 - January 4, 2011)

Mr. William Dwayne "Cotton" King, age 85 of Hollow Rock, TN, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Life Care Center in Bruceton.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 1 p.m., in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Bro. Steve Davis and Bro. Sonny Daniel will officiate the service. The family will receive friends in the Oakwood room on Thursday after 5 p.m., and on Friday from 8 a.m. until time of service.

Mr. King was born August 15, 1925 in Carroll County, TN to the late Hobert King and Ollie (Foust) King. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Haskins, Sue Wiser; three brothers, J.R. King, Edwin King and Lee Ira King.

Mr. King was a longtime teacher, coach, principal, and retired as Superintendent of the Hollow Rock-Bruceton School. He was a WWII Army veteran, a graduate from Murray State University with a masters degree in education, a 50+ year member of TSSAA, inducted into the Carroll County sports Hall of Fame in 2004. He was a 32nd degree mason of Hollow Rock Lodge #288, member of Scottish Rite and Al Chymia Shrine Temple.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Patsy King; one son, Keith King (wife, Debra) of Mt. Juliet; one sister, Wanza Bond (husband, Charles); one brother, Robert M. King, both of Bruceton. He also leaves two grandchildren, Wesley King and Valerie King.

Chase Funeral Home, (731) 986-0500. [Source: The Jackson Sun]
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W.D. "Cotton" King

Mr. William Dwayne “Cotton” King 85, of Hollow Rock, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Life Care Center in Bruceton.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, January 7, 2011 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Prospect Cemetery. Bro. Steve Davis and Bro. Sonny Daniel will officiate the service.

The family will receive friends in the Oakwood room on Thursday after 5:00 PM and on Friday from 8:00 AM until time of service.

Mr. King was born August 15, 1925 in Carroll County, Tennessee to the late Hobert King and Ollie (Foust) King. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Haskins, Sue Wiser, three brothers, J.R. King, Edwin King, and Lee Ira King.

Mr. King was a longtime teacher, coach, principal, and retired as Superintendent of the Hollow Rock-Bruceton School. He was a WWII Army veteran, a graduate from Murray State University with a masters degree in education, a 50 + year member of TSSAA, inducted into the Carroll County sports Hall of Fame in 2004, a member of First Baptist Church in Huntingdon. He was a 32nd degree mason of Hollow Rock Lodge # 288, member of Scottish Rite and Al Chymia Shrine Temple.

His survived by his wife of 53 years, Patsy King, one son, Keith King (wife Debra) of Mt. Juliet, one sister, Wanza Bond (husband Charles), one brother, Robert M. King both of Bruceton. He also leaves two grandchildren, Wesley King and Valerie King. [Source: Chase Funeral Home]

Nola King

J. E. McMackin

Katherine Miller
Reporter

Max R. Miller
August 28, 1925 - December 18, 2001

Max R. Miller, 76, Burlison, TN Formerly of Bruceton, TN. Services were Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Munford Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Prospect Cemetery, Bruceton. Mr. Miller died Tuesday at Baptist Hospital in Memphis.

Survivors: wife, Lillian Marshall Miller, daughters, Melinda Beaty & Martha Miller; son, Grady Marshall Miller; sisters, Lou Nell Elkins & Jane Miller. Munford Funeral Home 731-837-0123
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Max Miller

1925-2001

Max R. Miller, the son of Wall G. and Trumon Lancaster Miller, was born August 28, 1925 at Bruceton, Tennessee. On June 24, 1949, he married Lillian Marshall of Linden, Tennessee. To this union were born three children: Melinda Miller Gore, presently a senior at David Lipscomb College; Grady Marshall, a sophomore at Freed-Hardeman; and Martha Nell, a junior at Murfreesboro Riverdale High School.

He graduated from Central High School in Bruceton and later attended Freed-Hardeman College and Harding Graduate School of Bible and Religion in Memphis.

He has preached the gospel in eleven states and has done located work with the New Hope church in Middleton, Tennessee (1961-64), the Covington church in Covington, Tennessee, the Brooks and Rosedale church in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Central Church in Jackson, Tennessee, and is presently with the East Main church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

While in Covington, he ministered to the nearby convict church at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. In Jackson, he served as Director of the West Tennessee Children's Home. He is also a member of the Freed-Hardeman alumni board.

1973 Freed-Hardeman Lectureship, p. 353

Buried in Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock, Carroll County, TN

Sephus Adrian Moore
Jan. 12, 1924 - Nov. 13, 1994

Services for Sephus Adrain Moore, 70 of Buena Vista were November 15 at Center Point Church. Interment followed in Prospect Cemetery with Mitchell Rayburn and Morgan Arnold officiating.

Mr. Moore the son of the late Sephus E. Moore and Mary Hazel Park Moore, was born January 12, 1924 in Buena Vista. He died November 13 at his home. Mr. Moore was a retired assistant unit operator for TVA, a charter member and deacon at Center Point Baptist Church, a member of the VFW, and a World War II veteran.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Josie Williams Moore. He is survived by one daughter, Frances Hicks and one son, Charles Moore both of Buena Vista. He also leaves six grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Bruceton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Virginia Myers

Mary Virginia Park
Secretary

Harold Robertson

Ione Rice

Virginia Rozelle
Valedictorian

David Lee Smith
October 24, 1925 - July 7, 1989

Mr. David Lee Smith, 63 of Vero Beach, Florida, died July 7, 1989, after an apparent heart attack at his home. Born October 24, 1925 to Mr. Lloyd Elvin Smith and the former Ms. Mary Opal Compton in Hollow Rock, he was a retired school teacher and a World War II veteran.

Services were conducted Friday, July 14, at 11 a.m. at the Bruceton Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Robert White Officiating. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock.

Mr. Smith is survived by his Mother, Mrs. Mary C. Smith; and several cousins. Pallbearers were W. D. King, M. E. Flowers, Gerald Patterson, William Compton, Bruce Robinson and L. C. James

Louise Swearingen
June 3, 1924 - July 20, 2008

LOUISE S. BEDWELL 1924-2008

HOLLOW ROCK: Louise S. Bedwell, 84, died Friday, July 18, at her home. Funeral services were Sunday, July 20, at 2 p.m. at Dilday Funeral Home with Bro. Robert White officiating. Burial followed in Prospect Cemetery.

Mrs. Bedwell was born June 3, 1924 in Benton County to the late Clint and Eula (Prince) Swearingen. She was a retired employee of Henry I. Siegel and member of Hollow Rock Methodist Church.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Mark Powell; three brothers, Harold Swearingen, Bud Swearingen and Charles Swearingen; and two sisters, Frances Compton and Mary Rial.
Survivors include: one daughter, Paulette Daley of Lawrenceburg, Indiana; two sons, Tracey Powell of Hollow Rock and Bergen Powell of Bruceton; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. [Source: McKenzie Banner]
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Louise S. Bedwell, 84, of Hollow Rock, died Friday, July 18, at her home. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 20, in the chapel of Dilday Funeral Home with Brother Robert White officiating. Burial followed at Prospect Cemetery.

Mrs. Bedwell, daughter of the late Clint and Eula (Prince) Swearingen, was born on June 3, 1924, in Benton County. She was a retired employee of Henry I. Siegel and a member of Hollow Rock Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Bedwell, who died September 15, 1998; a son, Mark Powell; three brothers, Harold Swearingen, Bud Swearingen and Charles Swearingen; and two sisters, Frances Compton and Mary Rial.

She is survived by a daughter, Paulette Daley of Lawrenceburg, Indiana; two sons, Tracey Powell of Hollow Rock and Bergen Powell of Bruceton; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. [Source: Carroll County NEWS-LEADER]

Ernestine White
November 11, 1925 - March 18, 2010

ERNESTINE WHITE, 1925-2010

BRUCETON: Ernestine White, 84, died Thursday, March 18, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Graveside services were Friday, March 19, at Prospect Cemetery in Hollow Rock with Bro. James S. Daniel officiating.

Ms. White was born November 11, 1925 in Bruceton to the late Ernest Leon White and Mildred Hawkins Williams White. She was a retired production employee of Milan Arsenal. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Elizabeth White.

Bruceton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. [Source: McKenzie Banner]