______Henry Meade NEWTON -> | b. Living | bp. | m. | mp. | d. | dp. | ______William George NEWTON | b. Living | bp. | m. | mp. | d. | dp. | | | |_____Marjorie Bernice Sherman -> | b. Living | bp. | d. | dp. | ______Brian Jay NEWTON | b. Living | bp. | m. | mp. | d. | dp. | | | | ______Donald MERLE SMITH -> | | | b. Living | | | bp. | | | m. | | | mp. | | | d. | | | dp. | | | | |_____Beverly Kay SMITH | b. Living | bp. | d. | dp. | | | |_____Betty Jean WOLCOTT -> | b. 4 Mar 1920 | bp. PA,McKean Co,Bradford | d. 27 Sep 1993 | dp. PA,McKean Co,Bradford,REG HOSPITAL | Joshua Nathaniel NEWTON b. Living bp. m. mp. d. dp. | |Spouse: | | ______James Alvin SMITH -> | | b. 7 Aug 1918 | | bp. | | m. 7 Mar 1941 | | mp. AL,Lauderdale Co,Florence | | d. 23 Apr 1980 | | dp. TN,Hardin Co,Walnut Grove,@ HOME IN | | | ______Lonnie Faye SMITH | | b. 9 Jun 1945 | | bp. TN,Hardin Co,Walnut Grove,See notes | | m. 11 Dec 1964 | | mp. TN,Hardin Co,Savannah | | d. 8 May 1974 | | dp. TN,Wayne Co,Collinwood,Tiecamp Rd | | | | | |_____Louella Price -> | | b. 14 Apr 1913 | | bp. | | d. 14 Dec 1992 | | dp. AL,Lauderdale Co,Florence,Humana Hos | | |_____Sandra Nell SMITH b. Living bp. d. dp. | | ______Cecil Edward Scott -> | | b. 24 Feb 1912 | | bp. AL,Lauderdale Co,Waterlou | | m. 8 Jan 1933 | | mp. AL,Lauderdale Co | | d. 31 Oct 1992 | | dp. TN,Shelby Co,MEMPHIS,Memphis Mem Hos | | |_____Martha Nell Scott b. Living bp. d. dp. | |_____Vernie Lois COSSEY -> b. Living bp. d. dp. Page 1 of notes for chart no. 1 Lonnie Faye SMITH [6] HE WAS BORN AT HIS PARENTS HOME IN WALNUT GROVE, TN. THERE ARE TWO BEECH TREES THAT STILL STAND (01-Jan-1994) WHERE THE HOUSE STOOD. Betty Jean WOLCOTT [11] BAPTISED 09/23/1928 BY REV. FRED BOLENDER AT DERRICK CITY, PA. MARRIED AT THE HOME OF CHARLES SMYTH IN LIMESTONE, NY BY REV. ARA McGILL. IT WAS A DOUBLE WEDDING WITH HER SISTER, EVA WOLCOTT, WHO MARRIED CHARLES SMYTH JR. BETTY'S MAID OF HONOR WAS VIRGINIA JENNINGS SMYTH AND THE BEST MAN WAS DALE R. SMITH. THE WEDDING WAS ON THE 23rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF BETTY'S PARENTS. BETTY WORKED FOR CORNING GLASS WORKS FOR 17 YEARS. SHE IS ALSO AN AVID QUILTER AND EVEN MADE A "FAMILY TREE" NAME QUILT WHICH HAS ALL HER DESCENDANTS SIGNATURES ON IT. James Alvin SMITH [12] HAD AN AUNT NAMED KATIE AUSTIN. SHE IS DECEASED AND IS BURIED AT HOLLANDS CR CEMETERY IN WALNUT GROVE, TNESSEE NEAR LIZZIE SMITH (RIN 959) NEAR THE SMALL HOUSE. MARRIED IN FLORENCE, ALBAMA; LAUDERDALE CO BY W.H. SHARP. WITNESSED BY J.H. TUNE AND VERLY SMITH. SS# 414-20-4744 WHEN HE DIED, HE WAS TILLING HIS GARDEN ABOUT 6:00pm. Louella Price [13] ADDRESS: RT 1 BOX 141, SAVANNAH, TN. PHONE: (901) 925-3749 SS#417-14-1456 ON MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 14, 1992 ABOUT 4:30am, LOUELLA DIED OF CARDIAC ARREST AT HUMANA HOSPITAL IN FLORENCE, ALBAMA. WHEN JAMES AND DEANER TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL, SHE TOLD THEM ON THE WAY THAT SHE WOULD NEVER RETURN AND THAT SHE HAD ALREADY LAIN OUT HER CLOTHES IN A SUIT CASE. SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS THE LAST TIME SHE WOULD EVER LEAVE HOME ALIVE. THE FURNERAL WAS HELD AT SAVANNAH, TNESSEE ON NOV. 16, 1992 AT 1:00pm WITH BURIAL AT HOLLANDS CR CEMETERY AT WALNUT GROVE NEXT TO HER HUSBAND (JAMES ALVIN SMITH). HER PASTOR, BRO L V BROWN FROM WARDS HOLLINESS CHURCH AND BRO DANNY BRILEY HELD THE FUNERSL. A FEW DAYS BEFORE SHE DIED SHE CALLED HER PASTORS WIFE, MACKIE BROWN, TO HER BEDSIDE AND TOLD HER WHAT SHE WANTED TO BE SUNG AND PLAYED AT HER FUNERAL. SHE ASKED THAT THE SONG, "LET'S MEET BY THE RIVER", BE PLAYED. FIRST SONG SANG WAS "WHEN I CROSS THAT RIVER" SUNG BY MACKIE BROWN AND BRENDA BENSON, BOTH FROM HER CHURCH. THE 2nd SONG WAS "LET'S MEET BY THE RIVER" SUNG BY 2 OF HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SUSAN DESHAZIER AND DONNIE McANALLY. THE 3rd SONG WAS ONE OF HER FAVORITES AND WAS WRITTEN BY HER GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, SUSAN DESHAZIER. IT WAS "WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN, I'LL LEAVE THIS ALL BEHIND". PALLBEARERS WERE HER GRANDCHILDREN; JUNIOR WHITE, WILBURN WHITE, RONNIE WHITE, KENNETH SMITH, MARK SMITH AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN JONATHON WHITE, TRACY WHITE, AND DONNIE McANALLY. Cecil Edward Scott [14] CECIL SCOTT RECEIVED HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE WHEN HE SIGNED UP FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1992, AROUND NOON, CECIL HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HE WAS RUSHED TO SAVANNAH HOSPITAL IN SAVANNAH, TNESSEE. HE SEEMED TO BE RECOVERING WELL WHEN ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, AROUND 11:30pm, HE SUFFERED ANOTHER MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. HE WAS FLOWN TO BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS, TNESSEE WHERE THEY IMMEDIATELY PERFORMED THE BALOON PROCEDURE. IT WAS UNSUCESSFUL. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 16, THEY PERFORMED OPEN HEART SURGERY. HE HAD THREE BYPASSES AND ONE VALVE REPLACEMENT. SEVERAL HOURS LATER THE SURGEON HAD TO REDO PART OF THE OPERATION DUE TO INTERNAL BLEEDING. HE DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF AWAKENING FOR TWO WEEKS. THE DOCTORS SPECULATE THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO LOSS OF OXEGYN TO THE BRAIN DUE TO DIMINISHED BLOOD FLOW. ON FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 02, HE STARTED SHOWING THE FIRST SIGNS OF AWAKENING. PERIODICALLY HE WOULD BREIFLY FLUTTER HIS EYES AND OPEN THEM SLIGHTLY AS IF TRYING TO AWAKEN. HE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE AROUND HIM DURING THESE TIMES ALTHOUGH HIS ONLY WAY TO RESPOND IS BY BLINKING HIS EYES. HE DOES HAVE FEELING IN ALL LIMBS AND DIGITS AND HIS REFLEXES WORK STILL. AS OF OCT. 08, HIS CONDITION HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH. ABOUT 11:00 pm ON OCTOBER 30, 1992, CECIL HAD ANOTHER MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND NEVER REGAINED CONSCIENCENESS. HE DIED ABOUT 12:30 pm ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1992 AT MEMPHIS BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS TNESSEE. HE WAS BURIED AT WHITES CREEK CEM ON NOVEMBER 2, 1992 WITH HIS WIFE'S (VERNIE COSSEY SCOTT) PARENTS.
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