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Mrs. O.B. Petty
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Johnson Petty, 74, widow of O.B. Petty who died in February, this year, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkleton, Baptist Minister. Burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mrs. Petty died unexpectantly of a heart attack Monday night, October 4, in Maury County Hospital, Columbia. She had been in failing health for sometime. Born March 22, 1891, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Clint Johnson and Lucy Tacker Johnson. Mrs. Petty is survived by two sons, Douglas Petty, Campbellsville, and William Petty, Columbia; two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Dozzie Seagrove
Funeral services for Mrs. Dozzie Seagrove, 79, of Pulaski who died Tuesday, March 7 in Maury County Hospital, Columbia were conducted by the Rev. Marshall Flowers Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at Bennett-May Chapel. Interment was in Maplewood Cemetery. Born in Giles County, Mrs. Seagrove was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Kizzie Gaines McKnight. She held membership in the First United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband Edd Seagrove; a son, Carl E. Seagrove, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Weldon and Mrs. Malcolm Tillman, Pulaski; two brothers, Charlie Buford McKnight and Jack McKnight, Pulaski; one grandson and one great grandson, Jackson, Miss.
Mrs. Dozzie Seagrove
Mrs. Dozzie Seagrove, 79, Spofford Avenue, Pulaski, died Tuesday, March 7, 1978 in Maury County Hospital Columbia. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m.Wednesday, March 8 at Bennett-May Chapel with burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Brother Marshall Flowers officiating. A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Kizzie Gaines McKnight. She is survived by her husband, Edd Seagrove; a son, Carl E. Seagrove, Pulaski; two sisters, Mrs. Flossie Weldon and Mrs. Malcolm Tillman, Pulaski; two brothers, Charlie Buford and Jack McKnight, Pulaski; a grandson; and a great grandson.
Mr. Eddie D. Seagrove
Mr. Eddie D Seagrove, 81, Spofford Ave., Pulaski, died Monday, March 3, 1980 at Giles County hospital. Funeral services were held at 2:30 pm Wed., March 5 at Bennett-May Chapel with burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Marshall Flowers officiating. A native of Coffee County, Tenn., he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bob Seagrove and husband of the late Dazie McKnight Seagrove. He is survived by a son, Carl Edward Seagrove, Pulaski; a grandchild; and one great grandchild.
George Emmett Stanford
George Emmett Stanford, 63, of Rt. 6, Pulaski, died Fri., Dec. 6 at Giles County Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sun., Dec. 8 at the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with burial in Giles Memory Gardens. A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Willie and Alice Simpson Stanford. He is survived by his wife, Mary Bess McKnight Stanford; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Pearl Holt of Rt 6, Pulaski, and Mrs. Malcolm Grubbs of Rt. 3, Pulaski.
Clint Wells
Funeral services for Clint Wells, 72, Westover Drive, were to be conducted today at 2:30 at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home. Burial was to be in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville. Wells, a retired grocery store operator in the Campbell Station communtity, died Monday morning at the Maury County Hospital following a few months illness. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elise Carpenter Wells, Columbia; one daughter, Mrs. Cheairs (Geraldine) Demastus, Murfreesboro; one son, Lyles Wells, Decatur, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Mattie Lou) Seagrove, Pulaski, Mrs. James D. (Janie) Foster, Birmingham, Ala.; three brothers, Kenneth and Marvin Wells, both of Pulaski, Garland Wells, Portsmouth, Va.; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mr. Clint Wells
Mr. Clint Wells, 72, Columbia, died Monday, June 2, 1980 at Maury County Hospital. Funeral Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tues., June 3 at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery. A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Oscar and Nannie Allen Wells. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elise Carpenter Wells, Columbia; one daughter, Mrs. Cheairs Demastus, Murfreesboro; one son, Lyles Wells, Decatur, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Seagrove, Pulaski, and Mrs. James Foster, Birmingham, Ala.; three brothers, Kenneth and Marvin Wells, both of Pulaski and Garland Wells, Portland, Va.; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mr. Joe Allen
Mr. Joe Allen, 74, Lawrenceburg, died Monday, August 21, 1978 in Maury County Hospital, Columbia. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tues., August 22 at Bennett-May Chapel with burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Brother Tom Holland officiating. A native of Giles County, he was the son of the late Jim and Mary Lou Compton Allen and husband of the late Ella Underwood Allen. He is survived by a brother, Luther Allen, Campbellsville; and three sisters, Mrs. Pitman White, Columbia, Mrs. Rebecca Clifton, Nashville, and Mrs. Sallie Ward, Ardmore. Mr. Allen was a retired grocer.
Mrs. Arthur Cochran
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Colvett Cochran, 82, native of Giles County and resident of Nashville, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in Petus-Owen-Wood Funeral Home in Nashville with the burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park on Thompson Lane in that city. She died Friday afternoon, April 8, [1965] in St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville. Born September 5, 1883, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Sam P. Colvett and Josephine Morrow Colvett. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Cochran is survived by her husband, Arthur Cochran; one half-sister, Mrs. Edna Stanfield, Sparta; and six nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Vema Henderson, Mrs. Kenneth Wells and Velmer Colvett, all of Giles county.
Mrs. Bob McKnight
Funeral services for Mrs. Kittie Gaines McKnight, 83, Pulaski resident, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Frankewing Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Lloyd Hickman. Burial took place in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Mrs. McKnight died at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, June 17, at Giles County hospital after a brief illness. Born September 29, 1876 in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Will Gaines and Margaret Parker Gaines. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Her husband, Bob McKnight, died May 3, 1918. Mrs. McKnight is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Emmett Stanford, Mrs. Ed Hargroves and Mrs. Louis R. Weldon, Pulaski; two sons C.B. McKnight, Pulaski, and Jack McKnight, Nashville; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Bob Young, Pulaski. Bennett-May and Company in charge of arrangements.
Luther G. Wells
Portsmouth-Luther Garland Wells, 76, of the 700 block of Dunedin Road, a retired attorney, died July 21, 1993, in a Portsmouth hospital. Mr. Wells was a born in Giles County, Tenn. He was an attorney in Portsmouth for 35 years and was a member of West Side Christian Church, Portsmouth. Survivors include one daughter, Carolyn W. Cuellar of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Seagrove of Pulaski, Tenn., and Mrs. Jim Foster of Birmingham, Ala.; one brother, Mavin Wells of Pulaski, Tenn.; and five grandchildren. Visitations will be at Loving Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, until noon today. The remains will be sent to Bennett-May & Co. Funeral Home, Pulaski, Tenn., for services and burial in Lynnville Cemetery, Giles County, Tenn.
(Luther G Wells Obituary published in The Virginian Pilot and The Ledger Star
Norfolk, VA
July 23, 1993)
Bradshaw L. Mrs. Lizzie McKnight
Mrs. McKnight died of consumption at the home of her son, Bob McKnight, April 23, 1911, aged 68 years. She was not identified with any church, but said that she was prepared to die and expressed herself as being willing to exchange mortality for immortality, to lay down the crown of affliction for a "crown of righteousness." She had spent all of her life around Bradshaw or in Giles county. She was a good neighbor and very loyal to her friends. Her father was Buck Young. She leaves a husband, Frank McKnight, and five sons, Messrs. Jim, Bob, Press, Aud and Charley McKnight. Funeral services were held at Zion Monday by Rev. J.H. Holmes, after which she was buried near the church by the side of her son, Arney McKnight.
Mrs. Nannie Wells
Pulaski-Mrs. Nannie Clint Wells, 85, died Monday at Johns County Hospital. Services were held today at 2 p.m. at Bennett-May Funeral Home. Burial was in Lynnwood cemetery at Lynnville. G.C. Fox and Andy Brown officiated. Mrs. Wells was a native of Giles County. Her parents were the late Jim and Mary Lou Compton Allen and her husband was the late Oscar W. Wells. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Carl Seagrove of Pulaski, Mrs. Jim Foster of Birmingham; four sons, Clint, Kenneth, and Marvin all of Giles County, and Garland, of Portsmouth, Va.; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Walker of Columbia, Mrs. Pittman White of Columbia, Mrs. Sally Ward of Pulaski, Mrs. Rebecca Clifton of Nashville; two brothers, Luther Allen of Giles County and Joe Allen of Lawrenceburg; 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
(Mrs. Nannie Wells Obituary published in The Daily Herald
Columbia, Tenn.
June 20, 1973)
Mrs. Nannie Clint Wells
Mrs. Nannie Clint Wells, 85, Campbellsville, died Monday, June 18, 1973 at Giles County Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, June 20 at Bennett Mae Chapel with burial in Lynnwood Cemetery, Lynnville. G.C. Fox and Andy Brown officiated. A native of Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Mary Lou Compton Allen. She is survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Carl Seagrove, Pulaski, and Mrs. Jim Foster, Birmingham, Ala.; 4 sons, Clint, Kenneth, and Marvin Wells, Pulaski, and Garland Wells, Portsmouth, Va.; 4 sisters, Mrs. Bertha Walker and Mrs. Pitman White, Columbia, Mrs. Sally Ward Pulaski, and Mrs. Rebecca Clifton, Nashville; 2 brothers, Luther Allen, Campbellsville and Joe Allen, Lawrenceburg; 15 grandchildren; and 29 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Nannie Wells
Mrs. Nannie Wells, age 85, of the Campbellsville Community died June 18, 1973 at Giles County Hospital. She was born in Giles County Hospital. She was born in Giles County and was married
to the late Oscar W. Wells. Her parents were the late Jim and Mary Lou Compton Allen. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Car Seagrove of Pulaski and Mrs. Jim Foster of Birmingham, Alabama; four sons, Clint, Kenneth, and Marvin Wells, all of Pulaski, and Garland Wells of Portsmouth, Virginia; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Walker and Mrs. Pitman White both of Columbia; Mrs. Sally Ward of Pulaski; and Mrs. Rebecca Clifton of Nashville; two brothers, Luther Allen of Campbellsville and Joe Allen of Lawrenceburg; 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday, June 20, at Bennett May Chapel with burial in Lynnville Cemetery. Bros. G.C. Fox and Andy Brown officiated.
Oscar Wells
Lynnville, Tenn., Dec 13-(Special)-Funeral services for Oscar Wells, 57, farmer, of the Campbellsville community, were conducted at the Campbellsville Church of Christ Friday afternoon by Howard Parker minister of the Highland Church of Christ in Columbia. Burial was in the Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Wells died Wednesday night following a brief illness. He was the son of the late Jeff and Mary Kerr Wells and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nannie Allen Wells; two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Lou Seagraves of Pulaski and Mrs. Janie Foster of Liberty; four sons, Clint, Marvin, and Kenneth Wells of Campbellsville and Garland Wells of Nashville; one sister, Mrs. Everett Martin of Texas, and a brother, Frank Wells of Nashville.
Oscar Wells
Funeral services for Oscar Wells, 68, farmer of the Campbellsville Community, were conducted at Campbellsville Church of Christ Friday afternoon by Howard Parker, minister of the Highland Church of Christ in Columbia. Burial was in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Wells died Wednesday night, Dec. 8, following a brief illness. He was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Mary Josephine Kerr Wells and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nannie Allen Wells; two daughters, Mrs. Carl Seagroves of Pulaski and Mrs. James Foster of Memphis; four sons Clint, Marvin and Kenneth Wells of Campbellsville and Garland Wells of Nashville, Tenn.; and a brother Frank Wells of Nashville.
O. W. Wells
Funeral services for Oscar Whitfield Wells, 68, farmer of the Campbellsville section, who died at 11:40 o'clock Wednesday night, Dec. 8, at his home following a brief illness, were held a 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Campbellsville Church of Christ. Elder Howard Parker, minister of Highland Church of Christ in Columbia officiated and burial took place in Lynnwood Cemetery. Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nannie Allen Wells; two daughters, Mrs. Carl Seagrove, Pulaski, and Mrs. James Foster, Memphis; four sons, Clint Wells, Marvin Wells, and Kenneth Wells, all of Campbellsville, and Garland Wells of Nashville; several grandchildren, and one brother, Frank Wells Nashville.
