I got it in my head now. I got so confused but I understood what you told me but I couldn't place the second Jasper. funny I come up with a Lillian White. I'm sorry I'm a pest & love to all of you out there helping me. Phyllis

Your a sweetheart & I thank you. Phyllis

From the Oak Ridger 16 Feb 2005 James L. Foutch, 61, of Knoxville, John R. Lund, 88, a resident of Oak Ridge since 1950, Joan "Jo" M. Schappel, 76, of Pasco, Wash. Emily Pauline Blankenship, 82, of Coalfield, James L. Foutch, 61, of Knoxville, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Born on July 1, 1943, he was the son of James M. and Delia Foutch. Mr. Foutch served in the U.S. Army as an Information Specialist from 1963 to 1966, and went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1969. He was a 1970 graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School. He joined the U.S. Department of Energy in 1973 as primary counsel to all Oak Ridge Operations programs and support organizations. He later served as the assistant manager for defense programs for the Fernald, Ohio Site office and the Y-12 Site office. Before retiring in 1995, Mr. Foutch would also serve as deputy chief counsel for litigation and programs and acting chief counsel. Upon retirement from DOE after years of exemplary service, Mr. Foutch joined Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) where he served as vice president and general counsel and deputy director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. He is survived by his loving wife, Doreen; daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Jason Wolfe of Knoxville; daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Matthews Smith of Knoxville; daughter Heidi Foutch of Knoxville; father and step-mother, James and Edna Foutch of Cookeville; stepchildren, Greg and Amy Merritt of Kentucky; Laura and Arthur Wiseman of Michigan; and father-in-law, James Daniel of Knoxville. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Benjamin, Abby and Eliza Wiseman of Michigan, and Sam Merritt of Kentucky. A memorial service will be held in Oak Ridge on Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Pollard Technology Conference Center on the ORAU main campus. The family will receive friends beginning at 3:30 p.m., and the memorial service will begin at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Boston University Medical Center, Amyloid Research Center, 715 Albany Street, K-5, Boston, MA 02118. Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike, is serving the Foutch family. John R. Lund, 88, a resident of Oak Ridge since 1950, died at 5:23 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2005, at NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge. John was born in Kingsley, Kansas, on Feb. 19, 1916, the son of Clarence Jeffrey and Ruth Crockett Lund. They reared John and his sisters, Bernice and Margaret, on their wheat farm in Ensign, Kansas. A pilot who attained the rank of major during World War II, his P-47 Thunderbolt was shot down over Germany on March 19, 1945. He had to bail out, was captured and taken to a prisoner of war hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. He was later awarded the Purple Heart. As a result of injuries to his legs from bailing out, he had post-war surgeries at Aushing General Veterans Hospital in Framingham, Mass., where he met his wife of 58 years, Esther Marie McNiff. The couple married in the hospital chapel. They began their married life at the University of Kansas, where John studied for a master's degree in analytical chemistry, and in 1950 he moved his young family to Oak Ridge to accept a position with Union Carbide Nuclear Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to his spouse, Esther, John is survived by his sister, Margaret "Maggie" Watson and her spouse, Norman, of Wichita, Kansas; and his four children and their families, Jeffrey Francis Lund and his spouse, Diane, of Arlington, Va., and their son, Jesse Crockett Lund; John Richard Lund and his spouse, Nancy, and their children, Carissa Marie and Gunner Conrad of Bozeman, Mont.; Jennifer Ann Lund and Bryan Akin Anderson of Atlanta, Ga., and Eric Conrad Lund and his spouse, Julie Alexander, and their son, Alexander, of Dothan, Ala. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the church. Burial will be private. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations in honor of John R. Lund, who cared deeply about faith and education, to St. Mary's School, 327 Vermont Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. An on-line registration book is available at www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com. Joan "Jo" M. Schappel, 76, of Pasco, Wash., died at home on Sunday, Feb.13, 2005. Born on Aug. 3, 1928, in Fort Wayne, Ind., she was the daughter of Henry J. and Mary P. (Tyner) Duerstock. She attended parochial grammar school there and graduated from South Side High School in 1946. The family included two younger brothers, both of whom are her friends to this day. Jo had an unusually strong thirst for knowledge which she displayed with her lifelong passion for reading and expanding her horizons. She worked for four years after leaving high school to earn money to allow her to attend Indiana University, where she prepared to be a medical technician. The money ran out and soon she met and married Robert E. Schappel in 1954. Bob was a traveling service engineer for Foster Wheeler Corporation, and their marriage began with a two-year working honeymoon visiting seven different plant locations. Jo and Bob then moved to Oak Ridge for nine years and their two children, Kathleen and Christopher, were born there. Jo became interested in Girl Scouts when Kathy was old enough to join and soon found herself a Girl Scout leader. The next stop on their odyssey was Baltimore, Md., where Bob was employed by Westinghouse, a move that opened the door to some serious traveling. In Baltimore, Jo re-engaged with the Girl Scouts and was soon appointed a regional representative. Following four and a half years in Baltimore, the family moved to London, England, courtesy of Westinghouse. Jo volunteered with the American Girl Scouts organization and soon found herself appointed country commissioner of Great Britain and Ireland, as the military, which supported the organization in Europe, was trying to enlist civilian volunteers to broaden the scope of their activities. This volunteer job led to many trips to Germany and around Great Britain, which provided additional fringe benefits for the family. While in England, Jo soon became involved in equestrian activities because Kathy was deeply involved in pony club affairs. Upon returning to the United States, Bob elected to take a position with Westinghouse Hanford, a move that was blessed by Jo, who said, "Great, we've never lived in the Northwest before." Moving to Pasco, Wash., brought new opportunities to Jo, and she soon opened a shop called The Tack Box where she provided clothing, saddles and other horsey materials for Tri-Citians interested in English equestrian events. She sold The Tack Box in 1984, but the business continues to this day. During those years, she helped start the Columbia Hunter-Jumper Club, which sponsored springtime events for combined training riders and won the Washington State Horseman's South Central Zone "Club of The Year" award in 1977. After selling The Tack Box, Jo returned to her lifelong quest for knowledge, first by taking some courses at CBC and then enrolling in a degree program at the Tri-Cities campus of Washington State University. She completed the program and graduated cum laude in 1991 with a degree in the humanities, becoming the third Schappel to be a WSU Alumni. The first two were her children who preceded her there. Bob and Jo, now retired, then continued their program of lifelong learning which included nine elder hostels, one of which was a two-month trip to New Zealand and Australia, and two "Semesters at Sea" voyages, one being "Around the World in 100 Days" and the other a summer semester around Europe and North Africa. They also enjoyed a couple of Caribbean "Seminars at Sea." Sharing their common faith with peoples of different countries was of paramount importance on these journeys. Included in these travels were several trips for Florida family reunions, visits with their children and granddaughter, Jenny, and family genealogy trips to Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, where Jo's family were among the earliest pioneers. She is eligible for membership in the "Daughters of The American Revolution." In between the activities, Jo and Bob found time to help the local Habitat For Humanity to get off the ground. This interest continued until Jo was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2001. She was a member of St. Patrick's Parish in Pasco, Wash., had spent several years of friendship with other members of TOPS, and belonged to the WSU Alumni Association and Phi Kappa Phi. With such a busy life, Jo managed to raise and positively influence two wonderful children and to enhance her family life with warmth and humor. She and Bob celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 26, 2004. Her family indicated that the kind, beautiful, gentle lady had confided to them that she viewed her final illness as an answer to her prayer that she be spared the lingering death which so often accompanies Alzheimer's. The family said the Lord has been so good to them, and they are thankful for the blessings of her life shared with them. The rosary will be recited at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Mueller's Greenlee Funeral Home in Pasco, Wash. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Pasco, Wash. Services will conclude at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House, 2108 W. Entiat Avenue, Kennewick, WA 99336. Mueller's Greenlee Funeral Home in Pasco, Wash., is in charge of the arrangements. Emily Pauline Blankenship, 82, of Coalfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005, at the Morgan County Life Care Center in Wartburg. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD

I'm back on my feet. Must be that good ol Tennessee blood in me. Carolyn, I think you Just solved my problem. I've not opened your other emails but this one made me feel better. I am getting the Benj. Franklin Prosise ready for the book writer & I see a Jasper & I thought that can't be right so now I know there are 2 I think I have it at least in my head. I'm wondering if there is an obituary for a Jasper Prosise in 1936. He shot himself so there might be a write up. He was married to a Dora Hill but I think I found where he had another marriage. One thing I've learned by all of this. Never be in a hurry & make notes to where you understand them, when you come back to them later, you understand who & what it's about. I'm finding note's clear back to the 1970 's and they are all greek to me. Thank's a bumch, Phyllis

Who of this group is researching Prosise?? I found 2 Jasper Prosise in Anderson Co. Poor Phyllis is down in bed with all this new confusing information!! Would like to try and figure this out with other researchers and let Phyllis know what we find! Carolyn Whaley

Hey Jerry, As I always heard for years from some Govern-mental employee's "S" or "D" its close enough for Government work so let it pass. Tell me how can one mistake the spelling of the name Warren. They actually put WORN on my Uncles birth certificate. Or they spelled my Great Grandfathers name Onscar for Oscar on my Grandfathers birth records. Then look at the spelling on some of the death certificates. John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

Hi Carolyn, Jasper "Jap" Sevier Prosise b.June 1881 d.1956 was a son of Benjamin Franklin Prosise and Jemima Jane Peteres. Jasper "Jap" Sevier Prosise b.March 15, 1917 d.June 29, 1998 son of Joseph Harvey Prosise and Nancy Ellen Jones and Grandson of Benjamin Franklin Prosise and Jemima Jane Peters. Named after his uncle. John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

LaFollette Press Sept. 4, 2004 Sue Pauline Prosise Sue Pauline Prosise, age 84 of Briceville died Aug. 27 at the Methodist Medical Center. She was a member of Laurel Clear Branch Baptist Church. She was born Dec. 4, 1914 in Anderson County. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rouden and Lillie Duncan White; husband, Jasper S. Prosise; sister, Lucille Fox. She is survived by her son, Gary Prosise and wife, Kathy of Briceville, Ricky Prosise and wife, Theresa of Briceville; Joey Prosise of Medford Community in Lake City, Mickey Prosise of Clear Branch Community in Lake City; daughters, Sharon Nancy and husband, Roger of Oak Grove Community, Lake City, Becky Wilson and husband, Abe of Medford Community in Lake City, Debbie Seiber and husband, J.D., of Medford Community in Lake City; grandchildren, Stacy Burnett, Yancy Prosise, Heather Lamuer, Adam Wilson, Kevin Prosise, Lisa Prosise, Dustin Wilson, Michael Prosise, Courtney Prosise, Brandon Prosise, Samantha Prosise, Amanda Prosise and Nikki Prosise; 14 great grandchildren; brothers, Roud White; sisters, Anna Lee Housley, Charlcie Miles, Violet Flynn, Ruth Collins, Ralphine Sisco; several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services were Aug. 29 in the Holley-Gamble Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Houston Carroll and Rev. Tim Russell officiating. Interment was in the Circle Cemetery. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

The names of the two are Jim Shadrick and Luke Leach...

Hi Angela, You or someone out there might know if this was the Luke Leach that was married to Martha Cox and they were the parents of Irene V. Leach? John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Angela, Does anyone have any idea which LEACH this story reffers to?? The fellows sure had a hard time trying to make a living. Between Prison slave labor, unsafe working conditions, Skabs, hired company goons and the State Militia makes you wonder why they wanted to be miners! John __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com

Angela: I just wanted you to know how very much I appreciate these old historical articles you are posting. Even though I have no idea who most of them are, I keep every one for future reference, or to help someone else down the road. Not to mention, they are just plain interesting to read. Thank you for your hard work and kindness to us. Libby Bunch Smiddy LaFollette, TN

Hi Angela, Bill or anyone one the list, Did the children ever get the school that this article referred to? John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Mine Explosion. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 12.—At an explosion in the mines of the Black Diamond Coal comapny at Coal Creek yesterday, three men were injured. Sam Brooks fatally; Shadrick and Leach seriously. Several other miners escaped unhurt. The entry caught fire and is still burning. Davenport Daily Leader, Davenport, Iowa, March 12, 1895

L. Frank Stansberry returned Tuesday night after a short visit with friends and relatives in Knoxville and Coal Creek, Tenn. Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY, June 15, 1923

Non-Union Miners Attacked Briceville, Tenn., Jan. 19 - A number of non-union coal miners, while returning from Coal Creek last night, were attacked by a party of men and four were badly hurt. The worst injured man's name is unknown. The three others are Tate Smith, of Cross Mountain; William Love of Cross Mountain; Allen Wallace of Coal Creek. The men who were attacked were employees in the mines of the Tennessee Coal Company and the Cross Mountain Coal Company. Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 20, 1904

CHILDREN OF MINE VICTIMS TO GET INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Knoxville, Tenn., June 21 - (Special) It is proposed to erect an industrial school in Anderson county, Tennessee, for the benefit of the children left fatherless by the Fraterville mine horror of a month ago. The mine is located in Anderson county. A committee composed of M.S. Elliott of Coal Creek; S. W. Wilson of Pless; R. L. Foster and M.C. Carnes of Coal Creek, visited the Knox county industrial school yesterday afternoon with a view to ascertaining upon what plans it is operated, cost, etc. They will recommend to the county court at its July session that the Industrial school be established at once. Meanwhile an effort will be made to have a number of the children admitted to the Knox County Industrial School. The inquest into the cause of the explosion will be convened at Coal Creek next Monday morning before Squire W.W. Lindsay. It has been reported that an effort to secure another continuance might be made by some parties interested, but this may, it appears, not be allowed. Subpenas have been issued and served on a number of witnesses directing them to appear with books, maps, affidavits, depositions, etc., all of which indicate that very exhaustive evidence will be taken. Among those who have received such legal notice are State Labor and Mines Inspector Shiflett who is iII at his home in this city. Atlanta Constitution, Atanta, Georgia, June 22, 1902

From the Knoxville News sentinel 16 Feb 2005 BLEDSOE, MARGARET HELEN - age 75 of Clinton, COGDILL, ALMA - FOUTCH, JAMES L. - 61 of Knoxville, JOHNSON, NANCY - of Oak Ridge, KEENE, HENRIETTA "PENNY" - 94 of Oak Ridge, LUND, JOHN R. - age 88 PATTERSON, REV. RALPH EUGENE - age 79 of Knoxville, formerly of Rockwood, SEXTON, GLENNA STRUNK - age 90, of Helenwood, Tennessee, TAYLOR, EDITH (LIZ) - age 78 of Harriman, BLEDSOE, MARGARET HELEN - age 75 of Clinton, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at Methodist Medical Center. She was a member of Clinton First Baptist Church and was born February 19, 1929 in Monroe County, Tennessee. Preceded in death by: parents, Joseph Best & Ida Green Best; sisters, Jean Randolph and Dora Aileen Bledsoe; brothers, Buddy & Ralph Best. Survivors: husband of 37 years, Marc Reynolds of Clinton; sister, Dorothy Boatman of Dallas, TX; brothers, Raymond Best of Sweetwater, Bobby & wife Reba Best of Sweetwater; 3 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren. The family will receive friends 6:30-8:00 pm, Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home with funeral services following in the Chapel with Rev. Terry Baker officiating. Her burial will be 11:00 am, Thursday at Woodhaven Memorial Garden. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements. COGDILL, ALMA - died Thursday, February 10, 2005. She is survived by: her sister and several nieces, nephews and friends. Some family members were influenced as children in the 30's and 40's by seeing her read the Bible at night. Later in life, they were influenced by her stressing the need to study the Bible and understand it in the right way. Let each person who has been affected by her pause and ponder life. In order to do so and to fulfill her fervent desire to be buried by her beloved parents, there will be a gathering at the grave site on Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 3:00 in Jacksboro Cemetery, Jacksboro, Tennessee. East Tennessee Mortuary Service in charge of arrangements. FOUTCH, JAMES L. - 61 of Knoxville, passed away on Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Born on July 1, 1943, he was the son of James M. and the late Delia Foutch. His father, of Cookeville, Tennessee, survives him. Foutch served in the U.S. Army as an Information Specialist from 1963 to 1966, and went on to earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1969. He was a 1970 graduate of the University of Tennessee Law School. He joined the U.S. Department of Energy in 1973 as primary counsel to all Oak Ridge Operations programs and support organizations. He would later serve as the Assistant Manager for Defense Programs for the Fernald, Ohio Site Office and the Y-12 Site Office. Before retiring in 1995, Foutch would also serve as Deputy Chief Counsel for Litigation and Programs and Acting Chief Counsel. Upon retirement from DOE after years of exemplary service, Foutch joined Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) where he served as Vice President and General Counsel and Deputy Director of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. He is survived by: his loving wife, Doreen; daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Jason Wolfe of Knoxville; daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Matthews Smith of Knoxville; daughter Heidi Foutch, Knoxville; father and step-mother, James and Edna Foutch, Cookeville; step children, Greg and Amy Merritt, Kentucky; Laura and Arthur Wiseman, Michigan; and father-in-law James Daniel, Knoxville. His grandchildren are Benjamin, Abby and Eliza Wiseman of Michigan; and Sam Merritt of Kentucky. A memorial service will be held in Oak Ridge on Friday, Feb. 18th at Pollard Technology Conference Center on the ORAU Main Campus. The family will receive friends beginning at 3:30 p.m., and the memorial service will begin at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Boston University Medical Center, Amyloid Research Center, 715 Albany Street, K-5, Boston, MA 02118. Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Foutch family. www.clickfuneralhome.com. JOHNSON, NANCY - of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005. She was born Dec. 28, 1949 in North Carolina, and had lived in Oak Ridge since 1986. Nancy was a talented textile artist and professional costumer who designed and built classical tutus for multiple international ballet competitors. She also did excellent work in knitting and needlepoint. She is survived by: her mother, Nancy Alice Hendrix of Knoxville; her husband, Pete Johnson of Oak Ridge; her daughter, Nealy White; son-in-law, James White; grandson, Robert Thales White of Duvall, Washington; her daughter, Samantha Sara Brittany Hopkins; son-in-law, Edward Davis of Richmond, CA; daughters, Erica and Lauren Johnson and her son, Ryan Johnson of Oak Ridge; her sister, Betsy Turner and; her nephew, Chris Turner of Knoxville. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in memory of Nancy Johnson to North Carolina School of the Arts, or the NCSA Feral Cat Fund, both located at 1533 S. Main St., Winston- Salem, N.C., 27127 An online guest book may be signed at: www.weatherfordmortuary.com KEENE, HENRIETTA "PENNY" - 94 of Oak Ridge, died Saturday February 12, 2005 at NHC Health Care Center in Oak Ridge. Mrs. Keene, a Registered Nurse and Licensed X-Ray and Lab Technician, originally employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, began working at Y-12 in 1943, where she was Head of the X-Ray Department until her retirement in 1973. She was born in Macon, Georgia, on February 15, 1910, the daughter of Arabella Virgin and William Hubert Young. She was preceded in death by: her parents; sisters, Mary Hackney, Anne Rollen and Arabella Young; and her husband of 58 years, Oliver L. Keene. She is survived by: her sister, Carolyn Y. Zimmerman; and her special niece, Meredith Holt and her husband, Tom and their children, Kyra Schmitt and her husband, Nate, Jared and Travis Holt, all of Minnesota; other nieces and nephews, Peggy Brown and her husband, Harry of Athens, Georgia, Dean Barbieri of Lakeworth, Florida, Hubert Rollen and his wife, Anne of Clinton, Tennessee, William Rollen and his wife, Joyce of Powell, Tennessee, and James Rollen and his wife, Judy of North Carolina. A memorial service will be held at United Church, Chapel on the Hill where Mrs. Keene was a long time member. The service will be at 2:00 pm, Sunday, February 20, 2005. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, toll free number, 1-800-227-2345. Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online memorial guest book may be signed at: www.weatherfordmortuary.com. LUND, JOHN R. - age 88 passed away Monday February 14, 2005 at the NHC Healthcare in Oak Ridge. Funeral services will be held Wednesday February 16, 2005 3:30pm at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Oak Ridge with Father Michael Woods officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:30 until 3:30 at the Church. Online messages to the family may be left at: www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home in charge of arrangements PATTERSON, REV. RALPH EUGENE - age 79 of Knoxville, formerly of Rockwood, entered into Eternal Rest on Friday night, February 11, 2005 with family by his side. Rev. Patterson has pastored many churches in Cumberland, Roane, Loudon and Knox Counties. He was a member of the Pond Grove Baptist Church in Rockwood; a member of Rockwood Lodge #403 F&AM; and served the US Army Infantry in World War II. He was preceded in death by: his sons, Bobby and J.R. Patterson; his parents, Parker and Ella Patterson; his brother, Lawrence Patterson; and a sister, Brenda McKamey. Survivors include: wife of 58 years, Trula Clabough Patterson of Knoxville; daughters, Judy Patterson Fleeger of Knoxville, Ina Patterson Gilbert of Clinton; grandchildren, Wendy McCown of Suffolk, Virginia, Chasity Wiggs of Knoxville, Jason Gilbert of Clinton; great grandchildren, Elaine, Rachel, Becca, Emily, Victoria, Sydney, Dillon, Devin and Dalton; sisters, Otella Cliff, Knoxville, TN, Janice Cooper, Knoxville, TN, Sue Mays, Knoxville, TN. A Masonic service will be held Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 8:00 pm from the Chapel of Evans Mortuary. Funeral services will follow with Rev. Jerry Lester and Rev. Tim Shelton officiating. Graveside service and interment will be Thursday at 11:00 am from the Roane Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Evans Mortuary. Evans Mortuary of Rockwood is serving the family of Rev. Ralph Eugene Patterson. SEXTON, GLENNA STRUNK - age 90, of Helenwood, Tennessee, departed this life on Monday evening, February 14, 2005 at Scott County Hospital. Born on July 4, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Whitley Strunk and Etta Conaster Strunk. She was a member of New River Missionary Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her parents, Whitley Strunk and Etta Conaster Strunk; husband, Lindsay Sexton; sisters, Ola May, Alene and Christine; brothers, Tommy and Lonnie; son-in-law, Homer Jones and daughter-in-law, Jean Sexton. She is survived by six children, Billie Jean Jones, Bobby Joe Sexton and wife, Thelma, Edward Ray Sexton and wife, Thelma, Jerry Leamon Sexton and wife, Sarah (Sug), Linda Sue Davidson and husband, George, Donna Jeffers and husband, Kermit; one sister, Vina; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren and seven great-great- grandchildren; many other relatives and frends. The family will receive friends for visitation on Wednesday evening, February 16, 2005 from 6 until 8 p.m. in the chapel of West Murley Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at New River Missionary Baptist Church at 11 a.m. on Thursday morning, February 17, 2005 with Rev. Hertis Phillips, Rev. Kermit Phillips and Rev. James E. West officiating. Mrs. Sexton will lie in state at the church from 10 a.m. until time of funeral. Interment will be in Reed Cemetery. West Murley Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Glenna Strunk Sexton. TAYLOR, EDITH (LIZ) - age 78 of Harriman, passed away Tuesday February 15, 2005 at Roane Medical Center. Preceded in death by: parents, Reece & Dixie Easter; husband, Winston (Windy) Taylor; brothers, Paul Easter & Earl Easter. She was retired from TVA & was a long-time member of Trenton Street Baptist Church & the Faith Sunday School Class. Survivors: daughters, Wendy Taylor Flora & husband Chuck Flora of Harriman, Kim Taylor Dukes & husband Dr. Bob Dukes of Knoxville; sister, Sandra Hendrickson of Harriman; brother, Frank (Luke) Easter of Nashville; grandchildren, Drew Flora of Harriman, Brad Dukes of Knoxville, Peyton Dukes of Knoxville; several nieces & nephews including special niece Angela Fae Bunch of Kingston. Funeral 8:00 p.m. Friday at Kyker Funeral Home Chapel in Harriman with Rev Waylan Payne & Rev. Mason Goodman officiating. Private family interment in Roane Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Friday at Kyker Funeral Home in Harriman. www.kykerfuneralhome.com. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD

From the Oak Ridger 15 Feb 2005 Henrietta "Penny" Keene, 94, of Oak Ridge, John Rufus Lund, 88, of Oak Ridge, Henry H. McGhee Jr., 85, of the Dutch Valley community, Dorothy M. Skinner, a resident of Falmouth, Mass., formerly of Oak Ridge, Henrietta "Penny" Keene, 94, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge. She was born in Macon, Ga., on Feb. 15, 1910, the daughter of Arabella Virgin and William Hubert Young. Mrs. Keene, a registered nurse and licensed X-ray and lab technician originally employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, began working at the Y-12 Plant in 1943, where she was head of the X-ray department until her retirement in 1973. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Hackney, Anne Rollen and Arabella Young; and her husband of 58 years, Oliver L. Keene. She is survived by her sister, Carolyn Y. Zimmerman; her special niece, Meredith Holt and her husband, Tom, and their children, Kyra Schmitt and her husband, Nate, Jared and Travis Holt, all of Minn.; other nieces and nephews, Peggy Brown and her husband, Harry, of Athens, Ga., Dean Barbieri of Lakeworth, Fla., Hubert Rollen and his wife, Anne, of Clinton, William Rollen and his wife, Joyce, of Powell, and James Rollen and his wife, Judy, of North Carolina. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005, at United Church, Chapel on the Hill, where Mrs. Keene was a longtime member. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1-800-227-2345, 1599 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. An online memorial guest book may be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com. Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. John Rufus Lund, 88, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2005, at NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. A full obituary will be on the Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home Web site later today and an online register book is available at www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Henry H. McGhee Jr., 85, of the Dutch Valley community, died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Mr. McGhee enjoyed gardening and fishing. He was a member of the Dutch Valley Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry H. McGhee Sr. and Lenna Leach McGhee; his wife, Mary Ann McGhee; and a sister, Mary Lee Foster. He is survived by four children, two sons, Donald McGhee and Darrell McGhee and wife, Janice, of Clinton, and two daughters, Diane McGhee of Clinton and Mary McGhee of LaFollette; and one sister, Sue McGillis of Harriman; one granddaughter, Rochell Mari Hooks and husband, Samuel, of Clinton; and four great-grandchildren, Austin, Shawn, Kelse and Sammatha. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at Oliver Springs Mortuary with the Rev. Charles Northrup officiating. Burial will be at noon Thursday, Feb. 17, at Robbins Cemetery in Dutch Valley. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Oliver Springs Mortuary Dorothy M. Skinner, a resident of Falmouth, Mass., formerly of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Dorothy was born in Newton, Mass., and graduated from Watertown High School, where she was Best Girl Athlete. At Tufts University she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year and was on the women's basketball team and a member of the Marlins, an aquatic ballet group. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1952. For two years, she was assistant dean of admissions at Tufts. Because the dean was unwell, Dorothy, at age 23, was given the chief responsibility for admitting two classes to the school of arts and sciences. The following year she was admitted to the biology department at Harvard. Her doctorate work there introduced her to the biology of Crustacea, particularly crabs, which became the focus area for her research career. At the time when she entered the field of biology, the importance and the functions of DNA were just being recognized and analyzed by molecular biologists, and she embarked on postdoctoral training in these areas at Harvard, Yale and Brandeis. Her first independent position was in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at New York University Medical School, where she met her husband, John Cook, a mammalian physiologist. After their marriage, they went to the biology division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory where they worked in their respective fields until they retired more than 30 years later. At Oak Ridge, Mrs. Skinner introduced molecular approaches to the investigation of numerous crustacean species, identifying unusual properties of the DNA of these animals as well as demonstrating special characteristics of the DNA that make it susceptible to mutation. She developed new insights into regeneration of new limbs when the old ones were damaged or lost, and she devised new methods for triggering crustacean growth and studying their hormones. Many of her graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, 24 in all, now hold significant positions in academia or in research institutions. Her other professional activities included editorships on editorial boards of four scientific journals and membership on review panels for the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. She also was an officer in several scientific societies. Throughout her life she devoted a significant effort to promoting the equal treatment of women in science and was elected to the governing council of the Association for Women in Science. In 1993, she received a Scholar-Athlete Award from Tufts University, and in 1994, she was honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the Tufts Alumni Association. That same year she was also honored by the Crustacean Society with an award for Excellence in Research, the citation being for a "lifetime of investigative achievements and for mentoring new trainees in the field." She and her husband developed an interest in 20th century art and filled their home with a substantial collection of painting, prints and sculpture. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Marjorie Fralick of Belmont, Mass., and Joyce S. Hirtle of Lexington, Mass. A memorial service is being planned for a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Association for Women in Science, 1200 New York Avenue N.W., Suite 650, Washington, D.C., 20005. Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, in Falmouth, Mass., is in charge of the arrangements. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD

CRY OF SCAB CAUSES A RIOT AT COAL CREEK Small Boys Jeer at Non-Union Miners on their Arrival at Depot PISTOLS FREELY USED; FOUR PERSONS KILLED Two Miners, One Bystander and a Deputy Sheriff Slain The Officer Was Killed by a Guard He was Trying to Arrest for Taking Part in Plot Knoxville, Tenn., February 7 A bloody tragedy was enacted Sunday in the little mining town at Coal Creek, Tenn., 4O miles northwest of Knoxvllle, as the result of which four lives were muffed out and three persona wounded, one perhaps fatally. The clash was the culmination of trouble between union and non-union labor and the excitement which followed rivalled that when nearly two hundred lives were crushed out in an explosion in the Fraterville mine on May 19, 1902. Those Who Were Killed. Three of the dead men were killed by guards employed by the Coal Creek Coal Company, while the fourth victim, a deputy sheriff, was killed by a guard he had gone to arrest. The dead are MONROE BLACK., a miner, aged 24, married, leaves a wife. W. W. TAYLOR, miner, aged 31, leaves a wife and four children. JACOB SHARP, section hand, a bystander, aged 35, leaves a wife and six children. DEPUTY SHERIFF ROBERT HARMON, killed by Cal Burton, a guard at the mine. ceville mine. List of the Wounded. The wounded are: A. R. Watts, merchant at Coal Creek, an innocent bystander, shot through both cheeks. Mote Cox, miner, shot through left arm. Jeff Hoskins, engineer on the Southern railway, slightly wounded. When the wage scale was signed in district No. 19, United Mine Workers of America, the Coal Creek Coal Company refused to comply with the demands of the men. They refused to resume work in the Fratervllle and Thistle mines and for several months the two mines were shut down. Efforts were made to resume with non-union men, but these, who were in nearly every instance imported, were either induced to join the union or were chased away, presumably by union men. The aid of the courts was invoked to oust families of union miners from the houses owned by the coal company. Scores of arrests were made for trespass- ing on property of the company, and ill feeling was further engendered by actions in law. Recently a dozen guards in charge of Jud Reeder, who served as lieutenant of police in this city for many years, were employed to guard the mines and protect the men who had been induced to go to work. Non-union men were being brought to the mines every few days and Reeder and his guards would go to the railroad station and meet them, lest they fall into the hands of the union miners. Small Boys Caused the Shooting. Today the crowd of idlers around the station was increased. Reeder and twelve guards came from the mines to meet a few non-union men who were to arrive on the morning train. In less than two minutes after the train had arrived, three men were dead and one of the bloodiest tragedies in the history of the mining regions had been enacted. When the non-union men got off the train and were seen by a. number of small boys they began yelling "scab" and the killing grew out of this taunt. It is hard to tell what the provocation was, but the miners must have crowded up and attempted to take away the non-union men bodily or offered some direct insult to the guards. When excitement reached the boiling point, Reeder and Colton drew their pistols and began shooting. Reeder doing most of it. Miners and bystanders were taken by surprise and before they could realize what had happened, guards had climbed into their wagon and driven back to the mines. About 12 o'clock a dispute arose between Deputy Sheriff Bob Harmon and guard Cal Burton. Burton shot Harmon twice, killing him instantly. The three guards, Reeder, Bolton (not Colton) and Burton were placed under arrest by Sheriff Moore, of Anderson county, and taken overland to Clinton, the county seat. Later, for safekeeping, they were brought to this city, where they are being guarded tonight; none of them having been put in jail. The guards claim that they were forced to shoot and had sufficient provocation. Sheriff Moore has asked for troops, in view of resultant excitement, and Governor Frazier has wired Lieutenant Governor Spence of the Second Batallion of the Third Regiment, Knoxville, to have his men in readines to go to the scene. All the guards are away from the mines at Coal Creek tonight, leaving the non-union men and their families unprotected in case an attack should be made on them. Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 8, 1904