Thank you!!! This is really great information. I think my parents bought my farm from Thomas Sanders Stem. I'll have to look that up though. Arline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Mendez" <MMendez930@comcast.net> To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Julia A (Haynes) Crick > Thomas Sanders Stem was the Deacon at Kingdom Church. > ___________________ > > Shelbyville Gazette - Thursday, March 7, 1946 - page 4 > > Funeral Services For Thomas S. Stem > > Funeral services for Thomas Sanders Stem, 82, who died at the home of his > daughter, Mrs. R.T. Little, at Eagleville Sunday night after a long > illness, > were conducted at the Kingdom Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Bedford > County Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. > > The Revs. Virgil Todd, B.D. Smith and Cleve Bradford officiated and burial > was in the Cawthron Cemt. > > A son of the late James and Polly Smotherman Stem, he was a native of > Rutherford County, but lived many years in the 10th District of Bedford > Where he was a deacon in the Kingdom Church. In recent years he had made > his home at Eagleville. > > Surviving are six daughter, Mrs. (Lizzie) Little, Mrs. William (Addie) > Potts > of Unionville, Mrs. Charlie (Ola) Lamb of Lewisburg and Mrs. Tom (Mary) > Turner, Mrs. Cooper (Ella) Cook and Mrs. Luther Webb, all of Shelbyville; > two son, W.H. Stem of El Monte, Calif and H.A. Stem of Lewisburg; a > brother, > R.H. Stem of Rover. > ________________________________________________________ > > 1900 Bedford County TN Census > > Thomas Stem M W age April 1864 age 36 Married 13 years > Talitha Stem FW (wife) Feb 1868 age 32 Married 13 years (7C - 7A) > Lizzie Stem June 1887 age 12 > Robert Stem Dec 1888 age 11 (Thomas Robert Stem died in 1918) > Addie Stem (daug) Feb 1891 age 9 > Odie Stem (daug) July 1893 age 6 > Willie Stem (daug) Oct 1895 age 4 > Walter Stem (son) Dec 1897 age 2 > Mary L. Stem (daug) Nov 1899 age 6/12 > > _______________________________ > > > Mrs Ella's grandson Mark Cook married Debbie Luther Stone Carter.... She > is > (really was) my sister in law (We were married to brothers 19 years ago). > Mark and Debbie got married in 2006 (off the top of my head). Debbie's > husband Charles Raymond Carter died of cancer at the age of 41? (almost > 42) > and left her with 3 children to raise. Mark and Debbie live in the old > Cook > house. They built on to it... Debbie has the flair to really decorate. > This old house is really a show place now. Hugh kitchen, with a double > refridgerator (Debbie likes to cook <grin>). When Marks grandmother > passed > away, I realized my sister in law became my cousin.... We decided Mark > would > just have to become my brother in law.... We really confuse people with > "just how kin are you". > > __________________ > > Nashville Banner, July 6, 2004 > > > Charles R. (Charlie) CARTER > > July 3, 2004 > Unionville, TN > July 3, 2004. Survived by wife, Debbie Luther Carter, Unionville; > children, > Ross Stone, Nashville, Eric Carter, Ryan Carter and Erin Carter all of > Unionville; mother, Lena Johnson, Nashville; brothers and sisters, Jack > Carter, Rockvale, TN, Landon Carter, Nashville; Eunice Smith, Richard > Carter, Jr., and Wayne Carter all of Unionville and Mary James, Ashland > City, TN. Visitation at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, 451 Manier > Rd., > Unionville, TN Thursday from 4 until 9, and where Memorial Services will > be > held Friday at 1 p.m. by Dr. Charles Worrell In lieu of flowers, memorials > may be made to the Charles Carter Children's Fund c/o First Farmers and > Merchants Bank, Chapel Hill Branch or Community High School Athletic Dept. > EASTLAND FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE (615) 227-9558. > > > > Later, > Marty > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "arline" <asudberry@worldnet.att.net> > To: <tnbedfor@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: [TNBEDFOR] Julia A (Haynes) Crick > > >> Marty, >> Are you saying here that James Stem was a Deacon at Kingdom, or that >> Thomas >> Sanders Stem was the Deacon? >> >> I know Thomas Sanders Stem was a Deacon, but haven't heard about James. >> Our >> records prior to 1962 are lost, and we have tried to piece together as >> much >> history as much history as we could. Mrs. Ella Cook provided a lot of >> information before she died. >> >> Also, if you happen to run across anything about the Kingdom Church in >> your >> research, please let me know. With the old obits that we stumble across, >> we >> have pieced together a list of some of the members from years ago. >> >> Thanks for all you do!!!!! >> >> Arline >> >>>> >>>> (Thomas Sanders Stem obit listed the children as; >>> >>>> Parents; Polly Smotherman Stem and James Stem. Deacon in the >>> Kingdom >>>> Church. >>>> 6 daughters; Mrs. R. T. Little, Mrs. >>> William Potts of Unionville, Mrs. >>>> Charlie Lamb of Lewisburg and >>> Mrs. Tom Turner, Mrs. Cooper Cook and Mrs. >>>> Luther Webb all of >>> Shelbyville. 2 sons; W. H. Stem of El Monte Calif., and >>>> H. A. >>> Stem of Lewisburg. Brother; R. H. Stem of Rover. Buried at Cawthron >>>> Cemetery. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNBEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >