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