I sure do envy you all. I love the snow when I don't have to get out on the road. Of course we don't get it very often and when we do it melts right after it falls. We haven't got any this year at all. Our snow melts and then freezes in ice on the roads at night. Rae Davis-Smith -------Original Message------- From: TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, January 09, 2004 15:32:20 To: TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Snow Rae Don't know what Scott Co. got, but down here in the south-western part of Morgan County, we got about 2 inches! Sure is pretty! Julie Rae Davis-Smith wrote: >I hear that Scott County has 3 inches of snow and is expecting more. Have >fun and make some snow cream for the kids. > >Rae Davis-Smith > > >==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== >Rae Davis-Smith >List Administrator >raedavissm@hotmail.com > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== Rae Davis-Smith List Administrator raedavissm@hotmail.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I havent made any snow cream yet this year, but I will say I tried that Snow Cream Desert from Mayfield and it does taste like the real thing. Maybe they'll keep it around a while, Snow Cream in June would be awesome. When I lived in Michigan, my friends up there thought I had lost my mind, they didnt know what Snow Cream was..... must be a "southern thing". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Cromwell" <janncromwell@highland.net> To: <TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Snow > Rae > Don't know what Scott Co. got, but down here in the south-western part > of Morgan County, we got about 2 inches! Sure is pretty! > Julie > > Rae Davis-Smith wrote: > > >I hear that Scott County has 3 inches of snow and is expecting more. Have > >fun and make some snow cream for the kids. > > > >Rae Davis-Smith > > > > > >==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== > >Rae Davis-Smith > >List Administrator > >raedavissm@hotmail.com > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== > Rae Davis-Smith > List Administrator > raedavissm@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Rae Don't know what Scott Co. got, but down here in the south-western part of Morgan County, we got about 2 inches! Sure is pretty! Julie Rae Davis-Smith wrote: >I hear that Scott County has 3 inches of snow and is expecting more. Have >fun and make some snow cream for the kids. > >Rae Davis-Smith > > >==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== >Rae Davis-Smith >List Administrator >raedavissm@hotmail.com > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >

I sure wish I was there. My granddaughter wants me to bring her up there for a look at the snow. She gave me a quarter for gas and wants to leave tonight. My mother was born and raised in Elk Valley. I have heard her talk about LIck Fork a lot She used to go to church at Jakes Branch when we were up there visiting. These names bring back a lot of memories for me. I think you and I are related since my grandmother was a Lay and was from Elk Valley. Thanks Gerald. Rae Davis-Smith -------Original Message------- From: TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:45:50 To: TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Snow Hello Rae, We have about 3 inches here in Lick Fork, ( a suburb of Elk Valley ). Jakes Branch/Straight Fork reportedly has 5 inches? MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! Gerald Lay Founding Member: 1995 Lay Family Genealogical Association www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8896 ------------------------------------------ Founding Member: 1989 Campbell County ( TN ) Historical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rae Davis-Smith" <raedavissm@hotmail.com> To: <TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [TNSCOTT] Snow > I hear that Scott County has 3 inches of snow and is expecting more. Have > fun and make some snow cream for the kids. > > Rae Davis-Smith > > > ==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== > Rae Davis-Smith > List Administrator > raedavissm@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== Rae Davis-Smith List Administrator raedavissm@hotmail.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello Rae, We have about 3 inches here in Lick Fork, ( a suburb of Elk Valley ). Jakes Branch/Straight Fork reportedly has 5 inches? MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! Gerald Lay Founding Member: 1995 Lay Family Genealogical Association www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8896 ------------------------------------------ Founding Member: 1989 Campbell County ( TN ) Historical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rae Davis-Smith" <raedavissm@hotmail.com> To: <TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [TNSCOTT] Snow > I hear that Scott County has 3 inches of snow and is expecting more. Have > fun and make some snow cream for the kids. > > Rae Davis-Smith > > > ==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== > Rae Davis-Smith > List Administrator > raedavissm@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

>From The Knoxville News Sentinel 9 Jan 2004 MILEN, FRANKLIN LEE - age 73, of Clinton, WEBSTER, EUNICE E. - 80, of Oak Ridge //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// MILEN, FRANKLIN LEE - age 73, of Clinton, passed away at Methodist Medical Center, Wednesday, January 7, 2004. Mr. Milen was Retired from Martin Marietta, where he worked as a Chief Store Clerk. Preceded in death by: father, Acie Milen and mother, Ollie Linderman Milen Survivors: wife, Sarah D. Milen of Clinton; son, Frank and wife Donna Milen of Clinton, Gary and wife Rhonda Milen of Clinton, Terry and wife Tammy Milen of Heiskell; 8 grandchildren, Frankie, Shawvon, Jeremy, Patti, Audrey, Adam, Kayla and Austin Milen; 5 great grandchildren, Franklin, Erica, Zackary, Taylor and Tyler; sisters, Elnora and husband Dale Reed of Baltimore, Maryland, Dorothy Ellen and husband Ronald Owens of Kingsport, Tennessee; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends Friday January 9, 2004 from 5-7. The Funeral will follow at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home Chapel in Clinton. Graveside services Saturday January 10, 2004 at 2:00pm Anderson Memorial Gardens. with Rev. Ben Peak officiating. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton in charge of all arrangements. WEBSTER, EUNICE E. - 80, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday January 5, 2004 at the University of Tennessee Hospital. She was born September 27, 1923 in Morgan County, TN to the late Paris G. and Myrtle Hill Webster. Ms. Webster was a retired librarian at Oak Ridge National Laboratory retiring in 1988. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge, where she was very active. She enjoyed traveling, various sports, sewing and reading. She attended college at the University of Tennessee. Besides her parents she was also preceded in death by: her brothers, Warren R. Webster and Roy Eugene Webster; a sister, Dorothy Webster Muller. She is survived by: two sisters and their husbands; Patricia and Edward Cunningham of Mexia, TX, Ann and Leigh Charamella of East Lansing, MI: and by four brothers, James G. Webster of Knoxville, John K. Webster of Hamilton, OH, William F. Webster and wife Barbara of Knoxville and Ronald A. Webster and wife Diane of Knoxville. Numerous nieces and nephews and other family and friends. Funeral services will be Friday January 9, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Martin officiating. Interment will follow at the Davis Cemetery in Coalfield. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon to 1:00 at the funeral home. Friends may also call at their convenience any time after 9:00 a.m. at the funeral home Friday. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of 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

I hear that Scott County has 3 inches of snow and is expecting more. Have fun and make some snow cream for the kids. Rae Davis-Smith

>From The Oak ridger 8 Jan 2004 Luzell Lipscomb Slaughter, 77, of Oak Ridge, Eunice E. Webster, 80, of Oak Ridge, Bertha Marie Sampsel, 75, of Oliver Springs, Burnette M. Hegenderfer Nicol, 84, of Marysville, Ohio, The Rev. Moultrie H. McIntosh, 70, of Lexington, Ky., Samuel W. Hester, 61, of Harriman, Joe Edward Coleman, 70, Barbara Deshona Brice-Brown, 29, of Maryland, Evelyn Murrin, 82, of Oak Ridge, John Thomas Stevenson, 42, of Oak Ridge \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Luzell Lipscomb Slaughter, 77, of Oak Ridge, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at Medical Center East in Birmingham, Ala. Born Nov. 29, 1926, in Birmingham, she was the daughter of Grady Lee and Delma Hubbert Lipscomb. She was a homemaker and member of Glenwood Baptist Church. She was a former member of the Order of Eastern Star, Chapter No. 756. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Anthony Slaughter, on May 11, 1991. Mrs. Slaughter is survived by her daughter, Jodie Nazaroff and husband, Michael, of Clovis, Calif., currently living in Kenya, Africa; her sister, Mozette Laney, of Birmingham; her grandson, Christopher Michael Nazaroff, of Burbank, Calif.; and by several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at noon Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary with Jodie Slaughter Nazaroff officiating. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to the Michael W. Nazaroff Ministries, , P.O. Box 413, Clovis, CA 93613, or 130 Lancaster Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Donations will be used toward the establishment of a medical center in Africa. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the mortuary. Eunice E. Webster, 80, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Born Sept. 27, 1923, in Morgan County, she was the daughter of Paris G. and Myrtle Hill Webster. Ms. Webster was a librarian at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and retired in 1988. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, where her family said she was very active. She attended the University of Tennessee. Her family said she enjoyed traveling, various sports, sewing and reading. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Warren R. Webster and Roy Eugene Webster, and by a sister, Dorothy Webster Muller. Ms. Webster is survived by two sisters, Patricia Cunningham and husband, Edward, of Mexia, Texas, and Ann Charamella and husband, Leigh, of East Lansing, Mich.; four brothers, James G. Webster, William F. Webster and wife, Barbara, and Ronald A. Webster and wife, Diane, all of Knoxville, and John K. Webster of Hamilton, Ohio; and by several nieces, nephews, family and friends. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Davis Cemetery on Route 1 in Oliver Springs. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may call at their convenience any time after 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Bertha Marie Sampsel, 75, of Oliver Springs, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. Born Aug. 2, 1928, in Harlan, Ky., she was the daughter of Isham and Minnie Metcalf Noe. She and her family moved to Tennessee in 1931. She has been a resident of the area since that time. She was homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Sampsel; a sister, Ellen Butler; and by six brothers, E. C. Noe, Robert Noe, Berrie Noe, Dewey Noe, Oscar Noe and Bill Noe. Mrs. Sampsel is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Childs, of Clinton; three sons, Stanley L. Sampsel and wife, Susan, of Oak Ridge, Gary E. Sampsel and wife, Judith, and Dale H. Sampsel, all of Oliver Springs; seven grandchildren, Tammy, Sherrie, Richard, Suzanne, Jamie, Kevin and Emily; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Dora Gouge, of Oliver Springs; two brothers, David Noe and wife, Ann, of Oliver Springs, and Jim Noe and wife, Cora, of Crossville; and by several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Jerry Noe officiating. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Oliver Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burnette M. Hegenderfer Nicol, 84, of Marysville, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at Heartland of Marysville. Born July 26, 1919, in Darby Township, Ohio, she was the daughter of Eric and Eva Ruhl Hegenderfer. A homemaker, she retired from the Scott Co. in 1982 as an office and accounting clerk. She was a member of First English Lutheran Church, where she participated in the morning Bible study and was a member of Women of the ELCA. A former, longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church, she was involved in various womens' activities and helped with food preparation for the church school. >From 1938 to 1947, she worked at Nestles as a payroll clerk. According to her family, she was known for her good cooking, especially Christmas cookies, rhubarb pie, potato salad and deviled eggs. Her family said she loved to read and travel. She was baptized Aug. 10, 1919, at St. John's Lutheran Church by the Rev. Kuechle and was confirmed Palm Sunday, April 9, 1933, at Trinity Lutheran Church by the Rev. E.J. Goedeking. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert J. Nicol, in 1959; her first husband, Richard Elsbree, who was killed in action in Okinawa, in 1945; an infant son, Herbert; four sisters, Florence Geer, Tessa Parr, Elsie Van Hoose and Irene Hegenderfer; and by two brothers, Floyd Hegenderfer and Gilbert Hegenderfer. Mrs. Nicol is survived by a daughter, Dorothy L. Nicol, of Marysville; two sons, Michael Nicol and wife, Diane, of Oak Ridge, and Daniel Nicol and wife, Diane, of Louisville, Ohio; four granddaughters, Monica Nicol, Mandi Nicol, Danielle Nicol and Carly Nicol; a brother-in-law, Kermit Nicol, of Marysville; and by several nieces, nephews and other relatives. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, at First English Lutheran Church in Marysville with the Rev. Carl A. Roepcke officiating. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Marysville. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to First English Lutheran Church building fund, c/o Underwood Funeral Home, 703 E. 5th St., Marysville, OH 43040 The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Underwood Funeral Home in Marysville, Ohio. The Rev. Moultrie H. McIntosh, 70, of Lexington, Ky., died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, in Lexington, Ky. He was rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church from 1957 to 1967. He is survived by three children, John M. McIntosh and David C. McIntosh, both of Lexington, and Margaret E. McIntosh of Reno, Nev.; five grandchildren of Lexington; and by his former wife, Helen Churchill Wigginton McClure, of Lexington. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to Christ Church Cathedral Garden Fund, 166 Market St., Lexington, KY 40507. W.R. Milward Mortuary-Broadway is in charge of arrangements. Samuel W. Hester, 61, of Harriman, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at his home. Born Aug. 11, 1942, in Harriman, he was the son of Otis Zirkle Hester and Della Diane Love Hester, both now deceased. He was a lifelong resident of Roane County. He was a truck driver employed by Jeff Cobb Trucking. He previously worked at Clyde Wilson Trucking. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Girviel Hester. Mr. Hester is survived by his son, Terry Joe Hester, of Harriman; his stepson, Michael Schuiten and wife, Cynthia, of Harriman; his granddaughter, Samantha Sarah Hester; his stepgrandson, David Schuiten; a brother, Tommy Hester and wife, Dorothy, of Georgia; and by three sisters, Wilma Jones of Roseville, Mich., Mattie Stringfield of Harriman, and Mary Helen Becker of Michigan. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m.. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, at Poplar Springs Cemetery in Kingston with the Rev. Randy Maxwell officiating. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements. Joe Edward Coleman, 70, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, in Georgia. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church in Clinton for over 40 years and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was retired from Martin Marietta at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant with 40 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Coleman, and by his parents, William and Pearl Evans Coleman. Mr. Coleman is survived by two daughters, Jeanie Nowicki and husband, Greg, of Dunwoody, Ga., and Debbie Christian and Darin of Kingsport; three grandchildren, Heather Christian, Evan Nowicki and Kate Nowicki; three sisters, Helen Kilpatrick of Phoenix, Ariz., and Betty Willoughby and Jean Page, both of Durham, N.C.; his brother, Tom "Bud" Coleman of Hollywood, Fla.; and by several nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with the Rev. Don Jordan officiating. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at Anderson Memorial Gardens on the Oliver Springs Highway in Clinton with the Rev. Don Dunn officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Barbara Deshona Brice-Brown, 29, of Maryland, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. Evelyn Murrin, 82, of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2003, at Briarcliff Health Care Center. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. John Thomas Stevenson, 42, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at his home. 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These were all in the newspaper dated 31 December 2003. CHC ----- Original Message ----- From: <NealByrge@aol.com> To: <TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: [TNSCOTT] Obits From The LaFollette Press > These obits were posted by the LaFollette press, I have no idea of the date > of publication. > > >From The LaFollette Press. > > John Robert Ayers, age 41, of LaFollette > Juliana Beach, age 71, of Lake City > Jessie Lee Bowman, > Cordella Carroll Brown, age 90, of Ligas Fork, > Joe E. Carden age 65 of Jacksboro > David L. Chitwood, age 57, of Jellico > Mack McCoy Edwards, age 60, of Speedwell > Vernon Gambrel, age 79 of LaFollette, > Charles Henry Heckler, age 57, of Jacksboro, > Cindy Louise Henderson, age 43, of Jellico > James "Jim" C. Kesterson, age 79, of LaFollette > Naomi Ausmus King, age 88, of Harrogate > Arnold F. Lawson, age 84, of LaFollette, > Fannie F. Thompson Lewallen, age 84 of LaFollette > Thelma Wilson Llewellyn, age 87, of Jellico > Samuel "Sam" Marlow, Jr., age 61, of Russell Springs, Ky > Eugene McIntosh, age 61, of LaFollette, > Luther Dewey (L.D.) McGhee, age 67, of Pioneer > Johnnie Dan Meredith, age 54, of Elk Valley, > Pearl Kidwell Sharp, age 77, of Mt. Washington, Oh, formerly of the Stinking > Creek Community, > Willa Dean Simms, age 76, of Eagan, > Teddy Gene Walker, age 41, of Jacksboro > Pauline Witt, age 66, of LaFollette > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > John Robert Ayers, age 41, of LaFollette died Dec. 26 at Baptist Hospital in > Knoxville. He was a member of the LaFollette Church of God, a graduate of > L.M.U. where he belonged to Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He was President of Ayers > Motors in LaFollette. > Preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Lassie Ayers and Robert > McCreary. > > Survivors include his son Justin Ross Ayers, Pigeon Forge; daughters, Jessica > Ayers and Katie Ayers, Gulfport, Ms; parents, R.L. and Helen Ayers, > Jacksboro; grandmother, Mrs. Robert McCreary, LaFollette; sisters, Angela Ayers > Greeson, Cleveland and Joye Ayers Smith, Jacksboro; niece, Micheala Smith; nephew, > Noah Smith. > > Funeral services were Dec. 29 at the LaFollette Church of God with Rev. > Norman Stallings and Rev. Tony McAfee officiating. Interment in Campbell Memorial > Gardens. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > Juliana Beach, age 71, of Lake City died Dec. 20. She was born Nov. 7, 1932 > in Anderson County, Tn. She was a member of Indian Bluff Baptist Church. She > was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved reading, > canning and working in her flowers. > > Preceded in death by her father, Jim Tucker; brothers, Denver, Leon and > Marshall Tucker. > > Survivors include her daughter, Julia Beach, Clinton; sons, Danny Beach, > Memphis, Chuck Beach, Andersonville, Danny Sparks, Clinton, son and > daughter-in-law, David and Joy Beach, Lake City; mother, Lola Beach, Briceville; brother and > sister-in-law, Ned and Myrtle Tucker, Oh; sister, Helen Barr, Co.; six > grandchildren and three great grandchildren. > > Funeral services were Dec. 22 at Hatmaker Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Potter > officiating. Interment in Leach Cemetery. Hatmaker Funeral Home was in charge > of the arrangements. > > Jessie Lee Bowman, born July 7, 1914, died Dec. 22. > Preceded in death by her father and mother; sister, Myrtle Romines; brothers, > Frank and Bill Bowman; nephews, Homer Romines, Wayne Romines, Bobby Bowman > and Everett Bowman. > > Survivors include several nieces and nephews; one special great-nephew, Eddie > Romines; very special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Flatt; loyal friend for > many years, Karen Violetich; a host of other friends and relatives. > > Funeral services were Dec. 27 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home > with Rev. Audie Murray and Rev. Derick Hembree officiating. Interment in > Bakersforge Cemetery. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > Cordella Carroll Brown, age 90, of Ligas Fork, died Dec. 25 at St. Mary's > Residential Hospice in Halls. She was born July 5, 1913 in Anderson County, Tn. > She was a member of Grave Hill Baptist Church for seventy seven years. > > Preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Brown; daughters, Unavee, > Pauline and Ina Lou Brown; sister, Winfrey Lively; brothers, Jimmy Carroll and > Dewey Kennedy. > > Survivors include her sons, Don H. Brown, Knoxville, Jay and wife Grace > Brown, Walland; daughters, Alavene and husband, Bob Templin, Lake City, with whom > she made her home, Angie and husband, Jim Morales, Cross Jct, Va; > grandchildren, Larry Brown, Timmy Byrge, Jimmy Byrge, Cindy Sellers, Tammy Phillips, Debby > Bergeron, Jason Byrge, Jamey Byrge, Boyce Templin, Kasey Templin, Greg > Templin, Scott Templin, Brad Templin, Amy Templin, Bethany Brown, Chris Stitt, Rick > Stitt, and Douglas Stitt; twenty nine great grandchildren; two great great > grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews. > > Funeral services were Dec. 28 at Grave Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Delbert > Roberts, Rev. Brian Courtney and grandson Jimmy Byrge officiating. Interment > in Grave Hill Cemetery. Hatmaker Funeral Home was in charge of the > arrangements. > > Joe E. Carden age 65 of Jacksboro passed away Saturday December 27, 2003 at > St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County.He was a member of Cedar Hill > Baptist Church. Joe was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed > spending time with his family and friends. > > Joe was preceded in death by parents: Arthur and Fannie Seibers Carden, > sister, Lucy Carden. > > Joe is survived by wife, Claudia Carden, son, Clyde Brown and daughter, > Michell Marian all of Jacksboro; granddaughters, Ashley and Aleiha James. brothers, > James Asbury of Dayton Ohio, and Arthur Carden, Jr. of LaFollette. sisters > and brother-in-law, Mary Dow of Knoxville and Rosalee and Don Asbury of Heskiel. > And a host of other relatives and friends. > > Funeral services will be 2PM Wednesday December 31, 2003 in the chapel of > Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Arnold and Rev. Ronnie Freeman > officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. > > Martin Wilson Funeral Home of LaFollette was in charge of arrangements. > > David L. Chitwood, age 57, of Jellico died Dec. 23 at his home. He was a > member of the First Baptist Church of Jellico and was employed by the Campbell > County Board of Education. > > Preceded in death by his grandparents, Daniel and Isabell Taylor. > > Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane Chitwood, Jellico; daughter, Roxanna > Chitwood, Jellico; son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Holly Chitwood, > Lexington, Ky; mother, Alice Chitwood, Jellico; sister and brother-in-law, Carolyn > and Bob Herron, Norwood, Oh; aunt, Flossie Jones, Jellico; several nieces and > nephews, cousins and many friends. > > Funeral services were Dec. 26 at the First Baptist Church in Jellico with > Rev. Trent Stewart and Rev. Jerome Walden officiating. Interment was in the > Jellico Cemetery. Llewellyn Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > > Mack McCoy Edwards, age 60, of Speedwell died Dec. 23 at Sunbridge Care and > Rehabilitation. He was of the Baptist faith. > > Preceded in death by his parents, Tilmon and Elsie (Berry) Edwards; brothers, > Kenneth Lee, John Henry and Hugh Hodge Edwards. > > Survivors include his brothers, James Ralph Edwards, Knoxville and Tom > Edwards, Knoxville; sister, Ada Cupp, LaFollette. > > Funeral services were Dec. 26 at Cross Funeral Home with Rev. Darrell Edwards > officiating. Interment was in Clawson Cemetery. Cross Funeral Home was in > charge of the arrangements. > > > Vernon Gambrel, age 79 of LaFollette, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2003 > at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville. He was a member at the Glade Springs Baptist > Church. Vernon was a U.S. army veteran. He was a loving and caring brother and > uncle, who enjoyed his family very much. He also loved his late wife Opal, > pastor, and church and especially loved the lord. > > He is preceded in death by, wife Opal Young Gambrel, parents, McKinley and > Pearl Inman Gambrel. sister Lorain Guthrie and Della Peace. > > Mr. Gambrel is survived by special niece, Barbara Jean Blanton of LaFollette, > sisters, Micki Smith of Knoxville and Phenton Thomas of Kenvin, KY. Several > nieces and nephews and host of other relatives and friends. > > Funeral services were Tuesday, December 30 in the chapel of Martin Wilson > Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Watts and Rev. Don Reynolds officiating. > > Interment followed in Woodlawn Cemetery with full military honors by the > Campbell County Honor Guard. > > Martin Wilson Funeral Home of LaFollette was in charge of the arrangements. > > Charles Henry Heckler, age 57, of Jacksboro, died Dec. 22 at St. Mary's > Hospital in Knoxville. > > Survivors include his wife, Marsha Goldstein Heckler; step-daughter, Martha > Gloria Seals, both of Jacksboro; brother, Dave Heckler; sister, Bonnie. > > Graveside services were Dec. 26 at Turley Cemetery. Cross Funeral Home was in > charge of the arrangements. > > > Cindy Louise Henderson, age 43, of Jellico died Dec. 27 at U.T. Medical > Center, Knoxville. > > Survivors include her husband, Rocky Henderson, Pioneer; daughter, Minnda > Cox, Fairborne, Oh; step-son, Nathan Troy Henderson, Newcomb; grandchild, Georgia > Cox, Fairborne, Oh; father, James Cheek, Hardinburg, In; brothers, James > Cheek, Tellico Plains, Kenneth Cheek, Jellico, Claude Cheek, New Tazewell, Eddie > Cheek, Tazewell, Marvin Cheek, New Tazewell; sisters, Janie Winkler, Tazewell, > Kathy Bills, Jellico, Evonne Farmer, Tellico Plains; a host of other friends > and relatives. > > Funeral services were Dec. 30 at Harp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sam > Walden officiating. Interment was in Newcomb Cemetery. Harp Funeral Home was in > charge of the arrangements. > > > James "Jim" C. Kesterson, age 79, of 207 Pleasant Ridge Road, LaFollette died > Dec. 29 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a loving father, > grandfather, great-grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family and > friends. > > Preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Goins Kesterson; son, Jimmy Kesterson; > parents, Raymond and Ora Bailey Kesterson. > > Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Lisa Kesterson, > Jacksboro; daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and J.R. Marcum, Lawrenceville, Ga, > Connie and Eddie Jackson, Knoxville, Tammy and Benny Thomas, LaFollette, Donna > Kesterson and friend, Rico Caiata, LaFollette; eight grandchildren, 5 > great-grandchildren; brothers, J.C. Kesterson, Jacksboro, Alvin Kesterson, Knoxville; > sisters, Ruth Stittums, LaFollette, Alma Coker, Knoxville, Judy Bolton, > Jacksboro, Joyce Futrell, Spring Hill, Fl; several nieces and nephews and host of > other relatives and friends. > > Funeral services are tonight (Dec.31) at 8 p.m. Martin Wilson Funeral Home > Chapel with Rev. Andrew Ayers officiating. Interment will be at 11a.m. in > Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight > (Dec.31). Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > > Naomi Ausmus King, age 88, of Harrogate died Dec. 20 at Tri State > Comprehensive Care Center in Harrogate. She was born June 9, 1915 in Speedwell, Tn, the > daughter of Milton and Magalene Pierce Ausmus. She was a devoted Christian and > member of First Baptist Church, Harrogate. She married James C. King, Feb. 6, > 1936. She was a 1934 graduate of Jellico High School, and a dedicated > homemaker. She will be greatly missed by all of her family. > > Preceded in death by her husband, James C. King; sons, Charles and Joseph. > > Survivors include her sons, J. David King, Kettering, Oh, Hugh King, Phoenix, > Az, Rev. Arnold King, Shelbyville, Tn; step-son, Jim Mathis, Ringgold, Ga; > daughters, Bonnie King Overton, Indianapolis, In, Joann King Parker, > Middlesboro, Ky, Mary King Hatfield, Clairfield; twenty grandchildren, twenty five great > grandchildren, two great great grandsons; sisters, Lucy Ausmus Parker, Jamesto > wn and Jayne Ausmus Perrin, Rutledge. > > Funeral services were Dec. 22 at Cross Funeral Home with her son Rev. Arnold > King and Rev. Jeff Greene officiating. Music was provided by her > granddaughter, Veda Overton Hicks. Interment was in the Pierce Cemetery in Speedwell. Cross > Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > > Arnold F. Lawson, age 84, of LaFollette, died Dec. 25 at U.T. Medical Center, > Knoxville. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army > veteran of WWII and was retired from General Motors after 32 years of employment. > > Preceded in death by his parents Albert and Eva (Murphy) Lawson, brother, > Randall Lawson; sister, Ann Wilson. > > Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Wanda Welch Lawson, LaFollette; > daughter and son-in-law, Gail (Lawson) and James Geeding, Dayton, Oh; grandson, > Shay Allan Geeding and Christian Michael Geeding; brother, Billy Lawson, Ind.; > sister, Vada Sharp, Tx. > > Funeral services were Dec. 27 at Cross Chapel with Rev. Bill Raines > officiating. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the > arrangements. > > > Fannie F. Thompson Lewallen, age 84 of LaFollette passed away Monday, > December 22, 2003 at the St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. Mrs. Lewallen > loved sewing and gardening. > > She was preceded in death by husbands, Gene Shown and Ed Lewallen; children, > Georgia Ann White and Leonard Carroll; parents, A.B. and Janie Price Thompson; > brothers, Edward and Charlie Thompson; sisters, Lilla Mae Siler and Nellie > Bunch. > > Mrs. Lewallen is survived by sisters, Irene Madison Hayes and Loretta Walker > both of Jacksboro; special niece, Betty Dillon of LaFollette; several more > nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. > > Funeral Services were Friday December 26 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson > Funeral Home with Rev. Pat Ayers officiating. Interment was in Campbell Memorial > Gardens. > > Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of these arrangements. > > > Thelma Wilson Llewellyn, age 87, of Jellico died Dec. 25. She was the former > co-owner of Llewellyn Furniture Co. and Funeral Home. > > Preceded in death by her husband, Morgan Smith Llewellyn; sisters, Christine > Adkins, Elizabeth Creekmore. > > Survivors include her daughters, Joanne Watts, Phyllis and husband, Lenwood > Lay, Jellico; grandchildren, Phillip Watts, Morgan Lay, Lenwood Jr., and wife > Rebecca Lay, Elk Valley, Karen and husband, Charles Anders, Corbin, Ky; > great-grandchildren, Melissa and Justin Watts, Joshua and Noah Lay; sister, Lillian > Archer, Knoxville; brother, T.J. Wilson and wife Billie Jean, Oak Ridge, George > Wilson and wife Jennie, Clinton; brother-in-law, Jerry R. Llewellyn and wife > Mary Ruth; sister-in-law, Eleanor Llewellyn, Jellico; brother-in-law, Harold > Downey, Winter Haven, Fl; several nieces and nephews. > > Funeral services were Dec. 27 at the Llewellyn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. > Mahan Archer and Rev. Trent Stewart officiating. Interment was in the Jellico > Cemetery. Pallbearers were Phillip Watts, Len Lay, Morgan Lay, Justin Watts, > Dick Creekmore, Jr., Mike Ward, and Chuck Ander. Llewellyn Funeral Home was in > charge of the arrangements. > > > > Samuel "Sam" Marlow, Jr., age 61, of Russell Springs, Ky died Dec. 25 at his > home. He was a member of Jabez Missionary Church of God. He was a loving > husband, father, and grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family and > friends. > > Preceded in death by his brother, Ronnie Paul Marlow. > > Survivors include his wife, Sue Marlow, Russell Springs, Ky; sons, Rodney and > Rickey Marlow, both of Indianapolis, In, Mitchell, Scottie and Jonathan > Marlow, all of Russell Springs, Ky; daughters, Rhonda Marlow, Indianapolis, In, > Susan Marlow, Bardstown, Ky, Leah Marlow, Faubush, Ky, Victoria and April Marlow, > both of Russell Springs, Ky; thirteen grandchildren; parents, Samuel David > Marlow, Sr., Xenia, Oh, Edith Marlow, Somerset, Ky; sister, Katherine Marlow, > Faubush, Ky; a host of other relatives and friends. > > Funeral services were Dec. 28 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home > with Brother Howard Burton officiating. Interment in Peabody Cemetery. Martin > Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > > Eugene McIntosh, age 61, of LaFollette, died Dec. 24 at St. Mary's Medical > Center of Campbell County. He was of the Holiness Faith. He was retired from the > Morgan Food Company in Austin, In. > > Preceded in death by his parents, Noah and Carlie Tharp McIntosh. > > Survivors include his daughter, Nora Lee McIntosh, Austin, In; brothers, > Raymond McIntosh, Seymour, Paul Ray McIntosh, Blocher, In,Charles and wife, Edna > McIntosh, LaFollette, Noah Jr. and wife, Mary McIntosh, Austin, In; sisters, > Dorothy Davis and Pearlie Waldon, both of Austin, In; a host of other friends > and relatives. > > Funeral services were Dec. 28 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home > with Rev. Charles Sparks officiating. Interment in Campbell Memorial Gardens. > Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > > Luther Dewey (L.D.) McGhee, age 67, of Pioneer died Dec. 28 at Jellico > Community Hospital. He was a member of Pioneer Baptist Church. > > Preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Mildred McGhee; brother, Carl > McGhee. > > Survivors include his sons, William McGhee, Oh, James McGhee, Ga; daughters, > Kathy Lynn McGhee, Ky, Novalee Smith, Oh; brother, Ronnie McGhee, Oh; sister, > Jean Ann Madison, Oh; companion, Diane Whaley; step-children, Thomas Whaley, > James Whaley, Jason Whaley and Melissa Whaley, all of Tn; aunts, Pauline, > Maxine, Barbara Jean and Ada; uncle, Gordon; eleven grandchildren; twelve nieces > and nephews; special friends, Ed Hall, Doug Turner, Bill Rlliot, Von Byrd, Bud > and Artie Gardner, Ada Merideth. > > Funeral services were Dec. 30 at Cross Chapel with Rev. James Adkins > officiating. Interment will be in Meredith Cemetery, today (Dec. 31) at 11 a.m. Cross > Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Johnnie Dan Meredith > > > Johnnie Dan Meredith, age 54, of Elk Valley, died Dec. 25 at Jellico > Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 31, 1948 in Jellico and was a member of First > Baptist Church, Elk Valley. > > Preceded in death by his father, Bart Meredith. > > Survivors include his wife, Linda Diane Meredith; son and daughter-in-law, > Lindsay and Linda Marie Meredith; grandsons, Anthony Meredith and Jonathon > Meredith, all of Elk Valley; mother, Lou Ella Meredith, Jacksboro; sister and > brother-in-law, Donna Jean and Sonny Norman, Jacksboro; nephew, Anson Norman, > Jacksboro. > > Funeral services were Dec. 28 at the Cox and Son Chapel with Rev. Earl > Chapman officiating. Interment in the Valley View Cemetery, Elk Valley. Cox and Son > Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. > > > Pearl Kidwell Sharp, age 77, of Mt. Washington, Oh, formerly of the Stinking > Creek Community, died Dec. 21. > > Preceded in death by her husband, Verlin(Jellico) Sharp; parents, T.W. and > Lula Kidwell; brother, Lonzo Kidwell, Kenneth Kidwell, Oscar "Doc" Kidwell, Otis > Kidwell and Floyd Kidwell; sister, Verna Kesterson. > > Survivors include her sons, Lester Sharp and wife, Christina, Gary Sharp and > wife, Liza; daughter, Sylvia Elam and husband, Paul; grandchildren, Jamie and > Patrick Beesley, Ashley, Brandon and Lyndsay Elam, Ashley and Justin Kouns; > great-grandchildren, Kyrah and Seth Beesley; sisters and brothers, Evelyn > Huddleston, Fay Goodwin, Opal Carr, Clyde, Everett, Hubert, Dewey, and Lillie > Kidwell; special niece, Letha Renee McLaughlin and husband, Joe; several other > nieces and nephews; a host of other friends and relatives. > > Funeral services were Dec. 27 at T.P. White and Sons Funeral Home. The family > requests in lieu of flowers memorials be sent to the Hospice of Cincinnati. > > > Willa Dean Simms, age 76, of Eagan, died Dec. 23 at Beech Tree Manor. She was > born Nov. 3, 1927 at Eagan. The daughter of the late Lloyd and Myrtle Grady > Simms. > > Survivors include her aunts, Lettie King, Jellico, Linda Mae Reed, Selina, > Oh; sister-in-law, Patricia Simms, LaFollette; cousin, Bernice Harmon, Jellico. > > Funeral services were Dec. 27 at the Cox and Son Chapel with Rev. Cecil > Johnson officiating. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Cox and Son Funeral Home was > in charge of the arrangements. > > > Teddy Gene Walker, age 41, of Jacksboro died Dec. 23 at the Methodist Medical > Center in Oak Ridge. He was a member of the Jacksboro Church of Christ. He > enjoyed fishing, boating and camping. > > Preceded in death by his father, Leland G. Walker. > > Survivors include his son, Dustin Wayne Walker; fiancée, Jessica Leonard; > ex-wife, Carla, all of LaFollette; mother, Charlotte Walker, Lake City; brothers > and sisters-in-law, Danny and Iye Walker, LaFollette, Freddy and Linda Walker, > Jacksboro; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elaine and Kenny McElroy, LaFollette, > Donna and Lonnie England, Jacksboro; special friends, Connie Leach, > LaFollette and Mr. and Mrs. T.J.Sparks, Speedwell; several other friends and relatives. > > Funeral services were Dec. 26 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home > with Pastor David Akers officiating. Interment in Douglas Cemetery. In lieu of > flowers, please make donations to the Teddy Walker Fund at Martin Wilson Funeral > Home or People's National Bank. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of > the arrangements. > > > Pauline Witt, age 66, of LaFollette died Dec. 27 at St. Mary's Medical Center > of Campbell County. For the past several years she had been a resident of > Sunbridge Health Care of LaFollette. She was of the Wesleyan Faith. > > Preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Mattie Witt; sister, Rosalie Witt, > brothers, Luther Witt and her twin brother, Paul Witt. > > Graveside services were Dec. 30 at Bakers Forge Cemetery with Rev. David L. > Gresser officiating. Walters Funeral Home was 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 > > > ==== TNSCOTT Mailing List ==== > Rae Davis-Smith > List Administrator > raedavissm@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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These obits were posted by the LaFollette press, I have no idea of the date of publication. >From The LaFollette Press. John Robert Ayers, age 41, of LaFollette Juliana Beach, age 71, of Lake City Jessie Lee Bowman, Cordella Carroll Brown, age 90, of Ligas Fork, Joe E. Carden age 65 of Jacksboro David L. Chitwood, age 57, of Jellico Mack McCoy Edwards, age 60, of Speedwell Vernon Gambrel, age 79 of LaFollette, Charles Henry Heckler, age 57, of Jacksboro, Cindy Louise Henderson, age 43, of Jellico James "Jim" C. Kesterson, age 79, of LaFollette Naomi Ausmus King, age 88, of Harrogate Arnold F. Lawson, age 84, of LaFollette, Fannie F. Thompson Lewallen, age 84 of LaFollette Thelma Wilson Llewellyn, age 87, of Jellico Samuel "Sam" Marlow, Jr., age 61, of Russell Springs, Ky Eugene McIntosh, age 61, of LaFollette, Luther Dewey (L.D.) McGhee, age 67, of Pioneer Johnnie Dan Meredith, age 54, of Elk Valley, Pearl Kidwell Sharp, age 77, of Mt. Washington, Oh, formerly of the Stinking Creek Community, Willa Dean Simms, age 76, of Eagan, Teddy Gene Walker, age 41, of Jacksboro Pauline Witt, age 66, of LaFollette //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// John Robert Ayers, age 41, of LaFollette died Dec. 26 at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville. He was a member of the LaFollette Church of God, a graduate of L.M.U. where he belonged to Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He was President of Ayers Motors in LaFollette. Preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Lassie Ayers and Robert McCreary. Survivors include his son Justin Ross Ayers, Pigeon Forge; daughters, Jessica Ayers and Katie Ayers, Gulfport, Ms; parents, R.L. and Helen Ayers, Jacksboro; grandmother, Mrs. Robert McCreary, LaFollette; sisters, Angela Ayers Greeson, Cleveland and Joye Ayers Smith, Jacksboro; niece, Micheala Smith; nephew, Noah Smith. Funeral services were Dec. 29 at the LaFollette Church of God with Rev. Norman Stallings and Rev. Tony McAfee officiating. Interment in Campbell Memorial Gardens. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Juliana Beach, age 71, of Lake City died Dec. 20. She was born Nov. 7, 1932 in Anderson County, Tn. She was a member of Indian Bluff Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved reading, canning and working in her flowers. Preceded in death by her father, Jim Tucker; brothers, Denver, Leon and Marshall Tucker. Survivors include her daughter, Julia Beach, Clinton; sons, Danny Beach, Memphis, Chuck Beach, Andersonville, Danny Sparks, Clinton, son and daughter-in-law, David and Joy Beach, Lake City; mother, Lola Beach, Briceville; brother and sister-in-law, Ned and Myrtle Tucker, Oh; sister, Helen Barr, Co.; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were Dec. 22 at Hatmaker Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Potter officiating. Interment in Leach Cemetery. Hatmaker Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Jessie Lee Bowman, born July 7, 1914, died Dec. 22. Preceded in death by her father and mother; sister, Myrtle Romines; brothers, Frank and Bill Bowman; nephews, Homer Romines, Wayne Romines, Bobby Bowman and Everett Bowman. Survivors include several nieces and nephews; one special great-nephew, Eddie Romines; very special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Flatt; loyal friend for many years, Karen Violetich; a host of other friends and relatives. Funeral services were Dec. 27 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Audie Murray and Rev. Derick Hembree officiating. Interment in Bakersforge Cemetery. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Cordella Carroll Brown, age 90, of Ligas Fork, died Dec. 25 at St. Mary's Residential Hospice in Halls. She was born July 5, 1913 in Anderson County, Tn. She was a member of Grave Hill Baptist Church for seventy seven years. Preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Brown; daughters, Unavee, Pauline and Ina Lou Brown; sister, Winfrey Lively; brothers, Jimmy Carroll and Dewey Kennedy. Survivors include her sons, Don H. Brown, Knoxville, Jay and wife Grace Brown, Walland; daughters, Alavene and husband, Bob Templin, Lake City, with whom she made her home, Angie and husband, Jim Morales, Cross Jct, Va; grandchildren, Larry Brown, Timmy Byrge, Jimmy Byrge, Cindy Sellers, Tammy Phillips, Debby Bergeron, Jason Byrge, Jamey Byrge, Boyce Templin, Kasey Templin, Greg Templin, Scott Templin, Brad Templin, Amy Templin, Bethany Brown, Chris Stitt, Rick Stitt, and Douglas Stitt; twenty nine great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Dec. 28 at Grave Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Delbert Roberts, Rev. Brian Courtney and grandson Jimmy Byrge officiating. Interment in Grave Hill Cemetery. Hatmaker Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Joe E. Carden age 65 of Jacksboro passed away Saturday December 27, 2003 at St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County.He was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church. Joe was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Joe was preceded in death by parents: Arthur and Fannie Seibers Carden, sister, Lucy Carden. Joe is survived by wife, Claudia Carden, son, Clyde Brown and daughter, Michell Marian all of Jacksboro; granddaughters, Ashley and Aleiha James. brothers, James Asbury of Dayton Ohio, and Arthur Carden, Jr. of LaFollette. sisters and brother-in-law, Mary Dow of Knoxville and Rosalee and Don Asbury of Heskiel. And a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be 2PM Wednesday December 31, 2003 in the chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Arnold and Rev. Ronnie Freeman officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. Martin Wilson Funeral Home of LaFollette was in charge of arrangements. David L. Chitwood, age 57, of Jellico died Dec. 23 at his home. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jellico and was employed by the Campbell County Board of Education. Preceded in death by his grandparents, Daniel and Isabell Taylor. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane Chitwood, Jellico; daughter, Roxanna Chitwood, Jellico; son and daughter-in-law, Benjamin and Holly Chitwood, Lexington, Ky; mother, Alice Chitwood, Jellico; sister and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Bob Herron, Norwood, Oh; aunt, Flossie Jones, Jellico; several nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends. Funeral services were Dec. 26 at the First Baptist Church in Jellico with Rev. Trent Stewart and Rev. Jerome Walden officiating. Interment was in the Jellico Cemetery. Llewellyn Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Mack McCoy Edwards, age 60, of Speedwell died Dec. 23 at Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation. He was of the Baptist faith. Preceded in death by his parents, Tilmon and Elsie (Berry) Edwards; brothers, Kenneth Lee, John Henry and Hugh Hodge Edwards. Survivors include his brothers, James Ralph Edwards, Knoxville and Tom Edwards, Knoxville; sister, Ada Cupp, LaFollette. Funeral services were Dec. 26 at Cross Funeral Home with Rev. Darrell Edwards officiating. Interment was in Clawson Cemetery. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Vernon Gambrel, age 79 of LaFollette, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville. He was a member at the Glade Springs Baptist Church. Vernon was a U.S. army veteran. He was a loving and caring brother and uncle, who enjoyed his family very much. He also loved his late wife Opal, pastor, and church and especially loved the lord. He is preceded in death by, wife Opal Young Gambrel, parents, McKinley and Pearl Inman Gambrel. sister Lorain Guthrie and Della Peace. Mr. Gambrel is survived by special niece, Barbara Jean Blanton of LaFollette, sisters, Micki Smith of Knoxville and Phenton Thomas of Kenvin, KY. Several nieces and nephews and host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were Tuesday, December 30 in the chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Watts and Rev. Don Reynolds officiating. Interment followed in Woodlawn Cemetery with full military honors by the Campbell County Honor Guard. Martin Wilson Funeral Home of LaFollette was in charge of the arrangements. Charles Henry Heckler, age 57, of Jacksboro, died Dec. 22 at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville. Survivors include his wife, Marsha Goldstein Heckler; step-daughter, Martha Gloria Seals, both of Jacksboro; brother, Dave Heckler; sister, Bonnie. Graveside services were Dec. 26 at Turley Cemetery. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Cindy Louise Henderson, age 43, of Jellico died Dec. 27 at U.T. Medical Center, Knoxville. Survivors include her husband, Rocky Henderson, Pioneer; daughter, Minnda Cox, Fairborne, Oh; step-son, Nathan Troy Henderson, Newcomb; grandchild, Georgia Cox, Fairborne, Oh; father, James Cheek, Hardinburg, In; brothers, James Cheek, Tellico Plains, Kenneth Cheek, Jellico, Claude Cheek, New Tazewell, Eddie Cheek, Tazewell, Marvin Cheek, New Tazewell; sisters, Janie Winkler, Tazewell, Kathy Bills, Jellico, Evonne Farmer, Tellico Plains; a host of other friends and relatives. Funeral services were Dec. 30 at Harp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sam Walden officiating. Interment was in Newcomb Cemetery. Harp Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. James "Jim" C. Kesterson, age 79, of 207 Pleasant Ridge Road, LaFollette died Dec. 29 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Goins Kesterson; son, Jimmy Kesterson; parents, Raymond and Ora Bailey Kesterson. Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Lisa Kesterson, Jacksboro; daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and J.R. Marcum, Lawrenceville, Ga, Connie and Eddie Jackson, Knoxville, Tammy and Benny Thomas, LaFollette, Donna Kesterson and friend, Rico Caiata, LaFollette; eight grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; brothers, J.C. Kesterson, Jacksboro, Alvin Kesterson, Knoxville; sisters, Ruth Stittums, LaFollette, Alma Coker, Knoxville, Judy Bolton, Jacksboro, Joyce Futrell, Spring Hill, Fl; several nieces and nephews and host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services are tonight (Dec.31) at 8 p.m. Martin Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Andrew Ayers officiating. Interment will be at 11a.m. in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight (Dec.31). Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Naomi Ausmus King, age 88, of Harrogate died Dec. 20 at Tri State Comprehensive Care Center in Harrogate. She was born June 9, 1915 in Speedwell, Tn, the daughter of Milton and Magalene Pierce Ausmus. She was a devoted Christian and member of First Baptist Church, Harrogate. She married James C. King, Feb. 6, 1936. She was a 1934 graduate of Jellico High School, and a dedicated homemaker. She will be greatly missed by all of her family. Preceded in death by her husband, James C. King; sons, Charles and Joseph. Survivors include her sons, J. David King, Kettering, Oh, Hugh King, Phoenix, Az, Rev. Arnold King, Shelbyville, Tn; step-son, Jim Mathis, Ringgold, Ga; daughters, Bonnie King Overton, Indianapolis, In, Joann King Parker, Middlesboro, Ky, Mary King Hatfield, Clairfield; twenty grandchildren, twenty five great grandchildren, two great great grandsons; sisters, Lucy Ausmus Parker, Jamesto wn and Jayne Ausmus Perrin, Rutledge. Funeral services were Dec. 22 at Cross Funeral Home with her son Rev. Arnold King and Rev. Jeff Greene officiating. Music was provided by her granddaughter, Veda Overton Hicks. Interment was in the Pierce Cemetery in Speedwell. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Arnold F. Lawson, age 84, of LaFollette, died Dec. 25 at U.T. Medical Center, Knoxville. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and was retired from General Motors after 32 years of employment. Preceded in death by his parents Albert and Eva (Murphy) Lawson, brother, Randall Lawson; sister, Ann Wilson. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Wanda Welch Lawson, LaFollette; daughter and son-in-law, Gail (Lawson) and James Geeding, Dayton, Oh; grandson, Shay Allan Geeding and Christian Michael Geeding; brother, Billy Lawson, Ind.; sister, Vada Sharp, Tx. Funeral services were Dec. 27 at Cross Chapel with Rev. Bill Raines officiating. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Fannie F. Thompson Lewallen, age 84 of LaFollette passed away Monday, December 22, 2003 at the St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. Mrs. Lewallen loved sewing and gardening. She was preceded in death by husbands, Gene Shown and Ed Lewallen; children, Georgia Ann White and Leonard Carroll; parents, A.B. and Janie Price Thompson; brothers, Edward and Charlie Thompson; sisters, Lilla Mae Siler and Nellie Bunch. Mrs. Lewallen is survived by sisters, Irene Madison Hayes and Loretta Walker both of Jacksboro; special niece, Betty Dillon of LaFollette; several more nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral Services were Friday December 26 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Pat Ayers officiating. Interment was in Campbell Memorial Gardens. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of these arrangements. Thelma Wilson Llewellyn, age 87, of Jellico died Dec. 25. She was the former co-owner of Llewellyn Furniture Co. and Funeral Home. Preceded in death by her husband, Morgan Smith Llewellyn; sisters, Christine Adkins, Elizabeth Creekmore. Survivors include her daughters, Joanne Watts, Phyllis and husband, Lenwood Lay, Jellico; grandchildren, Phillip Watts, Morgan Lay, Lenwood Jr., and wife Rebecca Lay, Elk Valley, Karen and husband, Charles Anders, Corbin, Ky; great-grandchildren, Melissa and Justin Watts, Joshua and Noah Lay; sister, Lillian Archer, Knoxville; brother, T.J. Wilson and wife Billie Jean, Oak Ridge, George Wilson and wife Jennie, Clinton; brother-in-law, Jerry R. Llewellyn and wife Mary Ruth; sister-in-law, Eleanor Llewellyn, Jellico; brother-in-law, Harold Downey, Winter Haven, Fl; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Dec. 27 at the Llewellyn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mahan Archer and Rev. Trent Stewart officiating. Interment was in the Jellico Cemetery. Pallbearers were Phillip Watts, Len Lay, Morgan Lay, Justin Watts, Dick Creekmore, Jr., Mike Ward, and Chuck Ander. Llewellyn Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Samuel "Sam" Marlow, Jr., age 61, of Russell Springs, Ky died Dec. 25 at his home. He was a member of Jabez Missionary Church of God. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Preceded in death by his brother, Ronnie Paul Marlow. Survivors include his wife, Sue Marlow, Russell Springs, Ky; sons, Rodney and Rickey Marlow, both of Indianapolis, In, Mitchell, Scottie and Jonathan Marlow, all of Russell Springs, Ky; daughters, Rhonda Marlow, Indianapolis, In, Susan Marlow, Bardstown, Ky, Leah Marlow, Faubush, Ky, Victoria and April Marlow, both of Russell Springs, Ky; thirteen grandchildren; parents, Samuel David Marlow, Sr., Xenia, Oh, Edith Marlow, Somerset, Ky; sister, Katherine Marlow, Faubush, Ky; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were Dec. 28 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Brother Howard Burton officiating. Interment in Peabody Cemetery. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Eugene McIntosh, age 61, of LaFollette, died Dec. 24 at St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. He was of the Holiness Faith. He was retired from the Morgan Food Company in Austin, In. Preceded in death by his parents, Noah and Carlie Tharp McIntosh. Survivors include his daughter, Nora Lee McIntosh, Austin, In; brothers, Raymond McIntosh, Seymour, Paul Ray McIntosh, Blocher, In,Charles and wife, Edna McIntosh, LaFollette, Noah Jr. and wife, Mary McIntosh, Austin, In; sisters, Dorothy Davis and Pearlie Waldon, both of Austin, In; a host of other friends and relatives. Funeral services were Dec. 28 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Sparks officiating. Interment in Campbell Memorial Gardens. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Luther Dewey (L.D.) McGhee, age 67, of Pioneer died Dec. 28 at Jellico Community Hospital. He was a member of Pioneer Baptist Church. Preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Mildred McGhee; brother, Carl McGhee. Survivors include his sons, William McGhee, Oh, James McGhee, Ga; daughters, Kathy Lynn McGhee, Ky, Novalee Smith, Oh; brother, Ronnie McGhee, Oh; sister, Jean Ann Madison, Oh; companion, Diane Whaley; step-children, Thomas Whaley, James Whaley, Jason Whaley and Melissa Whaley, all of Tn; aunts, Pauline, Maxine, Barbara Jean and Ada; uncle, Gordon; eleven grandchildren; twelve nieces and nephews; special friends, Ed Hall, Doug Turner, Bill Rlliot, Von Byrd, Bud and Artie Gardner, Ada Merideth. Funeral services were Dec. 30 at Cross Chapel with Rev. James Adkins officiating. Interment will be in Meredith Cemetery, today (Dec. 31) at 11 a.m. Cross Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Johnnie Dan Meredith Johnnie Dan Meredith, age 54, of Elk Valley, died Dec. 25 at Jellico Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 31, 1948 in Jellico and was a member of First Baptist Church, Elk Valley. Preceded in death by his father, Bart Meredith. Survivors include his wife, Linda Diane Meredith; son and daughter-in-law, Lindsay and Linda Marie Meredith; grandsons, Anthony Meredith and Jonathon Meredith, all of Elk Valley; mother, Lou Ella Meredith, Jacksboro; sister and brother-in-law, Donna Jean and Sonny Norman, Jacksboro; nephew, Anson Norman, Jacksboro. Funeral services were Dec. 28 at the Cox and Son Chapel with Rev. Earl Chapman officiating. Interment in the Valley View Cemetery, Elk Valley. Cox and Son Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Pearl Kidwell Sharp, age 77, of Mt. Washington, Oh, formerly of the Stinking Creek Community, died Dec. 21. Preceded in death by her husband, Verlin(Jellico) Sharp; parents, T.W. and Lula Kidwell; brother, Lonzo Kidwell, Kenneth Kidwell, Oscar "Doc" Kidwell, Otis Kidwell and Floyd Kidwell; sister, Verna Kesterson. Survivors include her sons, Lester Sharp and wife, Christina, Gary Sharp and wife, Liza; daughter, Sylvia Elam and husband, Paul; grandchildren, Jamie and Patrick Beesley, Ashley, Brandon and Lyndsay Elam, Ashley and Justin Kouns; great-grandchildren, Kyrah and Seth Beesley; sisters and brothers, Evelyn Huddleston, Fay Goodwin, Opal Carr, Clyde, Everett, Hubert, Dewey, and Lillie Kidwell; special niece, Letha Renee McLaughlin and husband, Joe; several other nieces and nephews; a host of other friends and relatives. Funeral services were Dec. 27 at T.P. White and Sons Funeral Home. The family requests in lieu of flowers memorials be sent to the Hospice of Cincinnati. Willa Dean Simms, age 76, of Eagan, died Dec. 23 at Beech Tree Manor. She was born Nov. 3, 1927 at Eagan. The daughter of the late Lloyd and Myrtle Grady Simms. Survivors include her aunts, Lettie King, Jellico, Linda Mae Reed, Selina, Oh; sister-in-law, Patricia Simms, LaFollette; cousin, Bernice Harmon, Jellico. Funeral services were Dec. 27 at the Cox and Son Chapel with Rev. Cecil Johnson officiating. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Cox and Son Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Teddy Gene Walker, age 41, of Jacksboro died Dec. 23 at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. He was a member of the Jacksboro Church of Christ. He enjoyed fishing, boating and camping. Preceded in death by his father, Leland G. Walker. Survivors include his son, Dustin Wayne Walker; fiancée, Jessica Leonard; ex-wife, Carla, all of LaFollette; mother, Charlotte Walker, Lake City; brothers and sisters-in-law, Danny and Iye Walker, LaFollette, Freddy and Linda Walker, Jacksboro; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elaine and Kenny McElroy, LaFollette, Donna and Lonnie England, Jacksboro; special friends, Connie Leach, LaFollette and Mr. and Mrs. T.J.Sparks, Speedwell; several other friends and relatives. Funeral services were Dec. 26 in the Chapel of Martin Wilson Funeral Home with Pastor David Akers officiating. Interment in Douglas Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Teddy Walker Fund at Martin Wilson Funeral Home or People's National Bank. Martin Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Pauline Witt, age 66, of LaFollette died Dec. 27 at St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. For the past several years she had been a resident of Sunbridge Health Care of LaFollette. She was of the Wesleyan Faith. Preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Mattie Witt; sister, Rosalie Witt, brothers, Luther Witt and her twin brother, Paul Witt. Graveside services were Dec. 30 at Bakers Forge Cemetery with Rev. David L. Gresser officiating. Walters Funeral Home was 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

>From The Knoxville News Sentinel 8 Jan 2004 GOINS, REV. ROBERT PAUL - age 66, of Powell MAYO, REV. JAMES LEON - WEBESTER, EUNICE E. - 80, of Oak Ridge ========================================= GOINS, REV. ROBERT PAUL - age 66, of Powell passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at Mariner Healthcare of Norris. Veteran of U.S. Air Force. He was an electronics instructor at Jacksboro Vocational Tech and Anderson Co. High School, an avid pilot with both private and commercial license as well as instructors certification, and retired Church of God Pastor. Preceded in death by: parents, Otha and Nona Goins; sister, Shirley. Survivors include: wife of 43 years, Donna Goins; daughters, Shirley Douglas and husband Tim, Shelly Kirk, Kimberly King and husband Chester; grandchildren, Brandon and Brittany Douglas, and Allen King; aunt, Jeanette Wilson; and several cousins. Funeral service 8 p.m. Thursday at Lynnhurst- Greenwood Chapel. Rev. Robert Lee Walden, Billy Sharp, and Rev. Ned Asbury officiating. Interment 1 p.m. Friday at Lynnhurst Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday before the service at the Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel of Berry Funeral Home, 2300 W. Adair Dr. www.lynnhurstchapel.com MAYO, REV. JAMES LEON - God Chose Jan. 6, 2004 to call Rev. Leon Mayo home. He was a retired Southern Baptist Minister. Rev. Mayo pastored several churches, Dupont Baptist, West Lonsdale, First Baptist of Huntsville, TN, Beech Springs, Union Grove and Sandridge Baptist. Rev. Mayo was also involved in several Foreign Mission trips in his life time. He was a dedicated minister to his churches, a loving husband and father. Rev. Mayo lived and died serving our Lord his entire life and was best remembered as a Godly man. Preceded in death by: his parents, Walter and Minnie Mayo; brothers, Ernest and Milton Mayo. Survivors: wife, Geraldine Mayo; son and daughter-in- law, Kenneth Mayo and wife Nancy; daughter and son-in law: Jenny Griggs and husband Larry; grandchildren, Jeff Mayo of Atlanta, Ki and Derek Giggs of Knoxville. Funeral services 7 p.m. Thursday at West Lonsdale Baptist Church, 2720 Dayton Street, Knoxville. His brother Rev. Ernest Mayo officiating. Interment 11 a.m. Friday at Dupont Cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-7 p.m. Thursday at West Lonsdale Baptist Church. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home Seymour, 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, TN. 577-2807. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com). WEBESTER, EUNICE E. - 80, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday January 5, 2004 at the University of Tennessee Hospital. She was born September 27, 1923 in Morgan County, TN to the late Paris G. and Myrtle Hill Webster. Ms. Webster was a retired librarian at Oak Ridge National Laboratory retiring in 1988. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge, where she was very active. She enjoyed traveling, various sports, sewing and reading. She attended college at the University of Tennessee. Besides her parents she was also preceded in death by: her brothers, Warren R. Webster and Roy Eugene Webster; a sister, Dorothy Webster Muller. She is survived by: two sisters and their husbands; Patricia and Edward Cunningham of Mexia, TX, Ann and Leigh Charamella of East Lansing, MI: and by four brothers, James G. Webster of Knoxville, John K. Webster of Hamilton, OH, William F. Webster and wife Barbara of Knoxville and Ronald A. Webster and wife of Diane of Knoxville. Numerous nieces and nephews and other family and friends. Funeral services will be Friday January 9, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Martin officiating. Interment will follow at the Davis Cemetery in Coalfield. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon to 1:00 at the funeral home. Friends may also call at their convenience any time after 9:00 a.m. at the funeral home Friday. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of 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

Thank you for posting this Sandy. Rae Davis-Smith -------Original Message------- From: TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 20:34:09 To: TNSCOTT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNSCOTT] FW: New Year, Genealogy - Old Scam -- important! Hi everyone, Thought you might like to read this. Sandy Newport I t-Original Message----- From: Gail Jorgensen [mailto:gailjorgensen@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:17 AM To: DENMARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DK] FW: [SCHMIDT-L] New Year, Genealogy - Old Scam --important! Received this on another list, thought it was important enough to pass along. Gail Jorgensen California -----Original Message----- From: HMWEBBER@aol.com [mailto:HMWEBBER@aol.com] I thought this might interest some people since we all are so willing to grab any information we can to help us in our quest. Nancy M. Dickinson Fayette County Rootsweb Webmaster http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfayett One of the top stories in 2003 in this newsletter was the arrest of Elias Abodeely, a 23-year-old in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who ran a string of pseudo genealogy sites. His arrest didn't seem to deter him: 2004 has started off with a rash of the same advertising. For those who missed it, let's briefly recap this scam. The sites involved included GenSeeker.com, GenSeekers.com, genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, genealogyfinders.net, genlocator.com, genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Abodeely would send out spam mail from one site, then collect money until the complaints mounted, and his site eventually would be shut down by the hosting service. A week or two later he would appear with a new name and a new site on a different hosting service conducting essentially the same business. To access his sites, the hapless buyer paid $40 to $60 (the exact amount varied from time to time). None of these sites contained any genealogy information; they simply had pointers to free sites where information could be found. In other words, the buyer paid $40 to $60 to access something that was already available free of charge. Abodeely eventually ran into lots of legal difficulties. On August 1, 2003, he was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on felony charges of first-degree theft, money laundering, and ongoing criminal activity. He was released later that day, and a court appearance on those charges still has not yet been scheduled. You can read about Abodeely's arrest in my newsletter at: http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0331.htm, in the Des Moines register at http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/21905604.html and at http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=elias+a bodeely+arrested&btnG=Google+Search. His arrest did not slow Abodeely very much. A month later he appeared selling "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks under the name GenealogyTechs.com. That site actually was registered to Andrew Abodeely. I obtained one of these "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks and wrote about it in detail in the September 29, 2003 Plus Edition of this newsletter. GenealogyTechs.com was shut down the day after my article was published. Things have been quiet for the past three months, but on January 2, 2004, a number of newsletter readers reported receiving some fishy-looking spam mail messages. In fact, the messages appear to be word-for-word the same as the old ads for "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks sent earlier from GenealogyTechs.com - except that the new ads are coming from GenealogyTechs.net. That's right: the only difference is the previously shut down dot-COM is now replaced by a newly-registered dot-NET. A quick check of the WHOIS information shows that Genealogytechs.net is registered to the same address as GenealogyTechs.com: 1013 Agate Street, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92109, the business address of Andrew Abodeely. That is also the same address that ships the worthless "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks. In short, the Abodeelys seem to have reappeared after a three-month hiatus. Elias Abodeely's earlier arrest for felonies doesn't seem to have fazed either of the Abodeelys at all. At the time these words are being written, http://www.genealogytechs.net is up and running and looks almost identical to the previously shut down http://www.genealogytechs.com. It is also interesting to note that the new site is like the old one in several respects, especially in that it cannot handle credit cards. Instead, the buyer is suckered into paying by an "e-check" that extracts money directly from the buyer's checking account with no credit card involved. Beware! This is one method by which the earlier sites allegedly extracted money time and again from a buyer's checking accounts! Several thought they paid once but, after examining their end-of-month checking account statements, found that they had been charged time and again without permission. That is one of the actions that led to Elias Abodeely's arrest. Why would a company not offer payment by credit card? That is extremely rare in the online world. The answer is simple: the owner's credit rating is so poor that he cannot obtain the merchant account required to be able to accept credit cards. In this case, he cannot even obtain a PayPal account, which is easy for mostpeople to obtain. No credit card service will give a merchant account to someone awaiting trial on charges of money laundering by using credit cards! Without access to a credit card merchant account, the Web site owner is forced to resort to online checks, a risky method for any buyer considering an online purchase. Remember that purchases made online with VISA, MasterCard or American Express are fully insured against fraud by the credit card companies. If you get "ripped off" by a shady merchant when using a credit card, the credit card companies will immediately refund all of your money and then will pursue resolution with the merchant. PayPal transactions are also fully insured in the same manner. However, if you pay by check, you have no such protection. That is true both for paper checks as well as for "e-checks." You receive only whatever insurance your local bank provides. Sadly, most banks provide no protection at all against fraudulent purchases made with a check or with a debit card. Send a check to a con artist? You lose. Any time you see a Web site offering something for sale and not accepting credit cards, ask yourself, "Why does this merchant not accept credit cards? Not even via PayPal?" Most of the time, it is because that merchant has severe financial problems. Then ask yourself if you really want to do business with such a merchant. If you receive a spam mail from GenealogyTechs.net or any similar-sounding scam, please forward it to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at k.washburn@cedar-rapids.org. I suspect they have an interest in the "business activities" of this person, who is awaiting a court appearance after being arrested by that department. Please feel free to also enclose a copy of this article. You can read more about the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/financial_crimes.asp. Please feel free to also forward this article to other genealogists, newsgroups, mailing lists, and anywhere else you feel is appropriate. What Do You Think? 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>From The Oak Ridger 7 Jan 2004 Cresson Henry Kearny, 89, of Montrose, Colo., Melbourne "Mel" Winton of Oak Ridge Walter C. "Jack" Brown, 85, of Oak Ridge, Eunice E. Webster, 80, of Oak Ridge, Ruth Elizabeth Moore, 85, of Oak Ridge, Lisa Shultz Redmond, 36, Samuel W. Hester, 61, of Harriman, Bertha M. Samsel, of Oliver Springs, ========================================= Cresson Henry Kearny, 89, of Montrose, Colo., died on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, after several years of declining health. According to his family, he had an interesting life that included being a world authority on nuclear war survival, starting the first U.S. jungle troops and originating more than two dozen inventions. Born Jan. 7, 1914, in San Antonio, Texas, he was the son of Clinton Hall Kearny and Mary Chabot Cresson Kearny. He was a great-grandson of Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, who led the American takeover of the Southwest and California in the Mexican-American War, and a great-great-stepgrandson of Gen. William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Mr. Kearny graduated valedictorian and cadet colonel from Texas Military Institute in San Antonio and attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. He won two prestigious scholarships to Princeton University, where he was a varsity letterman on the track team, graduating in 1937 Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. The following summer he led a small expedition in the Sierra Madre of Mexico for the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, N.M. Subsequently, Mr. Kearny was a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University, where he was on the varsity track and swimming teams, graduating from Queen's College with a degree in geology in 1939. While at Oxford he briefly served as a courier to Berlin, carrying information for an underground Quaker group that helped Jews escape from the Nazis. Post-graduation Mr. Kearny was a member of a Royal Geographic Society expedition in the Peruvian Andes, then worked as an exploration geologist for Standard Oil in Venezuela. Believing the United States soon would be at war and hoping to improve American jungle warfare capability, in 1940 he quit his job and went on active duty as a reserve first lieutenant. He was sent to Panama where he formed the first U.S. Jungle Platoon, developed jungle tactics, and designed specialized equipment. Much of his equipment, for which he obtained numerous patents but refused payment, was adopted by the U.S. Army and used by hundreds of thousands of American and allied servicemen during World War II. Some of his most important inventions were a breath-inflated, backpackable boat, the jungle boot, the jungle hammock and the jungle pack. During this period he was promoted to major and intermittently worked with the office of the quartermaster general's special forces in Washington, D.C. For meritorious service he was awarded the Legion of Merit. In 1943, Mr. Kearny married May Willacy Eskridge, also of San Antonio. He joined the Office of Strategic Services in 1944, stationed in China where he worked in demolitions, guerilla tactics, sabotage and intelligence. After contracting a crippling disease at the age of 31 he retired as an honorary lieutenant colonel. Mr. Kearny and his wife bought a ranch in the Texas hill country, where his health improved. He occasionally worked elsewhere, including consulting at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where in 1951 he designed the wetsuit, which unknown to him, had been invented a few months previously. He also independently invented and patented an underwater spear gun. In 1954, he and his family moved to a farm in southwest Colorado. For several years Mr. Kearny worked as an oil, gas and uranium geologist/prospector, staking several claims, including a productive uranium claim in the last land rush in the United States. Mr. Kearny, who his family said always loved dinosaurs, also came upon the largest dinosaur bone discovered to that time, which was lying unrecognized on a rockhound's porch. The bone is now at the Smithsonian. Concerned, since his Princeton days about the possibility of nuclear war, Mr. Kearny began to work independently on nuclear survival. In 1961, leading nuclear strategist, Herman Kahn, recruited him to join the Hudson Institute, where Kearny worked on nuclear defense issues. Due to his expertise, he met Charles Lindbergh, whom Mr. Kearny advised on building a blast shelter. In 1964, Nobel Laureate Dr. Eugene Wigner asked Mr. Kearny to join the Civil Defense Project, which Wigner was forming at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. At ORNL, Kearny developed shelters and devices which people can make to improve their chances of surviving a nuclear conflict. His most important invention, according to his family, was the Kearny Fallout Meter, a highly reliable radiation meter made of materials commonly found in homes. His book, "Nuclear War Survival Skills," which, according to his family, is known as "the bible of Civil Defense," includes instructions and survival advice. By the mid-1990s over 600,000 copies had been sold, with translations into Hebrew, Chinese and other languages. Mr. Kearny copyrighted the book with the condition that the book could be reproduced by anyone and renounced any royalty payments. The book is available on the Internet. He also wrote numerous publications on a variety of defense topics. Kearny took occasional leave to work on other projects. From 1967 to 1968, given the civilian equivalent of a four-star general's rank, he worked in Vietnam with the science adviser to Gen.s Westmoreland and Abrams, improving infantrymen's equipment. He also developed simple measures to counteract fuel-air explosives and was an expert on counterinsurgency. At a Defense Advance Research Project Agency Symposium in 1968, the director stated in his opening address that he "had not specialized in counterinsurgency work, but had studied the writings of leading authorities, including Mao Tse-tung, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, and Cresson Kearny." In 1970, Mr. Kearney advised the Israelis on civil defense. For his defense work, in 1972 he was awarded the Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, the United States' highest civilian medal. In 1979, Mr. Kearny retired from ORNL, partly to be at liberty to speak more freely against American defense policies, especially Mutual Assured Destruction, and inadequate nuclear civil defense preparations, according to his family. In 1981, he was invited to China to advise on civil defense. During the 1991 Gulf War, he recruited citizens across America to make hundreds of thousands of protective plastic rifle bags, which, according to his family, the military had neglected to provide and send them to soldiers to prevent sand from jamming their M-16s. In later years, Mr. Kearny summarized his jungle expertise in "Jungle Snafus -- and Remedies," which is used by units of the U.S. Special Forces as a training textbook. In 1996 he was presented with the Edward Teller Award for the Defense of Freedom, "for his independent and ingenious contributions to the great problem of survival." In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his younger brother and only sibling, Clinton Charles Kearny, and his eldest grandchild, Morgan Kearny Fosse. His family said his intelligence, creativity, persistence and dedication to human survival were appreciated by his peers and earned the admiration and love of his family. According to his family, he lived a full and productive life, and had a long, loving marriage and a large and close family. Mr. Kearny is survived by his wife of 60 years, May Willacy Eskridge Kearny; a son, Cresson Kearny and wife, Lynn Boyer Kearny; and by four daughters, Adelia Willacy Kearny and husband, John Peter Wakeland, Diana Catherine Kearny Fosse, Susanna Joyce Kearny and husband, Frederick Rommel Eberle, and Stephanie Kearny and husband, Kenneth Noel Belcourt. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Stephen Kearny Wakeland, Anna Kearny Wakeland, Amber Eskridge Fosse, Gabriel Prins Fosse, Clay Cresson Fosse and Elise Kearny Eberle; and by one great-grandchild, Akira Lynn Fosse Jones. Following cremation, a private family memorial service will be in Albuquerque, N.M. Melbourne "Mel" Winton of Oak Ridge died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004. His mother, Marie Winton, lived in Oak Ridge for several years prior to her death. Mr. Winton was a graduate of the University of Florida and taught school for two years in Cedar Hill, Fla., and earned money to attend Georgia Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a degree in engineering. He retired in 1978, but worked for a number of years as a consultant for both Union Carbide and Science Applications Inc., now known as Science Applications International Corp. His last work was with the Nuclear Operations Analysis Center. According to his family, his hobbies were astronomy, camping, gardening, hiking and reading. He taught Sunday school classes at First United Methodist Church for over 50 years. He worked as a volunteer for Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties for 10 years and for the American Museum of Science and Energy. Mr. Winton is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Smith Winton; three sisters, Dorothea Lambourne and husband, John, of Bushnell, Fla., Louise West of Lakeland, Fla., and Alice Marie Davis and husband, Bill, of Zellwood, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Lavada Bacon Smith, of Oak Ridge; a brother-in-law, Clarence Tilley, of Oak Ridge; and by three aunts and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. The body was donated to the University of Tennessee at Memphis, College of Medicine. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, at First United Methodist Church. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions to First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. The family will receive friends following the service. Walter C. "Jack" Brown, 85, of Oak Ridge, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge following a long illness. Mr. Brown began his employment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Aug. 13, 1947, and retired as a laboratory records supervisor in the information division in January 1974. He was a veteran of World War II serving with the U.S. Army in The European Theater. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 1684. His family said he enjoyed all sports, fishing and gardening. Mr. Brown is survived by his wife of 60 years, Sylvia Brown; his sister, Louise Brock Brown, of Clinton; his daughter, Brenda Brown Messer and husband, Mike, of Gallatin; his son, Alan Brown and wife, Lisa, of Acworth, Ga.; and by three grandchildren, Berry Michael Messer, Marcia Lynn Messer and Brent Thomas Messer, all of the Nashville area. A memorial service will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Eunice E. Webster, 80, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Born Sept. 27, 1923, in Morgan County, she was the daughter of Paris G. and Myrtle Hill Webster. Ms. Webster was a librarian at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and retired in 1988. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, where her family said she was very active. She attended the University of Tennessee. Her family said she enjoyed traveling, various sports, sewing and reading. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Warren R. Webster and Roy Eugene Webster, and by a sister, Dorothy Webster Muller. Ms. Webster is survived by two sisters, Patricia Cunningham and husband, Edward, of Mexia, Texas, and Ann Charamella and husband, Leigh, of East Lansing, Mich.; four brothers, James G. Webster, William F. Webster and wife, Barbara, and Ronald A. Webster and wife, Diane, all of Knoxville, and John K. Webster of Hamilton, Ohio; and by several nieces, nephews, family and friends. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2004, in the chapel of Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Bob Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow at Davis Cemetery on Route 1 in Oliver Springs. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may call at their convenience any time after 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Ruth Elizabeth Moore, 85, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Born Sept. 5, 1918, in LaFollette, she was the daughter of Daniel and Febbie Taylor Moore. Mrs. Moore worked at the Alexander Motor Inn for approximately 30 years as a housekeeper and then another 17 years at the Holiday Inn. She was a member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Her family said she enjoyed playing bingo, drawing and singing. She was also an avid doll collector. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lonas Allen, in 1938, and by four sisters, Ona T. Moore, Ollie L. Moore, Willie B. Armstrong and Fleta P. Gates. Mrs. Moore is survived by her son, Robert Charles "Rabbit" Allen, of Oak Ridge; her foster son, Harry Young Jr., of Kingsport; her brother, Robert L. Moore, of Detroit, Mich.; and by her sister, Susie Mae Gilliard, of Oak Ridge. She is also survived by six special nieces, Linnette Thomas of Detroit, Tommie Stevens of Oak Ridge, Victoria Parris and husband, Glenn, of Chattanooga, Crystal Frye and husband, Lamont, and Loreal Frye, all of Memphis, and Nikki Conyers of Burlington, N.C.; three nephews, John Gilliard, Ladarian Frye and Toronzo Frye, all of Memphis; a special grandniece and caregiver, Bonnie Teasley, and her daughter, Cici Teasley of Oak Ridge; and by a great-grandnephew, Tevin Lee, of Oak Ridge. The family wishes to thank the fourth floor nursing staff and doctors at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge and the staff at NHC HealthCare of Oak Ridge for their care and support during her illness. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. T.L. Mims officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. Weatherford Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Lisa Shultz Redmond, 36, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at her home. Her family said her life was too short, but her love and kindness touched many and her sparkling blue eyes and adorable smile greeted everyone she met. According to her family, her love of animals, Tinkerbelle, Zar, Pretty Girl, Ashley and Weazy, brought her the nickname of Ellie Mae by her husband and soul mate of only three short years. Mrs. Redmond was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Clinton High School and worked at the Y-12 National Security Complex until her illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Helen Shultz, and by her sister in-law, Terri Shultz. Mrs. Redmond is survived by her husband, Randy Redmond, of Clinton; two brothers, Clyde "Buddy" Shultz and Larry Shultz and wife, Charlotte, all of Clinton; and by two sisters, Rose Fox of Cookeville and Carolyn Nichols and husband, Charles, of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by a special niece, Michelle Nichols and husband, Ryan, of Clinton; a niece, Raven Jakubowski, of Cookeville; a nephew, Jeff Shultz and wife, Jill, of Indiana; and by her mother-in-law, Margaret Redmond, of Clinton, who helped care for Mrs. Redmond during her illness and loved her as her own child. The funeral will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Clinton with the Rev. Bill McDaniel officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Samuel W. Hester, 61, of Harriman, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at his home. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete at press time. Bertha M. Samsel, of Oliver Springs, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. 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

Hi everyone, Thought you might like to read this. Sandy Newport I t-Original Message----- From: Gail Jorgensen [mailto:gailjorgensen@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:17 AM To: DENMARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DK] FW: [SCHMIDT-L] New Year, Genealogy - Old Scam --important! Received this on another list, thought it was important enough to pass along. Gail Jorgensen California -----Original Message----- From: HMWEBBER@aol.com [mailto:HMWEBBER@aol.com] I thought this might interest some people since we all are so willing to grab any information we can to help us in our quest. Nancy M. Dickinson Fayette County Rootsweb Webmaster http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfayett One of the top stories in 2003 in this newsletter was the arrest of Elias Abodeely, a 23-year-old in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who ran a string of pseudo genealogy sites. His arrest didn't seem to deter him: 2004 has started off with a rash of the same advertising. For those who missed it, let's briefly recap this scam. The sites involved included GenSeeker.com, GenSeekers.com, genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, genealogyfinders.net, genlocator.com, genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Abodeely would send out spam mail from one site, then collect money until the complaints mounted, and his site eventually would be shut down by the hosting service. A week or two later he would appear with a new name and a new site on a different hosting service conducting essentially the same business. To access his sites, the hapless buyer paid $40 to $60 (the exact amount varied from time to time). None of these sites contained any genealogy information; they simply had pointers to free sites where information could be found. In other words, the buyer paid $40 to $60 to access something that was already available free of charge. Abodeely eventually ran into lots of legal difficulties. On August 1, 2003, he was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on felony charges of first-degree theft, money laundering, and ongoing criminal activity. He was released later that day, and a court appearance on those charges still has not yet been scheduled. You can read about Abodeely's arrest in my newsletter at: http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0331.htm, in the Des Moines register at http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/21905604.html and at http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=elias+a bodeely+arrested&btnG=Google+Search. His arrest did not slow Abodeely very much. A month later he appeared selling "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks under the name GenealogyTechs.com. That site actually was registered to Andrew Abodeely. I obtained one of these "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks and wrote about it in detail in the September 29, 2003 Plus Edition of this newsletter. GenealogyTechs.com was shut down the day after my article was published. Things have been quiet for the past three months, but on January 2, 2004, a number of newsletter readers reported receiving some fishy-looking spam mail messages. In fact, the messages appear to be word-for-word the same as the old ads for "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks sent earlier from GenealogyTechs.com - except that the new ads are coming from GenealogyTechs.net. That's right: the only difference is the previously shut down dot-COM is now replaced by a newly-registered dot-NET. A quick check of the WHOIS information shows that Genealogytechs.net is registered to the same address as GenealogyTechs.com: 1013 Agate Street, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92109, the business address of Andrew Abodeely. That is also the same address that ships the worthless "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks. In short, the Abodeelys seem to have reappeared after a three-month hiatus. Elias Abodeely's earlier arrest for felonies doesn't seem to have fazed either of the Abodeelys at all. At the time these words are being written, http://www.genealogytechs.net is up and running and looks almost identical to the previously shut down http://www.genealogytechs.com. It is also interesting to note that the new site is like the old one in several respects, especially in that it cannot handle credit cards. Instead, the buyer is suckered into paying by an "e-check" that extracts money directly from the buyer's checking account with no credit card involved. Beware! This is one method by which the earlier sites allegedly extracted money time and again from a buyer's checking accounts! Several thought they paid once but, after examining their end-of-month checking account statements, found that they had been charged time and again without permission. That is one of the actions that led to Elias Abodeely's arrest. Why would a company not offer payment by credit card? That is extremely rare in the online world. The answer is simple: the owner's credit rating is so poor that he cannot obtain the merchant account required to be able to accept credit cards. In this case, he cannot even obtain a PayPal account, which is easy for mostpeople to obtain. No credit card service will give a merchant account to someone awaiting trial on charges of money laundering by using credit cards! Without access to a credit card merchant account, the Web site owner is forced to resort to online checks, a risky method for any buyer considering an online purchase. Remember that purchases made online with VISA, MasterCard or American Express are fully insured against fraud by the credit card companies. If you get "ripped off" by a shady merchant when using a credit card, the credit card companies will immediately refund all of your money and then will pursue resolution with the merchant. PayPal transactions are also fully insured in the same manner. However, if you pay by check, you have no such protection. That is true both for paper checks as well as for "e-checks." You receive only whatever insurance your local bank provides. Sadly, most banks provide no protection at all against fraudulent purchases made with a check or with a debit card. Send a check to a con artist? You lose. Any time you see a Web site offering something for sale and not accepting credit cards, ask yourself, "Why does this merchant not accept credit cards? Not even via PayPal?" Most of the time, it is because that merchant has severe financial problems. Then ask yourself if you really want to do business with such a merchant. If you receive a spam mail from GenealogyTechs.net or any similar-sounding scam, please forward it to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at k.washburn@cedar-rapids.org. I suspect they have an interest in the "business activities" of this person, who is awaiting a court appearance after being arrested by that department. Please feel free to also enclose a copy of this article. You can read more about the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/financial_crimes.asp. Please feel free to also forward this article to other genealogists, newsgroups, mailing lists, and anywhere else you feel is appropriate. What Do You Think? Comments and discussion are available on this newsletter's Discussion Board at: http://www.eogn.com/discussionboard Michelle ==== CUMBERLAND-RIVER Mailing List ==== America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty-- the only one. People went to America to be free. -- Margaret Thatcher

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>From The Knoxville News Sentinel 7 Jan 2004 MOORE, RUTH ELIZABETH - 85, of Oak Ridge, POWELL, MRS. REMA DIXIE - age 88 of Wartburg REDMOND, LISA SHULTZ - age 36, SMITH, LUCILLE - age 68 of LaFollette, TAYLOR, WILLIAM "BILL" - age 91 of Clinton ========================================= MOORE, RUTH ELIZABETH - 85, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday, January 3, 2004 at NHC Health Care Center. Born September 5, 1918 in Lafollette, TN and daughter of the late Daniel and Febbie Taylor Moore. Worked at the Alexander Motor Inn for approximately 30 years as a housekeeper and then another 17 years at the Holiday Inn. Member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Preceded in death by: her husband, Lonas Allen Moore in 1938. Survived by: son, Robert Charles "Rabbit" Allen of Oak Ridge; foster-son, Harry Young Jr of Kingsport; brother, Robert L. Moore of Detroit, MI; sister, Susie Mae Gilliard of Oak Ridge; special nieces, Linnette Thomas of Detroit, MI, Tommie Stevens of Oak Ridge, Victoria Parris and husband Glenn of Chattanooga, Crystal Frye and husband Lamont and Loreal Frye, all of Memphis, Nikki Conyers of Burlington, NC; nephews, John Gilliard, Ladarian Frye and Toronzo Frye, all of Memphis; special grand-niece and care-giver, Bonnie Teasley and her daughter, Cici Teasley of Oak Ridge; and great great nephew, Tevin Lee of Oak Ridge. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. T. L. Mims officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1:00- 2:00 p.m. at the Church. Weatherford Mortuary, Oak Ridge, in charge of the arrangements. www.weatherfordmortuary.com POWELL, MRS. REMA DIXIE - age 88 of Wartburg passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by: her parents, Gus E. and Iola Heidle; husband, Asa Powell; sister, Rosa M. Heidle. She is survived by: her sister, Willie Mae Perry of Wartburg; daughter, Carolyn and husband Jerry Beene of Wartburg; son, Danny and wife, Jolean Powell of Morristown; grandchildren, Eric Schaefer and Stephanie Schaefer of Wartburg, Angela Helton, Kelly Powell, and Erica Powell of Morristown; four great grandchildren; many loving friends. The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 7, 2004 from 6-8 p.m. at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg. Funeral services will begin at 8 p.m. with Bro. David Acres officiating. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, 11 a.m. in Wartburg City Cemetery. REDMOND, LISA SHULTZ - age 36, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at her residence. Lisa's life was too short, but her love and kindness touched many. Lisa's sparkling blue eyes and adorable smile greeted everyone she met. Lisa's love of animals, "Tinkerbelle, Zar, Pretty Girl, Ashley and Weazy" brought her the nickname of Ellie Mae by her husband and soul mate of only three short years, Randy Redmond. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Graduate of Clinton High School in 1984 and worked at Y-12 B.W.X.T. until her illness. She was preceded in death by: her parents, Clyde & Helen Shultz; and much loved sister-in-law, Terri Shultz. Survivors: husband, Randy Redmond of Clinton, TN.; brothers, Clyde "Buddy" Shultz of Clinton, TN., Larry and wife, Charlotte Shultz of Clinton, TN.; sisters, Rose Fox of Cookeville, TN.; Carolyn and husband, Charles Nichols of Houston, TX.; special niece, Michelle and husband, Ryan Nichols, of Clinton, TN; other niece, Raven Jakubowski of Cookeville, TN.; nephew, Jeff & wife, Jill Shultz, of Indiana; mother-in-law, Margaret Redmond of Clinton, TN. who helped in caring for Lisa during her illness and loved her as her own child. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. in the chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with Rev. Bill McDaniel officiating. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment will be Friday, January 9, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Holley- Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton in charge of all arrangements. SMITH, LUCILLE - age 68 or LaFollette, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at her home. She was a retired Campbell County School Teacher. She was preceded in death by: mother, Maggie Smith and uncle Charlie Smith. Survivors: several cousins, friends and relatives. Funeral service 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004 at Cross Funeral Home, Rev. Mike smith officiating. Interment 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004 Wells Spring Cemetery, Rev. O.P. Byrd officiating. Family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday prior to funeral. Arrangements by Cross Funeral Home. TAYLOR, WILLIAM "BILL" - age 91 of Clinton passed away Monday January 5, 2004 at Windwood Health Care Center. Mr. Taylor was owner and operator for approx. 30 years of Taylor Auto Parts in Clinton. He was a member of Andersonville Valley Masonic Lodge, he was also a long time member of Sinking Springs United Methodist Church. He was a Veteran of the US Marines having served in World War II. Preceded in death by: parents, George Taylor and Roxie Johnson Taylor; sons, William David Taylor, William "Bill" F. Taylor; first wife Eva Haynes Taylor; and sister Mildred T. Williams. Survived by: wife, Elizabeth "Liz" Taylor of Clinton; and daughters, Carol and husband Ed Yonkey of Johnson City, Brenda and husband Joe Bradford of Knoxville, Myra and husband Doyle White of Apopka, Fla.; sons, Phillip and wife Barbara Taylor of Clinton; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great grand children; also survived by stepdaughters, Pat and husband Don Brown of Hesikell; stepsons, Jim and wife Mitch Thomas of Jacksonville, Fla.; Randy and wife Rhonda of Knoxville and Chuck Thomas of Palm Bay, Fla.; 11 step grandchildren and 14 great step grandchildren; nephew, Steven R. and wife Susan Williams of Val Rico, Fla. Honorary Pallbearers will be: David Yonkey, Alex Bradford, Eddie Bradford, Doug White, Barry Brown and Jacob Thomas. Family will receive friends Wednesday January 7, 2004 from 1-3 p.m. with a Masonic service and funeral at 3:00. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements. Memorials may be made to Clinton Public Library. =========================================== 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