Lydia Messer^[1]

1920 - 2010  (89 years)

• Name	Lydia Messer
  Born	4 Oct 1920	Cocke County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	3 Apr 2010
  Buried	7 Apr 2010	Suggs Cemetery, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I181850	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	David L. Messer,   b. 31 Jul 1890, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Nov 1952, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Winnie Henderson,   b. Abt 1896, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Dec 1970, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1913	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Family ID	F102985	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Buford Lee Medley,   b. 18 Sep 1922, Gaffney, South Carolina ,   d. 7 Mar 2002, Brookview Healthcare Center  (Age 79 years)
  Children	+ 1. Louise Medley,   b. 4 Jul 1944  (Age 80 years) + 2. Christine Medley,   b. 18 Jul 1948,   d. 5 Oct 2011  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F68902	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Oct 1920 - Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 258. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Lydia Messer Event Type: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 11, Cocke, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 8 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1922 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee District: 0020 Household ID: 114 Sheet Number and Letter: 6B Line Number: 80 Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 2238 GS Film number: 2341972 Digital Folder Number: 4548152 Image Number: 00459 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head David Messer M 40 Tennessee Wife Winnie Messer F 39 Tennessee Daughter Dellia Messer F 14 Tennessee Son Tharmon Messer M 12 Tennessee Daughter Lydia Messer F 8 Tennessee Son Cecil Messer M 4 Tennessee Son Edgar Messer M 1 Tennessee [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 3 Apr 2010. Lydia Medley, a faithful servant of the Lord, moved to Heaven on April 3, 2010. She was a dedicated member of Northport Baptist Church. Lydia was preceded in death by her husband, Buford Medley, her parents David and Winnie Messer; sisters , Deliah Ball and Anna McGaha; brothers, Thurman Messer and A. D. Messer. She is survived by her daughters, Louise Medley Suggs, and Christine Messer Pruitt; son-in-law J. D. Suggs; brothers, Edgar Messer and wife Ila Messer and Cecil Messer and wife Pat Messer; 4 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren and a host of extended family and friends. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 6, from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Northport Baptist Church. The funeral service will follow at 8:00 p.m. with Rev. James Suggs and Pastor Wade Holbrook officiating. The family will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Brown Funeral Home to go in procession for a 10:00 a.m. interment at Suggs Cemetery in Del Rio. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: David Messer Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Winnie Henderson Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 22 Nov 1913 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03286-2 System Origin: Tennessee-EASy GS Film number: 1928644 Reference ID: pg 345