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- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: John D Lunsford
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 01, Sevier, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1926
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Enumeration District Number: 0001
Family Number: 218
Sheet Number and Letter: 11B
Line Number: 88
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271
Film Number: 2342005
Digital Folder Number: 4547919
Image Number: 00586
Household Gender Age
Parent Ted Lunsford M 30
Parent Wave Lunsford F 21
John D Lunsford M 4
P H Lunsford M 2
Martin S Lunsford M 0
- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 21 Apr 2007.
(September 8, 1925 - April 21, 2007)
U.S. Veteran John Lunsford, born September 8, 1925, died April 21, 2007.
He was an Elder of Laurel Springs Christian Church, member of the Newport Kerbela Shriners, and former member of the Cosby Ruritan Club.
He served in the Navy during WWII, later in the US Army and retired from the US Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ted and Wave Lunsford; brother, Pat Lunsford; sisters, Inez Ramsey and Sue Lunsford. He is survived by his wife, Erma Lunsford of Cosby; daughter, Kim Large and husband Keith of Newport; son, Colonel John Lunsford and wife Vickie of Bossier City, Louisiana; grandchildren, Clint Large, Andrew and Danielle Lunsford; sister, Joyce Osterman of Knoxville; brothers, Martin Lunsford and his wife Naomi of Cosby, Marvin Lunsford and his wife Diann of Abilene, Texas; brother-in-law Leroy Garver of Cosby; sister-in-law, Bobbie Garver Linderman of Parrottsville. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
Funeral services will be held 8:00 pm, Tuesday, April 24, 2007 in Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with Ken Arnold officiating. Burial will be 11:00 am, Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in Waters-Large Cemetery, and full military honors will be provided by Shaw Air Force Base.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 pm Tuesday at Manes Funeral Home prior to the funeral services. Flowers are acceptable and for those who wish donations may be made to Laurel Springs Christian Church, 160 Baxter Road, Cosby, TN 37722.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 49057253).
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name John D Lunsfard
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 18 Mar 1953
Event Place Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Age 27
Birth Year (Estimated) 1926
Spouse's Name Erma Lene Garner
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1933
Page 5339
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X369-14Q?cc=1619127&wc=Q6SB-21H%3A1589264474%2C1589372876 : 22 December 2016), Cocke > Marriage registers, 1946-1954, vol 28-29 > image 607 of 695; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
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