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- [S112] Census, 1920.
Name: John N Badgett
Residence: , Blount, Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1919
Age: 1
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Film Number: 1821729
Digital Folder Number: 4390801
Image Number: 00924
Sheet Number: 13
Household Gender Age
Parent John N Badgett M 28y
Parent Hazel Badgett F 30y
James P Badgett M 5y
Alice T Badgett F 3y7m
John N Badgett M 1y6m
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: John N Badgett
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 19, Blount, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1919
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Enumeration District Number: 28
Family Number: 265
Sheet Number and Letter: 14A
Line Number: 43
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2234
Film Number: 2341968
Digital Folder Number: 4548148
Image Number: 00893
Household Gender Age
Parent John W Badgett M 38
Parent Hazel B Badgett F 40
James P Badgett M 15
Alice T Badgett F 13
John N Badgett M 11
O Elizabeth Badgett F 8
M Lilian Badgett F 4
Guy M Badgett M 2
Willie E Brown F 23
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 1 Jun 2009.
Judge J. N. Badgett Jr., 90, died Sunday morning at UT Hospital following strokes earlier in the week.
He served as Blount County General Sessions Judge from 1971 until 1981, and in 1974, he was President of the Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference.
Prior to returning to Blount County in 1970, he served 30 years in the Army as a pilot, flight instructor during World War II and as an attorney in the judge advocate section.
He served on the board of First Federal Savings and Loan Association, as secretary of Magnolia Cemetery and was a charter member of Maryville Rotary, where he had 30 years of perfect attendance.
His father, John N. Badgett Sr., was president of the Bank of Maryville.
He is survived by his wife, Blanche Clark Badgett, whose father, Hugh M. Clark, was a well-known Broadway florist and whose mother was a sister to D. W. Proffitt, founder of Proffitt's Department Store.
Survivors include two sons, John "Chip" N. III of Memphis and Tim of Maryville and a daughter, Susan Metzler of Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
- [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 31 May 2009.
Lt. Col. John Newman Badgett, Jr. USAF (ret.)
June 10, 1918 - May 31, 2009
Birthplace: Maryville, TN
Resided In: Maryville TN USA
Visitation: June 02, 2009
Service: June 03, 2009
Cemetery: Magnolia Cemetery
Lt. Col. John Newman (O’Pa) Badgett, Jr. USAF (ret.) passed away May 31, 2009 at the UT Hospital in Knoxville. He was born June 10, 1918 in his Maryville, TN to J.N. and Hazel Blankenship Badgett. He is survived by his beloved wife and high school sweetheart, Mary Blanche Clark Badgett. They were married July 3, 1941 at New Providence Church in Maryville. Together they traveled the globe, lived many places and had many adventures. Their three children are Susan Rebecca Metzler and husband William of Grove City, OH; John N. Badgett, III and wife Rebecca of Memphis, TN and Timothy Clark Badgett and wife Patricia of Maryville, TN. Grandchildren include Linda B. Sipes of Sheboygan, WI; Dietke B. Stogner (Joey) of Surfside Beach, SC; John Charles Metzler (Sarah) of Lewis Center, OH; Benjamin Clark Metzler of Columbus, OH; John Clark Badgett of Maryville, TN and James Thomas Badgett of Sweetwater, TN. Great-grandchildren are Kaylee L. Hess, Andrew C. Hess and Alexis J. Stogner of Surfside Beach, SC and David W. Metzler and Lauren E. Metzler of Lewis Center, OH. He also leaves two sisters, Elizabeth B. Cox of Spokane, WA and Lillian B. Hatfield of Sanford, NC and sister-in-law, Betty T. Badgett of Maryville, TN. Besides his parents, preceding him in death are his two brothers, Guy Badgett and James P. Badgett and one sister, Alice B. Crow.
J.N. graduated from Maryville High School in 1936 and majored in political science at Maryville College, receiving his degree in 1940. He earned his LL.B. (Legum Baccalaureus) degree from the University of Tennessee in 1942. He joined the Army as an aviation cadet in September of 1942 received his silver Air Force pilot wings and commission of second lieutenant on June 30, 1943. J.N. served as Maryville City Recorder from November of 1945 until September of 1947. He loved to tell of how small Maryville was then and how everyone knew everyone else.
After this he opened his own law firm and was named “Young Man of the Year” by the Maryville-Alcoa Jaycee’s in January of 1950.
In 1951 Captain Badgett was recalled to active duty and sent to Japan with the 314th troop carrier group. He remained on active duty until he retired in August of 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. He is quoted as saying his greatest adventure while in the armed forces was as a major while stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He was forced to eject at 1,500 feet from a powerless airplane. Neither he nor the other crewman was injured, but the T33 crashed and burned.
As a Division One General Sessions Court Judge from 1971 to 1981, he was president of the Tennessee General Sessions Judge’s Conference in 1974. Among his other offices was his appointment to the Maryville Housing Authority in 1982, Maryville-Alcoa Jaycees Board of Directors; chairman consultant for the local Selective Service Board and the Blount County Revenue Commission, chairman of the County Education Committee; President and charter member of the Maryville Rotary Club where he did not miss a meeting for over 38 years. He was a member of the American Legion Post 13, and the Chamber of Commerce. Judge Badgett retired in December of 1989 after service as chairman and board member of First Federal Savings and Loan.
For 35 years Judge Badgett was a Magnolia Cemetery Trustee and Secretary. His faithful service assured accurate interment/monument records and the oversight of grounds maintenance.
Judge Badgett was a life long active member of First United Methodist Church of Maryville.
O’pa loved his family, his Lord and his Country and always served each faithfully. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather as well as the “Go to Guy” when anything was needed doing by family, church or community. He will be missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
The family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church of Maryville.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church of Maryville with Pastors Brenda and Larry Carroll and Tom Badgett officiating. The interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery.
The family request memorials be given to the Alzheimer’s Association, Eastern TN Chapter, 2270 Sutherland Avenue, Suite H 102, Knoxville, TN 37919; Maryville Rotary Club, P. O. Box 4726, Maryville, TN 37802; First United Methodist Church of Maryville Kitchen Fund, 804 Montvale Station Road, Maryville, TN 37803.
McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home in charge 982-6812
www.mccammonammonsclick.com
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