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Jessie Mae Watts Russell obituary
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 1 Apr 2011.
April a good time to fish or garden, as Bill does
(c)2011 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID POPIEL
Bill and Carolyn Moorefield for years have been living off Greeneville Highway on the hill behind the old and closed Emory Smith grocery. They moved out of Newport about five or six years ago.
Author: David Popiel
The late March weather has been playing more tricks on our hometown and that fits with April's All Fool's Day, as the lamb romped after a boisterous early March.
Redbuds in bloom dot the landscape with dogwoods threatening to open in early April and that usually means swallows return from South America. Red glowing ominous fires in some communities overshadow the gorgeous greening and colorful early spring blooms of crocus and tulip.
I got out of bed in the dark on Wednesday to make photos of the historic Landon Bryant vacant house burning to the ground. There was not much firefighters could do or the members of James Bryant and Herman Hall families I saw standing and watching. My heart went out to see Carol (Bryant) Cason crying. Neighbor Lloyd Bryant said folks were fearful that an arsonist is at work. He lost a barn in the English Mountain area several years ago to an arsonist. Long-time residents of the Old Cosby Highway at Lower English Creek will remember the long-gone grocery operated by James and Mary Bryant. This store was next to the Landon and Texie Bryant home. When we continue talking with Bill Moorefield here he mentions Liston Bryant, who may have been a brother to Landon.
The late week turned into a cooler haze as I made an annual visit to Dr. Kurt Steel at Foster & Steel optometrists. They employee many wonderful technicians two of whom worked with me. Tracy Norris, I learned is the daughter of a former student of mine, Gay Williamson. She used a most modern and impressive retina mapping technology that Dr. Steel explained to me. I liked it because there was no need to dilate my eyes with drops so I can't see well the rest of the afternoon. The Optimap machine makes digital photographs that the doctors view on computer screen to access any disease or injury problems. All went well and eyeglass technician Sheena Chesney was a confident help in selecting progression/transitioning lens. I'll give them a try.
Another interesting fellow I met at the Plain Talk for a few minutes later in the day was Emma Alley's son, James "Chip" Alley, who is back in the county for a while and keen to get back flying passenger aircraft. He is a tall, bright fellow who reminded me a lot of his uncle, the late Jesse Denton, a brilliant educator. Alley does some aircraft inspection/consulting work out west. His sister, Tara, is an accountant in Charleston.
Last week you recall we were visiting with Bill Moorefield, who grew up in the Rankin bottoms area, where he and his family were tenant farmers. We continue that visit and add some more things that I learned during the chats. I'm impressed at near-78 Bill has no interest in retiring and also dedicates a goodly share of his time and labor to the Lord's work at his church off Bybee Highway. When I made photos of the bright yellow hedges at Roger and Keela Ball home off Highway 160 and Sunshine Circle last week, I was within eyesight of Bill's church home.
After leaving the Steel farm at Rankin, Bill Moorefield's labors steadily grew at the Robinson farm, where Bill would help milk 35 Holstein head by hand. They raised about 50 acres of corn, 80 acres of hay, and one acre of tobacco. Perhaps the hardest time for him was when Dad Otis contracted Bright's disease and could not work for about three years. Bill recalled as a young teenager hooking up a team of horses and beginning to plow 50 acres in late October. He did not finish using the flat-bottom plow until the end of January. Otis was able to keep the machinery going, and this relieved the chores some. Bill also used a horse-pulled mower in the hayfield. But pitchforks and strong backs did all the other labor. This was the time before tractor-pulled hay balers, when hay stood in tall shocks to dry. Few people who are not of retirement age could understand the immense amount of work farming required. The environment, at times, was less than friendly, particularly because of flooding along the French Broad River. Bill heard the story told to him by his father and grandfather, Sam Moorefield. They had been working in the fields. It so happened a giant hackberry grew in one field. This mighty tree had a girth of about eight feet. A sudden flood caught the men in the field so that they had to use wooden rails to build a pallet in the tree and hay on the pallet where they slept through the night until floodwaters subsided. An Afro-American laborer with them chose to swim to safety earlier that day. This flood was a great one in the early 1900s. Bill was old enough to recall the 1941 big flood that washed a section of the railroad tracks away. He also watched coal being loaded on steamers at the coal chute that still exists as a rusted monument.
With work first, school was a distant second but Bill managed some studies at the leased-farm school located where Stokely Chapel Church is off Industrial Road. Georgia Hicks was his teacher. When you consider this was about 65 years ago, it is understood why he couldn't name many schoolmates other than Charlie Ford's son and Tim Strange's Dad. About the only thing he remembered about World War II was the troop trains steaming through and citizens lining up to wave and cry for the departing soldiers.
When he was 19, Bill took his first real job at Rhyne Lumber Company, one of the few major employers in Cocke County. His job was to operate a saw, with Ed Strange his supervisor. Ed would give Bill a ride to and from work in a Model A Ford. I asked Bill if he had met Colonel Charles Rhyne Sr., and he had. "He always chewed on an unlit cigar. When it was fired up that meant he was mad." After less than a year, Bill was laid off and left for farm work at the Rippitoe farm in Greene County until the early 1950s, when he joined Bush Brothers in Chestnut Hill, working in the labeling dept. The first job he truly enjoyed was with J.D. Sluder, who owned and operated Mohawk Milling in Newport. This was from about 1957 until 1969. Many of you have been inside or visited the mill along the Pigeon River.
About J.D. Sluder, Bill said, "He did more for me than anybody," referring to the training and support for outside sales. His territory encompassed Knoxville, Lenoir City, Cumberland Gap, Big Stone Gap, Abingdon, Virginia; Newland, Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Big or little stores, Bill stopped by to hawk Mohawk's flour and meal-the finest that could be bought. Along the way, Bill collected cash for the orders and often called these in to Lois Sluder or Mabel Creasy. He estimated that during a year he might collect a total of $300,000. It was a busy time for the mill that operated all night. One of his friends who was a truck driver was Fred Ramsey. During this time, Bill also developed a keen interest in taking night courses at the vocational school. He became proficient at repairing small engines.
After leaving the mill and all that traveling, Bill meandered around before settling on a job that I found him doing when I began working at the Plain Talk in 1973. Bill was the maintenance man at First Baptist Church for the next 25 years, starting in 1972. He recalled that the other fulltime employee was Betty Wilde, church secretary. Bill enjoyed the church work, the membership, and was apt at fixing and repairing, except when the church's boiler broke down. It was a particularly bad time-the winter of the minus 20 degrees. I'm sure you haven't forgotten and neither has Bill. The church brought in a boiler from Knoxville and set it on the street side along Mim's Avenue. Unfortunately, it got so cold the boiler froze. "I had to set up 19 oil heaters in the sanctuary to keep the temperature at 42 degrees. I stayed up all night."
Most of his later life Bill has lived in a house off Greeneville Highway not far from the Nathan Fords. Bill's first wife was Mildred Bailey and they had two children, Ronnie and Linda Gail, who live near Bill and his wife, the former Carolyn Russell. I got to know her when she supervised the kitchen staff at Newport Grammar School. She was always helpful to the Kiwanis Club for the annual spring pancake breakfast. Incidentally, this takes place on April 2. Carolyn and Bill have one son, Russell Moorefield, who works for the Cocke County Fire Department and is an emergency medical technician.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 8 Apr 2011.
April brings mixed news and much warmer weather
(c)2011 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID POPIEL
Keeni, the pet Husky owned by Linda Turner, is back home after disappearing for a short time this spring. Linda said her prayers were answered to find her dog that wandered to the Knoxville Highway in late March.
Author: David Popiel
April's march toward warmer weather was hardly derailed by storms and rain last Monday with little damage in our hometown, where more businesses are rolling out their spring plants and merchandise.
There seems to be a lot of activity around town, as the temperature moves into the 80s. I saw a lot of new bedding plants for gardens at Newport Hardware where I stopped to chat with Keith Williams on Thursday. Days before that I bumped into Kathy Fish, who told me of her plan to take over Petals Florist. This does not change Sherman and Barbara Hudson's plans for their greenhouses. You will notice a name change to Hudson's Greenhouses and soon a separate office near the greenhouses off Cosby Highway.
Mid-week I wandered over to the old Wal-Mart building after learning that the Department of Children's Services had moved from Mims building to Newport Plaza owned by the Guy Hommel Sr. family. I was surprised to be greeted by Janie Cooper, who retired several years ago after teaching at Newport Grammar School for 40 years. She is a volunteer for DCS and enjoys working with people like team coordinator Amanda (Barnes) Dunn. About two-dozen people from several counties work in Newport for DCS.
We got word on Thursday, April 7, that our former sports editor Timothy Graham had died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack. He had been living in the Warner-Robbins, Georgia, community for many years. I believe he last worked at the Plain Talk around 2000 and had taken on more of a role in general news gathering rather than sports coverage. His old friend and schoolmate Phil Owens, who chatted with me on Friday morning, agrees with me that Timothy had one of the finest, intelligent minds we've ever encountered but he was rather slothful. Phil, who is 57, guessed that Timothy was about 58 and always beat himself up because he couldn't get a law degree but Phil did. Both Timothy's brothers, the late Frank, who died of cancer, and James of Georgia were lawyers. When I joined the Plain Talk, Dad, Hatcher Graham, was still alive and working for the county health dept. Evelyn (Parrott) Graham outlived her husband by many years. Not only did Timothy know more about sports than most people will ever hope to know, but he had a keen sense of humor. I never saw him lose his temper or move too quickly, unless heading out for lunch. This was, of course, a real irritation to then Co-Publisher Nancy Petrey, who helped raise the boy, she often said. Most of the years we put in orders for Girl Scout cookies, Timothy's appetite for sweets invariably helped the girls meet their annual sales goal. I recall he would by two or three-dozen boxes. His contributions to the Plain Talk were solid and welcomed by our readers, who at times loved him or were ready to throw the bum out, when he might challenge them in his weekly column to "get a grip" on reality. He will be missed by me and his friends in the office and our hometown.
Many weeks ago we talked about John Turner's missing hound, Debo. He is not found, but his sister, Linda Turner, is happy that her missing Husky is back home after being gone a couple weeks. Her pet for about a year walked away with a friend of Linda's and disappeared somewhere around the Travel Center off Highway 25/70. She contacted me and you saw the blue-eyed dog's photo. "I just started praying and make it so the person who has my dog couldn't eat or sleep" worrying about where he should be and who owned Keeni. On Friday, April 1, it was no foolish prank when a Huddle House manager contacted Linda through her son. It appears the dog went home with a woman who lives near Filbert Street. When Linda arrived at the home, Keeni was lying on the porch but saw her and ran up, putting his front paws on her shoulders as if in a hug, she said. Early last week I went to Linda's home off Khajah Way to see the dog and make a photo for you. "I give God the glory for his return." Linda has lived at her current location since 1982 on a portion of what used to be the old Greer farm. Khajah Way is named after her former husband, who is from Kuwait. I asked her how she came up with the unusual name and she replied, from watching the Brother Bear TV show. Linda works part-time at Edgemont School in the cafeteria.
Let's return to our visit with and old friend, Bill Moorefield, who grew up in Rankin and still works in Newport as a security guard for Glenmore Smith. One of Bill's best jobs was working at Mohawk Milling for the Sluder family. About J.D. Sluder, Bill said, "He did more for me than anybody," referring to the training and support for outside sales. His territory encompassed Knoxville, Lenoir City, Cumberland Gap, Big Stone Gap, Abingdon, Virginia; Newland, Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Big or little stores, Bill stopped by to hawk Mohawk's flour and meal-the finest that could be bought. Along the way, Bill collected cash for the orders and often called these in to Lois Sluder or Mabel Creasy. He estimated that during a year he might collect a total of $300,000. It was a busy time for the mill that operated all night. One of his friends who was a truck driver was Fred Ramsey. During this time, Bill also developed a keen interest in taking night courses at the vocational school. He became proficient at repairing small engines.
After leaving the mill and all that traveling, Bill meandered around before settling on a job that I found him doing when I began working at the Plain Talk in 1973. Bill was the maintenance man at First Baptist Church for the next 25 years, starting in 1972. He recalled that the other fulltime employee was Betty Wilde, church secretary. Bill enjoyed the church work, the membership, and was apt at fixing and repairing, except when the church's boiler broke down. It was a particularly bad time-the winter of the minus 20 degrees. I'm sure you haven't forgotten and neither has Bill. The church brought in a boiler from Knoxville and set it on the street side along Mim's Avenue. Unfortunately, it got so cold the boiler froze. "I had to set up 19 oil heaters in the sanctuary to keep the temperature at 42 degrees. I stayed up all night."
Most of his later life Bill has lived in a house off Greeneville Highway not far from the Nathan Fords. Bill's first wife was Mildred Bailey and they had two children, Ronnie and Linda Gail, who live near Bill and his wife, the former Carolyn Russell. I got to know her when she supervised the kitchen staff at Newport Grammar School. She was always helpful to the Kiwanis Club for the annual spring pancake breakfast. Incidentally, it took place on April 2. Carolyn and Bill have one son, Russell Moorefield, who works for the Cocke County Fire Department and is an emergency medical technician.
For years you could find the Moorefields living in Newport off Susong, but during the past five years they have lived in a modern home near the top of a hill that I've driven by at least a thousands times. But, I never noticed the houses on the hill that was once the property of Liston Bryant. Standing outside his home, he motioned to the Greeneville Highway. Their home is just above what used to be the Emory Smith grocery. The Bryant farm stretched to the French Broad River and Bill worked on the farm in the early 1960s. Other nearby landmarks are the back of the Nathan Fords' home and the rear of Hillcrest Estates subdivision. Bill and Carolyn's neighbor is a daughter, Linda Greene, who looks after her ill husband, Charles, who suffers with cancer. When he was able, Charles loved to restore old cars, but these now sit waiting.
They own the land, which includes a large old barn. Bill has been working to restore the early 1900s barn. Along with the Greenes and their daughter, Kayla, are neighbors, the Howard Stranges. You have a good view of the St. Tide Hollow Road intersection and a long stretch of the new highway.
My main purpose for the visit was to see and borrow a photo the giant walleye Bill had caught in Canada about 2007, when fishing with Jimmy Riddle and his son. It seems to me that Riddle had worked for the local gas utility years ago before launching into his own business, heat and air condition. He lives in Morristown. It was near the Black Sturgeon Lodge they fished in a small lake into which the Winnipeg River empties. Bill had bought six walleye lures but only one, a red and brown humpback plug, got the fish's attention. He landed a 31-inch fish that was 12-inches in girth with an estimated weight of 15 pounds. If you like to fish, Bill said the walleye and crappie are running, especially near the old coal chute at Rankin.
As we chatted, I recalled he was active in the Newport Rescue Squad so I asked about that, having forgotten the time period and details. These came back as we talked about many rescues he was on that I covered as a reporter in the 1970s. His work with the squad's search and find dog, drowning victim recoveries, and missing persons searches earned him the Squadsman of the Year Award in 1975. It was the time when Hop Byrd and Fred Ogle were among top leaders in the squad and Tom O'Dell was county sheriff. The squad had acquired a well-trained German Shepherd that Bill boarded and brought to various searches. One we both recalled as along the Pigeon River in Newport when a person had drowned. The dog was able to follow a scent from clothing to lead squadsmen to find the body. In fact, the year he got the top award he had helped in the recovery of 12 bodies. But he would walk away when it was too dangerous for him and the dog. That time it was cold, sleeting when he was called out about 2 a.m. to Clingman's dome to search for a missing hiker. The terrain was so steep and dangerous, Bill took the dog and left.
Some of you may recall, as I do, the time he stood the cross on the cliff back up after it had fallen over. This cross restoring project took place about 1975 on the famous pinnacle overlooking the Pigeon River above River Street. Bill repelled down the cliff face and then climbed up the steep pinnacle to where the cross had fallen over. Squadsmen were tossed a rope from Bill who pulled over his tools. Among helpers was Hank Maxwell. "The cross was about six feet tall and made of red cedar. I put it back together and painted it white. There were about 75 people along River Street watching and yelling for me to be careful," said Bill. The same day of the cross placement the Newport Rescue Squad got a call to the Nolichucky River to retrieve the body of a drowning victim.
He is proud to credit First Baptist Church for the change in his life and his continued attendance at Clay Creek Missionary Baptist, established in 1828. He reads the King James Version of the Bible, as did his grandparents and praises the work pastor Johnny Ellison is doing, especially comforting families stricken with cancer.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Jun 2013.
June rain provides softness to sad event, end of spring
(c)2013 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID POPIEL
Carolyn and Bill Moorefield have been married for 33 years. Both worked long during their younger years, she as manager of the Newport Grammar School cafeteria. Bill continues to work in his retirement years. You can find Bill as a security guard at the Bryant Town branch bank of National Bank of Tenn.
Author: David Popiel
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Bill Moorefield turned 80
A couple weekends ago the Bill Moorefield family got together at his and Carolyn's home off Greeneville Highway and invited me, as we had chatted a couple years ago about his life and family. You will see the photos made and hear some more of his recollections. These came from another visit on Wednesday, May 29, his real birthday, when he turned 80. Bank manager Randy Cagle was chatting with Bill, when I arrived on the hot afternoon; customers came and went often waving at him. They had cake for Bill at the bank, too. Bill was happy in his blue security guard shirt and favorite chair in the corner where he could watch all the comings and goings of customers.
"It's not the world I grew up in," he confided, referring to what we all know as our place today. Born in 1933, a child of the Great Depression he truly had lean and hard times, and like some of you older citizens worked as a child on the farm. "It was awful" he said of the era and his mother's good cooking was one of the few bright things he recalled and enjoyed. He worked at the Stokely Farm bottoms and packed beets in large crates for two-and-a-half cents per crate. He packed hamper-sized boxes full of greens, too. Bill's father, Otis Moorefield, "lacked eight days of being 80" when he died. Mom, Flora (Parker) Moorefield was 47 and suffered either a heart attack or aneurysm. This being three days after Christmas when she had cooked and fed 25 people at their home. There were no electric stoves or refrigerators. TVA celebrates its 80th anniversary this year but rural electrification in Cocke County didn't happen until the 1950s.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 15 Jun 2013.
Just Plain Talk: Father's Day a time for a break from the world of work
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Remember the Tannery?
We have been talking with father, grandfather and great grandfather Bill Moorefield, who recently turned age 80 and is still working as a part-time security guard for S&W Security. Another person who you know well that celebrates this week is Willie Green. I think he turns 75 on June 20. Robin Green, his wife, is planning a reception at Newport Printing & Office Supplies this Thursday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., because the company celebrates its 45th year. Willie and the business have been long-time friends of the Plain Talk and occupy one of our early print sites. Stop by for a cold drink and cookie.
One of Bill’s first real paying jobs was at Rhyne Lumber Company. He operated a ripsaw and other machines on 12-hour shifts and made 35 cents per hour. He didn't stay long and joined the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company tannery off Edwina Highway-somewhere near the current ConAgra warehouses. He was strong and work hardened by his early 20s. Today he still is a lean 180 pounds. One job required him to lift cowhides that weighed 100 to 115 pounds and carry up a four-step stair and dump these into a washing bin. There was an eight-foot wheel that spun the water and hides. This was one of the hardest jobs but not the worst. The best job was in the shipping department. "I've seen men work and walk off after 20 minutes." Imagine, if you can, the odor of the rail boxcars filled with hides. Your job is to unload them by hand into wheelbarrows and push these to the washhouse as the first step in the cleaning, prepping for tanning. "Your hands were always brown."
It was a world of hard work
But people had to work and took whatever jobs there where. Besides Rhyne Lumber, Stokely Brothers, and the Tannery there were few other large employers. The Tannery did have showers for men leaving after the long day. "But you never got the smell off." Bill was not meant to work this hard forever and found his way to Mohawk Milling where J.D. Sluder hired him. Bill speaks highly of Mr. Sluder and the family. Bill took over a flour and meal delivery route that eventually encompassed several states. He would carry the corn meal and Mohawk flour and collect the cash to bring back to Newport. The bills and the cash always balanced. This went on for nine years in the 1960s. He left and drove a school bus for a time and recalled being approached by Jim Burchette, Joe Kyker Sr, and the First Baptist Church pastor. They asked him to consider being the maintenance man. At first, Bill was intimidated about the size and scope of the job but his 30-day trial turned into 25 years from October 1972 to Feb. 1997.
Although he looks in good health and is for 80, he has had some major surgery and problems that he took in stride. By the time he was 36 he was having constant stomach problems so Dr. Glenn Shults suggested he would need surgery. Dr. Shults brought in a Dr. Henderson from Memphis for the abdominal surgery. This required removal of a portion of his stomach and when reassembled was different than normal folks. He has lived with the difference. Dr. Henderson only gave Bill 10 years to live, said Bill. Many years alter, "Doc Shults met up with Dr. Henderson in Memphis and told him: 'Bill is still alive'."
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 28 Jun 2013.
Just Plain Talk: July starts the down-hill daylight slide & hot days
The heat ramped up as June is about to end its reign leaving us the longest day of the year giving our hometown 14 hours and 35 minutes of sunlight. And the full moon, an unusually bright one, added some nightlight too to help us find July soon.
Shoney's slide into darkness after closing last Friday, June 21, ending its 23-year run in Newport. Do you remember when it was a grassy knoll with shrubs, trees, and a home? The next tenant, Weigels store, will be open this year. Another change in the marketplace happened in Morristown where I visited for the opening of Ollie's Bargain Outlet at West Morris Boulevard. Standing next to a costumed Ollie was Linda Cope, who has connections to the Cope family of Newport. Another fast-changing thing is agriculture as explained by David Bublitz, who started an interesting business in Newport. He was guest speaker at the Newport Kiwanis Club and talked about hydroponics-growing plants without soil. His business is Nutrition Works and you will be reading more about this in the Plain Talk. His father, John Bublitz, is known as a champion barbecue competitor. Both John and David help folks such as High Oaks Coon Club, and Long Creek Volunteer Fire Department raise funds.
Many people helped Bill
Over the past weeks we have been talking with Bill Moorefield, who at 80, continues to work and still has a large barn-rebuilding project to complete. He looks the picture of good health but has overcome his bouts ailments requiring serious surgery.
When Bill was about 73, he required a triple bypass heart surgery. "The good Lord has helped me a lot." During the past 15 years, on and off, he has been employed by Glenmore Smith, who started S&W Security along with the late Harry Woods. Bill's first job was at night policing the parking loot at McDonald's Restaurant and his weapon was a large flashlight. Since then he has walked every post that S&W Security had under contract from banks, Newport Grammar School, local plants, hospital, and Cocke County High School. Bill says his stint at CCHS was interesting and kept him the most active. However, he did not carry a weapon at first and was often taunted by school children as being a "Barney Fife." Bill went for weapons training and got his state handgun carry permit. When he showed up at the school wearing a large gun, "I got a lot of respect." Just recently, Gregg Ketterman, who left National Bank of Tennessee, where his father just retired as CEO and bank president, bought the S&W Security company. Glenmore retired. Bill believes Glenmore is about 82. "He's like a brother to me. He's been so good to me" and his comments are often echoed by others who know or have worked with Glenmore. One of the old timers as a security guard was Gene Shults. When I chat with Gregg Ketterman, perhaps some other names will come up. Bill also did security guard work at the Holiday Inn when it was operated by Annette Mason.
Back to the silver screen
My visits with Bill took me back in time and got me thinking about old friends, folks you know, who provided thousands of hours of entertainment until outdoor film exhibition faded into the past. The conversation started with Bill's daughter, Linda Green, whose husband was known to many of you who shopped at Walmart in years past. Linda and her pet Baby Girl dog keep good company and miss Wayne who died of cancer early in 2011. He was a slim built man just like his father who I got to know well at the Woodzo Drive-in. "Heavy" Green was the projectionist.
Before we talked about the Green family, I had a few more questions about Bill and Carolyn Moorefield. She retired last from Rusty-Wallace Ford where she was a secretary and receptionist. I recall she managed the cafeteria at Newport Grammar School because she was of such good help to the Newport Kiwanis Club that has the annual pancake breakfast each April at NGS. Before this she also worked at Jenkins & Darwin clothing. This store no longer exists but was in the area between the courthouse and US Bank. Carolyn was a sales clerk. During those years, Linda bumped into Carolyn and knew her before she married Bill some 33 years ago. She remembers growing up with Bill and his father, Otis Moorefield, at "the corner house" at Good Hope and Allen's Chapel.
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: William Morefield
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 4, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1933
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Cocke, Tennessee
District: 15-8
Family Number: 160
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Line Number: 45
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3881
Digital Folder Number: 005461287
Image Number: 00228
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Otis Morefield M 35 Tennessee
Wife Florice Morefield F 34 Tennessee
Daughter Nellie Morefield F 15 Tennessee
Daughter Maurice Morefield F 11 Tennessee
Daughter Martha Morefield F 9 Tennessee
Son William Morefield M 7 Tennessee
Son Otis Morefield M 5 Tennessee
Daughter Susan Morefield F 1 Tennessee
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Billy Cellas Moorefield
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Jul 1955
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1933
Father's Name:
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Mildred Ann Bailey
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1937
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:
Reference ID:
GS Film number: 1669919
Digital Folder Number: 004485980
Image Number: 02246
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Carolyn Russell
Also Known As Name:
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Jul 1979
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Spouse's Name: Billy Moorefield
Spouse's Also Known As Name:
Spouse's Name Prefix:
Spouse's Name Suffix:
Page: 148
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