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Thomas Earl CHERRY.
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Minus V. , Jr. CHERRY.
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Lottie Mary CHERRY.8. Josie COVINGTON
(1) was born on 22 Mar 1890 in Rocky
Fork, Rutherford County, TN. She died on 18 Mar 1984 in Nolensville, Williamson
County, TN. She Buried in Nolensville Cemetery, Nolensville, Williamson County,
TN. As a little girl when the family lived on Del Thomas Road, just off of
Rocky Fork Road at what is called the homeplace, Josie was the one chosen to
feed Pappy's sorghum mill. When Josie was 6 years old her mother died. When
she was about 14years old she moved to West Nashville to live with her brother.
Jim and his wife, Ella (Elnora Frances Snell). At this time Jim was delivering
ice of the ice house down town near the Cumberland River. It was while she was
there that she welcomed the birth of Ella and Jim's first child, Mattie Louise
Covington on August 10, 1906. It was also when she was living with them that
she was baptized into Christ at Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ. It was a
short time after this that she met and married Minos Vice Cherry on 29 December
1907. In the meantime Pappy in about 1897 married Mary Elizabeth Smith and
on 21 December 1899 their first child, Dewey Covington, was born and four years
later they had Flora Beatrice Covington on 30 of June 1903. So when Josie was
6 years old, her mother died, the year being 31 December 1893; her brother, Charley
was barely 1 and 1/2 years old, sister Louzina was five and brother John Henry
was 8 years old, brother Jim was 12, sister Cora was 14, sister Mary Sue (Susie)
was 17, and brother Willie was 18 years old. So, Mary Elizabeth inherited eight
children from 18 down to 1 and 1/2 years. And one year later she had the 9th
child of Henry Allen and then in 1903 she had Flora. No one is really sure,
but when Cora got married some of the children lived with her. Charley did for
sure and later on he lived with Jim and Ella, Louise, Emery, Clifford, and Howard
when they lived at the DeBow Farm in Donelson. He made this move when he was
about 16 sometime around 1918-19. In late 1904 or early 1905 Pappy lost his
second wife Mary Elizabeth. Flora was hardly a year old and Dewey was barely
5 years old. So Josie grew up with three sets of children for by the 15 January
1906 Pappy's last child was born, a girl called Annie, born to Pappy's third
and last wife, Lillie Irwin Hackett. Lillie brought into this family a boy of
her own called Scooby. So, in Pappy's death notice of 15 February 1930, he was
the father of 13 children--12 he sired and 1 stepson.
In the 1910 Tennessee State Census, Pappy Henry Allen still lived in the homeplace
off Rocky Fork Road. Pappy was 53 years old. Lillie was 41 years old. Charley
was 17 years old. Marcus (Scooby) was 13. Dewey was 10 and Annie was 1 year
old. Flora was not in the 1910 Census. In the 1920 Census Pappy was 64 years
old; Lillie 50 years old; Dewey was 20 years old; Flora was 16 and Annie was
a teenager at 14 year old. Since Pappy died in early 1930 he didn't make that
Census.
OBITUARY: MRS JOSIE COVINGTON CHERRY 1984
Mrs. Josie Covington Cherry of Nolensville, 93, died at the Williamson County
Hospital on Sunday, March 18, after a short illness. A native of Rutherford
County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Allen and Mattie Robertson Covington.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Nolensville United Methodist Church,
the Upper Room Bible Class, the Ladies Aide Society, and the Friendly Neighbors
Home Demonstration Club. Survivors are: daughter, Mrs Overton (Lottie) Flippen,
Nolensville; sons, Thomas Earl Cherry, Chapmansboro, Minus Cherry, Jr., Bell
Buckle; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. Waller Chapel in Nolensville
held the services on Tuesday, March 20, at th eNolensville United Methodist Church
with the Reverend Sidney Stine and Dr. Chester A. Stephens officiating. Burial
was in the Nolensville Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were: J. D. Price, James
Hawkins, Hugh Shepherd, Junior Jamison, E. W. Mehls. Active pallbearers were:
William E. (Bill) Cherry, William E. Cherry, Jr., Larry Flippen, Charles Flippen,
Presley Hughes, Walter Stone, Wayne Stone, Thomas Covington, Billy Covington.
She was married to Minus Vice CHERRY (son of Tom A. CHERRY
and Mary E. COUNCIL) on 29 Dec 1907 in Rutherford County,
TN by Rev. R. H. Bennett. Minus Vice CHERRY
(1) was born on 16 Feb 1886 in Rutherford County,
TN. He died on 16 Jan 1948 in Nolensville, Williamson County, TN. Josie COVINGTON
and Minus Vice CHERRY had the following children:
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Thomas Earl CHERRY.
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Minus V. , Jr. CHERRY.
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Lottie Mary CHERRY.
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