In Memoriam: Willis Houston Lamb( 1839 -1909)

 

Willis Houston Lamb

Born: December 10, 1839

Died:  November 20, 1909

Member of Union Ridge Baptist Church since 1871

Survivors:

Wife, Sarah Elizabeth Head Lamb

Sons:

John William Lamb

Eldridge W. Lamb

George Henry C Lamb

Daughters:

Malinda Ellen Lamb Morrison

Amanda Lamb Westbrooks

Nannie Elizabeth Lamb Taylor

Sources:  

Baptist and Reflector, March 17, 1910, p  15, col 3 & 4; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-willis-houston-lam/205982680/ : accessed September 14, 2026), clip page for Willis Houston Lamb --Obit.

Find a Grave, database and images

(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66485021/willis_houston-lamb: accessed 14 Sep 2026), memorial page for Willis Houston Lamb (10 Dec 1839–20 Nov 1909), Memorial ID 66485021, citing Lamb Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: John Wesley Hester(1827-1910)

 

John Wesley Hester

Born:  February 8, 1827

Died:   November 24, 1910

Buried in Nance Cemetery, Bedford Co. TN.

Converted in youth and joined the Enon Baptist Church.

When the division came he went with the Missionary Baptist Church, and since that time was a member of the Union Ridge Baptist Church at Rover.

predeceased by lst wife Mary Neil Freeman Hester,

mother of his children and 3 children--Sallie J Hester, Joseph A. Hester and Joella Hester.

Survived by wife, Emily Jane Wardlow Coleman Shoffner Hester(m. 1886)

Sons:  

Benjamin Hartwell Hester

Alfred Ransom Hester

Daughters:

Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Hester Jarrell

Salome Duggan Hester Elmore

Source:

Baptist and Reflector, December 22, 1910, p  15, col 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-john-w-hester-ob/205956467/ : accessed September 14, 2026), clip page for John W. Hester--obit.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29049989/john_wesley-hester: accessed 14 Sep 2026), memorial page for John Wesley Hester (8 Feb 1827–24 Nov 1910), Memorial ID 29049989, citing Nance Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Mrs. Tabitha Ogilvie Rushing Landis(1820-1895)

 

Mrs. Tabitha Ogilvie Rushing Landis

Born:  June 16, 1820

Died:  October 30, 1895 at Maxwell Tennessee.

Became a Christian in early life and a member of Union Ridge Baptist Church at Rover in 1890.

She married 1st  to Milton Richmond Rushing and they had at least 3 children:  William Ogilvie Rushing, John Keele Rushing and Nancy J Rushing Hodges.

She was widowed 1889 and married Bryant Landis in 1890.  Bryant was the widower of her sister, Margaret Ogilvie Landis. I do not currently know where she was buried.  I would have thought she might be buried in the Ogilvie or Landis Cemetery, near either husband.  I believe her children predeceased her but she did have grandchildren so need to check out where they are buried.

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, December 26, 1895, p 15, col 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-tabitha-landis-obi/205864335/ : accessed September 12, 2026), clip page for Tabitha Landis-obit.

In Memoriam: David Crockett Jackson(1836-1894)

David Crockett Jackson
Born: October 26, 1836 in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Died: August 31, 1894 Collin County, Texas, USA
Buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, USA

Member of Union Ridge Baptist (Rover, TN).

Predeceased by
Parents:   John F Jackson & Rebecca Lytle Jackson

1st Wife:  Nancy Jordan Wood Jackson

Survivors:
Wife,  Lamisa Frances Jordan Wood Jackson

Children:
Mary Jane Jackson Hight
Rebecca Tennessee Jackson Harrison
Martha Ellen Jackson Taylor
John Lytle Jackson
Robert C Jackson

Siblings:

James Lytle Jackson

Drucilla Rainey Jackson Rucker

Elizabeth Ann Jackson Allison

Nancy Minerva Jackson Morton

Sources:
Baptist and Reflector, November 15, 1894, p 14, col 2 & 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-d-c-jackson-obit/205752866/ : accessed September 11, 2026), clip page for D C Jackson obit.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6607052/david_crockett-jackson: accessed 11 Sep 2026), memorial page for David Crockett Jackson (26 Oct 1836–29 Aug 1894), Memorial ID 6607052, citing Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County, Texas, USA.

In Memoriam: Sallie Phillips Gentry (1862- 1891)

 

Sallie Phillips Gentry

Born:  August 31, 1862

Died: November 15, 1891

Daughter of Wm & Amanda Phillips.

Granddaughter of Ivie Phillips

Married Sam Gentry Dec 1 1881

Buried at Simpson Cemetery

Survived by 

Parents Wm L & Amanda Phillips

Husband: Samuel Gentry

Sons:

Raleigh Gentry

Benjamin Gentry

Zona A. Gentry

Ivey Gentry

Sources:  

Baptist and Reflector, January 21, 1892, p  15, col 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-sallie-gentry-obi/205605217/ : accessed September 8, 2026), clip page for Sallie Gentry--Obit.[This announcement was placed in the Baptist and Reflector publication of the Union Ridge Baptist Church Committee--Edna Simpson, Edna Elmore and Alta Reid.]

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78209356/sarah_t-gentry: accessed 8 Sep 2026), memorial page for Sarah T. Phillips Gentry (31 Aug 1862–15 Nov 1891), Memorial ID 78209356, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Mrs. Kittie Keller Simpson (1869-1951)

 

Mrs. Kittie Keller Simpson

Born:   November 1, 1868

Died:   January 13, 1951

Buried in Simpson Cemetery

Parents:  Frank M. and Lucinda Ayers Keller

Married in 1891 to J. W. Simpson (d. 1934)

Member of Rover Baptist Church

She and her husband both taught in the local schools for 50 years.

Survivors:

Son, Grady Simpson of Nashville

Brother, R. I. Keller of Murfreesboro

Four grandchildren

Sources:

The Rutherford Courier, January 16, 1951, p  1, col 4; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rutherford-courier-obituary-for-kitt/205479222/ : accessed September 7, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Kittie Simpson.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95239453/katherine-simpson: accessed 7 Sep 2026), memorial page for Katherine “Kitty” Keller Simpson (1 Nov 1868–13 Jan 1951), .Memorial ID 95239453, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.