In Memoriam: Eris Kimmons Simpson (1900 - 1923)

 

Eris Kimmons Simpson

Born:  October 17, 1900

Died:  May 3, 1923

Contracted Typhoid while working in Akron Ohio.

Survivors:

Parents:  Benjamin Isaiah Simpson and Edna Angeline Kimmons Simpson

Siblings:

Naomi E. Simpson Davis

Alta Dugan Simpson Clay 

Robert Webb Simpson

Thomas Edgar Simpson

Benjamin Frederic Simpson

Roy Jennings Simpson

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, August 16, 1923, p  13, col 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-eris-simpson-obit/206720933/ : accessed September 25, 2026), clip page for Eris Simpson--obit.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131422937/eris_kimmins-simpson: accessed 25 Sep 2026), memorial page for Eris Kimmins Simpson (17 Oct 1900–3 May 1923), Memorial ID 131422937, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA,

In Memoriam: Tennie Elmore Allison (1857 - 1949)

 

Born:  January 27, 1857

Died:  May 26, 1949

Member of Rover Baptist.

Predeceased by Parents James Hugh Elmore & Nancy Tillman Gault Elmore

Husband, David Crockett Allison.

Survivors

Daughters:

Mrs. C. Bradley of Nashville (Willie Allison)

Mrs. Ernest Gobel of Nashville (Jessie K Allison)

Mrs. R. R. Heath of Inglewood, California (Ola Allison)

Mrs. F. M. Rehmund of St Louis MO (Martha Allison)

Son:  

Charles Savage Allison of Jacksonville, Florida

Sister:  Miss Elizabeth Elmore of Nashville

Brother:  Granville Sandusky Elmore of Rover, Tennessee

11 Grandchildren

16  Great Grandchildren

Sources:

Nashville Banner, May 27, 1949, p  10, col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-obituary-for-tennie-elm/206717689/ : accessed September 25, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Tennie Elmore Allison.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167655844/tennie-allison: accessed 25 Sep 2026), memorial page for Tennie Elmore Allison (27 Jan 1857–26 May 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167655844, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Mollie Hall Ramsey (1875 - 1923)

 

Mollie Hall Holden Ramsey

Born:  August 30, 1875

Died:  April 27, 1923

Saved at age 12 and joined Union Ridge Baptist at age 15

Transferred membership to Eagleville Baptist but returned with husband in 1911.

She went by her step father's surname of Holden sometimes prior to her marriage.

There is some discrepancy in her birth date.

Parents:  William Hall &  Eliza Ann Roxie Elrod

Predeceased by

Sue M Ramsey(daughter) likely predeceased her parents as she is in the 1910 census as an infant but does not appear in 1920 when she would be abt 10 yrs old.

 

Survivors:

Husband :  Thomas Jefferson Ramsey Jr.

Children:

Mattie Gertrude Ramsey

George Washington Ramsey

John Buford Ramsey

Sedan Duggan Ramsey

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, August 16, 1923, p  13, col. 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-mollie-hall-holden/206703336/ : accessed September 25, 2026), clip page for Mollie Hall Holden Ramsey-Obit.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212166473/mary_e-ramsey: accessed 25 Sep 2026), memorial page for Mary E “Mollie” Hall Holden Ramsey (15 Jan 1874–27 Apr 1923), Memorial ID 212166473, citing Johns Cemetery, Greenwood, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Edna Rushing Wilhoite Davis (1871 - 1911)

 

Edna Rushing Wilhoite Davis

Born:  July 31, 1871

Died:  May 17, 1911

Buried at Willow Mount Cemetery in Bedford Co. TN

Parents:  Richard B. & Tennie Wilhoite

Husband:  John E Davis(married May 15, 1897)

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, October 12, 1911, p  15, col 2 & 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-edna-rushing-davis/206593737/ : accessed September 23, 2026), clip page for Edna Rushing Davis--Obit.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92014542/edna_r-davis: accessed 23 Sep 2026), memorial page for Edna R. Wilhoite Davis (31 Jul 1871–17 May 1911), Memorial ID 92014542, citing Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Lillian Cooper Boyd (1875 - 1927)

 

Lillain Cooper Boyd

Born:  August 31, 1875

Died:  December 4, 1927

Predeceased by 

Parents:   John B Cooper and Rebecca F Landers Cooper

Daughter:  Lula Cooper Blanton

Sisters:  

Lula Cooper Blanton

Ella Cooper Fuqua

Survivors:

Husband, John Boyd

One son, John Henderson Boyd

2 Brothers:  

Washington Cicero Cooper 

William Emmett Cooper

4 sisters:  

Mrs. J. F. Condra (Maggie Matilda May Cooper)

Mrs G W. Pickle

Mrs. L P Craig(Algie Bell Cooper)

Mrs  D Frank Pickle  (Anna “Johnnie” Cooper)

Sources:

The Daily News-Journal, December 6, 1927, p  1, col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-journal-obituary-for-lill/206573705/ : accessed September 23, 2026), clip page for Obituary for Lillian Cooper Boyd.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117631648/america_lillian-boyd: accessed 23 Sep 2026), memorial page for America Lillian Cooper Boyd (31 Aug 1875–4 Dec 1927), Memorial ID 117631648, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Mary Bumpus White (1890 - 1927)

 

Mary Bumpus White(Mrs. A.F. White)

Born:  August 10, 1890

Died:  January 10, 1927

Survivors

Husband, A. Fonzie White

Sons:

Alfred F. White

William Claude White

Lonnie Clyde White

Earl Bumpus White

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, January 27, 1927, p  13. col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-obituary-for-a-f/206589962/ : accessed September 23, 2026), clip page for Obituary for A. F. White by user rmbeckman

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117809316/mary_b-white: accessed 23 Sep 2026), memorial page for Mary B Bumpus White (10 Aug 1890–10 Jan 1927),Memorial ID 117809316, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.