The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Donis Ray "Donnie" Martin^1,2,3

M, #13051

Parents

Father	Raphael Emory Martin (b. 26 February 1923, d. 31 January 2010)
Mother	Jessie Belle Rhea (b. 17 April 1924, d. 4 July 2004)

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Family: Jackie Dotson

Son	Christopher Raphael "Chris" Martin
Son	Jerone Nichols Ray Martin+

BASIC FACTS

Donis Ray "Donnie" Martin and Jackie Dotson were married on 16 July 1975 in Greene Co., Tennessee.²

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S10709] Obituary - Jessie Belle (Rhea) Martin

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Donis Wayne Martin¹

M, #13052, b. 29 April 1928, d. 11 November 2006

Parents

Father	Theodore Hacker "Hacker" Martin (b. 9 September 1895, d. 23 September 1970)
Mother	Maude Lizzie Bacon (b. 26 November 1902, d. 21 September 1967)

Pedigree Link

Family: Elva Ernestine "Ernestine" Adams

Daughter

Donna Elizabeth "Liz" Martin

BASIC FACTS

Donis Wayne Martin was born on 29 April 1928 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 He died on 11 November 2006, at age 78, in Mountain Home, Washington Co., Tennessee.^3,4

Donis Wayne Martin had reference number 13320. He resided in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ His Social Security Number was 262-32-5675, issued: Florida, last residence: Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee. World War II, U.S. Airborne 82nd Division.⁴ He was an Owner and operator of Martin Jewelers in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee (40 years.)⁴ OBITUARY

Donis Martin - JOHNSON CITY
Mr. Donis W. Martin, 78, died Saturday, November 11, 2006 at the Quillen Veterans Administration Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Martin was born in Washington County and was a son of the late T. Hacker and Maude Bacon Martin. He was a veteran of the U.S. Airborne 82nd Division during WWII. He was owner and operator of Martin Jewelers in Johnson City for 40 years; he was past president of the Optimist Club in Johnson City and a 32nd degree Mason of the Sinking Creek Masonic Lodge and a member of the Shriners.
Surviving: a daughter Elizabeth Martin, Boones Creek; a sister Betty Jean Martin Thompson, Gray and a brother Raphael E. Martin, Gray; several nieces & nephews.
A memorial service for Mr. Donis W. Martin will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at St. John?s Episcopal Church, 500 N. Road Street, Johnson City with The Reverend Margaret K. Zeller officiating. The family will receive friends between 2 pm and 3 pm at the church prior to the service and other times at the home of his daughter.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Shriners Hospital, Jericho Temple, P O Box 5508, Kingsport, TN 37663
Condolences may be sent to the Martin family online at www.dillow-taylor.com.

Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation Services 423/753-3821.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S9869] Obituary - Donis Wayne Martin

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Elva Ernestine "Ernestine" Adams^1,2

F, #13053

Pedigree Link

Family: Donis Wayne Martin (b. 29 April 1928, d. 11 November 2006)

Daughter

Donna Elizabeth "Liz" Martin

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart

Family Explorer

Donna Elizabeth "Liz" Martin^1,2,3

F, #13054

Parents

Father	Donis Wayne Martin (b. 29 April 1928, d. 11 November 2006)
Mother	Elva Ernestine "Ernestine" Adams

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S11592] Obituary - Raphael Emory Martin

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Betty Jean Martin¹

F, #13055

Parents

Father	Theodore Hacker "Hacker" Martin (b. 9 September 1895, d. 23 September 1970)
Mother	Maude Lizzie Bacon (b. 26 November 1902, d. 21 September 1967)

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BASIC FACTS

Betty Jean Martin and Charles Winston "Charlie" Thompson were married after 1960.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

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Samuel A. Wine¹

M, #13056

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart

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Charles Winston "Charlie" Thompson¹

M, #13057, b. 17 June 1920, d. 31 March 2003

Parents

Father	David Crockett Thompson
Mother	Bertha Brandenburg

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BASIC FACTS

Charles Winston "Charlie" Thompson was born on 17 June 1920 in Campbell Co., Tennessee.^2,3 He and Betty Jean Martin were married after 1960. He died on 31 March 2003, at age 82, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,3 He was buried in Possibly cremated.

Charles Winston "Charlie" Thompson had reference number 13325. His Social Security Number was 411-14-5818, issued: Tennessee, last residence: Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.² World War II, U.S. Army, served in Japan and the Philippines in the Pacific Theater.³ He was a Scales technician in the Tri-Cities area.³ OBITUARY - Johnson City Press (TN); April 4, 2003:

Charles W. Thompson
Charles W. Thompson, Gray, died Monday, March 31, 2003, at Johnson City Medical Center.
Mr. Thompson was a Campbell County native and a son of the late David Crockett and Bertha Brandenburg Thompson.
He was a member of the Bethany Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Thompson was a World War II Army veteran, having served in Japan and the Philippines in the Pacific Theater.
He was a Mason and a Shriner. Mr. Thompson was a long time member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3382.
He had been a scales technician in the Tri-Cities area.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Betty Martin Thompson; two sisters, Dorothy Richardson and Beulah Crabtree, both of LaFollette; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Gray (477-7911)

FUNERAL NOTICE

CHARLES W. THOMPSON
Funeral services for Charles W. Thompson will be held at Bethany Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 5th at 2:00 pm with Rev. Danzel Fink & Rev. Jim Gray officiating. A reception will be held one hour prior to the services. In Lieu of flowers, the family requests donation to be made to Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children 950 W. Faris-Rd., Greeneville, SC 29605 or Bethany Presbyterian Church, 5825 Fort Henry Dr., Kingsport, TN 37663. Online condolences are available at www.snydersfuneralhome.com. Serving the family of Mr. Charles W. Thompson, is Snyder's Funeral Home, Kingsport Highway, Gray (423) 477-7911.)

Citations

[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S9676] Obituary - Charles Winston "Charlie" Thompson

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Willie Irene Rose Martin^1,2,3

F, #13058, b. 2 December 1901, d. 11 May 1987

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

Family: William Henry "Bill" Keefauver (b. 1 November 1897, d. 31 January 1960)

Daughter	Mary Florence "Florence" Keefauver+ (b. 5 May 1920, d. 11 December 2002)
Son	William Henry "Billie Jack" Keefauver (b. 11 January 1930, d. 15 August 1990)
Son	Bobbie Lee Keefauver (b. 9 November 1932, d. 9 November 1932)
Daughter	Dorothy Dolene "Dolene" Keefauver+
Son	Donald Douglas "Don" Keefauver (b. 22 October 1934, d. 13 November 1952)

BASIC FACTS

Willie Irene Rose Martin was born on 2 December 1901 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4,3,5 She was born on 8 December 1901 in Washington Co., Tennessee.³ She and William Henry "Bill" Keefauver were married on 22 September 1918 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,3 She died on 11 May 1987, at age 85, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^7,3 She was buried in Sulphur Springs Cemetery, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷

Willie Irene Rose Martin had reference number 13326. She resided in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee (1971, 1986.)^8,9 She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1930.) Her Social Security Number was 413-52-2516, issued: Tennessee, last residence: Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁵ OBITUARY - Willie Rose (Martin) Keefauver, unknown newspaper, Washington Co., Tennessee; May 1987

Mrs. WIllie Rose Keefauver, 85, Rt. 2 Jonesborough, died Monday May 11, 1987 in North Side Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late John S. and Mary Keefauver Martin.
Mrs. Keefauver was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Jack Keefauver, Houston; two daughters Mrs. Florence Woodruff, Jonesborough, and Mrs. Dolene Barnes, Telford; two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Smith, Chuckey, and Mrs Jessie McCracken, Telford; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren
Dillow-Taylor was in charge.

GRAVE MARKER

KEEFAUVER

WILLIAM H. WILLIE R.
NOV. 1, 1897 DEC. 2, 1901
JAN. 31, 1960 MAY 11, 1987. The following essay was written by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart:

"WILLIE IRENE ROSE AND WILLIAM HENRY
Aunt Willie and Uncle Bill, both very special people in my life and I am sure many others feel the same way for they both touched many lives in a positive way. They lived on a farm in the Sulphur Springs are of East Tennessee very near Douglas Chapel. I remember well, as a child, Mom, Sue (my sister), and I walking from Granny Martins two miles that took us past the chapel. Mon would carry Sue because she was too small to walk nearly that distance. On the way Mom would always point out a certain road and say we were related to the Smith's who lived there but we never went to see them that I remember. Mom told me, when I asked about how we were related, that she wasn't sure. I now know that Seth Smith was the 1st cousin once removed and 1/2 3d cousin once removed of Willie and my Mom. The Smith Mom married was no kin to these Smiths.
Willie's mother was a keefauver and Bill was a Keefauver too so that made them second cousins and well as 1/2 3d cousins. This gets even more tangled later.
They had a store in Sulphur Springs at one time but I don't remember it. Aunt Willie also cooked for the Veterans at the VA in Johnson City for a period of time. Betty Jean, daughter of Hacker, told us that she remembered special things Willie had learned to make at the VA.
Uncle Bill had twinkling eyes. I don't remember him as being very talkative but he was always right there listening to everyone else. My husband is that way also but he tells me it's because he can't get a word in edgeways, which just might be the same reason Uncle Bill mostly listened. We are a very talkative family to say the least. Uncle Bill was a handsome man as you can see in the photos. Tall and lean was he. In his later years he had back trouble and had to put a board under the mattress on his side of the bed. The church was packed at his funeral. The singers were also from a long time Sulphur Springs family and knew Bill very well. As they sang special songs that were his favorites, the tears ran down their faces.
Aunt Willie carried on as best she could. Her daughter, Dolene and her family moved in with her for a period of time until Willie was able to handle being alone again. During this time, Fred and I got married and Dolene and husband, John T. Barnes, gave us a wedding gift of the use of their house in the Conklin Community, where we lived for several months.
Willie was a survivor. Her third child, Bobby Lee died at birth in 1932. Her husband died in 1960 and another son, named Donald, died just 2 years later but she carried on. I never heard her say a bitter word.
Flowers, flowers, flowers all over the place! She and I traded many cuttings over the years. She gave me a start of Lily of the Valley and I planted it beside my front door. It thrived and spread out to make a grand show when it bloomed. Oddly, the year Willie died it did not bloom. I waited on blooms the second year and was not rewarded with blooms. Finally, the third year after she died it bloomed again and has ever since. Make of it, as you will.
Willie's oldest daughter, Mary Florence, inherited her love of flowers. Florence, as she was always called, was born just 2 years after my Mother. My Mother used to say she was an Aunt at a young age and Florence was the one who made her an Aunt at the age of 2. Florence married Opie Woodruff who was the brother to her Aunt Louise's husband, Ollie Woodruff. Now we are getting into a real tangle of just wat is the relationship of children to each other. I rely on the Family Tree Maker to sort this out.
Florence and siblings are the 1st cousins to her Aunt Louise's children, Helen and Ann. She is also the 3d cousin and 1/2 4th cousin to them. To her own children she is mother, 3d cousin once removed and 1/2 4th cousin once removed. To the rest of Willie's neices and nephews she is 1st cousin, 3d cousin and 1/2 4th cousin. How's that for tangled!
Besides flowers, Florence loved crafts. She was an excellent craftsperson. She was featured in the local Herald and Tribune newspaper for her Christmas tree decorated entirely by items made herself. She was also a member of the Home Demonstration Club where she won many prizes for her work. The gorgeous roses she and son, Dave, grew were also prizewinners. They were both members of the local Rose Society. Since her death, Dave carries on the traditions they established together.
She was very proud of the fact that she helped work on the Vanguard missile. Florence helped me tremendously with this book and gave me many of the pictures you see here.
Willie's son, Jack, was a world traveler, indeed many of his trips were as pilot either on his own plane or for an employer. I remember that he just barely got in under the height requirement for being a pilot. He was in the Air Force and later became a private pilot. He created something of a stir when he flew into Tri-Cities in his own plane. One Sunday he invited all who wanted to come, up to the airport. He then took those that wanted to for a ride. That was the first time I ever flew and I never did get to fly again in a small plane. It was several years before I flew in an airliner to Germany but I was just as thrilled. My cousin, Gail McCracken, was a daredevil too. She kept daring him to do tricks with the plane. He compiled and Gail was slightly green when she got off the plane. Several others took a ride also that day but I can't remember just who.
Every time he came home for a visit we bugged him to death to tell us what all he had been doing since the last time we had seen him. He was excitement personified for us. His stories were listened to raptly and believed as gospel. I have no idea if he glorified his adventures any or not.
Jack loved to play "El Paso" by Marty Robbins as loud as he could. He was an extremely charming pearson.
He married Lea Baker and I remember asking him why he had waited so long to marry. He told me he waited to meet the right person. Lea was the only one he said that kept him coming back. I consider that a high compliment. They never had children but considered their 2 poodles children.
He and I were always close as cousins and when I planned to marry he gave me some tips on relationships. He maintained that absence makes the heart grow fonder and that is the one thing I disagreed on with him.
Jack's main hobby for many years was photography, both still and video. People make jokes about seeing other people's home movies but Jack's videos were thrilling. How else is one to see what a pilot sees as he approaches a landing, not to mention those vistas from an airplane. He and Lea lived in Texas, first in Fort Worth and later in Houston.
The last time I saw him was a few months after I had my leg amputated and I was flat on my back. He and Aunt Willie came when he was in for a visit. I treasure that visit especially because a few months later he was killed in a nasty airplane mishap in Texas. He was preparing to fly a group of oilmen to a meeting when the engine sheared off and killed him and others.
Rowan Company Inc. was the last employer of Jack where he worked as Chief Pilot and Manager of Corporate Aviation as well of Vice Precident of RDC Marine Inc. The Company newspaper, Grapevine, gave Jack a glowing eulogy. [See notes for William Henry "Billy Jack" Keefauver for a transcription of the eulogy.]
My family gave a "History of Airplanes" by Janeway to the Jonesborough Library in his memory. I included the following:

Dedicated to the memory o Jack Keefauver who "Danced the skys" for 40 years.
High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I'v climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun -- split clouds -- and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
And touched the face of God.

This personifies Jack Keefauver.
Lea, Jack's wife, not only stood by him in almost everything he did, but was an accomplished woman in her own right. She was warm, chic, knowledgeable, very attrictive, and tall for a woman. A perfect match for Jack.
Lea worked as a Real Estate Agent and during her dealings met the Columbian Lemus family in the spring of 1986. They had an 18-month-old daughter named Jennifer at the time. Lea and Flor Lemus, mother of Jennifer, became friends. Flor would turn to Lea for help in translating documents. In 1988 Flor was having family problems that Lea and Jack helped her with. Jennifer would greet Lea with "Hello" in English and a very tight friendship began between the families.
Jennifer proved to be a very smart little girl and both Lea and Jack got extremely involved with seeing she had every chance possible. After Jack died, Lea brought Flor and Jennifer to Tennessee for a family reunion and we all got to meet them. Jack's death was extremely hard for Jennifer because she looked on them as Grandparents. Lea carried on her relationship with the Lemus family until her own death. I do not know what became of them since.
The twins, Donald and Dolene, arrived next in Willie's and Bill's life. I mentioned Donald earlier. He was called Don or Donny and I along with others idolized him to a degree. One never saw him without a smile. He never let on if we cousins irritated him as we followed him around like pupies.
Donny caught a squirrel and built a large wire cage in a tree for it. It could climb and cavort as it wished. Don fed it by hand, holding out a hickory or walnut for it to take. Don was the only one who could get this close. Anyone else trying to feed it would get bit. Don also had a German Shepherd dog as a pet that idolized him as well.
Even tho' he smiled all the time he had a serious side. When he was 17 he lied about his age to get into the military. He was sent to England after going through basic training. Less than a year later he died as a result of an injury during a fight. We were all devastated. His body was shipped home for burial escorted by two officers. This took a long time. Aunt Willie told us later that his dog howled all night long when Don died. The casket was sealed with a glass for viewing. When the casket was brought home the dog leaped up on top of the casket and lay down with his head on his paws and mourned. He wouldn't eat for a long time and Willie thought he would die from starvation. He finally decided to eat just in the nick of time. As it happened, I was flat on my back with hepatitis and was told I couldn't go to the funeral. I literally begged the doctor for permission, which he reluctantly gave. I couldn't recognize the Don in the casket. He wasn't smiling. Don's funeral was the first 21-gun salute most of us had ever attended. Seven guns were near the casket and seven were hidden just over the hill. The seven near the casket shot and the ones over the hill would echo back. This was done three times. It still runs cold chills over me when I think about it. As I write about Don tears run down my face 51 years later.
Donald's twin, Dolene, is the only surviving child of Willie and Bill in 2003. Dolene was very athletic in school and played basketball. Dolene and Donald, as twins, had their own looks with Dolene favoring her father more. She was also a lot like Uncle Bill in her ways. Doe, as she was called by some family members, has always grown a large garden and canned and froze large amounts of produce for her family. Gardening and grandchildren take up a lot of her time now a days. She and her husband, John T. Barnes really helped Fred and I out when we got married. They were living with Willie and Bill died and gave us, as a present, the use of their furnished house for several months. Jobs were very hard to come by in those days and free housing was a Godsend. I don't get to see Dolene very often anymore as we live several miles apart and on differently traveled paths."

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S1946] 1930 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S1765] 1930 Census, Missouri, Clay County
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S3087] Cemetery Records, Sulphur Springs Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee
[S11280] Obituary - Mary Louise "Louise" (Martin) Woodruff
[S11713] Obituary - Robert Lee Keefauver, Jr

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Mae Lowe

F, #13059, d. before 25 August 1978

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BASIC FACTS

Mae Lowe died before 25 August 1978.¹

Mae Lowe had reference number 13327. She and Robert Samuel "Sam" Martin had children in No Children.²

Citations

[S4023] Death Records - Tennessee, Tennessee State Archives (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart

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John Frederick Clarence Martin^1,2

M, #13060, b. 10 March 1908, d. 3 July 1960

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

John Frederick Clarence Martin was born on 10 March 1908 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 He died on 3 July 1960, at age 52.¹

John Frederick Clarence Martin was also known as Dodger. He had reference number 13328.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart

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Mary Louise "Louise" Martin^1,2

F, #13061, b. 22 October 1909, d. 10 December 1971

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

Family: Ollie Calvin Woodruff (b. 17 November 1899, d. 21 July 1979)

Daughter	Helen Berniece Woodruff+ (b. 6 August 1928, d. 25 July 2003)
Daughter	Ann Camila Woodruff+

BASIC FACTS

Mary Louise "Louise" Martin was born on 22 October 1909 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,3,4 She died on 10 December 1971, at age 62, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^5,3,2,6

Mary Louise "Louise" Martin had reference number 13329. Her Social Security Number was 413-38-9296, issued: Tennessee, last residence: Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.³ OBITUARY

MRS. LOUISE M. WOODRUFF
Mrs. Louise Martin Woodruff, 62, 1 Beechwood Circle, died at 9:40 a.m. yesterday at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Kenneth Tester following a lingering illness.
She was the daughter of the late John S. and Mary E. Keefauver Martin.
Survivors include her husband, Ollie C. Woodruff; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Ann) Clay and Mrs. Kenneth (Helen) Tester, both of Johnson City; one brother, Sam Martin, Johnson City; four sisters, Mrs. Willie Keefauver, Jonesboro, Mrs. S. B. McCrackin, Kingsport, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Bowmantown, and Mrs. Ruby Myers, Hamilton, Ohio; eleven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Woodall is in charge.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S11280] Obituary - Mary Louise "Louise" (Martin) Woodruff
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S8606] Letter from Deloris (Woodruff) Daniels dated April 11, 2003
[S4023] Death Records - Tennessee, Tennessee State Archives (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Ollie Calvin Woodruff^1,2

M, #13062, b. 17 November 1899, d. 21 July 1979

Parents

Father	John C. Woodruff (b. 17 November 1874, d. 2 March 1938)
Mother	Martha Jane Sims (b. 14 May 1878, d. 7 July 1936)

Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Louise "Louise" Martin (b. 22 October 1909, d. 10 December 1971)

Daughter	Helen Berniece Woodruff+ (b. 6 August 1928, d. 25 July 2003)
Daughter	Ann Camila Woodruff+

BASIC FACTS

Ollie Calvin Woodruff was born on 17 November 1899 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^3,2 He died on 21 July 1979, at age 79, in Washington Co., Tennessee.³

Ollie Calvin Woodruff had reference number 13330. His Social Security Number was 415-12-6584, issued: Tennessee, last residence: Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.³

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Ruby Lillian Martin¹

F, #13063, b. 28 February 1913, d. January 1981

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

Family: Albert Myers (b. 20 January 1900, d. January 1968)

Daughter

Irene Myers+

BASIC FACTS

Ruby Lillian Martin was born on 28 February 1913 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She died in January 1981, at age 67, in Ohio.^2,3

Ruby Lillian Martin was also known as Ruby Lilian Martin.² She had reference number 13331. She resided in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio (1971.)⁴ Her Social Security Number was 294-20-4693, issued: Ohio, last residence: Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio.³ Ruby's surname is spelled "Myres" in the SSDI records.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S11280] Obituary - Mary Louise "Louise" (Martin) Woodruff

Family Explorer

Albert Myers¹

M, #13064, b. 20 January 1900, d. January 1968

Pedigree Link

Family: Ruby Lillian Martin (b. 28 February 1913, d. January 1981)

Daughter

Irene Myers+

BASIC FACTS

Albert Myers was born on 20 January 1900 in Clay Co., Kentucky.^1,2 He died in January 1968, at age ~68, in Kentucky.²

Albert Myers had reference number 13332.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart

Family Explorer

Jessie Helen Martin¹

F, #13065, b. 27 June 1916

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

Family: Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken (b. 4 November 1915, d. 25 March 2002)

Daughter	Patricia Gail McCracken+
Son	William Ray McCracken+

BASIC FACTS

Jessie Helen Martin was born on 27 June 1916 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She and Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken were married on 17 August 1939.²

Jessie Helen Martin had reference number 13333. She resided in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee (1971); Telford, Washington Co., Tennessee (1987.)^3,4

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S11280] Obituary - Mary Louise "Louise" (Martin) Woodruff
[S12188] Obituary - Willie Irene Rose (Martin) Keefauver

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Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken^1,2,3

M, #13066, b. 4 November 1915, d. 25 March 2002

Parents

Father	James M. McCracken
Mother	Birdie Sweeney

Pedigree Link

Family: Jessie Helen Martin (b. 27 June 1916)

Daughter	Patricia Gail McCracken+
Son	William Ray McCracken+

BASIC FACTS

Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken was born on 4 November 1915 in Washington Co., Tennessee.³ He and Jessie Helen Martin were married on 17 August 1939.³ He died on 25 March 2002, at age 86, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^4,5 He was buried in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Limestone, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶

Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken had reference number 13334. His Social Security Number was 413-14-2347, issued: Tennessee, last residence: Telford, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴ He was an Employed by the Holston Defence Corporation, Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.⁷ OBITUARY - Johnson City Press (TN); March 26, 2002:

SAMUEL McCRACKEN
Samuel "Buryel" McCracken, 86, 2995 U.S. Highway 11E, Telford, died Monday, March 25, 2002, at his residence.
Mr. McCracken was a Washington County native and a son of the late, Birdie Blaine Swinney McCracken and James Melvin McCracken.
He retired from Holston Defense Corp., Kingsport, in 1972.
He was a member and deacon of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Washington College.
Mr. McCracken was an honorary member and past president of the Washington College Ruritan Club.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Elizabeth Bryant; and three brothers, Ralph, Hack and Charles McCracken.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jessie H. Martin McCracken; one son, William R. McCracken, Talbott; one daughter, Patricia Gail Rambo, Jonesborough; one sister, Mavis Rhudy, Jonesborough; three grandsons, Scott B. McCracken, Johnson City, and William Arthur Rambo II and Bradley Todd Rambo, both of Jonesborough; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Snyder's, Gray (477-7911)

FUNERAL NOTICE - Johnson City Press (TN); March 26, 2002:

SNYDER'S FUNERAL HOME
Gray
Samuel McCracken
A private burial and graveside service will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Washington College, on Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Paul M. Broyles officiating. To those who desire, memorials may be made to Pleasant Grave Baptist Church and Cemetery, 344 Washington College Station Road, Limestone, TN 37681, attn: Pam Bitner or the Rev. Paul M. Broyles. Special friends of the family may call at the home of Jessie and Buryel. Serving the Samuel Buryel McCracken family is Snyder's Funeral Home, 5913, Kingsport Highway, Gray.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8606] Letter from Deloris (Woodruff) Daniels dated April 11, 2003
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S4023] Death Records - Tennessee, Tennessee State Archives (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S5083] Funeral Notice - Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken
[S11852] Obituary - Samuel Buryel "Buryel" McCracken

Family Explorer

Sarah Kathryn Deborah Martin¹

F, #13067, b. 11 December 1917, d. 13 July 1989

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

Family: Ralph Isaac Smith (b. 3 April 1917, d. 24 March 1994)

Daughter	Judith Kathryn Smith+ (b. 19 June 1940, d. 23 April 2006)
Daughter	Susan Jane Smith
Son	Samuel Ralph "Sam" Smith+

BASIC FACTS

Sarah Kathryn Deborah Martin was born on 11 December 1917 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She and Ralph Isaac Smith were married on 11 September 1939 in Washington Co., Tennessee.² She died on 13 July 1989, at age 71, in Washington Co., Tennessee.³ She was buried in Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Limestone, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴

Sarah Kathryn Deborah Martin had reference number 13335. She resided in Telford, Washington Co., Tennessee; Bowmantown, Tennessee (1971); Chuckey, Greene Co., Tennessee (1987.)^1,5,6 GRAVE MARKER

SMITH

RALPH I. KATHRYN M.
APR. 3, 1918 DEC. 11, 1917
MAR. 24, 1994 JUL. 13, 1989.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S11280] Obituary - Mary Louise "Louise" (Martin) Woodruff
[S12188] Obituary - Willie Irene Rose (Martin) Keefauver

Family Explorer

Ralph Isaac Smith^1,2

M, #13068, b. 3 April 1917, d. 24 March 1994

Parents

Father	Rufus F. Smith
Mother	Bessie Moore

Pedigree Link

Family: Sarah Kathryn Deborah Martin (b. 11 December 1917, d. 13 July 1989)

Daughter	Judith Kathryn Smith+ (b. 19 June 1940, d. 23 April 2006)
Daughter	Susan Jane Smith
Son	Samuel Ralph "Sam" Smith+

BASIC FACTS

Ralph Isaac Smith was born on 3 April 1917 in Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He and Sarah Kathryn Deborah Martin were married on 11 September 1939 in Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He died on 24 March 1994, at age 76, in Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He was buried in Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Limestone, Washington Co., Tennessee.³

Ralph Isaac Smith had reference number 13336. He was an Employed by Quality Machine, Greeneville, Washington Co., Tennessee, where he was supervisor of the machine shop.⁴ OBITUARY - Johnson City Press; March 25, 1994:

RALPH I. SMITH
Ralph Isaac Smith, 75, 277 Yankee Camp road, Bowmantown community, Telford, died Thursday, March 24, 1994, at his residence.
He was a son of the late Rufus and Bessie Smith.
Mr. Smith retired from Quality Machine, Greeneville, where he was supervisor of the machine shop.
He was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Limestone, where he taught the Nursery Class for several years.
Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Kathryn Martin Smith, and two sisters.
Survivors include two daughters, Judith Stewart and Susan Campbell, both of Telford; one son, the Rev. Sam Smith, Greeneville; three brothers, Fred Smith, la Grand, Calif., Horace Smith, Elkton, Va., and Dennis "Roper" Smith, Cambridge, Ohio; one sister, Margaret Blankenship, Johnson City; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Dillow-Taylor, Jonesborough (753-3821)

FUNERAL NOTICE - Johnson City Press; March 25, 1994:

DILLOW-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME
Jonesborough
Ralph Isaac Smith
The funeral service for Ralph Isaac Smith, age 75, will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 27, 1994 at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Limestone with the Rev. Paul Broyles and the Rev. James Best officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Sean Stewart, Rufus Lee Tipton, Earl Blankenship, Larry Smith, Donis Martin and Bill McCracken. Former members of the Nursery classes at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers and flowerbearers. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 9:00 PM Saturday, March 24, 1994 at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home, Jonesborough, TN, is in charge of the arrangements.

GRAVE MARKER

SMITH

RALPH I. KATHRYN M.
APR. 3, 1918 DEC. 11, 1917
MAR. 24, 1994 JUL. 13, 1989.

Citations

[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5070] Funeral Notice - Ralph Isaac Smith
[S11579] Obituary - Ralph Issac Smith

Family Explorer

Child #9 Martin^1,2

U, #13069

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Child #9 Martin died in Infancy.²

Child #9 Martin had reference number 13337.

Citations

[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Child #10 Martin^1,2

U, #13070

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Child #10 Martin died in Infancy.²

Child #10 Martin had reference number 13338.

Citations

[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Jesse Martin^1,2

U, #13071

Parents

Father	John Sevier "Johnny" Martin (b. 30 May 1874, d. 8 October 1946)
Mother	Mary Ellen "Mollie" Keefauver (b. 18 October 1881, d. 12 December 1951)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Jesse Martin died in Infancy.²

Jesse Martin had reference number 13339.

Citations

[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Samuel Patton Martin^1,2,3

M, #13072, b. 18 June 1844, d. 12 September 1902

Parents

Father	Richard Martin (b. about 1799)
Mother	Mary Unknown (b. about 1803)

Pedigree Link

Family: Delilah Catherine Keefauver (b. 1 July 1849, d. 4 February 1930)

Son	William H. Martin+ (b. 1 July 1867, d. 4 September 1950)
Daughter	Alverta A. "Vertie" Martin+ (b. 26 December 1871, d. 26 April 1958)
Son	Charles A. Martin (b. 28 September 1879, d. 2 May 1916)
Daughter	Lula May Martin (b. 2 September 1885, d. 10 March 1935)

BASIC FACTS

Samuel Patton Martin was born on 18 June 1844 in Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He and Delilah Catherine Keefauver were married on 8 October 1866 in Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴ He died on 1 September 1902, at age 58, in Washington Co., Tennessee.⁵ He died on 12 September 1902, at age 58, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,5 He was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶ He was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹

Samuel Patton Martin had reference number 13340. He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850, 1880.) He was a Farmer (1880.)³ GRAVE MARKER

SAMUEL P. MARTIN
1844 - 1902.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S9007] Marriage Records - Tennessee, Tennessee State Marriages 1780 - 2002 (Ancestry.com)
[S5242] Genealogy prepared by awc2001 (Ancestry.com)
[S2947] Cemetery Records - Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee

Family Explorer

William H. Martin^1,2

M, #13073, b. 1 July 1867, d. 4 September 1950

Parents

Father	Samuel Patton Martin (b. 18 June 1844, d. 12 September 1902)
Mother	Delilah Catherine Keefauver (b. 1 July 1849, d. 4 February 1930)

Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Lauretta Smith (b. 7 July 1870, d. 29 April 1950)

Son	William H. Martin, Jr. (b. 22 September 1905, d. 31 July 2001)
Son	Ross Martin (b. 26 August 1908, d. 20 November 2001)
Son	Samuel Patterson Martin+ (b. 20 March 1911, d. January 1981)

BASIC FACTS

William H. Martin was born on 1 July 1867 in Tennessee.^1,2 He and Mary Lauretta Smith were married on 1 December 1902.³ He died on 3 September 1950, at age 83, in Bowling Green, Warren Co., Kentucky.¹ He died on 4 September 1950, at age 83, in Bowling Green, Warren Co., Kentucky.^4,5 He was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁵ He was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹

William H. Martin had reference number 13341. He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.)

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S3996] Death Records - Kentucky: "Kentucky Death Index 1911 - 2000," (Ancestry.com), Source Medium: Book
[S2947] Cemetery Records - Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee

Family Explorer

Mary Lauretta Smith¹

F, #13074, b. 7 July 1870, d. 29 April 1950

Parents

Father	Rosswell "Ross" Smith
Mother	Caroline Virginia Patterson

Pedigree Link

Family: William H. Martin (b. 1 July 1867, d. 4 September 1950)

Son	William H. Martin, Jr. (b. 22 September 1905, d. 31 July 2001)
Son	Ross Martin (b. 26 August 1908, d. 20 November 2001)
Son	Samuel Patterson Martin+ (b. 20 March 1911, d. January 1981)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Lauretta Smith was born on 7 July 1870 in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.² She and William H. Martin were married on 1 December 1902.³ She died on 29 April 1950, at age 79, in Bowling Green, Warren Co., Kentucky.² She was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴

Mary Lauretta Smith had reference number 13342.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S7213] Genealogy prepared by Samuel L. Broyles (email address)
[S6384] Genealogy prepared by Judith Kathryn (Smith) Stewart
[S2947] Cemetery Records - Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee

Family Explorer

Rosswell "Ross" Smith^1,2

M, #13075

Pedigree Link

Family: Caroline Virginia Patterson

Daughter

Mary Lauretta Smith+ (b. 7 July 1870, d. 29 April 1950)

BASIC FACTS

Rosswell "Ross" Smith had reference number 13343.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S7213] Genealogy prepared by Samuel L. Broyles (email address)