2- Lewis Cordell PETTY was born July 29, 1907 at
Tanglewood, near Carthage, Tenn. He was
married twice. 1st April-1930 to
Virginia Dare BURNLEY born April 12, 1912 at Hartsville, Tenn.- Trousdale Co.,
a dau. of William BURNLEY and Mattie BYRN.
Virginia PETTY died Nov. 18, 1940 at their home in Carthage and is
buried in Ridgewood Cemetery. She was a
member of First Baptist Church, Carthage.
Lewis Cordell PETTY's second marriage, Dec. 6, 1957 to
Linnie Virginia GIBBS born Feb. 21, 1921 at South Carthage, Tenn. She has been employed for several years in
the offices of the Dept. of Public Welfare at Carthage. She is a member of South Carthage Baptist
Church- active in all the things that occupy the time of a good wife and
neighbor. Cordell PETTY has been a
contractor- has built many of the bridges needed on the county roads, has done
a lot of surveying. He and his son
Hollis are partners in business-drafting and surveying. His great love is the study of the science
of mathematics- and although he is past sixty, regularly attends classes in
advanced mathematics at an extension of the University of Tennessee at
Nashville- and he gets the keenest enjoyment from them. For more than 50 years he has been a member
of Peyton's Creek Baptist Church at Monoville.
He is the sort of man who can be counted on to do his honest best in any
situation. He served 1943-1945 as an officer
in the Seabees- first in the Aleutions, then back to California, from there to
the islands of the South Pacific. He is
a person who keenly enjoys his daily life and his many friends. He is always ready to help someone and seems
to get great pleasure from being able to do a good turn. He and Virginia BURNLEY had two children.
2-a Hollis Byrn PETTY was born March 17, 1931, at his
Grandmother BURNLEY's house at Templow in Trousdale Co., Tenn. (His father was teaching at the Templow
school at that time.) Hollis married
Carolyn SMITH, daughter of Carl SMITH and Winifred WATSON. Hollis and Carolyn were teen-age
sweethearts. Hollis was in the U. S.
Navy when they were married. She was
with him in California and in Florida before he was through his stretch of
service and ready to make a permanent home for his family. In 1953 they came home to Carthage, where
they have built their home, where their children are growing up and where they
have a host of friends. Hollis is in
business with his father. Carolyn is
busy teaching young children and keeping her own small fry in order. Both Hollis and Carolyn are active members
of the Baptist church- both work in (46) scout work. They have two children of their own:
a- Terry Hollis PETTY born Sept. 26, 1954 agt PETTY
Clinic in Carthage, Tenn.
b- Laurie Joanne PETTY born Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1961
at PETTY Clinic, Carthage, Tenn.
2-b Harold Lester PETTY born Nov. 18, 1940 at
Carthage, Tenn. was married June 26,
1964 at Carthage Baptist Church to Barbara DENNIS born Sept. 12, 1942 at South
Carthage Harold's mother died at his
birth and he was the neighborhood pet.
He was a beautiful smiling baby with red-gold hair and big blue
eyes. He grew into a tall young man,
finished high school at Carthage, went off to college then decided to enlist in
the U. S. Navy- did his three year hitch, came back home and got married. When he is needed he somtimes gives his
brother and Dad a hand at the drafting board but is regularly employed
elsewhere. He has two charming little
girls:
a- Paula Rene PETTY born April 10, 1965 at Smith Co.
Hospital, Carthage, Tenn.
b- Rhonda PETTY born Nov. 1967 at Carthage, Tenn. (47)
I- John Tapley PETTY was the youngest child of
Henderson B. PETTY and Nancy Pryor GRESHAM.
He was born Dec. 11, 1861 at Stonewall, Tenn. He died July 20, 1926 at Defeated Creek, Tenn. He is buried at his old home in the Ash
Hopper Hollow, where he and his wife had raised their family. Close here are
the banks of the Cumberland River- the waters of the Cordell Hull Lake will
curl close but not near enough to disturb those here who are sleeping the long
sleep. On Jan. 8, 1882 John Tapley
PETTY was married to Amanda Victoria ROBINSON born Oct. 29, 1860, a daughter of
Samuel ROBINSON and Louise WOOD. She died May 29, 1932 and is buried beside
her husband in the Ash Hopper Hollow. I
well remember these two good and honorable people. She was tall, slender with bright, dark eyes. He was a tall man with keen blue eyes, red
hair and a wonderful sense of humor.
They came often to our house. He
and Dad were very close and fond of one another and my mother liked them
both. My brother and I loved them and
were always happy to see them drive up in their buggy to spend Saturday
night. When I fell sleep that night, Dad
and Uncle John would still be talking to each other- and when I woke in the morning
they would be sitting in bed- still talking! And on thinking back, the
remarkable thing is that I do not remember that either of them was ordinarily a
great talker.
John Tapley PETTY and Amand Victoria ROBINSON had
five children:
1- Alma Lee PETTY was born May 4, 1884 at Chestnut
Mound, Smith Co., Tenn. She is gentle
person with a bright, out-going acceptance of life and people. She is a fragile woman with bright, dark
eyes and a sweet face with a ready smile.
She said that Grandfather PETTY once told her that she "Took her
looks from the Maynard side." She
was married Dec. 24, 1905 to John Bransford MATTHEWS born Aug. 26, 1880 in
Smith County, Tenn. a son of John and Mary ROBINSON MATTHEWS. He died Aug. 28,
1957 and is buried in Ridgewood Cemetery at Carthage. This couple had seven children:
1-a John Alvin MATTHEWS born Nov. 13, 1906, Smith
Co., Tenn. He served in the U. S. Army
in the European area 1943-1945. He was
married twice- 1st to Altie ANDERSON- 2nd to Ethel BATES. No Children.
1-b Lucille MATTHEWS born March 15, 1908 Smith Co.,
Tenn.- was married Dec. 29, 1928 to Alton KNIGHT of the Defeated
Community. They moved to Glasgow, Ky.
and lived there several years. Alton
KNIGHT died at (48)
Glasgow, Ky., June 26, 1963 and is buried at Carthage, Tenn. in
Ridgewood Cemetery. Lucille MATTHEWS
KNIGHT has built a new home in Carthage and will continue to live there near
relatives and friends.
1-c Melvin Aubrey MATTHEWS born Aug. 16, 1910- died Aug 26, 1911 and is buried
in the old family graveyard in the Ash Hopper Hollow.
1-d William Alton MATTHEWS born June 12, 1912- died May 16, 1964 and is buried
in Ridgewood Cemetery at Carthage.
1-e Cassie Alyene MATTHEWS (a twin) born Sept. 14, 1915- married
May 18, 1945 to Roy E. WRENN son of Fred and Eula STRIBLEN WRENN. No children.
1-f Carsey Eugene MATTHEWS (a twin) born Sept. 14, 1915- married Oct. 30, 1937
to Anna KITTRELL, a dau. of Felix G. and Nettie KENNEDY KITTRELL. They have one child:
a- Retta Ann MATTHEWS born Sept. 3, 1938- married June 11, 1958 to John C.
WAGGONER, Jr. son of John C. WAGGONER Sr. and Ruby Key WAGGONER of
Carthage. They have two children:
aa-Robert Edward WAGGONER born May 30, 1961.
bb-Donna Michels WAGGONER born Oct. 25, 1965- both children born at Carthage,
Tenn.
1-g Fred Lee MATTHEWS born March 25, 1922.
He served in the U. S. Army in World War II, entering in Jan. 1943 and
spending 30 months in Europe with the 342 Eng. Corps. After the war was over he came back to his Tennessee home and
Feb. 7, 1953 he was married to Rachael Cornel HANCE. They have no children.
Soon after the marriage of Alma Lee PETTY and John Bransford
Matthews the couple moved to the house
where Alma still lives. Their children
were born and grew up there, and John Bransford MATTHEWS and two of the
children died there. The farm is near
that sharp turn in the Turkey Creek Road, known as the Devil's Elbow and the
house looks out over a beautiful panarama of green hills with the Cumberland
River winding its slow way through the valley where soon the waters of Cordell
Hull Lake will spread their shiming depths.
The house is in a hidden and lonely spot- but to Alma every board has
its weight of memories- she has surrounded the house with old fashioned flowers
and you can tell that her heart is here. (49)
2- Altie Lillian PETTY born April 6, 1888- died Aug. 1909. She is buried in the family graveyard in the
Ash Hopper Hollow. She was married
Sept. 4, 1905 to Walter MATTHEWS son of John and Mary ROBINSON MATTHEWS. They had one child:
2-a Margie Victoria MATTHEWS born June 24, 1906 at Defeated Creek,
Smith Co., Tenn. She married Horace
Dotson LANKFORD born Aug. 25, 1906- died May 9, 1950. He is buried in Ridgewood Cemetery at Carthage. They had six children:
a- William Edward LANKFORD born
April 21, 1928- married Dec. 26, 1952 to Naomi Ruth CLIMER born May 17,
1928. They have three children:
aa-Terese Jane born Dec. 16, 1953
bb-Nancy Jean born Jan. 20, 1957
cc-William Edward LANKFORD, Jr. born Jan. 16, 1965
b. Reba Joy LANKFORD born Feb. 13, 1930- married Nov. 11, 1951 to
John Alexander McCALL, Jr. born Dec. 1, 1930.
They have 5 children:
aa-Michael Allen McCALL
born Mar. 17, 1953
bb-Harold Wayne McCALL born May 25, 1954
cc-Horace Alexander McCALL born May 30, 1957.
dd-Sue Carol McCALL born June 5, 1960
ee-Mary Annette McCALLborn May 22, 1965
c- Wayne Gray LANKFORD born Nov. 14, 1932- married June 11, 1957
to Anna Mai MASSEY born June 10, 1938, a daughter of Dewey K. MASSEY and Avo
MORRO MASSEY. They have three children:
aa-Dewey Wayne LANKFORD born June 2, 1959
bb-Ana Lesia LANKFORD born
Oct. 10, 1961
cc-Sherry Lynn LANKFORD born Sept. 8, 1965
Wayne Gray LANKFORD served two years with the U. S. Medical Corps
and afterwards was a member of the reserve.
d- Don LANKFORD born Aug. 8, 1934- married Dec. 19, 1958 to Betty
Burford HACKETT born Nov. 7, 1937. They
have four children:
aa-Belinda Faye LANKFORD born Nov. 7, 1959
bb-Cynthia Ann LANKFORD born April 18, 1961
cc-Donna Lynn LANKFORD born June 26, 1962
dd-Deborah Kay LANKFORD born Sept. 4, 1964
e-LaVon Rheu LANKFORD born
Nov. 6, 1942- married Feb. 26, 1965 to Belinda Carol BOSTON born June 2,
1947. They have one child:
aa- Morris Scott LANKFORD born June 23, 1966 (50)