Guy Curtis Jeffers (1903 - 1968)

Born 26 Nov 1903 in Oneida, Scott County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Died 5 Jun 1968 at age 64 in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Guy was born in 1903 at Oneida in Scott County, Tennessee. He was the son of William Jeffers and Emily Duncan. He married Anna Pearl Fortner in March of 1929.^[1]He passed away Wednesday, June 5, 1968 at the Scott County Hospital in Oneida.

Obituary,

Guy C. Jeffers, County Attorney, Dies: Services Fri. - Guy C. Jeffers, prominent Oneida attorney, church and civic leader, died early Wednesday morning at the Scott County Hospital. He was 65. Mr. Jeffers, who was serving his sixteenth year as County Attorney, had been in ill health for the past several months. He joined the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 1914, later moving his letter to the First Baptist Church, Oneida, where he was ordained a Deacon in 1937 and was elected Chairman of the Board of Deacons in 1945, a position he held until his death. Mr. Jeffers was a member of the Scott County Bar Association, Masonic Lodge 695 F&AM, served 10 years as Clerk of the New River Baptist Association and earlier this year received a 25 year pin as appeal agent for the local selective service board. He was also a vice president and director of the Oneida Bank and Trust Company. In 1934, he and his brother, O. E. formed the law firm of Jeffers and Jeffers. O. E. preceded his brother in death. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ann Fortner Jeffers, Oneida; 3 sons, Ralph W. Jeffers, Don Curtis Jeffers and Harold G. Jeffers, all of Oneida; 2 daughters, Mrs. Bobbie Jean West of Chattanooga, Ruth Ann of Oneida; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Laxton also of Oneida. 5 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Baptist Church 1 p.m. today (Friday) with the Rev. Philip Kazee and Rev. Lewis Bratcher officiating. Burial will follow in the Jeffers cemetery. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service. Pall bearers are James Cotton, Richard Smith, George Plumlee, Blain Claiborn, Ozro Keeton, and Sam Justice. Members of the Scott County Bar Association and the Board of Deacons of the Oneida First Baptist Church, will serve as honorary pallbearers. Arrangements by West Funeral Home. (Source: The Scott County News, 7 Jun 1968, p1)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGF6-92F : accessed 6 September 2015), Guy C Jeffers in household of William J Jeffers, Civil District 6, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 9B, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,528.

• Burial : Jeffers Cemetery, Oneida, Scott County, Tennessee. Burial Date : Friday, Find A Grave memorial # 24894391, [1]

• Jeffers Cemetery also known as: Scott Memorial Gardens or Phillips Cemetery

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24894391/guy-curtis-jeffers: accessed 28 January 2024), memorial page for Guy Curtis Jeffers (26 Nov 1903–5 Jun 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24894391, citing Scott Memorial Gardens, Oneida, Scott County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Jan Miller (contributor 46607804).

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZL-35FG : Sun Dec 17 01:56:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Guy Curtiss Jeffers and W. J. Jeffers, 5 Jun 1968.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL42-26F : 9 January 2021), Guy Jeffers, Jun 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQY-GXW3 : 10 February 2023), Guy C Jeffers, .

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch : Thu Oct 05 09:28:53 UTC 2023), Guy C. Jeffers in entry for William J Jeffers and Emily Jane Jeffers, 1910. From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGF6-92F>

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-P6M : accessed 6 September 2015), Guy C Jeffers in household of W J Jeffers, Civil District 5, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,761.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41V-7J5 : Fri Oct 06 04:18:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Guy C Jeffers and Ann P Jeffers, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-VSD : Tue Nov 28 07:25:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Guy C Jeffers and Anna Pearl Jeffers, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FS3-Y4NX : Thu Oct 05 05:29:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Guy C Jeffers and Ann Jeffers, 24 April 1950, Scott, Tennessee.