Linda (Dyer) Jeffers (1895 - 1976)

Born 6 Jun 1895 in Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Sylvester Q. Jeffers Sr. — married 12 Jul 1914 (to 12 Oct 1976) in Huntsville, Scott County, Tennessee

Died 12 Oct 1976 at age 81 in Scott County Hospital, Oneida, Scott County, Tennessee

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Biography

Linda was born on June 6, 1895 at Huntsville in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Joel C. Dyer and Rebecca ( Sexton ) Dyer . She married Sylvester Q. Jeffers on July 12, 1914 at Huntsville in Scott County. She passed away on October 12, 1976 at the Scott County Hospital in Oneida, Scott County.

Obituary,

Linda Dyer Jeffers, 81, of Rt. 1 Huntsville, passed away in the Scott County Hospital Tuesday morning October 12. She was the daughter of the late Joel Dyer and the late Rebecca Ann Sexton Dyer, a member of the Bridges Creek Baptist Church. Survivors: Husband: Sylvester Jeffers Sr. of Rt. 1 Huntsville, Son: Sylvester Jeffers Jr. of Huntsville, Daughter: Mrs. Ruth Lawson of Dayton, Ohio, Granddaughter: Ondra Willman of Willmington, Ohio. Two great grandchildren: Chris Willman and Aimee Willman both of Willmington. Funeral services will be conducted from the West Funeral Home Chapel 10:30 a.m. Thursday October 14, with Rev. Milford Cecil officiating. Burial in the Cook Cemetery. West Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. (Source: The Scott County News, 14 Oct 1976, p6)

Sources

Burial : Cook Cemetery, Winona, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Burial Date : October 14, 1976 Find A Grave memorial # 58263053 [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58263053/linda-jeffers : accessed 18 October 2021), memorial page for Linda Dyer Jeffers (6 Jun 1895–12 Oct 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58263053, citing Cook Cemetery, Winona, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Theresa/Thunderbird584 (contributor 47100429) .

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-H77 : 4 December 2014), Sylvester Jeffers and Linda Dyer, 12 Jul 1914; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. ??, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZ9-B94 : accessed 8 February 2017), Linnie Dyre in household of Joel Dyre, Civil District 2, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 9A, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,595.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-HNM : accessed 7 February 2017), Lindy Dyer in household of Joel Dyer, Civil District 2, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 14A, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1515; FHL microfilm 1,375,528.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-X89 : accessed 8 February 2017), Linda Jaffers in household of Silvester Jaffers, Civil District 4, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 179, sheet 12A, line 30, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1761; FHL microfilm 1,821,761.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-ZZ2 : accessed 8 February 2017), Linda Jeffers in household of Custer Jeffers, District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 3B, line 74, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-S84 : accessed 8 February 2017), Lindia Jeffers in household of Sylvester Jeffers, Civil District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-2, sheet 1B, line 74, family 11, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FSQ-JK9H : Sun Jan 29 16:47:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Sylvester Jeffers, Sr. and Linda Jeffers, Sr., 8 May 1950, Bull Creek, Scott, Tennessee, From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSQ-JK94>