George Washington Rector (1879 - 1953)

Born 30 Sep 1879 in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States

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Died 24 Feb 1953 at age 73 in New River, Scott County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

George was born in 1879. George Rector ...

He passed away in 1953. He was buried in Rector Cemetery, Scott County, Tennessee, USA.^[1]

Obituary,

George W. Rector, 73 Died Last Tuesday - Funeral This Afternoon At The White Rock Baptist - Geo. W. Rector died suddenly of a heart attack last Tuesday morning. He was out in his car on the highway near the Glass House when stricken and lived only a short time. He was one of the county's well known citizens, had served as County Supt. of Roads for a number of years, had been engaged in the lumber business, and in other ways took an active part in the affairs of the county. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sally Rector; three sons, Dickie of Oneida, and Porter and Carl of Huntsville; five daughters, Cordia Potter, Elma Byrd, and Hattie Rector of Huntsville, Flonnie Henson of Knoxville, and Anna Mae Cross of Erlanger, Ky.; one step-daughter, Lillie Byrd of Huntsville; one sister, Mrs. Burns of Knoxville; 20 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the White Rock Baptist church in Huntsville today at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. L. M. Jeffers, assisted by Revs. Hugh Widick and A. J. Chambers, officiating. Interment in the Rector Family cemetery with West in charge. (Source: The Scott County News, 27 Feb 1953, p1)

Sources

1. ↑ George Washington Rector on Find A Grave: Memorial #18521476 retrieved April 22, 2017

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSGG-FVD : 1 March 2021), George Washington Rector, 24 Feb 1953; Death, New River, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQG-BD4 : 20 February 2021), George Rector in household of Nancy Rector, Sharps, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 126, sheet 459A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,246.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZS-8JT : accessed 24 June 2021), George W Rector, Civil Districts4-5, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 3B, family 52, 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:MGF6-MG6 : accessed 24 June 2021), George W Rector, Civil District 6, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 167, sheet 4A, family 48, 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://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-HHY : 3 February 2021), George W Rector, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-NHR : accessed 24 June 2021), George Rector, District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 15A, line 19, family 298, 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://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-6X8 : 11 January 2021), George Rector, Civil District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-5, sheet 13B, line 67, family 216, 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.