Mrs. Ben Bivens, 1929
Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, May 1, 1929, Page 2:
“Vonore, Route One---We are sorry to know of the death of Mrs. Ben Bivens, which occurred last Friday. She had been ill for some time and said she was ready to go, and we know she is better off now than she would be if she were in this world suffering. Yet we know it was hard for her husband and her children to give her up. There is a vacant chair in her home which never can be filled. Mrs. Bivens was kind to her friends and was loved by all who knew her. Besides her husband, she leaves nine children, Joe, Ronce and Hamp Bivens and Easter McHan of this route, Jake and Pink Bivens of Vonore, Route 3, Florrie White and Nell Vinie Garrett of near Madisonville, and a host of grandchildren and other relatives and friends to mourn her departure. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver and her remains were laid to rest in Little Toqua Cemetery under a mound of flowers.”