NANNEY Bible Found 1913

Submitter: Timothy Boyer
Subject: Bible Found
Message: Bible from 1913 found in Rockingham County, Virginia. Records the marriage of Fred C NANNEY and Berta SMITH on Feb 2, 1919 by Elder B F WILLIAMS and witnessed by Lizzie WILLIAMS, Audry RUSHING and Monroe NANNEY. It also records the births of Tracy Alton NANNEY b. Nov 20, 1919; Pauline Estill NANNEY b. Sep 2, 1923; Forrest Andrew NANNEY b. Sep 6, 1936 and Weber Earnest NANNEY b. Aug 28, 1939. Also inside this Bible are several newspaper clippings: 10 obituaries and 2 announcements of 50th wedding anniversaries. The obituaries are for William Robert NANNEY; Claude Polk NANNEY; Margaret Farrar NANNEY; Lawrence S NANNEY; Pauline Barnard SMITH; Fletcher Newton SMITH (2 copies); Roy Gene CARR; Ethel Nanney MELTON and Ida Louvenia CREEL. Most of these persons died in Baldwyn, MS, a town north of Tupelo, MS. The 50th wedding anniversary announcements are for Mr/Mrs Leonard SANDERS and Mr/Mrs Robert Quinton MANSELL of Tupelo MS.