SH1 Jackie Lee Volner
Jackie Lee Volner was born Oct. 16, 1943 in Missouri to Herbert Elmer Volner (1901-1972) and Cletta Blanche Alley (1910-2005) He joined the United State Navy Dec. 19, 1961 and served until Dec. 9, 1970. Volner quickly realized that civilian life wasn’t for him and he rejoined the Navy three
Sanford Farris Ray
CARPENTER’S MATE 3C (CM3), USN (30 Aug 1918 – 28 Feb 1942) Service #2955622Awards: Purple Heart, American Campaign Medal w/Star, Navy Good Conduct Medal CM3 Sanford Farris Ray, the son of Robert L. Ray and Mary Duffy Adams, was born on 28 Aug 1918 in Covington, Tipton County, Tenn., eight
Edison Fireside Phonograph
Pictured was a wax cylinder used with the Edison “Fireside” Phonograph. The phonograph on display at the Tipton County Museum is a Model A version of the Fireside, which could use 2 or 4-minute cylinder records. Invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, phonographs were analogue devices built for the reproduction
VOM – October 2021
Edward Odell Kinney (27 Mar 1932 – 14 Jul 2024) U.S. Army. Korean War, 1951-1954 Born in Brighton, Tenn., on March 27, 1932, Edward Odell Kinney grew up working on the family farm. A typical farm boy, Odell left school after the seventh grade to dedicate himself full-time to farming.
Capt. James Rankin Alexander, CSA
James Rankin Alexander (1828-1873) was born in Aug 12, 1828, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to Rankin Alexander and Margaret M. Alexander. James R. Alexander married Frances Small Sanford on Dec. 8, 1858 in Tipton County. Frances, was the daughter of Robert Walker Sanford and Frances Downs, and sister to
JAMES PAUL ROSE
Private First Class James Paul Rose was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Brighton, Tenn., and died Jul 6, 2003, in Munford, Tenn. When he was 19 years old, he was drafted into the United States Army on Jan. 27, 1943, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and sent to Camp McCoy, Wis.,
Bert Harlan Berkley
Bert Harlan Berkley was inducted into the U.S. Army on October 20, 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. His military occupational speciality and number was rifleman 745/Command infantryman. He served as a PFC with infantry company 151st infantry; component AUS in southern Luzon, Philippine Island. His awards and decorations include the
James Murphey Wylie
James Murphy Wylie enlisted in the U. S. Air Force from Memphis, Tennessee on January 2, 1951. After training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, James served with the 520th Air Defense Group, Air Defense Command, in Korea. His awards and decorations include the Korean Service Medal; the National Defense
James Osgood Burgess (1921-1944)
Born Jan. 7, 1921, in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, James Osgood Burgess was the second son and youngest child of Osgood Miller Burgess (1895-1967) and Bessie May Stovall (1891-1983). Older siblings included John Stovall Burgess (1918-1992) and sister, Janie Elizabeth Burgess (1916-2011). James, his mother and brother, moved to Munford
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