236. Sara Woodia "Woodie" Wolfe
Rev Joe Hampton, and long time family friend Rev Dallas Vincent officiated at
her funeral.She always believed that Professional Wrestling was real, and that man landing on the moon was FAKED by our government. She also loved Liberace. Her grandchild Sarah Hardiman was named after her, and her grandchild Janet Chasteen shared her birthday.
William Sherman "Pop" Chasteen
His funeral was officiated by Rev Joe Hampton, and a long time family friend Rev Dallas Vincent.Pop was a carpenter. He built several houses, the last one on Lagrange Rd in Lyndon Ky. On walks through the woods other people would see sticks, he would see the sticks as having certain shapes, and would build wooden objects based on the shapes. Everyone in the family probably has something he made as a decoration, or had functional use such as canes and wooden mallets. He was an artist with wood.
Pop also loved to play the banjo and sing. He could play many popular songs of the day, but he also wrote songs. One song was found tucked away in a banjo he had made out of an old guitar neck and the root of a safarras root. In the song he explained that he had made his first banjo using the screening out of an old door.
Triplet brother of Willie and Wilbert.
Triplet brother of Willie and Wilbert.
My grandmother frist married Dan Yoakum but the marriage was annuled after it was found out by her father, George Livesay that Dan was not good to Mattie.My mother, after reading the Reflections, told me that my Grandmother Payne had gone to Mossy Creek Baptist Academy as a young woman.
This is my Grandfather who died in 1924 I will write the recollections of John Howard Payne in the Claiborne Progress.
!In 1903, Anderson turned the hack and merchandise business over to two of his sons, Fate and Bob and the Payne Brothers Company was born. In 1912, the Paynes began selling Fords as a sub-dealer for Burkhalt Ford of Cumberland Gap.
In 1915, Ford franchise was aquired from Burkhalt. The cars were shipped to Lone Mountain and had to be assembled after they arrived.
The Payne Brothers operation continued in Lone Mountain until 1941 when it was moved to New Tazewell. A branch office had been established in New Tazewell in 1920. In 1929, the present Payne Motor building was built. Henry Ford was also present and while he was in the area, he gave a check for $17,500 to L.M.U. to
purchase land. He also gave a Ford Tractor to the agriculture class at Claiborne County High School.
The three businesses, Payne Motor Company, Payne Brothers and Payne Ford Tractors were established in 1958. All have closed now except for Payne Ford Tractor operated by Owen Payne, son of Paul Payne and Grandson of Robert W. Payne.
Ben and Wilhelmenia were neighbors of mine and I knew both very well.
There were no children in this marriage.
Herman and Beth came to visit my mother and father often. Both are still living.
Lives in Chattanooga.