From a postcard, circa 1930 It doesn’t have quite the panache of a former U.S. post office, Victorian mansion or retired schoolhouse, but Sam Furrow is in the process of saving another Knoxville landmark from the wrecking ball. Furrow is … Continue reading
This advertising post card was sent to Benjamin E. Cline, M. D., of Strawberry Plains in East Tennessee, in 1908, to promote The Hayden and Brown Sanitarium. The card was of interest because they describe a modern facility that employed … Continue reading
Robert J. Booker, Opinion Columnist, Knoxville News SentinelPublished March 13, 2019 A few weeks ago I invited Johnny Ford, former mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, and Judith Tolbert of Fairbanks, Alaska, both members of the Knoxville College Board of Trustees, to … Continue reading
Source: Knoxville News-Sentinel, February 23, 1964 … Continue reading
Suzanne Matheny is one of the four Central High School (Knoxville) graduates who will be inducted into the school’s Wall of Fame on Nov. 8, 2018. In 2015, Suzanne shared with the KGH Alumni Facebook page stories and news clippings … Continue reading
Marjorie Newberry Kerley, age 92, of South Knoxville, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017, surrounded by family. She was a member of Graystone Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by husband, Joe Kerley; parents James and Eva Newberry; … Continue reading
Twenty-five years before the city built Knoxville General Hospital in 1902, it depended largely on the Strong Home Hospital at the corner of Cumberland and State. It had been a private home with eight rooms on the main floor and … Continue reading
Eric Schmidt’s grandmother, Hartley Butt, was a 1914 graduate of Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing. She went on to serve as a nurse in Europe during World War II and was quite proud of her vocation. We corresponded with … Continue reading
Dean Simmons Smith, age 89, of Knoxville, Tennessee passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 30, 2017. She is preceded in death by her husband, Warren Eston Smith; parents, Carl and Lucile Simmons, and brother, Carl Simmons, Jr. Dean is survived … Continue reading
Mildred Evelyn Cruze, 99, of Franklin, TN, passed away October 9, 2017. Mildred was born February 18, 1917, in Kodak, Sevier County, TN, to Willis Clay and Belva Delozier White. Graduating from Porter High School in 1937, Mildred earned a … Continue reading
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