MARY PALMER RUTLEDGE
KNOX CO., TN

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007


Mary M. Palmer Rutledge, 86, widow of the late S. C. Rutledge, died at the
home of her granddaughter, Mrs. A. W. Welch, 410 Island Home, yesterday
afternoon at 12:45 o'clock.  Mrs. Rutledge was born in Hawkins County,
Tennessee, November 23, 1839.  She was converted and became a member of the
Baptist Church at the age of 13 and lived a consistent life for 72 years.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. G. A. Toomey, Miami, Fla., and Mrs. A.
O. Child, Powell's Station; three sons W. T. Rutledge, Thorp, State of
Washington; John M. Rutledge, Knoxville, and S. W. Rutledge, Etowah, Tenn.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Glenwood Church Thursday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.  Dr. J. K. Haynes, of the South Knoxville Baptist Church, will
officiate, assisted by Rev. Claude E. Sprague, pastor of the Deaderick Avenue
Baptist Church.  Pallbearers will be C. A. Child, G. S. Child, Clarence
Carroll, Elmer Carroll, Sam R. Toomey, and Jastin E. Rutledge, all grandsons
of the deceased.

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The couple was married December 9, 1859 in Hawkins County, TN.