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Robert Winston Scales was born to Henry Preston and Willie Burkeen Scales on June 22, 1926. [citation needed] The couple owned and managed the Scales & Son Funeral Home; founded by Preston Scales in 1916, the business was the first black-owned funeral home in Murfreesboro and in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Born Jean Marie Faircloth in Nashville, Tennessee, she was the daughter of Edward C. Faircloth, a banker. After her parents divorced when she was eight, her mother took her to live with her grandparents in Murfreesboro. Her grandfather, a former captain in the Confederate army, instilled in her a love of uniforms.
Evergreen Cemetery is a 90-acre (36 ha) cemetery located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. [1] The cemetery began as a slave cemetery until its owner Dr. James Maney (the owner of Oaklands Plantation), deeded a 20-acre (8.1 ha) portion of his land to the city of Murfreesboro in 1872 to replace the "Old City Cemetery" which is located near downtown Murfreesboro.
The father of the 10-year-old Tennessee boy who was pulled into a storm drain following dangerous weather in the area has announced that his son has “officially passed away” and will be taken ...
After a contentious court battle waged by his wife and children, a court in Tennessee ruled that Sadler be put under the care of an independent guardian. He was moved to the VA Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in February 1989, but he never recovered from his injury. He died there of cardiac arrest on November 5, 1989, four days after his ...
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John W. Morton, Confederate veteran, founder of the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, Tennessee Secretary of State, 1901–09. [13] William Nichol (1800–1878), Mayor of Nashville, 1835–37. [5] John Overton, friend of Andrew Jackson and one of the founders of Memphis, Tennessee. [1] Andrew Price (politician) (1854–1909), Louisiana ...
Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. [6] The population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. [7]