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Buckner's father was an iron worker, but found that Hart County did not have sufficient timber to fire his iron furnace. [6] Consequently, in 1838, he moved the family to southern Muhlenberg County where he organized an iron-making corporation. [6] Buckner attended school in Greenville, and later at Christian County Seminary in Hopkinsville. [1 ...
In 1910, the home was bought and extensively renovated by Dr. Clovis Taylor, who built an addition centered on the usage of mahogany woodwork. The addition included a bar, parlor, enlarged entrance hall, and iconic wraparound porch. After its usage as a funeral home through the 1950s, the house underwent another renovation in the 1970s.
The funeral space in the chapel was dedicated to Huntington in 1902 with the placement of a bronze tablet there. [40] The Mortuary Chapel was designed to be a place where funerals could be held. Over time, few funerals were held there. Instead, the public began using the chapel as a meditative space, and requesting to be buried inside it. [32]
Buckner was the son of Confederate general Simon Bolivar Buckner and his wife Delia Hayes Claiborne. Buckner and his father are named after the Venezuelan soldier and statesman, Simón Bolívar, who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
Anderson, who was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, [1] moved to Columbus where she began an apprenticeship at the Shaw Davis Funeral Home. [16] [17] At the time of her murder, Anderson was nearing the end of that apprenticeship, and, according to the funeral home’s manager, was going to be offered a job. [18]
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In 1875, Buckner moved to Dallas to establish a Baptist orphanage. [2] He authored the charter for the Buckner Orphans Home, which opened in 1879 with three children. [ 2 ] He managed this home until his death in 1919, by which time it had housed approximately 12,000 children.
A funeral Mass for Sanchez will be held on Friday, Aug. 30, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadelupe, 143 E. Patterson Ave. in Columbus. Burial will follow at Galloway Cemetery. smeighan@dispatch.com