Anna Lee "Annie" Byars

1898 - 1996  (98 years)

• Name	Anna Lee "Annie" Byars
  Birth	27 Jan 1898	DeKalb County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Oct 1996	McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Burial	New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee   [3]
  	Cemetery notes and/or description: From Smithville, take Hwy. 56 South for seven miles and turn east on Seven Springs Rd. Go about one mile and turn right. The cemetery is on the left.
  Person ID	I709	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	John Watson "Pa" Byars,   b. 30 Sep 1869, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 8 Apr 1931, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Julia Lee Cantrell,   b. 9 May 1876, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 15 Dec 1949, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1893	Pot Leg, DeKalb County, Tennessee   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Photos » Slide Show		John Watson "Pa" Byars (1869-1931) Photo taken circa 1926 at the old homeplace in DeKalb Co., TN Left-to-Right: Walter Parker "Junior" Harding, Jr. (1920-2013) Pa Byars (1869-1931) Fred Swindell Byars (1920-1950)
  		Pa Byars' Homeplace This house with 100+ acre farm was given to him by his father, Perry Green and this is where he raised his family of four children.
  		Three of Pa's Children... Anna Lee Byars Harding Jones (1898-1996) Senith Mae Byars Young Marsh (1900-1990) Perry Green "Pop" Byars (1894-1968) Photo provided by Marie Byars Ponder (1941-
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Walter Parker Harding,   b. 12 Sep 1897, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 7 Nov 1983, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1919	DeKalb County, Tennessee   [7]
  Divorce	(~ 1926)	DeKalb County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Walter Parker "Junior" Harding, Jr.,   b. 17 Sep 1920, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 0___ 2013, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon (Age 92 years)   2. Edward Byars Harding,   b. 20 Nov 1926, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 25 Jan 2007, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Isiah Columbus "I.C. or Lum" Jones,   b. 5 Jan 1873, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 30 Jun 1965, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1927	(DeKalb County) Tennessee   [2, 8]
  Children	1. John Kenneth Jones   2. Doris Ann Jones
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Jan 1898 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Marriage - 12 Sep 1919 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Marriage - 1927 - (DeKalb County) Tennessee Death - 18 Oct 1996 - McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee Burial - - New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Divorce - (~ 1926) - DeKalb County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Annie Lee Byars Harding Jones (1898-1996) Photo taken circa 1918 in DeKalb Co.,TN
  		Family Photo with Aunt Annie Lee...circa mid 50's Left-to-Right: Kenneth Wright (great-nephew), Vernie "Ma" Byars (sister-in-law 1894-1985), Debbie Wright is on her lap (great-niece), Edward Byars Harding (son 1926-2007), Aunt Annie Lee (1898-1996), Janet Wright is on her lap (great-niece) and Green Byars (brother 1894-1968)

  
  

• Notes

  _____ One of my great-aunts. Tee-tiny woman. Sweet personality and striking eyes. Favored me with her "tea-cakes", an ol' timey cookie. Always addressed her husband as "Mr. Jones"...DAH _____ From: "Ladye Hunter" To: "HENNESSEE David" Subject: Annie Lee Byars Harding Jones Date: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 2:18 AM David, I just found this and thought of you. Ladye Jane Hunter ANNIE LEE JONES Funeral services for Annie Lee Jones, 98, of the Gath Community in DeKalb County, who passed away Thursday Oct. 17, 1996, were conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 from the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home with interment at New Bildad Cemetery. Elder Paul Violet officiated. Mrs. Jones was born in DeKalb County to the late John and Julia Cantrell Byars. She was a homemaker and member of the Mt. View Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Walter Harding, and second husband, I.C. Jones, Sr. Survivors include her sons, Walter Harding of Crossville; Edward Harding and John Harding, both of McMinnville; daughter, Doris Grandey of Lewisville; step daughters, Rosa Nelson of Battlecreek, Mich., Eula Mae Bain and Hallie Bain, both of McMinnville; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville, Tenn., was in charge of the arrangements. CROSSVILLE CHRONICLE, Crossville, TN. October 1996. http://www.crossville-chronicle.com/archive/octob.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S815] 1900 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 226 (Reliability: 3). [S46542] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SRJP-6QD : accessed 17 November 2. [S7269] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=jones&GSiman=1&GScid=2300721&GRid=138434525&. [S7808] "DeKalb Co.,TN Marriage Book", compiled by Jorene Washer Parsley, Route 5,, p. 168 (Reliability: 3). [S47736] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS3J-GHT. [S48668] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS3J-GHY. [S841] Edward Harding | 19 Jul 1995 | Personal Knowledge | 364 Fred Cooper Road, McMinnville,TN 37110 | 931.939.2771. [S102] "DeKalb County Cemeteries",by Thomas G. Webb,DeKalb County Historian,Audrey D., p. 48 (Reliability: 3).