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 1920 - 1948 (27 years)
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| Name |
Arthur Eugene "Hootie" Hennessee |
| Birth |
6 Nov 1920 |
Meigs County, Tennessee  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Chicago, Cook County, Ilinois [5] |
| Death |
5 Apr 1948 |
Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee [1, 2, 5] |
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| Burial |
Upper Spring Creek Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I1921 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
28 Oct 2014 |
| Father |
Harl Eugene Hennessee, b. 9 Dec 1892, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee d. 23 Jul 1976, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Fannie Meldoria Vincent, b. 18 Dec 1893, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee d. 15 Dec 1962, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
~1913 |
McMinn County, Tennessee [4, 5] |
| Residence (Family) |
1930 |
McMinn County, Tennessee [4] |
| Residence (Family) |
1940 |
McMinn County, Tennessee [3] |
| Photos
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 | The Homeplace...
Family home of Harl & Fannie Hennessee located in rural McMinn County, Tennessee and painted by their loving granddaughter, Charlotte Hennessee Davis |
 | Oak Grove Church & Cemetery
The old church was located in Riceville, McMinn County, Tennessee and has been since replaced with a new edifice. Its cemetery is still the burial site for:
Harl Eugene Hennessee (1892-1976) and wife
Fannie Meldora Vincent Hennessee (1893-1962)
Johnie William Hennessee (1916-2007) and wife
Rosa Lee Elkins Hennessee (1920-2008)
James Franklin Harrison (1916-2005) and wife
Ruby Alice Hennessee Harrison (1917-1961)
Arlen Lee Hennessee (1919-1988)
Noah Ross Hennessee (2005-2005) son of Allen & Odessa Hennessee
Painted by Charlotte Hennessee Davis... |
 | Harl & Fannie Hennessee
Harl Eugene Hennessee (1892-1976)
Fannie Meldoria Vincent Hennessee (1893-1962)
Photo taken circa 1960 in McMinn County, Tennessee and provided by their loving granddaughter, Charlotte Hennessee Davis |
| Family ID |
F722 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Arthur (Hootie) Hennessee
Arthur Eugene Hennessee was born in Meigs County, Tennessee on November 6, 1920. Everyone called him Hootie, which was his nickname. He had a good personality and liked to joke around a lot. He liked to have fun, maybe sometimes a little too much.
In 1941, when work in Tennessee was scarce, Hootie and J.T. Vincent decided to move to Chicago, Illinois. When they were in Chattanooga waiting for the bus, a couple of men noticed that Hootie and J.T. was a couple of country boys traveling for the first time. The two men were gambling by flipping coins, while Hootie and J.T. looked on. One of the men was loosing very badly, owing the other a lot of money. The man, who was indebted to the other, asked Hootie and J.T. to let him have their money long enough to show the other man that he did have money. When they handed him their money, the man took off with it and they knew at that point, they had been scammed.
While in Chicago, Hootie worked at a packing factory. In 1942 Hootie got his draft papers for the Army, but was rejected due to medical reasons. Hootie was told that he had a spot on his lung and to go see his family physician. It was another year before he would learn that he had Tuberculosis and was admitted to a t. b. Hospital in Chicago. Hootie moved back to Tennessee in 1944 even though he was never released from the hospital by his doctor.
Hootie and his brother-in-law, Frank Harrison, loved to trap muskrat and mink. They would take the pelts, as many as they could possibly carry, and sell. Hootie also loved to hunt quail and rabbit. Even though the hunting and trapping was bad for his health, he continued as long as he possibly could. Then began seining for minnows to sell to fishermen until his death.
Tuberculosis was a difficult disease to cure and Hootie passed on April 5, 1948 at the early age of twenty-eight. He was laid to rest in Upper Spring Creek Cemetery in McMinn County, Tennessee. Hootie never married. [5]
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