Vernon and Etta on left with Nerene. MaMa's sister Annie and Larry Youngblood holding Oma Ann.
Vernon Page as a teenager
Centertown about 1940Early photo of Etta, second from left with Bill Jones and step-mom, Bettie (Lance) back far right. Grandma's sister, Ollie on her left, step brother, Charley on her right and Oma Annie. Grandpa Jones holding Tressie. Picture taken about 1908
Grandma Page at Centertown, Short Mountain Road home. See the large jug of homemade lemonade!
1972Descendants of Vernon Alex Page
Generation No. 1
1. VERNON ALEX7 PAGE (ALEXANDER L.6, ANDREW5, BARNABAS4, JACOB3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 15
Jul 1892 in DeKalb County, Indian Creek district, and died 22 Jun 1971 in Warren Co., Tennessee. He
married JENNY ETTA JONES 19 Jun 1912 in Warren Co., Tennessee. (Source: (1) 1870 Warren Co census.,
(2) Nerene Thompson. personal interview in Oct, 2001 and telephone interview May, 2002.), daughter of
WILLIAM JONES and MARGARETTA WHITLOCK. She was born 19 Aug 1895 in Centertown, Tn, and died
19 Jun 1972 in Warren Co., Tennessee.
Notes for VERNON ALEX PAGE:
PaPa and Grandma are buried in Margaret's plots which she purchased when Robert died.
Children of VERNON PAGE and JENNY JONES are:
i. VADA MAY8 PAGE, b. 29 Dec 1913, Warren Co., Centertown, Tennessee; d. 14 Nov 1995, Warren Co.,
Tennessee (Source: The Tennessean. Memorial Obituary, Nov 15, 1995, Nashville, Tennessee); m.
HOOPER DUNCAN BOST (Source: (1) Brad W.. in an e-mail message to Virginia Bost Arnold, July 2, 2000
http:genforum.genealogy.com/bost/messages/220.html, (2) Ann Hogan, e-mail message about the Bost family,
May 11, 2005.), 13 Jun 1936; b. 25 Nov 1911, Centertown, Warren Co., Tennessee; d. 24 Feb 1986, Warren
Co., Tennessee.
Notes for VADA MAY PAGE:
Grandma thought that Vada was sick and the kids picked on her. Vada was held back a year so that Margaret
could go to the Cherry Springs school with her and watch after her.
The Tennessean, Memorial Obituary: "Vada May Bost, 81, Cherry Springs Road, McMinnville, Tenn., a
homemaker, died yesterday, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville. Cause not disclosed. Services 11 a.m. tomorrow,
McMinnville Funeral Home. Survivors ; son, Gordon Bost, Nashville; daughter, Naomi Bost, Cookville,
Tenn; sisters, Nerene Thompson, Manchester, Tenn., Margaret Lance, Alma Holder, Murna Pearsall, all
McMinnville, and Gertrude Hoover, Manchester; brothers, Alex, Woodbury, Tenn., and Avel Page,
McMinnville; two grandchildren.
Notes for HOOPER DUNCAN BOST:
Hooper's great grandfather migrated from Ireland and the family was in Warren Co before the turn of the
century. The family had strong ties to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Daylight community and
some of the family still reside there.
ii. MARGARET EMALINE PAGE (Source: Vanus Page. shared information previously gathered about Aunt
Margaret's family), b. 04 Oct 1915, Warren Co., Centertown, Tennessee; d. 31 Aug 1996, Warren Co.,
Tennessee (Source: Southern Standard. September 4, 1996, McMinnville, Tennessee); m. (1) RAYBURN
THOMPSON; m. (2) KENNETH COATS, 10 Jun 1931; b. 21 Aug 1907, Oklahoma; d. Sep 1957 (Source: (1)
Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records,
Surnames Beginning with C, Date of Import: Apr 2, 2002, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.41840.11, (2) Brøderbund
Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames
Beginning with C, Date of Import: Apr 2, 2002, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.41840.11); m. (3) ELZIE LYNN, 01
Mar 1947; m. (4) LEONARD LEE LANCE, Aft. 1962; b. 1915, Warren Co., Tennessee; d. 27 Aug 2000,
Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Source: Southern Standard, obituary page. McMinnville,
Tennessee August 30, 2000).
Notes for MARGARET EMALINE PAGE:
Southern Standard obituary: "McMinnville resident and Warren County native Margaret Page Lance, 80,
died Aug. 31 at Columbia River Park Hospital after an extended illness.
A retired fitting room department employee of Genesco Shoe plant and a member of the McMinnville
Congregational Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Elex and Jenny Etta Jones Page
and was preceded in death by one son, Robert E. Coates; one granddaughter, Renea Goodwin; one greatgranddaughter,
Crystal Coates; one sister, Vada Bost and one brother, Everette Page.
She is survived by her husband, Leonard Lance; one daughter Juanita Brumley of McMinnville; two sons,
James Donald Coates of McMinnville and Kenneth Rayburn Coates of Chattanooga; four sisters, Nerene
Thompson and Gertrude Hoover, both of Manchester, Alma Holder and Myrna Pearsall, both of
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McMinnville; two brothers, Arvle page of McMinnville and Alex Page of Woodbury; nine grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Joe Sanders officiating. Burial
followed at Centertown Cemetery.
McMinnville Funeral home was in charge of arrangements." Sept. 4, 1996
Notes for KENNETH COATS:
Kenneth's father was Homer Coats born in Illinois, met and married Dora Arnold in Ross Township in
Clinton Co., Indiana, according to the 1900 census. They had two children listed in the census, Edna and
Orval. They moved to Warren Co after the 1910 census and were listed on the 1920 Warren Co. census. Edna
and Orval had already left home and Paul and Kenneth are listed as living at home.
After they were married Kenneth and Margaret moved to California for a brief time and then returned to
Murfreesboro. Kenneth and Homer had separate houses on the same farm.
Kenneth disappeared and no one knows where he is. He was cruel and ruthless. He told aunt Margaret that he
was going away and did not tell her what he was doing only that when he returned that she would never have
to worry about a thing ever again. If he was not successful she would never hear from him again. Apparently
he was not successful because no one has ever heard from him since!! This was told to me by my father and
aunt Gertrude Hoover.
Dad related a story about Kenneth's mischieviousness. In 1932 When dad was about ten He and Papa went
to visit Margaret and Kenneth in Murfreesboro. Noah Robinson's son and his wife were killed in a car
accident and Papa returned quickly to Centertown, leaving dad to stay on the farm with aunt Margaret.
Kenneth took dad out to the pasture to see about the cows when suddenly Kenneth pulled a revolver and shot
a cow in the head. Obviously Kenneth intended to shoot the cow but he wanted to scare dad!
Acccording to Al Fernendez Kenneth may have drown.
Notes for LEONARD LEE LANCE:
His first wife's obituary said they were members of Madison Street Baptist Church and his obit stated he was a
member of the Congregational Methodist Church.
iii. WILLIE NERENE PAGE, b. 21 Aug 1917, Warren Co., Centertown, Tennessee; m. VALTER JAMES
THOMPSON, 22 Jul 1939; b. 1916, Dekalb County; d. 19 Feb 2001, Manchester, Tenn (Source: Manchester
newspaper. Feb 2001).
Notes for VALTER JAMES THOMPSON:
He was a retired insurance salesman, representative with Life and Casualty Insurance Company for twenty
two years, representative of Singer Sewing Machine Company and after retirement he worked with Howard
in the Jewelry Store in Tullahoma.
iv. S/SGT JAMES EVERT PAGE (Source: Vanus Page. Shared family information), b. 30 Sep 1919, Warren Co.,
Centertown, Tennessee; d. 21 Dec 1965, Warren Co., Tennessee; m. BLANCHE MARIE FARRAR, 01 Mar
1941; b. 28 May 1921, Coffee Co, Tennessee.
Notes for S/SGT JAMES EVERT PAGE:
S/Sgt James E. Page of Route 1, Daylight, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He is
serving with the fifth Army in Italy. According to word received here, Page was leading his squad in a bold
frontal attack upon a strong enemy position when he noticed two of his men lying wounded within 10 yards of
the hostile emplacements. He moved forward under heavy fire to assist the wounded soldiers. Then leading a
renewed assault, he knocked out the enemy position, killing six and wounding eight Germans and capturing
the objective. The Southern Standard - McMinnville, Tennessee
v. SARAH ALMA PAGE, b. 08 Jan 1922, Warren Co., Centertown, Tennessee; d. 09 Jun 2006, Raintree Manor
Nursing Center, McMinnville, Tennessee (Source: Southern Standard, obituaries, June 11, 2006,
McMinnville, Tennessee.); m. JASON OREN HOLDER (Source: Jason Holder., personal correspondence
about his family - Mar 2002), 04 Jul 1940; b. 29 Oct 1918, Warren Co., Centertown, Tennessee; d. 21 Jan
2008, River Park Hospital, McMinnville, Tennessee (Source: Southern Standard, obituary, McMinnville,
Tennessee Jan 23, 2008.).
Notes for SARAH ALMA PAGE:
Jason and Alma were members of the Free Methodist Church at Bratcher's Crossroads and attended the Bates
Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
vi. ARVLE LEE PAGE, b. 18 May 1924, Bratcher's Crossroads, McKnight Road; m. PATTY MOZELLE
PHILLIPS, 09 Feb 1946, Rossville, GA; b. 14 Jun 1928, Short Mountain, Tenn.
vii. MARTHA GERTRUDE PAGE (Source: Gertrude Hoover. personal correspondence of family information), b.
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25 Aug 1926, Bratcher's Crossroads, McKnight Road; m. HERSCHEL WHITE HOOVER (Source: Gertrude
Hoover, personal correspondence about Hershal's family, January 2002.), 06 Aug 1950; b. 31 Jan 1919,
Beech Grove, Coffee Co., Tennessee; d. 10 May 2005, Harton Regional Medical Center, Tullahoma,
Tennessee.
Notes for MARTHA GERTRUDE PAGE:
"Margaret and I moved to McMinnville in 1944. I was 18 at the time, Arvle was already there and was
working at the Silk Mill. Margaret got a job at the Garment Company and I got a job at the Hosiery Mill. We
lived in an appartment on Spring Street in Mrs. Myers' house. Then we rented a house on the street that was
beside the Church of God in McMinnville. I don't remember the name of the street but it was the first little
house after you pass the church. We lived there untill Arvle and Margaret got married and mama and papa
moved to McMinnville and I went back home. I don't recall how much per hour I made but probally at that
time it was probally not much more than 50 cents per hour. Not long after the war ended the hosiery Mill
closed because they lost the Army sock orders and everybody was laid off. At that time mama and papa were
living on Swann Street. I got a job with the telephone company and worked there untill I moved to
Manchester." letter from aunt Gertrude, July 10, 2001
viii. REV. ALEX CLAYTON PAGE (Source: Vanus Page. shared family information), b. 22 Nov 1932, Bratcher's
Crossroads, Mcknight Road, Warren Co., Tennessee; d. 20 May 2000; m. VIVA GRACE MILLER, 30 Sep
1956, Warren Co; b. 12 Aug 1936, Dunlap, Tennessee.
ix. MYRNA RUTH PAGE (Source: Vanus Page. shared family information), b. 11 Aug 1935, Bratcher's
Crossroads, McKnight Road, Warren Co., Tennessee; m. (1) CLYDE ASHFORD, 15 Apr 1952; b. Woodbury,
Cannon Co., Tennessee; d. 15 Apr 1952; m. (2) CHARLES OWEN MATHENY, SR. (Source: Myrna Pearsall.),
17 Jan 1954, Rossville, Georgia; b. 25 Dec 1932; d. 21 Feb 1970; m. (3) THOMAS DARRELL PEARSALL
(Source: Myrna Page Pearsall., per personal correspondence about family information feb 2002), 08 Sep
1973; b. 19 May 1931; d. 02 Oct 1989.
