Rufus S. Tweed
Rufus Spencer Tweed, 79, of 10 Mulberry St., died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in an Asheville hospital following a long illness.
He was a native of Madison County and made his home in Wheelwright, KY., where he was affiliated with the Inland Steel Co. 45 years at the time of his retirement in 1945.
Services for Mr. Tweed will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Richland Baptist Church. The Rev. J.R. Dawkins, the Rev. John Green and the Rev. Harry Dicus will officiate. Burial will be in West Memorial Park, Weaverville.
Pallbearers will be Raymond Buckner, Paul Edwards, Arnold Hamlin, Frank Honeycutt, Conley Hamlin and Clyde Young.
Honorary pallbearers will be O.M. Henderson, Bill Clark Chester Honeycutt, Roy Ellis Jr., Ronald Rhodes, Bryan Rhodes and Kelly Rice.
The body will remain at Anders-Rice Funeral Home until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
Mr. Tweed had been residing in Buncombe County since 1945. He was a member of the United Mine Workers Union. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Chester Tweed of Detroit, Mich., Arlen Tweed of Hilliah, Fla., and Major Tweed of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Roxie Maggio of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Margaret Saylor of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Maxie Reed of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mrs. Ersley Messer, also of Detroit; one sister, Mrs. Chassie Nash of Hendersonville; one brother, Boyd Tweed of Cumberland, Ky.
Published in the Asheville Citizen Times on December 16, 1958. Note that the newspaper incorrectly listed the middle name as Spencer.
North Carolina Birth Index
Name: Rufus Fender Tweed
Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1879
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Madison
Parent1 Name: Anson B Tweed
Parent2 Name: Elsie Gilland
Roll Number: B_C062_68001
Volume: 10
Page: 167
1920 US Census
Wilhoit, Harlan, Kentucky
Fender R Tweed Head M 39 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 25 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 9 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 6 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
Marie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
1930 US Census
Wheelwright, Floyd, Kentucky
R Fender Tweed Head M 51 North Carolina
L Ruth Tweed Wife F 35 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 19 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Ree Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Eugene Tweed Son M 8 Kentucky
A Vernin Tweed Son M 7 Kentucky
1940 US Census
Wheelwright, Magisterial District 3, Floyd, Kentucky
R F Tweed Head M 59 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 45 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 29 Virginia
Mages Tweed Son M 19 Florida
R G Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Mac Carlton Boarder M 26 Kentucky
North Carolina Death Records
Name: Rufus F Tweed
Race: White
Age: 79
Date of Birth: 1879
Date of Death: 15 Dec 1958
Death County: Buncombe
Death State: North Carolina
Rufus Spencer Tweed, 79, of 10 Mulberry St., died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in an Asheville hospital following a long illness.
He was a native of Madison County and made his home in Wheelwright, KY., where he was affiliated with the Inland Steel Co. 45 years at the time of his retirement in 1945.
Services for Mr. Tweed will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Richland Baptist Church. The Rev. J.R. Dawkins, the Rev. John Green and the Rev. Harry Dicus will officiate. Burial will be in West Memorial Park, Weaverville.
Pallbearers will be Raymond Buckner, Paul Edwards, Arnold Hamlin, Frank Honeycutt, Conley Hamlin and Clyde Young.
Honorary pallbearers will be O.M. Henderson, Bill Clark Chester Honeycutt, Roy Ellis Jr., Ronald Rhodes, Bryan Rhodes and Kelly Rice.
The body will remain at Anders-Rice Funeral Home until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
Mr. Tweed had been residing in Buncombe County since 1945. He was a member of the United Mine Workers Union. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Chester Tweed of Detroit, Mich., Arlen Tweed of Hilliah, Fla., and Major Tweed of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Roxie Maggio of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Margaret Saylor of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Maxie Reed of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mrs. Ersley Messer, also of Detroit; one sister, Mrs. Chassie Nash of Hendersonville; one brother, Boyd Tweed of Cumberland, Ky.
Published in the Asheville Citizen Times on December 16, 1958. Note that the newspaper incorrectly listed the middle name as Spencer.
North Carolina Birth Index
Name: Rufus Fender Tweed
Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1879
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Madison
Parent1 Name: Anson B Tweed
Parent2 Name: Elsie Gilland
Roll Number: B_C062_68001
Volume: 10
Page: 167
1920 US Census
Wilhoit, Harlan, Kentucky
Fender R Tweed Head M 39 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 25 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 9 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 6 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
Marie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
1930 US Census
Wheelwright, Floyd, Kentucky
R Fender Tweed Head M 51 North Carolina
L Ruth Tweed Wife F 35 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 19 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Ree Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Eugene Tweed Son M 8 Kentucky
A Vernin Tweed Son M 7 Kentucky
1940 US Census
Wheelwright, Magisterial District 3, Floyd, Kentucky
R F Tweed Head M 59 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 45 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 29 Virginia
Mages Tweed Son M 19 Florida
R G Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Mac Carlton Boarder M 26 Kentucky
North Carolina Death Records
Name: Rufus F Tweed
Race: White
Age: 79
Date of Birth: 1879
Date of Death: 15 Dec 1958
Death County: Buncombe
Death State: North Carolina
Rufus S. Tweed
Rufus Spencer Tweed, 79, of 10 Mulberry St., died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in an Asheville hospital following a long illness.
He was a native of Madison County and made his home in Wheelwright, KY., where he was affiliated with the Inland Steel Co. 45 years at the time of his retirement in 1945.
Services for Mr. Tweed will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Richland Baptist Church. The Rev. J.R. Dawkins, the Rev. John Green and the Rev. Harry Dicus will officiate. Burial will be in West Memorial Park, Weaverville.
Pallbearers will be Raymond Buckner, Paul Edwards, Arnold Hamlin, Frank Honeycutt, Conley Hamlin and Clyde Young.
Honorary pallbearers will be O.M. Henderson, Bill Clark Chester Honeycutt, Roy Ellis Jr., Ronald Rhodes, Bryan Rhodes and Kelly Rice.
The body will remain at Anders-Rice Funeral Home until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
Mr. Tweed had been residing in Buncombe County since 1945. He was a member of the United Mine Workers Union. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Chester Tweed of Detroit, Mich., Arlen Tweed of Hilliah, Fla., and Major Tweed of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Roxie Maggio of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Margaret Saylor of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Maxie Reed of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mrs. Ersley Messer, also of Detroit; one sister, Mrs. Chassie Nash of Hendersonville; one brother, Boyd Tweed of Cumberland, Ky.
Published in the Asheville Citizen Times on December 16, 1958. Note that the newspaper incorrectly listed the middle name as Spencer.
North Carolina Birth Index
Name: Rufus Fender Tweed
Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1879
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Madison
Parent1 Name: Anson B Tweed
Parent2 Name: Elsie Gilland
Roll Number: B_C062_68001
Volume: 10
Page: 167
1920 US Census
Wilhoit, Harlan, Kentucky
Fender R Tweed Head M 39 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 25 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 9 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 6 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
Marie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
1930 US Census
Wheelwright, Floyd, Kentucky
R Fender Tweed Head M 51 North Carolina
L Ruth Tweed Wife F 35 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 19 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Ree Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Eugene Tweed Son M 8 Kentucky
A Vernin Tweed Son M 7 Kentucky
1940 US Census
Wheelwright, Magisterial District 3, Floyd, Kentucky
R F Tweed Head M 59 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 45 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 29 Virginia
Mages Tweed Son M 19 Florida
R G Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Mac Carlton Boarder M 26 Kentucky
North Carolina Death Records
Name: Rufus F Tweed
Race: White
Age: 79
Date of Birth: 1879
Date of Death: 15 Dec 1958
Death County: Buncombe
Death State: North Carolina
Rufus Spencer Tweed, 79, of 10 Mulberry St., died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in an Asheville hospital following a long illness.
He was a native of Madison County and made his home in Wheelwright, KY., where he was affiliated with the Inland Steel Co. 45 years at the time of his retirement in 1945.
Services for Mr. Tweed will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Richland Baptist Church. The Rev. J.R. Dawkins, the Rev. John Green and the Rev. Harry Dicus will officiate. Burial will be in West Memorial Park, Weaverville.
Pallbearers will be Raymond Buckner, Paul Edwards, Arnold Hamlin, Frank Honeycutt, Conley Hamlin and Clyde Young.
Honorary pallbearers will be O.M. Henderson, Bill Clark Chester Honeycutt, Roy Ellis Jr., Ronald Rhodes, Bryan Rhodes and Kelly Rice.
The body will remain at Anders-Rice Funeral Home until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
Mr. Tweed had been residing in Buncombe County since 1945. He was a member of the United Mine Workers Union. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, Chester Tweed of Detroit, Mich., Arlen Tweed of Hilliah, Fla., and Major Tweed of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Roxie Maggio of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Margaret Saylor of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Maxie Reed of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mrs. Ersley Messer, also of Detroit; one sister, Mrs. Chassie Nash of Hendersonville; one brother, Boyd Tweed of Cumberland, Ky.
Published in the Asheville Citizen Times on December 16, 1958. Note that the newspaper incorrectly listed the middle name as Spencer.
North Carolina Birth Index
Name: Rufus Fender Tweed
Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1879
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Madison
Parent1 Name: Anson B Tweed
Parent2 Name: Elsie Gilland
Roll Number: B_C062_68001
Volume: 10
Page: 167
1920 US Census
Wilhoit, Harlan, Kentucky
Fender R Tweed Head M 39 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 25 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 9 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 6 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
Marie Tweed Daughter F 4 Kentucky
1930 US Census
Wheelwright, Floyd, Kentucky
R Fender Tweed Head M 51 North Carolina
L Ruth Tweed Wife F 35 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 19 West Virginia
Chester Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Maggie Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Ree Tweed Daughter F 14 Kentucky
M Eugene Tweed Son M 8 Kentucky
A Vernin Tweed Son M 7 Kentucky
1940 US Census
Wheelwright, Magisterial District 3, Floyd, Kentucky
R F Tweed Head M 59 North Carolina
Ruth Tweed Wife F 45 Tennessee
Roxie Tweed Daughter F 29 Virginia
Mages Tweed Son M 19 Florida
R G Tweed Son M 17 Kentucky
Mac Carlton Boarder M 26 Kentucky
North Carolina Death Records
Name: Rufus F Tweed
Race: White
Age: 79
Date of Birth: 1879
Date of Death: 15 Dec 1958
Death County: Buncombe
Death State: North Carolina
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