Age 106
September 9, 2006
Putnam
Age 106 of Cookeville, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence. He was born July 1, 1900 in Glencoe, MD to the late Samuel Rankin and Elizabeth Anabelle Benson Bacon, Sr.. Mr. Bacon grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in agriculture in 1924. During his public career, he worked for a North Carolina agricultural experiment station, and spent 35 years (1928-1963) working for the U.S. Government, Department of Agriculture in Soil Science and Soil Conservation. The oldest living Alumnus of University of Maryland. He was still driving and delivering Meals on Wheels in Cookeville when he was 102. When he was 74 years old, he walked from Lebanon to Monterey (a distance of over 68 miles) in one day, and remarked he wasn't even tired. Mr. Bacon was preceded in death by his wife, Reba Bacon; one brother, John Edward Bacon; two sisters, Mary Gorsuch and Ada Wilson. He is survived by two daughters, Janet Baggett of Nashville and Suzanne Bacon of Clinton, MD; four grandchildren, Lee and Ben Baggett, John and Russell Brown; five great-grandchildren, Terry, John and Lauren Baggett, Luke and Scotty Brown; two nephews, Joseph Warren Broyles and Allen Broyles; special friends, Margaret Hale and Betty York. Services will be Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 11 a.m., from Cookeville First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jon Bell, Dr. Alan Broyles and Rev. Woody Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Cookeville Senior Citizens, Cumberland Art Society, Backsliders Class of Cookeville United Methodist Church, Roger Johnson, Dr. Charles Womack and Handley Ozzie Oswalt. Active Pallbearers will be Lee Baggett, Ben Baggett, John Brown, Russell Brown, Terry Baggett and John Baggett.
September 9, 2006
Putnam
Age 106 of Cookeville, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence. He was born July 1, 1900 in Glencoe, MD to the late Samuel Rankin and Elizabeth Anabelle Benson Bacon, Sr.. Mr. Bacon grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in agriculture in 1924. During his public career, he worked for a North Carolina agricultural experiment station, and spent 35 years (1928-1963) working for the U.S. Government, Department of Agriculture in Soil Science and Soil Conservation. The oldest living Alumnus of University of Maryland. He was still driving and delivering Meals on Wheels in Cookeville when he was 102. When he was 74 years old, he walked from Lebanon to Monterey (a distance of over 68 miles) in one day, and remarked he wasn't even tired. Mr. Bacon was preceded in death by his wife, Reba Bacon; one brother, John Edward Bacon; two sisters, Mary Gorsuch and Ada Wilson. He is survived by two daughters, Janet Baggett of Nashville and Suzanne Bacon of Clinton, MD; four grandchildren, Lee and Ben Baggett, John and Russell Brown; five great-grandchildren, Terry, John and Lauren Baggett, Luke and Scotty Brown; two nephews, Joseph Warren Broyles and Allen Broyles; special friends, Margaret Hale and Betty York. Services will be Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 11 a.m., from Cookeville First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jon Bell, Dr. Alan Broyles and Rev. Woody Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Cookeville Senior Citizens, Cumberland Art Society, Backsliders Class of Cookeville United Methodist Church, Roger Johnson, Dr. Charles Womack and Handley Ozzie Oswalt. Active Pallbearers will be Lee Baggett, Ben Baggett, John Brown, Russell Brown, Terry Baggett and John Baggett.
Age 106
September 9, 2006
Putnam
Age 106 of Cookeville, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence. He was born July 1, 1900 in Glencoe, MD to the late Samuel Rankin and Elizabeth Anabelle Benson Bacon, Sr.. Mr. Bacon grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in agriculture in 1924. During his public career, he worked for a North Carolina agricultural experiment station, and spent 35 years (1928-1963) working for the U.S. Government, Department of Agriculture in Soil Science and Soil Conservation. The oldest living Alumnus of University of Maryland. He was still driving and delivering Meals on Wheels in Cookeville when he was 102. When he was 74 years old, he walked from Lebanon to Monterey (a distance of over 68 miles) in one day, and remarked he wasn't even tired. Mr. Bacon was preceded in death by his wife, Reba Bacon; one brother, John Edward Bacon; two sisters, Mary Gorsuch and Ada Wilson. He is survived by two daughters, Janet Baggett of Nashville and Suzanne Bacon of Clinton, MD; four grandchildren, Lee and Ben Baggett, John and Russell Brown; five great-grandchildren, Terry, John and Lauren Baggett, Luke and Scotty Brown; two nephews, Joseph Warren Broyles and Allen Broyles; special friends, Margaret Hale and Betty York. Services will be Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 11 a.m., from Cookeville First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jon Bell, Dr. Alan Broyles and Rev. Woody Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Cookeville Senior Citizens, Cumberland Art Society, Backsliders Class of Cookeville United Methodist Church, Roger Johnson, Dr. Charles Womack and Handley Ozzie Oswalt. Active Pallbearers will be Lee Baggett, Ben Baggett, John Brown, Russell Brown, Terry Baggett and John Baggett.
September 9, 2006
Putnam
Age 106 of Cookeville, passed away Saturday, September 9, 2006 at his residence. He was born July 1, 1900 in Glencoe, MD to the late Samuel Rankin and Elizabeth Anabelle Benson Bacon, Sr.. Mr. Bacon grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in agriculture in 1924. During his public career, he worked for a North Carolina agricultural experiment station, and spent 35 years (1928-1963) working for the U.S. Government, Department of Agriculture in Soil Science and Soil Conservation. The oldest living Alumnus of University of Maryland. He was still driving and delivering Meals on Wheels in Cookeville when he was 102. When he was 74 years old, he walked from Lebanon to Monterey (a distance of over 68 miles) in one day, and remarked he wasn't even tired. Mr. Bacon was preceded in death by his wife, Reba Bacon; one brother, John Edward Bacon; two sisters, Mary Gorsuch and Ada Wilson. He is survived by two daughters, Janet Baggett of Nashville and Suzanne Bacon of Clinton, MD; four grandchildren, Lee and Ben Baggett, John and Russell Brown; five great-grandchildren, Terry, John and Lauren Baggett, Luke and Scotty Brown; two nephews, Joseph Warren Broyles and Allen Broyles; special friends, Margaret Hale and Betty York. Services will be Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 11 a.m., from Cookeville First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jon Bell, Dr. Alan Broyles and Rev. Woody Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Cookeville Senior Citizens, Cumberland Art Society, Backsliders Class of Cookeville United Methodist Church, Roger Johnson, Dr. Charles Womack and Handley Ozzie Oswalt. Active Pallbearers will be Lee Baggett, Ben Baggett, John Brown, Russell Brown, Terry Baggett and John Baggett.
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