Believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Ellison Cemetery in Parrottsville. His body was brought back from Asheville, but his death cert doesn't list a cemetery location.
Served in the Spanish American War. Private Co C 6th Regiment U. S. Infantry
Lived with his grandfather Matthias Faubion in Cocke County and worked his grandfather's mill in the Salem Community outside of Parrottsville. After he lost his first child Bertha Rowena Balch b 8 Nov 1909 d 12 Sept 1913, he lost his wife Juanita Hommel. His daughter Ruby Emmaline Balch was raised by his step grandmother Emeline Acton Faubion. After she died Ruby lived with her grandfather James H Hommel. Ruby married Raymond Clifford Wiggins from Jefferson Co. Tenn and moved to New Castle, Wayne Co Indiana where she is buried. Ruby died 29 Dec 1997 and is buried South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Wayne Co. Indiana.
Her obituary
Ruby Emmaline Wiggins, 84, a longtime resident of New Castle, who has a daughter in Richmond, died Monday, Dec 29, 1997, at Henry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 14, 1913, in Martel, Tennessee to William and Juanita Hummel Balch and had lived in New Castle since 1966.
A homemaker, she was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Ithal Sunday School class.
Survivors include a daughter, Mona Cash of Richmond, and several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond C. Wiggins, in 1981.
Service will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Macer-Hall Funeral Home, New Castle, with the Rev. Daniel C. Clemens officating. Burial will be at South Mound Cemetery Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
siblings: Sarah Idella Balch died Knoxville, Tn married Andrew B Holt; Bessie Belle Balch Rogers Holt died Oklahoma City, OK; Daisy Balch died probably Texas married Samuel S Whitaker (my great grandparents); Bertha May Balch died Madill, OK married Lucien Calvin Adams; Henry Earl Balch died Sherman, Tx married Blanche Bunch; Ralph Alphus Balch died unknown never married.
Grandson of Matthias Wall Faubion and Matilda C Wells
Grandson of Henry Bolch and Sarah Hunsucker from Catawba Co. North Carolina
Served in the Spanish American War. Private Co C 6th Regiment U. S. Infantry
Lived with his grandfather Matthias Faubion in Cocke County and worked his grandfather's mill in the Salem Community outside of Parrottsville. After he lost his first child Bertha Rowena Balch b 8 Nov 1909 d 12 Sept 1913, he lost his wife Juanita Hommel. His daughter Ruby Emmaline Balch was raised by his step grandmother Emeline Acton Faubion. After she died Ruby lived with her grandfather James H Hommel. Ruby married Raymond Clifford Wiggins from Jefferson Co. Tenn and moved to New Castle, Wayne Co Indiana where she is buried. Ruby died 29 Dec 1997 and is buried South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Wayne Co. Indiana.
Her obituary
Ruby Emmaline Wiggins, 84, a longtime resident of New Castle, who has a daughter in Richmond, died Monday, Dec 29, 1997, at Henry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 14, 1913, in Martel, Tennessee to William and Juanita Hummel Balch and had lived in New Castle since 1966.
A homemaker, she was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Ithal Sunday School class.
Survivors include a daughter, Mona Cash of Richmond, and several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond C. Wiggins, in 1981.
Service will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Macer-Hall Funeral Home, New Castle, with the Rev. Daniel C. Clemens officating. Burial will be at South Mound Cemetery Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
siblings: Sarah Idella Balch died Knoxville, Tn married Andrew B Holt; Bessie Belle Balch Rogers Holt died Oklahoma City, OK; Daisy Balch died probably Texas married Samuel S Whitaker (my great grandparents); Bertha May Balch died Madill, OK married Lucien Calvin Adams; Henry Earl Balch died Sherman, Tx married Blanche Bunch; Ralph Alphus Balch died unknown never married.
Grandson of Matthias Wall Faubion and Matilda C Wells
Grandson of Henry Bolch and Sarah Hunsucker from Catawba Co. North Carolina
Believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Ellison Cemetery in Parrottsville. His body was brought back from Asheville, but his death cert doesn't list a cemetery location.
Served in the Spanish American War. Private Co C 6th Regiment U. S. Infantry
Lived with his grandfather Matthias Faubion in Cocke County and worked his grandfather's mill in the Salem Community outside of Parrottsville. After he lost his first child Bertha Rowena Balch b 8 Nov 1909 d 12 Sept 1913, he lost his wife Juanita Hommel. His daughter Ruby Emmaline Balch was raised by his step grandmother Emeline Acton Faubion. After she died Ruby lived with her grandfather James H Hommel. Ruby married Raymond Clifford Wiggins from Jefferson Co. Tenn and moved to New Castle, Wayne Co Indiana where she is buried. Ruby died 29 Dec 1997 and is buried South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Wayne Co. Indiana.
Her obituary
Ruby Emmaline Wiggins, 84, a longtime resident of New Castle, who has a daughter in Richmond, died Monday, Dec 29, 1997, at Henry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 14, 1913, in Martel, Tennessee to William and Juanita Hummel Balch and had lived in New Castle since 1966.
A homemaker, she was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Ithal Sunday School class.
Survivors include a daughter, Mona Cash of Richmond, and several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond C. Wiggins, in 1981.
Service will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Macer-Hall Funeral Home, New Castle, with the Rev. Daniel C. Clemens officating. Burial will be at South Mound Cemetery Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
siblings: Sarah Idella Balch died Knoxville, Tn married Andrew B Holt; Bessie Belle Balch Rogers Holt died Oklahoma City, OK; Daisy Balch died probably Texas married Samuel S Whitaker (my great grandparents); Bertha May Balch died Madill, OK married Lucien Calvin Adams; Henry Earl Balch died Sherman, Tx married Blanche Bunch; Ralph Alphus Balch died unknown never married.
Grandson of Matthias Wall Faubion and Matilda C Wells
Grandson of Henry Bolch and Sarah Hunsucker from Catawba Co. North Carolina
Served in the Spanish American War. Private Co C 6th Regiment U. S. Infantry
Lived with his grandfather Matthias Faubion in Cocke County and worked his grandfather's mill in the Salem Community outside of Parrottsville. After he lost his first child Bertha Rowena Balch b 8 Nov 1909 d 12 Sept 1913, he lost his wife Juanita Hommel. His daughter Ruby Emmaline Balch was raised by his step grandmother Emeline Acton Faubion. After she died Ruby lived with her grandfather James H Hommel. Ruby married Raymond Clifford Wiggins from Jefferson Co. Tenn and moved to New Castle, Wayne Co Indiana where she is buried. Ruby died 29 Dec 1997 and is buried South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Wayne Co. Indiana.
Her obituary
Ruby Emmaline Wiggins, 84, a longtime resident of New Castle, who has a daughter in Richmond, died Monday, Dec 29, 1997, at Henry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 14, 1913, in Martel, Tennessee to William and Juanita Hummel Balch and had lived in New Castle since 1966.
A homemaker, she was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Ithal Sunday School class.
Survivors include a daughter, Mona Cash of Richmond, and several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond C. Wiggins, in 1981.
Service will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Macer-Hall Funeral Home, New Castle, with the Rev. Daniel C. Clemens officating. Burial will be at South Mound Cemetery Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
siblings: Sarah Idella Balch died Knoxville, Tn married Andrew B Holt; Bessie Belle Balch Rogers Holt died Oklahoma City, OK; Daisy Balch died probably Texas married Samuel S Whitaker (my great grandparents); Bertha May Balch died Madill, OK married Lucien Calvin Adams; Henry Earl Balch died Sherman, Tx married Blanche Bunch; Ralph Alphus Balch died unknown never married.
Grandson of Matthias Wall Faubion and Matilda C Wells
Grandson of Henry Bolch and Sarah Hunsucker from Catawba Co. North Carolina
Gravesite Details
Born in Cocke Co. Tenn died Oteen VA Hospital, Asheville, Buncombe Co. NC of tuberculosis. Husband of Juanita Hommel, son of Henry Girdine Balch & Margaret Jane Faubion
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