Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

CAWTHON, Rufus Vester -- Age 91 years, October10 1971 in a local infirmary. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Mary Poe Williams, Mrs. Nancy Hackney, Mrs. Vesta Locke, all of Mt. Juliet, Mrs.Sarah Garner, Waugkegan, Ill., Mrs. Jamie Goldsberry, Nashville, Mrs. Evelyn Jennings, Tullahoma; son, Rufus Cawthon, Mt. Juliet; 15 grandchildren; 34great grandchildren; brother, Meachem Cawthon, Lebanon, sisters, Mrs. Tallie Hamblen, Lebanon, Mrs. Donnie McCartney, Alexandria, Tenn.Services will; be at 2p.m. October 12 197 at the Mt. Juliet Church of Christ, assisted by Robert Taylor. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers;Macon Castleman, John Riggan, Jasper Inman, Bennie Bright, John McCullough, David Hudson, Jim Neal, Clyde Sanders, Hilton Tubb, Hollis Fitzgerald, Nick Locke, Truman Hibbett, Robert W. Jones, Nel Warren, Allen Jaynes, J. I. Owen, Stanley Lillie, Andy T. Richie, Jr., Claude Woodruff, Steve Merrit. Interment Mt. Juliet Cemetery. Mt. Juliet Funeral Home.

The Nashville Tennessean - Tues., Oct 12 1971 - Page 24
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Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950

R. V. Cawthorne married Dovie B. Talbot Apr 15 1906 in Davidson CO TN

Brother Lipscomb performed the marriage ceremony that united R. V. Cawthon and Dovie Talbot as husband and wife April 15, 1906.
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Part of a very long tribute by Robert R. Taylor, from The Gospel Advocate, Nov. 11, 1971, pp. 709-11 Delayed Birth Certificate shows that he was born in Nashville, not Una

Rufus Vester Cawthon was born at Una, Tennessee, on March 23, 1880. He departed earthly scenes October 10, 1971, being in his ninety-second year of age. His funeral was conducted at the meetinghouse of the Mt. Juliet church of Christ on Tuesday, October 12. His grandson, Jimmy Garner, delivered the funeral message. This writer read several scriptures which summed up so well Brother Cawthon's faith, hope and love and led the prayer. He is survived by one son, Rufus Cawthon of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, six daughters, Mrs. Mary Poe Williams, Mrs. Nancy Hackney and Mrs. Vesta Locke all of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Mrs. Sarah Garner, Waukegan, Illinois, Mrs. Jamie Goldsberry, Nashville, Tennessee, and Mrs. Evelyn Jennings, Tullahoma, Tennessee; one brother, Meacham Cawthon, Lebanon, Tennessee; two sisters, Mrs. Pallie Hamlen, Lebanon, Tennessee, and Mrs. Donnie McCartney, Alexandria, Tennessee; twenty-five grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren. Sister Cawthon preceded him in death by nineteen years. Brother Cawthon was baptized by Joe Grigg in 1893. He attended Nashville Bible School in Nashville, Tennessee. He began preaching in 1903 and preached "in season and out of season" until his health failed him during the 1950's. Perhaps the most graphic description that can be given to his fifty years of gospel proclamation is to say he was a one man missionary team. He had his own tent and chairs and went where there was a need. During Brother Cawthon's eventful career as a gospel preacher he held over 400 meetings within a thirty-mile radius of his home in Mt. Juliet.
Perhaps the last funeral Brother Cawthon helped with was for his very close friend, Roscoe Hackney, father of his sonin- law Kenneth, in Mt. Juliet in November, 1956. The writer gave the message for that funeral and Brother Cawthon spoke just a few words at the close. He almost broke down as Brother Hackney was one of his dearest friends.
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Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909

Name: Rufus Vester Cawthon
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1880
Birth Place: Nashville, Davidson
Father: Herschel Pierce Cawthon
Mother: Maggie Hibbett
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1880 Census Davidson CO TN, Rufus V. Cawthon age 2 months, born in March lived with his father, H.P. age 21, mother, Maggie C, age 18. Also in household was Joe F. Hibbett, age 13 Bro-in-law and E.B.H. age 9, Sis-in-law
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TN Death Records Index 1949-2009

Name: Rufus V. Cawthon
Date of Death/Age: 10-10-1971/91
County of Death: Davidson
County/State of Residence: Wilson/TN
Marital Status: Widower
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Another daughter Jamie Shields Cawthon Goldsberry died May 07 2001 in Davidson CO TN