LONNIE FLETCHER NUNLEY was the oldest of six children from the John Austin Nunley Family of the Asphalt Mine Community in West Colbert County, AL. When he was two years old the family moved to Mississippi, locating about nine miles southeast of Iuka near relatives.
As a young man and prior to marriage, Fletcher had moved to Hattiesburg with his sister Emma Nunley Bacon and her husband, George Bacon. George Bacon was attending the State Teacher College located in Hattiesburg. In March of 1928 Fletcher bought 80 acres of farmland from Melissa Turner and built a small unadorned lumber house on the property. After his marriage to Rena Nunley in November of 1924, he moved to north Mississippi and settled in Iuka, Mississippi where his parents lived near the Alabama state line.
During the 1940's, Fletcher bought his parents farm of 80 acres that lay on the east side of his own farm. He later purchased and additional 54 acres from his brother Willie Nunley that lay on the east side of his farm. A small creek named Pennywinkle intersected these small farms, now consolidated to form over two hundred acres. This is where Fletcher and Rena raised their family of eleven children. The farm was a large working farm where cotton was grown, animals were raised and slaughtered and where Fletcher ran a small sorghum mill. The small lumber house was enlarged over the years to seven rooms and included a large front porch and a screen-in back porch. The Nunley children, L.C., A.J., Opal, Christine and Lois married their spouses while the family was living at this location, fondly called "The Old Place".
In autumn of 1953, Fletcher and Rena moved with their remaining children, Trell, Burndeen, Lela, Elberta, Paulie, and Tina to a smaller farm just east of Iuka on Highway 72. In 1963, Fletcher bought a house, small store and service station farther toward the Alabama line on highway 72. Fletcher and Rena operated the Nunley Service Station and Wood River Gas at that location until 1978. The service station was a small concrete block building containing a store and several gasoline pumps; a concrete blockhouse and small shop were located next door and provided the living quarters.
After a truck collided with the residence in 1978, the Nunleys moved to a brick home in Jones subdivision located near Iuka on Highway 72. Across the highway lived their daughter, Tina Nunley Holt with her husband Donald Joe. Fletcher and Rena lived their final years in relative comfort in this quiet neighborhood. Fletcher spent his remaining time reading and working in a small shop behind the house. He died at the age of 94 but left his children a legacy of honor and hard work.
(Courtesy of Mike Daley - 46822567 )
As a young man and prior to marriage, Fletcher had moved to Hattiesburg with his sister Emma Nunley Bacon and her husband, George Bacon. George Bacon was attending the State Teacher College located in Hattiesburg. In March of 1928 Fletcher bought 80 acres of farmland from Melissa Turner and built a small unadorned lumber house on the property. After his marriage to Rena Nunley in November of 1924, he moved to north Mississippi and settled in Iuka, Mississippi where his parents lived near the Alabama state line.
During the 1940's, Fletcher bought his parents farm of 80 acres that lay on the east side of his own farm. He later purchased and additional 54 acres from his brother Willie Nunley that lay on the east side of his farm. A small creek named Pennywinkle intersected these small farms, now consolidated to form over two hundred acres. This is where Fletcher and Rena raised their family of eleven children. The farm was a large working farm where cotton was grown, animals were raised and slaughtered and where Fletcher ran a small sorghum mill. The small lumber house was enlarged over the years to seven rooms and included a large front porch and a screen-in back porch. The Nunley children, L.C., A.J., Opal, Christine and Lois married their spouses while the family was living at this location, fondly called "The Old Place".
In autumn of 1953, Fletcher and Rena moved with their remaining children, Trell, Burndeen, Lela, Elberta, Paulie, and Tina to a smaller farm just east of Iuka on Highway 72. In 1963, Fletcher bought a house, small store and service station farther toward the Alabama line on highway 72. Fletcher and Rena operated the Nunley Service Station and Wood River Gas at that location until 1978. The service station was a small concrete block building containing a store and several gasoline pumps; a concrete blockhouse and small shop were located next door and provided the living quarters.
After a truck collided with the residence in 1978, the Nunleys moved to a brick home in Jones subdivision located near Iuka on Highway 72. Across the highway lived their daughter, Tina Nunley Holt with her husband Donald Joe. Fletcher and Rena lived their final years in relative comfort in this quiet neighborhood. Fletcher spent his remaining time reading and working in a small shop behind the house. He died at the age of 94 but left his children a legacy of honor and hard work.
(Courtesy of Mike Daley - 46822567 )
LONNIE FLETCHER NUNLEY was the oldest of six children from the John Austin Nunley Family of the Asphalt Mine Community in West Colbert County, AL. When he was two years old the family moved to Mississippi, locating about nine miles southeast of Iuka near relatives.
As a young man and prior to marriage, Fletcher had moved to Hattiesburg with his sister Emma Nunley Bacon and her husband, George Bacon. George Bacon was attending the State Teacher College located in Hattiesburg. In March of 1928 Fletcher bought 80 acres of farmland from Melissa Turner and built a small unadorned lumber house on the property. After his marriage to Rena Nunley in November of 1924, he moved to north Mississippi and settled in Iuka, Mississippi where his parents lived near the Alabama state line.
During the 1940's, Fletcher bought his parents farm of 80 acres that lay on the east side of his own farm. He later purchased and additional 54 acres from his brother Willie Nunley that lay on the east side of his farm. A small creek named Pennywinkle intersected these small farms, now consolidated to form over two hundred acres. This is where Fletcher and Rena raised their family of eleven children. The farm was a large working farm where cotton was grown, animals were raised and slaughtered and where Fletcher ran a small sorghum mill. The small lumber house was enlarged over the years to seven rooms and included a large front porch and a screen-in back porch. The Nunley children, L.C., A.J., Opal, Christine and Lois married their spouses while the family was living at this location, fondly called "The Old Place".
In autumn of 1953, Fletcher and Rena moved with their remaining children, Trell, Burndeen, Lela, Elberta, Paulie, and Tina to a smaller farm just east of Iuka on Highway 72. In 1963, Fletcher bought a house, small store and service station farther toward the Alabama line on highway 72. Fletcher and Rena operated the Nunley Service Station and Wood River Gas at that location until 1978. The service station was a small concrete block building containing a store and several gasoline pumps; a concrete blockhouse and small shop were located next door and provided the living quarters.
After a truck collided with the residence in 1978, the Nunleys moved to a brick home in Jones subdivision located near Iuka on Highway 72. Across the highway lived their daughter, Tina Nunley Holt with her husband Donald Joe. Fletcher and Rena lived their final years in relative comfort in this quiet neighborhood. Fletcher spent his remaining time reading and working in a small shop behind the house. He died at the age of 94 but left his children a legacy of honor and hard work.
(Courtesy of Mike Daley - 46822567 )
As a young man and prior to marriage, Fletcher had moved to Hattiesburg with his sister Emma Nunley Bacon and her husband, George Bacon. George Bacon was attending the State Teacher College located in Hattiesburg. In March of 1928 Fletcher bought 80 acres of farmland from Melissa Turner and built a small unadorned lumber house on the property. After his marriage to Rena Nunley in November of 1924, he moved to north Mississippi and settled in Iuka, Mississippi where his parents lived near the Alabama state line.
During the 1940's, Fletcher bought his parents farm of 80 acres that lay on the east side of his own farm. He later purchased and additional 54 acres from his brother Willie Nunley that lay on the east side of his farm. A small creek named Pennywinkle intersected these small farms, now consolidated to form over two hundred acres. This is where Fletcher and Rena raised their family of eleven children. The farm was a large working farm where cotton was grown, animals were raised and slaughtered and where Fletcher ran a small sorghum mill. The small lumber house was enlarged over the years to seven rooms and included a large front porch and a screen-in back porch. The Nunley children, L.C., A.J., Opal, Christine and Lois married their spouses while the family was living at this location, fondly called "The Old Place".
In autumn of 1953, Fletcher and Rena moved with their remaining children, Trell, Burndeen, Lela, Elberta, Paulie, and Tina to a smaller farm just east of Iuka on Highway 72. In 1963, Fletcher bought a house, small store and service station farther toward the Alabama line on highway 72. Fletcher and Rena operated the Nunley Service Station and Wood River Gas at that location until 1978. The service station was a small concrete block building containing a store and several gasoline pumps; a concrete blockhouse and small shop were located next door and provided the living quarters.
After a truck collided with the residence in 1978, the Nunleys moved to a brick home in Jones subdivision located near Iuka on Highway 72. Across the highway lived their daughter, Tina Nunley Holt with her husband Donald Joe. Fletcher and Rena lived their final years in relative comfort in this quiet neighborhood. Fletcher spent his remaining time reading and working in a small shop behind the house. He died at the age of 94 but left his children a legacy of honor and hard work.
(Courtesy of Mike Daley - 46822567 )
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