tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post1981939757553809820..comments2024-03-16T13:05:52.650-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: A Flower-Filled RemembranceJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-59934832501482798592020-06-05T23:11:32.715-07:002020-06-05T23:11:32.715-07:00Hello, and thanks for connecting here. Yes, I am d...Hello, and thanks for connecting here. Yes, I am definitely interested in talking with you. Hopefully, we can connect soon!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-88385629832029344732020-06-04T23:19:01.797-07:002020-06-04T23:19:01.797-07:00I know that this blog post is from 2014 but Chevis...I know that this blog post is from 2014 but Chevis was my great-grandmother. I was researching stories about my grandfather H.M. "Pete" Chitwood and his work on the Clinchfield and came across your cite. I know my mother as well as myself would possibly like to talk with you. Please let me know how I can get in touch with you. A. Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779332834245577379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-30609391936580136752014-01-30T23:21:34.471-08:002014-01-30T23:21:34.471-08:00I have seen that done, too, Far Side, and it is a ...I have seen that done, too, Far Side, and it is a moving gesture indeed. Of course, you know I have a law enforcement connection, and they have many traditions, too, in honoring one of their own (especially if fallen in the line of duty). But I've also seen that type of personal goodbye done in regular civilian ceremonies, too.<br /><br />With the listing of names of flower bearers, though, it just seemed so much more of a bigger-than-life farewell, I couldn't even imagine it. I'm sure it's very touching...just wondering if someone could help paint the picture for me.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-84345003611246877762014-01-30T22:20:34.719-08:002014-01-30T22:20:34.719-08:00Sounds like a lovely tradition to me. We did some...Sounds like a lovely tradition to me. We did something similar one time. I and my husband were both volunteer fireman. A fellow fireman died and at the end of the service we gave him our corsages. It was a real personal final goodbye. Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-10777669535447067222014-01-29T22:30:31.698-08:002014-01-29T22:30:31.698-08:00Erwin, Tennessee, was a pretty small town at the t...Erwin, Tennessee, was a pretty small town at the time. It's interesting to see some of those on the list were neighbors from her own street--as well as co-workers, too.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to check that list out, Iggy! Those are some interesting finds. Chances are, many of the others may have been people Chevis knew from making her rounds on everyday errands, or from the church she attended. It's a list that does help illustrate her network of friends and acquaintances.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-87944183975461931972014-01-29T22:26:42.404-08:002014-01-29T22:26:42.404-08:00Now that makes two of us wondering what it was all...Now that makes two of us wondering what it was all about! Thanks for checking those obits from your family, Wendy.<br /><br />Good point about some of the names representing relatives. I did see some surnames that are possible relations to Chevis--like Broyles and Tucker. But I assure you, not <i>every</i> name on that list was a relative!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-6159412417671330702014-01-29T22:23:57.867-08:002014-01-29T22:23:57.867-08:00Thanks for confirming that, Iggy. Perhaps you are ...Thanks for confirming that, Iggy. Perhaps you are right: she was well-loved, apparently. I thought that was an unusually long list.<br /><br />At first, I had wondered if the length was owing to the fact that her mother was well-known in the community, but now that I take a look at Cassie's own obituary, there is no such type of mention for her.<br /><br />Makes me want to know more about Chevis' role in her own home town and what it was that led to such a show of community support.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-73353274898381061482014-01-29T12:32:56.515-08:002014-01-29T12:32:56.515-08:00I just did a quick peek at some of the Flower-bear...I just did a quick peek at some of the Flower-bearers:<br /><br />In the 1940 US Census:<br /><br />Arch Beckelheimer was a conductor.<br />Charles Hicks was a conductor.<br />Fannie Fox was a clerk at a retail clothing store.<br />Pauline Morgan, widowed, not working.<br />Dolly Six was a "Stamper" at Southern Pottery.<br />Grant Martin owned a Dry Cleaners.<br />Mary Johnson was a cook.<br /><br />Many of them were living on Catawba street and were neighbors.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-2017378069303379972014-01-29T12:28:02.339-08:002014-01-29T12:28:02.339-08:00A quick look at some of my obits turned up one wit...A quick look at some of my obits turned up one with honorary pallbearers for my grandfather's brother. I recognize some of the names as long time family friends; the others were likely coworkers or people from church. My great-grandmother's obit mentions the "ladies of the church" carrying flowers. I wonder what that looked like -- were they schlepping floral sprays and baskets from the florist? were they carrying bouquets? single <br />stems to toss onto the grave?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-63290867503858373662014-01-29T07:07:59.296-08:002014-01-29T07:07:59.296-08:00 If a family has more people than required for pal... If a family has more people than required for pallbearers, there is the option of having flower bearers and/or honorary bearers that may walk in front of or behind the casket and possibly form an honor guard at the conclusion of the funeral and/or at a cemetery. Sometimes these roles are provided by younger members of a family or those who might not be able to bear the weight of the casket, but nonetheless willing to be active participants in the funeral. <br /><br />So, in all likelihood, this woman was very well loved.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com