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- [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 23 May 1958.
Hulda Elizabeth Clabo obituary
- [S112] Census, 1910.
name: Oliver Rayfield
birthplace: Tennessee
relationship to head of household: Son
residence: Civil District 2, Sevier, Tennessee
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Tennessee
family number: 31
page number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Newt G Rayfield M 26y Tennessee
wife Ellen M Rayfield F 24y Tennessee
son Oliver Rayfield M 3y Tennessee
dau Lowre V Rayfield F y 7m Tennessee
- [S112] Census, 1920.
name: Oliver Rayfield
residence: , Sevier, Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1907
age: 13
birthplace: Tennessee
relationship to head of household: Son
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Single
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Tennessee
film number: 1821762
digital folder number: 4390948
image number: 00152
sheet number: 14
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self George N Rayfield M 38y Tennessee
wife Ellen Rayfield F 37y Tennessee
son Oliver Rayfield M 13y Tennessee
dau Lora Rayfield F 10y Tennessee
dau Lorinda Rayfield F 8y Tennessee
son Amos Rayfield M 6y Tennessee
dau Rosetta Rayfield F 4y4m Tennessee
dau Alice Rayfield F 1y3m Tennessee
- [S112] Census, 1930.
name: Oliver Rayfield
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: District 13, Sevier, Tennessee
gender: Male
age: 23
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1907
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Tennessee
mother's birthplace: Tennessee
enumeration district number: 0016
family number: 139
sheet number and letter: 8A
line number: 13
nara publication: T626, roll 2271
film number: 2342005
digital folder number: 4547919
image number: 00928
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Oliver Rayfield M 23 Tennessee
wife Lona Rayfield F 20 Tennessee
grandfather John Barns M 71 North Carolina
- [S112] Census, 1940.
name: Oliver H Rayfield
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Pigeon Forge, Civil District 13, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
gender: Male
age: 32
marital status: Widowed
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1908
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 78-21
family number: 2
sheet number and letter: 1A
line number: 8
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3933
digital folder number: 005461375
image number: 00533
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Oliver H Rayfield M 32 Tennessee
daughter Marie R Rayfield F 9 Tennessee
daughter Avis Rayfield F 6 Tennessee
daughter Lilly Mae Rayfield F 4 Tennessee
daughter Wildafae Rayfield F 2 Tennessee
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 2 Nov 2001.
Laurinda Rayfield Ogle obituary
- [S77] Rawlings Funeral Home Records 1911-1995, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 18 Dec 1993.
Rayfield, Oliver Henry 86 Dec 18, 1993 "Buck" widowed b. 4 12 1907 Sevier Co
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 410-26-0121.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Sevier County, Tennessee
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Wenatchee World (WA), 20 Dec 1993.
CASHMERE _ O.H. "Buck" Rayfield , 86, of Cashmere, a 25-year resident of the Upper Wenatchee Valley, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 1993, in the Cashmere Convalescent Center.
He was born April 12, 1907, to George Newton and Martha Ellen (Barnes) Rayfield at Greenbrier, Tenn. He grew up on Big Laurel Creek. The family moved to Morgan's Branch and later to the Cow Flats.
Mr. Rayfield began work at 14 in the logging camps of eastern Tennessee and North Carolina. He later worked for the Little River Logging Company near Gatlinburg, Tenn.
He married Lona Barnes on Sept. 5, 1929, at Price Hill, Tenn. They lived at Bird's Creek and later moved to Maple's Branch for two years. They then returned to Bird's Creek. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in Greenbrier in 1934. He later worked for Alcoa in Maryville, Tenn. His wife died in 1939, and Mr. Rayfield worked on the family farm and raised their children.
He married Cecil Clabo on Nov. 9, 1945, at Smokey, Tenn., and they lived at Bird's Creek.
He moved to Peshastin in 1948 and worked at Peshastin Lumber and Box as a timber faller. He moved his family to Leavenworth in 1951 and to Peshastin in 1952. He retired in 1968 and returned to Sevierville, Tenn. He moved in with his daughter, Marie Hurst, in 1983. He returned to the Wenatchee Valley in 1989 and lived with his daughters.
Mr. Rayfield was a former member of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union. He was a member of the Big Greenbrier Primitive Baptist Church and was instrumental in its relocation. He served as church clerk for 30 years. He also helped establish and construct the Mount Calvary Primitive Baptist Church in Dryden where he served as church clerk and deacon for several years.
Survivors inlcude a son, John Rayfield of Wenatchee; five daughters, Marie Hurst of Sevierville, Avis Higginbotham of Peshastin, Lillie Mae Franklin of Cashmere, Wilda Ward of Leavenworth and Doris Nierman of Dryden; a brother, Floyd of Leavenworth; six sisters, Lora and Laurinda Ogle, both of Sevierville, Rosetta Dunn, Alice Watson and Margie Whaley, all of Leavenworth and Lillard Noland of Peshastin; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, a son, three brothers and a grandson.
Arrangements are by Ward's Funeral Chapel in Leavenworth.
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