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OBITUARY - Johnson City Press, October 19, 1994

MRS. ERMA E. M. DeVAULT

ELIZABETHTON - Mrs. Erma E. Millard DeVault, 81, Leesburg community, Jonesborough, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1994, at Pine Ridge Health Care Center.

Mrs. DeVault was a Mendota, VA., native. She had lived in Washington County since 1945, most recently at Bethel Housing, Jonesborough. Mrs. DeVault was a daughter of the late Holly P. and Naomi Wise Litton Millard.

She was formerly employed by Jones Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Johnson City, having worked as a nursing assistant.

Mrs. DeVault attended Leesburg Presbyterian Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Guerrant DeVault Jr.

Survivors include two sons, Edward DeVault, Jonesborough, and Russell DeVault, Austell, Ga.; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Moody, Tampa, Fla.; five grandchildren, Carrie Leigh DeVault, Frederick R. DeVault III, Sarah Estelle DeVault, Mary Eveline Sill DeVault and Katherine Stewart DeVault; and several nieces and nephews.

Dillow-Taylor, Jonesborough (753-3821.)

The license application information could have been copyrighted, as it is truly a creative work. Benjamin's age is shown as 47, while he was actually 52. Effie's age is shown as 18, when she was actually 15. Effie's surname, as well as that of her father is shown as "Roth". When the information in Benjamin's Manton Tribune obituary is considered, "... he made his home there until the fall of 1920 when he came to make his home on the farm in Caldwell", it becomes obvious that this was an elopement. DLB 2018.

Obituary (via Findagrave.com):

February 10, 1928, Manton Tribune

NUTTER FUNERAL IS HELD TUESDAY

Caldwell Township Farmer Passes Away Following Illness With Scarlet Fever.

Funeral Services were held Monday afternoon February 6th for Benjamin Franklin Nutter who passed away on Friday Feb. 3 at his farm home in Caldwell Township, at the age of 59 years, four months and 27 days.

Mr. Nutter was ill with scarlet fever during the Christmas holidays and from that time has been ill of various complications which came as a result of scarlet fever.

Born September 5, 1868 in Wells County, Indiana, he made his home there until the fall of 1920 when he came to make his home on the farm in Caldwell. He continued to live there until his death.

On October 5, 1920, he was married in Lake City, Michigan to Miss Effie Roll, a former neighbor in Indiana, and to this union were born four children, one of whom, Anna, preceded the father in death last June.

The widow and three children, Susie Mae, Benjamin, and Robert survive. He also leaves two sisters and two half brothers. All of these relatives excepting one half brother, Levi Nutter of Manton, live in Indiana.

Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, February 6 at one o'clock and at one thirty at the Caldwell Free Methodist Church, Rev. Chas. Carnahan officiating. Interment was made in the Caldwell Cemetery.

Those from out of town attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shoemaker of Poneto, Ind., Mrs. Lenora Baker and three children of Indianapolis, Ind., Thomas Nutter of Warren, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Grant Barton and daughter of Monroeville, Indiana, Richard Rahrar of Greenfield, Ind., and Mrs. Paul Courtney of Poneto, Indiana.