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William Reeves Kitzmiller

M, #153496, b. 6 November 1920, d. 10 October 2004

Parents

FatherMartin Eldridge Kitzmiller (b. 31 July 1900, d. 24 March 1955)
MotherElizabeth Belle Doran (b. 2 March 1902, d. 25 September 1974)
Pedigree Link

Family: Geraldine Edith Necessary (b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990)

SonRobert W. Kitzmiller (b. 29 June 1949, d. 2 September 2022)
SonAnthony Lee Kitzmiller+ (b. 20 September 1950, d. 15 June 2016)
SonSamuel Reeves Kitzmiller+ (b. 1 April 1958, d. 20 November 1989)

Biography

William Reeves Kitzmiller was born on 6 November 1920 in Tennessee. He married Geraldine Edith Necessary, daughter of Samuel Walker Necessary and Myrtle Ollie McLain, on 3 May 1947 in Gate City, Scott Co., VA. William Reeves Kitzmiller died on 10 October 2004 in Sullivan Co., TN.

William Reeves Kitzmiller began military service

WW II service, U.S. Army

The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee; 1942 December 20; pages 14-15; (Ancestry.com):

List of Tennessee Eastman Corporation employees in the service includes Roy Lee Adams, Edwin B. DeVault, Foy N. DeVault, William J. DeVault, Jerry Kitzmiller, William Reeves Kitzmiller, Raymond Reeves, James Rogers, Ballard Dillin Sizemore, Clyde Smith & Sam Smith.

Kingsport News, Kingsport, Tennessee; March 13, 1944; image 11 column 1; (Ancestry.com):

WILLIAM KITZMILLER

Fort Sill, Okla. -- (Spl.) -- T. Sgt. William Kitzmiller, Fordtown, Tenn. has been selected to attend the enlisted Men's Communication Course of the Field Artillery School at this post. Sgt. Kitzmiller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kitzmiller of Fordtown.

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Geraldine Edith Necessary

F, #153497, b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990

Parents

FatherSamuel Walker Necessary (b. 14 February 1900, d. 25 October 1970)
MotherMyrtle Ollie McLain (b. about 1904)
Pedigree Link

Family: William Reeves Kitzmiller (b. 6 November 1920, d. 10 October 2004)

SonRobert W. Kitzmiller (b. 29 June 1949, d. 2 September 2022)
SonAnthony Lee Kitzmiller+ (b. 20 September 1950, d. 15 June 2016)
SonSamuel Reeves Kitzmiller+ (b. 1 April 1958, d. 20 November 1989)

Biography

Geraldine Edith Necessary was born on 24 April 1931 in Sullivan Co. (probably), TN.1 She married William Reeves Kitzmiller, son of Martin Eldridge Kitzmiller and Elizabeth Belle Doran, on 3 May 1947 in Gate City, Scott Co., VA. Geraldine Edith Necessary died on 15 January 1990 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN,

Obituary -- Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Tuesday, 23 JAN 1990; page 4; (Newspapers.com):

Gerri Kitzmiller

Edith G. "Gerri" Kitzmiller, 58, 965 Beechwood Drive, was dead on arrival at Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center Sunday evening (Jan. 21, 1990).

Born in Scott County, Va., she had been a resident of the Kingsport area for the past 45 years. She was of the Baptist faith. She had been employed at North Electric for 13 years, and was a member of the Women of the Moose.

She was preceded in death by a son, Sammy Kitzmiller, Nov. 21, 1989.

Surviving are her husband, William "Bill" Kitzmiller; two sons, Robert "Bob" Kitzmiller and Tony Kitzmiller, both of Kingsport; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. R.C. (Clara) Kitzmiller and Georgia Shelton, both of Kingsport; one brother Ernest Hickman, Rogersville.

Calling hours are from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Funeral Home.

Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel with Johnny Gibson, pastor, officiating. Entombment will be at Oak Hill Mausoleum.



She was buried in January 1990 in Oak Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum, Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.
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Citations

  1. [S2016] 14th Civil District, ED 82-27, sheet 17B, Household 339, 1940 Federal Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T627, Roll 3938.

Samuel Walker Necessary

M, #153498, b. 14 February 1900, d. 25 October 1970
Pedigree Link

Family: Myrtle Ollie McLain (b. about 1904)

DaughterGeraldine Edith Necessary+ (b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990)
DaughterClara Necessary

Biography

Samuel Walker Necessary was born on 14 February 1900 in Wise Co., VA.1 He married Myrtle Ollie McLain. He died on 25 October 1970 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.

Samuel Walker Necessary lived in 1942 in Fordtown, Sullivan Co., TN.
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Citations

  1. [S2016] 14th Civil District, ED 82-27, sheet 17B, Household 339, 1940 Federal Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T627, Roll 3938.

Myrtle Ollie McLain

F, #153499, b. about 1904
Pedigree Link

Family: Samuel Walker Necessary (b. 14 February 1900, d. 25 October 1970)

DaughterGeraldine Edith Necessary+ (b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990)
DaughterClara Necessary

Biography

Myrtle Ollie McLain was born about 1904 in Tennessee.1 She married Samuel Walker Necessary.
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Citations

  1. [S2016] 14th Civil District, ED 82-27, sheet 17B, Household 339, 1940 Federal Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T627, Roll 3938.

Anthony Lee Kitzmiller

M, #153500, b. 20 September 1950, d. 15 June 2016

Parents

FatherWilliam Reeves Kitzmiller (b. 6 November 1920, d. 10 October 2004)
MotherGeraldine Edith Necessary (b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990)
Pedigree Link

Family: Teresa Ann Hensley

SonWilliam Jay Kitzmiller+

Biography

Anthony Lee Kitzmiller was born on 20 September 1950 in Tennessee. He married Teresa Ann Hensley on 29 March 1976 in Gate City, Scott Co., VA. He died on 15 June 2016 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN,

Obituary -- Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee - Monday, 20 JUN 2016;? ? (GenealogyBank.com):? ?

Anthony L. Kitzmiller

KINGSPORT - Anthony L. Kitzmiller, 65, Kingsport, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at Holston Valley Medical Center. A Military Graveside service will be conducted at 11:30 A.M. on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Mountain Home National Cemetery. Military Honors will be provided by VFW Boone Dam Post #4933. All those wishing to attend should meet at the cemetery at 11:20 A.M. on Thursday. Mountain Empire Cremation & Burial Services, 125 E. Jackson Blvd. Ste. 3, Jonesborough, TN 37659, (423) 547-0379, www.MtnEmpireCBS.com.



He was buried in 2016 in Mountain Home National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Washington Co., TN.
Anthony Lee Kitzmiller began military service

Vietnam War service, U. S. Army

Kingsport News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Friday, 6 MAR 1970; Page 4; (Newspapers.com):

Twelve Men Are Sent To Armed Forces

Twelve Kingsport area men were sent to Knoxville Wednesday for induction into the armed forces.

Officials of Local Selective Service Board 89 here identified them as:

Anthony L. Kitzmiller, .........

Kingsport News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Thursday, 9 APR 1970; page 30: Newspapers.com):

Eight Kingsport servicemen have been assigned at the U.S. Army Training Center, Armor (USATCA), Ft. Knox, Ky., where they will receive their initial eight weeks of military training as members of Company C., 10th Battalion, 5th Brigade.

They are: ( included Pvt. Anthony L. Kitzmiller, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reeves Kitzmiller, of Lebanon Drive.)



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Johnson City Press-Chronicle, Johnson City, Tennessee; Saturday, March 02, 1974; page 10; (Newspapers.com):

News Beat

Anthony L. Kitzmiller, 23, 104 Lebanon Drive, Kingsport, was arrested about 7:15 Friday night and charged with possession of marijuana, reckless driving and failure to stop for blue light and siren.

Twelfth district constable Al Wheelock said he observed a car, driven by Kitzmiller, leave the Kingsport Highway and he stopped to investigate.

Wheelock said three persons were in the car, which pulled back onto the highway and fled. Wheelock said he apprehended the car at the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Bristol Highway and two of the occupants fled on foot. The constable subsequently charged Kitzmiller, who was in Jonesboro Jail Friday night.

Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Tuesday, 20 SEP 1988; page 15; (Newspapers.com):

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Anthony Lee Kitzmiller, 37, 1003 Colonial Heights Road, Kingsport, DUI, fined $250 and costs, sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail, license revoked one year, all suspended except 48 hours, credit 7 1/2 hours.

Kingsport News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Thursday, 10 SEP 1992; page 13: Newspapers.com):

Kingsport General Sessions Court

Cases Heard July 21

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Anthony Lee Kitzmiller, 41, 965 Beechwood Drive, Kingsport, DUI (second offense), fined $500 and costs, sentences to 11 months and 29 days in jail, suspended but 45 days, license revoked two years, to attend DUI counterattack school, placed on probation to the Alcohol and Drug Council of Kingsport, found indigent, $250 of fine suspended, balance due in 120 days.

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Robert W. Kitzmiller

M, #153501, b. 29 June 1949, d. 2 September 2022

Parents

FatherWilliam Reeves Kitzmiller (b. 6 November 1920, d. 10 October 2004)
MotherGeraldine Edith Necessary (b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Robert W. Kitzmiller was born on 29 June 1949 in Tennessee. He died on 2 September 2022 in Knoxville (probably), Knox Co., TN,

The Daily Times, Tennessee); 6 SEP 2022;

Missing Knoxville man found deceased at Newell Brands

By Mathaus Schwarzen, mathaus.schwarzen@thedailytimes.com

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 6 that a body recovered by emergency personnel last week was that of missing Knoxville resident Robert Kitzmiller.

BCSO Public Information Officer Marian O’Briant confirmed the body was that of Kitzmiller, who was reported missing after he was last seen Aug. 29, according to a missing person listing by East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers and shared by the BCSO Facebook page. Kitzmiller, 73, was last seen backing out of his parking space at Newell Brands in his red 2017 Ford Mustang and never returned to work or arrived home.

Law enforcement is awaiting the results of an autopsy performed at Knox County Regional Forensic Center.



Robert W. Kitzmiller was educated. He lived in 1989 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.
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Samuel Reeves Kitzmiller

M, #153502, b. 1 April 1958, d. 20 November 1989

Parents

FatherWilliam Reeves Kitzmiller (b. 6 November 1920, d. 10 October 2004)
MotherGeraldine Edith Necessary (b. 24 April 1931, d. 15 January 1990)
Pedigree Link

Family: Sandy Yvette Morelock

DaughterSamantha Nicole Kitzmiller

Biography

Samuel Reeves Kitzmiller was born on 1 April 1958 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN. He married Sandy Yvette Morelock before 1984. He and Sandy Yvette Morelock were divorced before July 1987. He married Penny Ella Hughes on 25 July 1987 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN,

; Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Sunday, 6 SEP 1987; page 34; Newspapers.com):

Kitzmiller and Hughes

Penny Ella Hughes and Samuel Reeves Kitzmiller were married July 25, at Way of Life Baptist Church. The Rev. Tommy Hughes, uncle of the bride, officiated at the 2:30 p.m. ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Calhoun, 1015 Oak Drive Circle. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kitzmiller, 965 Beech Wood Drive.

The bride wore a white gown overlaid with Venice lace. The fitted bodice featured a sweetheart neckline embroidered in a pearl satin ruffle.

She wore a headpiece of silk ribbon and pink rosebuds with baby's breath. She carried a lace fan with miniature pink and white roses, purple daisies, white carnations and baby's breath with satin streamers tied in love knots.

Tammy E. Callahan, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Flower girl was Samantha Kitzmiller, daughter of the bridegroom.

William Kitzmiller served his son as best man. Ring bearer was Jonathan L. Shepherd, nephew of the bride.

The bride graduated from Sullivan North High School.

The bridegroom graduated from Sullivan Central High School and is employed by Tennessee Eastman Co.

Following a honeymoon trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., the couple will live in Kingsport.

He died on 20 November 1989 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN,

Obituary -- Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Monday - Tuesday, 20 & 21 NOV 1989; page 21 & 6; (Newspapers.com):

SAMUEL KITZMILLER

Samuel Reeves Kitzmiller, 31, 915 Moreland Drive, Apartment 5, Kingsport, died Monday (Nov. 20, 1989) on arrival at Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center Emergency Room.

A native and lifelong resident of Kingsport, he had been employed by Tennessee Eastman Co. Mr. Kitzmiller attended Way of Life Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Necessary; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kitzmiller.

Surviving are his wife, Penny Ella Hughes Kitzmiller; one daughter, Samantha Nicole Kitzmiller, Kingsport; his parents, William Reeves and Edith Kitzmiller, Kingsport; two brothers, Tony Kitzmiller and Robert Kitzmiller, both of Kingsport.

Calling hours are from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Funeral Home.

Services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Oak Hill Funeral Home Chaple with the Rev. Johnny Gibson officiating.

Entombment will be in Oak Hill Mausoleum.



He was buried in November 1989 in Oak Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum, Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.


Note:

Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Wednesday, 11 FEB 1987; page 6; (Newspapers.com):

Police

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Samuel Reeves Kitzmiller, 28, 965 Beechwood Drive, driving on revoked license.

Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Wednesday, 11 FEB 1987; page 6; (Newspapers.com):

Court

Cases heard on March 10 (included)

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Samuel Reeves Kitzmiller, 28, 965 Beechwood Drive, driving on revoked, fined $25 and costs, confinement suspended except 48 hours.

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