Reynolds Family Circle

The Descendants of William Reynolds and Jane Milliken who married in Green County, Tennessee on August 23, 1790.

James Newton Shofner

James Newton Shofner

Male 1902 - 1972  (69 years)

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  • Name James Newton Shofner 
    Born 6 Sep 1902  Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Jan 1972  Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: 5 January 1972, Stones River National Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Section 5 site 6979.
    Buried 5 Jan 1972  Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Stones River National Cemetery, Section 5 site 6979
    Person ID I8796  Reynolds Family
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2023 

    Family Christine Clara Rainey,   b. 26 Dec 1909, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1988, Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1962  Moore, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2023 
    Family ID F3225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    MurfreesboroTennesseeStonesRiverNationalCemetery18642010226301364
    James Newton Shofner as child
    James Newton Shofner as child
    James Newton Shofner
    James Newton Shofner

  • Notes 
    • James Newton Shofner, a retired Navy commander of Lincoln County, died last Saturday evening in the Veteran's Hospital in Nashville following a long illness. He was 69 years old. Graveside services were conducted last Wednesday morning at the Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro with the Rev. James Cullipher, priest-in-charge of the St. Mary Magdaline Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, officiating. Ralston Chapel was in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Shofner, a native of Lincoln County, was the son of the late Eugene Forrest and Margaret Hill Shofner. He entered the Navy June 6, 1922, and graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1926. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of Commander and had lived in Lincoln County since his retirement. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Christine Rainey Shofner, Fayetteville; two sisters, Mrs. Wilson Sullivan, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Norman P. Ream, LaJolla, California.

  • Sources 
    1. [S326] James Newton Shofner Headstone.

    2. [S1] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Christine Clara Rainey


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