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RUDD FAMILY HISTORY
By Dlorice Rudd Stanaland

In the late 1800's Benjamin Franklin Rudd (1853-1934) moved into the Flat Creek community and purchased property on what was later known as Hilltop Road. He married Hattie Campbell (1873-1899) of the Goose Creek community. They had two children, William Marvin Rudd (1895-1989) and Alta Mai Rudd (1898-1996). He had a general merchandise store and later farmed. In 1899 Hattie died of typhoid fever and he was left with two small children. Frank then married her cousin Elnora Campbell (d.1934). They had two children, Mary and Frankie Ruth. Mary and Frankie Ruth married and moved to North Carolina.

In World War I Marvin joined the Marines and served in France as a Military Police. When he came home he worked for the telephone company and met and married Hester Bryant (1898-1992) of the Hilltop community. They had two daughters, Gneva Rudd (1892-1996) and Dlorice Rudd Stanaland (1922-2009). Hester and Marvin owned and operated a general merchandise/grocery store in Flat Creek from 1930's until the 1960's. Marvin had a "rolling store" truck making routes to the surrounding areas - Goose Creek, Possum Trot, etc. He carried groceries and merchandise and often traded for eggs and chickens. They bought the Rudd farm after the death of Frank and lived there until Marvin's death in 1989 and Hester's in 1992. Alta Mai married Cecil Bearden of Flat Creek and lived there all of her life. She was postmistress of the Flat Creek post office until it closed during the depression. Cecil was manager and teller of the Flat Creek Bank until its closure during the depression. They had one daughter, Gwendolyn (1924-1983). She was a secretary at Camp Forrest during World War II and later moved to Nashville where she married Ester L. Vinson. They had two children, Randall and Deborah. Gwendolyn lived there until her death.

Gneva and Dlorice worked as secretaries at Camp Forrest during World War II. After the war Gneva went to MTSU and later to Oak Ridge where she was a secretary. Later she transferred to VA Hospital Nashville where she worked until her marriage to Ollie Moore (1910-1976). They lived in Nashville where they owned and operated a motel until Ollie retired. They moved to the Rudd farm which was home base for them as they traveled extensively the next few years. They continued to live in Flat Creek until their deaths.

Dlorice went to Bowling Green Business College and later worked as medical secretary at Camp Forrest Hospital until it closed in 1946. Then she went to Atlanta where she was employed as medical secretary at the Atlanta Veterans Hospital until her retirement. In 1952 she married Warren Yates Stanaland (1924-1985), an Atlanta architect. After the demise of Marvin and Hester Rudd and Gneva Moore, Dlorice inherited the family home where her father was reared. She resided there until her death in 2009.


Buried:
Rosebank Cemetery

Died:
Find A Grave # 83120140

Family/Spouse: Elnora Josephine Campbell. Elnora (daughter of William Claiborn Campbell and Mary Felps) was born on 9 Apr 1875 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Mar 1934 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Mar 1934 in Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Hattie Campbell on 7 Dec 1894 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA. Hattie (daughter of George Andrew Jackson Campbell and Charity Burrow) was born on 12 May 1873 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA; died on 12 Aug 1899 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Aug 1899 in Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living Riggs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age at Death: 98

Alta married Cecil Millard Bearden on 1 Oct 1922 in Bedford, Tennessee, USA. Cecil was born on 20 Jun 1892 in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, USA; died in Jul 1971 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Flat Creek (Bedford County), Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Rosebank Cemetery, Find A Grave # 113435880

Died:
Find A Grave # 113435880

Family/Spouse: Hachi Rudd. Hachi was born about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gwendolyn married Ester Lee "Butch" Vinson, Jr in Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, USA. Ester was born on 6 Feb 1923 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Jan 2011 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Rosebank Cemetery, Find A Grave # 113469905

Gneva married Ollie M Moore in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Ollie was born on 24 Dec 1910; died on 16 Sep 1976 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Sep 1976 in Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]