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During World War II, a group of ladies from a Hopkins County church presented a quilt for auction to promote the sale of war bonds. The quilt was auctioned on the court house steps in Madisonville on November 11, 1944. Successful bidder was Hopkins County Court Clerk Henry Watterson "Wattie" Rudd. The quilt was displayed in the court house and later stored in Wattie Rudd's bedroom closet on South Seminary Street. Many years after the passing of Mr. Rudd, his widow, Grace Rudd, was preparing to sell their home when she discovered the quilt in the closet. Unfolding it, she saw the name of B.C. Bacon embroidered in one of the colorful squares. She called her close friend, Fan Bacon, and offered the quilt to Fan's son, B.C. Bacon, Jr. In 2000 the quilt was returned to Madisonville and Hopkins County so that present and future generations may see this beautiful work of art and reflect on the patriotic sacrifices made by their loved ones many years ago. The quilt was displayed in the Regional Medical Center Lobby and a dedication ceremony in honor and memory of those who served during World War II was held there on Veteran's Day, Thursday, November 11, 1999. While there are 270 names of Service men and women stitched in red and blue, this by no means represents all the men and women who served from Hopkins County. If anyone can provide us the name of the church and of the ladies who stitched this quilt during World War II, or biographical information on any of these men, please let us know. |
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Adams, Billy Adams, Lee Adcock, George Adcock, Jimmy Adkins, Harold Adkins, Herman Allinder, J D Almon, George Anderson, Raymond Anderson, Sam |
Anderson, Tom Angel, Buddy Angel, John Anthony, Kenneth Arnett, Bill Arnold, Bill Arnold, Gene Arnold, Horace Arnold, J C Arnold, Strother |
Ashby, Warren Averitt (Arivett), John Bacon, B C Jr Bard, J B Beeny, James Belt, Edwin Bennett, Jack Bennett, Kenneth Berry, Frank Berry, Johnnie |
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Blakely, Raymond Boon, A C Brown, Boston Browning, Jewell Bruce, J W Bruce, Reuben Buchanan, Guy Burden, J C Burden, William R Burget (Burgett), Moody |
Burget (Burgett), Talmige Burris, Curtis Burris, Johnnie Burton, Strother Callender, Jack Carnal, Clifton Carnal, Lester Carneal, Clinton Carneal, Marvin Cartwright, Esther |
Cates, Dock Cates, Shelby Cayce, Lushen Clark, Demcer (Dencer) Clark, Theodore Clemons, George Coffman, William Coyle, George Jr Crabtree, Homer Crabtree, Morton |
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Crafton, James Crowley, Charles Crowley, James Cunningham, Cecil Dabes, Allen Daniel, Robert Davis, J B Davis, Karl Day, Beuford Debow, Billy |
Debow, Hershel Dickerson, Conroy Dowdy, Dean Dozier, Rush Duncan, Charlie Duncan, Wallace Eastin, Leonard Farris, Willie Ferrell, Leonard Jr Ferrell, Shelby |
Ford, Floyd Ford, William Foshee, Clyde, Dr. Fraser, Ernest Gaston, R W Gatlin, Buddy Gibson, Cleatis Goad, Wallace Jr Gower, Bill Hancock, Bob |
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Hancock, Midnite (James Dennis) Harris, Henry Harris, Paul (Lacy) Harris, Peaches (James C) Harris, Pete Harris, Richard Harris, Shelby Hatcher, John Hatler, Frank Hawkins, Sonny |
Heise, Leroy Heise, Paul Henderson, Lawrence Herrington, Red Hibbs, Esthel (Estill) Hibbs, Noble Hibbs, Woodrow Hicks, Bill (William James) Hicks, Cloyce Hinton, Douglas |
Hoffman, Karl (Carl) Jr Holloway, Starling Holt, Jack Hoover, L B Jr Hopson, Tom Howard, Beverly Howard, James Howard, William Hunt, James Hunt, John |
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Ivy, Furn (Edward Fern, Dr) Ivy, Rolla Jackson, Roscoe Jarvis, Jasper Jones, Marvin Jones, Robert Jones, Ruby (Wallace) Kell, Charles Kelly (Kelley), Elmer L Jr Kelly (Kelley), James |
King, Leonard Lacy, Chas. Laffoon, Leon Lantiff, Alton Larkin, Charles Leasure, Carl Leasure, Harold Leasure, J C Lee, Waverly LeGrand, Leslie |
Ligon, Arnold Ligon, George Lindsay, Harold Littlepage, Harold Locke, Harvey Lovan, Johnnie Love, James Lutz, Clifton Lutz, J P Lutz, Paul |
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Lynn, Garland Mabrey, Al Mabry, Richard Maloney, C W Jr Mason, James Masoncup, Sewell Mathew (Matthews), William Ray Maxwell, Joe McCoy, Bill McGary, H H |
McGaw, David Jr McGegor, R B McLearen, Edwin Merrill, Lindsey Miles, Billy Mitchell, William Mock, Rice Mock, William H Moore, Bobby Gene Moore, Clifton |
Moore, Gene Moore, J B Moore, James Morgan, Duncan Morgan, Jack Morgan, John Morrow, David Morse, Richard Morton, John Mullennix, Harry D |
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Hullennix, James Murphy, J W Myers, Billy (Bill) Myers, Richard Nichols, James Oakley, B L Oakley, Elvis Offutt, Bootsie (Clifton) Offutt, Everett ("Sarge") Oglesby, Fred |
Oldham, Hershel Oliver, James Olive,r Louis Oliver, Robert Owen, A W Owen, R B Parker, Houston Parker, James Parrish, Earl Davis Pate, Karl |
Patterson, Travis Phillips, Harold Plain, Lawrence Poe, James Prescott, Leonard Prescott, Robert Preston, Jimmy Pritchett, W B Qualls, Freeman Qualls, Thomas |
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Qualls, Walter Rector, Troy Roberts, Basil Rodgers, Jewel Rudd, William Salmon, (James) Dr Scott, (Fred) Dr Scott, Shirley Simmons, Dan Simmons, Kenachlowe |
Simmons, Frank Simms, Kincheloe Simms, William Siria, B Siria, Curtis Siria, Gilbert Sisk, James Slaton, Joseph Smith, Calvin Smith, James |
Stewart, Martin Stokes, Harvey Stokes, Jewell Stokes, Russell Stone, Neville Tapp, Bob Taylor, Joe Hill Teague, Charles Thomas, Bill Tipton, Reginald |
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Todd, Jessie L Tomblinson, Bennie Tompkins, B Trathern, Freddie Travis, Nathaniel Troop, R T Tucker, Winifred Utley, Morse Utley, William Vandiver, Jessie |
Vannoy, Marvin Vanvactor, Cleatis Veasey, Charles Vinson, Robert Waddell (Waddill), Beverly Waddill, Clifton Walker, James Watson, Norman Watts, Charles Jr Weedman, Roy |
Whitmer, Doyle Wicks, William Williams, Bonie Wilson, Howard Wilson, Robert Wommack, Karl Woodruff, James Young, Hershel ___, Charles |
Miller with Presley Ashby and Ambrose G Gordon, his securities. November 9, 1835. [pg 241] This day Samuel Alexander Steele orphan of Polly Steele