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Ireland Smith And Maude Lucy Nunley |
| Ireland Smith: Born Jan 26, 1895 - Kentucky, Died Jan 18,
1971 - Stuart, VA Maude Nunley: Born Dec 17, 1895 Died April 4, ?? - Stuart, VA Married: Oct 1, 1915 |
| Info Ireland: Went to Chattanooga, TN and worked with brother Andrew at Williams & Voris Lumber Co on Dodds Ave for several years. He and Maude lived on Dodds Ave near the McCallie School. Alice lived with 1 year with Ireland and Maude in Chattanooga and went to Ridgedale Elementary School for the 6th grade. Alice was sickly in McClure and had to walk to school in the deep snows. So Sallie let her go with Maude and Ireland to Chattanooga for one year. She would ride the trolley cars around Chattanooga and to movie shows on Saturdays. Alice was able to ride a school bus to school at McClure and stay out of the snow the next year, so she went back home.. Ireland and Maude later moved to Stuart where he was the machinist for another lumber company and lived across the street from the mill. |
| Info Maude: Died of cancer - grew skin for doctors to graft on her side. She had cobalt radiation therapy - treatment burnt her up - doctors took skin from legs and grafted onto the shoulders and back where the treatment burnt. Father - Henry Franklin Nunley Mother - Sarah Ann Nunley |
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Left - Ireland with WWI uniform. Ireland and Andrew were in basic
training together - U.S. Calvary. Circa 1918 at Woodman Right - Ireland at Chattanooga Studio Ireland died Jan 18, 1971 of pneumonia after having set in front of a fan and getting sick. Ireland ran grocery store at Woodman before going to Chattanooga to work. People owned him a lot of money that he never collected. |
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Left - Maude Smith (Ireland's wife) and Lodema Smith (Maude's
niece) in picture
studio at Chattanooga, TN
Left - Maude on right - at Woodman |
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Ireland & Maude |
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Left -Ireland & Maude
Right - Eugene Nunley ( her brother Cecil's son) and Maude |
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Oakley McCoy Died ?? - last known in Texas Oakley was living in a cave with mother at Woodman Maude and Ireland found him sitting by a creek and took him in. His mother was America McCoy. Oakley served as a medic in the Army Chris Smith took one of his brothers. |
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Left - Joe Leonard Smith and wife - Maude in the middle
Right - Cecil Nunley's daughter and Maude |
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. | Left - Postcard of Chickamauga Dam at Chattanooga from Maude's collection of postcards she bought wherever she and Ireland traveled. |
