In August of 1954 - KILL RATTLESNAKES[8] - Lebano - Rattlesnake season reached an intense stage here last week as Taft Driver of Watertown reported killing one under his house and Johnnie Spickard, county register, and Paul Gannon got a whopper in Cedar Forest.
Driver's was three feet, nine inches longand had three rattles.
Taft Driver of Watertown has a lot of staying power, as do his corn brooms. Despite triple-bypass heart surgery last year, the 79 -year-old has kept his fathers craft alive. Every spring he plants broomcorn, then dries th stalks and fastens them to wire to a broom handle. "one woman came here and wanted me to make a 14 -foot broom. I said "Woman, what would you want a 14-foot broom for?" "That broom is on display when it isn't being used ot sweep cobwebs from church windows.
He died on the 20th of September 1996[1] in Nashville, Tennesse and would be buried in the Jones HIll Cemetery in Watertown, Wilson, Tennessee[10]
His obituary[11]Taft Driver, 84, Old Statesville Road, iVatertown, Tenn., a farmer, died Friday, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville. Cause not disclosed. Services were held yesterday. . Hunter Funeral Home, Watertown, in charge. Survivors: wife, Minnie Bell Driver; daughter, Jerri Reese, Lebanon; a grandchild; a great-grandchild.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 SSDI 413402080 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPB4-S25 : 10 January 2021), Taft Driver, 20 Sep 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ 2.02.12.2 1910 census of parents supports this fact
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.4 Year: 1930; Census Place: District 19, Dekalb, Tennessee; Roll: 2244; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 2341978 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPWL-DPB : accessed 5 April 2022), Faft Driver in household of Lon Driver, District 19, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 1B, line 57, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2244; FHL microfilm 2,341,978.
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-C83H : 10 March 2021), Toft Driver and Minnie Bell Sandlin, 04 Jul 1936; citing DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,010,988.
↑ 6.06.1 Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03950; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 95-17 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HG-31Q : 11 January 2021), Taft Drivel, Civil District 13, Wilson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-17, sheet 10A, line 12, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3950.
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-7D6W : 10 March 2021), Taft Driver in entry for Ellie Hugh Reese and Geraldine Driver, 23 Jun 1956; citing Wilson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 430,840
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #125813826 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125813826/taft-driver : accessed 04 April 2022), memorial page for Taft Driver (13 Jan 1912–20 Sep 1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125813826, citing Jones Hill Cemetery, Watertown, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Solange (contributor ) .
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