b. 7 December 1899, Jackson Co., TN – d. 29 October 1951, Putnam Co., TN, s/o Joseph Edward "Eddie" Birdwell & Sarah Margaret "Margie" Chaffin.
Funeral services for James Clayton Birdwell, 51, who died in General Hospital Monday from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile about three miles west of Cookeville on Highway 70 Sunday afternoon at Carver Funeral Home. Edward Anderson officiated and burial was in Double Springs Cemetery.
Birdwell received a broken leg and severe head injuries in the accident which occurred when he was reported to have started to cross the highway in the path of the car.
No charges have been placed against Joyce S. Rittenberry of Nashville who was listed as the driver of the car. The car overturned after striking Birdwell but none of its three occupants were injured.
The son of Joseph Edward and Margaret Chaffin Birdwell, he was a native of Jackson county, but had lived in Putnam county for the past 20 years. He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Davis Fox of Cookeville and four brothers, Odie Birdwell, Cookeville and John William, Harvey and Simon Birdwell of Detroit.
Funeral services for James Clayton Birdwell, 51, who died in General Hospital Monday from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile about three miles west of Cookeville on Highway 70 Sunday afternoon at Carver Funeral Home. Edward Anderson officiated and burial was in Double Springs Cemetery.
Birdwell received a broken leg and severe head injuries in the accident which occurred when he was reported to have started to cross the highway in the path of the car.
No charges have been placed against Joyce S. Rittenberry of Nashville who was listed as the driver of the car. The car overturned after striking Birdwell but none of its three occupants were injured.
The son of Joseph Edward and Margaret Chaffin Birdwell, he was a native of Jackson county, but had lived in Putnam county for the past 20 years. He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Davis Fox of Cookeville and four brothers, Odie Birdwell, Cookeville and John William, Harvey and Simon Birdwell of Detroit.
b. 7 December 1899, Jackson Co., TN – d. 29 October 1951, Putnam Co., TN, s/o Joseph Edward "Eddie" Birdwell & Sarah Margaret "Margie" Chaffin.
Funeral services for James Clayton Birdwell, 51, who died in General Hospital Monday from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile about three miles west of Cookeville on Highway 70 Sunday afternoon at Carver Funeral Home. Edward Anderson officiated and burial was in Double Springs Cemetery.
Birdwell received a broken leg and severe head injuries in the accident which occurred when he was reported to have started to cross the highway in the path of the car.
No charges have been placed against Joyce S. Rittenberry of Nashville who was listed as the driver of the car. The car overturned after striking Birdwell but none of its three occupants were injured.
The son of Joseph Edward and Margaret Chaffin Birdwell, he was a native of Jackson county, but had lived in Putnam county for the past 20 years. He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Davis Fox of Cookeville and four brothers, Odie Birdwell, Cookeville and John William, Harvey and Simon Birdwell of Detroit.
Funeral services for James Clayton Birdwell, 51, who died in General Hospital Monday from injuries received when he was struck by an automobile about three miles west of Cookeville on Highway 70 Sunday afternoon at Carver Funeral Home. Edward Anderson officiated and burial was in Double Springs Cemetery.
Birdwell received a broken leg and severe head injuries in the accident which occurred when he was reported to have started to cross the highway in the path of the car.
No charges have been placed against Joyce S. Rittenberry of Nashville who was listed as the driver of the car. The car overturned after striking Birdwell but none of its three occupants were injured.
The son of Joseph Edward and Margaret Chaffin Birdwell, he was a native of Jackson county, but had lived in Putnam county for the past 20 years. He was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Davis Fox of Cookeville and four brothers, Odie Birdwell, Cookeville and John William, Harvey and Simon Birdwell of Detroit.
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