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     Maggie Gafford is the daughter of Samuel Houston Gafford and Annie Wyatt.¹

     "Grandma lived a full life of love, praising the Lord, worrying about her 4 kids and 8 grandchildren, and making the best skillet fried chicken tenders EVER from scratch. When I spent the night there, the smells of the wood stove, bacon, eggs and homemade biscuits were certain to get me out from under three layers of homemade quilts each morning." - Tara Milliken Wiese.⁴ Nina Gladys Gafford was born on 29 April 1926 at Stewart County, Tennessee.³ She was the daughter of Oscar Gafford and Lola Mae Wyatt.⁵ She married Russell Reed Milliken, son of Garland Elias Milliken and Goldie F. Keatts, on 4 March 1944 at Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky.^1,6 She died on 15 January 2016 at Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee, at age 89.³ Nina Gladys Milliken, 89 of Dover, TN passed away on Friday, January 15, 2016 at Diversicare of Dover. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm at Anglin Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Edwards officiating. Burial will follow in the Stewart Co. Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 5-8:00 pm and on Sunday from 12-2:00 pm at Anglin Funeral Home.

She was born April 29, 1926 in Stewart Co., TN daughter of the late Oscar and Lola Mae Wyatt Gafford. Mrs. Milliken was a life lifelong member of the Rose Valley United Methodist Church. She was also retired as a seamstress from Ely and Walker. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Russell Milliken, brother, Hershell Gafford and sisters, Earlene Mullins and Charlene Gafford. Survivors include her children, Ross Milliken (Faye), Dover, TN, Donna Butts (Mack), Dover, TN, Terry Milliken (Donna), Dover, TN, James Milliken (Kathy Gray), Clarksville, TN, grandchildren, Angie Hughes, Michelle Odom, Lucynda Cook, Marcine Corlew, Tara Wiese, Russ Milliken, Gina Milliken, Reed Milliken, 6 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be family members.

In lieu of other memorials, donations may be made to the Rose Valley Church and Cemetery, c/o Donna Butts, 1827 Old Hwy 79, Dover, TN 37058.⁵ She was buried on 17 January 2016 at Dover, Stewart County, Tennessee.³

     Oscar Gafford was born on 5 October 1895 at Tennessee.² He was the son of Samuel Houston Gafford and Annie Wyatt.^3,4 He married Lola Mae Wyatt on 30 December 1916 at Stewart County, Tennessee.⁵

     Robert C. Gafford was born circa 1864 at Tennessee.¹ He was the son of William A. Gafford and Francis Smith. He married Martha Annie Minervia Green, daughter of Jim Green and Francis Reynolds, on 26 December 1886 at Stewart County, Tennessee.^1,2

     Samuel Houston Gafford was born on 10 August 1870 at Stewart County, Tennessee. (Sam was probably born in 1869 since the 1870 census indicates that he is one year old.)¹ He was the son of William A. Gafford and Francis Smith.¹ He married Annie Wyatt on 24 December 1894 at Stewart County, Tennessee.² He died on 8 January 1951 at Stewart County, Tennessee, at age 80.¹

S.H. Gafford Dies At Indian Mound

Samuel Houston Gafford, 80, died at his home in Indian Mound Monday afternoon, Jan. 8 following an illness of two years. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Rose Valley Methodist Church. The Rev. Delwin Fryer officiating and burial was in the Heflin cemetery, Milligan & Ridgeway were in charge.
A native of Stewart County, he was born August 10, 1870, son of William and Frances Smith Gafford. On Dec. 25, 1894, he was married to Annie White, who survives with five sons, Oscar, Clarence, Clifton and Buford, all of Indian Mound, and Lee Gafford of Clarksville, and four daughters, Mrs. Chesley Keatts, Mrs. Marvin Heflin, of Indian Mound; Mrs. Roy Legate, of Clarksville, and Mrs Delma Lee of Detroit. Also surviving are 26 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Three of the grandchildren were reared by Mr. and Mrs. Gafford - Mrs. Nina Gafford Milliken, Miss Thelma Gafford and Herschel Gafford.
Mr. Gafford was a member of the Rose Valley Methodist Church.³

     Samuel S. Gafford is the son of Robert C. Gafford and Martha Annie Minervia Green.¹

     William A. Gafford is the son of James M. Gafford.² He married Francis Smith on 1 September 1859 at Montgomery County, Tennessee.³

     William Bailey Gafford was born in 1943.¹ He was the son of Charles Clifton Gafford and Fannie Mae Milliken.¹ He died in 2015.¹

     William M. Gafford is the son of Robert C. Gafford and Martha Annie Minervia Green.¹

     Bobby Eugene Gage married Shirley Ann Hunter, daughter of Walter Louis Hunter and Jessie Lee Lunsford, before 1956 at USA.