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Pages in category "People from Bristol, Tennessee" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Woodlawn Memorial Park is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville, known as a site where many prominent country music personalities are buried including Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Eddy Arnold. It is located 660 Thompson Lane, a site rich in history.
Before 1852, the land where Bristol is located was owned by Reverend James King. His son-in-law, Joseph R. Anderson of Blountville, Tennessee, bought 100 acres (40 ha) of the plantation and named it Bristol. [9] The G.W. Blackley House, one of the oldest houses in Bristol, was constructed in 1869.
The Bristol Herald Courier is located at 320 Bob Morrison Blvd in Bristol, Va. The BHC is the dominant news source for the Bristol and Southwest Virginia region and in 2008 and 2009 won five national journalism awards, including four from the Associated Press Sports Editors and one from the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
The Porter House is a historic home located at 407 South Dunlap Street, Paris, Henry County, Tennessee. It was built by Thomas Crawford about 1850 [2] and added to the National Register in 1973. [1] It is most notable for being the residence of Tennessee Governor James Davis Porter between 1887 and his death in 1912. [2]
Sky Church, a glass building also completed in 1956, was destroyed by the Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987. Memorial Chapel has three tall white spires. It was completed in 1964 as a memorial to John D. Gregg, President of Rose Hills from 1950 to 1959 and son of Rose Hills founder Augustus Gregg. Memorial Chapel seats approximately 192 people.
[4] [5] He grew up in the family home, Ickworth House, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and was a ward of court for some time after his mother left Ickworth. [1] In April 1960, his father inherited the Marquessate of Bristol following the death of the 5th Marquess; John Hervey in turn gained the courtesy title of Earl Jermyn. [5] [6]