Rufus Polk dna Neeley/ Neely/Nealey^{[1, 2]}

1878 - 1927  (48 years)

• Name	Rufus Polk dna Neeley/ Neely/Nealey
  Born	6 Sep 1878	Bolivar, Tennessee
  	Also reported Date of Birth 1855
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Apr 1927	Memphis, Tennessee
  Person ID	I22737	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Col. James Jackson dna Neeley/ Neely/Nealey, M.D.,   b. 1 Sep 1846, Bolevar, Tennessee ,   d. 6 May 1926, Memphis, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)
  Father	Julia Augusta Smith,   b. 14 Feb 1854, Hardeman County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Oct 1903, Hardeman County, Tennessee  (Age 49 years)
  Married	26 Jan 1876	Hardeman, Tennessee
  Family ID	F8562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Edwina Saufley,   b. 19 Apr 1887, Texas ,   d. 14 Dec 1918, Forth Worth, Texas  (Age 31 years)
  Married	1908	Texas
  Children	+ 1. James Saufley dna Neeley/ Neely/Nealey,   b. 19 Oct 1914, Fort Worth, Texas ,   d. 30 Sep 1985, Fort Worth, Texas  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F8564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Death Certificate rpolkneely.jpg
  		Draft Registration rufus neely.jpg
  		Obit. Forth Worth Record Telegram 4/8/1927 NeelyRufusP.jpg
  		Rufus Neeley 22737 rufus neely..lists wife as bertha - Copy.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96941894/rufus-polk-neely. From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram, Friday, April 8, 1927, p. 9: Funeral services for R. P. Neely, formerly in the produce business in Fort Worth, who died in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, will be held at the Robertson & Mueller Chapel at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The body will arrive at the Robertson & Mueller Undertaking Company at 8:30 o'clock this morning. Neely is survived by one son, James Saufley Neely, Fort Worth, and one daughter, Miss Bertha Neely, Paris. Rev. E. H. Eckel, pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, will officiate at the services and interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers are: Max Bergman, W. W. Shipman, K. T. McDavitt, R. C. Combs, Frank Taylor and Charley Nichols. Honorary pallbearers are: Dr. I. C. Chase, Dr. Webb Walker, Dr. R. W. McKean, W. N. Moore, Ben E. Keith and Sam Vaughan. [S273] James Neely. 1 James Neely b: ~1715, Ireland; d: 1784-1789, Virginia ..... 2 James Neely b: ~1745, Virginia; d: 1821, Tennessee ............ 3 Charles Rufus Neely b: 1787, Virginia; d: 1821, Alabama ................... 4 Rufus Polk Neely b: 1808, Tennessee; d: 1901, Tennessee .......................... 5 James Jackson Neely b: 1847, Tennessee; d: 1926, Tennessee ................................. 6 Rufus Polk Neely b: 1878, Tennessee; d: 1927, Texas ........................................ 7 James Saufley Neely b: 1914, Texas; d: 1985, Texas ............................................... 8 James Charles Neely b: 1941, Texas; d: 2006, Texas ...................................................... 9 754407 James Michael Neely b: 1967, Texas [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96941894/rufus-polk-neely. Rufus Polk Neely Birth 6 Sep 1878 Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee Death 7 Apr 1927 (aged 48) Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Parents James Jackson Neely, 1847?1926 Julia Augusta Smith Neely, 1854?1905 Spouse Bertha Edwina Saufley Neely, 1887?1918 Siblings Frank Fentress Neely, 1883?1960 Katherine Fentress Neely, 1887?1954 Charles Lea Neely, 1888?1963 James Henning Neely, 1890?1948 Half Siblings Elizabeth Lea Neely, 1909?1912 Margaret Cannon Neely, 1911?1995 William Armistead Collier Neely, 1915?2008 Children James Saufley Neely, 1914?1985