Eighth Generation

2219. James Carter Bedwell was born on 25 May 1921 in Tennessee.^452,817 He died on 4 Jul 2002 in Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee.⁴⁵² He was buried in 2002 in Belle Vernon Cemetery, Friendship, Crockett County, Tennessee.⁶⁵ He was also known as Carter Bedwell.

• U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record (ancestry.com) shows:
James C Bedwell Birth Year: 1921 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Tennessee State: Maryland County or City: Charles Enlistment Date: 2 Jun 1944 Enlistment State: Maryland Enlistment City: Fort George G Meade Branch: No branch assignment Branch Code: No branch assignment Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 2 years of high school Civil Occupation: Water Pumpman Marital Status: Married Height: 00 Weight: 003

• From Obituary search in the Dyersburg State Gazette (http://www.stategazette.com/)
Jim C. Bedwell
Friday, July 05, 2002

Jim C. Bedwell, 81, of Tiptonville died Thursday, July 4, at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired rural mail carrier, a member of Crockett's Chapel Methodist Church, a host at Reelfoot Lake State Park for 12 years and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Tiptonville with the Rev. Ralph Gunter and Dr. Jimmy Bedwell officiating. Burial will be in Bell Vernon Cemetery in Friendship. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive visitors beginning at 5 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Tiptonville. Survivors include his wife, Imogene Bedwell; two daughters, Sara Smith of Cordova and Pattye Starrett of Lakeland; two sons, Dr. Jimmy Bedwell of Pinson and Terry Bedwell of Bainbridge, Ga.; a stepdaughter, Janice Jones of Meridian, Miss.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Dr. Sonny Jones, Don Smith, Marty Starrett, Scott Layman, Mark Bedwell, Alton Vandyke, Trice Griggs and Chad Hearn. The family requests memorials be directed to Crockett's Chapel Methodist Church.

Mildred E. Williams was born on 17 Jun 1922.⁶⁵ She died on 20 Oct 1992.⁶⁵ She was buried in Belle Vernon Cemetery, Friendship, Crockett County, Tennessee.⁶⁵ James Carter Bedwell and Mildred E. Williams had the following children:

+4481	i.	Sara Alice Bedwell.
+4482	ii.	Patty Ann Bedwell.
+4483	iii.	Jimmy Von Bedwell.
+4484	iv.	Terry W. Bedwell.