occupation - barber
son of John Anderson Gardner & Eliza M. Ellis of Mt Vernon, Monroe CO, TN
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John Benjamin "Ben" Gardner's WW I draft card John Benjamin "Ben" Gardner's tombstone
m (1) 21 Aug 1916 Bradley CO, TN TO (believed to have divorced ca 1931 - 1934)
Edna Estella Lovingood b Aug 1896 Cherokee CO, NC d 20 Oct 1987 Catawba, Catawba CO, NC buried Catawba Memorial Park, Catawba CO, NC
dau of Zebulon B. "Zeb" Lovingood & Mary Adeline Abernathy of Cherokee CO, NC, then Tellico Plains, Monroe CO, TN, & last of Loudon CO, TN
m (2) ca 1935 - 1940 TO
Mrs. Belvia Ann Waymon Gattis b 8 May 1903 TN d 18 Sep 1988 Knox CO, TN buried New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox CO, TN
[NOTE: Belvia divorced 1st husband Lloyd Waymon; she m (2) 9 June 1934 Knox CO, TN to John Gattis and last to John Benjamin "Ben" Gardner.]
issue: (all by 1st marriage to Edna Estella Lovingood)
1(F) Mary Ruth Gardner b 28 Feb 1917 Blount CO, TN d 1 May 1917 Erie, Loudon CO, TN buried Mt Vernon, Monroe CO, TN
2(F) Bonnie June Gardner b ca 1925 VA d 3 Nov 1952 Knoxville, Knox CO, TN
m TO
_____ Darby b d
(Were there other children?)
sources: Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge's research in birth & death certificates, obituaries, marriage records, draft cards, social security indexes, censuses, & tombstone inscriptions
