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Home CAR SHOW Chamber News School Info Library Sports Senior Citizens City Hall Photo Gallery Town History Announcements County News Weather Phone Numbers Contact Links Sponsors		Welcome to BigSandyTN.com!.....   Big Sandy, TN History - Christopher Family This is a picture of my dad's family taken in 1954 at his parents home on Lick Creek Road near the dyke bridge in Big Sandy. The names are as follows from left to right: Clara May Christopher Smith, oldest Jessie Lee Christopher, father Albert Lee Christopher, fourth child Nancy Ann (Annie) Hutchison Christopher, mother James Verlie Christopher, second child Mary Elizabeth Christopher Perry, third child Jessie Faye Christopher Hastings, youngest of the children Mary Christopher Perry Age 12, Albert Christopher Age 7. This picture was taken in 1928 at Odom School located in Big Sandy. Mary passed away at age 86 in October of 2001. Albert lives in the Big Sandy Harbortown area. He remembers going to Sunday School and church at the Mount Zion Church in the old 23rd district. He is the 4th child of five born to Jessie Lee and Annie (Hutchison) Christopher. He worked as a child for the Wilson Brothers Grocery in Big Sandy. In 1937 he worked for the WPA excavating the indian graves on the Tennessee River as far south as Eva. He joined the Civil Conservation Corp (CCC's) in 1939. He relocated to Detroit to seek employment in 1940 and was working there when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He came back home to Big Sandy and was drafted in Tennessee into the Army and served 3 1/2 years. He married Bertha Faye Pierce (from Big Sandy) in December 1941 and was discharged in 1945. They relocated again to find work in Memphis, TN and he raised his family there. Bertha Faye died in 1981 and he came back home to Big Sandy in 1988 after his retirement. (Photo and story sent in by Nancy Blackwell) (Photos and information provided by Nancy Blackwell)		Sponsors   Announcements Help the Big Sandy Little League by making a contribution. Click here to read their story and find out what they need. Want to advertise on this website? Click here to use our contact form to request further information.

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