Ira Lutts North, PhD b. 31 Aug 1922 Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Jan 1984 Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Ira Lutts North, PhD

1922 - 1984 (61 years)

Name	Ira Lutts North [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Suffix	PhD
Birth	31 Aug 1922	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
Census	1930	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Census	1940	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA [4]
	Marital Status: Married to Avon; Relation to Head of House: Son
Military Draft Registration	1942	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA [6]
	Draft Registration - WWII
Census	1950	Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA [5]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Avon
Religion	Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Minister of Madison Church of Christ
Death	15 Jan 1984	Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [2, 3]
Burial	Ethridge, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA [3]
	John May Cemetery
Person ID	I12396	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Ova Lester North, b. 18 Jan 1894, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Feb 1975, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	May Belle Lutts, b. 22 Dec 1893, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Jun 1976, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	21 Sep 1919	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA [7, 8]
Family ID	F9459	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Avon Stephens, b. 2 Dec 1920, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Mar 2008, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years)
Family ID	F4406	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 31 Aug 1922 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Avon; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1940 - Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Avon - 1950 - Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
	Religion - Minister of Madison Church of Christ - - Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Death - 15 Jan 1984 - Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Ethridge, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA

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Biographies and Histories

Bio-NORTH Ira
Dr Ira Lutts North

People

NORTH-Dr Ira
Dr Ira Lutts North - In October, 1953, he began a 32 year ministry with the Madison Church of Christ, which has become the largest congregation of Churches or Christ in the world.

Sources

[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 10, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: 2261; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0018; Image: 1060.0; FHL microfilm: 2341995.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: District 10, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: 2261; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0018; Image: 1060.0; FHL microfilm: 2341995
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 414-54-9902; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: 1952.
[S5142] Find a Grave - US Index (Famous), Reverend NORTH Dr Ira Lutts 1922-1984 - Church of Christ Minister.
BIRTH: 31 Aug 1922 Ethridge, Lawrence County, Tennessee
DEATH: 15 Jan 1984 (aged 61) Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee
BURIAL: John Lay Cemetery, Ethridge, Lawrence County, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 7559135
______________________________________________________
Prolific writer and Church of Christ Minister. Dr. North's contributions to the mission field were similar to that of Batsell Barrett Baxter. He was the author of numerous books on theology and the Church of Christ in general (like Baxter), all of which are still in circulation today, and, like Batsell Barrett Baxter, Dr. North was also the host of a television series, but this one broadcast the services of Madison Church of Christ in Madison, Tennessee where Dr. North was a minister (unlike Baxter's Herald of Truth which simply broadcast Bible lessons across the nation). The Amazing Grace Bible Hour was broadcast all over the nation with Nick Boone (brother of Pat) as the song leader and Dr. North as minister. Dr. North retired from the ministry in the early 1980's after he was diagnosed with cancer. He died in 1983 at the age of 60.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7559135
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3912; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 50-13.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3912; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 50-13

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Baton Rouge, East Ba.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Baton Rouge, East Ba

[S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 217.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 217

[S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;).

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
[S8698] Find a Grave: LUTTS May North 1893-1976, May Belle Lutts North.
BIRTH 22 Dec 1893 DEATH 17 Jun 1976 (aged 82) BURIAL John Lay Cemetery Ethridge, Lawrence County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID 16433746
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16433746

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