Myles Wilson Donegan b. 12 Jul 1930 Bedford County, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Mar 1978 Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Myles Wilson Donegan

1930 - 1978 (47 years)

Name	Myles Wilson Donegan [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Birth	12 Jul 1930	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
Gender	Male
Census	1940	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
Census	1950	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA [7, 8]
	Son; Age 19; Never Married; Bundling Boy, Pants Manufacturing Co
FSID	LW3Q-QD4 [9]
Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Tennessee, USA
	412-44-6872
Military Service	19 Oct 1951 [5, 10]
	US Army - Korean War
Residence	Sep 1963	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA [11]
	Wilson Donegan
Death	4 Mar 1978	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA [5]
Burial	Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA [5]
	Olivia Bell Barnett and Myles Wilson Donegan, buried together
		Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee Find a Grave: #13402
Person ID	I23704	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Leonard Clinton Donegan, b. 7 Oct 1897, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA d. 24 Sep 1963, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Grace Berril Lankford, b. 27 Oct 1900, Tennessee, USA d. 31 Mar 1961, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	18 Apr 1916	Williamson County, Tennessee, USA [12, 13]
Family ID	F10911	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Olivia Bell Barnett, b. 22 Jan 1931, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Feb 2013, Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)

Marriage Abt Oct 1952 Rossville, Walker, Georgia, USA [14]

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living
	3. Living

Family ID F9648 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 12 Jul 1930 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1940 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Son; Age 19; Never Married; Bundling Boy, Pants Manufacturing Co - 1950 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
	Social Security Number - 412-44-6872 - Bef 1951 - Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - Abt Oct 1952 - Rossville, Walker, Georgia, USA
	Residence - Wilson Donegan - Sep 1963 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
	Death - 4 Mar 1978 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

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Burials

Burial-DONEGAN Olivia and Myles
Olivia Bell Barnett and Myles Wilson Donegan, buried together - Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Shelbyville TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106382135/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106380858/

Census At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

People		DONEGAN-Myles Myles Wilson Donegan
People		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

Sources

[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15.
Birth date: abt 1930 Birth place: Tennessee Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Bedford, Tennessee, United States

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: , Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3872; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-15.
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 412-44-6872; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Birth date: 12 Jul 1930 Birth place: Death date: Mar 1978 Death place:
[S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Birth date: 12 Jul 1930 Birth place: Death date: 4 Mar 1978 Death place:
[S5024] Find a Grave: DONEGAN Myles W 1930-1978, Myles Wilson Donegan (Veteran).
BIRTH: 12 Jul 1930 Bedford County, Tennessee
DEATH: 4 Mar 1978 (aged 47) Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
BURIAL: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 106382135

"Together Forever"
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106382135/myles-wilson-donegan
[S266] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;).

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Database online.

[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: Bedford, Tennessee;.

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: Bedford, Tennessee;

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), 1950 Census - Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee (District 2-26).
-- Leonard C Donegan; Head; Age: 52; Sharecropper, Farm
-- Grace Donegan; Wife; Age: 49; Painting Machine Operator, Pencil Mill
-- Wilson Donegan; Son; Age 19; Never Married; Bundling Boy, Pants Manufacturing Co
-- Terry Donegan; Son; Age 14; Never Married
-- Leonard C Donegan Jr; Son; Age: 6; Never Married
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/district-map/62308?search=edwin+shapard%2C+Shelbyville%2C+Bedford%2C+Tennessee%2C+USA&selection=-86.4399015%2C35.498555
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
[S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 May 2020, 20:57), entry for Myles Wilson Dunagan (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LW3Q-QD4 ); contributed by various users.
https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LW3Q-QD4
[S2527] Fold3: Wilson Donegan, Myles Wilson Donegan , Korean War.
Military Service Korean War Branch: Army US Army: 19 Oct 1951
http://www.fold3.com/page/51020541_?xid=1945
[S4169] Newspapers.com: Obituary of LC Donegan • Nashville Banner - Sep 1963, (Name: Nashville Banner; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 27 Sep 1963;), Leonard Clinton "LC" Donegan Obituary.
Funeral services for L C Donegan, 65, were to be held today at Gowen-Smith Chapel with burial in Willow Mount Cemetery.
Mr Donegan, a retired Fly Manufacturing Co employe, died Wednesday in Bedford County General Hospital.
He was a native of Dickson County and a Methodist.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs Ethelene Clark and Mrs Ruth Baker, Shelbyville, and Mrs Edith Bateman, Lynchburg; five sons, Leamon, Woodbury, J C Wilson and Terry, Shelbyville, and Airman 2c Leonard C Donegan Jr, Robins Air Force Base GA; two brothers Marshall, Dickson, and Malloy Donegan, Madison Heights MI; seven sisters, Mrs Lola Lovell and Mrs Elberta Reynolds, Nashville, Mrs Naomi Jones, Old Hickory, Mrs Iva Nowlin, Tullahoma, Mrs Alma Byrd, Troy MI, Mrs Geneva I Dowden, Muskegon MI, and Mrs Valley Fielder, Dickson; 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/603308175/?article=40af7b28-882e-41fa-a92c-fdb6d2603ee4&focus=0.39087325,0.67067534,0.51262015,0.8268083&xid=3355

Obituary-DONEGAN LC
OBITUARY OF LEONARD CLINTON DONEGAN • Nashville Banner • Nashville, Tennessee • Fri, Sep 27, 1963 • Page 30
[S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;).
Marriage date: 18 Apr 1916 Marriage place: Williamson, Tennessee

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
[S8193] Find a Grave: LANKFORD Grace Donegan 1900-1961, Grace Berril Lankford Donegan.
[S5028] Find a Grave: BARNETT Olivia Donegan 1931-2013, Olivia Bell Barnett Donegan.
Olivia Bell Barnett Donegan
BIRTH: 22 Jan 1931 Bedford County, Tennessee
DEATH: 15 Feb 2013 (aged 82) Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
BURIAL: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
MEMORIAL ID: 106380858
______________________________________________________
Olivia Bell Donegan, 82, a resident of Cleveland, TN passed away on Friday, February 15th 2013 in a local heaith care facility. Olivia was a native of Shelbyville TN and had lived there most of her life until relocation to Cleveland approximately ten years ago.

She was born on January 22 1931, a daughter of the late Odus and Mattie Barnett. Olivia was of the Baptist faith and a member of the Valley View Baptist Church. She was an accomplished seamstress, quilter, and knitter. She also loved gardening and was an avid reader.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Myles Wilson Donegan and three sisters, Rachel Lowe, Belly Reed, and Marion Moulder.

Olivia leaves behind to cherish her memory, one daughter and son-in-law, two sons and daughters-in-law, two sisters, ,eleven grandchildren, seven great-grand children, numerous other extended family members and the friends in her senior adult group from Valley View Baptist Church.

A memorial celebration is planned at the Valley View Baptist Church located in Cleveland, with the Reverend David Tuten officiating. The family will receive friends at the church.
A second visitation is planned at the Shelbyville First Church of the Nazarene located in Shelbyville.

The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Valley View Baptist Church in Olivia's memory. The family also wishes to thank the staff of Bradley Health Care and Rehab for the excellent care they provided Mrs Olivia during her stay there.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106380858/olivia-bell-donegan

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