Rueben Clark Algood
10079. Reuben Clark8 Algood (Louis McCray7, Rubin Asa6 Allgood, Levi5, Asa4, John Young3, William2 Algood, Edward1 Allgood) was born in Louisville, Winston Co., MS January 15, 1915. Reuben died October 21, 2009 in Columbia, Maury Co., TN. OBIT: Reuben Clark Algood, Lt. Colonel, ret., United States Army, aged 94, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at his home on Athenaeum Street in Columbia.
He was born January 15, 1915 in Winston County , Mississippi, the son of the late Louis McCray and Corrie Bennett Algood. He is survived by his wife of over fifty- five years, Alice Wright Algood; two daughters, Patricia Grace (Bruce) Junkin, of Culleoka, Rebecca Clark Moon, of Columbia, three grandchildren, Jefferson (Gabriela) Junkin, of Seattle, Washington, William Clark Moon and Bennett Rebecca Moon and their father, Lawrence William Moon, of Columbia. His only brother, Harold Algood, died in 1976.
He was a 1936 graduate of Mississippi State University, where his grandson, William Moon, graduated 73 years later in 2009. His career in the military spanned from the old coast artillery to the guided missile programs of modern days. He served in the 202nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion in the South Pacific during World War II, in combat from New Guinea to the Philippines. After WWII, he graduated from Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He served in I Corps headquarters in Korea. He came to Columbia in 1952 as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Columbia Military Academy and remained until 1955. Other assignments included Alaska; Japan, where he commanded the 37th AAA battalion; Ft. Totten, New York, North American Air Defense Command, Missile System; and in headquarters of the Joint United States Mission for Aid to Turkey in Ankara. After retirement from the military he served as Veteran’s Employment Representative until he retired from that office.
Mr. Algood was responsible for the gift of the Athenaeum to APTA and after his retirement took great interest in the restoration, not just in advice but in the actual physical labor at the site. He oversaw the whole project of restoration. Like Winston Churchill he took up brick laying and built the brick posts, designed and erected the iron fence around the property and the wall to the north, designed and restored the fountain and basin and at one time served as Chairman of the Board. He was a member of the American Legion for over sixty years.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with the Rev. J. Arch Warren officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery, adjacent to Friendship Baptist Church in the Culleoka, Community where he was a member for a number of years. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Active pallbearers are his grandsons, Jefferson Junkin and William Moon, his nephews, Terrell Algood, Jackson Mississippi; Tonny Algood, Mobile, Alabama; Richard Algood, Paducah, Kentucky; David Algood, of Franklin, Parker Smith Wright of Peachtree City, Georgia; and cousin, James Algood of Columbia.
Honorary Pallbearers include John Edward Hilboldt of Washington D.C. , James Borum of Columbia, Richard Quin of Nashville, Dennis Beavers of Blountsville, Alabama, Jack Craig of Columbia, and Goodman Craig of Mobile, Alabama.
Memorials may be made to Zion Christian Academy, 6901 Zion Road, Columbia 38401; French Camp, One Fine Place, French Camp Mississippi 39745; or Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy, 124 McComb Avenue, Port Gibson, Mississippi 39150.
He married twice. He married Judith Elizabeth Fox 1936 in Starkville, Oktibbeha Co, MS. He married Alice Hartley Wright August 5, 1954 in Ft. Bliss, El Paso, TX. Alice was born March 11, 1926 in Columbia, Maury Co., TN. Alice was the daughter of Aubrey Buren Wright and Patricia Cordelia Smith. Alice died March 16, 2010 in Nashville, Davidson Co. TN. OBIT: On a snowy March the 11th, 1926, a daughter, Alice, was born to Patricia Cordelia Smith Wright and Aubrey Buren Wright at King's Daughters Hospital, Columbia, TN, and for 45 years she lived on Athenaeum Street, less than two blocks from where she was born. Alice Wright Algood, 84, died on March 16, 2010.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Zion Presbyterian Church with Rev. Arch Warren officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery in Culleoka. The family will visit with friends Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols.
Memorials may be made to Zion Christian Academy, 6901 Old Zion Road, Columbia 38401 or The Polk Presidential Hall, P. O. Box 741, Columbia 38402. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com.
This true Maury County native and seventh generation Tennessean was devoted to her faith, her family, her community, and her nation. Her youth was spent in Culleoka and Columbia, and while her father, Aubrey Wright, taught at Columbia Military Academy, she began what would become a life long love and commitment to the school. She was a member of the Central High School Class of 1942, graduated at St. Agnes in Memphis, and attended Louisiana State University.
A contralto with the Nashville Symphony at its inception, Mrs. Algood sang with the symphony at The Ryman Auditorium and continued her joy in the art as a member of the Columbia Choral Society, the choirs of Garden Street Presbyterian Church, Zion Presbyterian Church, and First Presbyterian Church, where she met her future husband, Reuben Algood. She also lent her time and talent to St. Catherine Catholic Church and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Friendship Baptist Church in Culleoka was built on land given by her ancestors and she retained her membership there for many years.
Her role in preservation throughout the nation, and specifically in Tennessee, placed her in the role of President of the Association of Preservation of Antiquities (APTA), President of the Tennessee State Museum Foundation, a member of the Tennessee Historic Commission, and was currently Chairman of the Tennessee Governor's Residence Foundation. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate of the United States to a 10-year term on the National Museum Services Board.
Active for many years in the Republican Party, she believed in the clarity and wisdom with which the Founding Fathers provided the citizens of the United States a system of good governance and stood steadfast by her convictions. She was Tennessee's Republican National Committee Woman, Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party in Tennessee, a delegate to three National Republican Conventions and was active in numerous campaigns.
She was a member of the Maury County Planning Commission, and in 1997 was awarded the Lucille Queener Courtney Community Service Award. Her love and knowledge of history and genealogy was generously shared with the many who sought their roots in Middle Tennessee. She was among those who reconstituted the Maury County Historical Society, and collaborated on several books concerning Maury County, most recently the Historical Society's “Historic Maury County: People and Places.”
She and her husband, Reuben C. Algood, were responsible for the donation of the Athenaeum Rectory to the APTA, and she served on the initial board dedicated to the restoration of Rippavilla Plantation. For many years she served in various offices of the local organization to shepherd the house through its restoration and maintenance as a significant historic site.
For her, genealogy was very much like the crossword puzzles that she loved and did everyday in that it was solving puzzles, and she reveled in the solutions. Hours in libraries and repositories both in the United States and England led her to the completion of a book on her immigrant ancestor, Ursula Bysshe Thompson Mottrom Colclough of Northumberland County, VA and a lineage that dates to the 11th century. She was a member of the Tenassee Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, the Capt. James Madison Sparkman Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and James K. Polk Memorial Association.
A much beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Alice Wright was married to John Robert Hartley by whom she had a daughter, Patricia Grace and for 55 years to Reuben Clark Algood by whom she had a daughter Rebecca Clark. She is survived by her daughters Patricia Algood Junkin, and her husband G. Bruce Junkin, and Rebecca Algood Moon; her grandchildren Jefferson Bruce Junkin and his wife, Gabriela, William Clark Moon, and Bennett Rebecca Moon; and her great grandson, Jesse Caleb Junkin, born February 27, 2010.
Active pallbearers are John Hilboldt, Dennis Beavers, Mike Prince, James Algood, David Algood, Parker Smith Wright, Richard Quin, Richard Algood , Jefferson Bruce Junkin and William Clark Moon.
Honorary Pallbearers include Roupen and Bitsy Gulbenk, Steve and Kathie Fuston, John and Camille Allen, James Borum, John Wilkinson, Frank and Barbara Outhier, Neil and Bess Lord, Darrel and Kay Kay Sharp. r
Reuben Clark Algood and Alice Hartley Wright had the following children:
+ 22268 i. Patricia Grace Hartley9 Algood (LIVING).
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Rebecca Clark Algood (LIVING).
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