photograph of Tommy Jarrell
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Description
photograph of Tommy Jarrell. Thomas Jefferson Jarrell "Tommy", born 3-1-1901, died 1-28-1985, musician, born in the Round Peak Community of Surry County, son of Benjamin Franklin Jarrell "Ben" and Susan Letisha Amburn Jarrell "Susie", Tommy ended his formal education when he left the seventh grade of the Ivy Green School near Round Peak, he bought his own fiddle with ten dollars he had borrowed, Tommy's father Ben was also a musician, Tommy married his wife "Nina" Frances Lowe Jarrell on 12-27-1923, Nina was born , she died 2-13-1967, children of Tommy and Nina: Ardena Jarrell Moncus "Dena" born 2-1925, Clarence "Wayne Jarrell born 2-8-1927, Benjamin Franklin Jarrell "B.F." or "Benny" born 9-19-1933, Tommy worked for the North Carolina Highway Department for 41 years from 1925-1966
Date
1970s
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Type
photograph
Identifier
Mta_Jarrell_19446.008_mam