Individual Details
Noble "Noba" "Nobie" Griffith
(February 29, 1896 - March 20, 2001)
FAG 31360001
"Nobie (Griffith) Tuberville is living in a nursing home in Boonesville, Arkansas." (Charlene Anglin, 1997.)
"Nobie Griffith was born in February 1895, probably in Taylor County, Texas. She married an unknown Turberville after 1910 and probably before 1920, most likely in Texas. They moved to Arkansas where they raised their family. As of January, 2001, she is still living in a nursing home in Boonesville, Arkansas, having surpassed Cordie's age by over three years and counting! As with Cordie, no information is available on her children, although it is known that she had some." (Bob Wilson, 195 N. 7th, Harrisburg, Oregon 97446, Bob_w_97446@Yahoo.com, January 2001.)
"People --- by Mary Dillingham --- For a woman of 87, Noble Turbiville of Ferguson Valley has an enviable outlook on life; she not only imitates "young folks," she has adopted their lifestyle. Rock and roll music, the drums and roller skating are no strangers to "Granny" Turbiville, as she is known by her friends. "I love rock and roll and all the things young folks do." Turbiville, born Feb. 29, 1896 in Abilene, Texas, celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday at the Greenwood skating rink on Feb. 28. She learned to skate, she said, last spring after her husband died. Until then, "I never did have time to learn how to because I've worked so hard all my life." On her first trip to the skating rink, "Everyone cleared the floor. . .I skated way down--halfway down the floor--turned around and came back and never did fall down." She has been a frequent customer of the rink's since. ("For a while, I went every night," she said.) "They have some good music there. You know, most old people don't like music, but I listen to it all night long." Turbiville is one of those rare persons who requires little sleep, yet appears to be consumed with energy during every waking hour. In between skating, learning to play the set of drums her grandson left at her home and a career-hobby of sewing, she manages to squeeze in about four hours of sleep per night. "Until electricity went up so, I sewed more at night than daytime. I love to sew. I just make quilts by the dozen." Turbiville was raised in the frontier of Texas and New Mexico in covered wagons. She can remember a time, she said, when robberies were restricted to freight trains and stage coaches . "You could tie up your horse and he'd be there when you got back." What she misses most about those days, she said, is the way people treated one another. "People are not being as good to each other as they were then." Her childhood lifestyle left no room for a formal education. "What schooling I got, I taught myself;" including the ability to read and write. When she was 16, she married for the first time. After her first husband's death, she married C. D. Turbiville and they moved to Ferguson Valley 35 years ago. Her secret to leading such a youthful life at 87: "I do what the kids do. People that get old, they give up and act old. There's nothing funny to them in the world. I enjoy everything. I just enjoy life. A lot of people just give plum up." (From the Booneville (Arkansas) Democrat, March 1983.)
"Working from the data in this article I was able to find Nobie and her husband at the Glendale Baptist Church Cemetery, Logan County, Arkansas: Nobie was still living at the time the index was done, but we found her on the SSDI; she had passed away on March 20, 2001, at the age of 105. I searched in vain for any obituary information, including an e-mail to the Booneville Democrat newspaper. They were very cordial, but it apparently just wasn't reported to them. I finally was able to speak to Rev. Tim Smith, pastor of the Glendale Baptist Church, just outside of Booneville. He remembered conducting her funeral service. He didn't know her personally, but it was memorable to him because of her advanced age. He did not have any more information on her, however, and suggested that I contact the funeral home. He did not recall, however, which of the local funeral homes had handled the arrangements. I have not had a chance to pursue that any further. (Bob Wilson, 195 N. 7th, Harrisburg, Oregon 97446, email: Bob_w_97446@Yahoo.com, September 2003.)
"Nobie (Griffith) Tuberville is living in a nursing home in Boonesville, Arkansas." (Charlene Anglin, 1997.)
"Nobie Griffith was born in February 1895, probably in Taylor County, Texas. She married an unknown Turberville after 1910 and probably before 1920, most likely in Texas. They moved to Arkansas where they raised their family. As of January, 2001, she is still living in a nursing home in Boonesville, Arkansas, having surpassed Cordie's age by over three years and counting! As with Cordie, no information is available on her children, although it is known that she had some." (Bob Wilson, 195 N. 7th, Harrisburg, Oregon 97446, Bob_w_97446@Yahoo.com, January 2001.)
"People --- by Mary Dillingham --- For a woman of 87, Noble Turbiville of Ferguson Valley has an enviable outlook on life; she not only imitates "young folks," she has adopted their lifestyle. Rock and roll music, the drums and roller skating are no strangers to "Granny" Turbiville, as she is known by her friends. "I love rock and roll and all the things young folks do." Turbiville, born Feb. 29, 1896 in Abilene, Texas, celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday at the Greenwood skating rink on Feb. 28. She learned to skate, she said, last spring after her husband died. Until then, "I never did have time to learn how to because I've worked so hard all my life." On her first trip to the skating rink, "Everyone cleared the floor. . .I skated way down--halfway down the floor--turned around and came back and never did fall down." She has been a frequent customer of the rink's since. ("For a while, I went every night," she said.) "They have some good music there. You know, most old people don't like music, but I listen to it all night long." Turbiville is one of those rare persons who requires little sleep, yet appears to be consumed with energy during every waking hour. In between skating, learning to play the set of drums her grandson left at her home and a career-hobby of sewing, she manages to squeeze in about four hours of sleep per night. "Until electricity went up so, I sewed more at night than daytime. I love to sew. I just make quilts by the dozen." Turbiville was raised in the frontier of Texas and New Mexico in covered wagons. She can remember a time, she said, when robberies were restricted to freight trains and stage coaches . "You could tie up your horse and he'd be there when you got back." What she misses most about those days, she said, is the way people treated one another. "People are not being as good to each other as they were then." Her childhood lifestyle left no room for a formal education. "What schooling I got, I taught myself;" including the ability to read and write. When she was 16, she married for the first time. After her first husband's death, she married C. D. Turbiville and they moved to Ferguson Valley 35 years ago. Her secret to leading such a youthful life at 87: "I do what the kids do. People that get old, they give up and act old. There's nothing funny to them in the world. I enjoy everything. I just enjoy life. A lot of people just give plum up." (From the Booneville (Arkansas) Democrat, March 1983.)
"Working from the data in this article I was able to find Nobie and her husband at the Glendale Baptist Church Cemetery, Logan County, Arkansas: Nobie was still living at the time the index was done, but we found her on the SSDI; she had passed away on March 20, 2001, at the age of 105. I searched in vain for any obituary information, including an e-mail to the Booneville Democrat newspaper. They were very cordial, but it apparently just wasn't reported to them. I finally was able to speak to Rev. Tim Smith, pastor of the Glendale Baptist Church, just outside of Booneville. He remembered conducting her funeral service. He didn't know her personally, but it was memorable to him because of her advanced age. He did not have any more information on her, however, and suggested that I contact the funeral home. He did not recall, however, which of the local funeral homes had handled the arrangements. I have not had a chance to pursue that any further. (Bob Wilson, 195 N. 7th, Harrisburg, Oregon 97446, email: Bob_w_97446@Yahoo.com, September 2003.)
Events
| Birth | February 29, 1896 | Abilene, Taylor County, Texas | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1911 | John H. Biggs | |||
| Marriage | Bef 1948 | Texas - Carlos Dayton "C. D." Turbiville | |||
| Death | March 20, 2001 | Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas | |||
| Burial | Glendale Baptist Church Cemetery, Logan County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | Carlos Dayton "C. D." Turbiville (1908 - 1982) |
| Spouse | John H. Biggs (1876 - 1936) |
| Child | Cleendien Biggs (1914 - 1988) |
| Child | John Arvy Biggs (1917 - 2004) |
| Father | Jasper Newton "Newt" Griffith (1851 - 1936) |
| Mother | Rebecca Emanda Elizabeth "Lizzie" Butler (1871 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Nancy Cordilia "Cordie" Griffith (1889 - 1991) |
| Sibling | James Leo Griffith (1891 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Julia Elizabeth "Lizzie" Griffith (1894 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Lou Etta Griffith (1898 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Tryaniner Griffith (1900 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Cleo Griffith (1903 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Lidiebell Griffith (1905 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Bonnie Lee "Bunk" Griffith (1908 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Liza" "Lizzie" Griffith (1910 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Jasper Newton Griffith (1914 - 2000) |