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Buna Varney 1922 - 1988

Buna (Atwood) Varney of Brownsville, Haywood County, TN was born on April 15, 1922 in Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia United States. She was married to Noah Varney, and had a child Joy Galindo. Buna Varney died at age 66 years old on September 9, 1988 in Brownsville, Haywood County, TN, and was buried at Providence Cemetery in Jackson, Madison County.

Buna (Atwood) Varney
Buna Joynes
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Brownsville, Haywood County, TN 38012
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April 15, 1922
Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, United States
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September 9, 1988
Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, 38012, United States
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    Buna (Atwood) Varney was born on April 15th, 1922 in Matewan, West Virginia, to Nathan A. Atwood, born 1898, and Mary J. Stafford, born 1907. Her father was born in West Virginia and her mother was born in Kentucky. Buna had four siblings: two sisters and two brothers. Buna Atwood married twice: The first time was to Clarence Raymond Joynes (1921 - 1980) They had one son, Jimmy Joynes. Buna Joynes, age 52, then married Noah Varney, age 50, on July 20th, 1974 in Tipton, Tennesee. They had son Patrick Varney and Joy Varney. Buna was also survived by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She died at the age of 66 in Jackson-Madison County General Hospital on September 9th, 1988. She is buried in Providence Cemetery in Madison County, Tennessee. See Buna Varney: Obituary.
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    1922

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    April 15, 1922
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    Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia United States
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  • Professional Career

    Buna was a homemaker.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Buna was born in the state of West Virginia into a family of seven: two parents and four siblings. She married twice, first to Clarence Raymond Joynes, with whom she had one son, and next to Noah Varney, with whom she had one son and one daughter. Buna was survived by six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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    September 9, 1988
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    Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee 38012, United States
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    Providence Cemetery in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee 38301, United States
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    BROWNSVILLE - Mrs. Buna Atwood Varney, 66, died Thursday Morning at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after a long illness.. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Providence Cemetery in Madison County. Brownsville Funeral Home has charge. Mrs. Varney, the widow of Noah Varney, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Joy Harps of Chicago; two sons, Jimmy Joynes and Patrick Varney, both of Brownsville; a brother, Jack Dempsey Atwood of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Kirk of Williamson, West Virginia, Mrs. Freedus Mae Posey of Decatur, Alabama, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. - The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) Saturday, September 10, 1988 on page 15.
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In 1922, in the year that Buna Varney was born, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. on May 30th. More than 35,000 people attended the dedication including Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, and many Union and Confederate veterans - although the audience was segregated. The Memorial took 10 years to complete.
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In 1945, she was 23 years old when on May 7th, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America. The Court ruled that the underground travel time of coal miners was compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Buna Varney Apr 15, 1922 - Sep 9, 1988
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Buna Varney Apr 15, 1922 - Sep 9, 1988
Noah Varney Mar 10, 1924 - Feb 21, 2002
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Joy Galindo born Jul 15, 1953
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