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- Obituary from the Jackson County Journal 2 May 1930
W. M. Extine, known familiarly to most of Jackson County as "Bill", died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, at his home on Cope Creek. The funeral and interment were held on yesterday afternoon at Wesley's Chapel with the Rev. Thad F. Dietz officiating. The deceased was about 60 years of age and was one of the oldest employees of the Southern Railway Company in this section, having entered the service as a station hand at Sylva soon after the railroad was built, and the station opened here or about 1887. He held this position until about a year ago when he was forced to give up his work because of ill health.
Bill Extine was almost a public institution in Sylva, almost everybody in the county knowing him, and children and older folks too of several generations have been entertained and amused with his stories and unusual wit. With different environment and different educational opportunities, Bill Extine, with his unusual imagination and exceptional gift for storytelling, might have been another Rider Haggard or Jules Verne.
He was born in this county near Ochre Hill.
The Delayed Certificate of Birth Registration for Andrew Lewis Extine gives the date of birth for his father, William, as 1865 and Mary Bell Cannon as 1884. My information from Odessa Extine Jackson says differently. I am not sure of the sources used by Odessa
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Title: Interview with Clifford Extine
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Title: Birth Certificate of Andrew Lewis Extine
Title: Odessa Jackson - Extine family researcher
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Title: Interview with Meleta Extine Morrison.
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