Thomas Ellett Eggleston (1910 - 1991)

Born 31 Oct 1910 in Yazoo, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dovey Estelle (Caro) Eggleston — married 28 May 1938 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

Died 12 Apr 1991 at age 80 in Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Thomas Eggleston worked as a foreman at International Harvester. He was also the father of the Hollywood actress Stella Stevens.

When Thomas Ellett Eggleston was born on 31 October 1910, in Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, his father, Harris Trent Eggleston, was 35 and his mother, Gertrude Tyler, was 34. ^[1]

He married Dovey Estelle Caro on 28 May 1938, in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of only one daughter, Estelle, who later became the award-winning Hollywood actress Stella Stevens.

He lived in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1930.^[2]

He died on 12 April 1991, in Saint Francis Hospital, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 80,^[3] and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery South, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States..^[4]

Obituary:^[5]

Tom Eggleston, the father of actress Stella Stevens, died Friday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was 80. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anne Catholic Church on Highland, where he was a communicant, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Forest Hill Funeral Home Midtown has charge.

Eggleston, a retired foreman at International Harvester, made headlines and was briefly jailed in 1959 during a child custody fight between Ms. Stevens and her former husband over their son, Andrew Stevens, who is an actor.

Ms. Stevens, who lives in Beverly Hills, Calif., was discovered while modeling for Goldsmith's in Memphis. She has appeared in films such as How to Save a Marriage - And Ruin Your Life. She raised eyebrows in the Sixties with nude photo layouts in Playboy magazine.

Eggleston, the husband of Estelle Eggleston, also leaves two sisters, Gertrude Eggleston of Oxford, Miss., and Mrs. Mamie Dunn of Yazoo City, Miss.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNP-BZD : 31 January 2021), Tom Eggleston in entry for H T Eggleston, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MB-2XH : accessed 18 February 2023), Thomas Eggleston in household of Gertrude Eggleston, Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, line 51, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1173; FHL microfilm 2,340,908.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5M9-236 : 10 January 2021), Tom E Eggleston, 12 Apr 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53530451/thomas-e-eggleston: accessed 17 February 2023), memorial page for Thomas E. “Tom” Eggleston (31 Oct 1910–12 Apr 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53530451, citing Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Carole McCaig (contributor 46785778).
5. ↑ Published in The Commercial Appeal 4/14/1991.

Thomas Eggleston in the 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas Eggleston Birth Year: abt 1911 Gender: Male Race: White Age in 1930: 19 Birthplace: Mississippi Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1930: Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA Map of Home: Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi Street Address: E Madison St Ward of City: 1 House Number: 315 Dwelling Number: 34 Family Number: 35 Lives on Farm: No Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Mississippi Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Cotton sampler Industry: Cotton Office Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker Employment: Yes Household Members Age Relationship Gertrude Eggleston 53 Head Alice T Mc Guire 74 Sister Mary T Swain 72 Sister Thomas Eggleston 19 Son Chas M Drew 24 Son-in-law Mamie E Drew 21 Daughter Fannie Fouche 28 Roomer Alliene Beanland 26 Boarder Glayds Harrison 25 Boarder Wesley Caperton 19 Boarder Neighbors: View others on page Save Provided in association with National Archives and Records Administration P