Residents are listed alphabetically in decades. While many of the residents resided in The Home for multiple years, they are listed only in the last decade of their residence. Click a name in the list below to view more information. We have limited data for some residents and would love to provide more detailed biographical histories. We encourage anyone with additional details on a resident to please mail or email information.
Please mail resident information to:
The West End Home Foundation
109 Kenner Avenue, Suite 202
Nashville, Tennessee 37205
cindy.dickinson@westendhomefoundation.org
2000 – 2013
2009 – 2013, Burton Court West at The Blakeford at Green Hills
2000 – 2009, The West End Home For Ladies at Vanderbilt Place
Allen, Mary Elizabeth 
Austin, Lula Belle Parker
Beaver, Ruth Lillian Gearhart
Black, Erby Lee Sweeney
Blitch, Shelley Childress Cabell
Bomer, Charlene LaRue Shirley
Cowles, Elizabeth Shute
Dingess, Ida Hildred
Doss, Velma C.
Fuqua, Martha Stuart Laurent (Marie)
Gatlin, Katie Lou
Greer, Marietta Rowland
Harley, Lillian Mina
Hersh, Eleanor May Herts
Hobbs, Louise Gatlin
Hutchinson, Lizzie Burt Dobbs Young
Keith, Mary McCullough (Culla)
King, Muriel C.
Martin, Moselle Florence
Moore, Marion Elizabeth (Bettye) Cole
Osteen, Dorothy Ellen Lish
Pennington, Emaline Waller
Pike, Minnie Marie Khone
Shaw, Annie Rai Doyal
Short, Wilma Louise
Smith, Rosalyn Crister
Stivers, Willie Mae Huddleston
Strong, Louise Thompson
Sweeney, Josephine Brashear
Welck, Mary Pauline Ray
1990 – 1999
The West End Home For Ladies at Vanderbilt Place
Anderson, Marion Foster
Anderson, Mildred Gatlin
Arnett, Ann Canfield
Atkins, Virginia Christine
Bishop, Maggie Joe
Bolling, Pauline Ragsdale
Bond, Harriet Virginia Harper
Bowles, Ruby Alberta
Brandau, Susan Seawell
Bransford, Mary Bowles
Carter, Katherine H. Lambert
Cayce, Mary Elizabeth
Clark, Jennie Mae
Cockrill, Sallie Louise
Collins, Clara Virginia
Comingore, Charity Stagg
Corum, Frances Stratton
Harris, Virginia Williams
Hix, Marion Eleanor Jordan
Holliday, Ruth T.
Hughes, Imelda
Jackson, Carrye Ruffin
Jones, Gertrude E. Hodges
Kelley, Anita Parker
Massey, Lucille Baugh
Miller, Edith Free
Morrissey, Frances Amanda Brown
Mullendore, Lucille Bruce
Owen, Francis Hilda Slayden
Rauscher, Wynona Covington
Rich, Mary Francis Locke
Richardson, Annella Smith
Roberts, Orelia Jones
Rose, Katherine Perkins (Katye)
Shadion, Ruby Hill
Shockley, Mary Theresa
Stephenson, Oda Riley
Trotter, Annie Myrtle Manley
White, Marilyn Chisholm
1980 – 1989
1984 – 1989, The West End Home For Ladies at Vanderbilt Place
1981 – 1984, The West End Home For Ladies at West End Avenue
1980 – 1981, The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Arnold, Virginia May
Beasley, Florence
Benson, Lorene May
Bowman, Margaret Elizabeth
Boxley, Lois Kindel
Boyd, Azile Elizabeth
Brandon, Beulah C. Faust
Brown, Mary Elizabeth Wolfe
Cardwell, Anne Wilson
Carson, Susan Elizabeth Davis
Cook, Martha Washington
Cook, Sarah Bentley
Dowe, Eloise Eakin
Downing, Callie McGuire
Feldhaus, Clara Pauline
Garrett, Audrey Cannon
Ginn, Ellen Jane Douglas Jones
Gleaves, Jessie Florence
Guill, Bessie Miles
Hale, Edith Mae
McGlothlin, Lillian Ferrell
McNish, Ruth Mai Deal
Massey, Aneska Dodge
Meals, Fred Lucille Ferrell
Milligan, Mary Worthington
Moore, Lera Bush
Parrish, Elizabeth Coyle
Potter, Ruth Adams
Proctor, Jenelle Porter
Rawls, Martha Thomas
Riley, Susan Elise Morrison
Rohde, Bertha Mai Brown
Sinclair, Eva Alene Travis
Snodgrass, Rosa Maude
Taylor, Alyne Alice
Thompson, Iola Delores Tooke Perry
Trotter, Beulah Beatrice
Tucker, Frances Elizabeth Dean
White, Annie Louise West
1970 – 1979
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Allen, Myrtle Mae Hill
Baird, Shellie Brann
Bennett, Maud East Jordan
Bottoms, Agnes Velma
Boyd, Anna Mai Gwynn
Bullard, Marcella D. Carney
Burks, Montie Marie
Chapman, Ola Jane Kennedy
Cochran, Valeria Wheeler
Crawford, Ruby Ross
Ewing, Ellen McGavock
Ford, Emma
Hall, Birdie Rebecca Reid
Hall, Florence
Harrison, Lucille Dolan
Head, Ann Wharton
Hockaday, Anna Lee Baxter
Holt, Amelia Shoffner Wirsching
Kern, Clara Belle Boggs
Kyle, Henrietta Warren Koehm
Kyle, Ida
Legler, Edith Alice Dall
Lipscomb, Minna Lee Scott (Minnie)
McIntyre, Anna Marie Thoni
Martin, Emily Hayes
Moore, Florence Williams
Murdock, Belle Green
Neely, Cora Etta
Parrish, Minnie Rebecca Lee
Patterson, Sue Rippy
Peterson, Julia Erickson
Phillips, Brenda Bell
Smith, Caroline Lucille Cox
Stewart, Lelah Thomas
Summitt, Elizabeth Mae Hilliard
Thompson, Fannie Martin
Tulloss, Daisy Cleveland
Turner, Louise Alice Faust
Tyer, Mary Hall
Webster, Isadora Iana Maltby
Welburn, Maude Bush
White, Nora E. Frank
Winfrey, Lillian Eugene Easley
Young, Nell Jane Powell
1960 – 1969
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Armstrong, Mary Ella Rothrock
Averitt, Mollie Fite Piper
Bell, Loula May
Burkitt, Bessie Fly Austin
Bush, Mada Edna Rogers
Cantrell, Lillian Bragg
Coldren, Lula Cox
Currey, Elizabeth McCarthy
Duffy, Nell Cannon Satterwhite
Duggan, Hester Caroline Elliott
Duling, Kitty Riley
Eatherly, Ethel Doolin
Eggleston, Eleanor
Featherston, Armatine Smith
Flippen, Fannie Allison Anderson
Foreman, Lucy A.
Fort, Della Dancey
Green, Ollie Elmer
Gribble, Flora Louise
Grimmett, Mary Elizabeth
Hamby, Jimmie Lavinia
Hardison, Katherine Young
Hereford, Jennie Mai Sellers
Herrin, Ruby Lee Young
Hoes, Josephine Walker Pemberton
Holt, Dulcenia (Della) Reaves
Huckaby, Cora Bell Roberts
Jones, Tillie Miles
Kallock, Cora A. Payne
Lampley, Ethel Carneal
Landon, Blanche
Lester, Aileen Bainbridge
Lester, Carrie
Little, Eva Butts
McDaniel, Laura Lucy Terry
McGriff, Hettie M. Gribble
Malone, Laura
Marlin, Sadie Ida
May, Hattie Douglas
Mayberry, Elizabeth
Miles, Lida Whiteside
Murrey, Anne Elizabeth Rankin Osborne
Oman, Mary Daisy
Pitts, Cora
Polk, Minnie Todd
Randolph, Nancy Williams
Ransom, Mary Guerrant Bibb
Ritter, Maude Menees Smalling
Robertson, Laura Brown
Robertson, Martha M. Schmitt
Rutland, Fannie McCulley
Searle, Mary Emma Norman
Shipp, Lily Rountree
Shook, Mollie Wright
Smith, Daisy Lucille
Smith, Eliza Jane (Jennie) Roope
Towns, Lela Barber
Warfield, Minnie Bell Johnson
Willis, Allie Shivers
Willson, Mary F. Stapp
Wood, Alta Hula Walters
Worley, Lela Young
1950 – 1959
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Allen, Lenah Petri
Anderson, Mattie Willy
Andrews, Katie Hollins
Arnold, Frances Barrett
Bonner, Emma Josephine Hedstrom Spencer
Buford, Madeline (Mattie) Boyd Hall
Burchfield, Lelia Jane
Caperton, Mary (Mollie) Jane
Cason, Mary
Cook, Nora Alice Campbell
Dail, Rosa Amy
Drake, Adah B. Crump
Edmundson, Katherine Qunitard
Emerson, Hetty McEwen
Falconnett, Mary Carolyn
Ferrell, Mamie Kuhn
Fitzhugh, Bertha H. Riddile
Fitzhugh, Cora Elizabeth Haley Green
Gaines, Ala Lewis
Graham, Annie Mary Althauser
Haggard, Mary Wilton Craig
Hall, Luella (Lula) Houze
Hart, Effie May Perkins
Harvill, Minna Hill Haynes
Hays, Frances (Fannie) Elizabeth
Hays, Ninnie Imojean Warmath
Hill, Nancye Benton
Hudgins, Annie Todd
Hunter, Myrtle Dean
Johns, Bessie Young
Jones, Clemmie Atkins
Jones, Hattie Corrille McClellan
Kercheval, Margaretta McEwen
Lanier, Daisy Earl
Lewis, Lena Hutton
McCormack, Margaret (Maggie)
Merrill, Lura Ann
Moody, Sallie Clay Martin Tillman Cannon
Mooney, Grace Reubelt
Nevins, Ellen (Nellie) Malone
Northern, Joe Bennett
Oman, Jessie Elizabeth Murdock
Scales, Mary Ellis
Sharpe, Tennie Boyd Coleman
Shields, Susie Gray
Smiley, Penelope (Pennie) Eliza
Snead, Ama Irene
Spire, Lottie
Stephens, Jennie King
Trabue, Lena Wilhoite
Tuthill, Mary Dolph
Wadley, Effie
Warfield, Mary Vollie Alwell
Watson, Cora Elizabeth
Williams, Eddine Guill
Williams, Eudora Hardeman
1940 – 1949
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Adams, Amanda Sumner
Allday, Ella Herman
Backinstose, B. Florence Rogers Halsfed
Benson, Jennie Kendrick
Blackburn, Mary Elizabeth
Cannon, Nellie Robertson
Cheairs, Annie Alexander
Claiborne, Mary (Mollie) Maxwell
Coffman, Mrs.
Collier, Evalena Douglass
Collins, Nannie Williams
Crockett, Lillian James
Davis, Mary Anne
Davis, Sarah Frances
Ellis, Elizabeth
Foy, Johnnie Louise Francis Laseter
Gattinger, Augusta (Gussie)
Gordon, Martha M.
Gray, Margaret (Maggie) Amanda
Hall, Mary Ann
Hall, Pearl Nineva Cornwell
Harper, Frances Rebecca Harrison
Harris, Mrs. R. S.
Haughton, Lucy Gill
Henry, Caroline Owen
Hester, Cornelia Hayes
Houser, Mattie Elizabeth Thomas
Houston, Belle McAlister
Ireland, Mattie Arnold
Jones, Medora
Jones, Roberta Brownlee
Leslie, Mrs. J. D.
Lilly, Evalena Rozella Haggard
Luckey, Martha M. Lee
McClure, Fannie Mai
Minor, Jennie Martin
Niles, Mary H. Dismukes
Parham, Dora
Payne, Maude
Pearson, Josephine A.
Riggan, Adelia
Riggan, Lizzie Henry
Rudolph, Mary
Simrall, Elizabeth (Libbie) Douglas
Skaggs, Emma Harry
Sloan, Lillie Locken
Snead, Lula Estelle
Stebbins, Lorena Hydinger Armistead
Stevens, Annie Hubbard
Stockell, Mr. Orville Ewing
Sullivan, Mary Leanora Clark
Swearington, Edna Kelsey
Tamble, Hetty Joseph
Thompson, Viola M. Binkley Pulliam
Turner, Katie Louise
Walker, Armilda Turner Hill
Walton, Sarah
Watson, Florence
Weaver, Minnie Bacon
Wilkins, Mary Charlotte
Wilkinson, Roberta
Williams, Cora McClure
1930 – 1939
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Baucom, Annie
Bayless, Della Francis Buford
Bearden, Isola Jane (Jennie)
Bishop, Helen Marr Yerya
Bloodworth, Mildred Rebecca
Brittin, Lillie Crutcher
Brooks, Emma Moss Adams
Cage, Priscilla Douglas
Carver, Mary Jane
Childress, Lucy James
Chockley, Frances (Fannie) Anne Parker
Clayton, Lillian May Driver
Coleman, Mary (Mollie) Ann
Cox, Emma Minchin
Crockett, Annie Childress
Davis, Anna Washington Stretch
Davis, Emma P.
Dean, Ellen Elizabeth McGuff
Edwards, Maggie Clay
Ewing, Carrie
Farr, Mary Helen Helm
Fisher, Anna Hawkins
Franklin, Georgiana Lee
Gilbert, Valeria (Rose)
Gill, Nannie
Glenn, Kate Virginia
Hardy, Annie Mary
Harrison, Kate L. Matlock
Hilliard, Mary Green Palmer
Hinton, Elizabeth Augusta Lathrope
Hollins, Carrie
Jennings, Mary
Johnson, Mary E. Chamberlain
Jordan, M. Francis Cordie
Kelley, Josie
Kittinger, Jane Garmen
LeSueur, Katherine Margaret
Livingston, Letitia Pruett
Lovell, Willie Mai
McBryde, Martha Leonard
McComb, Charlie Dickinson
Matthews, Tennessee Elizabeth Brown
Moseley, Nora D. Byrn
Murphy, Laura Carney
Newby, Mollie
Owen, Nannie Ferriss
Palmer, Anna Allen
Parker, Mary Lanier
Patterson, Mary Patty Oliver
Powell, Rene Webster
Rankin, Ophelia Barham
Rhodes, Martha Ann Howington Stewart
Ridings, Francis
Ringpfeil, Mary Madelina Vollmer
Schluter, Mattie A.
Shipp, Mr. Albert William
Smith, Mary Frances Starr
Speer, Abigail Fuller Willimarter
Stegall, Florence Magnolia Batey
Stockell, Ida Gower Steif
Stone, Harriet Warden
Stuart, Belle W.
Tavel, Isabel
Tavel, Pauline Mary
Thompson, Clara Bryant
Tucker, Tennie
Wallace, Ada May Cleveland
Warren, Ella M.
Weddington, Leila Liles
Westenberger, Mary C. Hutchison
Williams, Florence Taylor
Winbourn, Ella Bell
Worke, Julia
Young, Emma Haynie
1920 – 1929
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Aaron, Sarah
Adams, Jennie
Akin, Fannie
Anderson, Julia
Anglen, Jennie
Barrett, Mary Elizabeth
Beasley, Mary Elizabeth
Berrying, Augusta
Blakeley, Susie M.
Blakely, Annie W. Ewing
Burnett, Maggie
Dilahunty, Mary T.
Frierson, Stella
Hardaway, Kate V.
Hendley, Jimmie
Hinkle, Anna T.
House, Tabitha
Jaccard, Louise
Jennings, Jane Belle
Johnson, Fannie W.
Kitch, Mattie
Knox, Katherine Christine
Kumpf, Martha Jessica Martyne (Mattie)
Lawrence, Anna C. Staub
McGoodwin, Francis (Fannie) Bryan
Manning, Gertrude
Martin, Bettye
Owen, Anna
Pritchard, DeLosse Balfour
Reid, Lou Sherrill
Shaw, Fannie
Shearin, Nannie
Shields, Mary
Talbot, Harriet
Tavel, Hellen
Turner, Mary E.
Warren, Sallie A.
Washington, Katherine Ellen
Wheeless, McAlister
Williams, Jennie
Wray, Mrs. W.A.
Wyman, Isabel W. Beedy
Yarbrough, Elizabeth Ann McClean
1910 – 1919
The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
Bowles, Mary
Bradford, Martha
Brown, Anna E.
Buchanan, Pocahontas
Clark, Elizabeth
Cruchfield, Louise
Dunn, Katherine (Kate)
Dunnivant, Mattie
Elliot, Julia
Ellis, Agnes
Forde, Elizabeth
Glasgow, Eliza
Gresham, Rebecca Ann
Jones, Sally
Kittenger, Kate
Lavender, Nancy
McAdams, Emily J.
March, Sallie
Passmore, Emma H.
Pearcy, Mary
Pierce, Margaret
Purnell, Pattie
Richardson, Anne
Smith, Kate
Snow, Elizabeth
Weakley, Sallie
Wilson, Tennie
1900 – 1909
1909, The Old Woman’s Home at West End Avenue
1900 – 1909, The Old Woman’s Home at North Cherry Street
Arthur, Nancy M.
Bateman, Martha H.
Burchitt, Elizabeth
Carpenter, Pauline
Carr, Catherine
Carr, Mary
Corbett, Barbara
Crawford, Ellen
Crawford, Mary
Driver, Mrs.
Eubanks, Olivia
Green, Mrs.
Harrison, Catherine G.
Hunt, Martha Jane
Little, M. E.
Lunn, Mrs.
McKee, Mrs. Jonathon Miller
Mathes, Nancy
Matthews, Mrs.
Miller, Caroline
Morton, Mrs.
Nicholson, Maria L.
Patterson, Mrs.
Smith, Mary
Taylor, Lavinia
Van, Mrs.
1887 – 1899
1891 – 1899, The Old Woman’s Home at North Cherry Street
1889 – 1891, The Nashville Relief Society and The Old Woman’s Home at North Cherry Street
1887 – 1889, The Nashville Relief Society and The Old Woman’s Home at the office of the Nashville Relief Society
Bosworth, Mary A.
Burney, Annie C.
Davis, Josephine
Frayser, Annie E.
Grooms, Sarah V.
Hall, Evelyn Cartwright
Hall, Mrs. L. B. Hale
Harris, Mrs.
King, Rebecca W.
Lewis, Nancy E.
Moore, Isabella
Percel, Judith
Pickard, Harriet
Pike, Sallie
Searcy, Elizabeth Mary
Sloan, Martha
Willy, Mr.
Willy, Mrs.
