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Home » History » Articles and Stories » Cliffside Nicknames

Nicknames of Cliffside

From the booklet “Roots of Rutherford,” a publication of Isothermal Community College’s Oral History Project – May 1985

These are residents of Cliffside known to: Raleigh Biggerstaff, C. Alton Edwards, W. Henry Edwards, B.B. Goode and Robert and Etheleen Talbert.

  • ABRAMS, Punk
  • ADAIR, Bert
  • ALDRICH, Mandy
  • ALDRICH, Nub
  • ALLHANDS, Sonnyboy
  • ATKINSON, Bett
  • ATKINSON, Sis
  • BAILEY, Bill
  • BAILEY, Booger
  • BAILEY, Doc
  • BAILEY, Liss
  • BARKLEY, Shake
  • BEASON, Beas
  • BEATTY, Chief
  • BEHELER, Boots
  • BEHELER, Toad
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Big Pick
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Boxer
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Buzz
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Ginny
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Jake
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Jobie
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Pick
  • BIGGERSTAFF, Tex
  • BLACK, Giggs
  • BLACK, Stiffy
  • BLANTON, Butter
  • BRIDGES, Central
  • BRIDGES, Cussin’ Bill
  • BRIDGES, Snoopy
  • BRIDGES, Whitey
  • BROWN, Lefty
  • BROWN, Sleepy
  • CALDWELL, Onionhead
  • CAMP, Dimehead
  • CAMP, Slim
  • CAMPBELL, Spur
  • CAUSBY, Dimestore
  • CAUSBY, Nanner
  • CRAWFORD, Spud
  • CROCKER, Boney
  • Crow, Bud
  • CROW, Pet
  • CROWE, Baldy
  • DAVIDSON, Fessor
  • DAVIDSON, Tan
  • DAVIS, Brownie
  • DAVIS, Slim
  • DEDMOND, Peewee
  • DILLINGHAM, Notne
  • DUNCAN, Railroad
  • EARLEY, Snake
  • EDWARDS, Peck
  • EDWARDS, Skipper
  • ELDERS, Red
  • FISHER, Barto
  • FISHER, Fish
  • FISHER, Sonnyboy
  • FREEMAN, Shine
  • GOODE, Bodge
  • GOODE, Bum
  • GOODE, Captain
  • GOODE, Footsie
  • GOODE, Shine
  • GOODE, Stingy John
  • GOODE, Toots
  • GOSEY, Lum
  • GOSEY, Molly
  • GREEN, Tutt
  • GREENE, Brother
  • GREENE, Fat
  • GREENE, Red
  • GREENE, Sister
  • HAMES, Ab
  • HAMES, Banker
  • HAMES, Newt
  • HAMES, Shot
  • HAMRICK, Cos
  • HAMRICK, Red
  • HARDIN, Crip
  • HARDIN, Fat
  • HARRILL, Slim
  • HARRIS, Gramp
  • HAWKINS, Buck
  • HAWKINS, Little Red
  • HAWKINS, Peg
  • HAWKINS, Sister
  • HAWKINS, Tubby
  • HAWKINS, Wormy
  • HENSON, Mose
  • HENSON, Sookie
  • HICKS, Urp
  • HILL, Cowboy
  • HOLLIFIELD, Butcher
  • HOOPER, Rosie
  • HUMPHRIES, Did
  • HUMPHRIES, PeeWee
  • HUMPHRIES, Red
  • INGRAM, Bones
  • INGRAM, Et
  • JENKINS, Zeb
  • JOLLEY, Lightnin’
  • JOLLEY, Monk
  • JOLLEY, Tog
  • KENDRICK, Farmer
  • LAVENDER, Red
  • McCRAW, Harry
  • McCURRY, Fuzz
  • McCURRY, Pug
  • McCURRY, Schooner
  • McDANIEL, Big Mack
  • McDANIEL, Duck
  • McDANIEL, Little Mac
  • McDANIEL, Pearooney
  • McKINNEY, Jeff
  • McKINNEY, Mutt
  • McKINNEY, Poodle
  • McMURRAY, Spivet
  • McSWAIN, Baby
  • McSWAIN, Howart
  • McSWAIN, Sister
  • MOORE, Lum
  • MOORE, Pete
  • MOORE, Tense
  • MOSS, Buzzy
  • PADGETT, Nish
  • PADGETT, Rush
  • PADGETT, Shib
  • PEARSON, Snag
  • PEARSON, Winky
  • POWELL, Buddy
  • PRICE, Beater
  • PRICE, Hogeye
  • PRUITT, Materhead
  • PRUITT, Squirrely
  • QUARLES, Squalls
  • RAINES, Rusty
  • RAINES, Smiley
  • RAMSEY, Billygoat
  • RAMSEY, Horsey
  • REID, Blackie
  • RHYMER, Pete
  • ROBERSON, Beam
  • ROBERSON, Slick
  • ROBINSON, Roughcut
  • ROBINSON, Till
  • ROLLINS, Molly
  • SARRATT, Gen
  • SCRUGGS, Boss
  • SCRUGGS, Cliff
  • SCRUGGS, Dick
  • SCRUGGS, Shorty
  • SCRUGGS, Slim
  • SCRUGGS, Snow
  • SCRUGGS, Whitey
  • SCRUGGS, Zoe
  • SHORT, Big Red
  • SHORT, Knotty
  • SHORT, Little Red
  • SHORT, Oot
  • SHUFORD, Sally
  • SIMMONS, Mose
  • SIMMONS, Pop
  • SPARKS, Shorty
  • SPARKS, Speedy
  • SPARKS, Toad
  • SPLAWN, Grinner
  • SPLAWN, Ma
  • SPLAWN, Scissors
  • SUGGS, Shoepatcher
  • SWING, Swing
  • TALBERT, Strawberry
  • TALBERT, Wimpy
  • TATE, Skinny
  • THOMAS, Bill
  • THOMPSON, Skipper
  • TONEY, Back
  • WATKINS, Squire
  • WEBB, Mutt
  • WHITE, Diver
  • WHITE, Shot
  • WILKIE, Bill
  • WILKIE, Dit
  • WILKIE, Flip Flop Suzie
  • WILKINS, Fons
  • WILSON, Earn
  • WINN, Hotdowell
  • WOMACK, Shorty
  • WOMACK, Teddy
  • WORTMAN, Baffer
  • WORTMAN, Hickey

Footnote: Not a nickname, but a reference very familiar to your webmaster: some called the nephew of Marvin “Booger” Bailey, “Booger Bailey’s Brother’s Boy,” which must break some sort of record for alliteration.

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