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.
