Joseph Hickman Loftis
b.15 February 1905
d. 2 March 1934
Father: James Madison Loftis
Mother: Brunette Brooks Faust Claiborne
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, TN
See Chapter 13
Joe never married. He was born with brain damage and yet had extremely high ability with
radio mechanics and was somewhat a "genius" as he could literally make a radio and repair
one, but could not explain it. One college professor said Little Joe knew more than he could possibly teach him.