1930 Census of Lincoln Co TN
Name                 	Age
V N Counts        	38
Artie Counts      	41
Glenn Counts       	16
Loyd Counts       	12
Morgan Counts	  9
Virginia Counts	  9
Shelton Counts	  6
Neeld Counts     	  3
Mary Counts      	  1
1940 Census of Franklin TN
Name                	AgeHerbert Counts	48
Artie Counts      	52
Morgan Counts	20
Virginia Counts	18
Shelton Counts	16
Neeld Counts     	13  male
Mary Counts      	11
Adel Counts       	  9
The Rev. Herbert Newton Counts, a former Decherd resident, died Sunday in Robinson, Illinois, from an extended illness. He was 83.
3733Services were conduced at 1 p.m. Tuesday at at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
A retired minister of the Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Mr. Counts was born November 30, 1891 in Lincoln County. He was a son of the late Georgia Beavers Counts and William Counts.
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Virgil Alexander, Oblong, Illinois, Mrs. Mary McComb, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Mrs. Odell Williams, Nashville; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Madalene McGee, Marion, Illinois; five sons, Glenn Counts, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Lloyd Counts, Ohio, Morgan Counts, Huntsville, Shelton Counts, Midlothian, Illinois, and Neeld Counts, Markham, Illinois; 32 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.