Descendants of
David Fleming
thru his son John of
Pulaski County, Georgia
Fourth of eight parts
Generation No. 4
J62. JAMES FRANKLIN6 CONEY (Ezekiel5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born June 1, 1855 in Pulaski County, Georgia. The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 1, 1927, p. 1 gives the year of his birth as 1853. He appears in the 1870 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, age 14, in the household of C. M. Bozeman). He died September 1, 1927 at his home on Merritt Street, in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia. He was president of The Planter’s Bank at its organization in March 1896. Frank married first Lula Lee Wimberly on November 26, 1884 in Hayneville, Houston County, Georgia, daughter of Ezekiel H. Wimberly. Lee was born on January 1, 1864; died on June 9, 1897 at her home on Commerce Street, Hawkinsville, Georgia; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Marriage of James Franklin Coney and Lula Lee Wimberly
Marriages, Deaths, and Etc., from Hawkinsville Dispatch, 1870 - 1888, by Robert K. Nobles, published by the Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia, 1991, p. 271 (excerpted from The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 4, 1884):
Mr. J. F. Coney, of Hawkinsville, and Miss Lee Wimberly, of Houston County, were united in marriage at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. E. H. Wimberly, near Hayneville on Wednesday last, 2th ult.
After the death of his first wife, Frank married second Mary Lou (Marilu) Napier on January 10, 1900 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, daughter of Robert Freeman Napier and Mattie C. Wimberly. Mary Lou Napier was a niece of Frank Coney’s first wife, Lee Wimberly. Mary Lou was born on October 23, 1876 in Houston County, Georgia; died on October 6, 1946 in Hawkinsville, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Marriage of James Franklin Coney and Mary Lou Napier
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 18, 1900, p. 5:
A HAPPY HOME WEDDING.
Wednesday evening, January tenth, at 8 o’clock was the good time that united the lives of Mr. James Franklin Coney and Miss Marilu Napier, and an occasion of unusual brilliancy it was.
Many guests came at the bidding of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Lovejoy to witness the marriage ceremony. No home could have been more tastefully decorated, while the pink glow of lights made the hall a fairy land. Here the friends assembled from the various apartments of this elegant home as the familiar strains of the wedding march told that the moment of expectancy had arrived. Mrs. J. J. Whitfield presided at the piano. Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy were followed by Mr. Gus Jelks and Miss Lilah Napier. Then came the happy couple. It was a scene not soon to be forgotten when the officiating minister, Rev. R. VanDeventer, the bride’s pastor, commenced the impressive and happy ceremony. The bride wore a handsome gown of cloth in the popular castor shade, rich in its trimmings of brown velvet and applique over white satin. In harmony with her toilet she wore an exquisite pearl belt and her her throat a diamond brooch, both belt and pin being gifts of the groom.
Miss Napier, the bride’s sister and maid of honor, wore a lovely gown of grey silk. Both the bride and her sister carried (illegible) roses.
t was a union of noted persons, the bride filling a large sphere of usefulness in church circles, where she was particularly active in choir and primary class duties in the Baptist church. With her it was character and added talent and a charming personality.
Mr. Coney’s counsel and activeness as a steward in the Methodist church is highly esteemed and he is an important factor in banking and commercial circles. As president of Planter’s Bank and senior of the firm of Coney, Lovejoy & Co., he wields considerable influence in the business world, and he is as clever as the days are long. Most everybody knows and likewise esteems Frank Coney.
Mr. Lovejoy, his partner in business and step-father to the bride, made a model host, while Mrs. Lovejoy was ideally preparing for and administering to the comfort and pleasure of the guests after they were escorted to the dining room. It was here that elaborateness had sway. It was no small undertaking. Not the dainty dishes alone, but the pleasingly substantial.
The presents were worthy the splendid folks that admiring friends had remembered. The happy couple are now at home to their friends in their handsome residence on Commerce street.
Biographical Notes on James Franklin Coney
Excerpts from the story of the marriage of James Franklin Coney to Marilu Napier in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 18, 1900, p. 5, describing the character of Frank Coney.
... Mr. Coney’s counsel and activeness as a steward in the Methodist church is highly esteemed and he is an important factor in banking and commercial circles. As president of the Planter’s Bank and senior of the firm of Coney, Lovejoy & Co., he wields considerable influence in the business world, and he is as clever as the days are long. Most everybody knows and likewise esteems Frank Coney ... Mr. Lovejoy, his partner in business and step-father to the bride, made a model host ...
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 25, 1901, p. 1:
CONEY, LOVEJOY & CO.
One of the oldest, largest and strongest mercantile firms of Hawkinsville is that of Coney, Lovejoy & Co. The firm was established in 1881 and for 20 years has done a leading business. Its history has been one of steady growth. $100,000 would hardly cover the annual business of this house now.
All these men are well known to every one who visits or trades in Hawkinsville. Mr. Coney is president of the Planter’s Bank and a leading citizen of Hawkinsville in every sense of the term.
Mr. P. H. Lovejoy could measure public spirit and service to his community with any citizen who has lived in Hawkinsville since the war. Besides being interested in the banking and manufacturing interests of the city, he was one of the founders of the city’s system of public schools; he was a member of the first board of trustees ten years ago and is the only one who has served continuously up to the present time. There is hardly a line of Hawkinsville’s improvement in the last 20 years that is not indebted in some measure to the efforts of P. H. Lovejoy.
The house of Coney, Lovejoy & Co. is materially strengthened by the active ability of its junior member, Tillet H. Bridges. He is not far behind either of his partners in contributing his time and talents to his city’s upbuilding. He is regarded as one of the safest and soundest business men of Hawkinsville and at the same time, bold and progressive.
The three make a strong combination and their interest in public enterprises does not deter either from giving the store his personal attention. All are yet in the full strength of manhood, and Hawkinsville’s biggest supply house still has before it a long and successful career.
Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 25, 1901, p. 4:
PLANTER’S BANK.
A very important factor in Hawkinsville’s recent large growth is the Planters’ Bank, which was organized just five years ago out of home capital and has an extensive patronage among the business men and farmers of this county.
The first officers were J. F. Coney, president; W. N. Parsons, vice-president; and G. W. McCall, cashier ...
The president, J. Frank Coney, is one of the most widely known and popular business men in south Georgia. He is a member of Hawkinsville’s largest supply house, Coney, Lovejoy & Co. He was one of the promoters and is a director of Hawkinsville’s Cotton Mill, and has served the city very ably as alderman. There has not been an enterprise for years that promised the upbuilding of Hawkinsville that Mr. Coney has not been interested in, and his counsel in financial affairs is always sought whenever any public movement is on foot.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, January 1, 1902, p. 5:
NEW TRUSTEES ELECTED.
At a regular meeting of the Trustees of the Hawkinsville Public School held last Monday afternoon, Mr. P. H. Lovejoy tendered his resignation as a member of that body and Mr. J. F. Coney was elected to succeed him. Mr. E. W. Goode also tendered his resignation at the same time and Mr. W. A. Jelks was chosen to fill his place. Messrs Lovejoy and Goode made excellent members and the board is to be congratulated upon selecting such well qualified men as Messrs. Coney and Jelks to follow them. Mr. Lovejoy declined to serve longer on account of having been nominated for mayor, while Mr. Goode gave up his place in order to have more time to devote to his own private affairs.
Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 5, 1902, p. 1:
THE COTTON MILL.
The Pride of the City’s
Industrial EnterprisesThe stock holders of the Hawkinsville Cotton Mill held their annual meeting at its plant last Thursday morning ...
The following were elected as directors ... J. F. Coney ...
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Tuesday, March 24, 1908, p. 8:
Messrs. Morgan Thompson, D. A. Bailey, N. A. Jelks, Ruel Anderson, J. F. Coney, E. M. Coleman, R. O. Pate and C. Vanhouten have returned from Savannah where they went last week to attend the automobile races, making the trip through the country in touring cars. They left their machines in Savannah to be overhauled and repainted and returned by rail.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 25, 1920, p. 1:
COUNTY PRIMARY ONE WEEK OFF
Candidates Have Only One
More Week To Put Their
Claims Before The Voters.The Pulaski County primary is just one week off. Next Wednesday, March the 3rd, is the day set for the voters to go to the polls in their respective districts and cast their ballots for their choice for county officers.
Several of the candidates have opposition and in each case a lively contest is predicted.
The following is a list of those running ...
... For Clerk Superior Court – Israel Mannheim and J. F. Coney ...
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, March 10, 1920, p. 1:
PULASKI PRIMARY HELD LAST WEDNESDAY.
ALL BUT THREE OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTEDMuch Interest Manifested In All The Places
To Be Filled – All Candidates and Workers
Worked Hard During Day – Defeated Candidates
Are Taking Their Defeat Good Naturedly.
he election for county officers in Pulaski county passed off very quietly here last Wednesday. So far as we have been able to learn there was no disturbance at any of the voting precincts in the county.
H. A. Haskins was reelected Ordinary, and J. B. Lewis, Treasurer, without opposition.
All the old officers were reelected except the Tax Collector, Tax Receiver and County School Superintendent. Mr. J. J. Pollock, Tax Collector, was defeated by Mr. W. B. Richardson by a majority of 299 votes; Mr. W. J. Ferguson was defeated by Mr. Lou Harrell for Tax Receiver by a majority of 16 votes.
The voters residing in the City of Hawkinsville were not permitted to vote in the County School Superintendent’s race under a ruling by the County Executive Committee, inasmuch as the city has a separate and distinct school system from the county. In this race, Mr. A. W. Fountain, the present incumbent, was defeated by Mr. A. G. McKinney by a majority of 144 votes.
An unusually large vote was polled in all the Districts of the county. A total of 962 votes being cast in the county out of a registration of 1,320.
For Clerk, Superior Court
J. F. Coney – 237
Israel Mannheim – 704 ...According to The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, February 21, 1946, p. 1:
The Planters Bank of Hawkinsville will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary March 1st ... The Planters Bank was organized in March 1896 with J. F. Coney, Sr., president and Walker McCall, cashier.
Memoirs of Georgia, v. 11, published by the Southern Historical Association, 1895, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 701:
James Franklin Coney, merchant, Hawkinsville, and a young man of fine ability, is the son of Ezekiel Coney. His grandfather, Jeremiah, came from Laurens to Pulaski county, where he passed the remainder of his days as a planter. His children were: Charles, Jerry, Ezekiel, James, Sarah, Mrs. Jos. Daniel, and Dudley, who died in infancy.
Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 28, 1916, p. 8:
J. F. Coney Buys
The Farmer’s
Union WarehouseOne of the largest real estate deals in the city was consummated a few days ago when Mr. J. F. Coney purchased from the Union Warehouse Co. their warehouse property situated on the corner of Lumpkin and First streets ...
Ezekiel was born in 1831, was reared on the plantation of his father, and married Sarah E. Riley of Houston county. Five children were fruit of this union: James F.; Mollie, deceased; Cornelia, Mrs. R. A. Merritt, deceased; Emma, deceased; and Eva, Mrs. C. B. Adams of Macon. The father of these children died soon after his return from the war, of disease, contracted in the service. The mother subsequently married C. M. Bozeman of Hawkinsville. John G. (Bozeman) is the only child of this marriage, now merchandizing with his half-brother, James F.
The latter gentleman was born June 1, 1865, and received his literary education in the schools of his native city. He later graduated from the Baltimore Commercial college, and clerked for M. D. Wilcox until 1885, then embarked in company with Robert Merritt of Macon in a venture of his own. In 1886 the firm changed to Coney, Adams & Co., and took on its present style Coney, Lovejoy & Co. in 1888.
For a young man Mr. Coney has proved himself possessed of excellent business capacities, and is one of the rising men of his section. He began business with naught but his meager earnings as clerk, and is now well advanced on the road to a competency.
He is an active Methodist and a democrat. Mr. Coney married Miss Lula D. Wimberly of Houston county, a daughter of E. H. Wimberly, a sketch of whom appears among the prominent citizens of Houston county. Three beautiful and interesting children blessed his home: E. W., Julia F., and Lucy. With the energy characteristic of young, Mr. Coney throws his whole soul into his business. To such a man there can be no failure, as success begets confidence, and the confidence of a community on the other hand begets success.
According to The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808-1935, compiled by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, published by Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1935, p. 332:
THE JAMES FRANKLIN CONEY FAMILY.
ames Franklin Coney, son of Ezekiel and Sara Riley Coney, was born June 1, 1855, in Pulaski County, Georgia. He was a lifelong resident of the county, moving to Hawkinsville when a small lad. Mr. Coney grew up in the respect and confidence of the people, which he enjoyed fully during the seventy years of his life.
Receiving his education in the schools of his native city, he later graduated from the Commercial College, Baltimore, Md. Being naturally endowed with an even-tempered and pleasing disposition, an unusually bright mind and sound discriminating judgment, he demonstrated in his early career his ability as a business man. For many years he handled large business interests in this community, viz: Merritt & Coney, Coney & Adams, Coney, Lovejoy & Company, and Coney’s Warehouse. When the Planter’s Bank was organized Mr. Coney was elected president, serving in that capacity for many years. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Church, a steward and acting treasurer for fifteen years.
At the time of his death, he was the oldest member of Mount Hope Lodge, No. 9. The degree of Master Mason was conferred upon him when a young man. He illustrated in his life the virtues, sublime principles and divine edicts inculcated by Masonry.
He was twice married, his first wife being Lula Lee Wimberly, a daughter of Major and Mrs. Ezekiel Wimberly, of Houston County, Georgia. To this union were born four children: Ezekiel W. Coney, of Macon, Ga.; Julia (Mrs. R. O. Pate, Jr.), Hawkinsville, Ga.; Lucy (Mrs. Duncan Brown), Warrenton, Ga.; and Sara Lee (Mrs. E. W. McMurria), Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Coney’s second marriage was to Marilu Napier, granddaughter of Major Ezekiel Wimberly, and a graduate of Wesleyan Female College. To this union five children were born, three dying in infancy. The eldest, James Franklin Coney, is in the employ of the Planters Bank. The youngest, Charlton Lovejoy Coney, is secretary and treasurer of the Hawkinsville Motor Sales Company.
Nina Rentz Napier, niece of Mrs. Marilu Napier Coney, was reared in the home of Mr. Coney, receiving such love and protection as his very own enjoyed.
Mr. Coney had two sisters: Mrs. R. A. Merritt, who lived in Macon, and died there in 1893, and Mrs. C. B. Adams, who resides in Macon, Ga.
Mr. Coney passed away September 1, 1927.
Obituaries of James Franklin Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 1, 1927, p. 1:
STROKE FATAL TO MR. J. F. CONEY
One Of The County’s Most Honorable
And Beloved Citizens Died
Suddenly From Heart Failure
Thursday MorningMr. J. F. Coney, a life long resident of Pulaski county and Hawkinsville, was suddenly stricken with a heart attack this morning and died at his home on Merritt Street about 8 o’clock.
Mr. Coney, who was stricken while on his way to work, was found in a critical condition by Mr. Willie Southerland and removed at once to his home where he died a few minutes later.
He was born in 1853 (sic), the son of Zekiel and Sarah Coney, and had been a life-long resident of this county and city. Moving to Hawkinsville when he was a small boy, Mr. Coney grew up in the respect and confidence of the people which he has held unflickering during the seventy years of his life.
Hawkinsville has probably never had a more honorable citizen and a more outstanding man in its business affairs than was Mr. Coney. For a number of years, he was a partner with Mr. P. S. Lovejoy in the Coney-Lovejoy Grocery Company, during which time he was also president of the Planter’s Bank. He later became manager of two of the city’s largest cotton warehouses and at the time of his death was with Mr. L. N. Anderson in the grocery business.
Mr. Coney was a faithful member of the Methodist Church since boyhood and was for many years an official on the board of stewards. Mr. Coney was a Christian gentleman in every sense the word implies ... he came down to old age crowned with honor and respect seldom known to one who has felt the sting of fate as did Mr. Coney. His personal characteristics made him a lovable man who saw the good in all things and all people, which probably accounts to a great extent for the universal high regard in which he was held. In the passing of this Christian gentleman a man has gone indeed about whom nothing but good can be said.
He was married twice, his first wife being before her marriage, Miss Lee Wimberly, to whom were born four children. Following her death he was married to Miss Mary Lou Napier, who survives him. Besides his wife he is survived by six children: Mrs. Robert Pate, of Hawkinsville; Mr. E. W. Coney, of Macon; Mrs. Duncan Brown, of Warrenton, Ga.; Mrs. Earl McMurrier, of Atlanta; Mr. Frank Coney, of Hawkinsville, and Mr. Charlton Coney, of Hawkinsville. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Charlton Adams, of Macon.
Funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church Friday morning at 11 o’clock.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 8, 1927:
IN MEMORIAM
(A Masonic Notice)
On last Thursday morning, as the gorgeous sun illumined the skies, our beloved friend and brother, J. F. Coney, passed through Glory’s Morning Gate, and walked into Paradise.
Born in this county 72 years ago, moving here in 1869, and having lived here continuously since, he passed to the sublime degree of Master Mason in this Lodge in 1872, and during all these years illustrated in his life the cardinal virtues, sublime principles and divine edicts inculcated by Masonry, being the next oldest man and member of Mount Hope Lodge No. 9.
Naturally endowed with an even-tempered, happy and pleasing disposition, an unusually bright mind; and sound discriminating judgment, in his early career he soon demonstrated his ability as a business man, and for many years handled successfully large business interests in this community, viz. Merritt & Coney, Coney & Adams, Coney-Lovejoy & Co., Coney’s Warehouse; was President of the Planters Bank from its organization until a few years ago, owing to the financial depression of the times; he lost the fortune he had acquired (by his own efforts). But being a man of unblemished honor and unstained integrity, he justly held the confidence and esteem of the people. No one ever demonstrated more manly courage in adversity, or was a gamer loser in the undulations and vicissitudes of life. Sourness, hatred, revenge, malice and the like, were incomprehensible to this noble character. As soon as his fortune was gone, he immediately accepted a position to work on a salary, and despite his age and handicaps, rendered most excellent and valued services to his employers.
He was a most loyal and faithful husband; a fond, indulgent and affectionate father; a true and unfaltering friend. A firm believer in the Christian religion, he had an abiding faith in the immortality of the soul. With him it was not death to die.
We mourn his loss, but are thankful for the great qualities of his character, and the uplifting influence of his life, for
What is our duty here? To tend
From good to better –– thence to best;
Grateful to drink life’s cup –– then bend
Unmurmuring to our bed of rest;To pluck the flowers that round us bloom.
Scattering our fragrance as we go,
And so to live, that when the sun
Of our existence sinks in night,Memorials sweet mercies done
May shine our names in memory’s light,
And the blest seeds we scattered bloom
A hundredfold in days to come.RESOLVED, That the above be recorded upon our Minutes, and a page be set apart to his memory; that a copy be sent to his family with the assurance of our most sincere sympathy.
Eli W. Goode
E. J. Henry
J. L. MathewsIt is ordered that these proceedings be published in the Dispatch and News.
C. T. Warren, W. M.
Obituary of Lula Lee Wimberly
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, June 10, 1897, p. 5:
DEATH OF MRS. J. F. CONEY
Mrs. Lee Coney, the beloved wife of our fellow townsman, Mr. J. F. Coney, died at her home on Commerce street this Wednesday morning at 10:10 o’clock, after an illness of about seven weeks. She was the daughter of Major E. H. Wimberly, a prominent planter of Houston county, and was thirty-three years old. She was one of our best and purest women and in her death the community sustains an irreparable loss. She was a devout member of the Methodist church and her loss will be keenly felt by it as well as the social circle, for she was greatly admired on account of her many noble traits of character and made friends of all with whom she came in contact.
She leaves a devoted husband and four small children –– three girls and one boy –– to mourn her death, who have the deepest sympathy of hosts of friends in their sad bereavement.
The funeral will take place at ten o’clock tomorrow morning at her home, from which place the remains will be conveyed to Orange Hill cemetery for interment.
The pall bearers will be R. A. Merritt, E. H. Wimberly, C. B. Adams, P. H. Lovejoy, T. H. Bridges, W. M. Taylor, P. T. McGriff, and W. A. Jelks.
Obituary of Mary Lou Napier
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Tuesday, October 8, 1946, p. 12:
MRS. MARY CONEY RITES ARE HELD IN HAWKINSVILLE
HAWKINSVILLE, Oct. 7 –– Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Napier Coney, 70, who died at her home here Sunday, were held at the residence Monday with the Rev. E. B. Collins officiating. Interment was in Orange Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Coney, who was born in Houston County, Oct. 23, 1876, was the daughter of the late Freeman Napier and Mrs. Martha Wimberly Napier. She moved here with her parents at an early age and resided here all her life. In 1900 she married James Franklin Coney, prominent Hawkinsville citizen, who died several years ago.
She was a member of the Baptist Church and was actively engaged in religious, social and civic work in the community.
Surviving Mrs. Coney are two sons, Frank and Charlton Coney, and one sister, Mrs. N. A. Jelks, all of Hawkinsville.
Issue:
Of James Franklin Coney and Lula Lee Wimberly
J139––– i.––– Ezekiel W(imberly?)7 Coney, born August 8, 1886 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died September 1, 1959, in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
Biographical Notes on Ezekiel W. Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, May 24, 1916, p. 5:
E. W. CONEY ELECTED
CASHIER PLANTERS BANKHas Been Promoted To That
Position After Eight Years’
Faithful Service
t a meeting of the board of directors Tuesday morning, Mr. E. W. Coney, the popular assistant cashier, was elected cashier of the Planters Bank to succeed Mr. N. A. Jelks, who was recently elected president of the bank and resigned that position.
Mr. Coney had been assistant cashier of the bank for the past eight years, and his promotion comes as a result of faithful and efficient service, and is well deserved. He had stuck close to his post of duty and his courteous treatment of the public has made many friends for himself as well as for the bank.
With Mr. N. A. Jelks as president, W. N. Parson vice-president and Zeke Coney cashier, backed by a strong board of directors, the Planters is sure to continue as one of the strongest and most popular financial institutions in this section of the state.
Obituariesof Ezekiel W. Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 2, 1959, p. 10:
PULASKI NATIVE TAKEN BY DEATH
E. W. Coney, 73 year-old accountant, died unexpectedly at Macon.
Mr. Coney, a native of Pulaski, had resided in Macon for a number of years.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Graveside services were held at Orange Hill Cemetery here this afternoon with the Rev. J. I. Summerford officiating and Clark Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Coney is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucy C. Brown, of Warrenton, and Mrs. Sara Lee McMurria, Atlanta; two half-brothers, J. F. and Charlton L. Coney, of Hawkinsville.
Pallbearers were: A. L. Adams, Ben H. Porter, Glenmore Pate, Duncan Brown, Sam Way and Jake Doolittle.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, September 2, 1959, p. 13:
E. W. CONEY
E. W. Coney of Hawkinsville died unexpectedly yesterday in a local hotel.
Graveside services will be held in Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville at 3 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. J. T. Summerford officiating.
Mr. Coney was born in Pulaski County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James F. Coney.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lucy C. Brown, Warrenton, Mrs. Sara Lee Coney McMurria, Atlanta; and two half-brothers, James Franklin and Charlton L. Coney, Hawkinsville.
Hart’s Mortuary was in charge of local arrangements.
J140––– ii.––– Julia Fletcher Coney, of whom below, born May 6, 1888 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died March 19, 1944 in Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J141––– iii.––– Lucy Elizabeth Coney, of whom below, born December 29, 1889 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 30, 1977 in Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia.
J142––– iv.––– Saralee Coney was born in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died on May 7, 1960 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. She married Earl W. McMurria, who was born on July 25, 1895; died April 3, 1964 in Fulton County, Georgia; and buried at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta.
Obituary of Saralee Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, May 11, 1960, p. 1:
MRS. McMURRIA TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. E. W. McMurria, sister of Hawkinsville’s Charlton and Frank Coney, died Saturday in an Atlanta hospital.
Mrs. McMurria, the former Miss Saralee Coney, was a native of Hawkinsville.
She attended the University of Georgia one year and graduated from Wesleyan College.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Spring Hill, Dr. Dow Kirkpatrick and the Rev. Norton Campbell officiating. Burial was in Westview Cemetery.
Mrs. McMurria is survived by her husband, a sales representative of Southern Bell Telephone Co.; the two brothers, and a sister, Mrs. Duncan Brown, of Warrenton.
Obituary of Earl W. McMurria
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, April 4, 1964, p. 20:
McMURRIA, MR. E. W., of Atlanta, died April 3, 1964. Surviving are his sister, Mrs. W. R. Connell, Wewahitchka, Fla.; brother, Mr. J. H. McMurria, Columbus, Ga.; several nieces and nephews. Entombment services will be held Sunday, April 5, at 2 o’clock at Westview Abbey, Rev. H. Dan Rice officiating. H. M. Patterson & Sons, Spring Hill.
Issue:
Of James Franklin Coney and Marilu Napier
J143––– i.––– James Franklin7 Coney, Jr. was born on October 15, 1900 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on September 17, 1960 at his home in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville. Frank married Nancy Evelyn Blount on August 18, 1928 at her mother’s home in Pulaski County, Georgia. She was born on October 14, 1906 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on December 19, 1989 at Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville; and was buried in that city in the Orange Hill Cemetery.
After the death of Frank Coney, Jr., Nancy married George Walker Jordan, Jr., son of George Walker Jordan and Caroline Laura Tarver, on February 20, 1966 in the First Methodist Church of Hawkinsville. Her second husband was born on October 14, 1893 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on October 30, 1970; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville. His first marriage was to Marion Green on May 30, 1922 in Pulaski. They had two children: George Walker Jordan III and Lucy Callaway Jordan.
Marriage of James Franklin Coney, Jr. and Nancy Evelyn Blount
Excerpts from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 23, 1928, p. 5:
MISS BLOUNT
WEDS MR. CONEY
AT HOME CEREMONYA marriage centering the interest of a wide circle of friends and characterized by exquisite beauty was that of Miss Nancy Blount and Mr. J. Frank Coney, which was solemnized Saturday evening, August 18th, 1928, at nine o’clock, at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. J. J. Blount.
Rev. J. O. J. Taylor, of McRae, performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and close friends of the bride and groom ...
After the reception, Mr. and Mrs. Coney left for a motor trip through North Carolina ...
The bride is the only daughter of the late Mr. J. J. Blount and Mrs. Blount. She is a popular member of Hawkinsville society, and a young lady of unusual charm and a talented musician. She graduated from Hawkinsville High School and later attended Wesleyan College where she was a popular member of the Mu Alpha Omega Society. During her Senior year, she was President of the Student Government Association, and in the class of ’28, graduated in music and voice.
Mr. Coney is the son of the late Mr. J. F. Coney and Mrs. Coney. By his pleasing personality he has made for himself a host of friends, and is one of the leading young businessmen of Hawkinsville. He graduated at the Georgia Military Academy, and for the past few years has been associated with the Boston Store.
It is gratifying to the friends of the young couple to know that they will make their home in Hawkinsville ...
The bride presented a picture of radiant loveliness as she descended the stairway with her brother, Mr. John Blount, who gave her in marriage.
Obituary of James Franklin Coney, Jr.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 21, 1960, p. 1:
J. FRANK CONEY DIED UNEXPECTEDLY
J. Frank Coney, widely known resident of Hawkinsville, died unexpectedly early Saturday at his home in the Pine Level section of the city. He was 59.
Mr. Coney, an employee of the State Highway Department, was a former member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church.
He was an ardent supporter of Hawkinsville High athletic teams and had served as secretary and treasurer of the Hawkinsville Touchdown Club for several years.
A native of Pulaski County, he was the son of the late J. Frank and Marilu Napier Coney.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Methodist Church, the Rev. J. I. Summerford and the Rev. B. A. Winburn officiating. Burial was in Orange Hill Cemetery, Clark Funeral Home officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nancy Blount Coney; one brother, Charlton L. of Hawkinsville, and one sister, Mrs. Lucy Coney Brown of Warrenton.
Pallbearers were J. N. Ragan, Roger Lawson, D. B. Mannheim, George Jordan, W. N. Pate, R. C. Massee, S. A. Way and Jack Doolittle.
Obituary of Nancy Evelyn Blount
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, December 27, 1989, p. 14:
NANCY JORDAN
Nancy Blount Coney Jordan, 83, of Hawkinsville, died Tuesday, December 19, 1989, in the Taylor Regional Hospital. Funeral services were held at the First United Methodist Church in Hawkinsville. Burial was in the Orange Hill Cemetery. Dr. Marcus Tripp officiated.
Mrs. Jordan was a native of Pulaski County, Cochran, Georgia. She was a graduate of Wesleyan College and retired civil service from Robins Air Force Base. Also, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church where she was the pianist and choir director for over 50 years. She was a member of the Susannah Wesley Sunday School Class and the UMW. She was the pianist for the Men’s Bible Class.
Survivors include two cousins; Hampton Rowland and Jack L. Rowland, both of Athens; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Edward L. Jones of Decatur; one step grandson, George W. Jordan III of Tennessee; three step great grandsons and a number of cousins.
Pallbearers were David Pierce, Dan Maddock, Ramsey Way, Tom Arnold, Paul Williams, Ricky Lord, Jimmy Tripp, and Hugh Lawson.
Honorary bearers were the Men’s Sunday School Class.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
J144––– ii.––– Marilu (Mary Lou) Coney was born July 15, 1902; died May 20, 1904 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in Hawkinsville’s Orange Hill Cemetery.
Obituary of Marilu Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, May 25, 1904, p. 8:
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coney deeply sympathize with them in the death of their little 22-months-old daughter, Mary Lou, which occurred at their home in this place on Friday afternoon last after a brief illness. The funeral occurred Saturday morning at ten o’clock, Rev. J. O. J. Cook officiating and the interment was in Orange Hill cemetery.
J145––– iii.––– Martha Catherine Coney was born January 28, 1905; died October 26, 1906 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville.
Obituary of Martha Catherine Coney
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, October 26, 1906, p. 8:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL.
Martha Catherine, the twenty-two-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coney, died at their home at the Octagon Hotel in this city this (Friday) morning at five o’clock after an illness of one week from cholera infantum. The many friends of the parents sympathize with them in their bereavement.
The funeral services will be held at their residence this afternoon at 3:30, conducted by Rev. Mr. Greaves and J. J. Whitfield, and the interment will be in Orange Hill cemetery.
J146––– iv.––– John Leroy Coney, born November 28, 1907; died March 20, 1908; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville.
Obituary of John Leroy Coney
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Tuesday, March 24, 1908, p. 8:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.
The four-month-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coney died Friday evening about seven o’clock after an illness of several days. The remains were interred in Orange Hill cemetery Saturday afternoon at three o’clock, Rev. E. H. McGehee and Rev. C. L. Greaves conducting the funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. Coney have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.
J147––– v.––– Charlton Lovejoy Coney, born January 25, 1909 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 4, 1980 in Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia. He married Mabel McLendon, daughter of Robert Robinson McLendon, on June 21, 1937 in Blakely, Early County, Georgia. A story in the October 6, 1949 issue of The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, names her as choir director of First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville.
Mabel was born on October 12, 1910 in Early County, Georgia; died on May 5, 1986 in Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery. No children are mentioned in the obituary of either.
Marriage of
Charlton Lovejoy Coney
and Mabel McLendon
Excerpts from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, July 1, 1937, p. 5:
MISS McLENDON WED TO MR. C. L. CONEY
Before the ceremony, Miss Lucile Little, of Fort Valley, sang “O, Promise Me” and “All for You,” and Mrs. Frank Coney played “To a Wild Rose.” During the ceremony she played “Liebestraum ...”
The bride’s only attendant was her sister, Miss Nancy McLendon ...
The bride entered with her older brother, Mr. Robinson McLendon, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Mr. Frank Coney ...
The bride and groom left immediately for a short stay at Jacksonville Beach, and they are now home to their friends at 236 Merritt Street, Hawkinsville ...
Obituary of Charlton Lovejoy Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, January 9, 1980, p. 11:
CHARLTON L. CONEY
Charlton Lovejoy Coney, 70, of 326 Merritt St., died Friday, Jan. 4 at Taylor Memorial Hospital in Hawkinsville.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville with Dr. H. W. Perry officiating. Interment was in Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville.
Coney was a native of Pulaski County, Ga., a member of First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville, a charter member of the Hawkinsville Lions Club, a retired employee of Pulaski Auto Co., and a Mason and member of Mt. Hope Lodge #9.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel McLendon Coney of Hawkinsville, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Pallbearers were Freeman N. Jelks, Jr., Roger McLendon, Tommy Norris, John Adams, Charlton Norris, Al Adams, Robinson McLendon III and John Zellars.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Mabel McLendon
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, May 7, 1986, p. 5:
MABEL M. CONEY
Mabel M. Coney, 75, of Hawkinsville died Monday at Taylor Memorial Hospital.
Services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Gary Abbott and the Rev. Billy Winburn officiating. Burial was in Orange Hill Cemetery.
A native of Early County, Mrs. Coney was a member of First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville. She was a retired organist, Sunday School teacher and choir director for the church for many years. A retired area network for the Department of Human Resources, she was also a retired director of the Family and Children Services Office of Pulaski County and was a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert Robinson McLendon Jr. of Morrow; one sister, Nancy M. Genobs of Las Vegas, Nev.; one niece, Nancy Fuentes of Atlanta; and several other nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Graham Coley, Sam Way III, Leon Cabero, Robert R. McLendon III, Bill Slade and Thomas Herrington.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville was in charge of arrangements.
J63. CORNELIA ANNA6 CONEY (Ezekiel5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born on August 5, 1859. Nelie died on May 7, 1893 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; and was buried in the Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. She married Roswell A. Merritt on April 29, 1879 at the home of her stepfather Judge Cornelius Murphy Bozeman in Pulaski County, Georgia. Roswell Merritt was born about 1853; he appears in the 1870 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia, age 17. He died circa 1907; the story of the marriage of his daughter Alice Merritt to Allen Hildreth Hill, in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, March 29, 1907, p. 4 states: “The wedding will be a quiet home affair as the bride is in mourning for her father, the late Roswell A. Merritt, of this city.”
Roswell was a son of son of Simon and Mariah Merritt. Simon Merritt was born at Charleston, Massachusetts on March 11, 1811 and moved to Hawkinsville, Georgia in 1833. He lived for 35 years when, in 1868, he moved “out west” to mine for gold in California, Colorado and Montana. The 1870 census of Pulaski County, Georgia lists Simon Merritt’s occupation as “digging gold.” He returned to Hawkinsville in 1881, largely unsuccessful.
Marriage of Cornelia Anna Coney and Roswell A. Merritt
Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, May 1, 1879:
“Married at the residence of Judge C. M. Bozeman, by Rev. A. M. Williams, on Tuesday evening, April 29th, 1879, Mr. Roswell A. Merritt to Miss Cornelia A. Coney, all of Pulaski.”
After the death of his first wife, Roswell Merritt married Matilda Caroline Hodges on April 13, 1894, in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. She was a daughter of Robert J. Hodges, of Sumter County, near Andersonville, Georgia.
Marriage of Roswell A. Merritt and Matilda Caroline Hodges
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, April 19, 1894, p. 8:
MARRIED.
On the evening of the 12th, Mrs. Seymour tendered a reception to the immediate relatives and friends of the contracting parties, that might have been expected of this excellent lady.
The groom is well known in our city, the home of his birth and until a few years ago, his place of residence. Mr. Merritt is now the head of the Southern Hardware Company, of Macon, and senior member of the firm Merritt & Whitfield, of this city, and no man in Middle Georgia enjoys a larger reputation for business capacity than he. He has a host of friends in Hawkinsville who join the Dispatch and News in extending congratulations.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. Robert J. Hodges, of Sumter County, near Andersonville, and is highly esteemed by those who know her and who are favored with her friendship.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Anderson, Messrs. J. F. Coney and J. J. Whitfield, from here, attended the marriage and reception.
EXCURSUS
Roswell’s sister, Agnes Merritt, married Ruel Wooten Anderson, son of Robert Sanders Anderson and Sarah A. Wooten, and Agnes and Ruel had a daughter, Adelia T. “Ada” Anderson, oldest of thirteen children, who married Robert Duncan Brown. Ada and R. D. Brown’s son, Duncan Hancock Brown, married Lucy Elizabeth Coney (#461 below), born December 29, 1889, in Pulaski County, Georgia.
Obituary of Cornelia Anna Coney
, Macon, Georgia, Monday, May 8, 1893, p. 5:The Macon Telegraph
DEATH OF MRS. MERRITT
The Passing of a Beautiful
Christian Life Yesterday.
After a short illness and great suffering, Mrs. R. A. Merritt died at her home on Huguenin Heights yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, surrounded by her heart broken husband and children and many sorrowing friends.
Her death was calm and peaceful, the passing heavenward of a noble Christian life, and a once cheerful and happy home made more so by her true devotion, has been stricken with unspeakable sorrow.
Mrs. Merritt was the wife of Mr. R. A. Merritt of the Southern Hardware Company. She was before her marriage Miss Cornelia Coney of Hawkinsville, one of the most prominent families in that section of the state, and as a young lady was a great favorite wherever she was known. She leaves an infant one month old and four other small children.
The remains will be taken to Hawkinsville today, where the funeral will take place, Dr. E. W. Warren of the Tatnall Square Baptist church, her loving pastor, officiating.
All Macon is saddened by the death of one of her best and noblest women. She was widely known, not only here, but throughout the entire part of the state in which as a young lady she frequently visited, and the announcement of her death today will bring deep sorrow to the hearts of her friends everywhere.
Issue:
J148––– i.––– Joseph Hancox7 Merritt was born circa January 1885; died on March 29, 1886 in Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Obituary of Joseph Hancox Merritt
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, April 1, 1886, p. 3:
Our community deeply sympathizes with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Merritt in the death of their little fourteen-months-old son, Joseph Hancox Merritt, which occurred on Monday last at one o’clock, after an illness of two weeks of congestion of the brain.
J149––– ii.––– Alice Merritt married Allen Hildreth Hill on April 30, 1907 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia.
Marriage of Alice Merritt and Allen Hildreth Hill
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, March 29, 1907, p. 4:
MISS MERRITT TO WED MR. ALLEN HILL
Mr. and Mrs. John Shivers, of Americus, announce the engagement of their sister, Alice Merritt, to Mr. Allen Hildreth Hill, the marriage to take place in Americus on April 30th.
This announcement will be of great interest to the younger society set in this city, of which Miss Merritt was a popular member. She is a beautiful young woman, with a wealth of sunny hair and big deep blue eyes and very bright, attractive manners.
Mr. Hill is one of the most popular young men in Americus and has met with much success in the business world.
The wedding will be a quiet home affair as the bride is in mourning for her father, the late Roswell A. Merritt, of this city. ––– Macon News.
J150––– iii.––– Eva Merritt, born on January 10, 1892; died on February 22, 1892; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
J151––– iv.––– Ruel W. Merritt was born on April 8, 1893 in Bibb County, Georgia; died on February 13, 1967 in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as Sergeant in the 49th Infantry’s Company I. Ruel was married to the former Sarah Lucile Dickson, who was born on April 19, 1903 in Johnson County, Georgia; died on December 23, 1992 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia; and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus, Georgia. Lucile was a daughter of Carswell Dickson and Leila Frances Pernell. The obituary of Ruel Merritt, in The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, February 16, 1967, p. 10, names two stepchildren that survived him, A. E. Frost and L. L. Frost, suggesting the possibility of an earlier marriage for Lucile Dickson???
Obituaries of Ruel W. Merritt
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, February 16, 1967, p. 10:
R. W. MERRITT
AMERICUS –– Last rites for Reuel (sic) W. Merritt, 73, of Orange Lake, Fla., who died in a Rome hospital Monday, were planned Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home here with the Rev. E. L. Duncan officiating. Burial was in the Hawkinsville cemetery.
Mr. Merritt resided in Americus for a number of years and was employed by Shiver Lumber Co. at the time.
A native of Bibb County, Mr. Merritt was the son of the late R. A. Merritt and Cornelia S. (?) Merritt. He was a member of the Baptist Church and a World War I veteran.
Survivors include his wife, the former Lucile Dixon of Orange Lake; two stepsons, A. E. Frost of Warner Robins, and L. L. Frost of San Diego, Calif.; three step-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, February 22, 1967, p. 1:
R. W. MERRITT IS BURIED HERE
Burial of a former Hawkinsville resident and a member of a widely known Pulaski family was held in Orange Hill Cemetery here last week.
Reuel (sic) W. Merritt died at the age of 73. He had lived in Americus for a number of years before going to Orange Lake, Fla. and last rites were held in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home at Americus.
Survivors include his wife, the former Lucile Dixon of Orange Lake, two stepsons, and three step-grandchildren.
Obituary of
Sarah Lucile DicksonThe Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Thursday, December 24, 1992, p. A-3:
SARAH LUCILE MERRITT
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Lucile Merritt, 89, of the Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center, Plains, who died Wednesday, Dec. 23, at the Sumter Regional Hospital Hospital in Americus, will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, with Minister O. C. Landrum officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus.
Mrs. Merritt, a native of Johnson County, was born April 19, 1903, a daughter of the late Carswell Dickson and Leila Frances Pernell Dickson. She was the wife of the late Ruell W. Merritt.
Mrs. Merritt was a member of the Americus Church of Christ and a former employee of Manhattan Shirt Company in Americus.
Survivors include two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Marie Frost, Warner Robins, and Mrs. Elizabeth Frost, Vista, Cal.; one sister, Ruby McCoy, Americus; three grandchildren, Mrs. Connie Merservey, Bonaire, Ga., Everett L. Frost, Warner Robins, and Larry D. Frost, Marietta; two great-grandsons; and a number of nieces and nephews.
J64. EVA RILEY6 CONEY (Ezekiel5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born on January 30, 1864 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. Her age given as six in the 1870 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, and 17 in the 1880 Pulaski census. She died in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia on May 31, 1958, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia. On November 11, 1885, at the home of her brother Frank Coney, Eva married Charlton Berrien Adams, son of Peter Adams and Mary Berrien. Most sources agree that he was born on July 16, 1860 in Vienna, Dooly County, Georgia, though his obituary in The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, December 5, 1919, p. 4 claims he “was born and reared in Hawkinsville ...” Charlton died on December 4, 1919 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; and also is buried in Riverside Cemetery, in Macon.
Marriage of Eva Riley Coney and Charlton Berrien Adams
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, November 19, 1885, p. 3:
MARRIED.
Mr. Charlton B. Adams and Miss Eva R. Coney were united in the holy bond of matrimony on Wednesday evening, 11th inst. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. F. Burch at the residence of Mr. J. F. Coney, brother of the bride.
Mr. Adams is one of the most popular young merchants of Hawkinsville. After the last election for mayor he was chosen as a member of the board of six alderman, receiving the highest number of votes on the ticket. The result was a fitting testimonial of his worth as a citizen, and the esteem in which he is held by the people of Hawkinsville. His bride is a bright, amicable little lady loved by a large circle, and the happy couple enter upon life’s voyage together with the best wishes of many friends.
Biographical Notes on Charlton Berrien Adams
The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 298:
CHARLTON BERRIEN ADAMS.
Advertisement from The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 2, 1886, p. 3:
Whisky and
ProhibitionOur Whisky license will expire on the last day of December 1886, and we intend to retire from the whisky trade. We did not take a prominent part in the cause of prohibition, but we intend to abide the law. We could have taken out license to continue the sale to the 17th day of February next, but we did not do so, and so our Liquors must be sold by the last day of December ...
C. B. & A. L. Adams,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Charlton Berrien Adams, eldest son of Peter and Mary B. Adams, was born July 16, 1860, in Vienna, Georgia, where his father was a highly respected lawyer and large planter. After the death of his father, at the age of fifteen, Charlton, with the other members of his family, moved to Hawkinsville. When he had completed the public schools and was unable to attend college on account of the difficult times resulting from the War Between the States, he began clerking in a bakery. A short time after this he worked with Mr. R. J. Taylor in his drug business. In a few years he and his brother, Adiel, bought out Mr. D. D. Rhodes and formed a partnership in the retail grocery business, a partnership of mutual satisfaction, which was maintained until Adiel’s death in 1916.
Charlton was married to Eva Riley Coney, November 11, 1885. Of this union there were four children: Marie (Mrs. J. Warren Timmerman), Cornelia (Mrs. H. Persons Heath), Charlton, Jr., and Adiel.
Charlton and Adiel had visions of enlarging their business activities, so in 1900 they formed a partnership with Mr. W. S. Hollimon and Mr. J. P. Watson to enter the wholesale grocery business, and moved to Macon. After several successful years the brothers bought out Hollimon and Watson and continued under the title of Adams Brothers Company. They owned and operated two large farms near Hawkinsville.
He who has achieved success, who has lived well, who has gained the respect of intelligent men and accomplished their tasks, who has left the world better than he found it, has lived unselfishly. And so Charlton’s life was devoted to Christian, humanitarian, educational and civic interests. For twenty-five years he was a steward at Mulberry Street Methodist Church, serving on the finance committee, and ever having the welfare of the church at heart. He was a trustee of Wesleyan College for many years, and also a trustee of the Methodist Orphans’ Home, which offices he held until his death, December 4, 1919.
To have known one good man, one man who through the chances and the mischances of a long life, has carried his heart in his hand, soothing all discords into peace, helps our faith in God and in ourselves.
Obituaries of Charlton Berrien Adams
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, December 5, 1919, p. 4 (this same story also appeared in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, December 10, 1919, p. 12):
C. B. ADAMS DIES; ILLNESS IS BRIEF
Prominent Business Man of
Macon Is Victim of Heart Disease
To Be Buried This AfternoonCharlton B. Adams, aged 59 years, one of the best known business men of Macon, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at his home, No. 657 College street, after an illness of only a few days. Heart trouble, with complications, caused death.
Mr. Adams was the founder of the firm of the Adams Brothers Company, wholesale grocers, of which he was president.
He was the son of Peter Adams, a widely known lawyer of Vienna, and was born and reared in Hawkinsville. Thirty years ago Mr. Adams came to Macon to reside, engaging in business. He soon became a conspicuous figure in the business life of this city.
Besides his wife, who was Miss Eva Coney, of Hawkinsville, Mr. Adams is survived by the following children, all of whom are well known in Macon: C. B. Adams, Jr., Adiel Adams, Mrs. J. W. Timmerman, Jr., and Mrs. Persons Heath.
Two sisters and a half brother also survive. Mrs. A. L. Spicer, of Tennille, and Mrs. John W. Greer, of Moultrie, and John W. Roberts, of this city. Mr. Roberts was associated in business with Mr. Adams.
Outside of the business world, Mr. Adams was prominent in the work of the Mulberry Street Methodist Church. He was a steward in the church and also was a member of the boards of trustees of Wesleyan College and the Methodist Orphanage in this city.
The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the family residence and the service will be conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Dr. T. D. Ellis, assisted by Bishop W. N. Ainsworth. Interment will follow in Riverside cemetery.
The following will act as pall bearers: J. B. Riley, O. A. Park, R. J. Taylor, A. S. Hatcher, D. L. McRae, J. N. Neel, W. G. Soloman, and J. A. Stewart.
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, December 5, 1919, p. 3:
FUNERAL NOTICE.
ADAMS –– The funeral of Charlton B. Adams, whose death occurred yesterday, will be held from the family residence, No. 657 College street, this (Friday) afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. Dr. T. D. Ellis will conduct the service, assisted by Bishop Wm. N. Ainsworth. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Friends invited.
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, December 6, 1919, p. 14:
CHARLTON B. ADAMS IS BURIED;
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF WHOLESALE
GROCERY COMPANY INTERRED AT RIVERSIDEScores of Macon people attended the funeral of Charlton B. Adams yesterday at his late residence, No. 657 College street. Mr. Adams was founder of the Adams Brothers Company, wholesale grocers, and also president of the company. He was prominent in the church and civic life of Macon.
Rev. Dr. T. D. Ellis, pastor of Mulberry street Methodist church, conducted the service, which was held at 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon and he was assisted by Bishop W. N. Ainsworth.
The body was carried to Riverside cemetery for interment. The following acted as pallbearers: J. B. Riley, O. A. Park, R. J. Taylor, A. S. Hatcher, D. L. McRae, Jos. N. Neel, W. G. Soloman and J. A. Stewart.
Obituary of Eva Riley Coney
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, June 1, 1958:
MRS. ADAMS RITES TODAY
Mrs. Charlton B. Adams, member of a pioneer Middle Georgia family, died at 9:20 a.m. yesterday at her residence, 781 College St., after a lengthy illness.
uneral services will be held in the chapel of Hart’s Mortuary at 6 p.m. today. Dr. Leonard Cochran will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Charlton Coney, Frank Coney, John R. Adams, Dr. Charles H. Fairbanks, Hubert Sullins and Clyde Dobson.
Before her marriage she was Miss Eva Coney. She was born January 30, 1864 in Hawkinsville, the daughter of the late Ezekiel and Sarah Elizabeth Riley Coney. She was married in 1886 and moved to Macon in 1891.
She was the oldest member of Mulberry Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School many years and where she was a former president of the Women’s Society of Christian Services and a circle leader for 12 years. She was a life member of the United Daughters of Confederacy.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. Warren Timmerman and Mrs. H. Persons Heath, Macon; two sons, Charlton B. Adams and Adiel L. Adams, Hawkinsville ... (missing) 14 grandchildren.
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J152––– i.––– Marie7 Adams, of whom below, born on October 41, 1891 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; died May 29, 1968 at Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J153––– ii.––– Cornelia Adams married Henry Persons Heath in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, son of John M. Heath. She was born on October 15, 1893 in Bibb County, Georgia; died October 15, 1974 in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia; and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Persons was born on December 27, 1889 in Talbot County, Georgia; died on March 18, 1951 in Washington, D.C.; and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia. They had at least daughters: (a) Ann Heath, who married Clyde Dopson (or Dobson); (b) Emily Heath, who married Charles T. Smith III; and (c) Eva Heath, who married Hubert W. Sullins.
Obituaries of
Cornelia AdamsThe Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, October 16, 1974, p. B-6:
MRS. CORNELIA HEATH,
NATIVE OF BIBB COUNTYMrs. Cornelia Adams Heath, 81, of Massey Apartments, died Tuesday in Griffin after a sudden illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hart’s Mortuary.
Mrs. Heath, a native of Bibb County, had lived here most of her life, having lived in Columbia, S.C. and Washington, D.C. She was a member of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School for 20 years. She was a past president of the Macon History Club, a member of Phi Mu sorority and a graduate of Wesleyan College. Mrs. Heath was a member of the Mary Hammond Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Clyde Dopson of Greer, S.C., Mrs. Charles T. Smith III of Columbia and Mrs. Hubert W. Sullins of Griffin; two brothers, Charlton B. Adams and Adiel L. Adams, both of Hawkinsville; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, October 17, 1974, p. E-2:
MRS. C. A. HEATH
Services for Mrs. Cornelia Adams Heath, 81, of Massee Apartments, who died Tuesday in a Spalding County hospital, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Hart’s Mortuary. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Obituaries of
Henry Persons HeathThe Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Tuesday, March 20, 1951, p. 1:
PERSONS HEATH DIES IN CAPITAL
H. Persons Heath, former executive vice president of the Macon National Bank, died in Washington, D.C. early Monday from a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at the Hines Chapel in Washington at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Dr. F. B. Harris, pastor of the Boundary Methodist Church and chaplain of the U.S. Senate, will officiate and the body will be brought to Macon for burial.
Committal services will be held at the graveside in Riverside cemetery at 4 p.m. Wednesday, with Rev. M. E. Peavy in charge.
Mr. Heath was born in Talbot County, the son of Capt. and Mrs. John M. Heath, and made his home in Macon for a number of years. He left here sixteen years ago for Columbia, S.C., and had lived in Washington, D.C. for seven years. He was chairman of the Farm Loan Division of the Veterans Administration for the Southeast. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Masons and the Shrine. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia and of the Mercer University Law School.
While in Macon, he was a member, a steward and treasurer for the Mulberry Street Methodist Church.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, March 21, 1951, p. 8:
FUNERAL SET IN AFTER-
NOON FOR H. P. HEATHCommittal services for H. Persons Heath, former executive vice president of the Macon National Bank, whose death occurred in Washington, D.C. early Monday, will be held at the graveside in Riverside Cemetery at 4 p.m. today.
The Rev. M. E. Peavy will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Gus Persons, Dr. J. C. Anderson, Dr. Frampton Farmer, Dana H. Adams, John J. McKay, Jr., and Dr. Earnest Corn.
He was born in Talbot County and had lived in Macon for a number of years before moving to Columbia, S.C., 16 years ago. For the last seven years he had been in Washington as chairman of the Farm Loan Division of the Veterans Administration for the Southeast.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, the Masons and the Shrine. While in Macon, he was a member, a steward and treasurer of Mulberry Street Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Cornelia Adams, from Macon; three daughters, Mrs. Clyde Dobson, Greer, S.C.; Mrs. Charles Smith, Columbia, S.C.; Mrs. Hubert Sullins, Shreveport, La.; a sister, Mrs. Homer McDaniel, Washington, D.C.
Hart’s Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.
J154––– iii.––– Charlton Berrien Adams, Jr., of whom below, born August 22, 1897; died September 27, 1993 in Pulaski County, Georgia.
J155––– iv.––– Adiel Levin Adams, of whom below, born August 25, 1902 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; died January 6, 1983 in Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J66. WILLIAM CRAWFORD6 CONEY (Jeremiah5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born on October 23, 1846 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on January 24, 1907 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas; and was buried in the Georges Creek Cemetery, Georges Creek (now in Somervell County, Texas). His age is given as 4 in the 1850 census of Dooly County, Georgia. His wife was Elizabeth F. Dale, whom he married on February 11, 1869. She was born in Kentucky on October 11, 1850; died at Georges Creek on June 9, 1877; and was buried at Georges Creek Cemetery. With his brother-in-law David R. Myres, he came to Cleburne, Texas from Brenham, Texas in 1871, and moved to Georges Creek (now in Somervell County) a year later. Mrs. Coney (Elizabeth F. Dale) was a sister to Mrs. Myres (Mary Jane Dale).
Biographical Notes for William Crawford Coney
Letter to the editor of The Hawkinsville Dispatch, from William Crawford Coney, which appeared Thursday, January 25, 1877:
Cleburne, Texas
14 January 1877Editor, Hawkinsville Dispatch
Will you allow me space in the columns of your paper for a short advertisement? I have lost two brothers that I cannot hear from. Their length, breadth, and complexion I cannot give. Names as follows: Charles R. Coney, aged about 28 years, and J. W. Coney, aged about 25 or 26 years. Any information leading to their whereabouts will be thankfully received. I have taken this plan as the last chance to hear from them. I have wrote to them and cannot hear from them, have not heard from them in three years.
W. Crawford Coney
Post Office
Cleburne, TexasObituary of William Crawford Coney
The Cleburne Daily Enterprise, Cleburne, Texas, Thursday, January 24, 1907, p. 1:
W. C. CONEY’S DEATH.
The many friends and acquaintances of the family will be pained to learn of the death of W. C. Coney, which occurred at the residence of his son, Charles R. Coney, 616 West Henderson street. The funeral will take place from there tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock and interment will take place at Georges Creek, where all that is mortal of Mr. Coney will be placed beside the resting place of his wife. It seems eminently fitting that he should be carried there where all the many old friends and neighbors will gather to pay their respects to one who never failed to come to their assistance in time of sickness or any other adversity. He was noted wherever he dwelt either in the city or the country for his great kindness of heart and disposition and willingness to do good. His cheerful spirit made him a pleasant companion and Enterprise extends sympathy to his son, Charles, and his daughters, Mrs. Stephen Owen and Mrs. Henry Stoffers. Mr. Coney was for many years a trusted employe of T. R. James & Sons, and a message has been sent notifying them of the event. It is probable that both Messrs. William and Walter James will come down from Fort Worth. Mr. Coney’s death was due to some kidney trouble from which he suffered for years, and especially the past year. Deceased was 56 years of age.
Issue:
J156––– i.––– Charles Randolph7 Coney, of whom below, born December 23, 1870 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas; died November 4, 1956 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
J157––– ii.––– Lillie Coney.
J158––– iii.––– Lula Coney.
J159––– iv.––– Mary Ellen Coney. Ella is buried in Georges Creek Cemetery, Somervell County, Texas.
J67. CHARLES R.6 CONEY (Jeremiah5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born about 1848; the 1850 census of Dooly County, Georgia, gives his age as two years of age, the 1870 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia gives his age as 22, and 1880 census of Pulaski County, Georgia, gives his age as 32. He died on November 11, 1881 near Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia. He was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia. His occupation is given as “clerk in store” according to the 1880 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia.
He married Louisa Nicholson Taylor on April 13, 1870 in Pulaski County, Georgia, according to The History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties, Georgia, 1808-1956, v. 2, Hawkinsville Chapter, published by Daughters of the American Revolution, 1958, J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, p. 718. However, The Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, v. 4, Old Bible Records and Land Lotteries, compiled and edited by Mrs. Lelia Thornton Gentry, State Chairman, 1932, p. 217 gives the date as April 18, 1870. Louisa Nicholson Taylor was a daughter of Robert Newsom Taylor and his second wife, Charlotte Exum Phillips. She was born on May 20, 1848 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on February 8, 1910 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Obituary of Charles R. Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, November 17, 1881, p. 3:
DEATH OF CHARLIE CONEY.
Mr. Charles R. Coney died at his home on the east side of the Ocmulgee on Friday night, November 11th, 1881, aged about thirty-three years. For two or three years past, he had been the bookkeeper for Messrs. P. C. Clegg & Co. He had been unwell for several weeks, but in his last illness was confined to his bed only about a week. The burial took place at the cemetery in Hawkinsville on Sunday last.
Obituary of Louisa Nicholson Taylor
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, February 11, 1910, p. 4:
MRS. LOUISE CONEY DEAD
Former Hawkinsville Lady Dies in Atlanta
Mrs. Louise N. Coney, sixty-two years old, died at her home in Atlanta Tuesday night at 9:30 o’clock. Mrs. Coney was the widow of the late C. R. Coney of Pulaski and was born and reared in this county but moved to Atlanta several years ago.
The remains were brought here on the 12:30 o’clock train Thursday and interred in Orange Hill cemetery, Rev. J. O. J. Cook conducting the funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Taylor and Mrs. Ezekiel Taylor of Macon accompanied the remains here and attended the funeral.
Mrs. Coney is survived by two daughters, Misses Myra and Eva Coney of Atlanta, and other relatives of this county.
Issue:
J160––– i.––– Elmyra Elizabeth7 Coney was born on August 30, 1873; died on November 8, 1954, in Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida. She is called Elmira in the 1880 federal census of Pulaski County, Georgia. And she is called Myra in the obituary of her mother in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, February 11, 1910, p. 4.
Obituary of Elmyra Elizabeth Coney
, Miami, Florida, Wednesday, November 10, 1954, p. C-4:The Miami Herald
CONEY, Miss Elmira, 81, of 541 Alhambra circle, Coral Gables, Monday. Reed-Gautier.
J161––– ii.––– Eva Sparrow Coney, born February 23, 1876; died March 17, 1939, in Miami, Dade County, Florida. Eva was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Miami, Florida
Obituary of Eva Sparrow Coney
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, Saturday, March 18, 1939, p. C-2:
EVA SPARROW CONEY
Miss Eva Sparrow Coney, 70, of 541 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables, died Friday in a Miami hospital, after a lingering illness. Miss Coney had lived in Coral Gables for 15 years, coming from Atlanta, Ga. She was a member of the Coral Gables Methodist Church. Survivors include a sister, Miss Myra Coney of Coral Gables. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Gautier Funeral Home by Rev. Harry H. Waller. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
J162––– iii.––– Augustus Gerald Coney was born on April 23, 1878. Jerry died December 8, 1886. Searched but could not find an obituary in The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
J163––– iv.––– Charlie Roberta Coney, born June 26, 1880; died September 5, 1881.
Obituary of Charlie Roberta Coney
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 15, 1881, p. 3:
Little Roberta, daughter of Mr. Charles R. Coney, was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery on Saturday morning last.
J69. SARAH ELIZABETH6 CONEY (Charles5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) born on November 14, 1847; died on December 30, 1920 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia; and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Georgia. In 1867, Sallie married Perry Colley Clegg, a son of Chesley Davis Clegg and Susannah Owen. He was born December 7, 1846 in Walton County, Georgia; died on December 5, 1901 near Coney, Crisp County, Georgia; and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Georgia.
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Obituaries of Perry Colley Clegg
The Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Friday, December 6, 1901:
DEATH OF CAPTAIN CLEGG IS SUDDEN.
Stricken With Apoplexy While He Slept.
A TERRIBLE SHOCK TO FRIENDS.
Retiring in Excellent Health, the Thread of Life
Is Snapped Without Warning –– A Useful Citizen
Gone –– The Funeral Services HereCaptain Perry C. Clegg died of apoplexy at 5 o’clock yesterday morning at his plantation in Dooly county. The stroke came suddenly upon him as he lay asleep in bed, and life was wallnigh(?) extinct when a servant entered the room to call him to breakfast at that hour.
The announcement of the death of Capt. Clegg was a terrible shock to his family and friends here.
Tuesday afternoon Captain Clegg, apparently in his usual good health, went to his plantation in Dooly, expecting to be gone but a day or two, returning here yesterday morning.
He retired early Wednesday night, remarking to his superintendent that he was “going home in the morning.”
When the servant called him yesterday and received no reply the room was entered and Mr. Clegg was found in a dying condition.
Three physicians were summoned from Cordele, and the opinion expressed was that death had resulted from apoplexy.
It was indeed a great shock to his devoted family and friends.
For many years Capt. Clegg had been prominently identified with the commercial interests of this city and section of the state. A man of great business acumen and force, he successfully conducted many commercial enterprises in recent years.
He was a native of Walton county but began his business career in Hawkinsville, where he conducted a large wholesale house.
In 1889 he came to Americus, and since that time has been identified with large industries here and in this immediate section. He was a leading spirit in the building of the S. A. & M. Railway and various manufacturing enterprises here.
In all of these he entered with all his characteristic energy.
Never was there a more devoted husband and father, and to the stricken wife, sons and daughters, the deepest sympathy of many friends is extended. For them, he lived and toiled. They were his jewels, prized above all that earth contained.
Captain Clegg had but recently passed his 55th year.
The body was brought to his home here yesterday afternoon. The funeral arrangements are not yet announced, but it will probably occur some time tomorrow.
The Vienna Progress, Vienna, Georgia, Thursday, December 12, 1901, p. 2:
P. C. CLEGG DEAD.
Perry C. Clegg died last Friday morning suddenly at his plantation near Coney.
He was feeling too badly all day Thursday to stir out over the farm but was not ill enough to call a physician. Friday morning he was found to be dying. Dr. Watts, of Drayton, was called but too late. Apoplexy is said to be the cause of the death.
The Cordele Sentinel, Cordele, Georgia, Friday, December 13, 1901, p. 1:
CAPT. P. C. CLEGG
HISTORY OF HIS LIFE
FROM EARLY MANHOODFirst Entered Partnership With Capt.
S. W. Coney at Gum Creek Three
Miles From Cordele. Lost One
Fortune and Amassed Another.By C. B. Shipp
Mr. Perry C. Clegg, who died last week on his farm near Coney, Ga., was in many respects a most remarkable man. He was born in Walton county, December 7, 1846, so was just fifty-five years old. He moved to Dooly county, when quite a young man, in 1866, was married to Miss Sallie E. Coney, sister of Capt. Sam Coney. About this time he entered into a partnership with Capt. Coney, and the firm did a large supply business at Gum Creek, about three miles from where Cordele now stands. This firm was very prosperous and in a short time opened up a branch store at Hawkinsville to which place Mr. Clegg removed his family, leaving Capt. Coney in charge of the business at Gum Creek. He remained in Hawkinsville eleven years and while there united himself with the Baptist church of which he was an earnest member at the time of his death. A widow and four children, Mrs. Lee Allen, Messrs. Perry and Sam Clegg, and Miss Lucile, a young lady, survive ...
... was engaged principally in farming, he having closed out his large wholesale grocery business in Cordele a few months previous.
In conversation with a gentleman a few days ago, who had known Mr. Clegg quite a while, he said: “Mr. Clegg was business incarnate. In 1892 he lost nearly everything that he had, and at forty-six had to begin life over again, but nothing daunted by ill luck, he proceeded to begin anew the struggle for success, and up to the time of his death his energies never lagged.” He further stated that he had never known a more honorable, warmer hearted man or a true friend.
Mr. Clegg was again a man of wealth; his estate, including his life insurance, being worth full one hundred thousand dollars, practically all of which he accumulated since 1892.
His whole life was devoted to business except four years spent in the Confederate army. He paid very little attention to politics; during his whole life, he took the position that a business man had not time for office-seeking.
Mr. Clegg had great confidence in the future unfolding of Cordele. He made the remark recently that Cordele had the brightest prospects of any town in all South Georgia, and that even at the present time that it was the best business point in this section; he predicted that she would in a short time out-grow all of the surrounding towns and would be the great business centre of this part of the country.
Mr. Clegg was a man of clear judgement and just business methods, and by his death, a landmark had been erased. A good man has gone to his reward.
The Cordele Sentinel, Cordele, Georgia, Friday, December 13, 1901, p. 1:
NOTICE.
Owing to the death of my father and the consequent necessity of giving my attention to his business, I am forced to discontinue my merchandise brokerage business until after January first next, after which time I will be able to serve my customers as usual.
Very truly,
Perry C. CleggThe Cordele Sentinel, Cordele, Georgia, Friday, December 13, 1901, p. 5:
Mr. Sam Clegg, of New York City, who came home to attend the funeral of his father, Capt. P. C. Clegg, is in Cordele aiding in looking after his father’s business here.
Obituary of Sarah Elizabeth Coney
The Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Thursday, December 30, 1920, p. 8:
MRS. P. C. CLEGG TAKEN BY DEATH
Friends Mourn Woman
Who Helped Build AmericusMrs. Sarah Elizabeth Coney Clegg died this morning at 1 o’clock at the family residence 311 South Lee street after an illness extending over several years. Mrs. Clegg was 73 years old, and had spent 32 long and useful years in Americus, where she was associated with the social, civic and spiritual affairs of the city.
In May 1905, Sarah (Coney) Clegg and other women of Sumter County, Georgia, organized the city’s first hospital, opened in the former T. M. Furlow antebellum mansion in Americus, the Americus and Sumter County Hospital Association. Mrs. Clegg was the first president.
She was a member of the First Baptist church, having given largely of her means and time and talent to the upbuilding of every department. During the period when the church was being built, and afterwards remodeled, munificent contributions were made by Mrs. Clegg for the improvements which meant much for the advancement of the cause.
Mrs. Clegg was founder of the “Home Workers,” one of the most potential aids to the Baptist church. For several years she stood at the head of this splendid organization and directed its affairs with a peculiar skill due to her unusual executive ability in handling financial matters. Under her supervision, the society grew and prospered, and it was a deep regret in her last few years that illness prevented her taking a prominent part in the governing affairs of the organization. She was made honorary president of the society, an office which she held at the hour of her death.
Mrs. Clegg was also associated with the Americus Hospital, having served for a number of years as president of the organization. During her active years, she aided in every way in the promotion of the welfare of the hospital, and it was because of failing health that she released the executive issues connected with the hospital. She always evidenced a strong interest in the affairs of the hospital, and took great pride in the building of the splendid new hospital, which because of the earlier efforts of the representative women of Americus, has become an accomplished factor in the good of the county and city.
Mrs. Clegg was married in 1867 to Perry C. Clegg at the old home in Dooly county, in the town of Coney, which received its name from her brother, Charles Coney, who was a great builder of his community. Removing to Americus with her husband, they became potential factors in the building of this city. His death several years ago removed from its midst one of the foremost promoters of the city.
Mrs. Clegg taught a class of boys in the First Baptist Sunday school, and on the last Christmas season, at which she was permitted to be present, she gave to each member of her class a Christmas cactus blossom grown and forced into bloom for the purpose of presenting them to her class, because, she said, it might be the last time that she would be permitted to hear their Sunday school lessons.
Funeral services will be conducted from the First Baptist church tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock, with Dr. Carl W. Minor officiating.
Pallbearers selected are J. W. Shiver, T. E. Bolton, C. A. Chambliss, W. B. Worthy, Charles Burke, Chas. Lingo, E. L. Murray and J. E. D. Shipp.
Surviving relatives are on daughters, Mrs. E. B. Clements of Buena Vista, and two sons, P. C. Clegg, of Cordele, and S. C. Clegg, of Americus, besides a number of grandchildren.
Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Issue:
J000––– i.––– Lucile Clegg married Emmett B. Clements. Born in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, on October 17, 1885, she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolutions, #96673. She died on April 12, 1967 in Daytona Beach, Florida; and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. A son, Robert E. Clements, is named in her obituary below.
Notes:
The History of Marion County, Georgia, by Nettie Powell, Historical Publishing Co., Columbus, Georgia, 1931:
On February 1, 1913 the Lannahassee Chapter of D.A.R. was organized with fourteen members present: Mrs. E. B. Clements, regent ... Lannahassee meaning ancient village, was the name of an Indian settlement a few miles from Buena Vista.
Obituaries of
Lucile CleggThe Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Thursday, April 13, 1967, p. 1:
MRS. CLEMENTS
DIES IN DAYTONAMrs. Lucile Clegg Clements, 81, of Daytona Beach, Fla., died in a Daytona nursing home Wednesday.
The Hawkinsville native was reared in Americus and spent many years in Buena Vista. She was the widow of the late Emmett B. Clements and the daughter of the late Perry and Sallie Coney Clegg, pioneer residents of Americus.
Survivors include one son, Capt. Robert E. Clements, U.S.N., Falls Church, Va.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Roland West, Jonesboro, Mrs. Pat Jackson, Norfolk, Va., and Miss Billie Lou Clements, student at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.; also several local survivors including Mrs. Ben Worthy and Mrs. George Oliver.
Funeral services will be held in Americus and arrangements will be announced by Reese Park Chapel.
The Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Saturday, April 15, 1967, p. 1:
MRS. CLEMENTS
RITES PLANNEDGraveside services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery for Mrs. Lucile Clegg Clements, 81, who died in a nursing home in Daytona Beach, Fla., Wednesday. Dr. Harold Collins will officiate.
She was the widow of the late Emmett B. Clements and the daughter of the late Perry and Sallie Coney Clegg, pioneer residents of Americus. Mrs. Clements was a native of Hawkinsville but was reared in Americus and lived for a number of years in Buena Vista.
The family will be at the home of Mrs. C. A. DuPre, 125 Oliver St.
Reese Park Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
J000––– ii.––– Charles C. Clegg, born January 18, 1869; died March 16, 1869; and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia.
J000––– iii.––– Susan L. Clegg was born about 1871. Possibly the wife of Lee Allen?
J000––– iv.––– Clidie E. Clegg, born September 4, 1874; died August 1, 1878; buried at Ebenezer Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia.
J000––– v.––– Perry Coney Clegg, born on June 13, 1887 in Dooly County, Georgia; died January 3, 1946 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia; and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. He married Maggie Lucretia Chapman, who was born on May 23, 1884 in Americus, Georgia; died there on November 11, 1948. She was also buried in Oak Grove.
Obituary of
Perry Coney CleggThe Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Friday, January 4, 1946, p. 1:
FUNERAL TODAY
IN CORDELE, GA.,
FOR P. C. CLEGGFuneral services will be held at the First Baptist church in Cordele, Ga., Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock for Perry Collie (or Coney?) Clegg, former resident of Americus, who died Thursday at the Prather Clinic after an extended illness.
Mr. Clegg, who lived in Americus until a few years ago, was engaged in wholesale business in Cordele. He was a member of the First Baptist church and had served as a teacher in the Sunday School for several years. He was also active in Boys Scout work, and was the first scoutmaster in Cordele.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maggie Chapman Clegg, two sons, Perry Clegg, Jr., of Cordele, and Capt. Sam Edmund Clegg, of the U.S. Army; and one sister, Mrs. Emmett Clements, of Sanford, Fla.
Obituary of
Maggie Lucretia ChapmanThe Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Friday, November 12, 1948, p. 1:
MRS. MAGGIE CLEGG
PASSES LAST NIGHTFuneral services for Mrs. Maggie Chapman, wife of the late Perry C. Clegg, of Cordele, who died last evening at the Prather Clinic, were to be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon from the Davis Funeral Chapel. Dr. L. G. Henderson, retired Presbyterian minister, and Rev. Harold White, pastor of First Presbyterian Church here, were to officiate. Interment was to be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Clegg was born in Americus and was the daughter of the late Anna Taliafero McCrary and J. P. Chapman, pioneers of Sumter County. She was a member of the Cordele Presbyterian Church, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution and formerly held state offices in the latter two organizations. Mrs. Clegg retired in Cordele until about six months ago when she moved back to Americus.
She is survived by two sons, Perry C. Clegg, Jr., of Cordele, and Lt. Col Sam Edmond Clegg of Frankfurt, Germany; four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Johnson, of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. Dick Cooper, of Birmingham, Miss Emma Chapman, of Americus, and Mrs. Louise Chapman Coman, of this city; and two brothers, Dr. Charles T. Chapman and John Ed Chapman, both of Americus.
The I. B. Davis Funeral Home was to be in charge of arrangements.
Perry Coney Clegg and Maggie Lucretia Chapman had two children:
(a) Sam Edmo/und Clegg is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia; and
(b) Perry Coney Clegg, Jr., who was born in Sumter County, Georgia on March 10, 1900 in Sumter County, Georgia; died on November 3, 1978 in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia; and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Georgia. He married Henrietta Fulghum, who was born on June 12, 1916 at Milan, Telfair County, Georgia; died August 28, 1998 in Cordele, Georgia; and was buried at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele. They had four children: (i) Perry Coney Clegg III, (ii) Sara Faye Clegg, who married Gerald Mullins, (iii) Annette Clegg, and (iv) Barbara Jean Clegg.
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Obituary of
Perry Coney Clegg, Jr.The Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Monday, November 6, 1978, p. 10:
PERRY CLEGG
Funeral services for Perry Chapman (sic – Coney) Clegg, 78, who died last Friday in Crisp County Hospital, were held Sunday in the Chapel of Hughes and Wright Funeral Home. The Rev. Lawton Sammons officiated.
A native of Sumter County, he had resided in Crisp County seven years, was a veteran of World War I, and retired cotton buyer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Henrietta Clegg, Cordele; a son, Perry Clegg, Cordele; three daughters, Mrs. Faye Mullis, Port St. Joe, Fla., Mrs. Annette Holloway and Mrs. Barbara Willis, both of Cordele; and ten grandchildren.
Mrs. Gene Beacham played soft organ music.
Pallbearers were M. F. Carter, John Holloway, Charlie Yawn, Oscar Summer Jr., Charles Holloway and Moreland Maddox.
Burial was in Sunnyside Cemetery.
Obituaries of
Henrietta FulghamThe Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Sunday, August 30, 1998, p. B-4:
HENRIETTA CLEGG
CORDELE –– Services for Henrietta Fulgham Clegg will be at 4 p.m. Monday in Hughes & Wright Funeral Home with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery. Clegg, 82, died Friday, Aug. 28, 1998. Born in Telfair County, she was a homemaker and a member of Third Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include her children, Perry Clegg, Barbara Worley and Annette Satterfield, all of Cordele, Marion Chapman of Virginia Beach, Va., Nancy Gurley of Calhoun, Sarah Mullis of Weewa, Fla.; and sister, Valeria Nobles of Pitts; 20 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
The Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Tuesday, September 1, 1998, p. A-5:
HENRIETTA CLEGG
Funeral services for Henrietta Clegg were held Monday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m. in the chapel of Hughes & Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Foster officiating. Alice Powell, pianist, played soft music. Shirley Poole sang “In The Mist” and “Serenaded By Angels.”
Pallbearers were David Denham, Jerry Wagoner, Allen Cornett, Richard Beach, Heath Ferguson and Perry Fountain.
Interment followed in Sunnyside Cemetery.
J000––– vi.––– Samuel Coney Clegg, born about July 23, 1880 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia; died December 3, 1941 in Americus; and was buried in that city’s Oak Grove Cemetery.
Obituaries of Samuel Coney Clegg
The Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Wednesday, December 3, 1941, p. 1:
SAM C. CLEGG PASSES TODAY
Died At His Home After Long Illness
Sam Coney Clegg, 61, died today at his home at 12:20 p.m. after an illness of seven months.
Mr. Clegg was born July 23, 1880 in Americus and lived here most of his lifetime. He was a member of one of the pioneer families here. Mr. Clegg was engaged in the real estate business having a wide interest of property listed in this section.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sam Coney Clegg; one sister, Mrs. Emmett Clements, of Buena Vista; one brother, Perry Clegg, of Cordele; five nephews, Ensign Bob Clegg, of the United States Navy, Perry Clegg, Jr., Lt. Sam Ed. Clegg, U.S. Army, Lee Allen and P. C. Allen, of Chicago; two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Worthy, of Americus, and Mrs. Eugene Morgan, of Avon Park, Fla.; two first cousins, Mrs. George Oliver, Americus, and Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, of Cordele.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow from his home at 3 p.m. with the Rev. L. M. Polhill officiating. He was a member of the First Baptist church.
Americus Undertaking Company will have charge of arrangements.
The Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Georgia, Thursday, December 4, 1941, p. 1:
CLEGG RITES HELD TODAY
Services Held From
Home at 3:30 P.M.Funeral services were held today at 3:30 p.m. for Sam Coney Clegg, 61, from his home on South Lee street.
Services were conducted by Dr. L. M. Polhill and Dr. J. B. Lawrence, with interment in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mr. Clegg died at his home yesterday about 12:20 p.m. after having been confined there for some time following a stroke of paralysis.
He was stricken in Cordele last April and was carried to a hospital there. He remained there but a short time when he was removed to his home here.
He was a member of one of the pioneer families in Americus and was born here July 23, 1880, living a greater part of his lifetime here.
Active pallbearers were: Frank Turpin, J. P. Luther, Dr. Henry Glover, Hollis Fort, Julius Schroeder, Paul Westbrook, H. C. Elam, of Americus, and W. H. Thornton, and Holt Walters, of Cordele.
Honorary pallbearers were: W. R. Penny, E. F. Strozier, John Brown, O. T. Gower, U. V. Whipple, John Sheppard, J. L. Wheeler, Sr., Geo. Holmes, J. H. Childs, J. D. Cobb, Frank Williams, W. (?) Gaubbs, A. M. Bell, Mr. Gary, Geo. Wilkes, Tay Ross, A. E. Starr, E. B. Taylor, Jerry Slade, John Nesbit, Bruce Williams, J. H. Shipp, Wendell Horne, P. R. Harris, Dr. L. O. Wootten, and J. A. Murray, all of Cordele, and J. W. Hightower, Macon Dudley, C. H. Burke, John Ed Chapman, Sam Heys, and Dr. H. A. Smith, of Americus.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sam Coney Clegg; one sister, Mrs. Emmett Clements, of Buena Vista; one brother, Perry Clegg, of Cordele, five nephews, Ensign R. E. Clements, of the United States Navy, Perry Clegg, Jr., Lt. Sam Ed. Clegg, U.S. Army, Lee Allen and P. C. Allen, of Chicago; two nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Worthy, of Americus, and Mrs. Eugene Morgan, of Avon Park, Fla.; two first cousins, Mrs. George Oliver, Americus, and Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, of Cordele.
Americus Undertaking Company had charge of arrangements.
J70. SAMUEL WHITSETT6 CONEY (Charles5, Ann D.4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born on July 31, 1850, according to his grave marker at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia. Another source, Men of Mark in Georgia, v. 7, by William J. Northen, p. 291, states that he was born July 30, 1849 in Lee County, Georgia. He was Ordinary (now Probate Judge) of Crisp County from its establishment in 1905 until his death on January 19, 1916 in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia. He is buried at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, Georgia.
He married first Eola Elizabeth Hamilton on November 19, 1874 in Dooly County, Georgia. She was born on November 12, 1857, according to Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooly County, Georgia, v. 2, p. 270; died on February 17, 1890; and was buried in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, in Crisp County, Georgia. The cemetery is now in that part of Crisp County, Georgia, that was annexed from Dooly County, Georgia, in 1905.
After her death, Judge Coney married second Leolene Barfield on February 14, 1891 (in Dooly County, Georgia?), according to Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooly County, Georgia, v. 3, compiled and edited by Nora Powell and Watts Powell, p. 49. A daughter of Richard Lee Barfield and Sarah Margaret Peacock, she was born on June 1, 1862; died on May 31, 1915 in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia; and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, Georgia.
Obituaries of Samuel Whitsett Coney
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, January 20, 1916, p. 8:
JUDGE S. W. CONEY DEAD; WAS ORDINARY OF CRISP
Funeral Services to Be Held Thursday Morning.
CORDELE, Jan. 19 –– Judge S. W. Coney, aged 45 years, for ten years ordinary of Crisp county and the only officer that the county has had in this capacity since its creation in November 1905, died this morning at 9:15 o’clock at his home in this city.
He had been in declining health for a number of months with a complication of bodily troubles. Judge Coney was one of the county’s most widely known and popular men, and during his ten consecutive years’ service as ordinary he performed the duties of that office faithfully and with ability.
The funeral services will be held from the First Baptist church Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, the services being conducted by the pastor of this church, Rev. J. H. Coin. County officials will attend in a body.
The deceased is survived by several children, Mrs. George Oliver of Americus, Mrs. Sarah Cunningham, Misses Maggie, Emma and Nanelle Coney, Messrs. S. W. Coney, Jr., James, Walter and John Shine Coney, all of this city, and Mr. Lee Coney of Unadilla.
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
AMERICUS, Jan. 19 –– Many Americus and Sumter county friends of Judge Samuel W. Coney, who died Wednesday morning at his home in Cordele, will attend the funeral Thursday morning.
Judge Coney was well known in Americus and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Since the creation of Crisp county from Dooly, he has been ordinary of Crisp. For years he was a representative of Crisp county in the legislature, and represented his district in state senate.
Judge Coney was once vice president of the old S. A. M. railroad, which is now the Seaboard Air Line. It was then the Savannah, Americus & Montgomery railroad.
Mrs. P. C. Clegg, of Americus, is a sister of the deceased; Mrs. George Oliver, of Americus, is a daughter, and Mrs. Lee Allen is a niece of Judge Coney.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, January 26, 1916, p. 1:
DEATH OF JUDGE S. W. CONEY
Had Been Ordinary of Crisp County for Many Years
Cordele, Ga., Jan. 19 –– Judge S. W. Coney, who for the last several months had been in failing health at his home here, died this morning. His death was due to a general breakdown. He was 62 years old and had been ordinary of Crisp county since the county was established in 1905.
He was twice president of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad before it became the Seaboard’s property, and was a pioneer of this section.
Coney, Ga., six miles west of Cordele, was named for him and he spent many of his early years in its business development.
Death claimed Mrs. Coney only four months prior to his death.
Obituary of Leolene Barfield
The Vienna News, Vienna, Georgia, Friday, June 4, 1915, p. 1:
MRS. S. W. CONEY DIES IN CORDELE
Mrs. S. W. Coney, the wife of Ordinary Coney of Crisp county, died at her home in Cordele Monday after a lingering illness. Mrs. Coney was the eldest daughter of the late R. L. Barfield and was born and reared in the upper part of Dooly county.
She was a highly cultured Christian character and her life had been one of usefulness and noble service.
She is survived by her husband, Judge S. W. Coney, and several children.
Her remains were interred in Sunnyside Cemetery at Cordele Tuesday morning in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives.
Mrs. Coney was well known in Vienna, her many friends here regret very much to learn of her death.
Issue:
Of Samuel Whitsett Coney and Eola Elizabeth Hamilton
J164––– i.––– Perry C.7 Coney, of whom below.
J165––– ii.––– Sara Coney married William H. Cunningham. According to her grave marker at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia, she was born on December 19, 1878; and died on May 22, 1961. He was born on November 22, 1873 in Georgetown, Mobile County, Alabama; died on June 12, 1948 in Cordele, Georgia; and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery there. (Children below obituary).
Obituary of
William H. CunninghamThe Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Monday, June 14, 1948, p. 1:
DEATH CLAIMS
W. H. CUNNINGHAMWilliam H. Cunningham, Cordele businessman, died unexpectedly early Saturday night at his home here. He was a native of Georgetown, Ala. but had resided here for the past 53 years. He was owner-operator of the Log Cabin Tourist Camp, located just south of Cordele on Highway 41.
He was a member of the Baptist church. His survivors include his wife, the former Miss Sara Coney, three daughters, Mrs. J. A. Ward, Macon, Mrs. George Hobbs, Cordele, and Mrs. Carl Cheek, one son, Coney Cunningham, Cordele, a sister, Mrs. J. T. Calbert of Bainbridge. Six grandchildren also survive.
LAST RITES
Funeral services for Mr. Cunningham were held Sunday afternoon at five o’clock from the First Baptist Church conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. E. Fite.
Two songs, “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Jesus Savior Pilot Me” were sung by R. E. Harris and Mrs. Edd Jones with organ accompaniment by Mrs. Essie B. Cobb.
Active pallbearers were M. M. Kimball, W. H. Williams, H. R. Stephens, Jake Sheppard, Wiley H. Johnston and F. E. Riles.
Composing the honorary escort were J. B. Ray, J. T. Killebrew, T. L. Gleaton, W. R. Bartee and E. S. Abercrombie.
Interment was in Sunnyside Cemetery.
(a) Callie Cunningham, born September 16, 1902; died October 4, 1977 in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia; buried at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele. She married George Newsome Hobbs, who was born on August 24, 1902 in Taylor County, Georgia; died December 10, 1964 at Crisp County Hospital, Cordele, Georgia; buried at Sunnyside.
Obituary of
Callie CunninghamThe Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Wednesday, October 5, 1977, p. 12:
MRS. C. B. HOBBS
Mrs. Callie B. Hobbs, 75, of Route 3, Cordele, died Tuesday in Crisp County Hospital.
A life-long resident of Crisp County, she was the daughter of the late W. H. and Sara Coney Cunningham. Mrs. Hobbs was a member of the Cordele First Baptist Church and the Estherian Sunday School Class.
Survivors one son, Robert Bright of Cordele; one sister, Mrs. Jim Ward of Macon; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Dekle Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery.
The family will be at the home of Robert Bright at 709 East 23rd Ave.
Obituaries of
Georgia Newsome HobbsThe Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, December 12, 1964, p. 12:
GEORGE HOBBS
CORDELE –– Funeral services for George Newsome Hobbs, 62, who died Thursday in Crisp County Hospital, were held Friday in the chapel of Dekle Funeral Home.
Dr. John F. Gibson and Rev. Jack Key officiated. Burial was in Sunnyside Cemetery.
Mr. Hobbs, a native of Taylor County, had resided in Cordele for about 30 years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Callie C. Hobbs of Cordele; four sisters, Mrs. Ethel Jones and Mrs. Julius Crook, both of Reynolds, Mrs. Jim Churchwell of Macon, and Mrs. Brown of Ellaville; one brother, Sam Hobbs of Reynolds.
The Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Monday, December 14, 1964, p. 2:
GEORGE N. HOBBS
RITES HELD FRIDAYFinal rites for George Newsome Hobbs were held Friday at 3 p.m. at Dekle Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John F. Gibson and Rev. Jack Key officiating.
Mrs. Gene Beacham, organist, rendered soft music.
Pallbearers were Sam Phillps, Bill Wright, Bill Winfree, Glenn Cunningham, Coney Cunningham, Jr. and Lloyd Gibbs.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Hiram Williams, A. B. Branan, F. C. Branan, Joe Bridges, T. McAfee, Cecil Crenshaw, Frank Allen, Dr. Charlie McArthur, Dr. Perry Busbee, Dr. Lee Williams, W. E. Smith, Bennie Zeesman, Wiley Johnston, Guy T. Cobb, Ben Herrington, Charlie Carter, Bobby Jolly, J. T. Killebrew, Ira Lee Adams, Guy Phelps, Loran Moore, Ray Murray, Donald Dozier, William Bray, Palmer Greene, Harles Farmer, Wilson Burnett, Rubin Bullington, Bill Parrish, J. D. Smith and Walter Hobbs.
Interment was in Sunnyside Cemetery.
(b) William H. Cunningham, Jr., born July 11, 1906; died May 10, 1910; buried at Sunnyside Cemetery.
(c) Wilfred H. Cunningham, born February 15, 1912; died December 14, 1926 in Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia; and buried at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele.
Obituary of
Wilfred H. CunninghamThe Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Tuesday, December 14, 1926, p. 1:
WILFORD CUNNINGHAM
IS IN BATTLE FOR LIFEWilford Cunningham, who has been desperately ill at the local hospital since an operation several days ago for appendicitis, had a bad morning, but has shown some improvement in the late afternoon and is resting easy at the present time.
The Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Wednesday, December 15, 1926, p. 1:
WILFRED CUNNINGHAM
IS LAID TO FINAL RESTWilfred Cunningham, age fourteen, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, favorite in the high schools of Cordele, where he was a ninth grade student, popular as a Boy Scout, a fine athlete and community favorite, passed in death last night at the local hospital after two weeks of courageous struggling against the inroads of illness following an attack of appendicitis. His perilous condition has been the concern of the entire community for days and death has brought deepest sorrow wherever he was known.
The funeral occurred at the family home on Eleventh avenue, east, this afternoon at four o’clock and the remains were laid to rest in Sunnyside. Rev. Andrew Caraker, pastor of the First Baptist church, where the family worshipped as members, conducted the services. The Boy Scouts served as pallbearers and as an honorary escort. Many beautiful flowers were sent, attesting the love and esteem held for the deceased.
His mother and father, sisters, Mrs. Bob Wright and L. W. Darden of Tampa, and Mrs. James Ward of Pope City, and brother, Coney, and Miss Sara, of Cordele, survive him. He was the baby boy.
(d) S. Coney Cunningham (apparently another child ... note the marriage announcement below from The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, December 8, 1949, p. 12 of S. Coney Cunningham, Jr. states that his paternal grandparents were “Sally Coney Cunningham and William H. Cunningham:”
ENGAGEMENT TOLD
BY CORDELE GIRLCORDELE, Dec. 7 –– Announcement is made by Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Dekle of the engagement of their daughter, Jane, to Pfc. S. Coney Cunningham, Jr., of Kessler Field, Miss.
The bride-elect’s mother is the former Miss Ann Lee Reir Beasley, daughter of the late Col. N. R. Beasley and Mrs. Nora Franklin Beasley of Tattnall County. The late Remer Dekle and Mrs. Mary Bowen Dekle are her paternal grandparents.
She attended GSWC, Valdosta and GSCW, Milledgeville, and is employed by the Southern Bell Telephone Company, Atlanta.
The groom-elect is the elder son of his parents, his mother being the former Miss Burrell Varner of Sasser. His maternal grandparents are James Madison Varner of Sasser and the late Mrs. Sara King Varner. Mrs. Sally Coney Cunningham and the late William H. Cunningham of Cordele are his paternal grandparents. He attended Mercer University where he was a pledge of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. At present, he is attending radar school, Army Air Force, Kessler Field, Miss.
The wedding will be solemnized Dec. 23 at the First Baptist Church.
(e) (A daughter) Cunningham, who married James A. Ward.
(f) (A daughter) Cunningham, who married Carl Cheek.
J166––– iii.––– Caledonia Coney married George Oliver. She died after June 21, 1952, when she is named as a survivor of her brother, James Barfield Coney, in his obituary in The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, June 25, 1952, p. 12.
167––– iv.––– Susan Valerie Coney was born on January 27, 1876; died on July 7, 1879; and was buried in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, in Crisp County, Georgia
Issue:
Of Samuel Whitsett Coney and Leolene Barfield
J168––– i.––– Charles Lee7 Coney, born November 22, 1891 in Crisp County, Georgia; died March 26, 1969 in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia. He married Clara Dennard, who died on January 2, 1974; and was buried in Pineview Cemetery in Wilcox County, Georgia. Had at least one child, Charles Lee Coney, Jr., who married Betty Farlow. He died on April 26, 2001 in Scottsdale, Arizona; and is buried at Pineview Cemetery, Pineview, Georgia.
Obituary of Charles Lee Coney
The Macon News, Macon, Georgia, Friday, March 28, 1969, p. 19:
CHARLES CONEY
Funeral services for Charles Lee Coney, who died Wednesday in a Dublin hospital, were held at 1:30 p.m. today in Memorial Chapel.
Dr. Albert Cardwell officiated with burial in Wilcox County Cemetery.
Mr. Coney, a native of Crisp County, was a retired partner in the commercial printing business of Jones and Coney at 411 Broadway. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, the American Legion, the Macon Rotary Club and the Business Men’s Advisory Council of the Central Georgia Council of Boy Scouts.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara Dennard Coney of Macon; son, Lee Coney Jr. of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. J. N. Langford of Opelousas, La. and Mrs. J. R. Gaurdy of Savannah; brother, John S. Coney of Panama City, Fla.
Obituary of Clara Dennard
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, January 4, 1974, p. B-6:
MRS. CLARA CONEY
Services for Mrs. Clara Dennard Coney, 80, of 547 Baxter Ave., who died Wednesday, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Pineview Cemetery in Wilcox County at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Coney was born and educated in Wilcox County. She was the widow of C. Lee Coney, Sr., a well-known commercial printer.
Mrs. Coney was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was also a member of the League of Women Voters, the Joseph N. Neal Auxiliary and the Quill Club.
Survivors include a son, Charles Lee Coney, Jr. of Bethesda, Md.; a brother, Joe L. Dennard of Pineview; four sisters, Mrs. Lawton Ware, Mrs. Frank Wray and
Obituary of Charles Lee Coney, Jr.
Below is the obituary of his son, Charles Lee Coney, Jr. from The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, May 3, 2001, p. B-4:
CHARLES CONEY JR.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. –– Services for Charles Lee Coney Jr. will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Pineview Cemetery. Coney, 80, died Thursday, April 26, 2001. He was born in Macon, son of the late Charles Lee and Clara Dennard Coney.
He attended Lanier High School, Mercer University and the University of Missouri. He served in the South Pacific during World War II as an officer in the Navy. He held a long career in journalism, including radio, television news and newspapers. His last position before retiring was covering Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for the Bureau of National Affairs. He also taught at the University of Nebraska and the University of Maryland. He was the widower of Betty Farlow Coney.
Survivors include his son Roger Coney of northern Virginia; and granddaughter Tara of Northern Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mercer University, 1400 Coleman Ave., Macon 31207. Frazier-Holt Funeral Directors, Rochelle, has charge of arrangements.
J169––– ii.––– Samuel Whitsett Coney, Jr., born on April 28, 1893; died on September 22, 1947; and was buried at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia. According to Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooly County, Georgia, v. 3, compiled and edited by Nora Powell and Watts Powell, p. 49, he married Dorothy Cargill.
J170––– iii.––– Margaret Emma Coney was born on June 25, 1895, according to Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooly County, Georgia, v. 3, p. 49, and was married to John R. Gaudrey.
J171––– iv.––– James Barfield Coney, born March 31, 1897 at Coney, Crisp County, Georgia; died June 21, 1952 in San Francisco, California; buried at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia.
Obituaries of
James Barfield ConeyThe Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Monday, June 23, 1952, p. 1:
JAMES B. CONEY
DIED SATURDAY
AFTER LONG ILLNESSJames B. Coney, 54, World War I veteran and former Cordelean, died Saturday in the Livermore Veterans Hospital at San Francisco, Calif., after a long illness.
Born at Coney, in Crisp County, Mr. Coney was the son of the late Samuel W. Coney and Leolene Barfield Coney, members of prominent pioneer families of this section of Georgia.
His immediate survivors are four sisters, Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, of Cordele, Mrs. George Oliver, of Americus, Mrs. John R. Gaudrey, Savannah, and Mrs. J. N. Lankford, of Opelousas, La.; two brothers, C. L. Coney, of Macon, and John S. Coney, of Panama City, Fla.
Last rites for Mr. Coney will be held in Cordele from the chapel of Dekle Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. C. E. Fite, with interment in Sunnyside Cemetery.
The time of the funeral will be announced by Dekle.
Excerpt from The Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Georgia, Thursday, June 26, 1952, p. 1:
CONEY FUNERAL
SET FOR SUNDAY
IN DEKLE CHAPELLast rites for James B. Coney, 54, former Cordelean, whose death occurred in Livermore Veterans Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., will be held in Cordele Sunday afternoon at three o’clock from the chapel of Dekle Funeral Home ...
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, June 25, 1952, p. 12:
JAMES B. CONEY
CORDELE, June 24 –– James B. Coney, 54, World War I veteran and former Cordele resident, died Saturday in the Livermore Veterans Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., after a long illness.
Mr. Coney, the son of the late Samuel W. Coney and Leolene Barfield Coney, members of pioneer families of this section of Georgia, was born at Coney in Crisp County.
His immediate survivors are four sisters, Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, Cordele, Mrs. George Oliver, Savannah, and Mrs. J. N. Lankford, Opelousas, La. (NOTE: Obituaries states that he was survived by four sisters, but names only three -- JTF); two brothers, C.L. Coney, Macon, and John S. Coney, Panama City, Fla.
The last rites for Mr. Coney will be held in Cordele from the Dekle Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. C. E. Fite, with interment in Sunnyside Cemetery. The time of the funeral will be announced by Dekle.
J172––– v.––– Walter Eugene Coney, born June 12, 1899, and married Lexie Alice Dekle, according to Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooly County, Georgia, v. 3, p. 49. She was a daughter of George Littleton Dekle and Ida Alice Poston. The web site Dekle and Dekle Descendants of the U.S.A. by Ansel Dekle III, 1975, revised and updated by Annie Dekle, 1998, and revised, updated and maintained by Ranes Carter at
http://dekleusa.tripod.com/ indicates she was born in March of 1903, and names their children:i) Walter Eugene Coney, Jr., born February 9, 1927. He married Jane G. Murray on June 28, 1952. She was born on March 1, 1931. Their children: (a) Charles Dekle Coney; (b) Susan Adele Coney; (c) James Whitsett Coney; and (d) Elizabeth Jane Coney.
ii) Audrey Alice Coney, born July 29, 1929. On April 24, 1948, she married Joseph Rodney Kenney, who was born on August 23, 1923. Issue: (a) Joseph Rodney Kenney, Jr.; (b) Sandra Lexie Kenney who married Karel L. Danie; (c) Walter Lawrence Kenney; (d) John Beatty Kenney; (e) Jill Audrey Kenney; (f) Christopher Dekle Kenney; and (g) Teresa Ellen Kenney.
iii) George Dekle Coney, born in March 1933, married Elizabeth Ann McGill on September 12, 1954 in Lizella, Bibb County, Georgia. Issue: (a) William M. Coney; (b) Robert Dekle Coney; and (c) Carol Ann Coney.
Marriage of
George Dekle Coney
and Elizabeth Ann McGillThe Macon Telegraph and News, Macon, Georgia, Sunday, September 5, 1954, p. 16:
MISS McGILL, MR. CONEY
PLAN WEDDING AT LIZELLAThe marriage of Miss Elizabeth Ann McGill of Lizella and George Dekle Coney of Cordele and Cuthbert is planned for 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12 at Lizella Baptist Church with the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McGill, to give a reception at their home in Lizella following the ceremony.
Miss McGill, to be given in marriage by her father, will have her sister, Miss Carolyn McGill, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids will be Misses Lynne Barnes, Barbara Jacobs, Ann Council, Gloria Backer and Alice Johnson, all of Macon, and Miss Joanne Harbin of Augusta.
Linda Spence, cousin of the bride-elect and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoke S. Spence of Sylvester, will be flower girl.
Mr. Coney will have his brother, Walter E. Coney, Jr., as best man, and ushers are to include Robert C. Westbrook, Macon; Tyrus R. Atkinson, Atlanta; John H. Perkins, Claxton; Harry Garwood, Cordele; Edward L. Barnum, Valdosta, and Robert N. Clemens, Scottsboro, Ala.
Gyneth M. Waldron of Atlanta is to sing, and Mrs. George Newberry will be pianist for the ceremony.
The bridesmaid luncheon will be given at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Pinebrook Inn by Misses Lynne Barnes and Barbara Jacobs.
Saturday evening after rehearsal for the wedding, Mr. Coney’s mother, Mrs. Walter C. Coney, Sr., of Cuthbert, will give a dinner for the wedding party at Pinebrook Inn.
J173––– vi.––– Nancy Ellen Coney. She is called Nanelle in Historical and Genealogical Collections of Dooly County, Georgia, v. 3, p. 49, which states she was born on June 12, 1902, and was married to James N. Langford.
J174––– vii.––– John Shine Coney. Born on October 21, 1904, he married to Martha K. Edwards. His relationship, if any, to Shine Coney named in the obituary below is unknown.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, December 29, 2000, p. B-3:
SHINE CONEY
DUBLIN –– Services for Shine Coney will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Spring Hill Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Coney, 79, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2000. He was retired from the city of Dublin and was a member of Holly Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include his children : Betty Mitchell, Nathaniel Coney Sr., Marvin Coney, Robert Coney and Shine Coney Jr., all of Dublin; brothers Ben Coney of Miami and Zebbie Coney of Detroit; 21 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in Dudley Funeral Home and will be at 801 Lily St.
J74. SOLOMAN L.6 FLEMING (Francis M.5, Duncan Lemmon4, John3, David2, John1) in the 1860 census of Marion County, Georgia, his age is given as two years thus was born about 1858, in Georgia. He married Lura L. Battle on June 25, 1877 in Marion County, Georgia, according to Marion County Marriage Book B, p. 267. She was born on October 26, 1858, a native of Georgia and possibly the daughter of John R. Battle; and died on December 10, 1893. They are buried at Tazewell Cemetery, Tazewell, Marion County, Georgia. When Sol’s father, Francis M. Fleming, died during the Civil War, Sol’s grandfather, Simeon Blue, was appointed guardian, according to Marion County Records of Administration, Book A, September 7, 1863, p. 87.
Notes
The Marion County Patriot, Buena Vista, Georgia, January 5, 1894, p. 1:
JUSTICE COURTS.
Tazewell (808) District –– S. L. Fleming, J.T. and A.L. Guy, N.P. Sessions, second Saturday in each Monday.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, July 25, 1917, p. 8:
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mr. Sol E. Fleming of Tazewell, Marion county, motored over to our city last Wednesday, visiting his uncle, Mr. D. G. Fleming and family. This was his first visit to Hawkinsville since 1878, since which time he found there have been many improvements. He traveled through parts of Schley, Marion and Dooly counties and reports crops in good condition, though injured by drought in some sections. Mr. Fleming was accompanied by his son, George, of Buena Vista, and two daughters, Mrs. Simon Fouche, of Atlanta, and Miss Dollie Fleming of Tazewell. They left for their home via Andersonville Thursday morning.
Issue:
J175––– i.––– Frank L.7 Fleming was born on September 19, 1879, according to Marion County (Ga.) Cemeteries, compiled by Jeanne Wells Jernigan, 1980; died March 6, 1904 in Marion County, Georgia; and was buried in Tazewell Cemetery, Tazewell, Marion County, Georgia.
Obituary of Frank L. Fleming
The Marion County Patriot, Buena Vista, Georgia, Thursday, March 11, 1904, p. 1:
A SAD DEATH.
Frank was a son of Mr. S. L. Fleming, he was 22 years of age.
He enlisted in the army five years ago and was sent to the Phillipine islands where he served up to a short time ago, when his regiment was order to Arkansas. From there he came home to visit relatives. He was taken with severe cold before he reached home, which developed into pneumonia and resulted in his death.
The death was doubly sad because of the age of the deceased and that his brother had only been buried ten days.
Mr. Fleming and his family have the profoundest sympathy of all.
J176––– ii.––– William Ran Fleming, born April 26, 1881; died February 26, 1904 near Slocum, Alabama; and was buried at Tazewell Cemetery, Tazewell, Marion County, Georgia.
Obituary of William Ran Fleming:
The Marion County Patriot, Buena Vista, Georgia, Thursday, March 4, 1904, p. 1:
WILL RAN FLEMING KILLED.
Mr. Will Ran Fleming, son of Mr. S. L. Fleming, was killed on the railroad near Slocum, Ala., last Friday morning at 9 o’clock and the body was buried at Tazewell Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Fleming was employed on a freight-train and was killed while in the discharge of his duties as flagman. There were a number of flat cars on the train, and he was going toward the engine when the train broke and he fell between the cars. The last section of the train ran over him, and he was instantly killed. His back and arm was broken and the skull crushed. No one saw him fall, but the conductor felt his car jump as it passed over the body, and looked out the window in time to see it and stop the train.
The body was carried to Dothan and from there was brought here accompanied by Col. Sim Blue.
It was a very sad home-coming indeed. The deceased had just reached manhood and had every prospect of a long life before him. He was one of the most popular young men of the county and his untimely death is source of deep sorrow to hundreds of the people here.
We understand that Will Ran was on his last run when he met his death and expected to come home the next day, it must have been a bitter disappointment to his father and other relatives when they received the dead body instead of the healthy and happy boy who went away a few months ago.
The body was received here Sunday morning and taken to Tazewell where the funeral services were held at the Baptist church in the afternoon. A large crowd gathered to pay their respect to the dead, and a number could not get in the church.
The services were led by Rev. W. W. Riner and were very beautiful.
The deepest sympathy of all the people is with the sorrowing family.
J177––– iii.––– George Fleming.
J178––– iv.––– (A daughter) Fleming married Simon Fouche. The following is conjection on my part, but I wonder if this daughter of Soloman L. Fleming was named Mary Elizabeth Fleming. Could she be the Mary Lizzie Fleming mentioned below???
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, July 19. 1905, p. 8:
Miss Mary Lizzie Fleming, of Buena Vista, Ga., is visiting relatives in Hawkinsville, and is the guest this week of Miss Janie Fleming, on West Broad street.
J179––– v.––– Dollie Fleming.
J76. MARY LOUISE6 FLEMING (David Green5, Duncan Lemmon4, John3, David2, John1) was born 1875, and died after December 27, 1951, when she is among those attending the “golden wedding anniversary” party for her brother-in-law Robert Lee Scarborough and his wife Georgia Winifred Turner, according to The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, January 2, 1952, p. 1. “Lou” married David Crockett Scarborough, son of Thomas Jefferson Scarborough and Martha Mims.
Biographical Notes on Mary Louise Fleming
GEORGIA –– Pulaski County
To the Hon. P. T. McGriff, ordinary of said County.
The petition of Mary Lou Fleming respectfully shows that her father, D. G. Fleming, of said County, was the guardian of her property legally appointed by the ordinary of said County and that she has now arrived at the age of twenty-one years and more and she desires a settlement with her said guardian under the provisions of Section 2557 of the Code and other provisions of the Code relating thereto, no settlement having taken place between her and her said guardian. Petitioners therefore prays that her said guardian may be (called?) to a settlement before the Ordinary under the law ...
This 22nd day of September 1903
W. L. Grice & Sons
Attorney for Petitioner
Court of Ordinary,
Pulaski County, Ga.,
Sept. 22, 1903Upon considering the foregoing petition of Mary Lou Fleming it is ordered that her guardian D. G. Fleming be and appear at the Court of Ordinary in and for said County to be held on the first Monday in October 1903 then and to submit to a settlement of his account with his said ward ...
P. T. McGriff
Issue:
J180––– i.––– D. Eugene7 Scarborough, of whom below, born February 6, 1906 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; died June 13, 1951 in Fruitland Park, near Leesburg, Lake County, Florida.
J181––– ii.––– John Scarborough is named in the obituary of his brother, Gene Scarborough, in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 27, 1951, p. 6.
J182––– iii.––– Ted Scarborough is named in the obituary of his brother, Gene Scarborough, in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 27, 1951, p. 6.
J77. JAMES THOMAS6 FLEMING (David Green5, Duncan Lemmon4, John3, David2, John1) –– my great-grandfather –– was born on September 18, 1877 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died on December 11, 1962 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia; and was buried at Oakview Cemetery in Albany.
On January 21, 1902 in Albany, Georgia, at the home of Captain
John A. Davis, 522 Pine Street, Tom married Josie Beall (pronounced Bell) Jones,
daughter of Franklin Chandler Jones and Sallie Collier Davis. Her paternal
grandparents were Georgia state Sen. Reuben F. Jones and his second wife, Emily G. Horton;
and her maternal grandparents were John
Adrian Davis and Laura Clementine Hampton.
Josie Beall Jones was born on December 20, 1882 in Albany, Georgia; and died there on March 13, 1963, just three months after her husband passed on, and one month after the birth of her great-grandson, Joseph T. Fleming. She was buried at Oakview Cemetery in Albany, Georgia. “Pops” and “Mama Jo,” as they were called by their only grandchild, Walter Saunders Fleming, lived at 817 Society Avenue in Albany at the time of their deaths.
At time of his marriage, Tom Fleming was employed by the Union
Lumber Company, in Moultrie, Georgia. Later, he and Josie Beall moved to
Atlanta, and he was employed as Secretary-Treasurer of Maier & Berkele Jewelers (now a
part of Mayors Jewelers) for almost 20 years.
According to Atlanta city directories, Tom and his wife lived in Atlanta from 1912 until about 1930. In 1912, he was employed by the Frank E. Block Company, a manufacturer of candies and crackers. In 1913, he joined the firm of Maier & Berkele, jewelers. From 1912 until 1918, they lived on Gordon street, in 1919 they moved to E. 8th Street, then in 1920 to Juniper Street, and in 1921, to E. North Avenue, before returning to Juniper in 1922 for seven years. In 1930, they moved to 235 Carter Avenue, S.E., a half a block off Memorial Drive and ¾ of a block from the East Lake Country Club.
Shortly thereafter, Tom moved his family to the hometown of his wife, Albany, Georgia, first joining the purchasing division of the county roads department. On July 7, 1931, Tom was appointed Clerk of the Doughtery County Commission on Roads and Revenues, which position he held for almost 30 years, until his retirement on April 1, 1961.
Marriage of James Thomas Fleming and Josie Beall Jones
The Albany Daily Herald, Albany, Georgia, Tuesday, January 21, 1902, p. 1 (Also appeared as a reprint in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Wednesday, January 29, 1902, p. 5):
FLEMING-JONES WEDDING
Mr. J.T. Fleming of Moultrie, and
Miss Josie Beall Jones Quietly Married Today
The wedding was a quiet affair, being witnessed by the relatives and only a few friends of the contracting parties, but it was a wedding of unusual beauty and solemnity.
The elegant parlors of the Davis home were artistically decorated in white and green, a large bank of palms and ferns making an impressive background before which the young couple took their stand to face the officiating minister.
Miss Eula Jones presided at the piano, and played Mendoelssohn’s wedding march as the bridal party entered. During the ceremony the “Flower Song” was beautifully rendered.
The beautiful marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. L. Richards, pastor of the Baptist church, after which the happy young couple were showered with the congratulations and best wishes of those present.
The bride wore an elaborate gown of rose colored crepe dechine, trimmed with pan velvet and exquisite lace, a pompom of white mousseline de soie making an effective hair ornament. Miss Jones is a beautiful young lady, and she never looked lovelier than as a bride this morning.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. S. C. Jones and a granddaughter of Capt. John A. Davis. She has enjoyed many social attentions during her young ladyhood, her many charms of character and person drawing to her many staunch and admiring friends.
Mr. Fleming has many friends in this city, where he resided some months ago. He now occupies a responsible position with the Union Lumber Company, of Moulrie. He is a splendid young business man and is rapidly rising in the business world.
No cards were issued to the marriage this morning and the popularity of this young couple was attested by the large number of beautiful bridal presents which they received.
An elegant wedding breakfast was tendered the bridal couple and a few of their friends at Capt. Davis’s home after the ceremony.
Mrs. and Mrs. Fleming left this afternoon for their future home in Moultrie, where they are followed by the best wishes of a host of friends, and with these the Herald joins heartily.
Obituary of Josie Beall Jones
The Albany Herald, Albany, Georgia, Thursday, March 14, 1963, p. A-5:
MRS. FLEMING DIES IN CITY
Mrs. J. T. Fleming, 80, of 817 Society Ave., died Wednesday at her residence.
A lifelong resident of Albany, Mrs. Fleming was the former Miss Josie Beall Jones, the daughter of Sallie Davis and Franklin Chandler Jones. She was born here Dec. 20, 1882 and was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Her husband (was) the late J. T. Fleming, who for many years was clerk of the Dougherty County Commission. He died last Dec. 11.
Survivors include a son, J. T. Fleming Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla., a grandson, Walter Saunders Fleming of Atlanta; a great-grandson, Joseph Thomas Fleming of Atlanta and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the graveside in Oakview Cemetery by Dr. Leonard A. Stephens, pastor of Central Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be announced later by Kimbrell-Stern funeral directors. The family requested that flowers be omitted.
Retirement of James Thomas Fleming
from the Dougherty County Commission
The Albany Herald, Albany, Georgia, Thursday, March 23, 1961, p. B-2:
AFTER QUARTER CENTURY
VETERAN COUNTY COMMISSION
CLERK RETIRING ON APRIL 1By Vic Smith
Herald City EditorJ. Tom Fleming, guardian of the treasury and keeper of the Dougherty County books for nearly 25 years, will step down from his position as clerk of the Commission and retire effective April 1. The veteran public servant is 83 years old.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, February 23, 1899, p. 8:
-- Mr. J. T. Fleming came over from Dublin and spent Monday in the city.
* * *
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, November 22, 1900, p. 8:
Mr. J. T. Fleming, who for the past year has been stenographer with J. G. Carlisle in Macon, has been appointed soliciting agent for the Plant System, with headquarters at Albany, Ga. Step by step this young man is climbing the ladder of success, and his Hawkinsville friends, who have been watching his career with much interest, expect to see him reach the top round before he stops.
A native of Pulaski County, Mr. Fleming is married to an Albanian, the former Miss Josie Beall Jones –– who is the reason he decided back in 1930 to settle down in Albany.
“Actually,” declared Mr. Fleming today, “I came here intending to stay a month. I’m still here and have never regretted it.”
He joined the county in the purchasing division of the Roads Department. Four years later the County Commission – then composed of M. W. Tift, the late George B. Mock, and Mallory Lippitt – asked him to take the position of clerk of the Commission.
He took firm control of the handling of the county’s many-faceted accounting chores and has been a zealously conscientious custodian of a position of public trust for more than two decades. He is generally accredited with being a prime reason for the county’s having maintained a solidly secure financial position throughout his tenure.
‘In Good Shape’
“I believe it is safe to say that right now Dougherty County is in as good a shape as any progressive county in Georgia, and better than most,” Mr. Fleming said. “And I am proud of the part I have had in making this true.” He estimates that the business of operating the county had quadrupled since he first began handling the many details of the job. Now it is a half-million dollars annual headache – or at least it would be a headache to one less dedicated and experienced than Mr. Fleming.
“Through income from normal growth and increase in the amount of taxable property in Dougherty County,” he explained, “the Commissioners have been able to keep the tax rate low, provide and increase services and maintain a good financial position for the County.”
Before coming to Albany, Mr. Fleming resided in Atlanta for many years. He was in charge of the sales department for the old Frank E. Block Candy Company until the business was sold, then for more than 20 years was vice president, manager and secretary for a large Atlanta jewelry store.
Only two Dougherty County employees – one elected and one appointed – have longer periods of service than has Mr. Fleming. They are Raymond Wages of the County Farm and Judge Clayton Jones of City Court.
Despite his age, Mr. Fleming always was physically active until undergoing a major operation a few years ago. Prior to his illness, he said, “I could easily play 36 holes of golf or hunt quail all day.”
Still weakened by the effects of the illness, he fell two years ago at his home, 817 Society Ave., and broke a hip. But he recovered sufficiently to resume his duties and was welcomed back by the entire Courthouse crew.
County Commissioners told the clerk he could stay on in the job as long as he wanted.
“But it’s time to step down,” he said. “I hope I have done a good job, and that the people will remember me as a man who took the best interests of this county at heart – first, last and always.”
There is no question about that among the countless citizens who have known Tom Fleming and the work he has done.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have a child, J.T. Fleming, Jr., who has retired because of ill health from a position with the U.S. Engineers.
Resolution of the Doughtery County
Commission
on the Retirement of James Thomas Fleming
RESOLUTION – DOUGHERTY COUNTY COMMISSION
The commissioners have been notified by Tom Fleming, Clerk, that at the expiration of his present term, he will not seek re-election. We regret that we will lose his services but feel that he has well-earned the ease and leisure that we hope will be his in retirement.
Tom Fleming was appointed Clerk July 7, 1931, and will have served continuously up to his retirement. This has been the most important period in the history of the county during which time Doughtery County emerged from a rural to an urban or metropolitan county. The successful and orderly transition was due in great part to the guidance of Tom Fleming.
He cooperated with the Board in all county matters pertaining to his office. He was efficient and sincere in the performance of his duty. His knowledge of county affairs and law applicable thereto was of immense value to this Board which often sought his advice and guidance. He possessed an ability and aptitude which peculiarly fitted him for the position as Clerk. He was proud of the progress Doughtery County made during his incumbency. He loved his work and the County and kept constant vigilance to protect its interests and rights. He found his greatest satisfaction in the knowledge that he had measured up to the fullest requirements of the exacting duties of his office. He leaves a record of which he can justly be proud, and which is worthy of being followed by all who may succeed him as Clerk of the County Commissioners.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in the retirement of Tom Fleming, the County will lose a very valuable officer whose work and advice has been of inestimable value to the Commissioners. With this resolution go our most sincere wishes that many years of retirement may be his and that they will be full of the health and happiness that he deserves.
Let this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board and a copy mailed to Mr. Tom Fleming.
C. R. Hodges
Chairman
Obituaries of James Thomas Fleming
The Albany Herald, Albany, Georgia, Wednesday, December 12, 1962:
FORMER COUNTY COMMISSION CLERK SUCCUMBS IN CITY
Mr. Fleming had been a resident of Albany for the last 32 years. He was born Sept. 18, 1877, in Hawkinsville, and was the son of the late David Green Fleming and Mildred Jones Fleming. Mr. Fleming served as clerk to the County Commission from 1930 to 1960.
Prior to coming to Albany he was secretary and treasurer of an Atlanta jewelry firm.
Mr. Fleming was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville.
Survivors include his wife, the former Josie Beall Jones of Albany; a son, J. T. Fleming, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.; a grandson Walter Saunders Fleming of Atlanta, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. at the graveside in Oakview Cemetery by Dr. Leonard A. Stephens, pastor of Central Baptist Church. The following will serve as honorary pallbearers: D. C. Campbell, Sr., J. L. Faircloth, R. E. Brown, W. W. Hardin, J. E. Palmer, J. W. Bush, R. O. Bradley, R. W. Gee, Moreno Lippitt, D. L. Stewart, S. M. (Buddy) Goode, W. A. Threlkeld and members of the County Commission. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Kimbrell-Stern funeral directors are in charge of arrangements.
The Albany Herald, Albany, Georgia, Thursday, December 13, 1962:
J. T. FLEMING RITES HELD
The funeral services of J. T. Fleming were conducted this afternoon at the graveside of Oakview Cemetery by Dr. Leonard A. Stephens, pastor of Central Baptist Church.
Mr. Fleming, 85, of 817 Society Ave., former veteran clerk of the Dougherty County Commission, died Tuesday. He had been a resident of Albany for the last 32 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville.
Survivors include his wife; a son, J. T. Fleming, Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.; a grandson, Walter Saunders Fleming of Atlanta, and several nieces and nephews.
Kimbrell-Stern, funeral directors, were in charge of arrangements.
Resolution of the
Dougherty County Commission
on the Death of James Thomas Fleming
WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God to take from our midst our friend and fellow Citizen, the Hon. J. T. Fleming, and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Fleming served as the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Road and Revenues of Dougherty County, Georgia, for thirty years with dedication, distinction and loyalty to the interests of the people of Dougherty County, and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Fleming will be sorely missed by the Officials of Dougherty County as well as by his host of friends and the people of Dougherty County.
NOW THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County, Georgia.
Section 1.
That the passing of Mr. J. T. Fleming be memoralized by this resolution for his many years of service to Dougherty County and the people thereof, and,
Section 2.
That this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dougherty County, Georgia, as a permanent record.
Section 3.
That a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mr. J. T. Fleming as a token of the esteem and affection in which he was held by the people of Dougherty County.
Passed and approved on this seventeenth day of December, A. D., 1962.
Issue:
J183–––i.––– James Thomas6 Fleming, Jr., only child, of whom below, born March 29, 1903, in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia; died January 6, 1970, in St Patrick’s Hospital, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
J78. ANTHONY PATE6 FLEMING (David Green5, Duncan Lemmon4, John3, David2, John1) was born on July 19, 1881 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on January 17, 1946; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville. He married Carolyn Johnson on October 20, 1902 in the Hotel Colquitt, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, daughter of Thomas Henry Johnson and Emma Beauchamp. Carolyn was born on July 1, 1883 in Montgomery County, Georgia; died on April 13, 1951 in Hawkinsville, Georgia; and was buried at Hawkinsville’s Orange Hill Cemetery.
Marriage of Anthony Pate Fleming and Carolyn Johnson
The Moultrie Observer, Moultrie, Georgia, Friday, October 24, 1902, p. 1:
JOHNSON-FLEMING
Marriage of Much Interest at Hotel Colquitt
The marriage was a surprise to all but a few very close friends, as no announcement was made.
Mr. Fleming, formerly lived in Moultrie, having held a position first with the T. T. & G. railroad and afterwards with the Moultrie Banking Co. He has recently accepted a position of responsibility with a Valdosta lumber concern. He made many friends while here, and besides made a reputation that is enviable in the commercial world.
Mrs. Fleming was one of the prettiest and most accomplished young women of Moultrie. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Johnson, and though she has lived here less than a year, she has won the esteem and admiration of all who have fortunately known her.
Excerpts from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, October 29, 1902, p. 5:
FLEMING-JOHNSON
Last Monday evening at 7 o’clock Mr. Anthony Pate Fleming and Miss Carrie Johnson were quietly married at Hotel Colquitt, Rev. A. M. Bennett officiating.
Mr. Fleming ... is a man of sterling business ability and holds a lucrative position with the Minnesota Lumber Co., at Valdosta.
The happy couple left over the Georgia Northern Monday night for Valdosta, where they will make their future home.
We find the above in the Moultrie News of the 24th inst. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Fleming, of Hawkinsville. He was raised here and was one of our most popular and highly esteemed young men. We are pleased to learn of his good fortune, and join his numerous friends here in extending congratulations.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, May 6, 1903, p. 8:
Mr. A. P. Fleming and wife have arrived from Moultrie and will, we are pleased to learn, make this their permanent home.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Tuesday, November 23, 1909, p. 8:
Mr. A. P. Fleming, of Ashburn, recently visited relatives and friends in the city.
Obituary of Anthony Pate Fleming
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, January 19, 1946, p. 2 (Searched, but could not find, a story announcing his death in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia):
ANTHONY P. FLEMING
HAWKINSVILLE, Jan . 18 – Anthony Pate Fleming, 65, died at his home here yesterday. He had been in ill heath for several months.
Mr. Fleming was born in Hawkinsville, the son of the late D. G. Fleming and Mrs. Mildred Jones Fleming.
For many years he was engaged in the hotel business. At the time of his death, he was bookkeeper and clerk in the office of the county commissioners. In 1902, he was married to Miss Carolyn Johnson, who survives. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Besides his widow, he is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Richard Staley, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Leon Hoffman, of Forsyth; Mrs. William B. English, of Dudley; and Miss Ann Pate Fleming of Hawkinsville; one brother, J. T. Fleming, of Albany; two sisters, Mrs. Alex Rice, of Atlanta; and Mrs. Dave Scarborough, of Hawkinsville; besides a number of grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of relatives.
Obituary of Carolyn Johnson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 18, 1951, p. 4:
SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. A. P. FLEMING
Mrs. Anthony Pate Fleming, prominent and well known woman of this city died at her home here, Friday evening, April 13. She had been in declining health for several years.
Mrs. Fleming was born in Montgomery county, receiving her early education in various schools of South Georgia. She was a graduate of Brenau College, Gainesville. She was before her marriage Carolyn Johnson, daughter of the late Thomas Henry Johnson and Mrs. Emma Beauchamp Johnson. In October, 1902, she was married to Anthony Pate Fleming, who preceded her to the grave several years ago. Since her marriage, she spent most of her life in Hawkinsville. She was a past member of the Hawkinsville Music Club and the O. C. Horne Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at three-thirty at the chapel of Clark Funeral Home with Rev. Johnson Pace, Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. Simon Anderson. Interment was at Orange Hill cemetery. Rev. Anderson read the final rites at the grave.
Survivors include four daughters: Mrs. John Richard Staley of Chicago, Mrs. John Leon Hoffman of Forsyth, Mrs. William Bush English of Cochran and Mrs. William Alonza Leaptrot of Pinehurst; one sister, Mrs. Thomas J. Aycock of Jacksonville, Fla.; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: J. W. Tawzer, D. F. Jones, Neede Goode, Thomas Bragg, A. T. Fountain, J. W. Jenkins. Honorary pallbearers were: Lamar Lancaster, L. S. Harrell, C. O. Curry, M. R. Thompson, R. F. DeLamar, J. L. Mims. Clark Funeral Home was in charge.
Among the out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wells, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Currie of Uvalda; Mrs. Alexander Johnson, Miss Johnnie Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. McArthur, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Corbin, of Mt. Vernon and a large number from Pinehurst, Cochran and Unadilla.
Issue:
J184––– i.––– Carolyn7 Fleming, of whom below, was born on October 30, 1903 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia; died on April 25, 1991 in Monroe County, Georgia.
J185––– ii.––– Evelyn Fleming, of whom below, born May 23, 1910 in Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia; died on July 4, 2003 in Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia.
J186––– iii.––– Mary Wester Fleming, of whom below, born January 24, 1916 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died December 16, 1979 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J187––– iv.––– Anne Pate Fleming, of whom below, born November 17, 1918 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died on October 6, 2003 in Byromville, Dooly County, Georgia.
J79. JANIE ELDA6 FLEMING (David Green5, Duncan Lemmon4, John3, David2, John1) was born on June 27, 1884 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 11, 1951 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in the Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville. Janie was a 1901 graduate of Hawkinsville High School, Hawkinsville, Georgia. On November 5, 1906, she married Alexander John Rice at her parents’ home, in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. He was born about 1883; died on August 23, 1931 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Hawkinsville’s Orange Hill Cemetery. On January 28, 1928, the home in which they lived, on Broad Street in Hawkinsville, Georgia, which was also at one time the home of her father David Green Fleming, burned to the ground.
Notes
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 12, 1902, p. 8:
A PLEASANT EVENING.
Miss Janie Fleming treated a number of her friends to a very pleasant entertainment at her suburban home last Tuesday evening. Social parlor games were highly enjoyed, among them was the game “Author Questions,” in which Miss Annie Laura Lewis won the lady’s prize, a poem of Longfellow’s works. The gentleman’s prize, a handsome smoker’s stand resulted in a draw between Messrs. J.H. Caldwell and J.A. Burch, Mr. Caldwell winning. Miss Fleming, attired in a pink evening gown, made a beautiful hostess. Refreshments were served and a delightful time was had by all present.
Marriage Of Janie Elda Fleming and Alexander John Rice
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Tuesday, November 6, 1906, p. 8:
FLEMING-RICE
At the home of the bride’s parents Monday evening, Nov. 5th, Mr. Alexander Rice, of Talledega, Ala., and Miss Janie Fleming were united in marriage, Rev. Chas. L. Greaves, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating. The ceremony was performed at 8 o’clock in the presence of the immediate family and a few relatives.
Miss Fleming is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Fleming, and is one of our attractive young ladies, liked very much by quite a circle of friends.
Mr. Rice, the groom, is a native of Florida, having resided a short while in our city last year in the employ of the Lovejoy Company and is known as a model young man of sterling worth.
The couple left Tuesday a.m. for Talledega, their future home.
Obituaries of Janie Elda Fleming
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, January 12, 1951, p. 32:
FUNERAL NOTICE
RICE –– The friends and relatives of Mrs. Janie Fleming Rice, Mr. and Mrs. David F. Rice, David Lanier Rice, Robert Fleming Rice, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fleming, Sr., are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Janie Fleming Rice, Friday, Jan. 21, 1951, at 10 o’clock at Spring Hill. Dr. Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. officiating. Interment, Hawkinsville, Georgia, at 2:30 p.m.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, January 12, 1951, p. 32:
DAVID RICE’S MOTHER DIES
Mrs. Janie Fleming Rice, 66, mother of David F. Rice, prominent Atlanta restaurateur and past president of the Atlanta Restaurant Association, died Thursday in a private hospital here.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Spring Hill. Dr. Monroe F. Swilley will officiate. Burial will be in Hawkinsville.
Born in Hawkinsville, in 1884, she has resided at 960 St. Charles Ave., N. E., since 1930. She was a member of the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.
Also surviving are one brother, J. T. Fleming Sr. and two grandsons, all of Atlanta.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, January 17, 1951, p. 4:
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN ATLANTA
Final rites and interment were held here Friday at Orange Hill cemetery for Mrs. Janie Fleming Rice, 66, of Atlanta, formerly of Hawkinsville, who died Thursday in a hospital in Atlanta after an extended illness.
Standing, first from left,
Janie Elda Fleming
Mrs. Rice was born and reared in Hawkinsville, the daughter of the late David Greene Fleming and Mrs. Mildred Jones Fleming. She received her early education in the schools of Hawkinsville, graduating with honors from the local high school. In early womanhood she was married to Alex Rice, of Live Oak, Fla., who died several years ago. For more than twenty years, she has been a resident of Atlanta, and at the time of her death was a member of the Second Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Friday morning at Spring Hill in Atlanta, with Dr. Monroe Swilley officiating, with final rites and interment Friday afternoon at Orange Hill cemetery in Hawkinsville, with Rev. Simon Anderson, officiating.
Survivors include one son, David Rice of Atlanta; one brother, J. T. Fleming, of Albany; two grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Obituary of Alexander John Rice
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 27, 1931, p. 1:
REMAINS OF MR. A. J. RICE INTERRED HERE
Mr. A. J. Rice, of Atlanta, formerly of this city died Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at a sanitarium in Atlanta. Although he had been in declining health for sometime, his death was unexpected, as he was only critically ill for less than a week, pneumonia being the direct cause of his death.
The remains were brought to Hawkinsville on the Southern train Monday reaching here at 1:35 p.m. They were carried straight to Orange Hill cemetery for interment. Here impressive funeral services were conducted by Rev. Simon Anderson, with W. L. Joiner, undertaker, in charge.
Mr. Rice was in his 48th year. He was reared in Live Oak, Fla., but had lived in Hawkinsville for many years where he was engaged in the insurance business.
He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Janie Fleming, of Hawkinsville, and one son, David F. Rice, of Atlanta.
Pall bearers were: Messrs. J. H. Bragg, R. H. Scarborough, L. S. Harrell, H. A. Haskins, R. P. Watson and G. W. Dobbs.
Issue:
J188––– i.––– David Fleming7 Rice, of whom below, born August 30, 1907 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 9, 1990 in West Paces Ferry Hospital, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
J80. EMILY OLA6 LANCASTER (Marina Elizabeth5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born in 1873 in Pulaski County, Georgia; she appears in the 1880 federal census of Pulaski County as six years of age. Ola died on September 26, 1958 in the Ebenezer Convalescent Home, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia; and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia.
Marriage of Emily Ola Lancaster and John H. Mullis
On June 16, 1898 in Pulaski County, Ola married John H. Mullis, son of Charles Mullis and Julia Bryant. He was born on November 30, 1868, in that part of Pulaski County that was annexed to create Bleckley County, Georgia in 1912; died on November 13, 1949, in Bleckley County, Georgia; and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran, Georgia.
He was almost 30 years old at the time of his marriage to “Aunt Ola”and is regularly referred to as John H. Mullis, Sr. in the newspapers of the day, perhaps to distinguish him from John H. Mullis, Jr., son of William Jacob Mullis and Elizabeth Horne and twice Mayor of Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia. Or perhaps John H. Mullis, Sr. was married before and had a son, John H. Mullis, Jr., who died young. Nonetheless the relationship between John H. Mullis, Sr., husband of Ola Lancaster and son of Charles, and John H. Mullis, Jr., son of William Jacob, is not known. They certainly were acquainted, if not directly related, as John H. Mullis, Jr. was among those attending the wedding of Emily Ola Lancaster and John H. Mullis, Sr.
Mayor John H. Mullis, Jr. was born on December 19, 1869; died on July 25, 1940; and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran, Georgia. He was twice married, first to Hattie Butler of Twiggs County, Georgia, and second to Eva Burney Yearty, widow of Andrew Jackson Yearty. He had five children by his first marriage.
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, June 23, 1898, p. 1:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
THE COCHRAN NOTE BOOK.
In the Hands of W. W. Poole.
Cochran, Ga., June 21 – The marriage of Mr. J. H. Mullis Sr., of Cochran, to Miss Ola Lancaster Thursday afternoon at the bride’s home, was a notable occasion. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. W. Witherington. A large number of relatives and warm friends of both parties were present. Nearly everybody in this section of the state knows Mr. Mullis and he is popular with everybody. He is a young man of both business and social qualifications and has for a number of years conducted one of the nicest and best paying farms in Pulaski.
The bride has ever enjoyed the distinction of being a social favorite among her friends and is also gifted with rare literary achievements. After the ceremony the bride and groom, accompanied by friends, left for their home in this place. Mr. Mullis has recently erected a nice new dwelling near his farming interests in the western suburbs of Cochran and it would seem impossible for a prediction to prove anything but true that Mr. and Mrs. Mullis have begun a life of serene happiness and contentment. The people of Cochran welcome them and wish for them nothing less. Those who attended from Cochran were Messrs. W. J. Mullis, T. S. Vinson, J. H. Mullis, Jr., Misses Kemper Peacock, Willie Mullis, Ida Mullis and Kate Grimsley.
According to The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 373, Ola Lancaster was “educated at G. S. C. W., Milledgeville, and Southern Female College, LaGrange” and “married J. H. Mullis, Sr., of Cochran, where they now live with an only son, Wilbur.”
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 9, 1896, p. 1:
THE COCHRAN NOTE BOOK.
In the Hands of W. W. Poole
... On Saturday morning last we had the pleasure of spending a few pleasant hours at the new home of our good friend, Mr. J. H. Mullis, Sr., which is situated on a high hill in the central portion of his extensive plantation laying along the western side of our thriving little Georgia city. The beautiful home of our single friend is worth going to see. Its high elevation allows it to easily overlook the whole of Cochran at a glance and vice versa so to speak. The dwelling itself, which has just been completed, shows up the very latest workmanship and modern designs. The galleries extend entirely around and are finished to the letter with beautiful scrollings and mouldings. The inside finish is even more attractive. These finishing materials were of course furnished by the variety works here, the only enterprise of its kind in the county, as Mr. Mullis is a strong believer in home industry. His large new smoke house is filled with hams, shoulders, bulk side meat and sausages of his own raising. A number of horses and mules, hogs, poultry, etc. serve as an addition to show what a man with energy can do. Taking all these things into consideration we can imagine our young man neighbor anything but unhappy – save “one thing” and report says that ere long this will be a reality. He refuses to allow us on the inside track of this very important question, but at any rate, let us hope for this completion of his happiness.
According to The History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties, Georgia, 1808-1956, v. 1, Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1957, J.W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, p. 399:
“The extact beginnings of the Boy Scouts of America in Cochran is not certain, however records indicate that the local scouting community began in the twenties with Dr. Lee, Baptist minister, as the first Scoutmaster of Troop 53, followed by John Mullis, Sr., of Cochran.”
Obituary of Emily Ola Lancaster
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, October 2, 1958, p. 5:
MRS. OLA L. MULLIS
Mrs. Mullis was born in Pulaski County, the daughter of the late John W. and Marinna (sic) Flemming (sic) Lancaster and had lived most of her life in Cochran. She was a very active member of the Cochran Baptist Church and was the widow of the late J. H. Mullis, Sr.
She is survived by one son, Wilbur G. Mullis of Cochran and one brother, W. A. Lancaster of Nashville, Tenn.
Pallbearers were Clyde Hill, C. M. Thomson, Joe Davis Brown, M. W. Thompson, Julian Leggett and Willett Reeves. Members of the Men’s Bible Class of the First Baptist Church of Cochran served as an honorary escort.
Obituaries of John H. Mullis
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, November 17, 1949, p. 1:
SERVICES HELD FOR J. H. MULLIS, SR.
Funeral services for John H. Mullis, Sr., 80, who died Sunday at noon at his home following a long illness, were held Monday afternoon at the home. The services were conducted by Elder J. F. Dykes, assisted by Rev. F. B. Asbell, Rev. Roy O. Peyton and Rev. Jason Shirah. Interment was in the family lot in Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Cochran Lodge of F. and A. Masons having charge of the committal service.
Mr. Mullis was born in Bleckley County, the son of the late Charles and Julia Bryant Mullis and had lived here all his life. He was a retired rural mail carrier and also a farmer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ola Lancaster Mullis; one son, Wilbur Mullis; two sisters, Mrs. K. A. Thompson of Cochran and Mrs. Ida Leggitt of Unadilla.
The Masons served as honorary pallbearers and the active pallbearers were A. J. Thompson, C. M. Thompson, Allie Thompson, Mack Thompson, Marvin Brown and Joe Davis Brown. Fisher Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, November 17, 1949, p. 2:
JOHN H. MULLIS
Last Sunday came word of the death of John H. Mullis, Sr., affectionately known far and wide as “Uncle Blue.” For several months his health had been steadily declining until at last death came.
It was our privilege to have known Uncle Blue intimately. Our regret is that we did (not) know him longer! For almost seven years immediately past, we cherished his friendship and enjoyed his endless wealth of stories, reminiscent of his boyhood and “the good old days.”
Uncle Blue had a keen sense of humor, a very alert mind, an amiable disposition and a fine understanding of his fellow man. He was kind, considerate, generous and public spirited. He was a full life, 80-years full!
To his wife, “Aunt Ola,” and to his son Wilbur, and to his relatives, we extend our deepest sympathy.
To his many, many friends, we says, “We will never lose Uncle Blue – His memory will remain, always.”
Issue:
J189––– i.––– Wilbur G.7 Mullis was born in 1899 in that part of Pulaski County, Georgia that now lies in Bleckley County, Georgia; died on October 4, 1974 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; and was buried at Cedar Hills Cemetery, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia.
Obituaries of Wilbur G. Mullis
The Macon Telegraph and News, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, October 5, 1974, p. B-6:
WILBUR G. MULLIS
Graveside services for Wilbur G. Mullis, 75, who died Friday at his residence after a sudden illness, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cochran.
Mr. Mullis, a native of Bleckley County, had lived in Macon for seven years and was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Gilead Baptist Church of Macon.
Pritchett Memorial Chapel of Hawkinsville has charge of arrangements.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Wednesday, October 9, 1974, p. 11:
WILBUR G. MULLIS
Graveside services for Wilbur G. Mullis, 75, of Macon, who died unexpectedly Friday at his residence were held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cochran.
Mr. Mullis was a native of Bleckley County and had lived in Macon for the past seven years. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Gilead Baptist Church of Macon. He was a veteran of World War I and World War II.
Pritchett Memorial Chapel of Hawkinsville was in charge of arrangements.
J81. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS6 LANCASTER (Marina Elizabeth5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born on July 18, 1881. He was living in Nashville, Tennesse, at the time of the death of his sister, Emily Ola (Lancaster) Mullis, according to her obituary in The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, October 2, 1958, p. 5. Gus married Bessie Webster. According to The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 373: “William A. married Bessie Webster of Nashville, Tennessee, where they now live. Their two daughters are Elizabeth and Leola.”
Issue:
J190––– i.––– Elizabeth7 Lancaster married William Debrienie.
J191––– ii.––– Leola Webster Lancaster.
J82. WILLIAM BUNYON6 HASKINS (Nancy Jane5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born on October 8, 1869 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on March 3, 1936 in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia; and was buried in the Buchan (Old Powers) Cemetery, near Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia. Bunyon, for many years a barber in Fitzgerald, Georgia, married Hattie English on December 29, 1895 in Pulaski County, Georgia. Born about 1876, in Laurens County, Georgia, she was the daughter of Eli H. English and Sallie Barber. Hattie died on February 9, 1968 in Ben Hill County Hospital, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia; and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald.
Marriage of William Bunyon Haskins and Hattie English
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 2, 1896, p. 1:
THE COCHRAN NOTE BOOK.
In the Hands of W. W. Poole.
... On the same evening (Sunday, December 29) the home of Mr. E. H. English was the scene of great merriment and brilliancy. Mr. John (sic) B. Haskins and Miss Hattie English were united in marriage by Rev. George W. Floyd, of this county. Mr. Haskins is the oldest son of Pulaski’s efficient tax collector, H. A. Haskins, and is a most successful farmer of this section. Miss English has long been a resident of this place, where she has made many friends. For this couple we wish the same happiness that is sure to make up the lives of “two lovers well met.”
Obituaries of William Bunyon Haskins
Excerpt from The Fitzgerald Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, March 5, 1936, p. 1:
W. B. HASKINS
W. B. Haskins, a well known citizen for a number of years connected with various barber shops in the city, passed away at his home Tuesday evening ... The remains were taken to Hawkinsville, his former home, for interment, Wednesday afternoon ...
The deceased is survived by his widow, two sons, Elliot Haskins of Jacksonville, Fla., and Emmett Haskins of this city; and three daughters, Miss Ruby Haskins and Mrs. C. H. Sherrell of this city, and Mrs. Aldine Edwards of Thomasville (?).
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, March 5, 1936, p. 1:
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR W. B. HASKINS
Brother of Several Hawkinsville
Citizens Dies at Fitzgerald HomeFuneral for Mr. William Bunyon Haskins, brother of several prominent Hawkinsville citizens was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with interment in Power(s) Cemetery, near here.
Mr. Haskins, who was 67 years of age, had been a resident of Fitzgerald for 20 years, although he was born in Pulaski County. He was the son of the late Judge H. A. Haskins and Mrs. Nancy Fleming Haskins.
The deceased was a man of high character and his passing will be greatly regretted by hundreds of friends. A beautiful floral tribute was paid him.
Five Hawkinsville citizens, Judge H. A. Haskins, Mr. L. F. Haskins, Miss Inez Haskins, Mrs. Eula Buchan, Mrs. A. W. Trice, and Mrs. J. F. Lawson, Dayton Beach, Mrs. D. B. Dykes, Dothan, Ala., brother and sisters, and Mr. E. G. Fleming of Pulaski County, an uncle, W. E. Haskins, of Jacksonville, Fla., Durrell and Emmett Haskins, sons, Mrs. Clarence Sherrell of Fitzgerald, Miss Ruby Haskins, of Fitzgerald, Mrs. Aldine Edwards, of Thomasville, daughters, and his wife survive Mr. Haskins.
Pallbearers for Mr. Haskins were Messrs. E. C. Sparrow, C. E. Sanders, Ben Harrell, L. S. Harrell, D. M. Simmons, W. J. Simmons. Mr. W. L. Joiner assisted with funeral arrangements.
Obituary of Hattie English
The Fitzgerald Herald and Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, February 15, 1968, p. 2:
SERVICES HELD SUNDAY FOR MRS. HATTIE HASKINS
Funeral services for Mrs. W. B. (Hattie) Haskins, 92, were held Sunday at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Burch officiating. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. Haskins died February 9, 1968, in the Ben Hill County Hospital.
Born in Laurens County, the daughter of Eli and Sallie Barber English, Mrs. English had lived in this community since 1919. She was a housewife and a member of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include:
One son, W. E. Haskins, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
Three daughters, Mrs. C. H. Sherrill and Mrs. Ruby H. Walker, both of Fitzgerald, and Mrs. A. F. Edwards, Thomasville.
Five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Pallbearers were DeWitt Leverett, Carl Findley, Cleo Evans, Morris Campbell, Elton Grantham and W. M. Ware.
Issue:
J192––– i.––– Pearl7 Haskins, of whom below, born November 9, 1896 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died December 27, 1986 in Life Care Center, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia.
J193––– ii.––– Aldine Haskins was born circa 1906; died on October 14, 1996 in Thomas County, Georgia. Nina married a Mr. Edwards.
J194––– iii.––– Ruby Haskins was born on April 15, 1910 in Wilcox County, Georgia; died on December 19, 1998 at 107 Lobingier Avenue, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia; and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald, Georgia. She married first a Mr. Walker, and second James B. McCuller. Mr. McCuller was born December 25, 1908 in Wilcox County, Georgia; died June 7, 1987 in Life Care Center, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia; and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald, Georgia. He was a son of J. O. McCuller and Martha Zoma Page.
EXCURSUS
A story in The Fitzgerald Herald and Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, October 23, 1969, p. B-3 concerning the marriage of Ruby’s niece, Linda Faye (Haskins) Seabrooke, calls her “Ruby H. Walker,” suggesting that her marriage to James B. McCuller occurred after that date. Further, since Ruby Haskins Walker would have been at least 59 when she married Mr. McCuller, the children named in his obituary were likely of a prior marriage. Note that none of these four children are mentioned in her obituary.
Obituary of Ruby Haskins
The Fitzgerald Herald-Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Wednesday, December 23, 1998, p. A-4:
RUBY McCULLER, BOOKKEEPER
Mrs. Ruby Walker McCuller, 88, of 107 Lobingier Ave., died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998, at her residence. She was the widow of J. B. McCuller.
Mrs. McCuller was born in Wilcox County on April 15, 1910.
A former bookkeeper for Halperin’s Department Store, she had also worked as a secretary for Fletcher Buick and Central Music Company. She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she was in the Bethany Sunday School Class. She was a former co-owner of the Life Care Center and a longtime Fitzgerald resident.
Among her survivors are: sister, Nina Edwards of Thomasville; nephew, Wayne Sherrill of Fitzgerald; and niece, Juanita D. Deese of Fitzgerald.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at the Burch-Hudson Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Gene Wilder officiating.
Music was provided by pianist Patsy Spradlin.
Pallbearers were Bill Herlovich, John Hageman, W. C. McGee, Ed Cox, Gilbert Green and David Malcolm.
Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Obituary of James B. McCuller
The Fitzgerald Herald and Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Wednesday, June 10, 1987, p. A-2:
J. B. McCULLER
DIES HERE SUNDAY;
BURIED ON TUESDAYA retired foreman in the tooling division of McDonald-Douglas Aircraft Corp., who moved to Fitzgerald two years ago from Marietta, J. B. McCuller, of Rt. 1, Logingier avenue, died at 8:40 a.m. Sunday, June 7, 1987 in the Life Care Center. He was 78.
Mr. McCuller, a native of Wilcox County, was born to the late J. O. and Martha Zoma Page McCuller on December 25, 1908. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Those who survive him are: his wife, Ruby Haskins McCuller of Fitzgerald; two sons, W. J. McCuller of California and Robert A. McCuller of Walnut, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Leila Kutscherousky of Carson City, Nev., and Mrs. Wanda Stillwell of Walnut; two brothers, Marvin W. McCuller of Marietta and E. C. McCuller of Forest Park; two sisters, Mrs. Jeanette Hughes of Conyers and Mrs. Juanita Shelnutt of Lawrenceville; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Al Wright officiating. Marty Smith was organist.
Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
J195––– iv.––– Emmett H. Haskins, of whom below, born October 9, 1913 in Abbeville, Wilcox County, Georgia; died March 23, 1965 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.
J196––– v.––– Durrell Haskins died before April 1, 1965, as he is not named among the siblings who survived his brother Emmett Haskins in the latter’s obituary in The Fitzgerald Herald and Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, April 1, 1965, p. 1.
J197––– vi.––– William Elliott Haskins. A story in The Fitzgerald Herald and Leader, Fitzgerald, Georgia, Thursday, October 23, 1969, p. B-3 announcing the marriage of his niece Linda Faye (Haskins) Seabrooke states that “Mrs. W. E. Haskins, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla. was among those in attendance.”
J84. CARRIE LEAH6 HASKINS (Nancy Jane5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born September 16, 1872 in Pulaski County, Georgia. The date of her birth is written in the family bible of her grandfather, William Green Fleming. Her grave marker, Winter Beach Cemetery, Winter Beach, Indian River County, Florida, gives the year of her birth only and identifies her as Leah C. Holmes. Leah died October 12, 1931 in Winter Beach, Indian River County, Florida; and was buried in the Winter Beach Cemetery. Leah married first John Joseph Holmes on June 7, 1891 in Pulaski County, Georgia, son of James E. Holmes and Martha Willie Bembry. He was born on October 14, 1860 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on October 1, 1923 at Quay, Indian River County, Florida; and was buried at Winter Beach Cemetery.
Obituary of Carrie Leah Haskins
NOTE: The obituary below calls her “Mrs. Leah Holmes Bennett,” so I presume she re-married after the death of her first husband, John Joseph Holmes.
The Vero Beach Press-Journal, Vero Beach, Florida, Friday, October 16, 1931, p. 7:
Mrs. Leah Holmes Bennett, age 59, died suddenly at her home Monday afternoon about 3 o’clock. Death was due to a heart attack. She had been in failing health for several months. Mrs. Bennett was born near Cochran, Ga., and moved to Florida having made this place her home since 1912. She was an active member of the Winter Beach Baptist church and was beloved by all who knew her. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Tuesday at 3:00, The Rev. S. L. Laudermilk and Pastor J. E. Johnson officiating. Arrangements were in charge of Cox Funeral home. Interment was made in Winter Beach cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her death, four sons, Hoke, J. S. and J. J. Holmes, M. L. Holmes of Ft. Pierce, a daughter, Mrs. DeLand Jenkins of Vero Beach and several grandchildren.
Obituary of John Joseph Holmes
Excerpt from The Vero Press, Vero Beach, Florida, Thursday, October 4, 1923, p. 1:
TWO QUAY RESIDENTS CLAIMED BY DEATH
J. J. Holmes died last Monday night at his home at Quay following a short illness. His wife and several children survive him. He had lived at Quay for a number of years. The funeral was held Tuesday with interment in the Quay (now Winter Beach – JTF) cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Lou Williams died last Friday night ...
Issue:
Of Carrie Leah Haskins and John Joseph Holmes
J198––– i.––– Mannie Lewis7 Holmes, of whom below, born March 4, 1894 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 8, 1961 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida.
J199––– ii.––– Alice Viola Holmes, of whom below, born March 15, 1897 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died in 1937 in Indian River County, Florida.
J200––– iii.––– Joseph Styles Holmes, of whom below, born in 1904 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died July 12, 1963 in Indian River County, Florida.
J201––– iv.––– Janarl Joseph Holmes, of whom below, born June 12, 1908 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died June 12, 1977 in Wabasso, Indian River County, Florida.
J202––– v.––– Hoke Smith Holmes, of whom below, born May 4, 1911 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died November 19, 2000 in Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida.
J85. FRANCES BERTHA6 HASKINS (Nancy Jane5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born February 2, 1874 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died February 7, 1922 in Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in the Buchan Cemetery, near Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia. Frankie married Frank M. Turner on December 24, 1893 in Pulaski County, Georgia. The issue of The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, the first edition of 1894, in which a story of their wedding might have appeared is not available on microfilm at The University of Georgia Library. His full name may have been Francis Marion Turner. He was born in Crawford County, Georgia, in 1858; died on May 16, 1932 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida; and was buried in the Buchan Cemetery in Pulaski County, Georgia.
Obituary of Frances Bertha Haskins
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 8, 1922, p. 8:
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. F. M. TURNER
Mrs. Frances Turner, wife of Mr. F. M. Turner, died at her home 6 miles east of Hawkinsville Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock after an illness of only a few days of acute Brights disease. Mrs. Turner was a good woman, loved and admired by a large circle of friends.
She was a daughter of Judge H. A. and Mrs. H. A. Haskins of this city and was 44 years of age. Of her immediate family she is survived by her husband and 6 children, two sons and four daughters. Interment will be in the Powers cemetery this afternoon at 4 o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. S. M. Anderson.
Obituaries of Frank M. Turner
The Fort Pierce News-Tribune, Fort Pierce, Florida, Monday, May 16, 1932, p. 1:
DEATH TAKES FRANK TURNER
Body Being Forwarded to
Hawkinsville, Ga., for
Funeral, BurialFrank M. Turner, 74, prominent retired Georgia farmer who had made his home in Fort Pierce for the past five years, residing with his son, M. A. Turner, on South Fifteenth street, died at 3 a.m. Monday after a lingering illness of about a year.
The body will be forwarded by the H. Ryland Cox funeral home on the 1:10 a.m. Tuesday to Hawkinsville, Ga., former home of the deceased, where funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, followed by interment there. Members of the family planned to leave by car Monday.
The deceased is survived by two sons, M. A. Turner of this place and Corporal Corlis Turner of Fort Benning, Ga.; three daughters, Miss Lottie Turner, Hawkinsville, Ga., Mrs. E. G. Couch, Miami, and Miss Audine Turner, Fort Pierce.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, May 19, 1932, p. 1:
FORMER COUNTY CITIZEN LAID TO REST HERE
Mr. Turner was born in this county and lived here up until six years ago when he moved to Ft. Pierce, Florida, to reside with his son, Mr. M. A. Turner. Besides numerous relatives, he is survived in his immediate family by two sons, Mr. M. A. Turner, of Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Corporal Corlis Turner of Ft. Benning, Ga.; and three daughters, Miss Audine Turner of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Miss Lottie Turner of this county, Mrs. E. Couch, of Miami, Fla ...
Interment was at the Powell cemetery with Rev. Bob McKennin officiating and W. L. Joiner in charge.
Pallbearers were Green M. Smith, W. J. Davis, E. C. Sparrow, J. L. Davidson, Wilbur Smith and C. E. Sanders.
Issue:
J203––– i.––– Marion Augustus7 Turner, of whom below, born January 20, 1895 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died July 28, 1987 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida.
J204––– ii.––– Lottie Turner, of whom below, born June 22, 1900 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died February 14, 1991 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida.
J205––– iii.––– Lola Mae Turner, of whom below, born July 17, 1903 in Pulaski County, Georgia.
J206––– iv.––– Corlis Turner, born July 12, 1905 in Pulaski County, Georgia, married Jewell ?, last name unknown.
J207––– v.––– Audine Turner, born September 24, 1909 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on May 19, 2000 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida. She married a Mr. Albert, who predeceased her.
Obituaries of Audine Turner
The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday, May 23, 2000, p. B-3:
AUDINE T. ALBERT, 90, FORT PIERCE
Mrs. Albert, a Fort Pierce resident since 1926, died Friday. She was born in Georgia and was a nurse before retirement.
Survivors include her sister, Lola Couch of Fort Pierce.
Service 11 a.m. Sunday at the First Christian Church, Fort Pierce.
Contributions may be made to the May Read Memorial of First Christian Church, 1210 Hartman Road, Fort Pierce, Fla. 34947.
The Stuart News/Port St. Lucie News, Stuart, Florida, Tuesday, May 23, 2000, p. C-4:
AUDINE T. ALBERT
FORT PIERCE –– Audine T. Albert, 90, of Fort Pierce died Friday, May 19, 2000.
A native of Bleckley County, Ga., she lived in Fort Pierce since 1926. She moved here from Hawkinsville, Ga.
Before retirement, she was a nurse with Dr. L.L. Whiddon of Fort Pierce.
She was predeceased by her husband. Survivors include her sister, Lola Couch of Fort Pierce.
A service will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 28, at First Christian Church, Fort Pierce.
Those who wish may contribute to The May Read Memorial, First Christian Church, 1210 Hartman Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34947.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Roger L. Byrd Funeral Home, Port St. Lucie.
J208––– vi.––– (A daughter) Turner. The obituary of her mother, Frances Bertha (Haskins) Turner, in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Wednesday, February 8, 1922, p. 8, accounts for four daughters and two sons.
J88. LAWRENCE FLEMING6 HASKINS (Nancy Jane5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born December 25, 1877, in that part of Pulaski County, Georgia that was later annexed to create Bleckley County. An individual, unpublished survey of Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Cochran, Georgia, reports, however, that his grave marker has his birth date as December 25, 1876. He died September 9, 1939 at his home on Kibbie Street, in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. He married Lena Rivers Partin on January 13, 1901 at Empire, Dodge County, Georgia, daughter of William Benson Partin and Mary Ann Sauls. She was born on December 23, 1879 in Laurens County, Georgia; and died on March 18, 1956 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. They are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia.
Marriage of Lawrence Fleming Haskins and Lena Rivers Partin
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 17, 1901, p. 1:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
THE COCHRAN NOTE BOOK.
In the Hands of W. W. Poole.
… Mr. Lawrence Haskins and Miss Lena Partin were quietly married Sunday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. B. Asbell at Empire. Both are Cochranites. Their friends wish for them much happiness.
Obituaries of Lawrence Fleming Haskins
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 14, 1939, p. 1:
LAWRENCE HASKINS IS TAKEN SATURDAY
Brother of Pulaski’s
Ordinary Succumbs
After 3 Days Illness
With many friends in attendance, the funeral was held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Rev. E. B. Collins and Elder John Woodward officiating. Interment was in Cedar Hill, at Cochran, under the direction of Clark Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were: Messrs. J. T. Snellgrove, Sidney Smith, E. C. Sparrow, Luther Benson, C. R. Foster and D. P. McGriff. Mrs. J. L. Mims and Mrs. Jim Cofield sang the sacred song “Saved By Grace,” at the services.
Mr. Haskins was a brother of Judge H. A. Haskins, Ordinary of Pulaski county. His wife, Mrs. Lena Partin Haskins, a son, Julian T. Haskins, of Atlanta, and a daughter, Miss Louise Haskins, of this city, survive. Also five sisters, Mrs. J. F. Lawson, of Daytona Beach, Mrs. Dave Dykes, of Gordon, Ala., Mrs. A. W. Trice, Mrs. Eula Buchan, and Miss Inez Haskins of Hawkinsville.
Born on Christmas Day in 1877, Mr. Haskins was 62 last year. He was a member of the Hawkinsville Baptist church and a man of character. He numbered his friends in this part of Georgia by the score. In his death the city loses another of its upstanding citizens.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, September 14, 1939, p. 3:
LAWRENCE F. HASKINS DIES IN HAWKINSVILLE
Hawkinsville, Sept. 11 – Funeral services for Lawrence Fleming Haskins, 62, retired merchant who died at his home here Saturday, were held yesterday afternoon and burial was in the Cedar Cemetery at Cochran.
Born in the northern section of Pulaski, in what is now known as Bleckley county, Mr. Haskins was engaged for many years in the mercantile business in Cochran and Hawkinsville. He retired about a year ago because of ill health.
Survivors include his wife, one son, Julian T. Haskins, Atlanta; one daughter, Miss Louise Haskins, of Hawkinsville; and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. J. F. Lawson, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Mrs. D. B. Dykes, Gordon, Ala.; Mrs. Katie Trice, Mrs. Eula Buchan, Miss Inez Haskins and Judge H. A. Haskins, all of Hawkinsville.
Mr. Haskins was for many years in business in Cochran before moving to Hawkinsville a few years ago. He and Mrs. Haskins both have a host of relatives in our midst, who have the sympathy of many friends.
Obituaries of Lena Rivers Partin
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, March 21, 1956, p. 1:
FORMER PULASKI RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Lena Partin Haskins, 76, a former Pulaski County resident, died in Atlanta last Sunday after a long illness.
Mrs. Haskins, widow of Lawrence F. Haskins and sister-in-law of the late Judge H. A. Haskins, of Hawkinsville, had made her home in Atlanta for about 12 years.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Fisher Funeral Home in Cochran and burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran.
Survivors include a son, Julian T. Haskins, of Atlanta, and a daughter, Mrs. Louise H. Adams, of Atlanta.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, March 22, 1956, p. 1:
MRS. LENA HASKINS DIES IN ATLANTA
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Partin Haskins, 76, of Atlanta, who died unexpectedly Sunday in Atlanta, were held Tuesday morning in the Chapel of the Fisher Funeral Home. The services were conducted by Rev. Phil M. Jenkins and Rev. Allen Johnson. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Haskins, a former resident of Cochran and Hawkinsville, had lived in Atlanta for the past 12 years. She was the widow of the late Lawrence F. Haskins and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Louise H. Adams of Atlanta; one brother, Julian T. Haskins of Atlanta; one nephew, O. S. Coody of Atlanta; and two grandchildren, Mrs. Grady J. Stell and Miss Judy Haskins of Atlanta.
Pallbearers were C. T. Foster, Grady T. Stell, O. S. Coody, Nathaniel Goode, Floyd L. Reynolds and Delma Clark.
Issue:
J209––– i.––– Lucien Albert7 Haskins, born November 8, 1902; died May 19, 1903 in Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia; and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia.
Obituary of Lucien Albert Haskins
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 10, 1903, p. 8:
OBITUARY.
Lucien Albert, little son of Lena and Lawrence Haskins, died at the home of his parents in Cochran on Tuesday, May 19, 1903, aged 7 months. A bright jewel, lent us just a little while, that we may know the joy of possession –– a little star of hope, gone down to rise upon a fairer shore. We will see you no more, Lucien, ‘till the resurrection, but that hope only compensates these long, lonely hours which your bright presence so filled with happiness. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh.” “He doeth all things well.” Yet we miss you, little darling, oh so much but we would not have you cross the “River of Death” for we know that you are safe in the arms of Jesus. Farwell, ‘till we meet again.
Auntie.
J210––– ii.––– Julian Tilden Haskins, of whom below, born November 12, 1904 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died June 23, 1972 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
J211––– iii.––– Lawrence Alton Haskins, born June 26, 1909; died September 26, 1910; buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia.
J212––– iv.––– Mary Louise Haskins was born on December 22, 1912 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on November 19, 1993, in Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia; and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia. Louise married Louis D. Adams but they reportedly divorced later.
Obituaries of Mary Louise Haskins
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, November 20, 1993, p. B-15:
LOUISE H. ADAMS
RETIRED OFFICE WORKERCochran, Ga. –– The graveside service for Louise Haskins Adams of Atlanta, a retired office worker with Oxford Manufacturing Co., will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Cedar Hill Cemetery here.
Mrs. Adams, 80, died Friday at Crawford Long Hospital.
Surviving are nieces.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, November 20, 1993, p. C-6:
LOUISE HASKINS ADAMS
ATLANTA – Louise Haskins Adams, 80, of 1050 Ponce de Leon Ave., formerly of Hawkinsville, died Friday in a local hospital. Born in Pulaski County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Lena Partin Haskins. She was a retired employee of Oxford Manufacturing in Atlanta. She was a member of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta and the Shaw Bible Class. Survivors: nieces, Mrs. Marvin Kilgo and Betty Callaway, both of Atlanta.
Services: 3:30 p.m. today in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cochran. The Rev. Ken Brooks will officiate. Fisher Funeral Home in Cochran has charge of arrangements.
J213––– v.––– Roy Augustus Haskins, born on May 25, 1915; died in Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia on June 6, 1931; and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley County, Georgia.
Obituaries of Roy Augustus Haskins
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, June 11, 1931, p. 1:
ROY AUGUSTUS HASKINS
LAID TO REST SUNDAYA death which touched the community with a sense of unusual sadness was that of Roy Augustus Haskins, aged 16 years, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Haskins, which occurred at the Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday afternoon, June 6th.
Sick and ailing for about a month with what at first appeared as an attack of Malaria fever, but which seemed to seriously affect his eyes. It was learned about ten days ago that Roy was suffering from Tumor on the brain. He was immediately taken to the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, and placed under care of a specialist for brain diseases. An operation said to be one of the most delicate and difficult known to the medical profession, that of removing the tumor from the brain, was performed on May 29th.
The spirit of youth, strong in its desire to live, bravely fought its way out of darkness and Roy rallied from the operation. For several days he fought bravely for his life but in spite of his courageous heart and the skill of physicians he gradually lapsed into a coma from which he could not rally and death came quickly on Saturday afternoon.
Funeral services were held from his home on Broad street Sunday afternoon with Rev. J. L. Baggott, his pastor, officiating. Interment was in the family lot at Cochran, Ga., with W. L. Joiner in charge.
Thought called in his early youth, Roy leaves a memory that will be cherished as a blessing by his family and his associates. Through his ten years in the city public schools he was held in the highest esteem by his classmates and teachers. His integrity, genial manner and habits of industry gave him ready access to the society of his acquaintances and made him an object of love in his home. He was a member of the Hawkinsville Baptist church and took an active part in both the Sunday school and Young People’s service. Death has robbed the home and community of one whose youth gave promise of sterling manhood.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Haskins, one sister, Miss Louise Haskins, and one brother, Mr. Julian Haskins.
Pallbearers were H. L. Nelson, Nathaniel Goode, G. B. Williams, R. E. Dixon, J. P. Millican and J. R. Holland.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, June 11, 1931, p. 1:
BODY OF ROY HASKINS
INTERRED IN CEDAR HILLThe body of Roy Haskins, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Haskins, of Hawkinsville, was brought to Cochran and interred in Cedar Hill cemetery last Sunday afternoon. He succumbed at the Piedmont hospital in Atlanta last Saturday, as the result of an operation for tumor of the brain from which he suffered for three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Haskins with their splendid children were former residents of Cochran, and we naturally feel a tender sympathy for the bereaved family in the passing of this young life that was just entering to the threshold of manhood.
Surviving are his parents and one brother, Julian Haskins, and one sister, Miss Louise Haskins, all of Hawkinsville.
J89. BIANCE ETTA6 HASKINS (Nancy Jane5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born on December 5, 1881 in Pulaski County, Georgia, and died October 30, 1969 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. She married David Brown Dykes on April 26, 1903 at Empire, Dodge County, Georgia, son of William Wilson Dykes and Sarah Elizabeth Brown, and grandson of Burrell Dykes, for whom the main street in Cochran, Dykes Street, is named. Dave Dykes was born on January 5, 1875 at Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia; and died on February 8, 1954 in Donalsonville, Seminole County, Georgia. Bianca and Dave are the grandparents of cousin Hazel Christine (Dykes) Breland, who wrote the following:
From Hazel Christine (Dykes) Breland’s “Our Haskins and Fleming Families from North Carolina and Georgia” (unpublished):
Before she was born, Gus and Nancy Haskins (Bianca’s parents) lived next door to an elderly couple named Kinchen. This couple was rather wealthy and had never had any children. Mrs. Kinchen was named Bianca and had always wanted a child by that name. She loved the Haskins children and had a good relationship with Nancy and Gus.
When Nancy was expecting the birth of her child, Mrs. Kinchen told her that if she would name the child after her, if it was a girl, that she would leave her everything that she owned in her will. When the child was born, they named her Bianca. Soon afterward, the Kinchens moved away and were never heard from again. Little Bianca Haskins was left with a name that no one in Hawkinsville had ever heard and could not pronounce. She became ‘Bine-qi’ the rest of her life to everyone except David Dykes, her husband. He called her Mrs. Dykes because he said that is sounded better than ‘Bine-qi.’
Bianca Haskins Dykes was a beautiful Southern lady. Many people said that she was the prettiest little thing that they ever saw. I heard it said that she looked as if she had been carved. She had beautiful brown curly hair, fair complexion and big blue eyes. She had been raised in a wealthy family on a large, very productive farm. Her father was Judge of Pulaski County for many years before his death. Her mother was also from wealthy parents, the Fleming family.
Her mother’s grandparents, the Bembry family of Pulaski County, also owned much land and many slaves. They were descendants of the well-known Mayo family of Pitt, Edgecombe, Beaufort and Martin counties in North Carolina. Her father, H. A. Haskins, descended from the Burkhalter family on his mother’s side. Most of her relatives on her Burkhalter side were German or Swiss descent. Her Haskins ancestors were English and Irish.
She was the best cook that I have ever known. I never knew anything that she cooked to be anything other than perfection. In the summer, when my aunt came down from Colorado to spend the summer, she would always hire one of the young girls who lived on the farm to do all the cooking and housework so that she could spend more time visiting with her daughter. Although Bianca was down to earth, anyone could tell that she came from a well-bred family. She made some beautiful quilts and did exquisite embroidery. She always knew just what to do if someone became ill or was hurt. I remember the night before my wedding, I developed a sudden muscle cramp in my legs. She stayed up all night rubbing the cramps from my legs.
We always loved to sit on the porch and would swing, rock, talk, laugh, shell peas, etc. That porch is in my precious and cherished memories. Even now, I have many dreams that take place on that porch.
Marriage of Bianca Etta Haskins and David Brown Dykes
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 29, 1903, p. 1:
At Empire, Ga., Sunday afternoon, April 26th, Mr. David Dykes and Miss Bianca Haskins were quietly married, Rev. Mr. Asbell officiating. Though raised in Cochran, Mr. Dykes is now a popular business man of Savannah. Miss Haskins is the daughter of our popular tax collector of Pulaski county and herself a very popular young lady. We offer congratulations.
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J214––– i.––– Thelma7 Dykes, of whom below, born February 13, 1904 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died May 1, 1992 in Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado.
J215––– ii.––– David Brown Dykes, Jr. was born in 1906 in Gordon, Houston County, Alabama; died about ten months of age while visiting Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J216––– iii.––– Joe Haskins Dykes, of whom below, born June 30, 1908 in Gordon, Houston County, Alabama; died June 8, 1978 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
J217––– iv.––– Frank Dykes, born May 9, 1916 in Gordon, Houston County, Alabama; died May 2, 1948 in Dothan, Alabama. He married first Doris Meadows and second Ruth Meadows.
J90. EULALIE6 HASKINS (Nancy Jane5 Fleming, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born on December 14, 1884 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died October 19, 1964 in Archibold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia; and was buried at Buchan (Old Powers) Cemetery, near Old Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia. Eula married Warren Gainer Buchan on November 28, 1909 in Cochran, Georgia, then in Pulaski but now the county seat of Bleckley County, Georgia, which was created from Pulaski County on July 30, 1912. He was the oldest son and second of thirteen children of John Beverly Allen Buchan and Anna Maria Gainer. Gainer was born in Pulaski County, Georgia, on February 21, 1877; died on September 26, 1921 at Oglethorpe Sanitarium, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; and is buried in the Buchan/Old Powers Cemetery.
Marriage of Eulalie Haskins and Warren Gainer Buchan
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, December 3, 1909, p. 8:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
HASKINS-BUCHAN
Miss Eula Haskins and Mr. W. G. Buchan drove over to Cochran last Sunday afternoon and were quietly united in marriage, Rev. F. B. Asbell officiating.
Mr. Buchan is a member of the county school board and one of Pulaski’s most successful young planters.
Mrs. Buchan is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Haskins, and is greatly admired by a large circle of friends because of her many excellent traits of character.
Obituaries of Eulalie Haskins
The Times-Enterprise, Thomasville, Georgia, Tuesday, October 20, 1964, p. 8:
MRS. EULA BUCHAN
Mrs. Eula Buchan, 78, died Monday at Archibold Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Pulaski County, she moved to Thomasville 19 years ago from Hawkinsville. She was the daughter of the late Judge Hugh A. and Nancy Jane Fleming Haskins. She was married to Warren Gainer Buchan who died in 1921.
She was a member of Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. W. S. Stewart, and two grandchildren, Martha Frances and Shirley Stewart, all of Thomasville; two sisters, Mrs. Bertie Lawson, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Mrs. D. B. Dykes, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Adriel Primitive Baptist Church in Hawkinsville with Elder O. V. Marshall officiating. Burial will be in Powers Cemetery in Hawkinsville with Kirkland-Croy-Hughes Home for Funerals in charge.
Pallbearers will be nephews Grady Stell, Atlanta; J. E. Sparrow, E. S. Sparrow, Tommie Woods, Glendron Lamar, Roy Jesup and Terry Nelson, all of Hawkinsville; and Leon Cabero, also of Hawkinsville.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, October 21, 1964, p. 1:
MRS. EULA BUCHAN TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Eula Haskins Buchan, 76, a former resident of Hawkinsville, died Tuesday after a long illness.
Mrs. Buchan, who had been making her home in Thomasville, died in that Georgia city.
She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. A native of Pulaski County, she was the widow of the late Warren Gainer Buchan, of Pulaski County.
Funeral services were to be held at 3:30 p.m. today in the Adriel Primitive Baptist Church here, Elder O. V. Marshall officiating. Burial was to follow in Powers Cemetery in Pulaski County.
Mrs. Buchan is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. S. Stewart of Thomasville; two sisters, Mrs. Birdie Lawson, of Florida, and Mrs. Bianca Dykes of Alabama; several nieces and nephews.
Biographical Notes on Warren Gainer Buchan
The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 321:
Prominent among the progressive citizens of Pulaski County was Mr. Warren Gainer Buchan. He was born February 21, 1877, at the old Buchan home in the Hartford District in Pulaski County, the son of John Beverly Allen Buchan and Mrs. Ann Maria Gainer Buchan.
He was the second of thirteen children, and at a very early age assumed the responsibility of his own resources. Farming was his chosen vocation, and his success illustrated what could be made of the agricultural industry in Pulaski County. He became one of the largest landowners and taxpayers in the county, and held a place of prominence among financiers. In addition to his agricultural interests, he was associated as a stockholder in many business enterprises in the city, and was a director of the First National Bank.
On November 28, 1909, he was married to Miss Eulalie Haskins, daughter of Mr. Hugh Augustus and Mrs. Nancy Jane Fleming Haskins. Only one child, Martha Frances, was born to them on May 29, 1911. She was graduated from the Fitzgerald High School in 1927, and from the University of Georgia in 1931. On October 20, 1934, she was married to Mr. William Sanders Stewart.
The entire life of Mr. Buchan was an example of good citizenship and upright ideals. He served ably as a member of the Board of Education and was ever ready to give his time and money for civic and social improvements. During the World War he led in the sale of Liberty Bonds, being too old for active army service. All charitable causes, as orphans’ homes, etc., found him a liberal contributor. These are only a few of his public services, his quiet and modest nature hiding a multitude of private contributions to his community.
While still in the prime of his life, he was struck and killed on September 21, 1921. A host of family and friends mourned this tragic death, which removed one of the county’s best loved citizens.
His sudden death left a large estate which required much skill and wisdom in its management. This task was capably performed by his widow. Her success in business may be considered a parallel to that of her late husband. Though his ability acquired the estate, hers held it and continued to manage it profitably. Her record is enviable both in her private affairs and as legal guardian for her daughter.
Business interests have not caused Mrs. Buchan to neglect other things. Her home manifests her home-loving nature, and her interest in and love of flowers. She is an active member of Adriel Primitive Baptist Church, and truly lives her religion. Few, except the recipients, know her many deeds of kindness and charity, but she is happiest when serving in her simple and quiet way. The community reserves a secure and respected place for her among its best citizens.
Obituaries of Warren Gainer Buchan
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 28, 1921, p. 1:
INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO MR. W. G. BUCHAN
Prominent Pulaski Farmer
Dies from Injuries Received
When Hit by AutoOne of the saddest deaths that has occurred in this county in a long time was that of Mr. W. Gainer Buchan, which occurred at the Oglethorpe Sanitarium in Macon Monday night at about 10 o’clock.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. Buchan attempted to cross the street directly in front of the post office just after the fire alarm was sounded. In attempting to dodge the car of Fire Chief Buff, which was going at a rapid rate out Commerce street, eye witnesses state that he must have failed to see an automobile driven by Eddy Russell coming in the opposite direction. Those who saw the accident vary in their views of how it happened, some state that Mr. Buchan was hit by the car driven by Mr. Buff and knocked under the car driven by Mr. Russell while others say that the Russell car hit him first and the Buff car passed over his body. In fact, it all happened so quick that it hard to tell just which car he was injured by.
Bystanders rushed to his assistance and carried him to Batts Drug Co., where prompt medical attention was given him. He was later carried to the home of his father, Mr. J. B. A. Buchan, where a thorough examination of his skull was made by local physicians, who decided it best to carry him to Macon for an examination. Immediately after arriving at the hospital at an early hour Sunday morning he was placed on the operating table and the operation was performed by Dr. Rosar. It was found that he had sustained a ruptured artery near the brain, and it was at first thought that he would survive the blow. But he gradually grew worse until the end came Monday night, never regaining consciousness from the time of the accident until this death.
Mr. Buchan was one of Pulaski’s most successful farmers. He engaged actively in farming when he first grew up to manhood and his energies and efforts in this line have proven most successful, beginning in a small way and adding to his farm from year to year until his operations had reached large proportions.
He was also engaged in banking, being a stock holder in the First National Bank of Hawkinsville and was one of its director. He served a number of years on the county board of education. He was in the prime of life, being 44 years of age.
His remains were interred in the Pipkin cemetery near his home. The funeral services were conducted by Elder J. M. Woodward. The interment was by the membership of Mount Hope Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M., of which he was a loyal member. In the absence of Worshipful Master E. F. Thomas, Mr. Eli W. Goode acted in his place in a most efficient manner.
Mr. Buchan is survived in his immediate family by his wife and one daughter, Frances, 9 years of age. Also by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. A. Buchan and eleven sisters, Misses Clara, Lizzie, Essie, Rachel, Mrs. J. T. Sanders, Mrs. Frank Chambers, Mrs. Idus Jessup, Mrs. C. C. Daniel, Mrs. A. G. Lawson, Mr. E. C. Sparrow and one brother, Mr. Robert D. Buchan.
A large number of sorrowing friends attended the funeral and interment. The beautiful floral offering attested the esteem in which he was held by those who loved him.
The Times-Journal, Eastman, Georgia, Thursday, September 29, 1921, p. 8:
INJURIES FATAL TO W. G. BUCHAN
Macon, Ga., September 27 –– The body of W. Gaynor (sic) Buchan, farmer and banker of Pulaski County, who died here Monday night at the Oglethorpe Private Sanitarium as the result of fractured skull sustained when he was run over by two automobiles on their way to a fire at Hawkinsville Saturday night, were taken to Hawkinsville at noon Tuesday and the funeral will be held there.
Mr. Buchan was brought to Macon Sunday in an effort to save his life. He was accompanied by his mother, his wife, a brother and daughter, all of whom were with him when the end came at 10 o’clock Monday night.
An Overland car, driven by Eddie Russell, is said to have knocked Mr. Buchan down and Fire Chief Buff, of Hawkinsville, driving a car ran over him before he could stop, it was reported.
Surviving Mr. Buchan are his wife, a daughter of Judge H. A. Haskins, Ordinary of Pulaski County; a daughter, Francis, ten years old; a brother, Robert, and the following sisters: Mrs. Frank Chambers of Carp; Mrs. Jessup, of Chester; Mrs. J. T. Sanders, Mrs. Ernest Sparrow, Mrs. C. C. Daniel, Mrs. Gus Lamar, Mrs. R. B. Bembry and Misses Essa, Clarke, Lizzie and Rachel, all of Hawkinsville.
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J218––– i.––– Martha Frances7 Buchan, of whom below, born May 29, 1911 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died August 6, 1995 at her home at 110 Edgewood Drive, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia.
J94. ELIA6 FLEMING (Elam Green5, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) was born on August 22, 1889 in Pulaski County, Georgia, according to Rufus B. (Rudy) Lancaster, Jr. of Cordele, Georgia; died on December 17, 1977, in the Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville, Georgia; and was buried in the Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville. Elia married Cook Watson, son of Benjamin Franklin Watson and Mary Ann Peavy. This was his second marriage, having previously been married to Molly Gunn, by whom he fathered three children: (i) Benjamin Franklin Watson, who married Juanita Collins; (ii) Nancy Watson, who married J. N. Orr; and (iii) Lois Watson, who married Earl Chaney. Cook was born in Dooly County, Georgia, on August 17, 1878; died on July 31, 1949, at Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville.
Biographical Notes on Elia Fleming
by Rudy Lancaster of Cordele, Georgia
They are all relations one can be proud of. The deceased certainly passed down the Fleming descendancy honorably and those presently living continue to offer great character to the family name.
I am very pleased to have discovered your work on the Flemings. Thanks for letting me participate in the ongoing documentation.
Obituary of Elia Fleming
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, December 21, 1977, p. 11:
ELIA FLEMING WATSON
Mrs. Elia Fleming Watson, of Rt. 1 Pineview in Pulaski County, died Saturday, December 17, in the Taylor Memorial Hospital of Hawkinsville.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville with the Rev. R. D. Hinely officiating. Interment was in Orange Hill Cemetery of Hawkinsville.
Mrs. Watson was a native of Pulaski County, a member of the Corinth Baptist Church of Pulaski County and widow of the late Mr. Cook Watson.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. John H. Slade, Pineview, Mrs. Earl Chaney, Millen, and Mrs. I. N. Orr, Newnan; one son, B. F. Watson, Milledgeville; one sister, Mrs. Birdie Wynne, Hawkinsville, several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Rudy Lancaster, Larry Dunaway, Rev. Kelsey Brady, Robert Mooring, Ben Watson and Henry Atkinson.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Cook Watson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 4, 1949, p. 10:
COOK WATSON DIES AFTER WEEK’S ILLNESS
Cook Watson, 70, prominent farmer of the Hartford district, died Sunday at his home three miles east of Hawkinsville, after an illness of one week. He sustained a broken leg, one week ago, as the result of an accident. Pneumonia developed, which caused his death.
Watson was born August 17, 1878 in Dooly County, the son of Benjamin Franklin Watson and Mrs. Mary Ann Peavy Watson. For many years he had been a resident of Pulaski county. He was a member of Corinth Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Corinth Church, with Rev. Cecil Beckham of Centerville, and Rev. Simon Anderson of Hawkinsville officiating, with interment at Orange Hill cemetery.
Survivors include: his wife, the former Miss Elia Fleming; one son, B. F. Watson, of Milledgeville; three daughters, Mrs. J. N. Orr of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Earl Chaney, of McClinnis, Fla., and Mrs. J. H. Slade of Finleyson; three brothers, Freeman Watson of Seville; G. P. and Homer Watson of Cordele.
Pallbearers were Bob and Roy Lancaster, Thomas Bembry, E. G. and J. F. Sparrow, J. T. Collins. Clark Funeral Home in charge.
Issue:
Of Elia Fleming and Cook Watson
J219––– i.––– Martha Ann7 Watson, of whom below, born January 5, 1925 in Dooly County, Georgia; died July 29, 2003 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J95. ETHEL6 FLEMING (Elam Green5, William Green4, John3, David2, John1) twin sister of Elia, #J94 above, was born August 22, 1889 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died October 12, 1975 in the Pinewood Manor Nursing Home, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was laid to rest in the Buchan (Old Powers) Cemetery, near Hartford, in Pulaski County. Ethel married Walter F. Atkinson on December 9, 1908 at the home of her parents, Elam Green and Dora Fleming, at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. Walter was a son of Henry C. Atkinson and Mary Mariah (Mollie) DeLamar. He was born on November 17, 1882; died on October 27, 1914 near Hawkinsville; and was buried at the Buchan/Powers Cemetery. In addition to the children enumerated below, they may have also had a son named DeLamar Atkinson. There is a DeLamar Atkinson buried in Buchan (Old Powers) Cemetery, Pulaski County, Georgia (no dates); he could have been a son of Walter F. Atkinson, or a brother perhaps.
Marriage of Ethel Fleming and Walter F. Atkinson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, December 18, 1908, p. 1:
FLEMING-ATKINSON
At three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, December 9th, Miss Ethel Fleming and Mr. Walter Atkinson were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Fleming.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Simmons of Unadilla and the wedding march was played by Mrs. Mack Thompson of Cochran.
The home was beautifully decorated with bamboo and ferns, and the bride wore a brown coat suit with hat and gloves to match.
The groom is a prosperous young farmer of our county and the bride is a beautiful young woman possessing many lovely traits of character.
Many valuable presents were received.
Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson will be at home to their many friends at the Sparrow place two miles east of Hawkinsville.
Obituary of Ethel Fleming
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, October 15, 1975, p. 5:
ETHEL FLEMING ATKINSON
Mrs. Ethel Fleming Atkinson, 86, of Hawkinsville, died Sunday in the Pinewood Manor Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held Monday in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Hinely and the Rev. Kelsey Brady officiating. Burial in Powers Cemetery, Pulaski County, followed.
Mrs. Atkinson was a native of Pulaski County and a member of Corinth Baptist Church.
She is survived by one son, Dewitt Thomas Atkinson of Brunswick; one daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Collins, Route Two, Hawkinsville; two sisters: Mrs. Elia F. Watson of Pineview, and Mrs. Birdie F. Wynne of Hawkinsville; four grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Bobby Lee Akins, H. C. Akins, Sonny Akins, Rudy Lancaster and Larry Dunaway.
Obituary of Walter F. Atkinson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, October 28, 1914, p. 8:
WALTER F. ATKINSON DIED TUESDAY MORNING
Well Known Young Farmer
Succumbs to An Attack
of Hemorrhagic FeverMr. Walter F. Atkinson, aged thirty-two years, died at his home five miles below Hawkinsville on the east side of the river Tuesday morning at six o’clock, after an illness of four or five weeks from hemorrhagic fever. He was a son of Mr. H. C. Atkinson, and was one of Pulaski’s most energetic and promising young farmers. He was well thought of by all who knew him and had many friends who will regret to learn of his death. He is survived by his father, wife and four children, four sisters, and one brother.
The funeral will be held at two o’clock today (Wednesday) and the interment will be in the Powers graveyard four miles northeast of Hawkinsville. Rev. Mr. Pharr, of Empire, will officiate.
Issue:
J220––– i.––– Dewitt Thomas7 Atkinson was born on June 25, 1909 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died November 7, 1985 in Glynn-Brunswick Hospital, Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia; and was buried in Buchan (Old Powers) Cemetery, Pulaski County, Georgia. He married Clyde Mae Cook on April 13, 1941 in Pulaski County, Georgia. She was born October 9, 1908 in Dodge County, Georgia; died May 27, 1993 in Putnam Community Hospital, Palatka, Putnam County, Florida; and was buried in the Buchan (Powers) Cemetery. Her marriage to Dewitt Atkinson was likely her second marriage as the obituary of Mr. Atkinson reports that he was survived by two stepsons, H. C. Akins and B. L. Akins.
Obituaries of Dewitt Thomas Atkinson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, November 12, 1985:
DEWITT T. ATKINSON
Dewitt T. Atkinson, 76, of Brunswick died Thursday at Glynn County Hospital.
Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Powers Cemetery in Pulaski County, with the Rev. Kelsey Brady officiating.
A native of Pulaski County, Atkinson was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. He was a retired employee of the Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co.
Survivors include his wife, Clyde C. Atkinson of Brunswick; two stepsons, H. C. Akins of Yule, Fla., and B. L. Akins of Statesboro; one sister, Mary Collins of Hawkinsville; and 10 grandchildren and six grandchildren.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville was in charge of local arrangements.
The Brunswick News, Brunswick, Georgia, Friday, November 8, 1985, p. A-3:
D. T. ATKINSON DIES THURSDAY
Dewitt T. Atkinson, 76, a Brunswick resident, died Thursday at Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
Services will be held at noon Saturday in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Carlton Anderson officiating.
Burial, under the direction of Clark Funeral Home in Hawkinsville, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Powers Cemetery, Hawkinsville.
A native of Hawkinsville, Atkinson had been a resident of Glynn County for the past 47 years. He was a retired Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co. employee and a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Hawkinsville.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Clyde C. Atkinson of Brunswick; two stepsons, H. C. Akins of Yulee, Fla., and B. L. Akins of Statesboro; a sister, Mary Collins of Hawkinsville; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 o’clock at the funeral home and requests that those wishing to make contributions to the Glynn County chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Obituaries of Clyde Mae Cook
The Brunswick News, Brunswick, Georgia, Saturday, May 29, 1993, p. A-3:
CLYDE C. ATKINSON DIES THURSDAY
Clyde Mae Cook Atkinson, 84, of Brunswick died Thursday in the Putnam County Hospital in Palatka, Fla.
A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Powers Cemetery in Hawkinsville with Rev. Kelsie Brady officiating.
The family will receive visitors Sunday afternoon at the funeral home and requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
Surviving are two sons, Houson C. Akins of Satsuma, Fla. and Bobby L. Akins of Statesboro; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The Dodge County native had been a resident of Glynn County for 52 years. She was a lifetime member of the Urbana Garden Club of Brunswick and she was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Brunswick and the Ladies Social Circle of the church. She was a homemaker.
Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The Palatka Daily News, Palatka, Florida, Friday, May 28, 1993, A-11:
CLYDE ATKINSON
SATSUMA –– Clyde Atkinson of Satsuma died Thursday at HCA Putnam Community Hospital in Palatka. Arrangements will be announced by Masters Funeral Home in Palatka.
J221––– ii.––– Mary Atkinson was born on June 17, 1910 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on April 6, 1997 in Taylor Regional Hospital, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia. She married William Pinkney Collins on October 18, 1936 in Pulaski County, Georgia. He was born May 18, 1905 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died September 2, 1974 in Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley County.
Obituary of Mary Atkinson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 9, 1997, p. 20:
MARY A. COLLINS
Mrs. Mary Atkinson Collins, 86, of Rt. 2, Hawkinsville, died Sunday, April 6, 1997, in Taylor Regional Hospital.
Graveside services were held Tuesday, April 8, in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cochran with the Revs. Lanier Beasley and James Cristwell officiating.
Mrs. Collins was a native of Pulaski County and a homemaker. She was a member of the Corinth Baptist Church and the WMU.
Survivors include a cousin, Martha Slade, Pineview, and several nieces and nephews.
Obituary of William Pinkney Collins
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 4, 1974, p. 7:
RITES ARE HELD FOR
W. PINKNEY COLLINSWilliam Pinkney Collins, 69, of Route Two, Hawkinsville, died Monday in the Taylor Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Chapel of Clark Funeral Home, with the Rev. W. E. Cliatt and the Rev. Charles Conway officiating. Burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cochran followed.
Mr. Collins was a native of Pulaski County, a member of the Corinth Baptist Church in Pulaski County, a farmer and cotton ginner.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Atkinson Collins, Route Two, Hawkinsville; three brothers, Clarence Collins and I. T. Collins, Jr., both of Hawkinsville, and Arthur Collins of Fort Deposit, Ala.; four sisters: Mrs. Fred Young of Cochran, Mrs. C. D. Brazzeal and Mrs. Lucia White, both of Macon, and Mrs. M. J. Whisnant of Dothan, Ala. and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were: Jack Young, Julian Young, Robert White, Craig Bentley, David Chance and Hartwell Wright.
J222––– iii.––– Henry Fleming Atkinson was born on June 22, 1912; died December 23, 1935 in an automobile crash on Piedmont Road in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in the Buchan (Old Powers) Cemetery, near Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia.
Obituary of Henry Fleming Atkinson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 26, 1935, p. 1:
PULASKI CITIZEN
INSTANTLY KILLEDHenry Atkinson Dies When
Car Crashes into Truck
in AtlantaHenry Fleming Atkinson, age 23, was instantly killed Friday morning in Atlanta in an automobile crash on Piedmont Road at Peachtree creek. The car in which he was riding with Walter B. Pirkle of Dawsonville was moving south at high speed, it is said. A large Campbell Coal Co. truck was moving north. At a sharp curve, the two machines met.
Both bodies were mutilated and positive identification was not at once established. Police immediately launched an investigation. Records in the motor vehicle department showed that the license tag on the car had been issued to J. C. Hansen, Covington, Ga.
The deceased was a son of Mrs. Ethel Fleming and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Fleming, who reside on the Eastman road about 3 miles from here. He had been living in Atlanta with an aunt.
Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning with Rev. D. C. Bussell officiating. Interment was in Buchan cemetery under the direction of Clark Funeral Home. Three beautiful songs were sung by the ladies of the missionary society.
Other surviving close relatives include Miss Mary Atkinson, Mr. DeWitt Atkinson and Mrs. W. F. Atkinson.
Pallbearers: Hugh Hodo, Atlanta; Wright Bolling, Atlanta; E. G. Sparrow, Clarence Collins, Ralph Lancaster and B. F. Watson.
J223––– iv.––– Walter F. Atkinson, Jr., of whom below, born August 31, 1914 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 30, 1961 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J98. ELDRIDGE PULASKI6 KELLAM (Mary Frances5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born in 1855, and died on June 14, 1935, on Hartford Avenue, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia. He married first Mattie Webb Howard on November 23, 1875, at First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Georgia. She was born in 1855; and died on December 22, 1887.
Marriage of Eldridge Pulaski Kellam and Mattie Webb Howard
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, November 24, 1875, p. 3:
Last night the First Baptist church was thronged with a crowd of people to witness the nuptials of Miss Mattie W. Howard, daughter of George J. Howard, and Eldridge P. Kellam. Rev. E. W. Warren officiated. The attendants were:
- Miss Emma Goldsmith of Stone Mountain, W. H. Howard,
- Miss Lola Vorus, J. B. Patterson,
- Miss Lula Johnson of Stone Mountain, James Thomas,
- Miss Willie Howard, Henry Tumlin, of Cartersville,
- Miss Ela Munday, John Patterson,
- Miss Alice Howard, W. E. Lester.
Ushers –– M. B. Hallman, J. B. Akers, Isham Daniel.
The pulpit was decorated with flowers and a monogram of the parties, H. to K. The bride and her attendants were handsomely dressed. After the ceremony was over, a handsome supper was served up at the residence of the bride’s father.
Eldridge Pulaski Kellam married second Mary Campbell Lewis in 1894. She was born in 1868; died on January 10, 1950 in Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, in southwest Atlanta.
Obituary of Eldridge Pulaski Kellam
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, June 15, 1935, p. 2:
ELDRIDGE KELLAM DIES AT RESIDENCE
Former Constitution
Employee Passes;
Was Pioneer School BoyEldridge Pulaski Kellam Sr., 79, widely known Atlanta man and a former employee of The Constitution, died last night at his residence at 1293 Hartford avenue, S.W.
A resident of this city for 70 years, he was a member of the first volunteer fire department Atlanta had.
He was a member of the Pioneer School Boys of Atlanta and for years a deacon of the Baptist church. At the time of his death he was an active member of the Sylvan Hills Baptist church.
Mr. Kellam was employed as a bookkeeper by The Constitution for many years.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John C. Fife Sr.; eight sons, the Rev. David S. Kellam, of Green Cove Springs, Fla.; Ernest K. Kellam, of Daytona Beach, Fla.; Wallace S. Kellam, of Fairbanks, La.; Eldridge P. Kellam Jr., of Atlanta; Ira F. Kellam, of Hillside, N. J.; Arthur L. Kellam, of Miami; Count F. Kellam, of Atlanta; and Fred P. Kellam, of Tucson, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Kellam White and Mrs. R. H. Comer, of Atlanta; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Awtry & Lowndes.
Obituaries of Mary Campbell Lewis
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, January 11, 1950, p. 16:
KELLAM – Mrs. Mary E. – died Tuesday night in her eighty-first year. She is survived by three sons, C. F. Kellam, Chamblee, Ga.; Mr. A. L. Kellam, Daytona, Fla.; Mr. F. P. Kellam, Willcox, Ariz.; several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements announced by Awtry & Lowndes.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, January 12, 1950, p. 22:
MRS. E. P. KELLAM DIES IN CHAMBLEE
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lewis Kellam, 81, former Atlantan, who died Tuesday night in Chamblee, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the Chapel of Awtry & Lowndes. The Rev. H. P. Briggs will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Kellam was the widow of Eldridge P. Kellam, a pioneer Atlantan and former employee of the Campbell Coal Company.
Surviving are six sons ... a daughter, Mrs. Ethel K. Fife, of College Park; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Issue:
Of Eldridge Pulaski Kellam and Mattie Webb Howard
J224––– i.––– David Seth7 Kellam was born on December 24, 1876; died in August 1962. His first wife’s name was Irene ?, whom he married about 1900, possibly in Decatur, Georgia. After her death, Rev. Kellam married second Genevieve Lucille O’Brien, who was born in 1882; and died in 1953.
J225––– ii.––– George Ernest Kellam, born in 1879; died after January 10, 1950 when he is named as a survivor of his mother, Mary Campbell Lewis Kellam, in the latter’s obituary in The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, January 12, 1950, p. 22. Ernest married Lula Gilas about 1901 possibly in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida?
J226––– iii.––– Ethel May Kellam, of whom below, born on March 20, 1880 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died January 24, 1966 in Fulton County, Georgia.
J227––– iv.––– Wallace Stovall Kellam, born 1881; died after June 11, 1943, when he is mentioned as a survivor of his brother, Eldridge Pulaski Kellam, Jr., in the latter’s obituary in The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, June 13, 1943, p. B-4. He married Nina ? possibly in Monroe, Louisiana? He was living in Fairbanks, Louisiana, at the time of his father’s death, in the summer of 1935.
J228––– v.––– Mary Lou Kellam, born on August 21, 1884; died on February 18, 1922 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. She married George Carlton Blanc in 1908. He was born in 1880; died in 1909. A daughter, Pauline Elizabeth, is named in her obituary below.
Obituary of
Mary Lou KellamThe Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, February 20, 1922, p. 12:
BLANC –– Died Saturday night at 9:20 o’clock at the residence, 285 Highland avenue, Mrs. Mary Kellam Blanc, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge P. Kellam. Besides her parents, she is survived by a daughter, Pauline Elizabeth; a sister, Mrs. J. C. Fife, of Orlando, Fla.; and four brothers, the Rev. D. S. of Waterboro, S.C., E. G. of Macon, W. S. of Hot Springs, Ark., and Ira F. Kellam of Atlanta; also four half-brothers, E. P., Jr., A. L., Count and Fred, all of Atlanta. Funeral will be held this Monday morning at 11 o’clock from the chapel of Awtry & Lowndes Co. Interment, North View cemetery.
J229––– vi.––– Ira Fem Kellam, of whom below, born in February of 1886; died in 1960.
Issue:
Of Eldridge Pulaski Kellam and Mary Campbell Lewis
J230––– i.––– William Stanford7 Kellam, born August 8, 1898; died September 3, 1898; and buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
J231––– ii.––– Eldridge Pulaski Kellam, Jr., of whom below, born September 11, 1899 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died June 11, 1943 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
J232––– iii.––– Arthur Lewis Kellam, born December 31, 1901; died in October 1980 in Ocala, Florida. He was married four times: 1. Thelma Huggins, 2. Marguerite ?, 3. Mrs. Mattie (Bell) Swift, and 4. Elizabeth ?. His marriage to Mattie B. Swift was solemnized on March 26, 1970 in Brooks County, Georgia, when he was 68 and she was 62. A divorce degree was issued on April 16, 1975, in Thomas County, Georgia.
J233––– iv.––– Count Fleming Kellam, of whom below, born December 5, 1906; died June 9, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia.
J234––– v.––– Fred Page Kellam, born July 13, 1909. He was reportedly thrice married. He was living in Tucson, Arizona, at the time of the death of his father, Eldridge Pulaski Kellam, in 1935.
J101. JOHN FLEMING6 KELLAM (Mary Frances5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born on June 14, 1861 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died September 10, 1930 at his home, 983 St. Charles Avenue in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery. He was chief clerk of the city construction department for over 42 years. A native of Hawkinsville, he moved to Atlanta with his family in 1865 as a child. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Atlanta and, later, Ponce de Leon Baptist Church. Fem married first Martha Sutton Coley on October 8, 1884 at her mother’s home in Hawkinsville, Georgia. She was a daughter of Gabriel Redding Coley and Elizabeth Sutton. Mattie was born on November 7, 1861 in Hawkinsville, Georgia; died on July 18, 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia; and was buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta. After the death of his first wife, Fem married second Katherine Charlton Jenkins on August 30, 1898 at First Baptist Church, Atlanta, which at the time of their marriage was located at the corner of Forsyth and Walton streets in downtown Atlanta. Katie was a daughter of David Lawrence Jenkins and Anna Tallulah Shockley. She was born on June 3, 1879 in Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia; died on January 7, 1958 at her home at 2187 Virginia Place, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
Marriage of John Fleming Kellam and Martha Sutton Coley
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 16, 1884, p. 3:
Married at the residence of the bride’s mother near Hawkinsville, on the evening of the 8th inst., by Rev. E. J. Coates, Mr. J. F. Kellam, of Atlanta, and Miss Mattie Coley, daughter of the late Capt. G. R. Coley, of this county.
Marriage of John Fleming Kellam and Katherine Charlton Jenkins
The Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, August 31, 1898, p. 9:
KELLAM-JENKINS
One of the most beautiful weddings of the season was that of Mr. John F. Kellam and Miss Katherine C(h)arlton Jenkins, at the First Baptist Church last night. The popularity of these well-known young people attracted a large crowed, and the church was most artistically decorated for the occasion. The ceremony was performed by Dr. W. W. Landrum, and Mr. J. P. O’Donnelly presided at the organ. The groom is deputy city comptroller and is one of the rising young business men of the city. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Jenkins, of West End, and is noted for her beauty and many excellent traits of character. Miss Ida Harris was maid of honor and Mr. George P. Peacock was best man. The ushers were Messrs. A. M. Irwin, J. W. Awtry, L. B. Coley, C. I. Branan. After the ceremony the bridal party was entertained at the residence of Mr. Ed White, on West Fifth street.
Obituaries of John Fleming Kellam
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, September 11, 1930, p. 5:
JOHN F. KELLAM, 69, PASSES AT RESIDENCE
Veteran City Employee
Succumbs to Sudden Illness.
Though in declining health for two or three years, Mr. Kellam’s sudden attack Wednesday morning was unexpected and his death came as a shock to his wide circle of friends in Atlanta and throughout the state. He was not a native of Atlanta, but had lived here since a child, coming here with his parents the last year of the Civil War. He was born at Hawkinsville, and when his parents removed to Atlanta from that place, resided on Hayden street.
For more than 42 years, he has been connected with the office of the city construction department, and at the time of his death was chief clerk.
He is survived by his widow; three sons, Armine Raymond Kellam, John F. Kellam, Jr., and Robert J. Kellam, all of Atlanta; two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Sartain, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Howison Mahone, of Atlanta; one brother, Eldredge (sic) P. Kellam, of Atlanta; and two sisters, Mrs. Edward White, Jr., and Mrs. R. H. Comer, both of Atlanta.
The body was removed to the funeral parlors of Awtry and Lowndes Company. Services will be conducted at 11 o’clock Friday morning from the residence. Dr. L. R. Christie will officiate and interment will be in Oakland cemetery.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, September 11, 1930, p. 10:
MR. JOHN F. KELLAM
VETERAN EMPLOYE OF
CITY, DIES SUDDENLYMr. John F. Kellam, 69 years old, chief clerk of the City Construction Department at the City Hall, and for over forty-two years connected with this department, died suddenly at his home, 983 St. Charles Avenue, late Wednesday night after having been ill for only one day.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the residence, with Rev. L. R. Christie officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery.
Mr. Kellam had been in failing health for two or three years but the attack he suffered Wednesday evening after dinner was very unexpected. His death came as a shock to his many friends in Atlanta and throughout the state.
A native of Hawkinsville, Mr. Kellam moved to Atlanta with his family in 1865, as a child, and at that time lived on Hayden Street.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church a number of years ago and had served as superintendent of the Sunday school there, but at the time of his death, he was a member of the Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.
Mr. Kellam is survived by his wife; three sons, Armie Raymond Kellam, John F. Kellam, Jr., and Robert J. Kellam, all of Atlanta; two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Sartain, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Howison Mahone, of Atlanta; one brother, Eldredge P. Kellam, of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Edward White, Jr., and Mrs. R. H. Comer, Jr., both of Atlanta; and four grandchildren, Rebecca, Coley and Janie Kellam of Atlanta, and Anne Sartain, of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, September 12, 1930, p. 13:
MR. JOHN F. KELLAM
VETERAN EMPLOYE OF
CITY, LAID TO REST
To permit employes to attend the funeral, offices were closed from 10 o’clock to 1:00 o’clock Friday.
Mr. Kellam, who had been connected with the City Construction Department for over forty-two years, had been in failing health for about two years, but the attack he suffered Wednesday night was very sudden, and was a great shock to his friends.
Obituary of Martha Sutton Coley
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, July 19, 1895, p. 5:
DEATH OF MRS. KELLAM.
A Noble Christian Lady Falls Asleep.
Mrs. John F. Kellam, the beloved wife of the deputy city comptroller, died peacefully at her home, No. 80 Hill street, yesterday morning. The end came at half past 11 o’clock.
Mrs. Kellam was widely known in Atlanta. She was a young wife of many noble and genial qualities, and her life was one of beautiful devotion to her friends. She was ill for only three weeks and no fears were entertained of her condition until a few days ago. Mrs. Kellam leaves a sorrowing husband and child to mourn her sad death.
The funeral will occur from the First Baptist church this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, and the following gentlemen will act as pallbearers: Messrs. J. H. Goldsmith, A. K. Akerman, George W. Terry, Hiram Middlebooks, A. P. Stewart and R. H. Randall.
Obituary of Katherine Charlton Jenkins
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, January 8, 1958, p. 12:
MRS.. J. F. KELLAM SR.
Mrs. John F. Kellam, Sr., 77, widow of the former chief clerk of the City of Atlanta construction department, died Tuesday at her home, 2187 Virginia Pl., N. E., after an illness of two weeks.
Born in Eatonton, Mrs. Kellam was the former Catherine Charlton Jenkins. She had been an Atlanta resident 60 years. She was a member of the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.
Funeral plans will be announced by H. M. Patterson & Son.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Sartain, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. W. H. Mahone, Atlanta; a son, Robert J. Kellam, Atlanta; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Armine R. Kellam, Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. William Winn Miller, San Marino, Calif., and two brothers, Franklin Sanders Jenkins, Lithonia, and James Reid Jenkins, Jacksonville, Florida.
Issue:
Of John Fleming Kellam and Martha Sutton Coley
J235––– i.––– Elizabeth May7 Kellam was born on October 31, 1885; died on November 4, 1887, just eight days after the birth of her brother Eldridge LaCroix Kellam. According to papers in the Robert Jenkins Kellam Collection (Box 7) at the Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, Lizzie Mae was buried in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama.
J236––– ii.––– Eldridge LaCroix Kellam, born October 27, 1887; died May 7, 1888 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
J237––– iii.––– Armine Raymond Kellam, of whom below, born July 25, 1889 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died May 18, 1944 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
Issue:
Of John Kellam Fleming and Katherine Charlton Jenkins
J238––– i.––– John Fleming7 Kellam, Jr., of whom below, born August 15, 1899 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died there on April 25, 1956.
J239––– ii.––– Katherine Dorothy Kellam, of whom below, born May 12, 1901 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
J240––– iii.––– Mattie White Kellam, born on January 28, 1904 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, at 80 Hill Street. She married William Howison Mahone on July 6, 1926 in Atlanta at her parents’ home on St. Charles Avenue. Howison was born on May 22, 1900 in Chilton County, Alabama; died May 31, 1967 in Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia.
Marriage of Mattie White Kellam
and William Howison MahoneExcerpts from The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, July 7, 1926, p. 12:
MISS MATTIE WHITE KELLAM
WEDS WILLIAM H. MAHONE
Mrs. William Owens, a cousin of the bride, and Mrs. Paul Green, violinist, rendered musical numbers preceding the ceremony, accompanied by Mrs. Edward White, Jr., aunt of the bride, who played the wedding march.
To the strains of the wedding march from “Lohengrin,” the five friends of the bride who held the ribbons that formed the aisle, entered. They were Miss Ernestine and Miss Fanny George Mahone, of Newnan, Ga., sisters of the groom; Miss Mildred Melgreen Lubbock, of Charlotte, N.C.; Miss Cecile Corbett and Miss Mildred Watlick. E. Burns Brooks was Mr. Mahone’s best man.
Descending the stairway and preceding through the aisle to the altar came the maid of honor, Miss Dorothy Kellam, sister of the bride. Following her came the matron of honor, Mrs. Lawrence Albert Burdett, a cousin of the bride ...
Next came the little flower girl, Rebecca Warner Kellam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armine Raymond Kellam ...
The bride entered with her father, J. F. Kellam, who gave her in marriage, and at the altar they were joined by the groom and his best man, E. Burns Brooks ...
Later in the evening, Mr. Mahone and his bride left for a wedding journey, after which they will make their home in North Carolina.
The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kellam, is a young woman of much charm. She is descended from distinguished ancestors. On her mother’s side, she is a descendant of General Brown and the Randolphs and Charltons of Virginia. Mr. Kellam, her father, is a pioneer citizen of Atlanta, and a prominent public citizen who is identified with the civic and philanthropic interest of the city. She is a graduate of Oglethorpe university.
Mr. Mahone is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mahone, of Newnan, Ga. He is named for Allan P. Howison, of Randolph, Ala., and General Billy Mahone, of Virginia, known as “Fighting Billy.” On his mother’s side, he is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Reed, of Plantersville, Ala., Mr. Reed being a distinguished member of the Confederate army who fought in the battle of Gettysburg. He also is a descendant of the late Mr. and Mrs. German Burns, of Selma, Ala. On his paternal side, he is a descendant of the late Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Mahone, of Notasulga, Ala., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Pope, of Loachapoke, Ala., formerly of Macon, Ga. Mr. Mahone is the nephew of the late Mrs. John B. Brooks, of Inman Park.
Mr. Mahone is connected with the Nunnally company.
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On p. M-2 of The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, July 11, 1926, appears a picture of Mrs. Mattie White (Kellam) Mahone, in her wedding gown, with the following caption: “Mrs. William Howison Mahone, who before her recent marriage was Miss Mattie White Kellam. Mrs. Mahone is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kellam, of St. Charles avenue, and her marriage is of interest to a wide circle of friends.”
Obituary of William Howison Mahone
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, June 1, 1967, p. 44:
MAHONE –– Mr. W. H., of 2187 Virginia Pl., NE, died May 31, 1967. Surviving are his wife; sisters, Mrs. Monroe G. Baldwin, Sr., Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Henry A. Farmer, Newnan, Ga. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 1, at 2 o’clock at Spring Hill, Dr. Monroe F. Swilley, Jr., officiating. Interment, Oak Hill, Newnan, Ga., at 4 o’clock. The pallbearers will be Dr. G. Thomas Cowart, Mr. Bryant Shelnutt, Mr. Jack S. Baldwin, Mr. Jack S. Moore, Mr. Eugene C. Clarke, Jr., Mrs. Charles A. Simons, Mr. H. McKinley Conway, Jr., Mr. Ernest K. Thomason, Mrs. Eugene Brooks, Mr. John L. Brooks, Mr. John L. Brooks, Mr. John P. Winchester, Mr. Cortland Luce. As escort, the members of The Blue Goose International and The Managing Association of General Agents. Newnan, Ga., papers please copy.
J241––– iv.––– Robert Jenkins Kellam, of whom below, was born on November 6, 1905 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died on February 19, 1993 in DeKalb County, Georgia.
J102. MATTIE A.6 KELLAM (Mary Frances5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born on August 30, 1863 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and died on December 30, 1939 at the home of her daughter, 3720 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia. She married Edward White, Jr. in 1880. He was born on February 13, 1857 in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia; died on November 9, 1925 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. They are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Obituaries of Edward White, Jr.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, November 10, 1925, p. 24:
MR. EDWARD WHITE,
LEADING ATLANTIAN,
IS TAKEN BY DEATHMr. Edward White, Jr., 68 years old, a prominent Atlantian, died Monday morning at his home, 53 West Fourth street, after an illness of one week.
Mr. White, who was born in Dalton, Ga., was the son of Edward White, Sr., the original founder of the city who named the city for his mother, Mary Hooper Dalton, of Haverhill, Mass.
The family moved to Atlanta while Edward White was a small child, and built the family home in West End, known as the Murphy estate. White street was named for the family.
Mr. White was connected with The Atlanta Constitution for thirty-five yeas as cashier, and manager of the weekly department, and resigned to enter the service of the city government as manager of the collection department of the street improvement service.
He was a member of the Old Guard regiment, having made the famous trip to New York in 1876 with the old Gate City Guards.
He was for many years a devoted member of the First Baptist church, where he led the music in the Sunday school department, but recently transferred his church membership to the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
He was prominent in Masonic circles.
Mr. White is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Kellam White; a daughter, Mrs. William Owens; a brother, Leonard White; two grandsons, Billie and Sam Owens, and a niece, Mrs. Louise King Betterman.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, November 10, 1925, p. 2:
EDWARD WHITE, JR. SUCCUMBS TO DEATH
Edward White, Jr., 68, prominent and widely known Atlantan, died at his home, 53 West Fourth street, Monday morning. Mr. White was a member of a pioneer family of Georgia and had made his home in Atlanta since he was a child.
His father, Edward White, Sr., founded the town of Dalton, naming it for his mother, Mrs. Mary Hooper Dalton, of Haverhill, Mass. The family moved to Atlanta when Edward White, Jr., was four years old.
Mr. White was for 35 years cashier of The Constitution. For the past 17 years he has been with the city as manager of the street improvement collection department.
He was a prominent Mason and a member of the Old Guard, being with the Old Guard on its trip to New York in 1876. He was for years an active member of the First Baptist church, where he led the music in the Sunday school. Recently he became a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Mr. White was well-known throughout the city, his work in business and in church and lodge circles bringing him in touch with many friends.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William Owens; a brother, Leonard White; two grandsons, Billy and John Owens, and a niece, Mrs. Louis King Betterman.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock from the Barclay & Brandon chapel. Interment will be in Oakland cemetery.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, November 11, 1925, p. 13:
MR. EDWARD WHITE, ATLANTA PIONEER, RESTS IN OAKLAND
Mr. White, who was born February 13, 1857, in Dalton, Ga., was the son of the late Edward White, of Haverhill, Mass., and Mary Avaline Cunningham, of Hartford, Conn.
His father entered business in New York as the junior partner of Grannis White & Co. After a while failing health caused him to move to Atlanta. He bought a square mile of territory in Whitfield county, naming it Dalton, after his mother’s family. At that time, A. B. & A. railway was under construction.
Mr. White, Sr. moved to Atlanta and bought what is now known as the Murphy estate. During the War Between the States, he invented the “A” tent and was awarded a contract to supply the Confederate army with them.
During the invasion of Atlanta, Mr. White retired to Montgomery, Ala., and General Sherman established Atlanta headquarters at the White home.
Mr. Edward White, Jr., who was brought to Atlanta at an early age, was connected with The Atlanta Constitution for thirty-five years in the collection department and as manager of the circulation of the Weekly Constitution under Henry W. Grady.
He entered the service of the city of Atlanta in 1908 as chief clerk to Henry L. Collier, who was at that time chief of construction and public works. When the street improvement collection office was established by council he was appointed manager of the new department. He remained in this service for seventeen years.
He was a member of the Gate City Guards, and made the famous trip through the east with the company in 1876 under Captain Joseph F. Burke. He was a member of the organization from 1875 until 1883 and later joined the Old Guard.
He was prominent in the affairs of the Red Men’s lodge, holding every office in his lodge. He held the title of past great sachem of the Cherokee lodge. He also was a member of Atlanta lodge, No. 59, F. & A. M.
Mr. White had been a member of the Second Baptist church and was one of its founders. He also had been a member of the First Baptist church, and had led the singing in the Sunday school. Recently he transferred his membership to the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
He is survived by his widow; a daughter, Mrs. William Owens; a brother, Leonard D. White, Sr.; three nephews, Leonard D. White, Jr., Edward and William White, of Atlanta; and two nieces, Mrs. William Ingram, of Charlotte, N. C. and Mrs. F. P. Betterton, of College Park.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, November 11, 1925, p. 20:
FINAL RITES TODAY FOR EDWARD WHITE, JR.
Funeral services for Edward White, Jr., who died Monday at the home at 53 West Fourth street, will be held this morning at 11 o’clock from the chapel of Barclay & Brandon. Interment will be in Oakland cemetery.
Mr. White was connected with The Atlanta Constitution for 35 years, and at the time of his death was manager of the collection department of the street improvement service of the city of Atlanta. He was a member of the Old Guard, prominent in Masonic circles and a member of the Christian Scientist church.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, November 11, 1925, p. 20:
FUNERAL NOTICES.
WHITE –– The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Edward White, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. William Owens, Masters Billie and John Owens, Captain Leonard White and Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Betterton are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Edward White, Jr., this (Wednesday), November 11, 1925, at 11 o’clock from the chapel of Barclay & Brandon. Interment will be in Oakland cemetery. The following gentlemen will please act as pallbearers and meet at the residence, 53 West Fourth street, at 10 o’clock: Messrs. C. H. Beers, E. K. Thomason, L. A. Burdett, F. P. Betterton, G. H. Butler and J. J. Murdock.
Obituary of Mattie A. Kellam
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, December 31, 1939, p. 12:
MRS. WHITE DIES HERE AT AGE OF 76
Husband Was Long Connected
With The Atlanta ConstitutionMrs. Mattie Kellam White, 76, widow of Edward White, Jr., who was associated with The Constitution for many years, died yesterday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Forrest C. Osgood, 3720 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road.
A native of Hawkinsville, Mrs. White was a daughter of the late David Seth Kellam and Mary Fleming Kellam, both members of pioneer Georgia families. She was married to Mr. White in 1880.
Mrs. White was for many years an active member of the First Baptist church, where she had charge of music for the Sunday school. She later joined the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. May Kellam Comer; two grandsons, William E. and John R. Owens; a great-grandson, William Owens, Jr., and an adopted niece, Mrs. Fred R. Betterton.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon at Spring Hill by Forrest C. Osgood, former first reader of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery under direction of H. M. Patterson & Son.
Issue:
J242––– i.––– (A daughter)7 White married Forrest C. Osgood. Her mother’s obituary states: “In addition to her daughter, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. May Kellam Comer; two grandsons, William E. and John R. Owens; a great-grandson, William Owens, Jr., and an adopted niece, Mrs. Fred R. Betterton.” Either this daughter earlier had married a Mr. Owens (William Owens according to the obituary of her father) or had a sister who married a Mr. Owens and then predeceased her mother and father, or her father had from a previous marriage a daughter who married a Mr. Owens.
J103. MAY ROSE6 KELLAM (Mary Frances5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born May 27, 1866 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died February 26, 1944 at her residence, 1503 Peachtree Street in Atlanta; and was buried at Oakland Cemetery, in Atlanta. May was a graduate of the Girls High School in Atlanta. She married Ransome Hogue Comer, who was born on March 9, 1861 in Cleveland, White County, Georgia; died on January 27, 1937 in Atlanta; and was also buried at Oakland Cemetery.
Obituaries of May Rose Kellam
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, February 28, 1944, p. 12:
MRS. MAY K. COMER LAID TO FINAL REST
Funeral services for Mrs. May K. Comer, 77, who died Saturday night at the residence, 1503 Peachtree Street, N. E., were held Monday at Spring Hill. John Zuber, past reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, officiated. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery.
Mrs. Comer was the widow of R. H. Comer, for many years associated with the advertising department of The Atlanta Journal. Formerly Miss May Kellam, she was a life-long resident of Atlanta and graduate of Girls’ High School.
She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. E. K. Thomason, Mrs. Miriam Beers and Mrs. Lawrence Burdett, all of Atlanta; and two granddaughters, Miss Betty Thomason and Miss Mary Katherine Beers, Atlanta.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, February 28, 1944, p. 16:
COMER, Mrs. May K. –– of 1503 Peachtree St., N. E., widow of the late Mr. R. H. Comer, died Feb. 26, 1944. Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. E. K. Thomason, Mrs. Miriam Beers, Mrs. Lawrence Burdett; granddaughters, Miss Betty Thomason, Miss Mary Katherine Beers. Funeral services will be held Monday, Feb. 28, at 3:30 o’clock at Spring Hill, Mr. John W. Zuber, past reader of First Church of Christ, Scientist, officiating. Interment, Oakland. The pallbearers will be Mr. F. P. Betterton, Mr. Joe D. Thompson, Mr. H. W. Van Natta, Mr. T. D. Strickland, Mr. A. R. Kellam, Mr. C. P. Kellam. H. M. Patterson & Son.
Obituaries of Ransome Hogue Comer
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, January 28, 1937, p. 11:
RANSOME H. COMER PASSES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME HERE
Funeral Services Friday
Arranged for Veteran
Journal WorkerRansome H. Comer, 75, well-known resident of Atlanta for more than fifty years, died suddenly Wednesday night at his home, 93 Tenth Street, N.W. Although he had been in declining health for some time, Mr. Comer’s death came unexpectedly.
Front Row: Left to right: May Rose (Kellam) Comer, Miriam Powell Comer and Ransome Hogue Comer. Back Row: Mary Elizabeth Comer. This picture is courtesy of Katherine Lee (Smith) Parsons, of Irving, Texas, and was likely taken before 1903, when Katharine Paine Comer was born.
For more than fifteen years a valuable employe of The Atlanta Journal’s credit department, Mr. Comer had a large acquaintance among the business men of Atlanta. Prior to becoming connected with The Journal he was for about twenty-five years in the grocery business and for a short time connected with a local clothing concern.
Born in Cleveland, Ga., Mr. Comer removed to Atlanta more than half a century ago. He would have been 76 years old on March 9. He was a member of the Battle Hill Masonic Lodge, and of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Surviving him are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence A. Burdett, Mrs. E. K. Thomason, and Mrs. Miriam Beers, all of Atlanta; three sisters, Mrs. T. H. Shelley, of Gainesville, Mrs. Addie Latimer, of Washington, Ga., and Mrs. Anna Quarles, of Seattle; a brother, Frank Comer, of Gainesville; and two grandchildren, Betty Thomason and Mary Katherine Beers.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Friday from Spring Hill Chapel by the Rev. Forrest C. Osgood. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, January 28, 1937:
COMER –– Died, Mr. Ransome H. Comer, of 93 Tenth street, N.W., January 27, 1937. He is survived by his wife; daughters, Mrs. E. K. Thomason, Mrs. Miriam Beers, Mrs. L. A. Burdett; sisters, Mrs. T. H. Shelley, Gainesville, Ga.; Mrs. Addie Latimer, Washington, Ga.; Mrs. Anna Quarles, Seattle, Wash.; brother, Frank Comer, Gainesville, Ga.; grandchildren, Betty Thomason, Mary Katherine Beers. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by H. M. Patterson & Son.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, January 29, 1937, p. 23:
COMER –– The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Ransome H. Comer, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Thomason, Mrs. Miriam Beers, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Burdette, Mrs. T. H. Shelley, Gainesville, Ga.; Mrs. Addie Latimer, Washington, Ga.; Mrs. Anna Quarles, Seattle, Wash.; Mr. Frank Comer, Gainesville, Ga.; Betty Thomason and Mary Katherine Beers are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Ransome H. Comer this (Friday) morning, January 29, 1937, at 11:30 o’clock at Spring Hill, Mr. Forrest C. Osgood, past reader, will officiate. Interment, Oakland cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers and please meet at Spring Hill at 11:15 o’clock: Mr. S. A. Farrell, Mr. Fred P. Betterton, Mr. R. E. Champion, Mr. L. L. Phillips, Mr. Lewis Hutcheson and Mr. H. W. Van Natta. H. M. Patterson & Son.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, January 29, 1937, p. 31:
RANSOME COMER IS LAID TO REST
Veteran Journal Employe
Buried in Oakland Cemetery
Pallbearers were S. A. Farrell, Fred P. Betterton, R. E. Champion, L. L. Phillips, Lewis Hutcheson and H. W. Van Natta.
Mr. Comer died Wednesday at 93 Tenth Street, N.W. He had been in failing health some time, however.
He had been identified with The Journal’s credit department for the past fifteen years. Previously he had engaged in the grocery business here.
He was born in Cleveland and belong to the Battle Hill Masonic Lodge and the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Issue:
J243––– i.––– Mary Elizabeth7 Comer, of whom below, born June 23, 1893 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died February 28, 1983 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia.
J244––– ii.––– Miriam Powell Comer, of whom below, was born on May 14, 1896 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died on June 13, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia.
J245––– iii.––– Katharine Paine Comer, born February 3, 1903 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died on May 16, 1987 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. She married Lawrence Albert Burdett on November 18, 1924 in First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Fulton County. No issue, according to cousin Lee (Smith) Parsons.
Marriage of
Katharine Paine Comer
and Lawrence Albert BurdettExcerpts from The Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, November 2, 1924, p. M-3:
COMER BURDETTE
WEDDING PLANS
ANNOUNCED TODAYAn event of much interest is the approaching marriage of Miss Katharine Comer to Lawrence Albert Burdett, which will be solemnized at 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon at the First Baptist church, Dr. Charles W. Daniel officiating.
Beautiful nuptial music will be rendered by William Utermoehlen. Mrs. William Owens will sing “At Dawning” and “Beloved, It Is Morn.”
The bride will be given in marriage by her father, R. H. Comer.
Miss Mattie White Kellam, cousin of the bride, will be maid of honor. Mrs. Ernest Kennon Thomason and Mrs. Clarence Beers, sisters of the bride, will be matrons of honor. Little Rebecca Warner Kellam, cousin of the bride, will act as flower girl, and Master Arthur Burdett, Jr., nephew of the groom, will be ringbearer.
The groom will have as his best man his cousin, Losco Burdett. Lawton Burdett and Raymond Flourney will act as groomsmen.
The ushers will be Edward M. Robinson, Ira C. Dull, Reuben F. Corless, Alfred B. Drake, Ernest K. Thomason and Clarence H. Beers ...
Excerpts from The Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, November 19, 1924, p. 14:
RECENT WEDDINGS INTEREST
HOSTS OF FRIENDS IN ATLANTATuesday was marked by two weddings of unusual interest in Atlanta and throughout the south. Miss Katherine Comer, who has been a widely feted bride-elect, was married to Lawrence Burdette ...
MISS KATHARINE COMER
WEDS LAWRENCE BURDETTECordial interest centers in the marriage of Miss Katharine Paine Comer and Lawrence Albert Burdett, which was solemnized at the First Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock, Dr. Charles W. Daniel officiating ...
Preceding the ceremony, William Utermoelden rendered a musical program and Mrs. William Owens sang “Beloved, It Is Morn” and “At Dawning.”
Strains from the Lohengrin wedding march announced the arrival of the bridal party. First to enter were the ushers, Edward M. Robertson, Ira C. Dull, Alfred B. Drake, Reuben F. Corless, Ernest K. Thomason and Clarence H. Beers.
Next came the matrons of honor, Mrs. Ernest K. Thomason and Mrs. Clarence H. Beers, sisters of the bride, followed by the groomsmen, Lawton Burdett and Raymond Flournoy. Miss Mattie White Kellam, the maid of honor, entered alone.
Immediately preceding the bride came the little flower girl, Rebecca Warner Kellam, with the ring bearer, Master Arthur Burdett, Jr. ...
The bride is given in marriage by her father, Ransom H. Comer. They were met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Lasco Burdett ...
The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom H. Comer and is popular with a large circle of friends.
Mr. Burdett is a native of Atlanta and is connected with the Burdett Realty company. He is a popular member of club and social life of the city.
Immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Burdett left for an extended wedding trip. After December 2, they will be at home to their friends in the Bonaventure Arms apartments on Ponce de Leon avenue.
Obituary of
Katharine Paine ComerThe St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Tuesday, May 19, 1987:
BURDETT, KATHERINE C., 84, of 700 S Betty Lane, Clearwater, died Saturday (May 16, 1987) at Bruce Manor Nursing Home, Clearwater. She was born in Georgia and came here 40 years ago from Atlanta. Survivors include a niece, Mary K. Smith, Conroe, Texas, a cousin Betty Mulkey, Atlanta, and six great-nieces. Moss-Feaster Guardian Funeral Home, Fort Harrison Chapel, Clearwater.
J106. RANDOLPH MATHEWSON6 ROSE (Katherine5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born on September 19, 1870 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; died on July 2, 1933 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. He was buried on July 7, 1933 in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery. He inherited the distilled spirits business, Four Roses, begun by his father. He married Lucy Romare, daughter of Paul Romare, founder and at one time president of the Atlanta National Bank. She was born in Atlanta on December 6, 1870 in Atlanta, Georgia; died on January 23, 1944 in New York City, New York; and was also buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
Biographical Notes on Randolph Mathewson Rose
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Tuesday, July 13, 1909, p. 4:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
MR. ROSE QUITS SELLING LIQUOR
Well Known Distiller
Say Business Has
Reached Point Where
It Is No Longer Respectable
R. M. Rose of Atlanta, Chattanooga and Jacksonville, who has for a quarter of a century been identified with the whiskey business, has decided to quit.
n making a statement to the public, Mr. Rose uses strong language and says
things that will attract the attention of the whole country. He states that the
whiskey business is no longer what it used to be and that he will not longer be associated
with those who sell the stuff.
He said: “I have been in the distilling and wholesale business for 25 years – don’t know anything else; but the longer I keep at it the stronger becomes my conviction that the trade degenerated to a point where it has become repugnant for a man with regard for the welfare of humanity.”
“It’s not like it used to be,” he continued. “You fellows all remember when every southern gentleman kept a well stocked sideboard where it was considered a breach of ordinary courtesy not to offer a guest a toddy or a julep – when the distiller and the wholesaler belonged to the best and proudest families, and no business or social stigma attached to them in consequence.”
“There were no low groggeries – no dives – in those days – and conviviality was confined within reasonable and decent limits. It was under such conditions that I, as a boy, begun my life’s work. As you know, my father had always catered to the highest class of patronage, and by making ‘Purity and Probity’ his motto had established a reputation for square and absolutely honorable dealing that has made him today one of the best known and most respected citizens of Atlanta and the state of Georgia. I, of course, have done my best to emulate his example – but in these days of crooked manufacture, unscrupulous trade methods and unbridled license, not even the time-honored and the straight-forward policy of our house is able to keep us from sharing the reputation of Old Dog Tray. We are surely in bad company, and I’m going to get out of it. Personally I sympathize with and respect the motives of rational temperance advocates, and I for one shall lose no sleep if they are successful in their campaign. If it has got to a point where the liquor traffic cannot be so regulated as to prevent drunkenness, improvidence and crime, then I say cut it out – and I’ll help by getting out for keeps.”
Commenting upon Mr. Rose’s statement, the Dublin Courier-Dispatch has this to say:
“If there ever was an unobjectionable whiskey business Mr. Rose conducted it. No man was ever allowed to drink a drop in his place of business. He was allowed to come in and purchase a bottle and then would have to get out.
The whiskey business he sold represented the purest on the market. He courted investigation. He was always willing to have his whiskey analyzed. He manufactured the purest of liquors and knew that he did.
If all the whiskey men were as conscientious as Mr. Rose there would not have been such a sentiment against the sale of whiskey.
The whiskey evil has reached a point where it is almost obnoxious to almost every fairminded man and Mr. Rose himself recognizes this. It is so hard to find a pure article or to see a barroom conducted on decent lines that even the reputable whiskey dealers are forced to quit from a sense of justice to their fellow men.
Mr. Rose’s statement will greatly strengthen the prohibition cause all over the country.”
Obituary of Randolph Mathewson Rose
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, July 4, 1933, p. 8:
MR. RANDOLPH ROSE TO BE BURIED HERE
Mr. Rose was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Rose, his father having at one time owned one of the largest distilleries in the state. Mr. Rose was the president of a Reno investment company. He also resided in Chattanooga, New York, and California. When prohibition came to effect in Georgia, the Rose distilleries were established in Chattanooga, until the Volstead act was passed. He then went to New York to enter the bond business until his health failed and he went to California.
Obituaries of Lucy Romare
The New York Times, New York, New York, Tuesday, January 25, 1944, p. 19:
ROSE, Lucy Romare, widow of the late Randolph M. Rose, beloved mother of Lieut. Randolph M. Rose and Mrs. John I. Hale. Private services Tuesday, 4 p.m. ...
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, January 25, 1944, p. 16:
ROSE, Mrs. Lucy Romare – Widow of Randolph Rose, daughter of the late Paul and Lucy Romare, died in New York city, night of Jan. 23, 1944. Surviving are Capt. and Mrs. John I. Hale, Westfield, N. J.; Lieut. and Mrs. Randolph Rose, New York; grandchildren, John Hale, Jr., U. S. N.; Robert Hale, U. S. Naval Academy; Randolph Hale, Helen Rose, New York. Funeral services will be announced later. H. M. Patterson & Son.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, January 25, 1944, p. 10:
PAUL ROMARE’S DAUGHTER DIES
Mrs. Lucy Romare Rose, of New York, formerly of Atlanta, wife of the late Randolph Rose and daughter of the late Paul Romare, one of the founders and at one time president of the Atlanta National Bank, died Sunday night in a New York hospital.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by H. M. Patterson & Son.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. John I. Hale, of Westfield, N. J.; a son, Lieutenant Randolph Rose, of the Army; four grandchildren, John I. Hale, Jr., of the Navy; Robert Hale, of the U.S. Naval Academy; Randolph Hale, and Helen Rose, of New York; three sisters, Miss Louise Romare and Mrs. W. J. Tilson, of New York, and Mrs. Vernon Tilson, of Babylon, Long Island; and a brother-in-law, J. Murchison Thomas, of Atlanta.
A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Rose moved to New York 30 years ago. She was a member of St. Philip’s cathedral.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, January 27, 1944, p. 20:
ROSE – The friends and relatives of Mrs. Lucy Romare Rose, New York; Captain and Mrs. John I. Hale, Westfield, N. J.; Lieut. and Mrs. Randolph Rose, New York; Mr. John Hale, Jr., U. S. Navy; Mr. Robert Hale, U. S. Naval Academy; Mr. Randolph Hale, Miss Helen Rose, Miss Louise Romare, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon V. Tilson, Judge and Mrs. W. J. Tilson, all of New York; Mr. J. Murchison Thomas, Atlanta; Mr. Frank Lang, Memphis, Tenn., are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lucy Romare Rose Thursday, Jan. 27, 1944, at 11:30 o’clock at the interment in Oakland cemetery. Dean Raimundo de Ovies officiating. The pallbearers will be Dr. Fred Manget, Mr. Charles W. West, Mr. Zenas A. Snipes, Mr. John C. Woolfolk, Mr. Lawrence A. Burdett, Mr. Willis J. Davis. H. M. Patterson & Son.
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J246––– i.––– Randolph Mathewson7 Rose, Jr., of whom below, born in January of 1896.
J247––– ii.––– (A daughter) Rose, of whom below.
J109. EMMA MYRTIS6 ANDREWS (Julia Emma5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born on February 11, 1875 in Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia; and died on July 31, 1948 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Myrtis married The Rev. Frederick Jackson Mashburn on May 11, 1893, son of Elisha J. Mashburn, Jr. and Sarah Ann Welborn. He was born on September 3, 1864 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia; died on June 4, 1926 at 290 St. Charles Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia; and was buried in West View Cemetery in Atlanta.
Marriage of Emma Myrtis Andrews and Frederick Jackson Mashburn
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, May 12, 1893, p. 2:
One of the happiest scenes that make up domestic bliss was witnessed at the home of Mrs. Harwell, on Bush street, at seven o’clock last evening, when her beautiful and accomplished daughter, Miss Emma Myrtis Andrews, was given in marriage to Rev. Fred. J. Mashburn, M. D., a member of the North Georgia conference and now serving the people of Lithonia as their pastor.
The bride is one of Atlanta’s most lovely and accomplished daughters, and Dr. Mashburn, who has a bright future before him, may well rejoice in winning her hand and heart.
The ceremony was performed in an impressive and graceful style by Rev. W. D. Shea, of Trinity church.
Obituaries of Emma Myrtis Andrews
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, August 1, 1948, p. D-6:
MRS. MASHBURN DIES; WIDOW OF MINISTER
Mrs. Emma Myrtis Mashburn, 73, widow of the Rev. Fred J. Mashburn, died yesterday at the residence, 391 Ninth St., N. E., after a brief illness.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by H. M. Patterson & Son.
A native of Acworth, Mrs. Mashburn had lived in Atlanta most of her life.
She is survived by a daughter, Miss Julia Bass Mashburn, of Atlanta; two brothers, D. J. Harwell, of Atlanta, and R. M. Harwell, of Laurel, Miss., and several nieces and nephews.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, August 1, 1948, p. D-6:
MASHBURN –– Mrs. Emma Myrtis (Fred J.), of 391 Ninth St., N.E., died July 31, 1948. Survivors are her daughter, Miss Julia Bass Mashburn; brothers, Mr. D. J. Harwell, Atlanta; Mr. R. M. Harwell, Laurel, Miss.; several nieces and nephews. H. M. Patterson & Son.
Obituaries of Frederick Jackson Mashburn
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, June 5, 1926, p. 5:
REV. F. J. MASHBURN CALLED BY DEATH
Stricken Friday night with apoplexy while sitting on the front porch of his home, the Rev. Frederick Jackson Mashburn, 61, retired Methodist minister, of 290 St. Charles avenue, died shortly afterward without regaining consciousness.
The stroke came unexpectedly and shortly after Mr. Mashburn arrived home from the city. Apparently he had been in good health for some time.
Rev. Mashburn was a minister for 25 years, serving several large charges in the North Georgia Methodist conference. Five years ago, he began educational promotion enterprises, traveling not only in the south, but in the north and west.
For years he was an active member of Piedmont Masonic lodge.
He was born in Decatur, Ga., September 3, 1865, and was a graduate of Emory university. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Julia Mashburn; two brothers, Warren E. Mashburn, of Atlanta, and the Rev. J. H. Mashburn, of Elberton, and one sister, Mrs. B. M. Youngblood, of Atlanta.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Awtry & Lowndes are in charge.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, June 6, 1926:
REV. F. J. MASHBURN TO BE BURIED TODAY
Funeral services for the Rev. Frederick J. Mashburn, of 290 St. Charles avenue, who died suddenly Friday will be held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon from the home. Interment will be in West View Cemetery.
The death of the Rev. Mashburn came as a shock to his friends and family, as he was in apparently in good health early Friday. He had served in the North Georgia Methodist conference for 25 years, retiring several years ago. He was born in Decatur in 1865 and was a graduate of Emory university.
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J248––– i.––– Julia Bass7 Mashburn, born about 1901; died December 9, 1991 in Fulton County, Georgia (Source: State Death Certificate #049574, issued in Fulton County, Georgia, for the death of Julia B. Mashburn, age 90, on December 9, 1991).
J110. DAVID JACKSON6 HARWELL (Julia Emma5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born on October 25, 1885; and died on October 16, 1969, according to his grave marker at West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia. He married Annie Sue Beall, who was born on July 26, 1885; died on January 20, 1945 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was also buried at West View Cemetery.
Obituaries of Annie Sue Beall
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, January 21, 1945, p. B-4:
MRS. HARWELL DIES; WIFE OF NEWSPAPERMAN
Mrs. Annie Sue Harwell, of 718 Argonne avenue, N. E., wife of David J. Harwell Sr., member of the city circulation staff of The Constitution, died yesterday at the residence.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by H. M. Patterson & Son.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Hulen Harwell; a son, Sgt. David J. Harwell Jr.; a sister, Mrs. R. M. Harwell Sr., of Laurel, Miss.; and a brother, Hulen Beall, of Chicago.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, January 21, 1945, p. D-4:
HARWELL –– Mrs. David J. Sr., of 714 Argonne Ave., N.E., died Jan. 20, 1945. Surviving are her husband; daughter, Miss Hulen Harwell; son, Sgt. David J. Harwell, Jr., USA; sister, Mrs. R. M. Harwell, Laurel, Miss.; brother, Mr. Hulen Beall, Chicago, Ill. H. M. Patterson & Son.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, January 22, 1945, p. 11:
HARWELL –– The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Harwell Sr., Miss Hulen Harwell, Mr. and Mrs. David J. Harwell Jr., USA; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Harwell Sr., Laurel, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Hulen Beall, Chicago, are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. David J. Harwell Sr., Monday, January 22, 1945, at 1 o’clock at Spring Hill, Dr. Lester Rumble officiating. Interment, West View. The pallbearers will be Mr. Perry Bechtel, Mr. Arthur Hillham, Mr. George Stewart, Mr. John H. Zimmerman, Mr. J. O. Baker, Mr. Clarence Pierce. H. M. Patterson & Son.
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J249––– i.––– Hulen7 Harwell, of whom below, born December 8, 1919.
J250––– ii.––– David Jackson Harwell, Jr. No further record.
J112. JAMES TODD6 HARWELL (Julia Emma5 Fleming, Count Pulaski4, John3, David2, John1) was born April 20, 1890. Todd died August 9, 1931 at the home of his half-sister, Emma Mashburn, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia; and was buried in West View Cemetery.
Obituaries of James Todd Harwell
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, August 10, 1931, p. 2:
J. TODD HARWELL, 38, ATTORNEY, DIES HERE
Augustan, Former Atlantan,
Found Dead in Bed at
Sister’s HomeThe body of J. Todd Harwell, 38, formerly a member of the Atlanta bar and more recently an attorney of Augusta, Ga., was found dead in his bed early Sunday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. F. J. Mashburn, 930 Greenwood avenue, N. E., where he was visiting over the week-end. The body was discovered after he had failed to respond to a call to breakfast. Physicians expressed the opinion that a heart attack caused death.
Mrs. Mashburn, his sister, said that Mr. Harwell had retired at 11 o’clock Saturday night after complaining of feeling ill.
A graduate of the Atlanta Law School, Mr. Harwell was well known among the legal profession, both of Atlanta and Augusta. He removed to the latter city about a year ago.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Charlotte, 6, Evelyn, 4, and Miriam, 1; his mother, Mrs. Julia E. Harwell; two brothers, R. M. and D. J. Harwell, and a niece, Miss Julia Mashburn, all of Atlanta. Funeral arrangements, which are under the direction of Harry G. Poole, await the arrival of the widow from Augusta.
The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, Monday, August 10, 1931:
AUGUSTA ATTORNEY DIES IN ATLANTA
Heart Attack Proves
Fatal to J. Todd HarwellAtlanta, Ga., Aug. 9 (AP) –– J. Todd Harwell, 38, Augusta, Ga., attorney was found dead in bed this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. F. J. Mashburn, where he was visiting over the weekend.
The body was found after he failed to respond to a call to breakfast. Physicians said a heart ailment was the cause of death.
Mr. Harwell was well known among attorneys both here and in Augusta. After practicing here, he removed to Augusta about a year ago.
Besides the widow and three daughters, his mother and two brothers, survive. Funeral arrangements have not been announced pending the arrival of Mrs. Harwell from Augusta.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, August 10, 1931, p. 12:
MR. J. TODD HARWELL,
FORMERLY ATLANTA
ATTORNEY, SUCCUMBSMr. J. Todd Harwell, 38, formerly a prominent Atlanta attorney and recently of Augusta, died Sunday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. F. J. Mashburn, 930 Greenwood Avenue, N. E., whom he was visiting here. He was found dead in his bed after he had failed to answer a call to breakfast. Physicians attributed death to heart failure. His sister, Mrs. Mashburn, stated that he had retired about 11 o’clock Saturday night and had complained of feeling ill.
Mr. Harwell was graduated from the Atlanta Law School and was well known in the legal profession, both here and in Augusta. He moved his home to Augusta about a year ago.
Surviving are his wife, three small daughters, Charlotte, 6, Evelyn, 4, and Miriam, 1; his mother, Mrs. Julia E. Harwell; his sister, Mrs. Mashburn; two brothers, R. M. and D. J. Harwell; and a niece, Miss Julia Mashburn, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Dr. L. R. Christie will officiate and interment will be in West View Cemetery.
The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, August 11, 1931, p. 4:
MR. J. TODD HARWELL IS LAID TO FINAL REST
Funeral services for Mr. J. Todd Harwell, 38, former Atlanta attorney and recently of Augusta, who died Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. F. J. Mashburn, 930 Greenwood Avenue, N.E., with whom he was visiting, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Dr. L. R. Christie officiated and interment was in West View Cemetery.
Mr. Harwell was found dead in bed after failing to come to breakfast. Physicians attributed death to hear failure. He was graduated from the Atlanta Law School and was well known in the legal professional both her and in Augusta.
Issue:
J251––– i.––– Charlotte7 Harwell, born circa 1925, her age is given as 6 in the obituary of her father.
J252––– ii.––– Evelyn Harwell was born about 1927, her age given as 4 in the obituary of her father.
J253––– iii.––– Miriam Harwell, born about 1930, her age given as 1 in the obituary of her father.
J116. CATHERINE E.6 PATE (Martha Jane5 Williamson, Catherine4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born on August 5, 1859; died on January 6, 1948 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in that city at the Orange Hill Cemetery. Searched, but could not find, a story announcing her death in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia; her obituary in The Macon Telegraph, appears below.
According to The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 392:
“Catherine, the first child (of Anthony Cowart Pate and Martha Jane Williamson), was educated at Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, and married Dr. N. P. Jelks in 1892.”
Kate married Nathaniel Polhill Jelks on December 20, 1892 in Hawkinsville, son of James Oliver Jelks and Mary R. Polhill. He was born in Hawkinsville on July 18, 1845; died at his home there on March 28, 1911; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery. Dr. Jelks was a physician and veteran of the Confederate Army, serving in Company I, 2nd Regiment, Florida Cavalry. His marriage to Katie Pate was his second, having previously been married to Kathleen Lamkin, to whom he was married on December 6, 1872 at her father’s home in Midway, Pulaski County, Georgia. Kathleen Lamkin was born on March 1, 1852; died on January 23, 1891; and is also buried in Orange Hill Cemetery. She was a daughter of James Lewis Lamkin and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Dillard. There were seven children born of Dr. Jelk’s first marriage, and two others (below) of the union of Dr. Jelks and Miss Pate.
Biographical Notes on Dr. Nathaniel Polhill Jelks
Memoirs of Georgia containing Historical Accounts of the State’s Civil, Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches of Many of Its People, v. 2, published by The Southern Historical Association, 1895, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 704:
Nathaniel P. Jelks, one of the leading physicians of Hawkinsville, Ga., is a son of James O. Jelks, Sr. He was born at Hawkinsville, Ga., July 18, 1845, but reared in Florida, where he received his earlier education, his later school days being spent in Augusta, Ga.
At the opening of the civil war he entered the Confederate service, enlisting in a regiment of Florida cavalry under Gen. Jones, and was wounded in Battle at Natural Bridge, Florida. After the war closed he entered Bellevue Medical college at New York, and graduated from the same in 1868. He immediately began the practice of his profession at Hawkinsville, Ga., where he has since resided. In 1870 he took for his wife Miss Kathleen Lamkin, and to this union were born seven children: Kathleen, E. L., Lily, Needham, Mary, Maude and Ruth. The mother of these children died in 1891.
In 1892, a second marriage was solemnized, the lady being Miss Catherine Pate, daughter of Judge A. C. Pate. To this union one son has been born –– Anthony Pate ...
Dr. Jelks enjoys a large and lucrative practice and is widely known both for his professional ability and his genial hospitality. He votes in the democratic ticket and has an interest in the welfare of his party. The Baptist church of Hawkinsville numbers him among its most useful members, and the public school among its strongest supporters, he being on the board of trustees. Fraternally he affiliates with the Old Fellows ...
Excerpt from Confederate Military History, Extended Edition, v. 7 (Georgia), p. 754:
Nathaniel P. Jelks, M. D., of Hawkinsville, is a native of that city, born July 18, 1845, and is a descendant of a colonial family of North Carolina, of Welsh descent. His father, James O. Jelks, was a prominent planter and merchant in Pulaski county, Ga., which he represented between 1830 and 1840 in the State legislature. Dr. Jelks accompanied his parents to Florida at the age of eight years, and was reared in Hamilton county of the Peninsular State.
At eighteen years of age, in 1863, he entered the Confederate States service as a private in Company I of the Second regiment Florida cavalry, a gallant command that was prominent in the work of guarding the interior of that State from the inroads of the enemy, and engaged in numerous skirmishes with the Federals. Private Jelks’ most serious engagement was at Natural Bridge, March 6, 1865, in which the Confederate forces defeated an expedition intended to take possession of the State capital, and in this fight he was slightly wounded. After the armies of Generals Lee and Johnston had laid down their arms he surrendered with his command at Baldwin, Fla.
When peace came again to the land, he entered upon the study of medicine, and was graduated at Bellevue Hospital medical college, N. Y., in 1868, and embarked in the practice at his native town in Georgia. He has gained distinction and success in his profession, is one of the popular men of his county, and a valued member of the State medical association. In addition to his professional work he is interested in planting, and has served his fellow citizens efficiently as president of the city board of education.
Dr. Jelks has three sons living: Edwin L. Jelks, M. D., a graduate of Bellevue medical hospital, 1896, and engaged in the practice at Quitman, Ga.; and Needham P., who received his education at Mercer university, and is a druggist at Hawkinsville, and Anthony P. Jelks, six years of age.
Excerpts from The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 361 (includes photo of subject):
Dr. Nathaniel Polhill Jelks, fourth son of James Oliver Jelks and Mary Polhill, was born July 18, 1845, in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, where he died March 28, 1911. When six years old his family moved to Oglethorpe, Georgia, after two years moving to Hamilton County, Florida, where he received his early education, later studying in Augusta, Georgia. In 1863 he entered the Confederate Army, enlisting in Company I, Second Florida Cavalry, under General Jones, a gallant command guarding the interior of the State. He was wounded at the Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida, March 6, 1865, in which the enemy was defeated. After the Confederates laid down their arms, he surrendered with his command at Baldwin, Fla.
When peace came again to the land, he entered upon the study of medicine, and was graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in 1868. He immediately began the practice of medicine in Hawkinsville, Ga. In this profession he gained distinction and success, was a member of the Georgia Medical Association, and at one time president of the South Georgia Medical Association. As a physician he was devoted to his profession, and no one ever lived up to its high code of ethics more closely than he, not swerving from them in the remotest degree.
In addition to his profession he was for many years connected with the drug business, and was one of the leading planters of the county. He was active in civic matters, serving his people whenever and wherever he could. He was one of the earliest members of the board of education that established our present system of public schools. His love and fidelity for his profession were only equaled by that for his church. For a number of years prior to his death he was a deacon of the Baptist Church, and it was his religious life that shone brightest of all his virtues.
December 6, 1870, he married Kathleen Lamkin, daughter of James L. Lamkin, a prominent planter, and Sarah Dillard Lamkin. To them were born seven children ...
December 20, 1892, Dr. Jelks was married a second time to Kate Pate, daughter of A. C. Pate, a distinguished judge of Pulaski County. To her two children were born ...
Obituary of Catherine E. Pate
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Thursday, January 8, 1948, p. 14:
MRS. KATE PATE JELKS
HAWKINSVILLE, Jan. 7 –– Mrs. Kate Pate Jelks, 88, one of Hawkinsville’s oldest and most prominent women and widow of Dr. N. P. Jelks, died at her home her yesterday after a long illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist church. Burial will be in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include: one daughter, Mrs. D. P. McGriff, Hawkinsville; two step-daughters, Miss Maud Jelks, Hawkinsville, and Miss Ruth Jelks, Waycross; one stepson, Dr. Lampkin Jelks, Quitman; one granddaughter, Mrs. Rufus Fussell, Hawkinsville; one great-grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews.
Obituary of Nathaniel Polhill Jelks
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, March 28, 1911, p. 5:
DR. N. P. JELKS DIED EARLY THIS MORNING
He Was One of Hawkinsville’s Best Known
and Most Highly Esteemed CitizensAt his home in this city, Dr. N. P. Jelks died Monday night.
There was no better known or more beloved citizen than Dr. Jelks. He was the son of the late Jas. O. Jelks, and was born in Hawkinsville 65 years ago. The old home of his birth stood in the McCormick field about where Mr. Walker Jordan’s home now stands, and is remembered by the older inhabitants as the residence of Mr. James Daniels.
When about 8 years old Dr. Jelks’ parents moved to Oglethorpe, Ga., and from there to Florida, where he resided until after completing his studies in medicine at Bellevue Medical college in New York city, when he returned to Hawkinsville to practice his profession.
His first wife was Miss Kathleen Lampkin, and from this union six children, Misses Kathleen, Lilly, Maude and Ruth Jelks, and Messrs. Lampkin and Needham P., Jr., survive him.
His second wife was Miss Kate Pate, who with a son and daughter, Pate Jelks and Georgia Jelks, survive him.
He is also survived by two brothers and one sister, Mrs. M. A. Holliman, and Mr. Joe J. Jelks of Macon, and Mr. Will A. Jelks, of this city.
As a physician Dr. Jelks had good training and was highly regarded, enjoying a very extensive practice, which extended for miles around. No citizen of the city enjoyed to a larger extent the universal confidence of his fellows as a man than Dr. Jelks ... (Remainder illegible – JTF)
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Of Catherine E. Pate and Nathaniel Polhill Jelks
J254––– i.––– Anthony Pate7 Jelks, born November 4, 1894; died July 12, 1925 in Macon Hospital, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, of wounds suffered in an altercation; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. Pate is acknowledged to have been “ ... the first volunteer from Pulaski County to serve in the World War ...”
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, November 8, 1894, p. 8:
TOWN AND COUNTY:
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
INTEREST AS THEY
TRANSPIRE WEEKLY... Dr. N. P. Jelks is being congratulated over the arrival of a fine boy baby at his home.
* * *
According to The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808-1935, compiled by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, published by Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1935, p. 392:
He was the first volunteer from Pulaski to offer his services in the World War, having enlisted May 31, 1917, in the Machine Gun Company, 121st Infantry, Thirty-first Division, at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga. He was promoted to corporal, and served overseas from October 5, 1918, to June 15, 1919. He was discharged at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. He died July 12, 1925.
Obituaries of Anthony Pate Jelks
The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Monday, July 13, 1925, p. 2:
A. PATE JELKS
A. Pate Jelks, 30, of Hawkinsville, Ga., died at the Middle Georgia Sanatorium yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. He was the son of Mrs. Katie E. Jelks, of Hawkinsville, and was brought here Saturday for an operation.
Besides his mother, he is survived by five sisters, Misses Kathleen, Lily, Maude, Ruth and Mrs. McGriff, of Hawkinsville, and a half-brother, E. L. Jelks, of Quitman.
The body will be taken to Hawkinsville at noon today for funeral and interment.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, July 16, 1925, p. 1:
A. P. JELKS DIES
IN MACON HOSPITALBlow On Head Fatal.
Warrant Charging Murder
Issued for Stetson Woods.Another tragedy, another sorrow, and some one is swept to the great unknown. This time it is Pate Jelks, son of the late Dr. N. P. Jelks. The end came on Sunday afternoon at the Macon Hospital where he was taken for an operation on the head, made necessary by a blow received from the hands of Stetson Woods, while on a fishing party near the home of Mr. Woods. It seems that a number of men including Jelks and Woods had been drinking heavily and that for some reason a quarrel arose between the two which resulted in Woods striking Jelks over the head with a hoe rendering him unconscious from which state he never recovered. Medical assistance was called at once and Jelks was brought to his home and later rushed to the hospital at Macon. Woods was placed under arrest and brought to the county jail under charge of murder.
The funeral services of Mr. Jelks were held from the home Monday afternoon at six o’clock by his pastor Dr. W. D. Ogletree, of the Baptist church of which he was a member. The pallbearers were A. J. Polhill, Eli Goode, Jr., R. W. Batts, Willie Pate, H. A. Haskins, R. B. Smith, Ferrell Harvard and H. E. Coates.
Mr. Jelks was a World War veteran and was a young man of quiet disposition. He was a son of the late Dr. N. P. Jelks, one of the leading pioneer physicians of this city. He is survived by his mother and one sister, Mrs. D. P. McGriff, also several half-sisters, Misses Lilly, Maude, and Ruth Jelks, and one half-brother, Dr. E. L. Jelks, of Quitman.
The entire community feels the shock and sorrow of this tragedy and extends its sympathy to the family of the deceased.
J255––– ii.––– Martha Georgia Jelks, of whom below, born February 7, 1899 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died May 6, 1997 in Pinewood Manor Nursing Home, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J117. GEORGIA6 PATE (Martha Jane5 Williamson, Catherine4 Fleming, John3, David2, John1) was born May 22, 1862 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died April 8, 1937 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville. She is called “Mrs. Mary G. Lewis” in The History of Pulaski and Bleckley Counties, 1808-1956, v. 2, 1958, Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, The J. W. Burke Company, Macon, Georgia, p. 818 suggesting her birth name was Mary Georgia Pate. She married first Thomas S. Lewis on December 12, 1883 in Pulaski County, Georgia. He was a son of Jasper F. Lewis. Thomas Lewis was born on October 24, 1855; died on August 31, 1893; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Searched, but have not found an obituary of Thomas S. Lewis in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
After the death of Thomas Lewis, Georgia (Pate) Lewis married second James Pope Watson on December 20, 1894 in Pulaski County, Georgia. He was born on August 6, 1849; died on August 18, 1929; and was also laid to rest at Orange Hill, Hawkinsville, Georgia. He was possibly a son of William C. Watson and Elizabeth M. Mobley of Crawford County, Georgia? Note the following from Marriages, Deaths, and Etc., from Hawkinsville Dispatch, 1870 - 1888, by Robert K. Nobles, published by the Central Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia, 1991, p. 227 (excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, May 17, 1883): “Mrs. Watson, mother of Mr. J. Pope Watson, of Hawkinsville, died at her home in Crawford County, last week at an advanced age of seventy years.” Issues of The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, from December 13, 1894 through August 1, 1895, in which a story of their wedding might have appeared is not available on microfilm at The University of Georgia Library.
Marriage of Georgia Pate and Thomas S. Lewis
From The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 20, 1883:
Mr. Thomas S. Lewis, of Hawkinsville, and Miss Georgia Pate, youngest daughter of Judge A. C. Pate, were married at the residence of the bride’s father on the evening of the 12th inst., Rev. E. J. Coates officiating.
Biographical Notes on James Pope Watson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 25, 1901, p. 5:
JAS. POPE WATSON
While in Macon, Mr. Watson was engaged in the wholesale grocery business, and returning to Hawkinsville, he started the business here to an exclusive wholesale establishment. The rates of freight offered a satisfactory opportunity that Mr. Watson’s long head saw. He made a deal whereby the big building he now occupies became his, and with railroad sidings and close to the river he was well fixed to carry it on.
And now the Hawkinsville and Florida Southern railroad has put its tracks right along side his big boat warehouse, and it is hard to conceive of a better equipped establishment for the conduct of a wholesale business than Watson & Lewis, the firm name which has had such a long and honorable record. Mr. Watson won his spurs as a fighter, and deserves the plumes of a patriot in the efforts of 1895-6 to regain lost ground in the western freight rates for our city. All the city recognizes the importance of the Ocmulgee as a regulator of freight rates and a safe guard against unjust discriminations, but steamboat ventures had proved so disastrous financially that it was no easy matter to interest money to put on a line of boats, and it was a well laid plan of Mr. Watson that interested quite a number of the business men of the city in a new project that resulted in the two steamers, “City of Hawkinsville” and “Little William.” More than this, Mr. Watson showed his push and enterprise in the “big end of the stick” he had to carry in that about $7,500 of his own capital was tied up in river steamers, 3 times as much as all the rest of the stockholders combined. And more than this, we feel confident that he has never had the credit for the hard fight he had to make before victory was finally won. These were memorable trips the steamer made in going to Savannah. The railroads waged a relentless fight and made it interesting, painfully so, to the expense of these trips to the general manager of the Hawkinsville & Deep Water Boat Lake. But the issue was won, and simple justice is due the guiding hand that planned and shaped the conflict.
Mr. Watson has not lost his love for better freight rates for the city. He believes that there are yet victories to be won, and we predict that he will yet accomplish other great things for the city. But his business’s groceries and his long years of experience, under different conditions, has splendidly equipped him for the prosecution of his chosen line.
It is noteworthy that his patrons find little to complain at his dealings –– that is, his weights, his measures, the quality of his goods. They are like your uncle Pope –– regular, uniform, straight up to the mark. And strangers to him in our new territory have in him a wholesale grocery man that they can rely on. As he says it, it goes. There is a growing feeling that the man at home is the one for our retail merchants to trade with, all things being equal, and it is such establishment as Watson & Lewis that deserves favor from the trade. Their real estate holdings, paying their share of tribute to the city’s incomes and taking a hand in fostering its enterprises, should all the more turn a tide of favor and a continuation of the volume of business to them.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, March 24, 1915, p. 8:
BURGLAR BREAKS INTO POPE WATSON’S STORE
“Smoky Joe,” An Escaped Convict
Supposed To Have Committed The CrimeMr. J. P. Watson’s store was broken into Friday night and burglarized by a burglar named “Smoky Joe,” a notorious negro convict who has committed numerous such crimes in the past and who recently escaped from the chain gang.
The burglar effected an entrance to the store by prying up an iron bar at a side window of the building and when he got in was evidently in no hurry to get out, as he opened a can of tomatoes, put some sugar on them and ate them while standing near the front door in the glare of the electric lights. Other things missed were some rice, a gallon of syrup and 50 cents in cash which he took from the money drawer which he opened by manipulating the combination. He put the rice in a can that was filled with lard after pouring the lard in a paper sack which was left in the store.
Policeman Jiles located Smoky Joe in a house Sunday night but he succeeded in getting away after the officer fired several shots at him, and chased him some distance.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, January 8, 1919, p. 1:
SMOKY JOE ESCAPES FROM STATE ASYLUM
Had Been There For About Two Years.
Was Insane Criminal. Murdered Two Small Children.Sheriff Rogers has been notified by the authorities at Milledgeville that Smoky Joe had made his escape from the sanitarium where he had been committed for insanity.
Smoky Joe murdered a small negro boy and negro girl, children of his wife, about three years ago while living on the Lovejoy farm about 6 mi. west of town. The crime was a most heinous one, the bodies being badly mutilated and immersed in a pond of water where they were found several days after the crime had been committed.
Circumstances pointed to his guilt and after his capture he confessed guilty and was sentenced to be hanged. He was respited pending an examination by a commission upon the question of sanity. The commission found him insane at the time the crime was committed, and he was sent to the State Asylum for the insane.
Since the above was written we learn that Smoky Joe was captured Monday night by Deputy J. L. Horne, who has caught him a number of times after he had escaped from the gang.
Obituaries of Georgia Pate
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, April 8, 1937, p. 1:
FUNERAL OF MRS. WATSON FRIDAY
Beloved Lady Passed
At Her Home Last Night
Mrs. Watson was the mother of Mr. Pope and Mr. Pate Watson, Miss Elizabeth Watson, Mrs. Mattie Jelks and Miss Kate Lewis, of Hawkinsville. A sister, Katie Jelks, of this city, also survives her.
Mrs. Watson lived the greater part of her life in Hawkinsville. She would have celebrated her 75th birthday next month. Hundreds of friends from all parts of Georgia are expected to attend her funeral.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, April 15, 1937, p. 1:
BELOVED MATRON IS LAID TO REST
Mrs. James Pope Watson
Buried at Orange Hill FridayMrs. James Pope Watson, one of Hawkinsville’s most beloved women, died March (sic – April) 7, a few minutes before midnight at her home on Dooly street after an acute illness of five weeks. She was in her seventy-fifth year and had been in declining health for several months.
Mrs. Watson was born in Pulaski County, the daughter of Judge A. C. Pate and Martha Williamson Pate. She received her early education in the schools of Hawkinsville and later attended Wesleyan College, where she graduated with honor in 1882. In 1883 she was married to Thomas S. Lewis. After the death of Mr. Lewis she married James Pope Watson, who preceded her to the grave several years.
Mrs. Watson was a lifelong member of the Baptist church. She was greatly loved by all who knew her and her sweet and gentle manner has endeared her to a host of friends here and elsewhere who grieve with her family in her going.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mattie Ellis, Miss Kate Lewis, and Miss Elizabeth Watson of this city; two sons, James Pope Watson of Birmingham and R. P. Watson ...
Issue:
Of Georgia Pate and Thomas S. Lewis
J256––– i.––– Mattie7 Lewis, of whom below, born September 9, 1884 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died November 24, 1937 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J257––– ii.––– Jasper Anthony Lewis, born April 30, 1886; died October 7, 1892; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Obituary of Jasper Anthony Lewis
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 13, 1892, p. 8:
Anthony Lewis, the bright little six-year old boy of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Lewis, died Friday morning last of bronchial trouble. Bubber Lewis, as he was familiarly called, was an exceptionally bright little fellow, and was universally loved. His parents have the sympathy of the entire community.
J258––– iii.––– Annie Kate Lewis, born February 12, 1888. Kate died December 20, 1973 in Pinewood Manor Nursing Home, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville.
Obituary of Annie Kate Lewis
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, December 26, 1973, p. 3:
DEATH TAKES MISS LEWIS
Services for Miss Annie Kate Lewis, 85, who died Thursday in the Pinewood Manor Nursing Home after a long illness, were held Saturday at Pritchett Memorial Chapel. Burial was in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Miss Lewis was a member of the First Baptist Church, Hawkinsville, and had attended Bessie Tift College in Forsyth.
Survivors include three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Pate Watson, Mrs. Pope Watson, both of Hawkinsville, and Mrs. Henry Furlow, of Madison; six nieces and nephews, Mrs. Rivers Jackson, Hawkinsville, Mr. Pope Watson III, Savannah, Dr. William Watson, Washington, D.C., Mrs. Randolph Chunn, Woodberry, Mrs. Joe Cunningham, Madison, Mrs. Tommy L. Ellis, Green Cove Spring, Florida; and a cousin, Mrs. David McGriff, of Hawkinsville.
Pallbearers were Graham Coley, Rufus Fussell III, Dr. A. S. Batts, Rivers Jackson, Pope Watson III and David McGriff, Jr.
Pritchett Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
J259––– iv.––– Georgia Ruth Lewis (I) was born July 25, 1889; died August 22, 1890; buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Obituary of Georgia Ruth Lewis
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, August 28, 1890, p. 7:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
The youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Lewis, little Georgia Ruth, died last Friday night and was buried Sunday morning after an illness of two months. She was not quite thirteen months old, but in that brief time the heartstrings of loved ones had become firmly entwined about her, only to be severed by the rude hand of death. She budded on earth to blossom in Heaven.
J260––– v.––– Georgia Ruth Lewis (II) named in the obituary of her grandfather, Anthony Cowart Pate, in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 16, 1916, p. 1. She was born on January 10, 1891 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on October 3, 1928; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville.
Obituaries of Georgia Ruth Lewis
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 4, 1928, p. 1:
DEATH OVERTAKES MISS RUTH LEWIS
After a lingering illness of many months, Miss Ruth Lewis died at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. P. Watson, Sr., early Wednesday morning. During the past few years Miss Lewis has been in poor health and a few months prior to her death suffered with a complication of troubles resulting in her death.
Funeral services were held from her home at eleven o’clock Thursday morning in charge of Rev. J. M. Woodard.
Miss Lewis during her lifetime was a member of the First Baptist church of this city and has been a life-long resident of this community. Interment was made in the Orange Hill cemetery.
Pall bearers were Messrs. Sneider (sic) and A. T. Fountain, Cullen Burrows, W. N. Pate, Riff Dixon and David McGriff.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Thursday, October 4, 1928:
MISS RUTH LEWIS
DIES AT HAWKINSVILLEHawkinsville, Ga., Oct 3. – Miss Ruth Lewis, prominent young woman of this city, died at her home Wednesday morning. She was born in Hawkinsville and spent her entire life here. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Thomas S. Lewis.
Funeral services will be held Thursday from the residence followed by interment at Orange Hill cemetery. Besides her mother, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Ellis and Miss Kate Lewis; two half-brothers, J. P. Watson, Jr. and R. P. Watson; one half-sister, Miss Elizabeth Watson; her stepfather, J. P. Watson, Sr.
Issue:
Of Georgia Pate and James Pope Watson
J261––– i.––– William Mobley7 Watson, of whom below, born October 1, 1895; died August 3, 1925 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J262––– ii.––– Redding Pate Watson, of whom below, born June 18, 1897 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died May 12, 1973 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J263––– iii.––– James Pope Watson, Jr., of whom below, born October 11, 1899 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died February 24, 1961 in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia.
J264––– iv.––– Elizabeth Watson, born February 1, 1905 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on April 7, 1953; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville.
Obituaries of Elizabeth Watson
, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 8, 1953, p. 7:The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News
ELIZABETH WATSON
DIES AT HER HOMEAs we go to press today, we learn of the death of Miss Elizabeth Watson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Watson, and member of one of Hawkinsville’s most prominent families, which occurred Tuesday at her home here. An obituary will appear in next week’s issue of the Dispatch and News.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 22, 1953, p. 11:
ELIZABETH WATSON
SUCCUMBS TO DEATHWritten for Last Week
Miss Elizabeth Watson, well known young lady of this city and member of a prominent family, died Tuesday at her home here, following an illness of several months.
Miss Watson, or “Elizabeth” as she was generally known, was born in Hawkinsville, the daughter of the late James Pope Watson and Mrs. Georgia Pate Watson. After her graduation from the Hawkinsville High School, she entered Wesleyan College, where she graduated in piano. She was a talented musician, and following her graduation taught piano in the schools of Unadilla, Baxley and Cave Spring. She later became interested in welfare work, and Red Cross work. She also served with the U. S. O. Travelers Aid in Charleston, S. C. She received her masters degree in Social Science at Tulane University in New Orleans, and before her last illness was serving as field representative for sixteen counties, with the State Department of Public Welfare, with headquarters in Macon.
Her life was that of a beautiful Christian character, and words are inadequate to express the influence of her sweet and gentle life radiating kindness to all with whom she came in contact. Though ill many months, she was a patient sufferer, never complaining. Her influence in her home, church, society, and especially among the large number of people to whom she gave assistance in her wide range of welfare work, will ever be a monument to her memory.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the First Baptist Church, with Rev. Byron Kennerly officiating. Interment was in Orange Hill cemetery. Survivors include: one sister, Miss Kate Lewis; two brothers, R. P. and J. P. Watson, and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were: Neede and Nat Goode, A. T. Fountain, James McGriff, J. R. Brinson, A. T. Fountain III, Sam Way, Jr., and Graham Coley. Clark Funeral Home was in charge.
J119. MARY EVA6 LEWIS (Mary Margaret5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born September 16, 1877 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on March 9, 1953; and was buried in Hawkinsville at the Orange Hill Cemetery. Eva married Pinckney Kibbie Ridley. He was born on November 1, 1881; died on June 5, 1930 in Hawkinsville, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville. He was Sheriff of Pulaski County for about eleven years.
Notes
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 25, 1920, p. 1:
COUNTY PRIMARY ONE WEEK OFF
Candidates Have Only One
More Week To Put Their
Claims Before The Voters.The Pulaski County primary is just one week off. Next Wednesday, March the 3rd, is the day set for the voters to go to the polls in their respective districts and cast their ballots for their choice for county officers.
Several of the candidates have opposition and in each case a lively contest is predicted.
The following is a list of those running ...
... For Sheriff –– P. K. Ridley and I. C. Jiles ...
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, March 10, 1920, p. 1:
PULASKI PRIMARY HELD LAST WEDNESDAY.
ALL BUT THREE OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTEDMuch Interest Manifested In All The Places
To Be Filled – All Candidates and Workers
Worked Hard During Day – Defeated Candidates
Are Taking Their Defeat Good Naturedly.The election for county officers in Pulaski county passed off very quietly here last Wednesday. So far as we have been able to learn there was no disturbance at any of the voting precincts in the county.
H. A. Haskins was reelected Ordinary, and J. B. Lewis, Treasurer, without opposition.
All the old officers were reelected except the Tax Collector, Tax Receiver and County School Superintendent. Mr. J. J. Pollock, Tax Collector, was defeated by Mr. W. B. Richardson by a majority of 299 votes; Mr. W. J. Ferguson was defeated by Mr. Lou Harrell for Tax Receiver by a majority of 16 votes.
The voters residing in the City of Hawkinsville were not permitted to vote in the County School Superintendent’s race under a ruling by the County Executive Committee, inasmuch as the city has a separate and distinct school system from the county. In this race, Mr. A. W. Fountain, the present incumbent, was defeated by Mr. A. G. McKinney by a majority of 144 votes.
An unusually large vote was polled in all the Districts of the county. A total of 962 votes being cast in the county out of a registration of 1,320.
For Sheriff
L.C. Riles – 339
P. K. Ridley – 618 ...
Obituary of Mary Eva Lewis
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Wednesday, March 11, 1953, p. 14:
LAST RITES HELD (FOR) MRS. EVA RIDLEY
Funeral services were held here Tuesday for Mrs. Eva Lewis Ridley, widow of the late P. K. Ridley, who died Monday after a short illness. She had been in declining health for several years.
Mrs. Ridley was a lifetime resident. She was born in Hawkinsville, September 16, 1877, the daughter of the late John Benjamin Lewis and Mrs. Mary Magdalene Fleming Lewis. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Hawkinsville, and was one of the early graduates of the Hawkinsville High School. In early womanhood, she was married to P. K. Ridley. She was the mother of one son, P. K. Ridley, Jr., who died during the past year. She was a member of one of Pulaski county’s oldest and most highly esteemed families. She was a devoted wife and mother, and will be greatly missed by a large number of relatives and friends in this section. She possessed a kind and friendly disposition.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the chapel of Clark Funeral Home, with Rev. Byron Kennerly officiating. Interment was in Orange Hill cemetery. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Tom Peters of Dublin, Mrs. Sadie Seals, and Mrs. Annie Laurie Layton of Hawkinsville; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. P. K. Ridley, Jr., of Atlanta; three grandchildren, Kima Ridley of Hawkinsville, Albert and Kibbee Ridley of Atlanta. The following relatives served as pallbearers: Freeman, Lowell and Thomas Bragg, Pate and Pope Watson and David McGriff. Clark Funeral Home was in charge.
Obituaries of Pinckney Kibbie Ridley
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, June 6, 1930, p. 15:
SHERIFF DIES
Pulaski County Officer
Victim of Heart AttackHAWKINSVILLE, Ga. June 5 –– P. K. Ridley, 50, sheriff of Pulaski county, dropped dead here this morning while visiting in the office of attorney H. E. Coates. The officer was in the midst of a conversation with the attorney when he suddenly clutched at his breast and slumped to the floor unconscious. He was dead before medical assistance could be summoned and death was ascribed to a heart attack.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Saturday, June 7, 1930, p. 13:
RITES HELD FOR PULASKI SHERIFF
P. K. Ridley Is Stricken By
Sudden Attack in HawkinsvilleHAWKINSVILLE, Ga., June 6 –– Funeral services were held this afternoon for P. K. Ridley, sheriff of Pulaski county, who died suddenly yesterday from heart failure.
Mr. Ridley was born in this county and spent his entire life here. He served as sheriff for the past 11 years. He was also in the hardware business and had extensive farming interests.
Funeral services were held from the residence, followed by interment at Orange Hill cemetery with Masonic honors.
Besides his wife and son, P. K. Ridley, Jr., he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Ridley; three brothers, Joseph, Watson and J. C. Ridley, all of this county; and one sister, Mrs. Levi Barfield, of Ocilla.
Issue:
J265––– i.––– Pinckney Kibbie7 Ridley, Jr., died about 1952.
J120. KATE FREDERIC6 LEWIS (Mary Margaret5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born about 1879 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, being that she was ten months old according to the 1880 federal census of that county. Her obituary in The Dublin Courier-Herald, Dublin, Georgia, Thursday, March 18, 1965, p. 1 states that she was 85 years of age at her death and a native of Hawkinsville, Georgia. She is called Kate Lindsay Peters in the obituary of her son Wilmer Moore Peters, in The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, but I believe this to be in error. Kate died on March 18, 1965 in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; and was buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, Georgia. Kate married Thomas Peters, Jr. on June 7, 1899 in First Baptist Church, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, son of Thomas Peters and Kate Lendsey. He was born in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama in 1873.
Marriage of Kate Frederic Lewis and Thomas Peters, Jr.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, June 1, 1899, p. 8:
Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Miss Kate Frederic Lewis and Mr. Thomas Peters, Jr., which occurred at the Baptist church in this place on Wednesday, evening June seventh, at half-past eight o’clock.
Biographical Notes on Thomas Peters, Jr.
and the Peters Family of Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia
From The Official History of Laurens County, Georgia, 1807-1941, by Bertha Sheppard Hart, M.A., copyright by the John Laurens Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1941, p. 442:
PETERS
William Peters came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from England as representative of the English Crown in the American Colonies; bought an estate on the Schuykill River and built a home which he called Belmont Mansion. He married Mary Brientnall, of Pennsylvania, and they had three children: Richard, who for a number of years was Judge of Philadelphia; Thomas and Mary, all born at Belmont. When war was declared between the Colonies and England, William was called, and Belmont Mansion sold for what is now Fairmont Park. The Peters’ coat of arms is in the ceiling of this mansion, which is still in the Park.
Thomas, the younger son, was a member of the Philadelphia Troop of Horse, who volunteered their services to Washington at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and served for a time as his body guard, crossed the Delaware with him and gave distinguished service at the Battle of Trenton. After the war, they became quite intimate friends and bought adjacent farms; many letters from General Washington to Thomas are still in the Peters family. Thomas married Rebecca Johnson, they had a large family of which Thomas was the oldest son.
Thomas Peters was born in 1797 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was with the United States Census Bureau in Washington, D. C., at which time he married Hester Ann Cohen, granddaughter of the Earl of Windham. Six children were born to them, of whom Thomas was the oldest. Thomas was born in Washington, D. C., in 1840, and served as page in the U. S. Senate when Daniel Webster made his memorable speech on the Missouri Compromise. When war was declared between the States, he went to Richmond, Virginia, and enlisted in the Confederate Army, being the only member of his family whose sympathy was with the South. He served with distinction under General James E. Johnson at the Battle of Gettysburg. After peace was declared, he moved to Selma, Alabama, and was prominent in the banking and insurance world. He helped revise the Standard Dictionary and was an authority on astronomy. Thomas Peters married Kate Lendsay, of Selma, in 1867, moved to Atlanta in 1879. They had seven children, of whom Thomas was the oldest.
Thomas Peters, born in Selma, Alabama, 1873, married Kate Lewis, of Hawkinsville, Georgia, June 7, 1899. Thomas followed the line of his father, being prominently identified in the life insurance world, moved to Dublin in 1902. To this union five children were born: 1. Kate, married Lieut. Col. Chas. Johnson, U.S.A., in 1914, two children, Charles and Kate Johnson. 2. John, married Helen DeLamar, June 16, 1931, two children, John and Emily Peters. 3. Margaret, married George Powell (deceased) March 27, 1926, two children, George and Thomas Powell; married, second, Robert Dudley West. 4. Thomas, married Gladys Hodges, June 4, 1933, one son, Thomas Hodges, who is the 6th direct descendant of the Philadelphia Thomas Peters. 5. Wilmer, married Fay Strickland, August 31, 1940.
By Margaret Peters Powell West (Mrs. R. D.)
According to Burch, Harrell and Allied Families, v. 2, compiled by Marilu Burch Smallwood, 1968, Washington, North Carolina, p. 176:
“John L. Peters ... is a son of Thomas Peters, born in Selma, Ala. 1873, and wife of Kate Lewis of Hawkinsville, Ga., who were married June 7, 1899. Grandparents of John L. Peters were: Thomas Peters, born in Washington, D.C. ... served as a page in the U. S. Senate, married in 1867 Kate Lendsey, of Selma, Ala. They moved to Atlanta, Ga., in 1879. Great grandparents of John L. Peters were: Thomas Peters, born in Baltimore, Md. in 1797, married Hester Ann Cohen, granddaughter of the Earl of Windham. (This Thomas was son of another Thomas Peters who was a friend of Washington. He married Rebecca Johnson, and was grandson of William Peters, who came to Philadelphia from England, as a representative of the English Crown. He bought an estate on the Schuykill River, and built a home, which he called Belmont Mansion).”
Obituary of Kate Frederic Lewis
The Dublin Courier-Herald, Dublin, Georgia, Thursday, March 18, 1965, p. 1:
MRS. THOS. PETERS FUNERAL RITES SET HERE FRIDAY
Mrs. Thomas Peters, Sr., 85, of 503 North Drive, died early this morning in a local hospital after a brief illness. A native of Hawkinsville, she had made her home in Dublin for more than 60 years. She was the former Miss Kate Lewis, daughter of the late John Benjamin Lewis ... of Hawkinsville.
Mrs. Peters was the widow of the late Thomas Peters, Sr., and was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Peters will be at the C. Homer Adams Chapel, at 2:00 p.m., Friday with Rev. Charles H. Allen officiating, assisted by Dr. R. D. Hodges and Dr. Stanley Hahn. Interment will be in Northview Cemetery. Adams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will include Brooks Bryan, W. E. Malone, C. M. Schaufele, Wilbur S. Jones, Bryant Carroll and T. A. Jernigan.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Charles Johnson, of Arlington, Va.; Mrs. Robert West, of Statesboro; three sons, John L. Peters, of Atlanta; Thomas Peters, Jr., of Dublin; Major Wilmer Peters of Vienna, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Laura Layton, of Decatur; and Mrs. Sadie Seals, of Hawkinsville; and a number of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Issue:
J266––– i.––– Kate7 Peters, of whom below.
J267––– ii.––– John Lewis Peters, of whom below, was born on November 20, 1903 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died on May 25, 1994 in Bibb County, Georgia.
J268––– iii.––– Margaret Peters, of whom below.
J269––– iv.––– Thomas Peters V, of whom below.
J270––– v.––– Wilmer Moore Peters, born circa 1904 in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia. His obituary in The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday, February 17, 2001, p. B-6 states that he was 86 years of age when he died and was born in Dublin, Georgia.. He died February 14, 2001 in Naples, Florida; and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Lt. Col. Peters married first Fay Strickland on August 31, 1940, and second Mary Jo Jackson.
Obituary of Wilmer Moore Peters
The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday, February 17, 2001, p. B-6:
WILMER M. PETERS
CHESAPEAKE –– Retired Lt. Col. Wilmer Moore “Pete” Peters, 86, died peacefully with his family Feb. 14, 2001, at his winter residence in Naples, Fla., after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Dublin, Ga., he lived the past 40 years in Virginia, especially treasuring his last 20 years in Chesapeake.
He is survived by his devoted wife, Mary Jo Jackson Peters; his three daughters, Margaret P. Stillman of Chesapeake, Kate P. Hodge of Louisville, Ky., and Niwana P. Martin of Bakerton, W.Va.; and stepchildren, Lee Jones of Nashville, Tenn., Julie Cox of Augusta, Ga., and William Jones of San Francisco.
He was affectionately known as PaPete and adored by his six grandchildren, Walker Forehand of Chesapeake, Lindsay Forehand of Charlottesville, Kenneth Hodge and Lisa Kate Henderson of Louisville, Evan Barnes of Bakerton, W.Va., his namesake, Staff Sgt. Wilmer “Pete” Barnes of Illinois; and many wonderful stepgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas Peters and Kate Lindsay (sic) Peters; his wife, Fay Strickland Peters; and two sisters and two brothers. His extended family includes the loving members of First Baptist Church of Norfolk and the caring neighbors of Kemp Lane and Naples, Fla.
He was a graduate of Mercer University and received a M.S. in psychology and a M.A. in education in later years. After retiring from a distinguished military career in the U.S. Air Force, his career choice was to be an english teacher at McLean High School and later to become director of the guidance department at McLean High School, molding the lives of countless young people. He valued his service with numerous community boards and organizations; Tidewater Community College, Sons of the American Revolution, Norfolk County Historical Society, Friends of the Chesapeake Library, Charles Cross Scholarship Committee, Southwestern Theological Seminary and many genealogical organizations. He was an avid historian, scholar of Winston Churchill and taught regular courses in research and family history in Chesapeake and Naples, as well as taking the time to assist anyone in their own personal family search. He was a true patriot, child of God, and beloved by all.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Norfolk, 312 Kempsville Road. The family welcomes friends at the home, 320 Kemp Lane, at any time. Viewing will be held at Oman Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and prior to the service Monday.
Interment with full military honors will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Arlington National Cemetery. The burial service is open to anyone who can attend, arrival at Arlington National Cemetery Administration Building by 8:30 a.m. for the procession is required.
Memorial donations may be made to the Chesapeake Public Library Foundation, 298 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, or to the Tidewater Scholarship Foundation Chesapeake ACCESS program, P.O. Box 1357, Norfolk, VA 23501. Both organizations have established a special program in his memory.
J121. SADIE6 LEWIS (Mary Margaret5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born March 4, 1881 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died August 21, 1973 in Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. She married Sterling P. Seals of Troy, Pike County, Alabama, on November 27, 1912 at her parents’ home on Dooly Street in Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Marriage of Sadie Lewis and Sterling P. Seals
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Friday, November 29, 1912, p. 8:
SEALS-LEWIS
Miss Sadie Lewis, of this city, and Mr. S. P. Seals, of Troy, Ala., were married at the home of the bride’s parents on Dooly street last Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock.
Only the relatives and a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony which was performed in a most impressive manner by Rev. C. L. Greaves, pastor of the Baptist church.
The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis, and the fact that she is to make her future home in another state is a source of much regret to many friends in Hawkinsville, where she is greatly admired by all who know her on account of her many loveable traits of character.
The groom is a well known and popular gentleman of Troy, Ala., and travels for a large business concern.
Mr. and Mrs. Seals left on the 2:45 Southern train for their Alabama home, carrying with them the best wishes of many friends.
Obituary of Sadie Lewis
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, August 29, 1973, p. 2:
ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. SEALS
Mrs. Sadie Lewis Seals, 92, of Bethany Homes, Vidalia, died Tuesday, Aug. 21 in Vidalia after a long illness.
Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, with the Rev. Bill Hightower officiating.
Mrs. Seals was a native of Pulaski County. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Hawkinsville.
Mrs. Seals was librarian here about 30 years ago. Her father, John B. Lewis, was Pulaski tax collector and tax receiver and Mrs. Seals assisted him in the operation of the office.
She is survived by a son, Jack Seals, of Talladega, Ala.; a daughter, Mrs. John Calhoun, Mt. Vernon; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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J271––– i.––– Jack7 Seals was born circa 1913. He married Gertrude Jones on January 5, 1944 at his aunt Annie Laurie Lewis Layton’s home, College Park, Fulton County, Georgia (Source: The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 13, 1944, p. 5.).
Marriage of Jack Seals and Gertrude Jones
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, January 13, 1944, p. 5:
MISS JONES WED TO MR. SEALS
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Jones of Mount Vernon, and Mr. Jack Seals of Hawkinsville, took place Wednesday, January 5, at the home of the groom’s aunt, Mrs. Annie Laurie Layton, at College Park, in the presence of a few relatives and friends.
Rev. J. L. Baggott officiated using the impressive ring ceremony.
The bride, before her marriage, held a responsible position with an aircraft plant at Baltimore, Md. Mr. Seals holds a position with the Breacon Loading Co. at Talladega, Ala. They will make their home at Talladega.
J272––– ii.––– Mary Weldon Seals, of whom below, was born about 1917.
J122. ANNIE LAURIE6 LEWIS (Mary Margaret5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born on January 20, 1886 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died May 2, 1968 in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia; and was buried at the Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. In 1901, she graduated from Hawkinsville High School. She was married to Thomas Wesley Layton on July 5, 1917 in Pulaski County, Georgia, by Rev. Aquilla Chamlee of the Baptist Church.
Marriage of Annie Laurie Lewis and Thomas Wesley Layton
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, July 18, 1917, p. 8:
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lewis announce the marriage of their daughter, Annie Laurie, to Thomas Wesley Layton, of Atlanta, Sunday, July 5th.
Obituaries of Annie Laurie Lewis
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, May 8, 1968, p. 1:
PULASKI NATIVE TAKEN BY DEATH
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, February 15, 1945, p. 5:
Mrs. Annie Laurie Layton has returned to Atlanta after an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. J. B. Lewis.
Mrs. Annie Laurie Layton, 82, of Decatur, died Thursday, May 2, in a hospital in Decatur.
Funeral services were held Friday morning in the Trinity Chapel, Decatur, with burial in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville. The Rev. Albert Stroup officiated. Clark Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
Mrs. Layton was a native of Pulaski County and a member of the Baptist Church. She was a former resident of Hawkinsville.
Mrs. Layton is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Catlin, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Sadie Seals, Vidalia, and several grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Buddy Coley, Grady McKinney, Tom Bragg, Dr. L. F. Bragg, Otis Mayo, Thomas Smith.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, May 3, 1968, p. 36:
LAYTON –– Mrs. Annie Laurie Layton of 403 S. McDonough St., Decatur, died Thursday. Survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert L. Catlin, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; sister, Mrs. S. P. Seals, Valdosta. Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock at Trinity Chapel. Rev. Charles A. Osborn will officiate. Interment, Hawkinsville, Ga., at 4 p.m. A. S. Turner & Sons.
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J273––– i.––– Mary Lewis7 Layton, of whom below, born about 1917. Adopted.
J125. EDITH JOSEPHINE6 FLEMING (James Ferdinand5, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born on February 18, 1893 in Pulaski County, Georgia; died on April 4, 1959 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in that city’s Orange Hill Cemetery. There is a stained glass memorial window at the Hawkinsville First United Methodist Church given in her memory. Josephine married John Burch DeLamar on June 15, 1916 at her parents’ home on Watson Street, in Hawkinsville.
According to The History of Pulaski County, Georgia, 1808 - 1935, Bicentennial Edition, published by Omnipress, Inc., Macon, Georgia, 1975, a reprint of the first edition published in 1935 by The Hawkinsville Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 125, Josephine was a charter member of the Hawkinsville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, claiming Major Nehemiah Tilton as her revolutionary ancestor. A story in The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, September 3, 1936, p. 5, D.A.R. To Begin Year’s Work, identifies her as 2nd vice regent of the Hawkinsville chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.).
John DeLamar’s sister, Helen Elizabeth DeLamar, married John Lewis Peters (#J267 below), son of Kate Frederic Fleming (#J120 above) and Thomas Peters, Jr.
John DeLamar’s grandparents were: Richard Francis DeLamar and Nancy Jane Buchan, and The Rev. Edward Allen Burch, Jr. and Mary Ann Beard.
According to Burch, Harrell and Allied Families, v. 2, compiled by Marilu Burch Smallwood, published in 1968, Washington, North Carolina, p. 164, John Burch DeLamar’s ancestry extends to Francis Delamare II, who was born in Pasquotank Precinct of North Carolina between 1695 and 1700, and died in Beaufort Co., N. C. prior to March Court 1741, when his will was probated. He was a son of Francis De La Mare, from France, who emigrated to America, and who died in North Carolina prior to July 28, 1713.
Marriage of Edith Josephine Fleming and John Burch DeLamar
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 21, 1916, p. 8:
FLEMING-DeLAMAR
One of the prettiest and most interesting events of the week was the marriage of Miss Josephine Fleming and Mr. John DeLamar, which was solemnized Thursday at high noon at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fleming, on west Watson street. The home was unusually attractive with decorations of ferns, palms and smilax. The parlor, where the ceremony was performed, was artistically decorated with white roses and hydrangeas. An altar was improvised of palms and white pedestals.
Before the ceremony Miss Carolyn Jordan sang “At Dawning.” Miss Emmie DeLamar played the wedding march.
The wedding party came down the stair case, led by the flower girl, Miss Helen DeLamar. Little Miss Mary Agnes Anderson untied the white ribbons for the wedding party to enter.
The bride entered with her brother, Mr. Leonard Fleming. The groom entered with Mr. Richard DeLamar and met the bride at the altar where the ceremony was performed by Rev. T. H. Thomson, pastor of the Methodist church. During the ceremony Miss Grace Ragan played softly on the violin “Somewhere a Voice is Calling.”
Immediately after the ceremony a reception was held. Punch was served by Misses Gladys Smith, Theresa Sommer, Reba Jordan and Josiella Henderson. An ice course was served by Misses Lucia and Maria Harville, Mary and Louise DeLamar, Mary Julia Ragan, Emmie Bragg and Alice May Burch.
Many useful and beautiful presents were received.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fleming and is admired by a wide circle of friends.
The groom is a very prominent young business man and is well known in the business and social world.
The bride was lovely in her traveling suit of grey, with large hat of the same shade, with trimmings of silver. She carried a shower of bouquet of brides’ roses and valley lillies.
Mrs. J. F. Fleming, mother of the bride, was gowned in grey taffeta with touches of blue.
Mrs. R. F. DeLamar, mother of the groom, wore a becoming gown of violet taffeta, with hat of the same shade and corsage of white roses.
Mrs. Robert Rozar wore navy blue taffeta and chiffon with large pink hat.
Miss Emmie DeLamar’s gown was pearl grey crepe de chine and spider lace, with touches of rose color.
After the reception the bride and groom left in an automobile for interesting points in North Carolina.
Biographical Notes on John Burch DeLamar
John Burch DeLamar was named a trustee of the R. J. Taylor Memorial Hospital at the time that Robert Jenks Taylor made a $50,000 gift for the establishment of that hospital in 1937, according to The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, April 8, 1937. He served as chairman of the board of trustees from 1944 until his resignation, in June of 1947. John was also a founding member of the Hawkinsville Rotary Club, which was chartered on March 1, 1939.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, November 11, 1937, p. 1:
DeLAMAR AND HOUGH FOR COMMISSIONER
Seek Post With City –––
Goode Not To Offer For It
Mr. DeLamar is a prominent business man of Hawkinsville. He has not previously sought the position of Commissioner, his only public or semi-public activity being as a member of the school board. He is a member of the prominent DeLamar family. His brother, Richard F. DeLamar, is Tax Collector of Pulaski County.
In his statement, he says “I promise a faithful performance of all duties imposed upon me and will give all my efforts for the benefit and advancement of our city.”
Mr. Hough is well known in city and county affairs. He has successfully handled the Pulaski County Fair for three years, each year showing up better. He is proprietor of Hough’s Ten Cent Store, located on Commerce street.
His friends announce his candidacy saying “His love for our city and county has been shown by his unselfish efforts in their behalf.”
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 2, 1937, p. 1:
CANDIDATES READY FOR BATTLE ROYAL
Hough and DeLamar Confident Of Victory At Polls
With both candidates optimistic, the election for City Commissioner to be held next Tuesday, December 7th, promises to be an interesting event, George A. Hough and John B. DeLamar have entered the race and each is confident of success.
Mr. Hough is proprietor of Hough’s Ten Cent store and president of the Pulaski County Fair Association. He has held this office several years and has seen the fair increase in scope each year. He said he was in the race to win and had received fine assurance of support.
Mr. DeLamar is in the real estate and insurance business. He is on the school board and active in the affairs of this city. His brother, R. F. DeLamar, is county Tax Collector. Mr. DeLamar declared he intended to push his candidacy and felt that he would be endorsed at the polls.
Interest in the race is higher than in several years since for several years the candidates have had no opposition. Holding office with the winner of the race will be Mr. L. D. Ragan and Dr. E. C. Brown, present commissioners, along with Mr. Need J. Goode, who is not offering for re-election.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 9, 1937, p. 1:
DeLAMAR ELECTED CITY COMMISSIONER
Wins Post In Close Race
With George A. HoughJohn B. DeLamar was elected City Commissioner for a term of three years in a close race held Tuesday. Mr. DeLamar defeated Mr. George A. Hough 134 to 119. The contest was in doubt practically all the way, but the winner finally nosed out his opponent by 15 votes.
The newly elected commissioner goes into office January 1 and will serve with Mr. L. C. Ragan and Dr. E. C. Brown, now in office. A new commissioner is elected each year, the arrangement being so that the three year term of one of the commissioners closes in December while the other two members continue in office.
Mr. DeLamar expressed his appreciation and stated that he would do everything he could for the interest of the citizens and the city. He asked for harmony and co-operation.
Mr. Hough, who ran an excellent race, declared he would help in any way possible and wished Mr. DeLamar every success in office.
While 500 voters registered only slight more than half that number voted. Cold weather held back many. Others were ill or had illness in their families and were unable to get out.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, December 9, 1943, p. 1:
DeLAMAR ELECTED COMMISSIONER
Ridley Defeated By One
Vote Margin in Close RacePerhaps the closest political race ever witnessed in city politics was held last Tuesday when J. B. DeLamar defeated P. K. Ridley for City Commissioner, by the margin of one vote. Four hundred and forty-one votes were cast while the qualified registration list showed about eight hundred. DeLamar received 221 and Ridley 220.
In order to give Wellston workers a chance to vote the polls were by agreement opened at 6:30 and closed at 3:00. Much interest was manifested throughout the voting hours as everyone sensed a close race.
Mr. DeLamar was elected for a three year term and for the past year has been Chairman of the Board of City Commissioners.
The 1944 Board will be composed of J. B. DeLamar, J. F. Saunders and M. R. Thompson. DeLamar is engaged in the real estate business, Saunders is a druggist, and Thompson is manager of a local bottling company.
Obituary of Edith Josephine Fleming
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 8, 1959, p. 1:
MRS. J. B. DeLAMAR TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. John B. DeLamar, beloved resident of Hawkinsville, died Saturday, April 4, at the local hospital. She was 66.
Mrs. DeLamar had been in ill health for some time but the death was unexpected.
A native of Pulaski County, Mrs. DeLamar was a member of the First Methodist Church here and had served as organist of the church for many years. Her parents were the late J. F. and Emmie Gibson Fleming, of Hawkinsville.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church, the Rev. Frank Gilmore officiating. Burial followed in Orange Hill Cemetery, Clark Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. DeLamar is survived by her husband; three sons, John F., of Atlanta, Leonard G., of Bainbridge, and Robert E. DeLamar, of Hawkinsville; a brother, Leonard Fleming, of Hawkinsville.
Pallbearers were A. G. Cabero, Frank Coney, W. E. Meadows, Ben Griffin, D. B. Mannheim, Roger Lawson, A. T. Fountain and George Jordan.
The April 8 issue of the First Methodist News made the following comment:
“Generous” was the word for Josephine DeLamar. She was generous with her genius, her gifts, her sacrificial service. When it came to love for her family and her church, she was more than generous; she was extravagant. For more than 40 years, she was our organist and she lifted us with her heavenly music. When the angels hand her a harp, they are in for a surprise! Our church is immeasurably richer because she lived among us.
Obituary of John Burch DeLamar
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, February 25, 1970, p. 1:
DEATH TAKES MR. DeLAMAR
Mr. DeLamar, a native of Pulaski County, had lived in Hawkinsville all his life. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church here. He was a retired real estate and insurance agent and at one time owned the first Ford automobile agency in Hawkinsville.
He was the son of the late R. F. and Emmie Burch DeLamar, of Hawkinsville.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home, the Rev. Bob Dorsey officiating. Burial was in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, John F. DeLamar and Robert E. DeLamar, both of Hawkinsville, and Leonard G. DeLamar, of Albany; three sisters, Mrs. Zoe Rozar and Miss Helen DeLamar, both of Macon, and Mrs. Mary Wynne of Jacksonville, Fla.
Pallbearers were Andrew Hill, R. C. Massee, Robert Rush, W. A. Sapp, T. G. Walters and S. A. Way III.
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J274––– i.––– John Fleming7 DeLamar was born on June 16, 1917 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died on April 15, 1981 in Hawkinsville; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Obituary of John Fleming DeLamar
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 22, 1981, p. 10:
JOHN F. DeLAMAR
Graveside services were held Friday at 3 p.m. at Orange Hill Cemetery with Dr. Tom Watson officiating.
DeLamar, a native of Pulaski County, was an insurance auditor. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and of First United Methodist Church of Hawkinsville.
Survivors include two brothers, Leonard G. DeLamar of Albany and Bob E. DeLamar of Hawkinsville.
Pritchett Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
J275––– ii.––– Leonard Gibson DeLamar, of whom below, born October 12, 1921 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died December 2, 1999 in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia.
J276––– iii.––– Robert Edward DeLamar, of whom below, born March 25, 1925 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on August 14, 1999.
J127. MYRTA IONE6 BRAGG (Emma Jane5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born on August 18, 1894 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and died on March 9, 1985 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. She married Freeman Napier Bragg, her second cousin, on September 3, 1913 at her parents’ home near Hawkinsville. A son of William Franklin Bragg and Ellen Brannen, Freeman was born on November 2, 1885 in Houston (pronounced How stun) County, Georgia; and died on September 29, 1959 in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Myrta and Freeman were buried in the Hawkinsville Orange Hill Cemetery.
Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, November 27, 1918, p. 8:
BRAGG AND ANDREWS BUY CHERO COLA PLANT
Messrs. F. N. Bragg and J. M. Andrews announce that they have purchased from Mr. N. F. Buff the bottling business of the Chero Cola plant ...
Marriage of Myrta Ione Bragg and Freeman Napier Bragg
Excerpts from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, September, 1913:
BRAGG-BRAGG
The occasion was witnessed by not a few neighbors and friends of the contracting parties, was an impressive home affair, and the hospitable atmosphere of the Bragg home gave a touch of joy that made it all the more delightful, the punch served adding to the pleasure of the event.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bragg ... and is a splendid young farmer who is rapidly forging his way to the front. The large farm of Mr. Bragg has been for years under the management of the newly married son, until this year, when he secured a part of the Coffee place in the Browndale allotment, and has there set up house for himself, and to which old ante-bellum country home he takes his young bride, who is the daughter of a very popular and thorough going farmer whose success on the farm is well known. The bride possesses a charm of character that has drawn to her many friends and well-wishers.
Many and substantial gifts attested the popularity of the contracting parties.
Obituary of Myrta Ione Bragg
The Telegraph and News, Macon, Georgia, Sunday, March 10, 1985, F-2:
MRS. BRAGG
Mrs. Freeman N. Bragg, 90, of Mimosa Drive died Saturday in a local nursing home. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home in Hawkinsville. Burial will be in Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville. The Rev. Billy Winburn will officiate.
Mrs. Bragg, a native of Pulaski County, was a Baptist and homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Josh Wimberly and Mrs. William B. Cain, both of Macon; a brother, Lowell F. Bragg of Cochran; a sister, Mrs. C. J. Nicholson of Dallas, Texas; a granddaughter, Harriett Goldwire of Macon; a grandson, Bradley Cain of Macon; and a great grandson, Scott Goldwire of Macon.
Obituary of Freeman Napier Bragg
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, September 30, 1959, p. 1:
SICKNESS FATAL TO FREEMAN BRAGG
Mr. Bragg, a native of Houston County, had resided in Hawkinsville most of his life.
He operated a filling station on Commerce Street and at one time was engaged in farming.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Clark Funeral Home, the Rev. B. A. Winburn officiating. Burial was in Orange Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Bragg is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrta B. Bragg; two daughters, Mrs. J. R. Wimberly, Jr. and Mrs. William B. Cain, of Macon; a brother, Leon C. Bragg of Atlanta; and a grandchild, Harriett Wimberly.
A. T. Fountain II, H. M. Martin, Sr., H. M. Martin, Jr., C. O. Curry and Charlie Curry, Robert and Fussell Culpepper and W. C. Abercrombie.
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J277––– i.––– Agnes Laverne7 Bragg, of whom below, was born on April 20, 1917 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died December 3, 1995 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
J278––– ii.––– Emma Joyce Bragg, of whom below, born February 7, 1926 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J279––– iii.––– James Franklin Bragg was born on July 17, 1930 in Hawkinsville, Georgia. Jim Frank died there in Taylor Memorial Hospital on September 16, 1947; and was buried in Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville.
Obituary of James Franklin Bragg
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Tuesday, September 16, 1947, p. 3:
HAWKINSVILLE YOUTH SHOT IN ABDOMEN
Target Practice Ends in Tragedy
HAWKINSVILLE, Sept. 15 –– Jim Frank Bragg, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Bragg, is in a critical condition in Taylor Memorial Hospital here after being shot in the abdomen Sunday afternoon.
The youth and a friend, Lampkin Smith, had gone to a spot between Hawkinsville and Cochran to practice shooting a .32 Smith & Wesson pistol, according to Chief of Police Thomas Bragg.
Smith shot the pistol several times. When Bragg started to take the weapon for his turn, it accidentally went off, the sheriff said. He added that the safety was broken.
“The Bragg youth didn’t realize he was shot,” said the sheriff. “But the accident scared both boys, so they stopped firing and got in their jeep to return home. Bragg drove several hundred yard before he told Smith to drive because he was sick,” Sheriff Bragg revealed.
“Then they realized Bragg had been shot in the abdomen. Smith then drove him into the hospital.”
The Bragg youth was given blood transfusions by the Smith boy and two other young friends, George Cunningham and Bub Way.
Bragg and Smith were graduated in June from Hawkinsville High School. Since then the Bragg boy has been employed by C. and W. Hardware Company.
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, September 17, 1947, p. 6:
JIM F. BRAGG, HAWKINSVILLE YOUTH, DIES
Funeral Services Will Be Today
HAWKINSVILLE, Sept. 16 –– Jim Frank Bragg, youth who was wounded in a shooting accident Sunday afternoon, died in a local hospital this morning.
Bragg, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Bragg, and a friend, Lampkin Smith, were target shooting with a pistol when the weapon went off accidentally, according to Chief of Police Thomas Bragg. The Bragg boy was shot in the abdomen.
Taken to the hospital, young Bragg was given many blood transfusions before his death at 11:30 a.m. today.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church with the Rev. Jean Greer officiating. The junior deacons of the Baptist Church will form an honorary escort, and members of the 1947 class of the Hawkinsville High School will attend in a body.
His is survived by his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Josh Wimberly of Jeffersonville and Miss Joyce Bragg of Atlanta; grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Bragg of Hawkinsville.
J128. LOWELL FLEMING6 BRAGG (Emma Jane5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born June 25, 1896 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, according to The Passing of the Pines: A History of Wilcox County, Georgia, v. 2, by Mary Lou L. McDonald, 1987, p. 20; died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1986, in the Bleckley County Hospital, Cochran, Georgia; and was buried the Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens, near Cochran. He married first Emma Augusta McLeod on Christmas Day, December 25, 1918, in Hawkinsville, Georgia, daughter of John Stephen McLeod and his second wife Emma Augusta Watkins. Gussie was born on September 9, 1900 in Wilcox County, Georgia; died on September 19, 1964 in Pineview, Wilcox County, Georgia; and was buried in the Pineview Cemetery.
After Gussie and Lowell divorced on February 28, 1949, he married second Helen Young, daughter of Tobe and Ella Young. She was born June 26, 1911 in Cochran, Bleckley County, Georgia; died August 24, 1998 in Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried in the Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens, near Cochran. To reach Pulaski-Bleckley Gardens, from Cochran, take Highway 26 west toward Hawkinsville for about five miles. The cemetery is on the right.
Obituaries of Lowell Fleming Bragg
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, December 31, 1986, p. 10:
LOWELL FLEMING BRAGG
Excerpt from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 3, 1935, p. 1:
Senator Russell
To Speak At Fair... Richard B. Russell, Jr., United States Senator from Georgia, will speak at the Pulaski County Fair on October 29th ...
L. F. Bragg, chairman of the racing committee, declared a strong program would be presented during the three days the horses show their ability ...
Lowell Fleming Bragg, 90, of Cochran, died Dec. 25 in the Bleckley County Hospital of Cochran.
Services were held Dec. 26 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home with the Rev. Billy Winburn and the Rev. Dr. Gary Abbott officiating.
Interment was in the Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Bragg was a native of Pulaski County, a retired livestock dealer, pharmacist and veterinarian, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Y. Bragg of Cochran; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy White of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Jane Stockbridge of Stockbridge, Ga.; one son, Lowell Bragg, Jr. of Macon; and one sister, Mrs. Emmie Nicholson of Dallas, Texas.
Pallbearers were Ray Mixon, Alton Dykes, Elton Henry, Ben Griffin, Lamkin Smith, Bill Anderson, Tommie Porter and Burch McVay.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville was in charge of arrangements.
The Cochran Journal, Cochran, Georgia, Wednesday, December 31, 1986, p. 9:
LOWELL FLEMING BRAGG
Lowell Fleming Bragg, age 90, of Cochran, died Thursday, December 25, 1986 in the Bleckley Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at 3:00 p.m., in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home in Hawkinsville with Rev. Billy Winburn and Dr. Gary Abbott officiating. Burial was in the Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Bragg, a native of Pulaski County, was a retired livestock dealer, pharmacist and veterinarian, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Hawkinsville.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Helen Y. Bragg of Cochran; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy White of Nashville, Tenn. and Mrs. Jane Stockbridge of Stockbridge; one son, Lowell Bragg Jr. of Macon; and one sister, Mrs. Emmie Nicholson of Dallas, Texas.
Pallbearers were Ray Mixon, Alton Dykes, Elton Henry, Ben Griffin, Lampkin Smith, Bill Anderson, Tommie Porter and Birch McVay.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary of Emma Augusta McLeod
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 23, 1964, p. 1:
SICKNESS FATAL TO MRS. BRAGG
Mrs. Gussie McLeod Bragg, 64, of Pineview, died unexpectedly Saturday at her home.
Mrs. Bragg was a native of Wilcox County and a member of the Pineview Baptist Church. She was librarian for the Pineview Elementary School.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Pineview Baptist, the Rev. T. K. Carroll, the Rev. L. W. Strickland and the Rev. Joe Faulkner officiating. Burial in Pineview Cemetery, Clark Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Bragg is survived by a son, Lowell F. Bragg, Jr., of Macon; two daughters, Mrs. Harmon Headden, Nashville, Tenn. and Mrs. Derry Stockbridge, of Savannah; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were J. L. Faircloth, Calvin Stone, C. R. McLeod, Jr., J. A. Baker, T. O. Conner, W. T. Dennard, Charles Finleyson and Elbert Hickman.
Obituary of Helen Young
The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Wednesday, August 26, 1998, p. B-6:
HELEN BRAGG
COCHRAN –– Services for Helen Y. Bragg will be at 4 p.m. today in Fisher Funeral Home with burial in Pulaski-Bleckley Memory Gardens. Bragg, 87, died Monday, Aug. 24, 1998. Born in Bleckley County, she was the daughter of the late Tobe and Ella Young. The widow of Lowell Bragg Sr., she was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
Fisher Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Of Lowell Fleming Bragg and Emma Augusta McLeod
J280––– i.––– Dorothy Lucy7 Bragg, of whom below, was born on December 8, 1919 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J281––– ii.––– Jane McLeod Bragg, of whom below, born on December 2, 1921 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died on July 6, 1990 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia.
J282––– iii.––– Lowell Fleming Bragg, Jr. was born May 6, 1923 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. He graduated from Hawkinsville High School, Hawkinsville, Georgia, on May 23, 1941.
Biographical Notes on Lowell Fleming Bragg, Jr.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, October 5, 1939, p. 1:
LOWELL BRAGG, JR., GETS
NICE HONOR FROM “LIFE”Lowell Bragg, Jr., young photographer of this city, won national recognition when his picture “Moon Sign” appeared in October 2nd edition of Life Magazine. It is a photograph of the moon showing the word “Life” in brilliant letters. Just how he did it Lowell will have to tell you. The young man has had several pictures in the Macon Telegraph and his home town paper.
J129. EMMA EDNA6 BRAGG (Emma Jane5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born on March 19, 1898 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died January 16, 1994 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; and was buried in Dallas at Laurel Land Memorial Park. On June 8, 1921, at her parents’ home, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, she married Croel J. Nicholson in Hawkinsville, son of Nathaniel J. Nicholson and Molly Faucette. Nathaniel Nicholson was a native of Dodge County, Georgia. Croel was born about 1897 in Dodge County, Georgia; and died about 1970.
Marriage of Emma Edna Bragg and Croel J. Nicholson
Excerpts from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, June 15, 1921, p. 8:
BRAGG-NICHOLSON
The marriage of Miss Emmie Bragg of this city and Mr. Crowell Nicholson of Chester took place Wednesday at noon at the home of the bride’s parents ...
Miss Mary Bragg, maid of honor, entered with Mr. Howard Nicholson, who was best man. Mrs. Rembert Hudson, of Fort Valley, was matron of honor.
The bride and groom entered together and stood in front of the altar where the impressive ceremony was performed by Rev. Aquilla Chamlee, pastor of the Baptist church ...
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bragg and is known and admired by a large circle of friends.
Mr. Nicholson is a very prominent young business man of Chester.
After the reception the bride and groom left for Washington and New York. On their return, they will reside at Chester.
Obituary of Emma Edna Bragg
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Monday, January 17, 1994, p. A-19:
NICHOLSON
EMMIE B., passed away on January 16, 1994. Preceded in death by her husband, Croel J. Nicholson. Emmie was a member of the Cliff Temple Baptist Church for over 50 years. Survived by her daughter, Majorie Thompson; grandchildren, Carole Harris, Kenneth Thompson and Kathi Lind; seven great grandchildren. Services 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 1994, at Laurel Land Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Dean Dickens officiating. Interment at Laural Land Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Grace Presbyterian Village Caring Fund.
Issue:
J283––– i.––– Marjorie7 Nicholson, of whom below, born November 17, 1922.
J130. EMORY LAWTON6 BRAGG (Emma Jane5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born July 2, 1900 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and died August 11, 1960 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Lawton married first Margaret Orella Driggers on December 26, 1922 in Hawkinsville. Orella was born on February 23, 1903; died at her home, 508 S. Maryland Street, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, on March 7, 1924; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Georgia. After the death of his first wife, Lawton Bragg married second Cornelia Knox Buckingham on March 15, 1925. She was born about 1902 in Van Buren, Arkansas; and died on June 3, 1990.
Marriage of Emory Lawton Bragg and Margaret Orella Driggers
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, December 27, 1922, p. 1:
DRIGGERS-BRAGG
The marriage of Miss Orilla Driggers and Mr. Lawton Bragg took place Tuesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Bragg, Rev. L. M. Polhill officiating.
The wedding was a very quiet one, only members of the immediate family being present.
The bride is the sister of Mrs. A. M. Thomas of this city. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bragg. After the ceremony the bride and groom left for Dallas, Texas, where they will reside.
Obituary of Emory Lawton Bragg
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, August 17, 1960, p. 1:
E. LAWTON BRAGG DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HOME IN TULSA
U.S. Commissioner E. Lawton Bragg, a native of Hawkinsville, died last Thursday after suffering a heart attack at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mr. Bragg, who was 60, was serving his fourth term as U.S. Commissioner for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
He was stricken just a few days after he had returned home from Hawkinsville. He had come here with his wife and daughter, Linda, to visit relatives.
Known as a man who practiced the “golden rule” when dealing out justice, Mr. Bragg moved to Dallas from Hawkinsville in 1921 and went to Tulsa as a practicing attorney in 1931.
He was a member of the Tulsa Baptist Chapel, Pilgrim Masonic Lodge and Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. He was a 32nd Degree Mason in the Tulsa Consistory.
His hobby was training show and rodeo horses at stables and an arena near his home. Two of them, “Miss Texas” and “Joe Henry,” were world reserve cutting horse champions in 1953.
His horse usually were shown by a daughter, Mrs. William Witmer, of Tulsa. She formerly was a nationally known rodeo performer, having appeared at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Mr. Bragg was a plane pilot.
Funeral services were held Monday at Tulsa.
Mr. Bragg is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Bragg; the two daughters; three brothers, Louis, Tom and Lowell Bragg, all of the Hawkinsville area; three sisters, Mrs. Freeman Bragg, Hawkinsville, Mrs. C. J. Nicholson, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Prentice Jackson, Talladega, Ala.
Obituaries of Margaret Orella Driggers
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, March 12, 1924, p. 1:
MRS. LAWTON BRAGG BURIED HERE SUNDAY
Former Young Lady of This City
Dies in Texas After Long Illness
Previous to her marriage, Mrs. Bragg was Miss Orilla Driggers and was one of the telephone operators at the local exchange. She was a young lady of exceptional characteristics, quiet and ladylike in her manner, and always courteous and considerate of the patrons of the office. Just fourteen months ago she was married to Mr. Bragg and together they had started life in the distant state of Texas. Her death coming when she was only 21 years of age and after such a short duration of married life, a greater part of which she had been ill, makes her going doubly sad. Besides her husband she leaves one sister, Mrs. A. M. Thomas, of this city, who was with her during the past four months, and a brother, Mr. James Driggers, of Chicago. Mrs. J. H. Bragg, mother of Mr. Bragg, also spent the past month at her bedside.
The remains were met at Cochran early Sunday morning and carried to the home of Mr. A. M. Thomas from which place the funeral was held Sunday afternoon at three o’clock conducted by Rev. J. L. Jones of the Methodist church and Dr. W. D. Ogletree of the Baptist. The interment followed in Orange Hill Cemetery.
The following acted as pallbearers: L. F., O. E., F. N. and Thomas Bragg, C. J. Nickelson (sic), and Robert Brown.
The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Saturday, March 8, 1924, p. 12:
BRAGG –– The body of Mrs. E. L. Bragg, 23 years old, who died at her home Friday morning, 508 South Maryland street, will be sent by the Brewer Undertaking Company to Hawkinsville, Ga., for burial. She is survived by her husband and her parents in Hawkinsville.
Issue:
Of Emory Lawton Bragg and Cornelia Knox Buckingham
J284––– i.––– Nancy Lou7 Bragg, of whom below, was born on July 9, 1926.
J285––– ii.––– Charles Dudley Bragg, of whom below, born April 12, 1928; died February 7, 1981 in Santa Clara, California?
J286––– iii.––– Linda Bragg, of whom below, born January 28, 1940 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
J131. MARY JELKS6 BRAGG (Emma Jane5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born January 17, 1903 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and died April 17, 1972 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. She married Prentice Robertson Jackson on September 11, 1924 at her parents’ home, on West Watson Street, Hawkinsville. He was born on October 4, 1900 in Dodge County, Georgia; died on March 7, 1966 in Talladega, Alabama.
Marriage of Mary Jelks Bragg and Prentice Robertson Jackson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 17, 1924, p. 5:
BRAGG-JACKSON
The home was decorated for the occasion with fern, palms and yellow cosmas, carrying out a pretty color note in yellow and green.
In the parlor which was the scene of the ceremony, an arch was formed of fern and smilax.
Before the ceremony Mr. C. A. McMillan of Rentz, sang “God Made You Mine.” Mrs. John DeLamar played the wedding march for the bridal party to enter. Agnes Bragg, the little flower girl, came first, carrying a dainty basket of yellow rose leaves. Dorothy Bragg, the ring bearer came next. She carried the ring in a small bouquet of yellow roses. The bride and groom entered together, and stood under the arch where the ceremony was performed by Dr. W. D. Ogletree. During the ceremony Mrs. DeLamar played “To a Wild Rose.”
The wedding gown of the bride was of brown embroidered silk crepe, with hat and accessories of the same shade. She carried an exquisite bride’s bouquet of roses and valley lillies.
The ceremony was followed by a reception. A delicious salad course was served. On the broad veranda, punch was served by Misses Janet Scarborough and Helen Waller. The punch tables were banked with smilax and yellow flowers.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bragg, and is admired by a large circle of friends.
Mr. Jackson is a prominent young business man of Cadwell.
After the reception the bride and groom left for Macon. Upon their return they will make their home at Cadwell.
Obituary of Prentice Robertson Jackson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, March 9, 1966, p. 1:
PRENTICE JACKSON TAKEN BY DEATH
Prentice R. Jackson, a former resident of Hawkinsville, died at his home in Talladega, Ala., Monday night.
He was the husband of the former Miss Mary Bragg, of Hawkinsville.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jean Massey, of Birmingham; one son, Prentice R. Jackson, Jr., Gadsden, Ala.; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Carter, of Alma, Ga., and Mrs. R. G. Casteel, of Eastman, and one brother, D. R. Jackson, of Hawkinsville.
Burial will be in Talladega today.
Obituary of Mary Jelks Bragg
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 19, 1973, p. 12:
MRS. JACKSON TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Printice (sic) R. Jackson, 69, of Talladega, Ala., died in a Birmingham hospital Monday. She was the former Mary Bragg of Hawkinsville.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in Talladega.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by a son, P. R. Jackson, Jr., Tampa, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Pat Massey, Birmingham; a sister, Mrs. Freeman Bragg; three brothers, Tom, Lewis and Lowell Bragg; and a brother-in-law, D. R. Jackson, of Hawkinsville.
Issue:
J287––– i.––– Peggy Jean7 Jackson, of whom below, born October 20, 1926.
J288––– ii.––– Prentice Robertston Jackson, Jr., of whom below, born February 25, 1929.
J132. JAMES THOMAS6 BRAGG (Emma Jane5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born on January 19, 1905 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; died there on September 22, 1974 at Taylor Memorial Hospital; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville. He was for many years Hawkinsville’s police chief, beginning in 1947, and helped establish harness racing in Pulaski County, for which the area is becoming well known. On June 16, 1928, at Oak Cliff Christian Church, in Dallas, Texas, Tom married Hazel Esther Williamson, daughter of Claude Perry Williamson. She was born on January 31, 1907 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas; died on November 15, 1973 at Taylor Memorial Hospital, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia; and was buried at Orange Hill Cemetery, in Hawkinsville.
Marriage of James Thomas Bragg and Hazel Esther Williamson
Excerpts from The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, June 21, 1928, p. 5:
FORMER HAWKINSVILLE BOY WEDS IN TEXAS
“The following extract from a Dallas, Texas, paper gives full account of the marriage of Mr. James Thomas Bragg, former Hawkinsville boy, to Miss Hazel Esther Williamson of Dallas.
Mr. Bragg is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bragg, prominent citizens of this city. He spent his entire life here until a few years ago when he moved to Dallas where he has held a very responsible position with one of the city’s prominent firms. The good wishes and congratulations of his many friends are extended.
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The marriage of James Thomas Bragg, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bragg of Hawkinsville, Ga., and Miss Hazel Esther Williamson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Williamson, 409 East Twelfth street, was solemnized Saturday evening at Oak Cliff Christian church. The ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. W. O’Malley, pastor ...
Miss Pauline Bain, of Ferris, maid of honor ... Miss Dorothy Lindberg and Miss Rachel Clanton, Miss Angeline Jones and Miss Doris Maupin, all of Dallas, were bridesmaids ...
Lewis Bragg, brother of the bridegroom, attended as best man. The ushers and groomsmen were E. J. Nicholson, brother-in-law of the groom; Claude Williamson, brother of the bride; Earl Lindberg and Norman Welsh, all of Dallas ... ”
Obituary of Hazel Esther Williamson
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, November 21, 1973, p. 1:
DEATH TAKES MRS. BRAGG
Mrs. Hazel Williamson Bragg, 66, of 555 Watson Street, Hawkinsville, died Thursday in the Taylor Memorial Hospital after a long illness following an automobile accident in Dodge County.
Funeral services were held Sunday in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home, Hawkinsville. Interment in Orange Hill Cemetery followed.
Mrs. Bragg was a native of Lawrence, Kansas, and a member of the Jehovah Witness Church in Eastman.
She is survived by her husband, J. Thomas Bragg, Hawkinsville; a son, J. Thomas Bragg, Jr., of Stone Mountain, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Wise, Union City, Tenn.; a brother, Claude P. Williamson, Jr., Dallas, Texas; and by three grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Roger Thompson, Charles Hobbs, John Sheppard, A. D. Weeks, Randall Moore, Eddie Williams, John Clem and Joseph Collins.
Biographical Notes on James Thomas Bragg
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Thursday, June 16, 1949, p. 1:
BRAGG HORSE WINS THREE PLACES IN MACON HORSE SHOW
“Smoke Rings,” a fine harness five-gaited show horse, owned and driven by J. Thomas Bragg, chief of Hawkinsville’s police force, took three places in Macon’s annual Horse Show held Saturday and Sunday at Central City Park in Macon.
James Thomas Bragg was for 25 years police chief of Hawkinsville, Georgia, and helped establish harness racing in Pulaski County, for which the area is becoming well known.
Smoke Rings won second place in the amateur fine harness class Saturday afternoon, second place in the open fine harness class Saturday night, and fourth place in fine harness championship stakes Sunday afternoon.
Approximately 120 horses from Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Georgia competed before some 2,000 spectators. This year’s show was labeled the largest and most successful of the shows ever held in Macon.
Chief Bragg’s horse at one time knew the distinction of being one of the 12 outstanding show horses in the United States. He was owned by Dodge Brothers in Chicago and his picture hangs in the Marshall Field Department Store in that city.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, February 25, 1970, p. 1:
BRAGG REPORT ENCOURAGING
Tom Bragg, Hawkinsville’s veteran police chief, is reported showing improvement at Macon Hospital.
Chief Bragg was stricken with a severe heart attack last Wednesday afternoon while hunting with his brother, Lowell Bragg.
The two brothers were hunting quail across the river and Chief Bragg had shot one before a pain in the chest struck him.
Chief Bragg was brought to Taylor Memorial by his brother and a few hours later was transferred to Macon Hospital where he was placed in an intensive care unit.
Chief Bragg’s brother, Lewis, said the chief started showing improvement Sunday and was permitted to sit up in bed for a short time.
He still is in serious condition and no visitors are permitted.
Lewis Bragg said, however, that if his improvement continued he might be transferred back to Taylor Memorial in a week to 10 days.
Chief Bragg became 65 years old last week.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 8, 1970, p. 1:
CHIEF TOM BRAGG BACK ON JOB HERE
Tom Bragg, Hawkinsville’s veteran law enforcement officer, is back on the job after suffering a heart attack.
His return recalls his selection as the Hawkinsville Lions Club’s Man of the Year for 1969 and what Lion Ramsey T. Way had to say about the chief when the presentation was made.
Mr. Way said in part:
“The FBI calls him a legend. We call him a stabilizing influence. He keeps ‘the cool’ while others are losing theirs.
“He puts more into the community than he takes out. Our town sleeps well at night because we know he’s awake.
“His deeds are many, his friends are from all walks of life ...”
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, Wednesday, July 15, 1970, p. 1:
CHIEF BRAGG IS HONORED
James T. (Tom) Bragg, Sr., Hawkinsville’s veteran police chief, has been selected for a life membership award by the Peace Officers Association of Georgia, Inc.
Major E. D. Mink, of the Georgia State Patrol, secretary-treasurer of the association, wrote Chief Bragg:
“On June 29, eleven names were presented to the Executive Committee from which three were to be selected for Life Membership Award at the forthcoming State Convention to be held in Augusta, Oct. 11-13, 1970.
“All those presented were qualified for the highest honor it is possible for our association to bestow on a living person.
“You were chosen to receive the Life Membership Award by secret vote by the Executive Committee and the honor will be presented to you on Tuesday evening, Oct. 13, 1970, at the Augusta Town House Motor Inn at the banquet to begin around 7:30 p.m. ... We congratulate you on being chosen.”
Last December, the Lions Club named Chief Bragg as its choice for 1969 outstanding citizen of the year in Pulaski.
Obituaries of James Thomas Bragg
The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 23, 1974, p. 1:
FORMER POLICE CHIEF TOM BRAGG DIES HERE
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home. The Rev. James W. Waters and the Rev. C. N. Randall officiated. Burial in Orange Hill Cemetery followed.
Former Chief Bragg was a native of Pulaski County and the son of the late J. H. Bragg and Emma Fleming Bragg of Hawkinsville. He lived all of his life here.
About four years ago, he retired as police chief after a long career in the local police department, the last 25 years as chief. His retirement came after he suffered a slight stroke, but several months later his health had improved and he accepted part-time work as a bailiff for Pulaski County Sheriff Andrew Hill. He worked for Sheriff Hill until last Thursday.
He was well known throughout the state for his contributions to law enforcement. He was active in the Georgia Peace Officers Association and was a former vice-president. The association several times named him Police Chief of the Year.
Chief Bragg helped establish Pulaski County’s annual harness races, and he frequently served as a judge for the races and on many committees.
A member of the Hawkinsville First Baptist Church, he was named Citizen of the Year in 1969 by the Hawkinsville Lions Club.
He is survived by one son, James Thomas Bragg, Jr., of Conyers, an agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; one daughter, Mrs. Beverly Wise of Union City, Tenn., two brothers, Lewis Bragg and Lowell F. Bragg of Cochran; two sisters, Mrs. Freeman N. Bragg of Hawkinsville and Mrs. C. N. Nicholson of Dallas, Texas; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were R. C. Massee, Dr. W. R. Baker, W. L. Poole, A. C. Yancey, Tyre Walters, Robert Coody, Andrew Hill and H. D. “Bud” Horne, Jr.
The Peace Officers of Georgia served as honorary pallbearers.
Editorial, The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News, Hawkinsville, Georgia, September 25, 1974, p. 5:
CHIEF TOM BRAGG
Hawkinsville, unlike some towns in America, is deeply loyal to its law enforcement officers most of the time. Police work is hazardous in many ways, among which is the daily risk which confronts all policemen that in the discharge of their duty violence may erupt with consequent pointing of blame to the well-intentioned protector of the peace. Herein Hawkinsville has stood by its police force.
Tom Bragg is a classic example of Hawkinsville’s loyalty to and appreciation for its own. Tom’s unflinching courage and determination to protect his township from lawless elements, and his courtesy and good judgment, will endure down the corridors of time as an example for the blue coats who follow in his footsteps.
Rest in peace, O noble warrior.
Roger Lawson
Editor
Issue:
J289––– i.––– Beverly Anne7 Bragg, of whom below, was born onSeptember 15, 1930 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J290––– ii.––– James Thomas Bragg, Jr., of whom below, born November 25, 1944 in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.
J135. JAMES EDWIN6 STRANGE (Lillian Gertrude5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born December 1, 1902; died in December of 1974 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married Rosanell Murray on December 5, 1921. According to the Social Security Administration Master Death Index, she was born on May 31, 1901; died in September 1982 in San Antonio, Texas.
Issue:
J291––– i.––– Hazel7 Strange.
J292––– ii.––– Charles Strange.
J293––– iii.––– Caryl Strange.
J294––– iv.––– Murray Strange was born June 16, 1930.
J295––– v.––– Rosalee Strange.
J296––– vi.––– Joseph Strange.
J297––– vii.––– Vida Strange.
J137. MARION RUTH6 STRANGE (Lillian Gertrude5 Fleming, James4, John3, David2, John1) was born November 17, 1907. Ruth married Hoke S. Roberts on December 6, 1936. There is a Georgia Death Certificate, #033192, issued in Bibb County, Georgia, for the death of a Hoke Roberts, Caucasian, age 69, who died on October 7, 1976. Is this he?
Issue:
J298––– i.––– Joseph B.7 Roberts, born circa 1940.
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