|
|
|
Wilcox County Obituary Records
|
|
|
|
James Hoke
Crumley
Contributed by Dawn Crumley Besancenez |
|
 |
IN MEMORY OF
Mr. Jim H. Crumley
Date of birth
July 6, 1943
Date of death
Place and time of services
2:00 PM- Thursday July 13, 1995
Smyrna First Baptist Church
Clergyman
Rev. Steve Kimmel
Rev. Carl Jameson
Place of Interment
Georgia Memorial Park
Arrangements By
Carmichael Funeral Home
Smyrna
Note: My father James Hoke Crumley grew up in Pineview, GA
Submitted by - Leonora Dawn Crumley Besancenez |
|
 |
James H. Crumley, 52
James H. Crumley, 52 of Smyrna died Monday.
Services will be 2p.m. Thursday at Smyrna First Baptist Church with the Revs.
Steve Kimmel and Carl Jameson officiating. Burial will be in Georgia Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Mr. Crumley had worked at Metro Electric Supplies for the past 12 years. He was
warehouse manager. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife Eve A. (Aultman) Crumley; mother Lessie (Collins)
Crumley of Hawkinsville; two daughters Dixie (Diana Ruth) Crumley of Limestone,
TN and Dawn (Leonora Dawn Crumley) of Lexington, KY; son Chris (Christopher
Collins) Crumley of Smyrna; brother Loran (Paul) Crumley of Hawkinsville; and
six grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. today at
Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna.
Published in the Atlanta Const. & Journal
Submitted by - Leonora Dawn Crumley Besancenez |
Loran Paul
Crumley
Contributed by Dawn Crumley Besancenez |
Loran Paul Crumley, 66 of Hawkinsville, GA, stepped into Heaven on Wednesday,
January 25, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, January 27,
2006 at the graveside in the Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilcox
County. Following the gravesside service there will be a memorial service at 3
p.m. in the Broad Street Baptist Church in Hawkinsville, GA. Rev. Carl D.
Jameson will officiate at both services. Mr. Crumley was a native of Bibb
County. He was a member and Deacon of The Broad Street Baptist Church. He taught
Sunday School and through the years, served on the Building Committees of three
different churches. Mr. Crumley was a self-employed businessman in the
electrical supply and real estate businesses. He was an avid golfer. He was
preceded in death by his father and brother, Hoke Crumley and Jimmy Crumley. He
lived his life for the service of others and to the Glory of God. Survivors
include his wife, Joyce B. Crumley of Hawkinsville, GA; daughter, Penny C.
(Phil) Anderson of Charlotte, North Carolina; son, Loran Paul (Elizabeth)
Crumley, Jr. of Woodstock, GA; mother, Lessie C. Crumley of Hawkinsville, GA;
and five grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at
Clark Funeral Home. The family can be contacted at the Crumley residence,
Wildwood Avenue, Hawkinsville, GA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Broad Street Baptist Church Building Fund. Clark Funeral Home of
Hawkinsville, GA is in charge of the arrangements.
Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 1/26/2006.
|
Philetus E. Doster Sr.
Contributed by Norman Doster |
P.E. DOSTER SR. OBITUARY
P. E. Doster Sr. Dies, Rites Held
Philetus E. Doster Sr., 82, of Rt. 1 Abbeville, widely known farmer
throughout this section, died Aug. 31 1962 ? in Taylor Memorial Hospital following a
short illness.
A native of Wilcox County, he was the son of the late Norman E. and
Nannie Wilcox Doster, and was a member and deacon of Cedar Creek Baptist
Church. His wife, the former Ida Dennard, preceded him in death in 1955.
He is survived by two sons, J. N. Doster and P. E. Doster Jr., both of
Abbeville; a foster son, Irvin Dennard, Pineview; two daughters, Mrs. Martha
Sims, Abbeville, and Mrs. Midge Panko, Chicago, Ill.; 14 grandchildren and
nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. last Friday from Cedar Creek Church
with the Rev. I. R. Hobby, the Rev. Leroy Hall and the Rev. Napp Granade
officiating.
Pallbearers were John S. Laidler, S. R. Owens, Joe L. Dennard, Statham
Helms, W. O. Futch and Charles Finleyson.
Honorary pallbearers were T. W. Parker, W. H. Gibbs, Scott James, Joe
Jones, Joe Graham, Bryan Graham, Dr. W. P. Durham, Dr. J. D. Owens, John
Doster, R. M. Harvey, N. M. Cohen, J. M. Mashburn, J. H. Owens, L. J. Morgan,
C. R. McLeod Jr., and Henry McLeod.
Interment was in Cedar Creek Cemetery with Jamerson Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
|
Annie Ruth
Fitzgerald
Contributed by Diane Cox |
Annie Ruth was beloved by all. Here is her obituary:
The passing, last week of Mrs. J. D. Fitzgerald, wife of J. D. Fitzgerald of
Rochelle, who has long been treasurer and a deacon of the Rochelle Baptist
church and a leader merchant, farmer and citizen of Wilcox County, has left this
home, the church, the town and the community bereft of one of its finest and
loveliest members. Her value to her home church and community is inestimable.
This is because of her qualities as a woman.
The light of her eye was the light of her soul. Her smile gave forth courage and
inspiration to those whom she met. Her words corresponded with her thoughts.
Truly in heart what she seemed to be in life. Her life the outspoken language of
her soul. A beautiful example of pure and queenly womanhood.
Every phase of the town's life may be said to have felt the loving gentle touch
of her heart and hand. Some one has said that any place is a garden or desert
according to those who dwell there. Truly may it be said that the home life of
her family, the religious life of the church, the beneficent life of the town's
citizenry- white and colored - the civil improvement agencies, have all been
benefactors of her generosity and willing helpfulness, while the evidence of her
convictions spoke ever and openly against evil.
Our hearts are made to feel bowed and our words empty as we try to pay just
tribute but all that may be said can be summed up in that nearest approach to
Heaven that human beings can reach when we say "She was a good woman". Her light
and life which she shared with every one will be a happy memory always. Our life
will be lonely without her visible presence but let us be grateful for memory
and cherish this radiant personality and delightful inspiration who has so
recently departed bodily.
It has been said that sorrow is one of God's own angels in the land whose
obvious mission is to remind us of Himself. Then let us be grateful He has found
in us worthiness to share something of what He has experienced because of His
care for us.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was the recipient of a noble and godly ancestral heritage, her
maternal grandfather being a Methodist minister, who as an honest and God-loving
and God-serving citizen weathered a most trying period in the development of his
country and state (Civil War) and his home-going at the age of eighty-two years
brought a deeply felt loss to his community. Her paternal grandmother's name is
written high on the list of those who loved God and lived His precepts. By way
of tribute she was referred to as "one of the foundation stones of Chambers
County" and a beloved home-maker.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was a member of a family of twelve children whose parents, above
everything else, sought to instill, in the minds and hearts of their children,
Christian principals and their lives today are evidence of this noble work.
As Miss Annie Ruth James she came to Rochelle about 1933 to become proprietress
of the Reid Hotel and was married to Mr. Fitzgerald on April 21st, 1935. Five
happy years were spent in this home and now her transportation by death, from a
major operation, from this early realm to that of the spiritual on March 28,
1940, is that last and finishing excellency of earthly human character and we
with the poet, say not, good night, but in some brighter clime will bid her,
Good morning.
She is survived by her husband, one step-son, Wendell Fitzgerald, her father B.
T. James Sr., two brothers and eight sisters - Mrs. Ernest Singer, Mrs. Charles
Spence, and Miss Mary James of LaFayette, Ala, Mrs. Jimmie Lee Wilkinson,
LaGrange, Mrs. W. R. Raney, Atlanta, Mrs. Sarah Wallace, Birmingham, Mrs.
Freeman Barber and William James, West Point, GA, Mrs. George Teal and Ben T.
James, Jr. of Chipley, GA. |
Arnold R. “Pete” Fitzgerald
Contributed by Dana Holliday
Please also see
Family Pictures |
|
Arnold R. “Pete” Fitzgerald
Titusville, Fla. - Mr. Arnold R. “Pete” Fitzgerald, 73, of
Titusville, Fla., died Friday, April 9, 1999, at Parrish Medical Center.
Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Wilcox County on April 18, 1925, to
James T. and Ethel McWhorter Fitzgerald. He was preceded in death by two
brothers, Norman Fitzgerald and Virgil Fitzgerald.
A Rochelle native, he was in air conditioner repair and was
employed with Pan American at Kennedy Space Center for 33 years. He moved to
Titusville in 1957.
Survivors include: wife, Myrtle M. Fitzgerald of Titusville; son,
Tommy Fitzgerald of Macon; stepsons Douglas Solomon and Paul Salisbury, both of
Titusville, and Palmer Salisbury of Stanville, Ky.; brothers, Charles Fitzgerald
of Cordele and Eldred Fitzgerald of Rochelle; four grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 12, at
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, with interment following in the cemetery.
North Brevard Funeral Home in Titusville was in charge of
arrangements.
|
Charles C. Fitzgerald
Contributed by Dana Holliday
Please also see
Family Pictures |
|
Charles Fitzgerald
Cordele – Services for Charles C. Fitzgerald will be at 11
a.m. Monday in Lake Blackshear Baptist Church with burial in Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church, Rochelle. Fitzgerald, 79, died Saturday, April 15, 2000. He was
born in Wilcox County, son of the late Jim and Ethel Mae McWhorter Fitzgerald.
An Army Air Corps veteran, he had lived in Cordele for the past 18 years and was
an aircraft mechanic retired from Robins Air Force Base. He was a member of Lake
Blackshear Baptist Church and the Adult Sunday School Class.
Survivors include his wife, Christine Fitzgerald; children
Betty Jo Ledford of Rochelle, Sara Benson and Cheri Butterworth, both of
Cordele, and Dana Holiday of Pitts; stepchildren, Ronnie Scott of Browndale, Pam
O. Arflin of Unadilla and Mike Scott of Lizella; five grandchildren; five
stepgrandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 tonight at
Frazier and Son Funeral Home, Rochelle, and may be contacted at 905 Rose Land,
Cordele. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a charity of the
donor’s choice.
|
Ethel Mae Fitzgerald
Contributed by Dana Holliday
Please also see
Family Pictures |
|
Ethel Mae Fitzgerald
Mrs. Fitzgerald Dies in Atlanta
Mrs. Ethel Mae Fitzgerald, 58, wife of J.T. Fitzgerald of
the Owensboro community died Monday in an Atlanta hospital. Funeral services
were conducted Tuesday afternoon at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with interment
in the church cemetery.
Officiating minister was Rev. James J. McLendon, pastor of
Youngs Chapel Methodist Church of which she was a member.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Fitzgerald is survived by
her mother, Mrs. J.A. McWhorter, Rochelle; five sons, Charles, Norman M., Eldred
J., Virgil D., all of Rochelle, and A.R. Fitzgerald of Titusville, Fla.; six
brothers, J.B. McWhorter, G. W. McWhorter, L. J. McWhorter, all of Pitts and
L.A. McWhorter of Rochelle; Lawson McWhorter, Wheeler Texas; one sister, Mrs.
Eva Gibbs, Rochelle. |
James Thomas Fitzgerald
Contributed by Dana Holliday
Please also see
Family Pictures |
|
James Thomas Fitzgerald
J. T. Fitzgerald
Rochelle – James Thomas “Jim” Fitzgerald, 77, died Sunday in a
Ben Hill County hospital after a short illness. Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Fitzgerald was a native of Wilcox County and a retired
farmer.
Survivors include five sons, Charles C. Fitzgerald, Norman
Fitzgerald, E.J. Fitzgerald and Virgil Fitzgerald, all of Rochelle, and A.R.
Fitzgerald of Titusville, Fla.
The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home of Rochelle has charge of
arrangements. |
Norman Fitzgerald
Contributed by Dana Holliday
Please also see
Family Pictures |
|
Norman Fitzgerald
Rochelle – Norman
Fitzgerald, 69, of Route 1 died Saturday in a local hospital. Born in Wilcox
County, he was a retired farmer and a World War II Army veteran having received
the Purple Heart. He was a member and deacon of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church,
former Sunday School teacher and a member of the 630th Tank Destroyer
Battalion. Survivors: wife, Virginia Dare Fitzgerald of Rochelle; children,
Doster Fitzgerald of Owensboro, Annie F. Taylor of Fitzgerald, Virginia
Fitzgerald Whitley and Ethel F. Smith, both of Rochelle; brothers, Virgil
Fitzgerald and Eldred Charles Fitzgerald, both of Cordele, Pete Fitzgerald of
Titusville, Fla.: six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m.
today in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial: church cemetery. The Revs. Jerry
Wilson, Lloyd Cornell and Lawrence Atkinson will officiate. Frazier and Son
Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. |
Virgil Davis Fitzgerald
Contributed by Dana Holliday
Please also see
Family Pictures |
|
Virgil Davis Fitzgerald
Rochelle – Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m.
Friday for Virgil Davis Fitzgerald, 60, of 939 Gordon St., Rochelle, who died
Thursday, Dec. 12, 1996, in an Albany Hospital. Services were from the Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. David Clark and Jerry Wilson officiating.
Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Fitzgerald was a retired delivery man for Ferrell
Propane Gas Co. and a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy Evans Fitzgerald or
Rochelle; two sons, David Fitzgerald of Tifton and Dean Fitzgerald of Irwinville;
a daughter, Debbie Hyman of Cordele; three brothers, Charles Fitzgerald of
Cordele, Pete Fitzgerald of Titusville, Fla., and Eldred Fitzgerald of Rochelle;
and five grandchildren.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
|
Annie
Geraldine Futch Ford
Contributed
by Elaine Turk Nell |
|
The Herald Leader (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill Co., GA)
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, page 4A, Columns 3 & 4
Rochelle - Mrs. Geraldine Futch Ford, 93, of Greenville, S.C., died Tuesday,
April 4, 2006, at Magnolia Place Health Care Center in Greenville.
Mrs. Ford was born in Berrien County on November 22, 1912, to Thomas Amory and
Tommie Means Futch. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill P. Ford,
children, James A. Ford, Billie D. Ford, Anita Joyce Ford and Ray W. Ford,
sister, Mildred Futch, and brothers, Reuben Futch, Alvis Futch, Exa Futch, Harry
Futch and Berner Futch.
A homemaker, she retired as a clerk from the Mashburn-Fitzgerald Store after 20
years of service. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rochelle,
where she was in the Ava Lassiter Sunday School Class. Mrs. Ford had lived in
Wilcox County most of her life.
Survivors include: brother, Thurmond Futch of Rochelle; grandchildren, Michael
O. Ford of Columbus and James A. Ford Jr. of Greer, S.C., and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at First Baptist Church
of Rochelle with the Rev. Talmadge Wilcox officiating. Music was provided by
Nancy Futch, Lisa Fuller and Jan Brown. Pallbearers were Ed Futch, George Futch,
Scott Fuller, Todd Tripp, Chuck Hollingsworth and Royal Brown. Honorary
pallbearers were members of the Ava Lassiter and Ruth Sunday school classes.
Interment was in Morningside Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Lutheran Hospice, P.O. Box
1353, Greer, S.C. 29652.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Additional information from submitter:
Geraldine's father, Tom, worked briefly at a bank in Cecil, Berrien Co., GA when
she was born. Shortly thereafter, their home in Cecil burned, and the family
returned to Wilcox Co. to farm.
Geraldine's grandparents were William Isaac Futch & Johnnie Daniel
(McDuffie) Futch of Wilcox Co., GA and John Thomas Means & Annie America
(Thurmond) Means of Lamar Co., GA. Her great-grandparents were John Futch &
Susan (Doster) Futch of Wilcox & Thomas Counties, John D. McDuffie & Elmira E.
Daniels Brown McDuffie of Wilcox Co., James Anderson Means & Elizabeth Ann
(Allen) Means of Monroe Co., and William Harrison Thurmond, Jr. & Amanda Jane
(Buff) Thurmond of Monroe Co.
Geraldine married Bill P. Ford on 5 January 1933 at Pope City Baptist Church in
Wilcox Co., GA.
|
Marie Gibbs Futch
Contributed
by Elaine Turk Nell |
The Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA), Sunday, 24 January 1999,
page 4B
Marie Futch
Rochelle - Services for Marie Gibbs Futch will be at 3 p.m. today in
Tabernacle Baptist Church with burial in Morningside Cemetery. Futch, 81, died
Friday, Jan. 22, 1999. She taught for 29 years. She was a school teacher and
received Specialist in Education Degree. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist
Church, where she was a former Ladies Sunday School teacher and former director
of the Women's Missionary Union.
Survivors include her children, Romelle Turk of Macon and Reuben Futch of
Rochelle; sister and brothers, Mildred Spears of Byron, Billy Gibbs of Fort
Worth, Texas, and Clifford Gibbs of Waycross; seven grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
In lieu of floewrs, memorials may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church
Building Fund, P.O. Box 336, Rochelle 31079. Monroe County Memorial Chapel in
Forsyth and Frazier & Son Funeral Home in Rochelle have charge of arrangements.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA), Sunday, 24 January 1999, page 4B
Monroe County Memorial Chapel
86 W. Main St., Forsyth, GA
Futch, Marie Gibbs; Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Tabernacle Baptist
Church in Rochelle, Ga., with burial in Morningside Cemetery, Rochelle. Futch,
81, died Friday in Macon after an extended illness. She was the widow of Ruben
A. Futch Sr. [sic; should be Reuben A. Futch Sr.]. She was a member of
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Rochelle, Ga., where she was a former Ladies Sunday
School teacher and former director of the Women's Missionary Union. Retired
teacher in Wilcox County Public Schools after teaching 29 years. She was a
graduate of Rochelle High School, Rabun Gap Nacoochee Jr. College and received a
B.S. degree in Elementary Education and a Master's degree in Education from
Georgia College and State University. She was a member of the Wilcox Rifles
United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). She is survived by her daughter,
Romelle F. Turk, Macon; son, Reuben A. "Bubba" Futch of Rochelle; 7
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Mildred Spears of Byron;
brother, Billy Gibbs, Fort Worth, Texas, Clifford Gibbs, Waycross. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church's Building Fund, PO
Box 336, Rochelle 31079. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight in
Frazier and Son Funeral Home, Rochelle. Monroe County Memorial Chapel, Forsyth,
and Frazier Funeral Home in Rochelle have charge of arrangements.
|
Reuben A. Futch
Contributed
by Elaine Turk Nell |
Wilcox County Chronicle (Abbeville, GA), 19 Dec. 1968,
page 2
R. A. Futch Sr. Succumbs At 59
Funeral services for Ruben [sic; should be Reuben] A. Futch Sr., 59, who
died Tuesday at noon in the Ben Hill County Hospital following a short illness
were to be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. at First Avenue Baptist Church in
Rochelle.
The Rev. Ira Sellars and the Rev. Wylie Williams were to officiate. Burial
was to follow in Morningside Cemetery at Rochelle.
A native of Wilcox County, Futch was a member of First Avenue Baptist
Church and a well-known farmer.
Surviving are his wife, the former Marie Gibbs of Rochelle; his mother,
Mrs. T. A. Futch of Rochelle; a daughter, Romell [sic; should be Romelle] Turk
of Macon; a son, Ruben [sic; should be Reuben] A. Futch, Jr., also of Rochelle;
five brothers, Alvis and Exa Futch, both of West Palm Beach, Fla., Harry Futch
of Albany, and Burna [sic; should be Berner] and Therman [sic; should be
Thurmond] Futch, both of Rochelle; a sister, Mrs. Geraldine Ford of Rochelle;
two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home of Abbeville were in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Wilcox County Chronicle (Abbeville, GA), 2 Jan. 1969, page 2
Card of Thanks
We, the family of Reuben A. Futch Sr., wish to express our sincere thanks
for the many kind expressions of sympathy shown us on the illness and death of
our loved one. Every act of kindness has been a source of comfort to each of
us.
Mrs. Reuben A. Futch, Sr., and Family
Notes from submitter: Reuben Amory Futch, Sr. was my grandfather. He was born
6 May 1909 in Wilcox Co., GA, the oldest child of Thomas Amory Futch and Tommie
Odessa (Means) Futch. He married my grandmother, Anna Marie Gibbs, on 24 Dec.
1939 at the County Courthouse in Abbeville, Wilcox Co., GA. Reuben's
grandparents were William Isaac Futch & Johnnie Daniel (McDuffie) Futch of
Wilcox Co., GA and John Thomas Means & Annie America (Thurmond) Means of
Barnesville, GA.
|
Billy Stanley
Gibbs
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
The Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, 25 November 2005
Billy Stanley Gibbs 1939 - 2005
Billy Stanley Gibbs, 66, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, surrounded by the
powerful love of his beloved wife, family and friends.
Memorial service: The family will hold a private memorial service.
Memorials: The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to
Vitas Hospice of Fort Worth.
Billy was born in his family's farm house in Wilcox County, Ga., on March
2,
1939, to Henry and Carrie Gibbs. The youngest of five children, the early
years he spent on a working farm inbued in him a deep love of the land and the
intense sense of responsibility, determination and desire to succeed that he
sustained throughout his life.
Billy graduated from Fitzgerald High School in 1956. He earned an associate's
degree from the Community College of the Air Force in 1979.
Billy began his 25-year career in the Air Force at 17, drinking in the
excitement and intrigue in French Morocco and North Africa. From there he was
stationed at various Strategic Air Command and Tactical Air Command bases
stateside as well as many international T.D.Y.s.
Fiercely patriotic, Billy participated in the notorious Bay of Pigs
invasion
of Cuba and volunteered for two consecutive tours of duty during the Vietnam
War. During his Vietnam tours, he was a member of Operation Ranch Hand and
served with the 1st Air Commandos. He continued to be a dominant NCO in the
Air Force, leading his maintenance squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., to win two
consecutive Daedalion Awards as the best maintained unit in the Air Force. As
aircraft maintenance superintendent at Hill AFB, Utah, he formed the first two
F-16 aircraft generation units with a combat mission. When he retired as a
CMSGT in 1981, his military honors included the Air Force Commendation Medal,
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star, two Silver Stars and a
Purple Heart.
Billy's competitive nature and love for the outdoors led him to compete in
and
win numerous competitions, including regional pistol matches, regional skeet
competitions and bass fishing tournaments, placing first in most events.
He began a second career in Fort Worth with then General Dynamics in 1981,
rising rapidly within management in the F-16 program. He found time to train
and compete in numerous Olympic weightlifting and power lifting events. He
held both the Texas State and World Bench Pressing records for the 55-59 age
group for a 410-pound lift, which he later exceeded.
Billy had a lifelong love for gunsmithing and was a respected firearm
authority. His passion for hunting and fishing involved his family members and
close friends. He served for more than 10 years as a hunting guide for an area
club.
Billy was a lifelong racing fan, with a passion that began in the late 50s,
when he competed in and won many races in Georgia and Florida.
Despite his apparent rugged, gruff personality, Billy was a loving and
generous husband, father and grandfather. To his wife, he was a best friend
and beloved companion. To his children and grandchildren, he was an icon. His
well-versed opinions, riveting stories and unwavering love will be sorely
missed.
Survivors: Wife, Helen Gibbs; sister, Mildred Spears and husband, Walter;
son,
David Gibbs and wife, Kellie; daughter, Karri McGovern and husband, Thomas;
daughter, Diane Alvarez; stepson, Russell Allen and wife, Shannon;
stepdaughter, Abigail McDonald and husband, Tim; six grandchildren; nephews;
nieces; and numerous close friends.
Notes from submitter: Billy Stanley Gibbs married Nancy Katherine Patterson on
4 Aug
1961 in Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL. They divorced, and he married Helen
Bundy on
26 May 2000 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.
|
Richard David
Gibbs
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
FITZGERALD HERALD & LEDGER, Thursday, Feb. 26, 1976, page
8-A:
Mr. Gibbs
Funeral services for Richard D. Gibbs, 111 W. Pine street, who died at 10
p.m. Friday (Feb. 20, 1976) at Dorminy Memorial Hospital, were held Monday at 11
a.m. at St. William's Catholic Church with Father Edwin Hayes, OMI,
officiating. Rosary will be held at Paulk Funeral Home--at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
Born June 29, 1910 in Abbeville, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Gibbs. He was married ot the former Mary Fox.
Mr. Gibbs was a member of St. William's Catholic Church, was the retired
operator of a snack bar at Haile Drug Co. and had lived in the community 28
years.
Survivors include:
His wife, Mrs. R.D. Gibbs, Fitzgerald.
One son, Richard Albert Gibbs, Lake Wales Park, Fla.
A daughter, Mrs. Judith Anne Merritt, Ocilla.
One sister, Mrs. Bessie McCuller, Macon.
Five grandchildren also survive.
Notes from submitter: Richard David Gibbs was born 26 June 1910 in Wilcox Co.,
son of Francis Marion Gibbs & Lee Elizabeth "Lizze" (Rowe) Gibbs. He married
Mary Theresa Fox on 18 Oct 1933 in Kenosha, Kenosha Co., WI.
|
Hazel Christine Helms Gordon
Contributed by Janet Moore |
|
Mrs.
Hazel C. Gordon
July 29, 1920 - February 22, 2005
Mrs. Hazel C. Gordon of Apopka, Florida passed away Tuesday, February 22,
2005. She was 84. Mrs. Gordon was born July 29, 1920 in Wilcox County,
Georgia. She was a nursery worker. She is survived by daughters, Gwendolyn
Hurley of Zellwood, Florida, Carolyn Hurley (A.P.) of Eustis, Florida, Janet
Moore (Benny) of Apopka, Janice McGough (Mac) of Apopka, and Jeanne Gordon
of Murrayville, Georgia; son, Billy Gordon (Rhonda) of Old Towne, Florida;
brother, Arnold Helms (Lydia) of Louisville, Alabama; sisters, Pauline
Lovett of Dawson, Georgia and Jaunice Luther (Fred) of Warner Robins,
Georgia; 18 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and 3 great great
grandchildren.
|
|
Zelma Lacey
Handley
Contributed by Rod Lacey |
HANDLEY, ZELMA L., 87
Gainesville - Mrs. Zelma L. Handley, 87, died in Gainesville, FL on
Saturday, March 28, 2009. She was born July 5, 1921 in Rochelle, GA. Moved
to the Central Florida area in 1959 from Lawton, OK. Mrs. Handley enjoyed
country western music, reading, dancing and bowling. She was very proud of
the fact that her sons graduated from the University of Florida. Mrs.
Handley was a homemaker, the hardest job of all. Mrs. Handley was of the
Baptist Faith, a member of the Oak Griner Baptist Church. She is survived
by: her son's Jerry Handley of Gainesville, FL and Larry D. Handley of
Oviedo, FL, 4 Grandchildren and 1 Great Grandchild. There will be a
graveside service on Friday April 3, 2009 At 11:00 AM with Rev. Frank
Grant, officiating at Highland Memorial Park, 1515 NE 3rd Street, Ocala,
FL 34471, arrangements by Heirs-Baxley Funeral Services, Ocala Chapel.
Published in Ocala Star-Banner from 4/1 to 4/2/2009
|
Maude
Stanley Hughes
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
clipping from unnamed, undated newspaper - probably a
Fitzgerald, GA newspaper August 1966
Mrs. Fred Hughes' Last Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred (Maude Stanley) Hughes were conducted at 4
p.m. Wednesday Aug. 17, from Arbor Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hughes died Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in Ben Hill County Hospital.
Rev. I. R. Hobby officiated at the services with interment following in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Born Aug. 30, 1901, in Wilcox County, Mrs. Hughes was the daughter of Anna
Mary Powell [sic; should be Rowell] and Jesse E. Stanley. She had lived in
Fitzgerald since 1940.
Survivors include her husband, Fred Hughes, Fitzgerlad; three sons, Milton
Gibbs, Ocala, Fla.; Clifford Gibbs, Waycross, and S/Sgt. Billy Gibbs, Robins
A.F.B.; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Futch, Rochelle; Mrs. Mildred Spears, Macon;
two sisters, Mrs. Butal [sic; should be Berta] Rooks, Panama City, Fla. and Mrs.
Cora Bellflower, Tifton; 14 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
clipping from unnamed, undated newspaper - probably a Fitzgerald, GA newspaper
August 1966
Mrs. Fred Hughs [sic; should be Hughes]
Fitzgerald - Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Hughs, 64, who died Tuesday in the
Ben Hill County Hospital, will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Arbor Baptist
Church. The Rev. I. R. Hobby will officiate with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Hughs was a native of Wilcox County and a member of Arbor Baptist
Church.
Survivors include her husband, Fred Hughs of Fitzgerald; three sons, Milton
Gibbs of Ocala, Fla., Clifford Gibbs of Waycross and Sgt. Billy Gibbs of Robins
Air Force Base; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Futch of Rochelle and Mrs. Mildred
Spears of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. Berta Rooks of Panama City, Fla. and Mrs.
Cora Bellflower of Tifton; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Notes from submitter: My great-grandmother, Maude Carrie Stanley, was born on
30 Aug 1901 in Wilcox Co., GA, the daughter of Jesse Exela "Oliver" Stanley &
Mary Anna (Rowell) Stanley. She married my grandfather, Henry Ezekiel Gibbs, on
1 July 1916 in Wilcox Co., GA. He died on 23 Oct 1949 in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
Co., GA and she then married Fred Hughes on 10 June 1951 in Ben Hill Co., GA.
Maude's grandparents were William Henry Stanley & Mary Matildy (Sexton) Stanley
of Dooly Co., GA and John R. Rowell & Margaret E. Shirey of Dooly Co., GA.
|
Uriah
Simon Keen
Contributed by Robert K. Nobles Jr. |
Sunday, April 10, 2005
11:15 PM on Sunday, April 10, 2005
Uriah Simon Keen, 85, of Winter Haven, died of heart failure on Saturday,
April 9, 2005, at the Life Care Center in Winter Haven.
He was a native of Abbeville, Ga., who moved to Winter Haven in 1947.
He was a truck driver and a member of Siloam Baptist Church in Abbeville.
He is survived by his wife, Grace Keen of Winter Haven; a daughter,
Johnnynell Baxter of Fort Myers; a son, Drew Keen of Lakeland; three
sisters, Faustine Sherfield of Fitzgerald, Ga., Francis Mattox of Fitzgerald
and Irene Hawkins of Hawkinsville, Ga.; and 14 grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Central Florida
Casket Store and Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be in Rochelle, Ga.,
at the Frazier and Son Funeral Home.
Central Florida Casket Store and Funeral Chapel in Lakeland
|
Dudley Hughes Lacey
Contributed by Rod Lacey and
Teresa Griffis |
|
MEMORIAL OBITUARY -- DUDLEY HUGHES LACEY
SR.
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Monday, May 2, 1977
Funeral services for Dudley H. Lacey, Sr., age 67, of Rt. 6, Cassidy Road,
will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 1977 at Dekle Funeral Chapel
by the Rev. Doyle C. Smith of Moultrie, the Rev. Melvin Kuhn and the Rev. A.T.
Moye, with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mr. Lacey passed away Monday, May
2, 1977 at Archbold Hospital after an extended illness. A farmer and retired
carpenter, Mr. Lacey was born Aug. 16, 1909 in Wilcox County, son of Seaborn
and Minnie Henderson Lacey. He lived most of his adult life in Thomas County.
He was a member of the Freewill Baptist faith. He was married Feb. 19, 1928 to
the former Frances Adams, who survives. Also surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Lois Eddings, Mrs. Frances Dene Croft, Mrs. Ruby Whiddon, Thomasville;
Mrs. Mary Odom, Douglasville; four sons, Coy Lacey, Tifton; Earl C. Lacey,
Quitman; Waymon M. Lacey, Hernando, Fla.; D.H. (Buddy) Lacey, Moultrie; a
brother, Lodge Lacey, Ocala, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Eula Bruce, Dixie; 29
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
(Thomasville Times-Enterprise, May 3, 1977)
|
Frances Dora Lacey
Contributed by Rod Lacey and
Teresa Griffis |
|
OBITUARY NOTICE FOR FRANCES DORA ADAMS LACEY
Frances D. Lacey
Services for Frances D. Lacey; 88 of Thomasville, are at 3 p.m. Wednesday,
April 26, 2000, at Allen & Allen Funeral Chapel.
The Rev. Jimmy Love will officiate, and interment will be in Laurel Hill
Cemetery. Mrs. Lacey died Monday; April 24, 2000 at Archbold Memorial
Hospital.
Born April 20,1912, in Wilcox County, Ga., .she was a daughter of John Frank
Adams and Nettie E. Mitchell Adams, both of whom preceded her in death.
She was married to Dudley Hughes Lacey Sr., who also preceded her in death in
1997, on Feb. 19, 1928 in Wilcox County.
She was a homemaker, retired from Archbold Hospital and a member of the
Nazarene Church. Survivors include sons, Coy Lacey of Tifton, Earl Lacey of
Quitman, Dudley Hugh Lacey Jr. of Moultrie; daughters Lois Lacey Eddings, Dene
Croft both of Thomasville, Mary Lacey Odom of Villa Rica, Ruby Lacey Dove of
Tallahassee, Fla.; sister, Ethel McDuffie of Rochelle; 30 grandchildren; 56
great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Waymon Mitchell Lacey. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at Allen &
Allen Funeral Home.
Allen & Allen Funeral Home
(Thomasville Times-Enterprise, April 25, 2000)
|
James Rasmus Lacey
Contributed by Rod Lacey and
Teresa Griffis |
|
OBITUARY NOTICES FOR JAMES RASMUS LACEY
SOURCE: WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD, Thursday, August 23, 1934
James R. Lacey, age 78, died this morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Coffee, 1031 Albany avenue, following an extended illness.
The body will be sent to Rochelle where funeral and interment will take
place tomorrow, Friday afternoon, at 4 o’clock. Interment will be in the
family burial ground at Christian Hill Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. J. M.
Lumpkin, officiating.
The deceased is a retired farmer, but has made his home here for the past
four years.
The survivors include: two sons J. W. Lacey of Waycross and J. H. Lacey of
Rochelle; two daughters: Mrs. J. B. Coffee of Waycross and Mrs. S. M. Wilson
of Barnesville; one brother, Seab Lacey of Pine View; two sisters Mrs. Martha
Dozier and Mrs. Patsy Ball, both of Rochelle.
W. L. Hinson and Company are the directors in charge of arrangements.
Transcribed by Teresa Griffis, 3-8-05,
tgriffis@wayxcable.com
CC:
RodLacey@aol.com
|
James Rasmus Lacey - Funeral Notice
Contributed by
Rod Lacey and Teresa Griffis |
SOURCE:
WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD, Friday, August 24, 1934
Funeral services were held at Rochelle this afternoon for James R. Lacey,
78, who died here yesterday at the home of his daughter Mrs. J. B. Coffee.
Services were held at the Christian Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include J. W. Lacey of Waycross, a son and Mrs. Coffee of
Waycross, a daughter, also other children.
W. L. Hinson and Company was in charge of arrangements.
Transcribed by Teresa Griffis, 3-8-05,
tgriffis@wayxcable.com
CC:
RodLacey@aol.com |
Bessie
Gibbs McCuller
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA), Tuesday, August 22, 1978,
page 8B, column 5:
Mrs. McCuller
Mrs. Bessie Gibbs McCuller, 73, of 756 Applewood St., died Monday in a
local nursing home after a brief illness. Arrangements will be announced by
Hart's Mortuary.
Mrs. McCuller, a resident of Macon most of her life, was a member of
Eastside Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. L.D. Byrd of Macon and Mrs. C.M.
Hinson of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; a son, Morris G. Crawford of Macon; seven
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA), Wednesday, August 23, 1978, page 5C, column 5:
Services for Mrs. Bessie Gibbs McCuller, 73, of 756 Applewood St., who died
Monday in a local hospital, will be held at 3 p.m. today in Glen Haven Memorial
Gardens.
Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements.
Notes from submitter: Elizabeth "Bessie" Lee (Gibbs) Crawford was born on 19
Dec. 1904 in Georgia, daughter of Francies Marion Gibbs & Lee Elizabeth (Rowe)
Gibbs. She married George Crawford on 6 March 1921 in Wilcox Co., GA but lived
most of her life in Macon, Bibb Co., GA.
|
Mrs. Martha Peacock
Contributed by Brenda Peacock |
Please contact Brenda Peacock if
you have any information on the persons below.
Abbeville Chronicle
Sept. 16, 1948
Funeral Services for Mrs. Martha Peacock
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Martha J Peacock 71 at the Siloam
Baptist Church, with the Rev. D. W. Gilmer officiating. Burial was in the
Antioch Cemetery with Dorsey Funeral Home having arrangements.
A native of Laurens County, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Warren, she moved to Abbeville 20 years ago and was the widow of Jim Peacock.
She died at the home of a daughter, Mrs Plas L. Stone. (Alma) following a
short illness.
Survivors are three daughters: Mrs. (Azellie) M. R. Wooten, Eatonton Ga.,
Mrs. (Alma) Plaz L. Stone, Abbeville, Ga., Mrs. (Thelam) Grover Meeks Turk,
Pineview, Ga.
Three Sons ;Leon Warren Peacock, Macon, Ga., James Hilton Peacock,
Fitzgerald, Ga., Charles. Wesley Peacock, Ambrose, GA,
One Brother; Early E. Warren, Dublin, Ga.
1/2 Sister: Bessie Witherington, Chester, GA.
Three 1/2 Brothers: Mack Warren, Dexter, GA, Lem Warren, Dexter, GA., J.W.
Warren, Miami, Fl.
A step mother: Mrs. James R. Faircloth (Allie Jane Dominy-Warren), Dexter,
GA.
Pallbearers: Julian Lord, Robert Lord, Wilbur Lord, Jim Stone, Archie
Stone, Alfred Wilson
|
Leon W. Peacock
Contributed by Brenda Peacock |
Please contact Brenda Peacock if
you have any information on the persons below.
August 29, 1957
LEON W PEACOCK DIES IN FLORIDA
Leon Warren Peacock, 42 of Jacksonville, Fla. died at his home August 29,
1957. He was a former resident of Wilcox County. Funeral services were held
Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church near Abbeville with the Rev. Talmadge
Wilcox officiating.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Margaret Green Peacock, five children,
Bill, Calvin, Martha Lynn, Kathy and Brenda Kay, all of Jacksonville, three
sisters, Mrs. Plas Stone, Abbeville, Mrs. Thelma Turk, Pineview and Mrs. M. R.
Wootten of Eatonton, two brothers, Wesley Peacock, Ambrose, Ga. and Hilton
Peacock, Fitzgerald.
Pallbearers were Wallace Peacock, James Griffin, Junior Silvers, Reuben
Turk, Charles Peacock and Early Stone.
Burial was to the church cemetery with Dorsey-Jameson Funeral Home in
Charge of arrangements.
|
Jerry
Chesley Slaughter
Contributed by Gloria Kingery |
ORLANDO SENTINEL
page 6-A Tuesday Sept. 28, 1967
Mr. Jerry Chesley Slaughter, 65, Apopka, died Sunday.
He was a carpenter and a native of Abbeville, Ga. Survivors: sons, Chesley
Slaughter, Orlando, Ed Slaughter, Niles, Mich. Ralph and James Slaughter, Grand
Rapids, Mich.; daughter, Mrs. May Wright, Niles, one sister and several
brothers. Franklin-Cole Funeral Directors, Carey Hand Chapel, in charge.
|
Julia B.
Slaughter
Contributed by Gloria Kingery |
ORLANDO MORNING SENTINEL
page 2, September 20, 1949
Mrs. Julia B. Slaughter
Mrs. Julia Belle Slaughter, 46, died at her residence
in Apopka Sunday following a lingering illness. A native of Georgia, Mrs.
Slaughter had lived in Apopka for nine years. She was a member of the Baptist
Church. Besides her husband, Jerry C. Slaughter she is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Frank Wright Apopka, four sons, James W., Ed Wess, Ralph, and Chesley
Slaughter, all of Apopka, one sister, Mrs. Mark Wilcox, Abbeville, Ga: eight
brothers, Lee Stone, Dalton, Ga, F. B. Stone, Rhine, Ga. Ernest Stone, Axson,
Ga. O. C. and M. C. Stone, Tavares and P. L., J. P. and Archie Stone, all of
Abbeville, Ga and three grandchildren. Funeral services, under the direction of
the Fairchild Funeral Home, will be held at the New England Heights Chapel in
Apopka at 3 p. m. Tuesday with the Rev. E. A. Milton officiating, assisted by
the Rev. Loys Frink. Interment will be at the New Apopka Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be Harry Stonecypher, Oscar Stone, Johnny Stone, Clarence Stone, Roy
Johnson and Tracy Stone.
|
Mildred
Gibbs Spears
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
The Telegraph (Macon, GA), 26 Sept. 2006
Mildred Gibbs Spears
Mildred Gibbs Spears -BYRON - Mildred Gibbs Spears, 87, died Sunday, September
24, 2006. Services will be 2P.M., Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at Byron Baptist
Church with Dr. Lawrence Kirk officiating. Burial will follow in Glen Haven
Memorial Gardens. -Born in Abbeville to the late Henry E. and Carrie Maude
Stanley Gibbs, Mrs. Spears was retired from KMart, and after retirement, she
worked as a food demonstrator for several years. She was a member of Byron
Baptist Church. -Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Walter Leon Spears
of Byron; children, Jack Fitzgerald (Martha) of Stockbridge, David Gunn (Sandy)
of Jackson, Sandy Spears of Macon, Lynn Tam (John) of Powder Springs, Judy
Osterloh (Gus) of Fort Walton, Beach, FL and Lisa Dawson (Sam) of Byron; eleven
grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren. -She was preceded in death by her
brothers and sister, Milton Gibbs, Clifford Gibbs, Billy Gibbs and Marie Futch.
-Donations may be made to Byron Baptist Church, 100 White Road, Byron, GA 31008.
-The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, September
26, 2006 at Rooks Funeral Home in Byron. The family may be contacted at the
residence, 101 Old Oak Road in Byron. -Rooks Funeral Home in Byron has charge of
arrangements.
Notes from submitter: Frances Mildred Gibbs was born 1 June 1919 in Wilcox Co.,
GA. She married Aaron D. Fitzgerald on 16 Aug 1937 in Wilcox Co., GA. They
divorced, and she married John David Gunn 6 June 1941 in Wilcox Co., GA. They
also divorced, and she married Walter Leon Spears on 5 July 1951 in Macon, Bibb
Co., GA.
|
Jesse Exela
Stanley
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
THE MACON COUNTY CITIZEN-THE MONTEZUMA GEORGIAN, Thursday,
April 9, 1959, page 1, column 6
Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Jesse Stanley ***newspaper is torn***
Funeral services were held ___ p.m. tuesday at the ______ Baptist Church
for ____________, 52, who died at a local hospital after an extended ________.
the Rev. C.G. Ward and Rev. Otho Pirkle officiated at burial followed in
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Tommy Law, Willie Hudson, W.B. Jones, P.O. Poteet, Major
Beard and Kesler Butler. Honorary pallbearers were Norris Poss, Albert Davis,
Tom Hall, Dr. C.P. Savage, Dr. L.C. Cheves, Robert Gardner, W.T. Christopher,
Otto Liggin, Elian Fowler, Robert Lewis, R.L. Roper and A.J. Floyd.
A native of Wilcox county, Mr. Stanley came to Macon County 29 years ago
and, in recent years, had operated a taxi service.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nancybelle Stanley, Montezuma; one
brother, Henry Stanley, Macon; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Brooks, Panama City,
Fla.; Mrs. Cora Bellflower, Tifton; Mrs. Maude Hughes, Fitzgerald; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Watson-Mathews Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Notes from submitter: Jesse Exela Stanley was born 5 Feb 1907 near Abbeville in
Wilcox Co., GA. He was named for his father who died less than 3 months from
when he was born. His parents were Jesse Exela "Oliver" Stanley & Mary Anna
(Rowell) Stanley. Jesse (b. 1907) married Nancy Bell Wilson and lived in Macon
Co., GA.
|
Jesse
Exela "Oliver" Stanley
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
ABBEVILLE CHRONICLE, Thursday, Nov. 29, 1906, page 1:
DEATH OF J.E. STANLEY
Mr. Jessie E. Stanley, a merchant in Abbeville, died last Monday morning early,
at his home about five and a half miles south of town, aged 38 years. He was
ill only a short while, his death resulting from a complication of jaundice and
pneumonia.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church, of which he was a
member, Rev. W.T. Stewart conducting the services. The interment was at Stubbs
cemetery.
Mr. Stanley has lived here for many years, and had a large number of friends.
He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss, to all of whom the
Chronicle extends deep sympathy.
Notes from submitter: Jesse Exela "Oliver" Stanley was born 19 Oct 1868 in
Georgia and died 26 Nov 1906 in Wilcox Co., GA. He married Mary Anna Rowell on
16 Oct 1889 in Dooly Co., GA. His parents were William Henry Stanley and Mary
Matildy (Sexton) Stanley.
|
|
|
|
|
Wright Tomberlin
Contributed by Brenda Peacock |
Please
contact Brenda Peacock if you have
any information on the persons below.
September 30,
1880
A testimonial to the memory of Wright Tomberlin, who died at his home in
Wilcox County, on the 17th day of September, 1880, in the sixty-first year of
his age, and who was born in Wilkinson county, on the 30th day of July 1817,
and who moved to Irwin County (Now Wilcox) in 1832 and remained upon the place
where he first settled until the day of his death, after an illness of six
days of paralysis of the bowels, and who was the father of eleven children,
and who was buried at the family cemetery with services being contacted by
Revs. O D Mulkey, J W Mashburn and Elias Turner was signed by Drury Reid, S C
Fuller, and Elias Turner Committee.
|
Charles
Baxter Turk
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
clipping from unnamed Georgia newspaper, June 1959
Charles Turk Dies Following Lengthy Illness
Charles Baxter Turk, 75, of Pitts died Saturday at his home following a
lengthy illness. Born in Jackson County, the son of Alex[ander] A. and Amanda
Bellew [sic; Ballew] Turk, he was a member of Pitts Baptist Church, W. O. W.,
and was a retired farmer.
He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy E. Moore; five sons, D. E.
Turk, Abbeville, G. E. Turk, Morris Turk, Emerson Turk, all of Pitts, and
Clifton Turk of Perry; four daughters, Mrs. Ellen Elkins and Mrs. Sara
Maynard, both of Atlanta, Mrs. Ethelene Sumner, Wrightsville, Mrs. Clara
Brunson, Albany; one brother, T. N. Turk, Cordele; one sister, Mrs. S. B.
Archer, Jefferson; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday, June 21, at 4 p.m. from Pitts
Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Willis officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Earl Powell. The Ellis Quartet of Cordele sang. Pallbearers were Wyatt
Miller, L. O. Peebles, D. E. Canthell [sic?; Cantrell], Jack Dowdy, J. L.
Faircloth and Ernest Braziel Jr.
Interment was in Pitts Cemetery with Jamerson Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Notes from submitter: C. B. Turk was born on 24 Sept. 1883 in Jackson Co., GA.
He married Nancy Elizabeth Moore on 26 Dec. 1906 in Wilcox Co., GA. Charlie
Turk died on 20 June 1959 in Pitts, Wilcox Co., GA.
|
Emmie Turk
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
The Telegraph (Macon, GA), Sunday, 9 March 2008, page 4B,
column 6
Emmie Turk -ROCHELLE - Emmie Turk, age 95, of 1715 First Avenue East, Rochelle
passed away Friday, March 7, 2008 at Serenity Gate in Perry, GA. Funeral
services will be held at 2P.M. Monday, March 10, 2008 in the Pitts Baptist
Church. The Rev. Clint Sullens and Dr. Dennis Phillips will officiate. Interment
will be in the Pitts Cemetery. -Mrs. Turk was born in Wilcox County on November
24, 1912. She was daughter of the late Nathaniel Lee Teagle, Jr. and Sadie
Elizabeth Olds Teagle and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Pitts Baptist
Church and the Ladies Sunday School Class where she taught Sunday School for 61
years and was a Bible School Teacher. She was preceded in death by her husband,
George Elbert Turk, in 1972. -Survivors include son, G. B. (Gaynelle) Turk of
Sandersville and Emil (Romelle) Turk of Macon; daughters, Annie Grace Gordon of
Rochelle and WillaDean (Bob) Cooper of Warner Robins; 10 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren. -Visitation will be
from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Sunday in the funeral home. -The family may be contacted
at the residence of Annie Grace Gordon, 1717 First Avenue East, Rochelle. -In
lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the North American Mission Board
"Annie Armstrong Easter Offering", P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543 or to
the Gideons International, P.O. Box 347, Sycamore, GA 31790. -Frazier & Son
Funeral Home in Rochelle has charge of arrangements.
Notes from submitter: Emmie Lee (Teagle) Turk was my grandmother. She
married George Elbert Turk on 2 July 1930 in Wilcox Co., GA. Elbert died on 16
October 1972 in Pitts, Wilcox Co., GA. Both are buried in Pitts City Cemetery
in Wilcox Co., GA. Emmie's maternal grandparents were Lucious Willie Olds and
Frances Elizabeth (Clower) Olds. Her paternal grandparents were Nathaniel Lee
Teagle, Sr. and Syntha Elizabeth (Hannah) Teagle. Elbert's parents were Charles
Baxter Turk and Nancy Elizabeth (Moore) Turk. His maternal grandparents were
George Henry Moore and Americus Minerva (Verner) Moore. His paternal
grandparents were Alexander Ash Turk and Amanda Selina (Ballew) Kilgore Turk.
|
Nancy
Elizabeth Turk
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
Mrs. N. E. Turk
Dies at Age 86
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Turk, 86, of Pitts, died Sunday in Crisp County
Hospital.
Mrs. Turk, a native of Gwinnett County, was a member of Pitts Baptist
church.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Clara Brunson of Albany, Mrs. Sara
Maynard of Victoria, Texas, Mrs. Ellen Elkins of Decatur and Mrs. Ethelene
Perkins of Wrightsville; four sons, D. E. Turk of Abbeville, Emerson Turk and
G. E. Turk, both of Pitts, and Clifton Turk of Perry; two sisters, Mrs. J. T.
Fountain of Pitts and Mrs. G. B. Tumpkins [sic; should be Tompkins] of
Coleman, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Pitts Baptist church with Rev. U.
W. Rollins and Rev. Jack Dowdy officiating.
Burial was in Pitts Cemetery.
Frazier and Son Funeral Home, Abbeville, is in charge of arrangements.
Notes from submitter: Nancy Elizabeth (Moore) Turk was born 13 Nov. 1884 in
Gwinnett Co., GA. She married Charles Baxter Turk on 26 Dec. 1906 in Wilcox
Co., GA. Beth died on 25 Nov. 1971 in Cordele, Crisp Co., GA. Her parents were
George Henry Moore and Americus Minerva (Verner) Moore. Clipping from unknown
newspaper, 1971
|
James Turner
Contributed by Brenda Peacock |
Please
contact Brenda Peacock if you have
any information on the persons below.
July 18, 1878
James Turner, of Irwin Co., father of Rev. Elias Turner, and brother to
Hon. Smith Turner, of Wilcox County, died at his residence the other day. He
had lived in Irwin since 1827, and was in his 78th year.
|
The Honorable Smith Turner
Contributed by Brenda Peacock |
Please
contact Brenda Peacock if you have
any information on the persons below.
October 7, 1880
The Hon. Smith Turner, of Wilcox County, died at his home in Abbeville on
Wednesday morning October 6th,, 1880, aged about seventy two years. We cannot
in this issue, more than briefly announce the death of this worthy and honored
citizen. Judge Turner was in every since an honest man, a sincere friend and a
devoted husband and father. Many years ago he was Sheriff of Irwin County and
represented his people in the Legislature. He was also Ordinary of Wilcox
County. We have known Judge Turner for many years, and had dealings with him,
and we can bear testimony to his noble qualities as a citizen and a friend.
|
|
