| SMITH
is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "smitan," meaning to smite or
strike. |
| This
surname derives from
men who were blacksmiths, one of the |
| earliest
occupations for which specialty skills were required. |
|
|
| William
Henry SMITH |
| b.
1847 South Carolina |
| d.
December 24, 1905 Bulloch County, Georgia (Union Missionary Baptist Church
Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Janie B. RUSHING |
| b.
July 28, 1855 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
October 9, 1927 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. James Morgan
SMITH b. 1871 |
| M.
Shepard A. SMITH b. 1873 |
| M.
William Henry SMITH, Jr. b. December 15, 1875 |
| F.
Susan Florence SMITH b. February 28, 1878 |
| F.
Amelia
Lillie SMITH b. June 11, 1879 |
| M.
Raymond
Dwight SMITH, Sr. b. February 28, 1881 |
| F.
Sarah Ellen SMITH b. 1882 |
| M.
John B. SMITH b. March 24, 1885 |
| M.
Charlie Lee SMITH b. August 27, 1886 |
| F.
Faethy
Ann Eugenia SMITH b. December 30, 1889 |
| M. Lonnie Nicholas SMITH b.
April 19, 1892 |
| ********************************************************************** |
| Matthew BOWEN |
| b. July 1858
Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. January 10,
1921 Madray Springs, Wayne County, Georgia |
| m. August 16, 1909
Wayne County, Georgia |
|
Janie
B. RUSHING |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
|
**2nd
Generation** |
| Shepard
A. SMITH |
| b.
1873 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
May 2, 1949 Spring Hill, Mobile County, Alabama |
| m. |
|
Hattie V. |
| b.
May 13, 1884 Mississippi |
| d.
May 1979 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| Children: |
| M.
Raymond D. SMITH b. December 13, 1907 |
| F.
Florine SMITH b. 1910 |
| F.
Videy SMITH b. October 23, 1911 |
| F.
Vernie SMITH b. October 5, 1913 |
| F.
Adele SMITH b. November 30, 1917 |
| M.
Lonnie SMITH b. 1922 |
| M.
Rufus N. SMITH |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| William
Henry SMITH, Jr. |
| b.
December 15, 1875 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
August 17, 1962 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
| m. |
|
Lula Aldora STRINGFELLOW |
| b.
June 22, 1894 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
| d.
January 2, 1951 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
| Children: |
| M.
Ivie SMITH b. July 19, 1910 |
| M.
William Percy SMITH b. June 7, 1911 |
| M.
Julius Rushing SMITH b. January 7, 1913 |
| F.
Mae Lee SMITH b. April 30, 1915 |
| M.
Jefferson Davis SMITH b. July 6, 1923 |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Robert
Clayton DAVIS |
| b.
September 29, 1875 Georgia |
| d.
June 30, 1952 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Susan Florence SMITH
(Florence SMITH) |
| b.
February 28, 1878 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. January 21,
1964 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| F. Pearl
Amelia DAVIS b. March 13, 1896 |
| M. Earl
Nathaniel DAVIS b. January 5, 1898 |
| F. Bertha
DAVIS b. 1900 |
| M. Clayton DAVIS
b. 1902 |
| M. Palmer
Dwight DAVIS b. July 12, 1906 |
| M. Mooney DAVIS b.
1908 |
| M. Claude B. DAVIS
b. July 18, 1914 |
| F. Robbie Lee
DAVIS |
| M. Raymond
Troy DAVIS b. August 20, 1918 |
| M. Cletus W. DAVIS |
| *********************************************************************** |
| STRICKLAND |
| b. |
| d. |
| m. |
|
Susan Florence SMITH
(Florence SMITH) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| George
Franklin SUTTON (Frank SUTTON) |
| b. July 28, 1875
Dismal, Sampson County, North Carolina |
| d. August 7, 1940
Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| m.
January
13, 1898 Bulloch County, Georgia |
|
Amelia
Lillie SMITH (Lillie SMITH)
|
| b. June 11, 1879
Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. October 16,
1965 Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Dewey
Franklin SUTTON b. March 11, 1899 |
| F. Bertie
Lee SUTTON |
| F. Jennie
Mae SUTTON b. 1903 |
| F.
Maggie Jane SUTTON b. July 24, 1904 |
| F.
Neva Odella SUTTON b. November 2, 1907 |
| F. Nettie
Victoria SUTTON b. July 18, 1909 |
| M. George
Toliver
SUTTON b. November 6, 1914 |
| F. Amelia
Lillian SUTTON b. August 15, 1916 |
| F. Sarah Myrtle SUTTON b. Abt.
1919 |
| M. Gaston
Melvin SUTTON |
| ******************************************************** |
| George
Franklin Sutton is a first cousin of William Angus Jordan and Samuel |
| Troy
Jordan. The three of them married sisters in Georgia. |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
|
Raymond
Dwight SMITH, Sr. |
| b.
February 28, 1881 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. April
10, 1958 Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
| m. |
| Sarah
Jane
NEVILL
|
| b.
August 27, 1887 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
December 18, 1952 Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| F. Almertia
SMITH b. Abt. 1904 |
| M.
Raymond Dwight SMITH,
Jr. b. September 18, 1906 |
| M.
Wallon Walstein SMITH
b. August 6, 1908 |
| M.
J. B. SMITH |
| F.
Sallie
Kate SMITH b. March 15, 1913 |
| F.
Bertie Mae SMITH b. March 18, 1915 |
| F.
Mary Alice
SMITH |
| F.
Pauline SMITH b. September 14, 1920 |
| F.
Lawana SMITH |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Samuel
Troy JORDAN (Troy JORDAN) |
| b.
October 1878 Cedar
Creek, Cumberland County, North
Carolina |
| d.
December 25, 1956 Tift County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs
County) |
| m.
December 24, 1903 Bulloch County, Georgia |
|
Sarah Ellen SMITH |
| b.
1882
Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
December 5, 1954 Tift County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs County) |
| Children: |
| M. William
Pierce JORDAN b. April 3, 1905 |
| M. Velton
Ester JORDAN b. March 1, 1907 |
| M.
Bernice Langford JORDAN b. February 8, 1909 |
| M. Major L.
JORDAN b. 1912 |
| M. Lloyd
Nathaniel JORDAN b. March 18, 1914 |
| M. Samuel Troy
JORDAN, Jr. b. 1917 |
| F.
Willie
Grace JORDAN b. March 19, 1919 |
| ********************************************* |
| Samuel Troy
Jordan and his brother William Angus Jordan walked from North |
| Carolina to
Georgia in the early 1900's. They went to Statesboro, Bulloch |
| County, Georgia
first before moving on to Toombs County, Georgia. |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| John
B. SMITH |
| b.
March 24, 1885 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
October 9, 1885 Bulloch County, Georgia (Union Missionary Baptist Church
Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Charlie
Lee SMITH |
| b.
August 27, 1886 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
July 9, 1976 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Providence Baptist Church Cemetery) |
| m.
1911 Toombs County, Georgia |
| Cora
Leigh SMITH |
| b.
August 5, 1893 Georgia |
| d.
April 30, 1982 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Providence Baptist Church
Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M.
Henry B. SMITH b. November 18, 1911 |
| F.
Lorna SMITH |
| F.
Mary Honor SMITH b. October 5, 1915 |
| M.
Milton M. SMITH |
| M.
Charlie Lee SMITH, Jr. b. February
24, 1925 |
| F.
Loretta SMITH |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| William
Angus JORDAN |
| b. October 17,
1881 Cedar Creek, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| d. October 15,
1969 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
| Obituary |
| m. October
14, 1906 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| Faethy
Ann Eugenia SMITH (Sissie SMITH)
|
| b.
December 30, 1889 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. July 6, 1952
Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
|
| Children: |
| F.
Ruby JORDAN b. May 30, 1907 |
| F.
Janie
Lee JORDAN b. April 10, 1908 |
| M.
James
Wesley JORDAN b. January 6, 1910 |
| F.
Katie
America JORDAN b. July 4, 1911 |
| M.
William
Earlie JORDAN b. April 12, 1913 |
| M.
Henry
Dorsey JORDAN b. April 17, 1916 |
| F.
Reba
Essie JORDAN b. May 10, 1920 |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Lonnie
Nicholas SMITH |
| b.
April 19, 1892 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. February
9, 1923 Lancaster County, South Carolina |
| m.
Abt. 1910 Toombs County, Georgia |
|
Mary Katie CURRIE |
| b.
Abt. 1895 |
| d.
January 27, 1981 Chatham County, Georgia |
| Children: |
| F.
Frances SMITH |
| F.
Lucille SMITH |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
|
**3rd
Generation**
|
| Raymond
D. SMITH |
| b.
December 13, 1907 Mississippi |
| d.
December 4, 1998 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Paul
W. BOTTER |
| b.
July 28, 1904 |
| d.
September 5, 1988 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| m. |
Florine
SMITH |
| b.
1910 Mississippi |
| d.
July 31, 2003 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| Children: |
| F.
Reba F. BOTTER |
| F.
Viola BOTTER |
| F.
Ethel BOTTER |
| F.
Paulette BOTTER |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Albert
Clayton HILL, Jr. |
| b.
July 3, 1911 Alabama |
| d.
December 23, 1992 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| m. |
|
Videy
SMITH |
| b.
October 23, 1911 Mississippi |
| d.
June 2, 2004 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| LOWERY |
| m. |
Vernie
SMITH |
| b.
October 5, 1913 Mississippi |
| d.
June 24, 2000 Prairieville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Edwin
L. DOLBY |
| m. |
Adele
SMITH |
| b.
November 30, 1917 Mobile County, Alabama |
| d.
October 22, 1998 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
| Children: |
| M.
Ronnie E. DOLBY |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
| Ivie
SMITH |
| b.
July 19, 1910 George County, Mississippi |
| d.
January 1981 Richton, Perry County, Mississippi (Sunset Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Lucille VAUGHAN |
| b.
August 19, 1911 |
| d.
August 22, 2006 Richton, Perry County, Mississippi (Sunset Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M.
William H. SMITH b. November 7, 1931 |
| M.
Charles Edward SMITH b. 1934 |
| M.
Harold Eugene SMITH |
| M.
Ivie Leon SMITH b. November 24, 1932 |
| M.
Stanley SMITH |
| F.
Shirley SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________ |
| William
Percy SMITH |
| b.
June 7, 1911 Mobile County, Alabama |
| d.
March 3, 1978 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Indian Springs Cemetery) |
| m.
October 1937 Mobile County, Alabama |
|
Charlotte Dolores CORLEY |
| b.
February 18, 1921 Mobile County, Alabama |
| d.
May 17, 1999 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Indian Springs Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Julius
Rushing SMITH |
| b.
January 7, 1913 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
| d.
October 26, 1989 Freeport, Brazoria, Texas |
| m. |
|
Anella HENRY |
| b.
February 25, 1914 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia |
| d.
May 17, 1989 Labelle, Hendry County, Florida |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Jefferson
Davis SMITH |
| b.
July 6, 1923 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
| d.
January 17, 1993 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Earl
Nathaniel DAVIS |
| b.
January 5, 1898 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
Aft. 1930 |
| m.
1924 Georgia |
Thelma S. |
| b.
1905 Georgia |
| d.
Aft. 1930 |
| Children: |
| F.
Jewell DAVIS |
| F.
Jeanette DAVIS |
| M.
Earl Nathaniel DAVIS, Jr. |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Jesse
Howel POMEROY |
| b.
June 5, 1874 Guyton, Effingham County, Georgia |
| d.
November 7, 1918 Tusculum, Effingham County, Georgia |
| m. |
|
Pearl
Amelia DAVIS |
| b.
March 13, 1896 Groveland, Bryan County, Georgia |
| d.
August 6, 1989 Chatham County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs
County) |
| Children: |
| M.
Weyman Howel POMEROY b. July 17, 1915 |
| M.
Robert Dwight POMEROY b. March 15, 1917 |
| M.
Jesse Wilton POMEROY b. July 2, 1919 |
| *********************************************************************** |
| THOMAS |
| b. |
| d. |
| m. Abt. 1921 |
Pearl Amelia
DAVIS |
| Children: |
| M. Leo K. THOMAS
b. Abt. 1922 |
| *********************************************************************** |
| Charles Warren
CULPEPPER, Sr. |
| b. January 17,
1872 Georgia |
| d. January 30,
1940 Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
| m. Abt. 1925
Toombs County, Georgia |
Pearl Amelia DAVIS |
| Children: |
| M. Charles Warren
CULPEPPER, Jr. b. February 11, 1927 |
| F. Elizabeth
CULPEPPER |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Palmer
Dwight DAVIS |
| b.
July 12, 1906 Georgia |
| d.
January 4, 1927 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Claude
B. DAVIS |
| b.
July 18, 1914 Georgia |
| d.
October 4, 1966 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Raymond
Troy DAVIS |
| b.
August 20, 1918 Georgia |
| d.
December 23, 1935 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Dewey
Franklin SUTTON |
| b.
March 11, 1899 Georgia |
| d.
May 17, 1975 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
| m. |
| Loree
STANLEY |
| b.
January 5, 1906 Tattnall County, Georgia |
| d.
October 23, 1988 Toombs County, Georgia |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Maggie
Jane SUTTON |
| b.
July 24, 1904 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d.
September 30, 1905 Bulloch County, Georgia (Union Missionary Baptist
Church Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Orville Jones
STANLEY |
| b. April 13, 1911
Georgia |
| d. August 31, 2000
Johnson Corner Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Neva
SUTTON
|
| b. November 2,
1907 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. April 13, 1992
Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| ******************************************** |
| Orville Jones
Stanley was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was |
| a supply sergeant in
England. |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| W.
James BOWEN |
| b. June 22, 1911
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia |
| d. September 12,
2001 Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia (Jesup City Cemetery) |
| m. Aft. 1930 |
|
Nettie
Victoria SUTTON |
| b. July 18, 1909
Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. January 15,
1996 Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia (Jesup City Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| George
T.
SUTTON |
| b. November 6,
1914 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. July 20, 1933
Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| ________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Curtis
W. PYE |
| b. September 24,
1913 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. July 24, 1967
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia (Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery) |
| m. Aft. 1930 |
|
Amelia
Lillian SUTTON |
| b. August 15, 1916
Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. February 2,
2002 Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama (Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery,
Jesup) |
| Children: |
| F. Penelope
PYE |
| F. Suzanne
PYE |
| F. Patti
PYE |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
| Gaston
Melvin SUTTON |
| m. |
|
Dorothy M. WESTER |
| b. September 3,
1924 Franklin, Virginia |
| d. August 30, 2008
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia (Parkhill Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Frank SUTTON |
| F. Judy
SUTTON |
| F. Cathy
SUTTON |
| M. Mike SUTTON |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
|
Raymond
Dwight SMITH, Jr. |
| b. September 18,
1906 Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. February 28,
1992 Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
| m. |
|
Ruby THOMPSON |
| b. November 24,
1909 Emanuel County, Georgia |
| d. February 16,
2005 Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin |
| Children: |
| M. William
Roger SMITH b. November 17, 1929 |
| ************************************************************************ |
| Raymond
Dwight SMITH, Jr. |
| m. |
|
Mary Eloise BRADY |
| b. May 13, 1923
Bartow, Georgia |
| d. May 15, 2000
Orlando, Orange County, Florida (Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery) |
| Children: |
| M. Raymond SMITH |
| M. Robert SMITH |
| _______________________________________________________________ |
| Wallon
Walstein SMITH |
| b. August 6, 1908
Bulloch County, Georgia |
| d. May 30, 1990
DeLand, Volusia County, Florida |
| ________________________________________________________________ |
|
Sallie Kate
SMITH |
| b. March 15, 1913
Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. November 27,
1994 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida |
|
________________________________________________________________ |
| O'DELL |
| m. |
|
Mary
Alice SMITH |
| __________________________________________________________________ |
| BROTHER |
| m. |
|
Pauline
SMITH |
| b. September 14,
1920 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. May 14, 2002
Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida (Daytona Memorial Park) |
| __________________________________________________________________ |
| DAVIS |
| m. |
|
Lawana
SMITH |
| ___________________________________________________________________ |
| William
Pierce JORDAN |
| b.
April 3, 1905 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
April 25, 1958 Chatham County, Georgia |
| m.
Abt. 1929 Toombs County, Georgia |
|
Donnie B. |
| b.
1908 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
January 9, 1971 Chatham County, Georgia |
| ____________________________________________________________ |
| Velton
Ester JORDAN |
| b.
March 1, 1907 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
September 28, 1973 Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida |
|
| ____________________________________________________________ |
| Lloyd
Nathaniel JORDAN |
| b.
March 18, 1914 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
January 4, 1999 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida (Riverside Memorial
Park) |
| m. |
|
Connie |
| Children: |
| F.
Sharon JORDAN |
| _____________________________________________________________ |
| Fred
Eugene BARTLETT, Sr. |
| b.
July 11, 1909 Dougherty County, Georgia |
| d.
March 25, 1986 Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia |
| m. |
|
Willie
Grace JORDAN (Grace JORDAN) |
| b.
March 19, 1919 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
October 20, 2001 Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia |
| Children: |
| F.
Freida BARTLETT |
| ______________________________________________________________________________ |
| Henry
B. SMITH |
| b. November 18,
1911 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. October 25,
2000 Orlando, Orange County, Florida |
| m. |
|
| Children: |
| F. Barbara
SMITH |
| F. Gloria
SMITH |
| F. Marchia
SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Herman
Eugene COLLINS |
| b. February 1,
1910 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. March 1973
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
| m. |
|
Mary Honor SMITH |
| b. October 5, 1915
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. January 1, 2004
Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia (Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Toombs County) |
| Obituary |
| Children: |
| F. Jewell
COLLINS b. February 27, 1934 |
| F. Roslyn
COLLINS |
| F. Bobbie
COLLINS |
| F. Stephanie
COLLINS |
| F. Dianne
COLLINS |
| M. Glynn
Eugene COLLINS b. February 1, 1943 |
| M. Ronald
COLLINS |
| M. Dale
COLLINS |
| M. Frederick
COLLINS |
| M. Terry
COLLINS |
| ******************************************************************* |
| William Leonard
JAMES, Jr. |
| b. March 7, 1917
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. August 15, 1999
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Mary Honor SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Charlie
Lee SMITH, Jr. |
| b. February 24,
1925 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. August 16, 2000
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia (Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery) |
| m. |
|
Bobbie MCALUM |
| Children: |
| M. Charles
Michael SMITH b. March 10, 1951 |
| F. Hilda
SMITH |
| F. Suzanne
SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Ruby
JORDAN |
| b.
May 30, 1907 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
June 9, 1907 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Lannie
Lee JAMES |
| b.
May 2, 1908 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
March 12, 1973 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Lakeview Memorial Gardens) |
| m. 1927 |
|
Janie Lee
JORDAN
|
| b.
April 10, 1908 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
August 9, 1991 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Lakeview Memorial Gardens) |
|
| Children: |
| M. William Randall
JAMES |
| F.
Faye JAMES |
| M. Thurman JAMES |
| F. Mary Frances JAMES |
| M. Hiram
Thatcher JAMES b. March 26, 1931 |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| James
Wesley JORDAN (Wesley JORDAN) |
| b.
January 6, 1910 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
September 23, 1963 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia (Lyons City
Cemetery, |
| Toombs
County) |
| m. |
|
Matilda
Inez JAMES (Inez JAMES)
|
| b. October 13, 1913
Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. July 2, 1993
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs |
| County) |
|
Children: |
| F.
Bonnie JORDAN |
| M. James
Edwin JORDAN |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Mahue
Ingram ROCKETT |
| b.
December 19, 1913 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
July 29, 1955 Montgomery County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs) |
| m.
1932 |
|
Katie
America JORDAN
|
| b. July 4, 1911 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. July
14, 1981 Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
|
| Children: |
| M. Samuel
Jackson ROCKETT |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| William
Earlie JORDAN (Earlie JORDAN) |
| b.
April 12, 1913 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
June 22, 2007 Albuquerque, Bernallio County, New Mexico (Las Crusces
Masonic Cemetery, Las Cruces) |
| Obituary |
| m.
November 25, 1933 Toombs County, Georgia |
| Alma
Cleatus NEESMITH (Cleatus NEESMITH)
|
| b.
April 15, 1914 Toombs County, Georgia
|
d.
February 16, 2005 Albuquerque, New Mexico (Las Cruces Masonic Cemetery,
Las Cruces)
|
| Children: |
| F.
Betty
Carolyn JORDAN |
| M.
William Marion JORDAN |
| M.
Hurdrey Angus JORDAN |
| F.
Peggy Earlene JORDAN |
| F.
Wanda
JORDAN |
| ******************************** |
| In
the late 1940's, Earlie Jordan introduced a special hybrid onion from
Texas, |
| which
became known as the Vidalia Onion. Vidalia Onions
were first shipped under |
| the
Brand Brothers label, TROPHY. Earlie Jordan and
his wife, Cleatus, headed the |
| Toombs County Plant Corporation, which
bought onions in
Texas to plant in |
| Toombs County.
At harvest time, the Toombs County
Plant Corporation teamed
up |
| with Brand Brothers of Atlanta, GA, as shippers of the harvested
onions. Earlie Jordan |
|
rented the majority of the old Vidalia State Farmers Market and packed the
onions |
| there.
He personally went to the "Winter Garden" of Texas and brought
back loads of |
| onion
plants,
not seeds, for farmers to plant. The weeds were too bad in Georgia
for seeds |
| to
survive, and there was no herbicide then, so bringing back onion plants
was the way |
| to
ensure
their survival. |
| Earlie
Jordan kept the onion business going in Toombs County for years, before
the huge |
| marketing
today of the name "Vidalia Onion." |
| Read
a bit about Earlie Jordan and the history of Vidalia Onions here. |
|
|
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Henry
Dorsey JORDAN (Dorsey JORDAN) |
| b. April 17, 1916 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. December 22, 1989 Dublin, Georgia
(Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs County) |
|
| m. July
5, 1942
Rentz, Laurens County, Georgia (Edith Woodard's house) |
|
Tommie
Edith WOODARD (Edith WOODARD) |
|
| Children: |
| M. Tommy
Henry JORDAN |
| F.
Carol
Jane JORDAN |
| ****************************** |
| In
Toombs County, Georgia, the road in front of Dorsey Jordan's farm has been |
| named
Dorsey Jordan Road in his honor. He was Superintendent of Toombs |
| County,
Georgia Schools for sixteen years. |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Hughie
Partin JAMES, Jr. (H.P. JAMES, Jr.) |
| b. August 17, 1916 Lyons,
Toombs County, Georgia |
| d.
December 29, 2002 (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs County) |
| m.
|
|
Reba Essie
JORDAN
|
| b. May 10, 1920 Toombs
County, Georgia |
| d. February 1, 2003
Savannah, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery, Toombs County) |
| Children: |
| F.
Aurilla Ann
JAMES |
| M. Charles
H. JAMES |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**4th
Generation** |
| Ivie
Leon SMITH |
| b. November 24,
1932 Mobile County, Alabama |
| d. August 17, 2008
Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Sunset Cemetery, Perry County, Mississippi) |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
| William
Roger SMITH |
| b. November 17,
1929 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. March 30, 2007
Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin |
| m. |
|
Vita |
| b. September 16,
1933 |
| d. January 20,
2005 Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin |
| Children: |
| F. Lauren
SMITH |
| M. Roger SMITH |
| M. Michael SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| PARKER |
| m. |
|
Jewell
COLLINS |
| b. February 27,
1934 Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. March 21, 2006
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| WIGGINS |
| m. |
|
Roslyn
COLLINS |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Russ
MCCOY |
| m. |
|
Bobbie
COLLINS |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Ken
TALLEY |
| m. |
|
Stephanie
COLLINS |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Rodney
Taylor STANLEY, Jr. (R.T. STANLEY, Jr.) |
| m. |
|
Dianne
COLLINS |
| Children: |
| M. Brian STANLEY |
| M. Tracy STANLEY |
| M. Vince STANLEY |
| ******************************* |
| Check out The
Vidalia Onion Factory in Vidalia, Georgia. |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Glynn
Eugene COLLINS |
| b. February 1,
1943 Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. May 13, 2003
Townsend, Georgia (Palmetto Cemetery, Brunswick, Glynn County) |
| m. |
|
Jerri GUTHRIE |
| Children: |
| M. Lee Sanford
COLLINS |
| M. Kipp Harris
COLLINS |
| F. Julie Ann
COLLINS |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Ronald
COLLINS |
| m. |
|
Gaynelle |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Dale
COLLINS |
| m. |
|
Marjie |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Frederick
COLLINS |
| m. |
|
Joyce |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Terry
COLLINS |
| m. |
|
DeLainie |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| Charles
Michael SMITH |
| b. March 10, 1951
Toombs County, Georgia |
| d. October 6, 1998
Raleigh, North Carolina (Hillcrest West Abbey Cem., Savannah) |
| m. |
|
Jennifer HINTON |
| Children: |
| F. Emma
McAlum SMITH |
| F. Jennifer
SMITH |
| F. Barbara
Ellen SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| HUDAK |
| m. |
|
Hilda
SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| NOLAND |
| m. |
|
Suzanne
SMITH |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
**5th
Generation** |
| Lee
Sanford COLLINS |
| m. |
|
Renee |
| Children: |
| M. Brandon COLLINS |
| _________________________________________________________________________________ |
|
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|
