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, Sr. |
b.
1847 Charleston, Charleston County, 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. December 8, 1871 |
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 |
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Mathew BOWEN (Math
BOWEN) |
b. February 5,
1857 Bulloch County, Georgia |
d. January 10,
1921 Madray Springs, Wayne County, Georgia (Piney Grove Cemetery) |
m. August 16, 1909
Wayne County, Georgia |
Janie
B. RUSHING |
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**2nd
Generation** |
James
Morgan SMITH |
b.
1871 Bulloch County, Georgia |
d.
1940 George County, Mississippi (Rocky Creek Cemetery) |
m. |
Lannie V. |
b.
1890 |
d.
1958 George County, Mississippi (Rocky Creek Cemetery) |
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Shepard
A. SMITH |
b.
December 8, 1871 Sinkhole, Bulloch County, Georgia |
d.
May 2, 1949 Spring Hill, Mobile County, Alabama (Pine Crest Cemetery) |
m. |
Hattie
Viola |
b.
May 13, 1884 Mississippi |
d.
May 29, 1979 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Pine Crest Cemetery) |
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 |
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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 |
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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, Sr. 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 |
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STRICKLAND |
b. |
d. |
m. |
Susan Florence SMITH
(Florence SMITH) |
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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 b. May 14, 1922 |
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George
Franklin Sutton was a first cousin of William Angus Jordan and Samuel Troy
Jordan. |
The three of them married sisters in Georgia. |
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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.
John Burt SMITH b.
September 14, 1910 |
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.
Helen Lawana SMITH b. December 26, 1924 |
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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, Sr. 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 |
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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. |
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John
B. SMITH |
b.
March 24, 1885 Bulloch County, Georgia |
d.
October 9, 1885 Bulloch County, Georgia (Union Missionary Baptist Church
Cemetery) |
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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 Daniel SMITH b. June 9, 1918 |
M.
Charlie Lee SMITH, Jr. b. February
24, 1925 |
F.
Loretta SMITH |
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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 |
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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 b. April 14, 1917 |
F.
Lucille SMITH |
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**3rd
Generation**
|
Raymond
D. SMITH |
b.
December 13, 1907 Mississippi |
d.
December 4, 1998 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama |
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Paul
Winston BOTTER |
b.
July 28, 1904 |
d.
September 5, 1988 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Pine Crest Cemetery) |
m. |
Florine
SMITH |
b.
1910 Mississippi |
d.
July 31, 2003 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Pine Crest Cemetery) |
Children: |
F.
Reba F. BOTTER |
F.
Viola BOTTER |
F.
Ethel BOTTER |
F.
Paulette BOTTER |
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Albert
Clayton HILL, Jr. |
b.
July 3, 1911 Alabama |
d.
December 23, 1992 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Pine Crest Cemetery) |
m. |
Videy
SMITH |
b.
October 23, 1911 Mississippi |
d.
June 2, 2004 Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama (Pine Crest Cemetery) |
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LOWERY |
m. |
Vernie
SMITH |
b.
October 5, 1913 Mississippi |
d.
June 24, 2000 Prairieville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana (Pine Crest
Cemetery, Mobile County, Alabama) |
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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 |
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|
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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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Jefferson
Davis SMITH |
b.
July 6, 1923 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
d.
January 17, 1993 Wilmer, Mobile County, Alabama |
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Earl
Nathaniel DAVIS, Sr. |
b.
January 5, 1898 Bulloch County, Georgia |
d.
December 1958 Broward County, Florida |
m.
1924 Georgia |
Thelma Sarah ZEIGLER |
b.
1904 Georgia |
d.
1988 Sebring, Highlands County, Florida |
Children: |
F.
Jewell DAVIS |
F.
Jeanette DAVIS |
M.
Earl Nathaniel DAVIS, Jr. |
F.
Edwina DAVIS |
F.
Billie DAVIS |
F.
Nellie DAVIS |
F.
Sarah DAVIS |
F.
Mary DAVIS |
M.
Robert DAVIS |
F.
Sandra DAVIS |
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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 |
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K.
H. THOMAS |
b. |
d. |
m. Abt. 1921 |
Pearl Amelia
DAVIS |
Children: |
M. Leo
Kendred THOMAS
b. February 26, 1922 |
F. Jewell
Tolida THOMAS b. October 15, 1923 |
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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 |
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Palmer
Dwight DAVIS, Sr. |
b.
July 12, 1906 Georgia |
d.
January 4, 1927 Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
m.
Bef. 1926 |
Hazel Hanes GLOVER |
b.
1905 South Carolina |
d. 1971
South Carolina |
Children: |
M.
Palmer Dwight DAVIS, Jr. b.
April 18, 1926 |
F.
Sara DAVIS b. 1927 |
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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) |
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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 |
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Maggie
Jane SUTTON |
b.
July 24, 1904 Bulloch County, Georgia |
d.
September 30, 1905 Bulloch County, Georgia (Union Missionary Baptist
Church Cemetery) |
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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) |
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Orville Jones
Stanley was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was |
a supply sergeant in
England. |
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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) |
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George
T.
SUTTON |
b. November 6,
1914 Toombs County, Georgia |
d. July 20, 1933
Johnson Corner, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
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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 |
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Gaston
Melvin SUTTON |
b. May 14, 1922
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
d. February 14,
2011 Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia (Parkhill Cemetery) |
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 |
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Gaston Melvin
Sutton served in the United States Navy during World War II. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wallon
Walstein SMITH |
b. August 6, 1908
Bulloch County, Georgia |
d. May 30, 1990
DeLand, Volusia County, Florida |
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John
Burt SMITH (Johnny Burt SMITH) |
b. September 14,
1910 Toombs County, Georgia |
d. December 18,
1994 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia (Centerville Methodist Church
Cemetery, Early County) |
m. |
Hilda E. JOHNSON |
b. March 17, 1912
Georgia |
d. June 13, 2005
Georgia (Centerville Methodist Church Cemetery) |
Children: |
M. Jonathan B.
SMITH |
F. Hilda A.
SMITH |
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Sallie Kate
SMITH |
b. March 15, 1913
Toombs County, Georgia |
d. November 27,
1994 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida |
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O'DELL |
m. |
Mary
Alice SMITH |
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BROTHER |
m. |
Pauline
SMITH |
b. September 14,
1920 Toombs County, Georgia |
d. May 14, 2002
Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida (Daytona Memorial Park) |
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DAVIS |
m. |
Helen
Lawana
SMITH |
b. December 26,
1924 Toombs County, Georgia |
d. March 11, 2010
Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida |
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William
Pierce JORDAN, Sr. |
b.
April 3, 1905 Toombs County, Georgia |
d.
April 25, 1958 Chatham County, Georgia |
m.
August 17, 1929 Tattnall County, Georgia |
Donnie
Belle COLLINS |
b.
1908 Toombs County, Georgia |
d.
January 9, 1971 Chatham County, Georgia |
Children: |
M. William
Pierce JORDAN, Jr. b. August 19, 1936 |
|
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Velton
Ester JORDAN |
b.
March 1, 1907 Toombs County, Georgia |
d.
September 28, 1973 Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida |
|
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Lloyd
Nathaniel JORDAN |
b.
March 18, 1914 Toombs County, Georgia |
d.
January 4, 1999 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida (Riverside Memorial
Park) |
m. |
Hilda CLARK |
b. |
d.
Abt. 1970 Florida |
Children: |
F.
Sharon JORDAN |
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Lloyd
Nathaniel JORDAN |
m. |
Connie |
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Samuel
Troy JORDAN, Jr. |
b.
Abt. 1917 Toombs County, Georgia |
d.
November 1952 Washington, D.C. |
m. |
Frances B. CLARK |
Children: |
M. Walter
Keith JORDAN |
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Samuel
Troy Jordan, Jr., served during World War II. |
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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 |
F.
Patricia Annell
BARTLETT |
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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 |
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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 |
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William Leonard
JAMES, Jr. |
b. March 7, 1917
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
d. August 15, 1999
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia (Harden's Chapel Cemetery) |
Obituary |
m. |
Mary Honor SMITH |
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Milton
Daniel SMITH |
b. June 9, 1918
Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia |
d. November 19,
2001 Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon (Willamette National Cemetery) |
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Milton Daniel
Smith served in the United States Army during World War II. |
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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 |
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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
Delmas JAMES b. December 20, 1933 |
F. Mary Frances JAMES |
M. Hiram
Thatcher JAMES b. March 26, 1931 |
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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)
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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 |
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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) |
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Children: |
M. Samuel
Jackson ROCKETT |
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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
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d.
February 16, 2005 Albuquerque, New Mexico (Las Cruces Masonic Cemetery,
Las Cruces)
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Children: |
F.
Betty
Carolyn JORDAN |
M.
William Marion JORDAN |
M.
Hurdrey Angus JORDAN |
F.
Peggy Earlene JORDAN |
F.
Wanda
JORDAN |
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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. |
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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) |
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Children: |
M. Tommy
Henry JORDAN |
F.
Carol
Jane JORDAN |
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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. |
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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 |
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FREEMAN |
b. |
d. |
m. |
Frances
SMITH |
b. April 14, 1917
Toombs County, Georgia |
d. September 15,
1999 Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas |
Children: |
M. James R.
FREEMAN |
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Robert
L. FARMER |
m. |
Frances
SMITH |
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ETHEREDGE |
b. |
d. |
m. |
Lucille
SMITH |
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**4th
Generation** |
Ivie
Leon SMITH |
b. November 24,
1932 Mobile County, Alabama |
d. August 17, 2008
Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Sunset Cemetery, Perry County, Mississippi) |
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Leo
Kendred THOMAS |
b. February 16,
1922 Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina |
d. January 6, 1999
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia (Mendes Baptist Church Cemetery,
Tattnall County) |
m. |
Betty June PURVIS |
Children: |
F. Deborah
THOMAS |
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Leo Kendred Thomas
served in the United States Army Air
Corps, 33rd Fighter Control Squadron,
during |
World War II. |
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Jewell
Tolida THOMAS |
b. October 15,
1923 Toombs County, Georgia |
d. October 15,
1923 Toombs County, Georgia (Lyons City Cemetery) |
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Palmer
Dwight DAVIS, Jr. (Rocky DAVIS) |
b. April 18, 1926 Lyons,
Toombs County, Georgia |
d. April 20, 2011
Temple, Bell County, Texas (Hext Cemetery, Menard County) |
m. December 21,
1947 Camp Hood, Texas |
Mary Gene BRALEY |
b. January 18,
1927 Hext, Menard County, Texas |
d. December 21,
2009 Temple, Bell County, Texas (Hext Cemetery) |
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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 |
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PARKER |
m. |
Jewell
COLLINS |
b. February 27,
1934 Toombs County, Georgia |
d. March 21, 2006
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida |
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WIGGINS |
m. |
Roslyn
COLLINS |
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Russ
MCCOY |
m. |
Bobbie
COLLINS |
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Ken
TALLEY |
m. |
Stephanie
COLLINS |
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Rodney
Taylor STANLEY, Jr. (R.T. STANLEY, Jr.) |
m. |
Dianne
COLLINS |
Children: |
M. Brian STANLEY |
M. Tracy STANLEY |
M. Vince STANLEY |
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Check out The
Vidalia Onion Factory in Vidalia, Georgia. |
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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 |
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Ronald
COLLINS |
m. |
Gaynelle |
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Dale
COLLINS |
m. |
Marjie |
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Frederick
COLLINS |
m. |
Joyce |
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Terry
COLLINS |
m. |
DeLainie |
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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 |
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HUDAK |
m. |
Hilda
SMITH |
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NOLAND |
m. |
Suzanne
SMITH |
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**5th
Generation** |
Lee
Sanford COLLINS |
m. |
Renee |
Children: |
M. Brandon COLLINS |
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