In The Beginning
The Hentz Family
Nicholas Arnould Hentz (1756-1832) was a native of Coblentz in Lorraine, France, and a member of the Revolutionary National Convention of 1789. He was forced to flee France under the assumed name of Charles Arnould with his family after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1815. He and his wife, Therese d'Aubree, had at least two sons Nicholas Richard Hentz (1786-1850), who served as a captain in the French Imperial Army from 1806 to 1815, and Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856), a painter, professor, and well- known entomologist, author of a famous monograph on the spiders of the United States.
Nicholas M. Hentz taught at the University of North Carolina from 1826 to 1830. He married Caroline Lee Whiting (1800-1856), a native of Lancaster, Mass., a playwright and novelist popular during the 1850s. Together they ran a succession of female academies in Covington, Ky., Cincinnati, Ohio, Florence, Ala., Columbus, Ga. and Tuskegee, Ala. The Hentz family finally settled in Marianna, Fla., where Caroline Lee Hentz concentrated on her writing and the care of her invalid husband.
Caroline Lee Hentz (1800-1856) was Alabama's first best-selling writer and one of the most popular American women writers of the early nineteenth century. Along with other Southern novelists, such as Caroline Gilman and Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, Hentz wrote and helped to popularize women's domestic fiction. Although she was born in the North and lived in seven different states, Hentz spent 14 years in Alabama (1834-1848) with her husband and four children. Most of her fiction is set in the South, the region she adopted as home and fiercely defended from northern criticism.
Born Caroline Lee Whiting on June 1, 1800, in Lancaster, Massachusetts, Hentz was the youngest of John and Orpah Whiting's eight children. At age 17, she began teaching at the Lancaster Common School. On September 30, 1824, Caroline married Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, a native of Metz, France, who had immigrated to America in 1816. An entomologist, novelist, and artist, Hentz was intellectually gifted but prone to depression and uncontrollable fits of jealousy. Not surprisingly, male jealousy would one day become a recurring theme in Hentz's fiction.
At the time of their marriage, Nicholas was teaching French at George Bancroft's Round Hill School in Northampton, Massachusetts. After the family's initial move to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1826, Caroline began writing a verse drama, De Lara, or The Moorish Bride, and edited the narrative of enslaved George Moses Horton. In 1830, the Hentz family moved to Covington, Kentucky, where Nicholas served as headmaster at a female academy and where Caroline completed De Lara, which won a prize offered by Boston actor and manager William Pelby. De Lara was produced, to favorable reviews, at the Tremont Theater in Boston and the Arch Street Theater in Philadelphia. The following year, two more of her plays were produced, Constance of Werdenberg, or The Forest League, at the Park Theater in New York, and Lamorah, or the Western Wild, in Cincinnati, where the couple had moved in 1832 to oversee another school for girls.
In Cincinnati, Caroline joined a literary and social group to which the future author Harriet Beecher Stowe also belonged. Twenty years later, Stowe's enormously popular antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), would inspire Hentz to defend slavery and the South by writing a pro-slavery novel, The Planter's Northern Bride (1854). While in Ohio, Hentz published her first novel, Lovell's Folly (1833), which included unfavorable portraits of recognizable northern citizens. Fearing libel charges, the publisher quickly withdrew the book from circulation.
In 1834, the Hentzes left Cincinnati following an incident in which Nicholas slapped a man who had sent Caroline a note after a party. Their often stormy marriage near collapse, the Hentzes moved to the frontier town of Florence, Lauderdale County, where they established the Locust Dell Academy. During the next 14 years, the Hentzes operated girls' schools in Florence (1834-43), Tuscaloosa (1843-45), and Tuskegee (1845-48). Caroline continued to publish, but most of her time was spent assisting her husband at school, cooking meals for the students, and tending to her own children.
In 1848, the Hentzes moved to Columbus, Georgia, to open yet another school, but Nicholas's rapidly deteriorating mental state prompted them to close the school in 1849. Two years later, the Hentzes moved to Marianna, Florida, where Caroline spent her remaining years caring for her husband and writing stories and novels at a feverish pace to support her family. She rapidly became one of America's most popular writers. Between 1850 and 1853, Hentz's books sold more than 93,000 copies, and as late as 1872, the Boston Public Library listed her as one of the three most popular authors of the day.
The popularity of Hentz's books can be attributed to her mastery in writing sentimental novels. The successful formula for these works centered on an innocent young woman, usually an orphan, who is pursued by an evil suitor through a variety of dangerous episodes until some handsome young man rescues her and joins her in a happy marriage. Other popular ingredients in the genre include narrow escapes, mistaken identity, romantic love and jealousy, religious sentiment and/or conversion, and an inspiring climb from rags to riches.
Although much of the fiction of this genre has been criticized as overly sentimental, newer generations of feminist scholars have reevaluated the challenges it poses, however subtly, to male domination. In Hentz's Eoline, for example, the heroine rebels against her father by refusing to marry his choice of suitor, even though the penalty is the loss of her inheritance. In the end, Eoline marries the chosen suitor of her own free will. Hentz's work has also been examined for its promotion of Lost Cause ideology. The Planter's Northern Bride, for example, is a chilling rebuttal of Uncle Tom's Cabin. On its surface, the novel offers readers a sentimental marriage plot that covers a deeper theme defending the institution of slavery through the eloquent rhetoric of the main male character, planter Russell Moreland, and in many idyllic scenes of slave life.
The Hentzes did not live long to enjoy Caroline's success, however. When Nicholas's health grew worse, he moved to St. Andrews, Florida, to live with their daughter Julia. Caroline stayed in Marianna, traveling to St. Andrews occasionally to tend to her husband. She contracted pneumonia and died on February 11, 1856. Her husband died nine months later. Both are buried in Marianna, Florida. Her sons Thaddeus and Charles would later serve in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and after the war daughter Julia joined other southerners, known as Confederados, who moved to Brazil to reestablish slave-based plantation agriculture in South America.
They had at least six children:
CHAPTER 1
1. Charles Arnold (Arnaud) Hentz Sr.
CHAPTER 2
2. Julia Louise Marcellu Hents
CHAPTER 3
3. Thaddeus Wiliam Harris Hentz
CHAPTER 4
4. Marianne Hentz
CHAPTER 5
5. Caroline “Calle” Hentz
CHAPTER 6
6. Adelaide “Adele” Hentz
CHAPTER 1
1. Charles Arnold Hentz (1827-1894) was born in Chapel Hill, N.C. and was a doctor near Quincy, Fla. In 1854 he married Mary Elizabeth “Bettie” Gilliam Booth. They had five surviving children: Sallie Lee Hentz (1855-1888), William Booth Hentz (b. 1860), Julia Keyes Hentz Dumbar (b. 1862), Rebecca ("Bexie") Hentz (b. 1865), and Charles Arnould Hentz Jr. (b. 1870).
During the Civil War in 1862, Charles A. Hentz worked at the military hospital in Quincy, Florida with the rank of Surgeon. Following Bettie Hentz's death in 1871, Charles A. Hentz married Cornelia Fitzgerald Munroe (1852-1894). The family moved in 1881 to City Point, Fla., and operated a citrus farm on the Indian River. In 1890 they returned to Quincy, Florida.
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The Weekly Floridian
Tallahassee, Florida
Tue. Oct. 11, 1881
Dr. Hentz of Quincy has removed with his family to Brevard County. The Herald says: a gentleman of great geniality of character of fine accomplishment of mind, a physician of eminent merit and one who has for so many years filled so prominent a position in the society and business of this community, his absence will be keenly felt. As enlightened self-interest guides in the business affairs of life, and we fervently hope that all of his most sanguine expectations may be realized in his new home, where he can never be more highly esteemed than in our community. He will prove a most valuable acquisition to any society in which he may move. He and his family part from us with the best wishes of our people.
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The Bradenton Herald
Bradenton, Florida
1 Aug. 1966 Mon. Page 16.
by Cucaracha Dell Museo
River area once was delightful
The Manatee River Area was the most delightful place for visitors visiting or living 100 years ago. After perusal of one of the most remarkable historical documents this humble columnist has had occasion to see that conclusion seems inescapable. The document is a wonderfully written autobiography of Dr. Charles Arnold Hentz who visited Manatee County in 1865. Dr. Hentz wrote his autobiography meticulously and apparently in a ledger. His handwriting with a fine pointed pen is a very fine script with approximately 500 words to a journal page in a very neat handwriting. This autobiography is said to be in the possession of the University of North Carolina. A photostatic copy of 482 pages has been brought to the museum by the granddaughter of Dr. Hentz, Mrs. Nell Campbell of 1311 18th Avenue, Bradenton.
Dr. Henson was a remarkable individual, not only for his fascinating autobiography; he was a medical doctor of the horse and buggy days, a native of North Carolina who practiced in Quincy, Florida most of his active lifetime. Dr. Hentz had a total of 17 children. What we are interested in particularly are the details of his description of his trip from Quincy to the Manatee area in 1865, but Dr. Hentz needs some introduction. No better way could perhaps be used than to quote the first paragraph of his autobiography.
“I was born on the 28th day of May 1827, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. My father, being a retired professor of modern languages and Belles-lettres in the state university at that place. He was born in Versailles, three miles from Paris, in France, on the 26th of July, 1797. His father, having been an active and prominent Republican, was amongst the many who were proscribed or banished on the restoration of Philippe; they came to this country in 1816. Some of my grandfather's children remained in France, but most of this country. But most of them accompanied him to this country. They set sail from Havre de Grasse on the Barque Eugene on the 22nd of January, arriving in New York on the 10th of March. I get this data from an old parchment-covered volume, which is now before me. The entry is written in the French language in the cramped handwriting peculiar to foreigners.
My father had read medicine in the Hospital Veral-de-Grace in Paris. He dressed the wounds of many of the soldiers of Napoleon. I remember him telling me of many scenes and interesting anecdotes connected with those days. He attended the medical lectures at Harvard University in the class of 20-21. I have his old tickets from the course lectures in Anatomy by Dr. J. C Warren, Public Medicia by Dr. Jacob Marrow, practice by Dr. James Jackson, chemistry by Dr. J. Gorham, but he gave up the idea of practicing, being sickly.
He was an accomplished artist, having attended several courses in painting in France. He painted miniatures exquisitely and employed himself in teaching painting and French to classes, mostly young ladies in various places, Boston and Philadelphia chiefly.”
enough for Dr. Hentz’s father. Most of the first volume contains the story of Dr. Hentz’s medical school days, his practice, and his Civil War days. So very fascinating in Dr. Hentz’s narrative that I am afraid your columnist is going to quote enough from the account to be utterly boring.
On page 220 of the autobiography is a very beautiful drawing plan of the Battle of Natural Bridge, and on page 221, the gruesome details of the execution of prisoners.
The next page or two are given to the details of his return home to Florida and we will begin with quotations from page 225 of this manuscript document, some of which are not too easy to read due to the fading of time and the very miniature size of the script.
In the fall of 1865, Orson and I were discouraged with the issue of the war. felt as many thousands of Southerners did, a desire to get out of the way of the changed state of things. Thousands emigrated to South America and to other countries. We concluded to go to Manatee in South Florida, the place where Orson had spent his boyhood and where he owned some land. We got so full of the idea that I at once began making preparations for moving there. In August, Orson visited me to talk the business over and on the 22nd of September, I went to Monticello for the same purpose. I went to Tallahassee on September 18th and gave George H. McGinnis $400 with which to purchase supplies, tools, materials, etc. for the undertaking to be shipped by the first steamer that left New York for Tampa, which was a cattle steamer that Mr. McKay of Tampa had bought for on a cattle trade between Tampa and Havana.”
“On Thursday, October 12th, I started a journey of observation to Tampa and Manatee. Dr. Feay, our school teacher who was an accomplished soldier and a botanist of note went with us. He was filled with an enthusiasm at the chance to botanize along the journey and suspended school temporarily for the trip. James Evans also concluded to go and Fletcher, my former slave, who I was desirous should go and perhaps be pleased with the country enough to move there so that I could get the advantage of his labor, also went. I drove my buckboard, driving my good horse, George. Dr. Feay brought an old plow horse from Mr. I. R. Harris for $40 for the trip for Fletcher to ride while the Dr. sat in the vehicle with me. James Evans rode a white pony of his own.”
(Editor – We will not continue this story – but can be accessed from the University of North Carolina)
Children:
1. Sallie Lee Hentz
2. Mary Caroline Whiting Hentz
3. Josephine Brooks Hentz
4. Mary Sibley Hentz
5. William Booth Hentz
6. Julia Keyes Hentz
7. Elizabeth “Bessie” Booth Hentz
8. Rebecca Arnould Hentz
9. Charles Arnould Hentz Jr.
10. Victor Hentz
1. Sallie Lee Hentz (1855-1888) - Married Henry Warren Scott (1854-1897) - Henry would marry second – Alice Hentz Keyes (1859-19440) – Daughter of Dr. John Washington Keyes and Julia Louise Marcellus Hentz.
Children::
1. Mary “Mamie” Lee Scott (1878-1881) Died young
2. Susie Scott (1880-1881) Died young
3. John Wayne Scott (1881-1955) - Married Lyde Scarborough (1881-1964)
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Oakland Tribune.
Oakland, California.
9 Feb. 1955. Wed. Page 51.
SCOTT - At Home, February 8, 1955. John Wayne Scott, beloved husband of Lyde Theda Scott, loving father of Mrs. Dorothy Louise McElhiney, cousin of Ralph, Henry, and Martha Scott, a native of Florida, a charter member of the Quincy Lodge. Number 1111 B.P.O.E. of Quincy, Florida. Friends are invited to attend services, Thursday, February 10, 1955 at 4:00 p.m. at Truman’s Chapel, Telegraph Avenue at 30th Street, Oakland. Reverend Lloyd O. Gaut, officiating.
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Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California
25 Dec. 1964. Fri. Page 31.
Scott, Lide Theda, suddenly in Oakland, December 21, 1964. Widow of the late J. Wayne Scott, beloved mother of Mrs. Dorothy L. McElhiney, a native of South Carolina, a member of College Avenue United Presbyterian Church of Oakland. Friends are invited to attend Services Saturday, December 26th at 1 p.m. at Trumans Chapel Telegraph Avenue at 30th Street, Oakland. Rev. Gwilym Jones officiating.
Children:
1. Dorothy Louise Scott (1911-1969) - Married 1st Neal Stuart Dougherty (Divorced) - Married 2nd Mr. Kilgore - Married 3rd George W. McElhiney (1925-1967) .................................................................................................................................
The Berkeley Gazette Berkeley, California
8 Dec. 1949 Thur. Page 27
December 8, 1929.
Miss Dorothy Louise Scott, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wayne Scott of Mendocino Avenue and Neil Stuart Dougherty of this city were married Friday at the Little Chapel of the Flowers. Revs. J. W Sims and A. B. Fry officiated.
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San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco, California
31 Dec. 1967. Sun. Page 37
McElhaney, George W.
In Oakland, December 28th, 1967. George W. McElhaney, beloved husband of Dorothy McElhaney of Oakland, a native of Missouri, aged 39 years. A member of Marine Firemen's Union of S.F. and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of S.F. Friends may call at Trumans Chapel Telegraph Avenue at 30th Street, Oakland until 9 p.m. Monday.
4. Claire Scott (1885 - ) Died young
5. Charles Scott (1885 - ) Died young
6. Warren Arnold Scott (1887-1888) Died young
2. Mary Caroline Whiting Hentz (1856-1857) Died young
3. Josephine Brooks Hentz (1858-1858) Died Young
4. Mary Sibley Hentz (1859-1864) Died young
5. William Booth Hentz (1860 - ) William Booth Hentz (b. 1860), son of Charles A. Hentz, immigrated in 1890 to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, with his siblings Charles Arnould Hentz Jr. (b. 1870) and Julia Keyes Hentz Dunbar (b. 1862). He married Ella Hentz, who died in 1899. He later married Anita Vianna Hentz (b.1882).
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The Weekly Floridian
Tallahassee, Florida
Tue. Apr. 15, 1884. Page 2
Dr. W.B. Hentz, son of C. A. Hentz and a grandson of Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, the Southern authoress, is visiting friends and relatives in this place. He is a member of the dental firm of Coachman and Company, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which has an exclusive patronage of the Emperor’s family and of the nobility classes.
In 1879, Dr. Hentz left here and now returns as one of the most accomplished young men that is to be met in this day and generation. Soon he will visit his father in Brevard County, where he will remain for a short time and then return to Rio de Janeiro.
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The Tampa Tribune
Tampa, Florida
13 Jul 1952 Sunday, Page 41.
By Russell and Hearth. Tribune Correspondent
Winter Haven Residents Leave for Home in Brazil.
Winter Haven - July 12. Dr. and Mrs. William Booth Hentz, local residents for 33 years have left for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they will make their home.
Mrs. Hentz returned to the land of her birth and Dr. Hentz to a country which he first visited at the age of 19, where he practiced dentistry for nearly 40 years.
Dr. Hentz, now 92 years old, is a native of Monticello, Florida, and a member of a prominent Southern family. He first went to Rio de Janeiro in 1879 to visit relatives who were descendants of forebears who had participated actively in the execution of King Louis XVI. Liking Brazil, Hentz remained there to study and practice dentistry until he and Mrs. Hentz moved here in 1919. They remained in Winter Haven for a full generation, except for several years in the early 1940s when they again lived in Rio.
Mrs. Hentz, of Portuguese descent, is an accomplished musician and linguist, honors which she shares with her husband. Dr. Hence not only plays the violin but also makes these instruments, having 41 to his credit, one of them was made from the wood of a ship used when Alvares landed at the site of Saint Augustine. For years, Dr. Hentz was known as a tenor soloist and was for some time a member of the choir of the local Saint Joseph's Catholic Church. Mrs. Hentz taught piano here for several years and is well known for her paintings and handwork. She is the granddaughter of a former governor of Rio Province and Dr. Hentz the grandson of a professor of languages at the University of North Carolina.
Children:
1. Phyllis Randall Hentz (1908-1950) - Married 1st Henry Hyde Weeks (1911-1973) (Divorced 1947), Married 2nd Finis Cecil DeBerry (1909-1967)
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The Tampa Times
Tampa, Florida
14 Dec. 1939. Thur. Page 13.
Winter Haven News.
Winter Haven, December 14th. Miss Phyllis Hentz daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Hantz, was married here Sunday to Dr. Harry Hyde Weeks Jr. of Richmond, California. They will make their home in Newport, Rhode Island after January 1st, where Dr. Weeks will be on the staff of the Naval Hospital.
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The Tampa Tribune
Tampa, Florida
18 Dec. 1948 30. Page 8.
Hentz - DeBerry.
Winter Haven, December 17th. Special announcement has been made here of the marriage of Miss Phyllis Randall Hantz, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William B. Hantz, to Cecil Finis DeBerry, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Preston Tyler DeBerry of Holly Springs, Mississippi. The couple was married in Thomasville, Georgia, on December 7th. Judge Singleterry attended. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stanton attended the couple.
Mr. and Mrs. DeBerry are making their home with Mrs. DeBerry’s parents for the present. The bride, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, was graduated from the Holy Names Academy in San Antonio and received her nurse's training at Saint Vincent School of Nursing in Jacksonville.
She is a private nurse at Winter Haven General Hospital. Mr. DeBerry was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, where he received his elementary and high school education. He served in the Army during the war and was on duty overseas for three years.
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The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida
21 Apr 1950 Fri. Page 2
Fall in Apartment Fatal to Woman
Winter Haven -, A local woman was found dead in her apartment, apparently the victim of a fall. Deputy sheriff J. B Stanley reported. She was Mrs. Phyllis Hentz DeBerry, 40, a registered nurse. Stanley said she probably skidded on a rug and struck her head on the edge of the bathtub. Her husband, F. C. DeBerry, found the body when he returned from work. The officer reported.
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The Tampa Tribune
Tampa, Florida
20 Apr. 1950 Thur. Page 13
Winter Haven Nurse’s Fall Proved Fatal.
Winter Haven, April 19th (Special) - Striking her head on the edge of a bathtub. Mrs. Phyllis Hentz DeBerry, 40, a registered nurse, died in her apartment late yesterday. The body was examined by a physician who said Mrs. DeVere had been dead approximately six hours before discovery by her husband, Finis Cecil DeBerry, on his return from work.
City police said investigation showed that Mrs. DeVere had slipped on a throw rug and that death apparently had been instantaneous. Mrs. DeBerry was a native of Boston, Massa-chusetts and was graduated from the Saint Vincent Hospital Nursing School in Jackson-ville. She practiced in Jacksonville and Winter Haven and at the English Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and later served as night superintendent of the local hospital. She was a lieutenant in the Naval Nurses Corps for three years during World War II. She is also survived by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. William B. Hentz of Winter Haven.
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The Tampa Tribune
Tampa, Florida
17 Apr 1967 Mon. Page 2.
Winter Haven – Finis Cecil DeBerry, 57 died yesterday. A native of Holly Springs, Mississippi, he moved here in 1943 and was employed by the Tampa Electric Company. He was a US Army veteran of World War II. He was a methodist and was a member of Frierson-Nichols Legion Post and the Moose Lodge.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Sue DeBerry; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Fox, New Orleans; four sisters. Mrs. Cecil Hamlin and Mrs. H. L Walker, Holly Springs, Miss. Mrs. Jack McClatchey, Red Bank, Miss. and Mrs. Charles Cassiday. Memphis, Tenn. Four Brothers P. N. DeBerry, Memphis, M-Sgt. J. H. DeBerry USAF, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, S. C., Robert DeBerry, Red Bank and Bert DeBerry, Anderson, S. C.
6. Julia Keyes Hentz (1862-1913) - Married (1881) Rev. William Patrick Dunbar (1855-1919) .............................................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
Sat. 6 Dec. 1913. Page 2
Mrs. William Dunbar.
Mrs. William Dunbar, wife of the Reverend William Dunbar, died Friday at the residence at Jefferson, Georgia. The body will arrive in Atlanta today at 11 15 and be taken on the Better Business Bureau call from the terminal station to Westview Cemetery, where funeral services will be held at 12:00.
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The Macon News
Macon, Georgia
2 Dec. 1919 Tue., Page 5
Reverend William Dunbar Dies at Lawrenceville.
Friends of Mrs. A. B. McNiece and Charles Dunbar of Macon sympathized with her in the death of her father, Rev. William Dunbar, who succumbed to paralysis at his home at Lawrenceville Sunday night.
He was 64 years old. He had been a highly esteemed Methodist minister for 40 years, having served some leading churches in Georgia. He was born in Barnwell County, South Carolina, in 1855. He leaves a widow by his second marriage who was Mrs. Jessie Cheatham of Athens and the following sons and daughters by his first marriage. Charles Dunbar of Macon. Mrs. Roy White of Grantville, Mrs. L. B. Isbell of Jefferson, Miss Caroline Dunbar of Atlanta, Mrs. A. B. McNiese of Macon, and Miss Varina Dunbar of Lawrenceville. Funeral and Interment at West View Cemetery Atlanta Tuesday.
Children:
1. Elizabeth “Bettie” Gertrude Dunbar (1883-1917) – Married (1911) Linton West Flemister (1878-1927) ...............................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
19 Nov. 1911 Sun. Page 26
Dunbar – Flemister
Rev. and Mrs. William Dunbar of Cartersville announced the marriage of their daughter Betty, and Mr. L. W. Flemister of Cartersville, Saturday, November 18th.
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Chattanooga Daily Times
Chattanooga, Tennessee
6 Dec. 1927 Thur. Page 3
Linton W. Flemister
Dalton, Ga. Dec. 7. - Relatives residing here have received information of the sudden death of Linton West Flemister, which occurred at his home in Dallas, Texas. The deceased was a native of Whitfield County and was 49 years of age at the time of his death. For many years, he was associated with the wholesale firm of Flemister Bros. and Heggie at Dalton, and represented this firm over a large territory in Georgia and Tennessee.
Mr. Flemister is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Flemister; two daughters, Julia, Mary and Elizabeth; a son, Billie; three sisters, Mrs. Paul B. Fite, Misses Grace and Frances Flemister of Dalton, Ga., and four brothers, Paschal C. Flemister of Cartersville, Georgia, and Oscar G., James A., and A. G. Flemister of Dallas, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Fite of this city will attend the funeral, which will be held in Dallas Thursday morning.
2. Mary Cornelia “Leila” Dunbar (1884-1961) – Married (1904) Roy Farriba Whie, Sr. (1881-1918) – died at age 36, prominent in Savannah in both religious and business affairs. ...............................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
2 Apr. 1918 Page 9
Roy F. White, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico - April 1 (Special). Roy F White of Savannah, Georgia, died here Sunday morning. He is survived by his wife, one child, Roy F. White Jr.; his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. T. White; two sisters, Mrs. E. S. Banks and Miss Lottie White of Grantville, Georgia; two brothers, Cecil White of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, and Raymond White of Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia. His remains will be sent to Grantville, Georgia. Funeral arrange-ments will be announced later.
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
6 Dec. 1961. Wed. Page 30
White - Funeral Services for Mrs. Roy (Leila Dunbar) White. Wednesday, 11 a.m. Grantville, Georgia Methodist Church. Reverend W. N. Twiggs Officiating. Claude McKibbin Funeral Home, Hogansville.
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The State Columbia, South Carolina 5 Dec. 1961 Tue. Page 24
Mrs. R. F. White
Camden - Mrs. Leila Dunbar White, 77, mother of Mrs. Charles L. Taggart of Camden, died Monday at the Kershaw County Memorial Hospital. She was the widow of R. F. White, who died in 1918.
Mrs. White was born in Point City, Florida, the daughter of the late William Dunbar and Julia Hentz Dunbar. She was educated at Winder College, Georgia, and a business college in Atlanta, Georgia. She retired in 1948 as a secretary in the mechanical engineering department of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
She was a former member of the First Methodist Church of Grantville, Georgia, and a member of the Women of the Church at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Camden. She joined a Presbyterian church here with the Taggarts with whom she had lived for two years.
Survivors besides Mrs. Taggart include a son, Roy F. White of Coral Gables, Florida; three sisters, Mrs. L. V. Isbell and Mrs. Celeste D. Lindsay of Jefferson, Louisiana, and Mrs. L. B. Slaughter of Chattanooga, Tennessee; one brother, Charles Dunbar of Valdosta, Georgia; her stepmother, Mrs. Jessie Dunbar of Athens, Georgia; and three granddaughters, Beth, Rebecca and Ann Taggart of Camden.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from the First Methodist Church of Grantville.
Children:
1. Roy Farriba White Jr. (1915-1966) – Married (1937) Meridith Ann Hope (1919-1998). ...............................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Journal Atlanta, Georgia
11 Oct. 1937 Mon. Page 15
Miss Meredith Hope becomes Bride of Roy Farriba White
The quiet dignity of simplicity characterized the ceremony Sunday afternoon, which united in marriage Miss Meredith Ann Hope, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hollis Frank Hope and Roy Farriba White, only son of Mrs. Leila Dunbar White. The ceremony took place in the chapel of the First Baptist Church at 4 o’clock with the pastor, Dr. Ellis Fuller, officiating.
A program of nuptial music was presented by Mrs. Jack De Leisse-lyine, Mrs. Charles McKinnon, contralto, sang preceding the entrance of the bridal party. The altar was decorated on either side with palms before which were arranged three cathedral candelabra holding burning white tapers flanked by floral baskets of white dahlias and ferns.
The ushers, Charles McKinnon and William Gordon of Ware Shoals, S.C., entered first. Little Miss Barbara Ann Hope, cousin of the bride, was junior bridesmaid and was daintily dressed in an angelic dress of royal blue Velvet made princess with short puffed sleeves and square neck edged with real lace. She wore a halo hat of velvet of the same shade, and carried an old-fashioned nosegay of mixed flowers with streamers of American beauty ribbons. Miss Betty Byck White, only sister of the bridegroom, has maid of honor and wore a close-fitting shirred model of Royal Blue Velvet with sheared sleeves and high neckline with a full skirt falling gracefully to the floor. She wore an off-the-face hat of the same shade of royal blue velvet with a veil and carried an arm bouquet of deep pink roses tied with satin American beauty ribbons.
The lovely bride entered with her father, by whom she was given in marriage, and they were met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, Cecil Glenn White of Tucapau, South Carolina, cousin of the bridegroom. Her wedding gown was of ivory bridal satin fashioned along princess lines with long fitted sleeves ending in points over her hands and trimmed with tiny satin-covered buttons to the elbow. Satin-covered buttons trimmed the bodies in the back to below the waistline where the graceful train was built into the skirt. Her veil was made of Juliet style and was covered with orange blossoms. The veil of exquisite handmade lace was something that was brought from Brussels, Belgium by the former Miss Jennie Eubanks and was worn on the occasion of her marriage to the bride's cousin, Edwin Pastor. Miss Hope is the fourth bride to wear the beautiful piece of workmanship. The bride also wore an antique amethyst ring, which formerly belonged to the great-grandmother of the bridegroom and carried a real lace handkerchief made by the bridegroom’s great-aunt, the late Mrs. Roy Abraham. Miss Hope being the third bride to carry this bit of sentiment. She carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and valley lilies.
Miss Hollis Hope, mother of the bride, wore burgundy Moiré taffeta, and her corsage was of Talisman Roses. Miss Leila Dunbar White, mother of the bridegroom, wore black, crepe trimmed with Roman embroidery, and her corsage was of gardenias.
There was no ceremony. The young couple left shortly afterward by plane for Birmingham, where they will make their future home and where Mr. White is associated with United States Steel Company. The bride's Going Away outfit was an ensemble of Hunter’s green wool and crepe worn with matching accessories and a red fox neckpiece. Her corsage was of white roses and valley lilies.
Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. John W. Gray, Mrs. Wendell Gray, William Gray and Jack Gray of East Saint Louis, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. J. T White and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Banks, Miss Alice Banks of Grantville, Georgia; Mrs. Lucille Johnson of Lagrange, Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. C. G. White, Sr. of Tucapau, South Carolina; Miss Fronia Twiggs of Griffin, Georgia, and Miss Birdie Young of Washington, Georgia.
2. Elizabeth “Betty” White (1918-2010) Married (1940) Charles Lake Taggart (1909-1996). ................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
25 Feb. 1940 Sun. Page 29
Miss White, Mr. Taggart Speak Vows
Miss Betty White, Daughter of Mrs. Roy Farriba White of Atlanta and Grantville, Georgia, was united in marriage with Mr. Charles Lake Taggart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Callhan Taggart of LeGrange, Georgia. They were married on Saturday in the home of the bride's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Simpson Banks of Graniteville.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Charles Claude Singleton in the presence of the two families and a few close friends. A musical program presented by Miss Phronia Twiggs, soloist and Dana White, pianist. Miss Alice Banks was the maid of honor and the bride's only attendant.
The bride entered with her brother, Roy Ferebee White of Birmingham, who gave her in marriage. The petite bride was costumed in an ensemble of middy blue cashmere and matching crape with which she wore a hat and gloves of dusty pink. Her corsage was pink orchids.
Maxwell C. Taggart of La Grange was his brother's best man. Immediately after the wedding, Mrs. Roy White and Mrs. John T. White, the bride's grandmother, entertained at a breakfast. Mrs. Banks assisted in entertaining. The coffee table was presided over by Mrs. Harold Almand. Mrs. Roy F. White, Jr. Of Birmingham, kept the bride's book.
Later in the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Taggart left for Florida. Upon their return, they will reside in LaGrange. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hal F. Hentz, Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Britton. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. King; Mrs. Price- Smith, Miss Caroline Dunbar, Mrs. Harold Almand, and Dr. and Mrs Hollis Hope of Atlanta; Mrs. M. C. Taggart, Misses Margaret and Josephine Taggart. Mr. and Mrs. William Cogburn, Mrs. Robert Cothran. Greenwood, South Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Marchant, Alice and Bill Marchant of Columbia, South Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil G. White, Dan and Glen White, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. Basil Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Newsome, Mr. and Mrs. Max Taggart, Mr. Charlie Rich, Mr. Morgan Jackson, Mr. Jean Parker, LeGrange, Georgia; Mr. Ed Camp, Cartersville, Georgia; The Reverend Mrs. W. M. Twiggs, West Point, Georgia; Mrs. Birdie Young, Washington, Georgia and Miss Eileen McLarty, Manchester, Georgia.
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The State
Columbia, South Carolina
15 May 2010. Sat. Page 15.
Betty Taggart
Camden - A Memorial service for Betty White Taggart, 92, of Camden, will be held Monday, May 17, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Bethesda Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr. William F. Summers will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in John Knox Hall of Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Taggart's memory to Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Camden, South Carolina.
Mrs. Taggart, widow of Charles Lake Taggart, died Friday, May 14th, 2010. Born in Grantville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Roy F. and Leila Dunbar White. She received her BA in 1939 from LeGrange College in LeGrange, Georgia, where she served as president of the student body. Mrs. Taggart was a life member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, where she taught Sunday school, was active in prayer circles and was a past president, secretary and Bible moderator of Presbyterian women.
She was active in civic organizations, including Lions, Ladies Auxiliary, where she was a Pasco chairman and Camden Garden Club and Brownie Scout troop leader. Mrs. Taggart is survived by her daughter, Beth Campbell, and her husband, Bill of Belmont, North Carolina. Rebecca Stokes and her husband Jimmy of Camden. And Anne Clark and her husband John of Lula. Grandsons Charles Campbell and his wife, Julie of Charlotte, North Carolina. Chris Campbell and his wife, Katie of Asheville, North Carolina. Jay Stokes and his wife Amy of Lexington. And Mike Stokes and his wife, Patty of Charleston, and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded by her husband, Roy F White Jr. The family would like to thank the staff at Morningside of Camden for their loving care during their mother's nine years at the residence. They would also like to thank the staff of Herschel Health Hospice, the Kershaw Health Camp, Leonard Pitch, radiology, and the doctors and nurses of Sentinel Health Partners. Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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The State Columbia
South Carolina
13 Jan. 1996 Sat. Page 16
Charles Taggart
Camden - Services for Charles Lake Taggart, 86, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Jerry Hamlett and Rev. Dennis Potter with burial in Quaker Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church. Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel is in charge.
Mr. Taggart died Thursday, January 11, 1996. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Maxwell Callahan and Josephine Rebecca Taggart. He was a 1931 graduate of Clemson University, a member of IPTAY and retired as manager of Kendal Company, Wateree Plant from 1948 to 1972. He was a former president of Camden Lions Club, former honorary chairman of Kershaw County Lung Association, former chairman of United Way and former member of Kershaw County School Board, Boy Scouts of America Council, Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors YMCA, Board of Directors and Bethesda Presbyterian Church, where he was Elder Emeritus.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Betty White Taggart, Daughters Beth Campbell of Belmont, North Carolina; Rebecca Stokes of Camden; and Ann Clarke of Lugoff; a sister, Jo Taggart of Greenwood and four grandsons, Charles Campbell of Charlotte; Chris Campbell of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Jay Stokes of Lexington and Mike Stokes of Belmont, North Carolina.
3. Caroline Lee “Carrie” Dunbar (1887- 1952) Not married. ...............................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
6 Dec. 1952 Sat. Page 10
Miss Caroline Dunbar
Graveside services for Miss Caroline Dunbar, 65, a resident of Atlanta for 35 years, were held Saturday at 4 p.m. at Westview Cemetery. Miss Dunbar, a nurse, died Friday at the home of her sister, Mrs. L. R., Isbell in Jefferson, where she had made her home for the last three years.
Born in Hartwell, Miss Dunbar was graduated from Piedmont Hospital School of Nursing. She was engaged in private and hospital duty here for thirty years before moving to Jefferson.
Also surviving are three other sisters, Mrs. Leila de White and Miss Celestine Lindsay, both of Atlanta and Mrs. L B. Slaughter, Chattanooga and a brother, Charles H. Dunbar, Valdosta.
4. Celeste De Lacey Dunbar (1891-1961) – Married 1st (1912) Augustus Benjamin McNiece (1888-1921) - Married 2nd (1929) in New York City, Robert Gilchrist Lindsey (1882-1937). ...............................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia.
15 Sep.1912. Sun. Page 2
Dunbar - McNiese.
Rev. and Mrs. William Dunbar of Winder, Georgia, announced the engagement of their daughter, Celeste de Lacy, to Mr. Augustus Benjamin McNiese of Macon, Georgia. The marriage will occur at the home of the bride's parents on October 5th.
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The Macon Telegraph Macon, Georgia
29 Oct. 1921. Sat. Page 1
A. B. McNeese is interred here.
No Light on Cause of Fatal Shooting at Talbotton
Coart Held without Bond. Refuses to Make Statement; Self-Defense Plea Hinted
Funeral services over the body of A. B. McNeese, well known Macon man, a Rotarian and formerly at the head of Talbot County schools who died from wounds said to have been inflicted by a pistol in the hands of Major Lee H. Coart at Talbotton on October 11th was held at the Park Chapel yesterday afternoon at 430 o'clock. Reverend T. D. Ellis officiating. The interment was in Rosehill Cemetery.
The body accompanied by Mrs. McNiese, who was Miss Celeste Dunbar, a former Wesleyan faculty member, arrived here at 4:15 o’clock from Atlanta, where Mr. McNiese died Thursday at the Piedmont Sanatorium.
Mrs. McNiese was on the verge of a collapse following the funeral. She went directly from the cemetery to the home of Mrs. J. W. Roberts, 673 Mulberry Street, where it was announced that Mrs. McNiese was quite ill. She probably will be confined to her room for two or three days.
Major Coart, who at the time of the shooting, was engaged in farming near Talbotton, is now in jail at Columbus on the charge of murder, having been arrested late last night when Talbot officers were informed that Mr. McNiese was dead. Neither Major Coart, who is a retired Army officer, nor his attorney, will make a statement.
Motive of shooting mystery. It is understood that Mr. McNiese, a short time prior to his death, made a statement to J. O. Tinkston, county demonstrating agent at Talbotton, who visited him at the Atlanta hospital. Mr. Tinkston attended the funeral here yesterday.
The real motive of the shooting, which caused a sensation throughout this section of the state, has never been revealed. Mr. McNiese went to Talbotton from Macon the first of this year after he was named superintendent of the Talbot County schools. In Talbotton he met Major Coart and McNiese and are said to have been intimate friends and seen constantly together.
On the afternoon of October 11th, Major Coart walked into the office occupied by Mr. McNiese. He and the school superintendent engaged in a conversation carried on in low tones. A few minutes after they began to talk, Mr. McNiese jumped to his feet, It is said, as if to remonstrate with the former army officer. Major Coart jumped to his feet, pulled a pistol from his pocket and fired. The bullet struck Mr. McNiese in the neck. He fell to the floor.
Major Coart walked quietly out of the office and out of the building. He reappeared a few minutes later in the Bank of Talbotton, where he surrendered his weapon to the bank cashier, telling him he had shot the school official. Those who heard the shot fired and who went to the aid of Mr. McNeese, believed he had attempted suicide. When asked why he had attempted to destroy himself, he stated that such was not the case, but that he was shot by Major Coart. He refused to discuss the case any further.
(Editor: Major Coart was convicted and sentenced to life in prison– on appeal the case made it up to the Georgia Supreme Court where the guilty verdict was upheld. In 1933, Maj. Coart was issued a full pardon by Gov. Talmadge. On the way to Macon to the funeral, the train from Atlanta on which Mrs. McNiese and other family members were on, derailed – killing six and injuring many. Among the injured was Mrs. McNiese. Hence the state of her physical being. There is a whole lot more to this story.)
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The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida.
2 Jun 1937. Wed. Page 11.
Robert G. Lindsay.
Robert Gilchrist. Lindsay 54, 1808 Southwest 11th Terrace died at a Miami hospital Monday night after a brief illness. He had been a resident of Miami for over the last five years, coming here from East Liverpool, Ohio. Mr. Lindsay for many years was engaged in a candy manufacturing business in New York and Cleveland before he came here in 1932.
He was a life member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon Forest, 59 of New York, a life member of Benevolent Lodge, 28 F. and A. M.; New York; A life member of Scottish Rite Bodies; a member of Knights Templar, Palestine. Commandery, New York; a member of Mecca. Temple of the Mystic Shrine and a life member of B.P.O.E. of East Liverpool.
He leaves the widow, Mrs. Celeste Lindsay and three sisters. Mrs. H. W. Catlett of Wellsville, Ohio. Mrs. James Bane of Wheeling, West Virginia, and Mrs. Oscar Stalter of Miami. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Philbrick Funeral Home.
5. Charles “Charlie” Arnold Dunbar Sr. (1893-1972) – Married (1916) Edith Mae Taylor (1891-1979). ...............................................................................................................................................
The Macon News
Macon, Georgia
12 Nov. 1979 Mon, Page 7
Mrs. Dunbar
Mrs. Charles A. Dunbar, 88 of 1106 North Toombs Street, Valdosta died Saturday after a short illness. Services were held at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Lane Funeral Home. Burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunbar, a native of Macon, had lived in Valdosta for the past 55 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and was Girl Scout leader for 30 years, and the organizer of the Girl Scouts work in Valdosta in 1926.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Anne Lewis and Mrs. Virgil Beck of Valdosta. Two sons, William Dunbar of Macon and Guy Taylor Dunbar of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Children:
1. Charles Arnold Dunbar Jr. (1916-1945) Married (1943) Marjorie Stewart Kimbrough (1920-1991). Buried: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint Avold, Department de la Moselle, Lorraine, France. After the death of Charles, Marjorie would marry 2nd (1947) George W. Carmichael and have two children, Claire and William K. Carmichael. ................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia 21 Mar. 1943. Sun. Page 21
Monroe Belle, Lt. Dunbar Wed at Home of Cousins.
The home of Dr. and Mrs. Hubert Rawiszer, on Piedmont Road, was a scene Friday evening of the marriage of her cousin, Miss Marjorie Stewart Kimbrough of Atlanta and Monroe to Lieutenant Charles Arnold Dunbar, Jr of Valdosta and Camp Chaffee, Ark. Dr. Ryland Knight, pastor of the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, officiated. An improvised altar was formed of palms centered with a flower basket filled with white gladioli. Cathedral candelabra held white tapers.
Miss Julia Hentze Dunbar, sister of the bridegroom, was the bride's maid of honor and only attendant. She wore a beautiful gown of dual-toned blue georgette, the fitted bodice featuring a sweetheart neckline and elbow sleeves. She carried a cascade bouquet of pink gladioli.
The bride entered with her father, Clarence Albert Kimbrough of Monroe, by whom she was given in marriage. They were met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, Lieutenant James Edward Kirk, U.S. Marine Corps of Quantico, Virginia. She was lovely in her gown of white satin styled on princess lines. Bands of handsome rose point lace extended in panel effect from the shoulders to the hemline and the end of the long circular train, the bodice was fastened with tiny satin-covered buttons and the long-fitted sleeves ended in points over the hands. Her veil of illusion, which was worn by Mrs. Paul Rawiszer at her recent marriage, fell from a Juliet cap of sea pearls. She carried a cascade bouquet of white gladioli centered with gardenias and showered with tuberoses. Mrs. Clarence Albert Kimbrough of Monroe wore for her daughter's wedding a model of black lace and her flowers were Briarcliff Roses. Mrs. Charles Arnold Dunbar, mother of the bridegroom of Valdosta, was attired in a costume combining a white marquisette bodice with a black sheer skirt. Her flowers were gardenias.
The ceremony was followed by a reception with Dr. and Mrs. Rawiszer as hosts. Misses Evelyn Byrd, Ann Crawley, Virginia Drake and Mrs. Alonzo Richardson assisted in entertaining Mrs. W. V. Crawley Sr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Callahan poured tea and coffee. The bride's table was overlaid with a Venetian lace cloth and centered with a silver bowl filled with daffodils and Calendula. Silver candelabra held lighted yellow tapers.
During the evening, the young couple left for Camp Chaffee, Ark., where they will reside. The bride wore for traveling a suit of aqua gabardine with a blouse of beige crape and luggage, tan accessories, and a shoulder spray of gardenias completed the ensemble.
Out-of-town guests attending the wedding were Lieutenant and Mrs. James E. Kirk Jr. of Quantico, Virginia, and Mrs. Warren J. Knowles of Monroe. Lieutenant John Hamilton of Fort Benning, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Taylor of Macon.
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The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta Georgia 24 Feb. 1945 Sat. Page 2
Lt. Charles A. Dunbar Jr., 28, of a Cavalry Reconnaissance squadron, mechanized, was killed in action on January 18 in France, the War Department has notified his wife of former Miss Marjorie Kimbro of Monroe and Atlanta.
Overseas, for only three months, Lt. Dunbar received training at Fort Knox, Ky., California Desert maneuvers, Camp Chaffee, Ark., and Camp Campbell, Ky. He entered the service in May 1942 after graduating with honors from the University of Georgia with a degree in chemistry. He was second in command of students in the ROTC during his senior year and a member of Scabbard and Blade.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Dunbar, Sr.; Two sisters, Miss Julia Dunbar, all from Valdosta’ and Mrs. R. T. Lewis of Lynchburg, Va.; Twin brothers Seaman Guy and William Dunbar, now serving with the Navy Construction Battalion in the Pacific.
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The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky 5 Nov. 1947 Wed. Page 24
Dunbar - Carmichael
Announcement is made of the marriage of Mrs. Charles A Dunbar, J., daughter of Mrs. C. Kimbrough, Monroe, Ga., and Mr. George W. Carmichael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Carmichael. Lexington, KY. The wedding took place October 19th at the Post Chapel Camp Campbell, Kentucky. After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael will be at home at Camp Campbell
2. Anna Taylor Dunbar (1918-2014) Married (1942) Robert Tucker Lewis (1912-1961) Died of massive head injuries when a tree fell on his head. (Per death certificate). ...............................................................................................................................
The News and Advance Lynchburg, Virginia 10 Feb. 2016 Wed. Page 10
Ann Dunbar Lewis
Ann Dunbar Lewis of Lynchburg died at Heartland of Lynchburg on Monday, February 8, 2016.
The widow of the late Robert Tucker Lewis, she was born November 19, 1918, in Macon, Georgia, to the late Charles Arnold and Edith Taylor Dunbar, her sister, Julie Dunbar Beck and three brothers; Charles Arnold Dunbar, Jr., Guy Taylor Dunbar and Will Dunbar predeceased her.
She graduated from Georgia State Woman's College and taught high school in Echols County and Robert L Osborne High School before her marriage to Robert Tucker Lewis.
She is survived by a son, R. T. Lewis, Jr., and wife Charlene, a daughter Judy, and husband Robin Gillespie, all of Lynchburg; a granddaughter, Laurie Lewis Tyree and two great-granddaughters Samantha Haley Tyree and Sydney Olivia Tyree, all of Madison Heights; four nieces, Carolyn Dunbar Summers, Candy Beth Hollinger, Eden Beck Lake, Julie Beck, Savage and their families. Two nephews, Charles A. Dunbar III, and Mike Beck and their families, and three step-grand-children and their families.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia, and active in Sunday school, Joy Givers Choir and Baptist Women. She was a volunteer for Red Cross Bloodmobile and the Community Soup Kitchen. She loved people and prayed for them.
A private family burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 12th, 2016, in Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery. A funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. Friday, February 12th, 2016. And with Chapel of Heritage Funeral Service by Dr. Robert A Hunt and Reverend James B Newman. The family will receive friends from six until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 11th, 2016. At Heritage Funeral Service for 27 Graves Mill Road.
3. Julia Hentz Dunbar (1921-1998) - Married (1947) Virgil Burl Beck (1920-2007) Served with the USO in South America during World War II. ...............................................................................................................................
The Charlotte Observer Charlotte, North Carolina 11 Jan. 1998 Sun. Page 30.
Julia Dunbar Beck, 76, of Dahlonega, Georgia, died Friday, January 9, 1998, while visiting her daughter Eden here in Charlotte. Memorial services will take place in Dahloniga, Ga. at a later date. Born November 20, 1921, in Macon, Ga., Julia was the daughter of the late Charles and Edith Taylor Dunbar. Mrs. Beck retired from the Department of Foster Care for the State of Georgia in 1980 after twenty-two years of service, where she had served as a field investigator and later as a supervisor.
She was also a member of the Dahlonega Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Virgil Beck of the Home. Son, Michael Beck of Wake Forest; Three daughters, Candace Hollinger of Gainesville, Florida; Eden Lake of Charlotte and Julia Janega of Valdosta, Georgia; Brother Guy Dunbar and Sister, Ann Lewis; And five grandchildren.
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The Macon Telegraph Macon, Georgia
18 May 2007 Fri. Page 12.
Virgil Burl Beck.
Gainesville, FL. Virgil Beck, age 86, passed away May 10, 2007, in Gainesville, Florida, from complications of Alzheimer's, the son of Burl and Lucille Beck. Virgil was born in Rockford, Iowa, in 1920 and grew up in Toledo, Iowa. After graduating from the University of Iowa in 1942, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps, where he served as a USAF navigator during World War II and the Korean War, flying many top-secret reconnaissance missions over Siberia and Russia during the Cold War. From 1954 to 1980, he served in the USAF Reserves, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Squadron Commander. In 1967, he earned the Vietnam Combat Medal.
In 1954, Virgil moved his family to Valdosta, Georgia, where he worked at a cabinet maker while attending Valdosta State College to earn a teaching certificate. He received a master's degree in school administration from Florida State University in 1958. He began teaching seventh grade at Central Elementary School, later becoming principal and successfully supervising the school's desegregation as it became the first school in Valdosta to have both an integrated student body and faculty. He was awarded a race relations award in 1969. He started and supervised basic adult education classes in the early ‘60s and introduced the first public school kindergarten and breakfast program in South Georgia.
He designed and was the principal of Westlawn Elementary School, a successful and innovative non-graded elementary school based on team teaching and student mentoring concepts. He was Title I remedial math and reading coordi-nator for Valdosta City Schools from 1977 until he retired with 28 years of service. He attended the First Baptist Church and was active in many volunteer organi-zations. In 1986, Virgil built a home in Dahlonega, Georgia, where he and his wife Julie, enjoyed traveling, woodworking and gardening. He attended Dahlonega Baptist Church and was active in his Sunday school class and men's prayer group.
Virgil was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 50 years, Julia Dunbar Beck, formerly of Macon and Valdosta, Ga; and sisters, Glee Beck Springer of Toledo, Iowa, and Wanda Beck Dee of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is survived by his sister, Wilma Beck Holt of Davenport, Iowa. Surviving children include Candace Beck Hollinger and husband Richard of Gainesville, Florida; Michael Charles Back and wife Pam of Wake Forest, North Carolina; Eden Beck Lake of Charlotte, North Carolina; and Julia Dunbar Beck Janiga and husband Robert of Valdosta, Georgia. Grandchildren include Charles Hollinger of Gainesville, Florida; Lindsay Hollinger of Los Angeles, California; Celeste Beck of Boston, Massa-chusetts; Taylor Beck of Raleigh, North Carolina and David Savage II and wife, Jacqueline of Valdosta, Georgia.
4. Guy Taylor Dunbar (1925-1998) Married (1955) Laura Jane McKinney, She was the widow of Roy Ester Shaw (1899-1950), Guy was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. ...............................................................................................................................
Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California
25 Nov. 1955, Fri, · Page 36
Licenses Issued
Dunbar – Shaw – Guy Taylor Dunbar, Valdosta Georgia, and Laura Jane Shaw, 47, Oakland.
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Tulsa World
Tulsa, Oklahoma
16 Oct, 1998 Fri. Page 2
Deaths
Muskogee - Guy Dunbar, 73, Retired from the Navy, died Thursday. Services pending. Foster Petering.
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Tulsa World
Tulsa, Oklahoma
16 Oct, 1998 Fri. Page 2
Deaths
Muskogee – Kaura Jane Dunbar, 93, Died Saturday, service at 10:88 a.m. Wednesday, Foster Petering Funeral Home Chapel.
5. William “Bill” Little Dunbar (1925-1995) – Married (1946) Mabel Elaine Etheridge (1926-1997). ...............................................................................................................................
The Macon News Macon Georgia 17 Feb. 1946 Sun. Page 14.
Etheridge – Dunbar
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Etheridge of Rivoli Drive announce the engagement of their daughter Melba Claire, to William Dunbar of Valdosta. The wedding to take place in the early spring.
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The Macon Telegraph Macon, Georgia 8 Jan. 1995. Sun., Page 22.
William Dunbar.
William Dunbar, 69 of 2540. Loxley Drive, died Saturday at a local hospital. Born in Macon, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Edith Taylor Dunbar. He was a Navy veteran and was a purchasing agent. Retired from Power Piping Corp-oration. He was a member of Maplewood White Memorial Baptist Church and the J.C. Johnson Sunday School class. Survivors. Melba Etheredge Dunbar of Macon. Sisters and Brother Julie Dunbar. Beck of Dahlonega and Dunbar Lewis of Valdosta. And Katie Dunbar of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Service is 11 a.m. Monday and Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church. Burial. Macon Memorial Park. The Reverend Stephen Johnson and Joseph S McDaniel will officiate.
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The Macon Telegraph Macon, Georgia 14 Oct. 1990 Tue. Page 14.
Dunbar, Melba - 2540. Loxley Drive, died Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today in Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Macon Memorial Park.
Mrs. Dunbar was born in Bibb County and has lived here all her life. She was the daughter of the late Emmett D. and Claire Carr Evridge. She was the widow of William Dunbar. Mrs. Dunbar was a retired office manager of F.W. Woolworth Company. She was a member of Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church and the J.C. Johnson Sunday school class.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jeannette E. Zukor of Macon; a niece, Mrs. Tammy E Crewdson of Atlanta; and a nephew, Bert Etheridge of Atlanta.
The family suggests that those who wish may make contributions to Mabel White Memorial Baptist Church.
6. Varina Dunbar (1903- 1970) - Married 1st (1925) Harold Almond (1901-1938) Died of Alcoholic congestion at base of lungs at age 36 (Per death certificate). He was an accountant. – Married 2nd (1943) Lewis Bradley Slaughter (1889-1972). ..............................................................................................................................................
The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
4 Jun, 1925. Thur. Page 18.
Miss Dunbar Weds Mr. Allmond at Home Ceremony Thursday
An event of cordial interest to many friends was the wedding of Miss Varina Leslie Dunbar and Mr. Harold Almand, which was solemnized at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. Hal F. Hentz at 1084 Peachtree Street Thursday evening, June 4th at 6:00.
Lovely decorations - The ceremony, which was performed by Dr. George W Duvall, took place at early candlelight, the apartment being lighted with burning tapers, garden flowers, larkspur and gladioli being used throughout the home.
Miss Dunbar was given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. Hal F. Hentz, and her sister, Miss Caroline Dunbar was her only attendant.
Beautiful bride - The bride wore an ensemble of bengaline in a soft shade of green with a small hat of green braid to match, trimmed with a touch of dark green velvet and a pink rose. She carried an armful of roses.
After the buffet supper immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Allmond left for a motor trip.
Miss Dunbar is the daughter of the late Dr. William Dunbar and Miss Juliette Hentz Dunbar, and is a young woman of charm and intellect. She graduated from Lagrange College at F La Grange, Georgia, two years ago with first honors, since when she has been one of the faculty at LaGrange.
Mr. Almand is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Almand of Conyers and is connected with the firm of Almand and Adams.
About 25 guests were present at the wedding.
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The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
26 Dec, 1943. Sun. Page 28
Slaughter - Almand Wedding Announced
Of interest is the announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Varina Dunbar Almand and Louis Bradley Slaughter of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The ceremony was quietly solemnized December 18 at 4 o’clock at the home of Dr. Wallace Rodgers. They were attended by Mrs. Leila White and Rufus H. Slaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter will make their home in Chattanooga.
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The Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, Georgia
6 Jan. 1972. Thur. Page 48
Lewis B. Slaughter, Retired Rail Agent
Funeral Service for Lewis Bradley Slaughter 82 of Winder will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the graveside in Westview Cemetery. The Reverend C Hoke Sewell will officiate. Slaughter retired 12 years ago as general agent for the Atlantic and West Point Railroad. He died Tuesday.
Born in Atlanta, he lived in Chattanooga before moving to Winder nine years ago. He was a member of the Winder Kiwanis Club and he attended First Methodist Church of Atlanta. Surviving are four cousins.
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The Atlanta Constitution Atlanta, Georgia
30 Jan. 1970, Fri. Page 35
Funeral Notices – Slaughter, Mrs. L. B. (Varina Dunbar).
7. Elizabet “Bessie” Hentz (1864-1865) – Died Young
8. Rebecca Louise Hentz (1865-1948) - Married (1888) George Needham Hatch (1866-1949)
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The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, Florida
Thu. Jan. 8, 1948. Page 1
Rites set today for Mrs. Hatch, Pioneer South Florida Resident Dies at 82.
Services for Mrs. George N. Hatch, who died early Wednesday morning at her home, 131 Greenwood Drive will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at the Mizell- Simon Chapel. Dr. John C Glenn, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will take place at 3 p.m. at the family cemetery plot in Cocoa. Pallbearers will be W. L. Halsey, George F. Bensel, R. L. Ray, Floyd B. May, Loren D. Simon and G. Trevor Bowler.
Mrs. Hatch, a pioneer resident of South Florida, was 82 years old, although in failing health since early fall when she had a slight stroke, she had been seriously ill for only a few days.
Rebecca Louise Hentz, daughter of Dr. Charles H. Hentz, who served as a physician with the Confederate Army, was born August 22nd, 1865, in Quincy, and when a young girl moved with her family to City Point on Indian River, where Dr. Hentz pioneered for some years. There she met and married George N. Hatch, on July 17th, 1888.
Mr. and Mrs. Hatch made their home for some years in Rockledge, where he had a store. Later moving to Orlando and in 1912, coming to West Palm Beach, where he established the store later known as Hatch’s Inc., now Burdines.
For the past 35 years, Mrs. Hatch has been a widely known and beloved member of the community being especially active in the work of the First Methodist Church and the Woman's Missionary Society there. She was also a member of the Thomas Benton Ellis Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy and of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. Hatch was the mother of four children, one daughter dying in infancy. Her eldest daughter, Mrs. Henry C. Fugate, died in 1937, and her son G. Leland, former president of Hatch’s Inc, was killed in an automobile accident in 1942.
Surviving, In addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. William T. Reynolds City; Five grand-children, William T. Reynolds Jr. and George Reynolds, City. Willis Fugate, Fort Lauderdale, Mrs. Charles Robert Burgo, Billings, Montana. Miss Barbara Hatch. Norfolk, Virginia. Three great-grandchildren. Virginia, Hal and Willis Fugate. Fort Lauderdale. Two brothers. Dr. William B, Hentz and Hal F. Hentz. Three sisters. Miss Alice Hance, Mrs. Charles T. Carroll and Mrs. Jessie H. Keyes, all of Winter Haven. A large number of nieces and nephews.
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The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida
16. Aug. 1949, Tue. Page 2.
G. N. Hatch's Funeral Today
West Palm Beach - Funeral services will be held at Koko at 4 p.m. Tuesday for George N. Hatch, 83, for many years, a business and civic leader here. The Coons Funeral Home will have charge. Burial will be in the family plot at Cocoa.
Mr. Hatch died in a New Orleans hospital on Sunday. He was taken ill last week while visiting friends there.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Mr. Hatch moved with his parents to the Indian River district in 1875. He was associated with his father in the mercantile business at Rockledge, City Point, and Orlando. He moved to West Palm Beach in 1912, buying the downtown store, which became Hatches, Inc. He and his family operated until 1941 when it was sold to Burdines, Inc.
He was a former member of the Lake Worth Inlet Commission and was a charter member of the local Rotary Club. He had been a steward and trustee of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. William T. Reynolds, and a brother, Frank Hatch, here, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Children:
1. Virginia Lee Hatch (1892-1937) – Married (1914) Henry Carlton Fugate (1891-1957)
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The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando, Florida
9 Sep. 1914. Wed. Page 4
Hatch - Fugate.
The following announcement received in Orlando yesterday will prove interesting to the many friends of the bride in this city where she resided with her parents until about three years ago when they moved to Palm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. George N. Hatch announced the marriage of their daughter, Virginia Lee, to Mr. Harry Carlton Fugate on Sunday, Sep-tember 6th, 1914. Palm Beach, Florida.
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The Evening Tribune Cocoa, Florida
1 Apr 1937. Thur. Page 2
FUNERAL FOR FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT HELD.
The remains of Mrs. Virginia Lee Hatch Fugate, who died at her home in West Palm Beach Friday, were brought to Cocoa Sunday for burial in the family lot at the Cocoa Cemetery. Many old friends of the Hatch family attended the last rites at the cemetery. Mrs. Fugate, who was the former Virginia Hatch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Hatch, former residents of City Point, where she was born, was well known here by many local people. Mrs. Fugate's death followed a long illness. Members of her family accompanied the body here for interment.
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The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida
Sat. Nov. 9, 1957 Page 2
HENRY C. FUGATE IS FOUND DEAD
Henry C. Fugate, 66, a civil engineer in West Palm Beach for many years, was found dead late Friday on the kitchen floor of his apartment at 349 Plymouth Road. Police said death was due to natural causes and is believed to be the result of a heart attack.
Fugate was discovered by a friend, John P. Davis, who came to the apartment to visit him. Davis said Fugate had been ill for the past several days, according to Detective J. R. Park. Davis noticed lights burning in several rooms of the apartment and found Fugate's body in the kitchen when he entered. Park said Fugate had been dead for several hours before he was found. He said a physician has been treating Fugate for a coronary condition. Mizell-Simon Favel Funeral Home, is in charge of arrangements.
Children:
1. George Willis “Deke” Fugate (1915-1990) Married (1939) Sarah Margaret Postelle (1918-2017). ...............................................................................................................................
The Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
7 Sep. 1939. Thur. Page 16
Sarah Postelle Becomes Bride of George Willis Fugate at Late Afternoon ceremony.
A late afternoon ceremony marked the wedding of Miss Sarah Margaret Postelle and George Willis Fugate of West Palm Beach. Thursday, when Dr. Marvin Franklin read the vows at Highlands Methodist Church.
As the large assemblage gathered, Miss Elizabeth Oxley, organist; Miss Margaret Foard of Lenoir, N. C. and Mrs. John Dewey, soloist, gave a program of nuptial; Miss Oxley later played the wedding march.
Four wrought iron standards filled with Easter lilies, white mum asters and white gladioli adorned the altar where palms formed a background. Tapers burned in seven-branched candelabra.
Miss Caroline Postelle, sister of the bride and Miss Martha Cowart, served as maids of honor. They wore turquoise taffeta dresses styled with bouffant skirts, heart-shaped necklines and trimmed with pleated ruffles of the same material. They carried fan-shaped bouquets of talisman roses tuberoses and bronze chrysanthemums tied with matching ribbons. The bridesmaids group included Miss Frances Dowling, Miss Lillian Keener, Mrs. Jack Mills and Mrs. Robert Mayer. Their dresses were fashioned like those of the other attendants in a lighter shade of taffeta and their fan-shaped bouquets were of yellow roses, tuberoses and daisy chrysanthemums.
The bride given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of white slipper satin, made on empire lines with Empress Josephine sleeves. Her veil of ivory tulle caught to the halo crown with orange blossoms and extending over the dress train was worn by her mother at her wedding. Her ornaments were an antique diamond brooch, a gift of the bridegroom, and a diamond necklace worn also by her mother at her wedding. The bride's bouquet was of gardenias surrounded by valley lilies, edged with silk malinen and tied with white satin and tulle.
Sig Pruitt of West Palm Beach, Florida, served Mr. Fugate as best man and the ushers were Charles Postelle, Jr., brother of the bride, James Clotfelter, Frank Casey and R.D. Beaty Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Postelle entertained at a reception at their home on Clarendon Road. Following the ceremony, Mrs. Postelle was gowned in sea green lace with a corsage of gardenias. Mother of the bridegroom wore beige lace with a corsage of Talisman, Roses and Mrs. J. M Downham, grandmother of the bride, wore flowered chiffon and her corsage was of pink roses and valley lilies.
Assisting at the reception were Mrs. Harry Underhill, Mrs. J. V Cowart, Mrs. J. M. Griffith, Mrs. S. E. Lucas, Mrs. Paul Porter, Mrs. Wade Postelle, Mrs. Julian Mason, Jr., Miss Elizabeth Cowart, Miss Ruth Griffin, Miss Ann Ratliff, Miss Louise Klyce, Miss Billie Clyde Mitchell and Miss Sarah Osborne.
The couple left for a wedding trip later in the evening, after which they will be at home in Jasper. For traveling, the bride wore a nautical blue dress with a short gray fur jacket and blue accessories, her corsage was of gardenias.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs. J. M. Downum and Miss Margaret Foard of Lenoir, N. C.., James Postelle of Charlotte, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. George N. Hatch of West Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hench of Atlanta, Miss Charity Crocker of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The bride is the eldest daughter of her parents and graduated from Birmingham Southern with honors. She is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Kappa Delta Epsilon, Pi Delta PSI, Amazons, Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa and her social sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Claiming descent from families of North and South Carolina, the bride's parents or ancestors were Huguenots who settled in Charleston in 1679. Mr. Fugate attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute and was graduated in aeronautical engineering. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and at present resides in Jasper, being connected with the Alabama State Highway Department.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
12 Dec. 1990 Wed. Page 8
FUGATE
George Willis, “Deke” of Fort Lauderdale, passed away on Sunday. A resident here since 1945, originally from West Palm Beach, he was a member of the Civitan Club, the American Power Boat Association, and was a Sigma Chi alumnus. He was in the US Air Force Reserve. Survived by his wife Sarah; daughter Virginia Kimbro Fugate, all of Fort Lauderdale and a son, George Willis, Jr., of Arlington, Virginia.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, December 12th, 1990 at 2:30 p.m. at Fairchild North Federal Funeral Home, 299 North Federal Highway with Dr. Richard E Newman officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hospice care of Broward.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
25 Feb. 2017 Sat. Page B4
FUGATE
Sarah Postell Fugate, Born in 1918 in Syracuse, New York, to Sadie and Charles Postelle, passed away peacefully on February 16, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is predeceased by her husband, George Willis Fugate “Deke”, her son Hal Carlton Fugate, her daughter, Virginia Kimbrough Fugate, and her brother Charles Price Postelle. She is survived by her son George Willis Fugate Jr. Her daughter-in-law, Merry Goodenough, her granddaughter, Anwyn Marina Goodenough Fugate, her younger sister, Caroline Clotfelter, and many nieces and nephews. She will be buried next to her husband in Roseboro, North Carolina.
Children:
1. Virginia Kimbrough Fugate (1940-2016) Married (1964) and divorced very shortly thereafter, Victor Bongard Jr. (1939-2019). ...................................................................................................................
The Record
Hackensack, New Jersey
1 May 1960 Fri. Page 17
Virginia Fugate to be married.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. George Willis Fugate of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Kimbrough to Victor Bongard, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bongard of 103 Kinderkamack Road, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Miss Fugate, a graduate of Florida State University, is employed by International Business. Mr. Boomgaard attended Duke University and was graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a sales trainee at IBM in Paterson.
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Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida 12 Apr. 1964. Sun Page 75
Fugate – Bongard
Mr. and Mrs. George Willis Fugate, 830 Southwest 10th Street announced the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Kimbrough, to Victor Bon-gard, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bongard, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
The bride-elect was graduated from Florida State University, where she was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority. She is employed as a computer systems engineer trainee in New York.
Her fiancé was graduated from Duke University and attended Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He is employed as a computer sales trainee in New Jersey. The wedding will take place on May 23.
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The Record Hackensack, New Jersey
9 Apr 2019. Tue. Page L5
Victor Bundgaard Jr.
Woodcliff Lake - Victor Vanguard Jr. 79 Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, October 27, 1939 - March 30th, 2019.
Born in Bishop, California on October 27, 1939, Son of Marguerite (née) Olsen and Victor Bongard, Sr. He had three sisters, Barbara Rogers, now living in North Carolina, Phyllis Frager (deceased), and Victoria Dobson (deceased), Passed away on March 30th, 2019. He is survived by his beloved wife of 53 years, Sharon Gordon Bongard, his son, Victor Bongard III, (Emily Austin), and Eric William Bongard, his daughter Alexandra Bongard Stremler and her husband, Alexander Stremler. He is also survived by his much-loved grandchildren, Victoria Mathias, William, Christian, and Griffin and many nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors, family and friends. Victor was known for his good nature. Victor will be remembered for his kindness, his caring, and his lovely smile.
Victor graduated from Westwood High School in 1956, then spent a post-graduate year at Perkiomen School. He attended Duke University, where he participated in Varsity Track and was a member of the SAE fraternity. Following his time at Duke, Victor served in the US Marine Corps and later earned a master's of business administration degree from Fairleigh- Dickinson University. He worked as a financial market analyst with Dun and Bradstreet for many years.
After retirement. He traveled to many foreign and US destinations. Victor enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, with whom he rarely missed a band concert, marching band event, soccer or baseball game, track meet or boy Scout function. Victor served on Woodcliff Lake Zoning Board for 22 years, valued for his evenhand-edness, serving both Democrats and Republicans alike. His sense of humor and his kindness brightened many lives.
Visitation will be Friday, April 12th, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Volk Leber Funeral Home, Oradell, New Jersey. A funeral service will be held Saturday, April 13th at 11 a.m. Christ Lutheran Church, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Interment will occur at a later date.
2. Harold “Hal” Carlton Fugate (1942-1963) – Married (1963) Ann Parnethia Ruggie. ...................................................................................................................
Fort Lauderdale News Fort Lauderdale, Florida 4 Aug. 1963. Sun Page 70
RUGGIE - FUGATE
An announcement is made of the engagement of Ann Parnethia Ruggie to Hal Carlton Fugate. The bride-elect is a daughter of Mrs. Thomas W. Ruggie, 822, Southwest 17th Street, and the late Mr. Ruggie. The bridegroom-elect is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Fugate, 830 Southwest 10th Street.
Miss Ruggie was graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School and attended the University of Florida. She was graduated from Prospect Hall and is employed as a dental assistant for a local dentist. She is a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Her fiancé was graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School and attended Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Broward Junior College. The wedding will take place in December.
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Tampa Bay Times Tampa, Florida 22 Aug. 1963. Thur. Page 17
Man Dies as Truck Upsets on US 41
Miami - A young Fort Lauderdale man was killed and his passenger injured yesterday when their truck overturned on Krome Avenue, one mile north of US 41 west of Miami. Authorities identified the dead man as Hal Carlton Fugate, 20, driver of the laundry truck. The vehicle skidded on wet pavement. Donald Gasgarth, 20, also of Fort Lauderdale, was hospitalized.
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The Miami News Miami, Florida 21 Aug. 1963. Wed. Page 18
94TH Dade Fatality, Truck Flips - Driver Crushed to Death.
A 20-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was crushed to death today when he was thrown from a one-and-a-half-ton truck and the vehicle flipped over on him. Hal Carlton Fugate of 830, Southwest 10th Street was killed instantly in the accident on the Rain-slick Road 27 (Krome Avenue extension) one and a half miles north of the Tamiami Trail.
He became Dade County's 94th traffic fatality last year. At this time there had been 118 deaths recorded.
Passenger hurt - Fugate's passenger Donald John Gasgarth, 20, of 3600 Northeast 33rd Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, suffered head injuries in the wreck and was listed in fair condition at South Miami Hospital.
The truck owned by King Rentals of Fort Lauderdale was southbound at 7:55 a.m. when the accident occurred. Florida Highway Patrol troopers, G. L. Hultgreen and William Hilton said the driver apparently lost control while going around a curve. The truck began to skid and travel 200ft off the wet pavement into swampy lowland where it overturned.
3. George Willis Fugate Jr. (1945- ) – Married (1990) Merry Goodenough. ...................................................................................................................
South Florida Sun Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, Florida 4 Nov. 1990. Sun. Page 84
Goodenough - Fugate
Mary Goodnough and Louis Fugate Jr were married on September 22nd at Saint John's Episcopal Church. Washington, D.C. Their bride is the daughter of Robin and Marina Goodenough, Washington, D.C. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Willis Fugate Sr., Fort Lauderdale. The couple will reside in Washington, D.C.
2. George Leland Hatch (1896-1942) – Married 1st (1919) Mary Elizabeth Klein (1900- ) - Married 2nd (1940), Isabel Flora Heupel (1908-1996). ...............................................................................................................................................
The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, Florida
8 Mar. 1931. Sun., Page 6
With the proceeds from the fourth annual Hatch's Day to be held here Tuesday, March 10th, the Girl Scout Council hopes to equip Camp Marjorie Daniel at Jupiter into an even more adequate and complete camp for scout activities this coming year, drew the interest of G. Leland Hatch, vice president of Hatches Inc. Each year at this season, the store cooperates in donating 10% of a day's proceeds to the work of the Scouts. The council, in turn, aids in operating the store for that day. This year all the funds are to go for camp equipment, notably boats and floats, to make the waterfront safe and to aid in the camp program.
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The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida.
4 Aug. 1942. Tue. Page 3
G. L. Hatch Dies in Wreck.
West Palm Beach, Florida. - August 3rd. - G. Leland Hatch. Former Prominent resident here, was killed and Mrs. Hatch was injured seriously in an automobile crash near Yarnell, Arizona, Saturday, it was learned here.
He was formerly president and general manager of Hatch’s Inc., now Burdines, before moving to Beverly Hills, Calif. a year ago. He had accepted the position of general manager of Rothschilds in Kansas City, Missouri, and was on his way to that city when the accident occurred.
Mrs. Hatch is in the hospital at Prescott, Arizona, suffering from a fractured pelvis, it is reported. Hatch was born in Rockledge in December 1895 and came to West Palm Beach with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Hatch in 1912. He was active in the business and civic life of the city. He served in the US Navy during World War One. In addition to his wife and parents, he leaves two daughters from a previous marriage. Mrs. Charles Robert Burgo, Miami and Miss Barbara Hatch, West Palm Beach and a sister, Mrs. William T. Reynolds, also West Palm Beach.
Funeral arrangements are pending the recovery of Mrs. Hatch.
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The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, Florida
9 Aug. 1942. Sun. Page 1
Leland Hatch Rites at 6 p.m. Monday
Funeral service for Leland Hatch, 46, well well-known former resident of this city, had been changed from Monday morning to 6 p.m., that same afternoon, it was announced last night. The change was necessitated by an unavoidable delay encountered by Dr. Robert Heupel of Chicago, Mrs. Hatch’s brother, who was accompanying the body from Prescott, Arizona.
Mr. Hatch was killed in an automobile accident on August 1st near Prescott, and his wife is in a hospital there as the result of injuries received. The Rev. Frank Atkinson will officiate at the services and burial is to be at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Active pallbearers are to be George Whitten, Miami; Loren D. Simon, John Budge, Hugh Dillman, Claude D. Reese, Dr. William Y. Satad. Honorary Pallbearers will include Judge C. Chillingsworth Jack Sloane Wilson, George W. Coleman W. A. Bland, Stanley Peeler, H. Barbee, Charles J. Travail, W. L. Hersey, James M. Owens Junior Jr., J. Field Wardlaw, Vincent Oaksmith, Richard C. Chillingsworth, Arthur C. Black, B. H.. Gault, Dr. Carl A Lytle.
Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Hatch (1920-2005) - Married 1st (1940), Charles Robert Burgo (1911-1970) Divorced in 1956, Yellowstone, Montana and remarried two days later – 2nd (1956), Edwin Joseph Keyser (1910-1996). ...............................................................................................................................
The Palm Beach Post
West Palm Beach, Florida
14 Jan. 1940 Frid. Page 6
BURGO - HATCH
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hatch, daughter of George Leland Hatch and Mrs. Elizabeth Klein Hatch, Palm Beach and Charles Robert Burgo, son of Mrs. Dianne Watts, West Palm Beach and Hugh Robert Burgo, Minneapolis, were married at 9:00 Thursday morning at the home of the bride's mother on North Lake Way.
The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Clark Neal Edwards, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in the presence of members of the immediate family of the young couple. It took place before the fireplace in the living room, which was banked with palms and decorated with gladioli.
The bride, who was unattended, wore a smart traveling ensemble of navy blue sheer with a matching hat and accessories and a gardenia corsage. Immediately following the ceremony, Mrs. Hatch was hostess at an informal wedding breakfast for those attending, the bride's table being centered with gardenias.
Later in the morning, Mr. and Mrs. Burgo left by train for Rockland Breakwater, Maine, where he is connected with the Somerset Hotel each summer. Mrs. Burgo has lived here all her life and attended Gault private schools. Mr. Burgo is a native of Duluth, but has made his home in West Palm Beach for many years and attended Rollins College.
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The Billings Gazette Billings, Montana
26 Mar. 1956 Wed. Page 13.
Proposed Billings Nudist Park plans to offer Simplified Living.
A New Approach to simplified living, both physical and psychological, is being indirectly offered to residents of the Midland Empire by a recently formed Yellowstone County nonprofit group. To reap the rewards of a rejuvenated mental attitude and healthier physical status. Members of the organization say little more is necessary than the act of tossing off clothing and relaxing in the raw.
The new corporation, the first of its kind locally, is named Sunshine Inc.
Directors say that when it becomes completely organized, it will seek a charter from the American Sunbathing Association and join actively in the nation's nudist movement. At the moment, the organization exists mainly on paper. However, the five directors named on articles of incorporation filed with the state and county last week are optimistic about their future. C. Robert Burgo, secretary of the corporation, who maintains a headquarters office at his 2232 Maple Street address, said he believes it will be possible to increase membership and eventually open a nudist park someplace in the Billings vicinity. He said the Sunshine Inc. corporation will be looking for land this summer that can be leased and perhaps purchased later. In the meantime, the corporation members will continue talking to their friends and promoting their projects.
Burgo said that in addition to the five directors, there are a few others in surrounding communities who practice nudism or have expressed an interest in joining a local camp. Other directors are Burgo’s wife Betty, Charles J. and Joyce Dennison of 23 Rhea Lane and Edwin J. Kaiser, P.O. Box 507. The idea of nudism directors admitted, is shocking to many people. On the other hand, they claim this reaction can be overcome by an understanding of the practice. There is nothing indecent, nothing wrong with living in the nude, Burgo said. He supported the statement by citing the nationwide nature of the movement. Montana is not too frigid a country, at least in the summer, said Burgo, the state apparently has no law forbidding the practice. He said a camp is in operation in the Missoula community.
The secretary said nudists are ordinary people and not faddish sensation seekers or physical culture addicts. Life sans clothing can be extremely relaxing and natural. Burgo said he spoke from experience, saying he and his wife belonged to a Spokane organization that also have fenced their backyard into a miniature park. Burgo said if Sunshine Inc. is able to find an area to build a camp, it would be regulated along the national pattern for the promotion of physical, moral and social health through exercise, recreation and social life under natural conditions in the out-of-doors. Rules would be established to screen membership and regulate activities. Burgo said drinking would not be allowed and efforts would be made to maintain a peaceful atmosphere, even down to outlawing conversation on controversial subjects. The actual camp would not be elaborate, the secretary said. Most have rustic cabins, a pond for swimming, recreation areas and the bare essentials.
He stated. Family membership is encouraged so that children particularly enjoy the new life and grow up more normally without an unhealthy curiosity about sex. Older single people, however, less frequently are allowed to join the organization. The secretary said the National Association will grant charters to groups of ten, but that the local unit does not plan to seek affiliation with less than 20 members and that goal may be hard to reach. The directors do not expect to be besieged by applications. In fact, Virgo said they instead are prepared for a heavy portion of criticism and possible opposition
2. Barbara Jean Hatch (1925-1998) – Married (1956), Divorced (1987), Anthony Joseph Velong (1920-1990). ................................................................................................................................
Tampa Bay Times
Tampa, Florida
28 Sep. 1956 Fri. Page 12
Barbara Hatch is Engaged to Mr. Velong
Tarpon Springs -. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Richards announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Barbara J. Hatch to Anthony J. Velong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Velong. Clarksburg, West Virginia. Miss Hatch is the daughter of the late G. Leland Hatch of West Palm Beach. Velong is a native of Clarksburg and attended schools in Saint Mary's and Salem, West Virginia. He is presently employed as manager of Lenders Inc. in Tarpon Springs. The date of the wedding will be announced at a later date.
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Tampa Bay Times
Tampa, Florida
12 Oct. 1998. Mon. Page 141
Velong. Barbara H. 73, of Palm Harbor, died Friday, October 9, 1998, at Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor. She was born in West Palm Beach and was a lifelong resident. She was a Presbyterian.
She was a member of Good Samaritan Hospital. Auxiliary, West Palm Beach and a volunteer for the American Red Cross, Palm Beach Chapter, Princess Chasco Chapter DAR, Tarpon Springs and the American Legion Auxiliary 46, Tarpon Springs. She was also a member of Ladies of the Elks, Tarpon Springs, the Tarpon Springs Hospital Auxiliary, and the Clearing Homeowners Association, Palm Harbor.
Survivors include a son, Samuel L. Velong. Palm Harbor. A daughter, Marjorie Escobio, Lithia; a stepson. Anthony L., Avon Park; A sister. Betty Kaiser, Oceanside, California. And nine grandchildren.
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Tampa Bay Times
Tampa, Florida
19 Sep. 1990 Wed. Page 60
Velong, Anthony J. 69, of Tarpon Springs, died Saturday, September 15, 1990, at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs. He was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and came here in 1954 from Washington, D.C. He was a real estate broker. A Navy veteran of World War II and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
During the 1970s, he was a two-term Tarpon Springs city commissioner and a board member of Southwest Florida Water Management District. He was a past president of the West Pasco-Tarpon Springs Board of Realtors and the Tarpon Springs Rotary Club. He was a past director of Tampa Bay Charter of Independent Fee Appraisers and a board member of Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital. He was also a member of the American Legion, Post 46, a charter member of Tarpon Springs Kiwanis Club, a member of Elks Lodge, 1719, a past Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus and a member of Tarpon Springs Coast Guard Auxiliary.
He also was a member of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Old Timers Club. Tarpon Springs. Chamber of Commerce. Tarpon Springs. Jaycees. Anclote River Board and Saint Ignatius Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Doris. Two sons; Anthony, Dundon and Samuel, Crystal Beach; a daughter, Marjorie Long, Tampa; four brothers, Jim Panetta and Amos Allesato, both of Clarksburg; John Allesato of Orlando and Fred Alonzo, Toledo, Ohio. Five sisters, Lizzie Cairo, Clarksburg; Mary Kujawski, Alamosa, Colorado; V. A. Hammer, Tarpon Springs; Minnie Gonzalez, Tarpon Springs and Mary Teresa Ballard, Tarpon Springs and seven grandchildren. Vinson Funeral Home, Tarpon Springs.
3. Mary Eloise Hatch (1899-1899) - Died Young
4. Eleanor Hatch – (1899-1970) - Married (1921) William Thomas Reynolds Sr. (1896-...... )
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The Miami News
Miami, Florida.
9 May 1921. Mon. Page 1
Engagement Announced of Miss Eleanor Hatch. Announcement Made at a Luncheon Given in West Palm Beach on Sunday.
Special to the Metro Post. West Palm Beach, May 9- The engagement of Miss Eleanor Hatch and William Thomas Reynolds was announced Saturday at a prettily appointed luncheon given by Mrs. Harry Fugate, sister of the bride-to-be, and Mrs. LeLand Hatch, a sister-in-law, at the latter's handsome home on Windermere Avenue in Carlburg Court.
As the girls were invited into the dining room, each guest was presented with a shower bouquet of white organdy rosebuds and attached to each with a tiny heart, bearing the happy announcements with the words “Eleanor and Billie”. The attractive and blushing little honoree was showered with good wishes then and there.
The dining room was a bower of beauty and the table was a picture indeed, with the lovely white tulle streamers, candles and pretty kewpie doll favors. The center decoration was a kewpie bride, and most realistic it looked with a court train and all the bridal array. The place cards were hand-painted and Miss Hatch was a dainty bride.
Miss Hatch is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Hatch of this city and resided here much of her girlhood days when she was not in college. She is a graduate of the Florida State College for Women. The past year she has conducted a successful kindergarten school at the home of her parents on the lakefront in Carlsberg Court. She is a popular and loved member of the Girls Social Club, of which she is secretary, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a member of the Panhellenic Society and active in social and church circles here. Miss Hatch is one of the most loved and charming young women of the city and her host of friends regret that her marriage will take her to another city.
Mr. Reynolds was a former resident here where he was connected with the Wills- Sons and McCarthy Company. Recently, he has moved to Gainesville, where he is secretary, and treasurer of the BonTon Shop, a high-class confectionery place. Mr. Reynolds is a promising young businessman and a person of strong character and personality.
The wedding will occur on June 14th at the Methodist Church in this city. Each of the young people is well known and popular among a wide circle of friends who extend best wishes.
Parents. Early Pioneers. - Miss Hatch's parents are among the oldest pioneers on the Indian River, having lived there when the towns on the East Coast could be counted on one hand. Miss Hatch’s grandfather was the first man to start a store on the Indian River, which is still being run at Rockledge by members of the Hatch family. The family is among the most substantial and best-known in the state.
Many delightful social affairs are planned in this vicinity.
Children:
1. William Thomas Reynolds Jr. (1922-2001) – Married Peggie Davis ...............................................................................................................................
The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida 11 Feb 2001 Sun. Page 31
William T Reynolds Jr,
Age 78, passed away peacefully at his home in Sarasota, Florida, February 3rd, 2001, after an extended illness. Billy was born March 2nd, 1922, in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he attended local schools, graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1940. Thereafter, he entered the University of Florida and while there became a member of the national fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, during World War Two, he served in the US Navy aboard a weather forecasting ship in both the Pacific and European theaters. He was a member of the first United Methodist Church of Sarasota and prior to his retirement, was an independent insurance agent serving the vicinities of the west coast of Florida.
Survivors include his loving and devoted wife of 51 years, Peggy Davis Reynolds from Jacksonville, Florida. Two sons, William T. Reynolds III (Ann) of Selkirk, New York, Daniel Reynolds, (Linda) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and four grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his parents, William T Reynolds, Sr. and Eleanor Hatch Reynolds and his brother George Reynolds.
Services were held at Toale Brothers Funeral Home, 40 North Orange Avenue, Sarasota, Florida on Tuesday, February 6, 2001. Those who wish may contribute to their local cancer society in memory of William T. Reynolds Jr.
2. Dr. George Needham Reynolds (1924-1976). ............................................................................................................................... The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida 26 Jun 1976. Sat. Page 29
Dr. George Needham Reynolds
Age 51, died of a heart attack Thursday, June 24th in Kent, Ohio, where he had taught as a professor of economics at Kent State University. He was a native Floridian, having grown up in West Palm Beach, Florida.
He leaves his mother, Mrs. Eleanor H. Reynolds, and a brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Reynolds Jr; Two nephews and a niece, all of Sarasota, Florida. Memorial service to be held at a later date. Toale Funeral Home in Sarasota, Florida, is in charge of arrangements.
9. Charles Arnold Hentz Jr. (1870-1947)– Married in England (1897) Lucinda Rivers Andrews (1877-1968). .............................................................................................................................................................
The Florida Star
Titusville, Florida
17 Dec. 1909 Fri. Page 1
Dr. and Mrs. Hentz and their baby of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were passengers on the southbound train Sunday afternoon for City Point, where they will spend the winter on their Orange Grove. Dr. Hentz was one of the early settlers on the Indian River, and although he had a lucrative practice in Brazil, he never forgets Florida and spends a part of nearly every year here.
Children:
1. Margaret Ruth Hentz (1898-1978) – Married (1919) Frederick Speer Crocker (1888-1956). ..............................................................................................................................................
Source: Prabook.com
Frederick Speer Crocker was a Brazilian businessman, and member of Gavea Golf and Country Club, Brazil – United States Cultural Institute (Vice President), Jockey Club, Paysundu Athletic Club and Itanhanga Golf Club. He was a Director of Moore McCormack Navagagao South America beginning in 1938.
He was born on Nov. 30, 1888, in Montclair Heights, New Jersey, USA where he graduated from Montclair High School in 1906. ..............................................................................................................................................
Times-Union
Brooklyn, New York.
23 Oct. 1928. Page 42
Editor Killed by Auto.
Orlando, Florida. October 23. William Henry Crocker of New York, editor of the American Architect, is dead here of injuries received in an automobile accident. Mr. Crocker was born in New York. August 15th, 1854, a son of William Henry and Eliza Caldwell. Richardson Crocker. He was graduated from The College of the City of New York and married September 21, 1881, in Montclair, New Jersey, his wife, Mrs. Charity Crocker, and a son, Frederick Speer Crocker, survive.
Children:
1. Charles Arnold Crocker (1920-1976) – Married (1945) Joan Lorraine Dickinson (1920-2008). Charles married Joan on January 3, 1945 In Rio de Janeiro. Both were born in Rio – He, being an American citizen and she, being a citizen of Great Britain.
2. Charity Speer Crocker (1922-2013) – Married (1959) Desmond Francis Patrick Cole (1923-2008). Charity worked as a research biochemist before meeting and marrying Desmond, the headmaster of a school in Brazil. ...............................................................................................................................
The News and Observer
Raleigh, North Carolina
2 Jun 2013. Sun. Page A3
Charity Crocker Cole,
March 8, 1922 - May 22, 2013
Menlo Park, California - Charity Cole passed away in the presence of her family in Menlo Park, California. Previously, she had been a resident of Durham, North Carolina. (1992- 2012), Scarsdale, New York, (1964-1990) and the country of her birth, Brazil.
Charity was the daughter of Frederick Crocker and Margaret Ruth Hentz Crocker. She led a remarkable life of international travel and scientific research. She had a gift for languages that allowed her to make friends anywhere. When she was not studying neurotransmitters, she enjoyed golf and dancing.
Charity inspired her family with her love of learning, her gracious sociability, and her sense of family history, which was passed on through countless stories. She pursued her vocation in gardening as a volunteer for the Sarah Duke Gardens and became a certified master gardener.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Crocker, Her sister Betty Crosby, and her husband, Desmond Cole. She is survived by three children. Thomas, Peter and Sally, and three grandchildren.
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The Herald Sun Durham, North Carolina Wed. Feb. 13, 2006
DESMAND COLE
Durham. Desmond Cole. 84 of 2243 Cranford Road, Durham died January 6, 2008, at Meadowlands Hospice in Hillsborough. Mr. Cole is survived by his wife, Charity Cole; Sons Thomas P Cole, Peter Cole and daughter Sarah Cole.
A memorial service will be held on March 16th, 2008, at 11 a.m. in the Doris Duke Center Amphitheater at Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Donations may be made to the Desmond Cole Memorial Fund, Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Duke University. Arrangements by Cape Fear Crematory.
3. Elisabeth Lucy Crocker (1923-2004) – Married in Rio de Janeiro (1943) Edgar Clifford Cosby (1921-1990)
2. Doris Hentz (1900-1907) - Died young at age seven
3. Lucy Elizabeth Hentz (1912-2003) – Married (1932) Carl Ward Faber (1905-1981)
Children:
1. Janet Elizabeth Faber (1938-1985) Married Born and died in Brazil
2. Susan Anna Faber (1949-1999) Married Born in Brazil – Died in Toronto. Canada
10. Victor Hentz (1871-1871) – Died young
CHAPTER 2
2. Julia Louise Marcellus Hentz – Married Dr. John Washington Keyes (See the family of Dr. John Washington Keyes). .............................................................................................................................................................
The Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery, Alabama
Sun. Aug. 19, 1877. Page 3
Death of Mrs. Dr. Keyes. –
The many friends of Dr. Keyes and of this most estimable lady will read with pain the announcements we have just written.
Since the removal of Dr. Keyes from this city a few years ago, he has resided with his family on the borders of Chipola Lake in Calhoun County, Florida. Here in the wild woods, he had built a pleasant home and kind neighbors had settled and improved around him, and the orange and the lemon had grown and many a tropical plant had spread its beautiful foliage to the warm breezes until it could be said, the solitary place was glad for them. It was here in this quiet, peaceful home in the early morning of the 10th inst., while the waves were still and the sky calm and serene, surrounded by husband and children and friends, Mrs. Julia L. Keyes passed gently away from the sorrows of Earth to the rest and rewards of the better world.
As many of our readers are aware, she was the daughter of the celebrated authoress, Caroline Lee Hentz. Though not possessed of the rare gifts that distinguished her mother, yet as a writer, she was not unknown to fame. Notwithstanding the cares of a large family, her pen was never entirely laid aside. She wrote many poems, a few of which will make her memory dear to some who have never seen the face. If we mistake not, she was also the writer of several prose pieces of considerable merit. Many of our readers no doubt will recollect the exquisite verses written by her at which were read on one of our memorial occasions. But most celebrated, we believe, of all her poems, is “The dream of Lucas Dell.” This was a prize poem and was extensively copied and greatly admired at the time of its publication.
Her death was not unexpected. For several months, she has lingered along with the patient sufferer from a disease which, when once it has fastened upon its victim, rarely, if ever, releases its grasp until its work is done. She was in her 50th year. She died of consumption. We doubt if anyone ever had more or warmer friends in this community where she lived so long. And many will weep today over the memory of one whom they shall meet no more until they shall see her on the shining shore.
We are permitted to make this extract from a letter of Dr. Keyes.
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Birmingham-Herald Birmingham, Alabama. Mon. Dec. 19, 1892. Page 8
Dr. J.W. Keyes.
This estimable gentleman died of heart failure at his home near Wewahichka, Florida, on the afternoon of November 17th, 1892.
Dr. Keys was well-known throughout Florida and Alabama. He was a native of the latter state, having been born in Limestone County. For many years, he lived in Montgomery and it is hazarding nothing to say they never lived in that city any man more generally known and more highly esteemed. He was a graduate, both in medicine and dentistry, and after years of a successful medical practice and finding its responsibilities and night work too heavy a tax, he retired therefrom and devoted himself to the practice of dentistry. He was eminent alike in each profession and physicians of Montgomery being his warmest friends and admirers. He contributed many valuable papers to the medical and dental journals. And to the day of his death, no man of the South was better posted in the sciences and in the progress of the times.
The South never had a more loyal son than Dr. Keyes. He was on his way to Fort Morgan as a member of the Gilmor Grays when Alabama passed the Ordinance of Secession. He was afterward a member of the Alabama Legion as a lieutenant in one of the Montgomery companies. But after the retreat from Kentucky, he was detailed far from his command and ordered to report at Mobile, where he was put in charge of the hospitals there in that city. Some months thereafter, he was transferred to Montgomery and put in charge of the hospital there. He remained in charge thereof to the close of the war. On his return to the old home from Mobile, the citizens of Montgomery, as a token of their high regard for him, presented him with a beautiful horse handsomely equipped for service.
After the war, he resumed the practice of dentistry, but after a few years removed with his family to Brazil, hoping thereby to escape the ills and annoyances of negro and carpetbag domination, and to find in that faraway land of the South surroundings congenial to his tastes. In this, however, he was disappointed, and after two or three years, residence there he yielded to the persuasions of his friends and family and returned to Montgomery. Thence, after a few years of residence, he removed to a home he had built on the Dead Lakes in Florida. And it was here in this quiet spot amid the beautiful orange trees and the tall pecans his own hands had planted, surrounded by friends and loved ones, he peacefully breathed his last in the 67th year of his age.
When Jefferson Davis visited Montgomery some years ago, Dr. Keyes was on hand and as he shook the venerable Statesman's by the hand, he said, “I am here, Mr. President, to answer roll call”. He was one of the six old confederates who marched on either side of the carriage that conveyed the grand old chieftain from the Exchange Hotel to the Capitol grounds amid the martial music and measured tramp of citizen soldiers and the loud buzzes of that vast multitude of devoted patriots.
It may be of some interest to mention a fact told by Dr. Keyes himself. It was during a conversation with Mr. Davis at the Exchange in Montgomery he told me that twice during his confinement in Fortress Monroe, he received a message from the famous Thad Stevens offering to defend him on his expected trial under the indictment for treason. Mr. Davis declined, saying he meant to defend himself. The “nolle prossing” of that indictment by the United States government, thereby confessing it was without a case against Mr. Davis, deprived the world of what no doubt would have been the greatest effort of one of the greatest heroes, of whom history has made a record.
Dr. Keyes was twice married. His first wife, the mother of his children, being a daughter of the celebrated Caroline Lee Hentz. Though not as gifted as her talented mother, her beautiful poems won for her a place among the literary women of her times - One of the sweetest and most admired being a prize poem, a dream of Locust Dell, her childhood home in our sister town of Florence.
Nine children, with his widow, survive him. Two of his sons reside in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
For extensive and accurate information, for resolute courage, for devotion to principle, for helpfulness to others, for scrupulous integrity, for magnanimity of the soul he was a man among men. This brief and very imperfect summary of his long and industrious life is penned by one who knew him well; and now that he is gone, a thousand acts of kindness and affection can shine like stars along a lonely way. When such a one as Dr. Keyes dies, there seems to be a great gap not only in the lives of those who knew and loved him, but in the community where he lived and strong men and tender women paused there to weep and muse and pray and it is well for our sorrow, so humble as this, out of a weakness, so simple and childlike comes a force that fits the soul for the conflict of life and the solemnities of death.
G.P.K.
(Editor: G. P. K. - Brother of J. W. Keyes – George Presley Keyes)
Children:
1. Ellen Lee “Ellie” Keyes (1847-1947)
2. Julia Hentz Keyes (1849-1849) Died young
3. Henry Whiting Keyes (1851-1856) Died young
4. Jane “Jennie” Rutledge Keyes (1852-1878)
5. Eula Hentz Keyes (1853-1920)
6. Caroline Whiting “Linnie” Keyes (1857-1942)
7. Wade Hampton Keyes (1858-1861) Died young
8. Julia Louise Keyes (1859-1917)
9. Alice Hentz Keyes (1859-1944)
10. William Baldwin Keyes (1862-1913) 11. Charles Keyes (1863-1935)
12. David Rebel “Reb” Keyes (1865-1948)
13. George Presley Keyes (1866-1898) 14. Martha Louise “Mattie Keyes (1870-1875) Died young
1. Ellen Lee “Ellie” Keyes (1847-1907) Married (1878) James Baker Hunter (1852-1895)
BIRTH: 9 SEP 1847, Florida, USA
DEATH: 23 FEB 1907, Florida, USA
Marriage: 31 DEC 1895, Chipola Lake, Calhoun, Florida, USA
James Baker Hunter
BIRTH: 14 MAR 1852, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA DEATH: 10 MAR 1895, Florida, USA
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The Weekly Advertiser
Montgomery, Alabama
31 Dec. 1878, Tue. Page 3
Married on Chipola Lake, Calhoun County, Florida, on the 21st of December. By his honor, P. Woodson White William, Wm. Oscar Donaldson and Miss Lizzie D. Smith, daughter of Honorable R. L. Smith.
At the same time and place by Reverend James O. Branch, James B Hunter and Miss Ellen Lee Keyes, daughter of Dr. J.W. Keyes
Children:
1. Hellen Hunter (1879- )
BIRTH: 1879, Florida, USA
2. James “Branch” Hunter
1881-1963
BIRTH: 8 May 1881, Wewahitchka, Gulf, Florida, USA
DEATH: 21 APR 1963, Brooks, Georgia, USA
Married 1st: 19 NOV 1917, Wenatchee, Gulf, Florida, USA Delia Melissa Wenner
1891-1923
BIRTH 13 JUL 1891, Colorado, USA
DEATH 7 FEB 1923, Quitman, Brooks, Georgia, USA
Married 2nd: 5 JAN 1930 Estey Lorine Peeples 1885-1971
BIRTH: 5 JAN 1885, Adel, Berrien, Georgia, USA
DEATH: APR 1971, Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, USA
As a single man, in October, 1916, he left the United States and relocated to Washington State and Alberta, Canada where he took up farming – his legal address, however, was in Ashland, Oregon. On November 14, 1917 at Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, he married Delia Melissa Wenner and by her had a son, Gerald Robert Hunter Sr. He came back to the Florida / Georgia area not long after the birth of his son around 1920. Delia Melissa died of a lung ailment in 1923 in Quitman, Georgia. Branch married again in 1930 to Estey Peeples who, like himself was widowed. Estey’s first husband (Julian Augustus Ward) had died in 1922 leaving her with a daughter, Josephine Ward. Some records indicate that Josephine was legally adopted by James Branch Hunter.
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Ashland Tidings
Ashland, Oregon.
19 Nov. 1917. Mon. Page 4
Hunter- Wenner Nuptials
Thursday noon there occurred at Wenatchee, a wedding in which a host of Ashland people feel a very vital interest for there and then were married two of the best and most popular young people of the Granite City, Mr. Branch Hunter and Miss Melissa Wenner.
The ceremony took place at the home of. W. N. Hossmen, Rev. Close officiating. The North and the South, The blue and the gray were thus united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The bride wore a lovely blue dress reflecting the beauty and purity of the soul within, while the groom, who hailed from the sunny Southland, was dressed in gray, standing for all that is true and noble in American manhood. The happy pair, after receiving a number of beautiful, useful presents, mainly silverware and cut glass, boarded a southbound train, arriving the next day in Ashland, where they have since been kept busy receiving congratulations from a multitude of friends and acquaintances.
Mrs. Hunter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H., Wenner of this city, and was formerly a bookkeeper for the Ashland Fruit and Produce Association. But since last spring has been employed in a similar capacity at Wenatchee, Washington by the Earl Fruit Company. Mr. Hunter is a well-known Ashland orchardist who went last spring to Canada to engage in wheat growing. After attending the numerous parties which have been planned and were honored this week, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter will go to their ranch home near Lethbridge, Alberta.
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Tallahassee, Democrat
Tallahassee, Florida. 4 May 1971. Page 4
Mrs. Estey Hunter
Quitman, Ga. - Mrs. Estey Peeples Hunter, 86, of Live Oak, died Saturday night in a Valdosta nursing home.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Jason Kennon of Live Oak; one son, G. R. Hunter of Thomasville, Georgia; three brothers, Jack and William Peeples of Miami and James E. Peeples of Tampa; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Maxwell Funeral Home of Quitman, Georgia, has charge of funeral arrangements
Children:
1. Josephine Augusta Ward
1909–1989
BIRTH 12 OCT 1914, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA DEATH 27 JUN 2012, Dowling Park, Suwannee, Florida, USA Married: 20 DEC 1932, Quitman, Brooks, Georgia, USA Thomas Jason Kennon
1909*1989
BIRTH 23 JUN 1909, Brooks County, Georgia, USA DEATH 23 MAR 1989, Suwannee County, Florida, USA
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The Macon Telegraph Macon, Georgia
1 Jan. 1933 Sun. Page 16
Miss Ward marries Mr. Jason Kennon
Miss Josephine Ward of Quitman became the bride of Mr. Jason Kennon, also of that city Monday afternoon at 4:00 at a ceremony taking place at the First Methodist Church in Quitman. Rev. W. F. Smith of Perry, former pastor of the Methodist Church in Quitman, performed the ceremony in the presence of friends and relatives.
The church was beautifully decorated with alba plena Japonicas, smilax and candelabra. The organ was banked with Narcissi and Japonicas. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. L. W. Branch, organist played “O Thou Sublime Sweet Evening Star.” “O Promise Me.”.” Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms,” Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin and the Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream were played as a recessional preceding the entry of the wedding party. Miss Evelyn May sang “I Love You Truly.” and during the ceremony, Mrs. Branch played an arrangement of Old Love Song.
Miss Caroline Whipple and Miss Margaret Patrick preceded the party to light the tapers. Miss Patrick wore a handsome brown ensemble, and Miss Whipple was attractive in mustard pebble crepe with brown accessories. Misses Katherine and Marilyn Terry served as junior bridesmaids and they wore dainty frocks of pastel crepe and carried shepherd hooks tied with roses and valley lilies. Following their entry, the groomsmen, Mr. Warren May and Mr. Frank Smith entered.
The bride and groom entered together. The bride was a charming figure in antique gold pebble crepe. She wore a close-fitting turban of gold braid and brown accessories. Her shoulder corsage was of Talisman, roses and lilies of the Valley.
Following the ceremony, the couple left immediately for a wedding trip through Florida, and upon their return, they will make their home in Quitman.
Mrs. Kennon is the daughter of Mrs. J. Branch Hunter and the late Dr. J. A Ward of Quitman. She spent her early childhood here but moved to Tifton after the death of her father and later went to Miami to make her home. Three years ago, she returned to Quitman. She is a graduate of the class of ‘32 from Quitman High School, being president of the class, and she attended Andrew College this year at Cuthbert.
Mr. Kennon is the son of Mrs. W.W. Kennon and the late Mr. Kennon of Quitman. He is a graduate of the Quitman schools and later attended a pharmaceutical college in Atlanta. He holds a position with Terry Brothers here. Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Foster Kennon of Valdosta; Mr. Floyd Kennon of Lake City; Mr. McKinnon of Tifton, and others.
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2. Gerald Robert Hunter Sr.
1918–1990
BIRTH 18 SEP 1918, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada DEATH 26 AUG 1990 • Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, USA Married: 13 SEP 1941, Thomasville, Brooks, Georgia, USA Mary Geraldine "Jerry" McAllister
1921-1993
BIRTH 7 SEP1921, Burney, Brooks County, Georgia, USA DEATH 7 JUN 1993, Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, USA
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Tallahassee. Democrat Tallahassee, Florida 28 Aug. 1993 Page 20
Outdoorsman Gerald Hunter is dead at 72
Thomasville, Georgia. Gerald Robert Hunter, Sr. former Internal Revenue Service employee and noted outdoorsman, died Sunday at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. He was 72.
A native of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, and a resident of Thomasville for 30 years, Hunter retired from the Thomasville office of the IRS in 1978. After his retirement, he spent five years as a field editor for Outdoor Life magazine. In addition, he has had a number of articles published in many other outdoor magazines and newspapers.
His greatest love, other than his family, was the outdoors, said his son, Gerald Hunter Jr. He hunted and fished and was involved in conservation efforts through his writing. Hunter received his bachelor's degree in forestry from the University of Georgia and master's degrees in journalism and philosophy from Florida State University.
Hunter was a retired commander from the Navy, having served in World War II in the Night Fighter Squadron. He then went on to serve in the Naval Reserves until 1978. He was also a member of the Elks Lodge, the Golden Key Kiwanis Club and the First Baptist Church in Thomasville and had been an Eagle Scout.
Hunter's survivors include his wife, Geraldine M. Hunter of Thomasville; two sons, Gerald R. Hunter, Jr., of Atlanta, and James William Hunter of Thomas-ville; a daughter, Mary Susan Phillips of Haleyville, Alabama; a sister, Miss Jason Kennon of Live Oak and five grandchildren.
The service for Hunter will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church Chapel in Thomasville with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville.
3. Joseph Ross Hunter
1883-1961
BIRTH 12 OCT 1883 • Wewahitchka, Gulf, Florida, USA
DEATH 12 MAY 1961 • Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA
Married: 11 OCT 1906, Wahitchka, Gulf, Florida, USA
Lula E. Isbell
1886-1960
BIRTH 23 FEB 1886 • Oswichee, Russell, Alabama, USA DEATH 7 NOV 1960 • Wewahitchka, Gulf, Florida, USA
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The weekly True Democrat
Tallahassee, Florida
28 Sep. 1906 Fri. Page 7
Invitations are out - Announcing the marriage of Miss Lula Isbell of Wahitchka to Mr. J. B Hunter, which will take place in Wahitchka on October 11th. Miss Lula Isbell has been a popular visitor to the capital city on several occasions, and her marriage will be of more than casual interest to her many friends here.
4. Jane “Jennie” Rutledge Keyes
1852-1878
BIRTH 26 December 1852 Quincey, Gadsden, Florida, USA DEATH 20 OCT 1878, Chipola Lake, Calhoun, Florida, USA
Married: 8 FEB 1875, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA James Edgar Davidson 1849-1936
BIRTH 22 SEP 1849, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
DEATH 24 NOV 1936, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama
17 Nov. 1878 Sun. Page 3
Mrs. Jennie Keyes Davidson.
The death of his dear one deserves something more than a mere mention for here was a character of unusual loveliness. She was the daughter of Dr. J.W. and Mrs. Julia K. Keyes and was born in Quincy, Florida. December 26th, 1852. She died at Chipola Lake, near Iola, Florida. Sunday, October 20th, 1878. Most of the days of her childhood and young woman-hood were spent in Montgomery.
She was always admired and beloved, not only by her own family but by all who knew her and it was not possible to be with her and not love her. So gentle and loving she was in her manners, her words and disposition. The writer knew her well from her childhood, and he cannot recall now a solitary thing in all her brief journey on earth that marred the beauty of her character, or that he could wish to block from the bright record of her life. He never heard her utter an unkind word. He never heard an unkind word spoken to or of her. Her heart overflowed with affection for her family and friends. Nothing ever pleased her so well as to be able to contribute to the happiness or comfort of those she loved. She was gifted with a poetical nature. Some of her poems are well worthy of preservation for their beauty of sentiment and sweetness of expression and their tender Paphos.
She was married to Mr. James E Davidson of Montgomery on the 8th of February, 1875, and he and two lovely children and a loving father and affectionate sisters and brothers and many other loved ones are left to mourn her early death. But they can never mourn as those without hope. From her childhood, she was a Christian and during her long and painful illness, her trust in the Savior, her hope of heaven, never failed her.
Her cheerfulness, her serenity, even to the last, was such as is rarely seen in her life. She was beautiful; in her death, she was angelic. She was willing and waiting, and on that sad, sweet Sabbath in October, she received messages of love from the weeping ones about her for the dear ones beyond and being conscious and composed, she yielded up her sweet spirit. The angels borne her up the shining way, and through the gate of pearl into the great city to come out no more forever; there was joy in heaven.
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The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama
25 Nov. 1936 Wed. Page 1
James Edgar Davidson Succumbs Here at 87
James Edgar Davidson, 87, whose parents were among the earliest citizens of Mont-gomery, died yesterday at 4:20 p.m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fitzgerald Salter. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson and was one of a large family of brothers and sisters all of whom lived in Montgomery.
Surviving is an only daughter. Mrs. Salter, and a brother, W.R. Davidson of Syracuse, New York. Two grandchildren, Mrs. Norman Gale and James Davidson Salter also survive.
Miss Lucretia Wyman, Miss Sarah Wyman, Miss Margaret, Lahey and J. D. Wyman are among the surviving nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held today at 3 p.m. from Memory Chapel. T. F. Leak and Son in Charge.
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Children:
1. Eula Lee Davidson
1876-1954
BIRTH 27 FEB 1876, Calhoun County, Florida, USA
DEATH;16 JUN 1954, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Married: 8 MAR 1901, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA Fitzgerald Salter
1875-1950
BIRTH: 22 DEC 1875, Stewart County, Georgia, USA
DEATH 14 JUL 1950, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
12 May 1901 Sun Page 26
WEDDING
On Wednesday morning at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Atticus S Moore occurred the marriage of Miss Eulal Lee Davidson to Mr. F. Gerald Salter of Montgomery, Alabama. The parlors were exquisitely decorated in white roses, maidenhair ferns and handsome palms. The ceremony was performed by the Re. Mr. Wardlaw of Thomasville and was assisted by the Rev. Mr. J. L. White of this city.
The bride was led to the altar by the father. She wore a very handsome, tailor- made gown of brown lady's cloth and wore a lovely brown straw to match. The maid of honor was Miss Margaret Lahey of Montgomery, Alabama. Her brides-maids were Miss Louise Daniel. Miss Hannah Sanford and Miss Alice Gordon. They all wore dainty gowns of white organdie and picture hats of white tulle and pink roses and carried bouquets of maidenhair ferns tied with Broad white satin ribbon.
The best man was Mr. William Phillips of Montgomery, Alabama, and the groom's men were Mr. K. P. Allen, Mr. W. S Sherwood, and Mr. Kingman Moor.
Mr. and Mrs. Salter left immediately after the ceremony for their future home in Montgomery. The bride, as Mrs. Davidson, has been greatly admired for her beauty, graciousness and sweet Christian character. Mr. Salter is one of Mont-gomery's prominent young men and is most highly thought of there.
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Source: Alabama Surnames files.
Fitzgerald Salter 1913.
Wholesale Druggist; born December 22nd, 1875. Omaha, Georgia. Son of Thomas James Salter. Educated in High School of Omaha; Massey's Business College, Montgomery; Northern Indiana. Normal School. Valparaiso, Indiana; married Miss Eula Lee Davidson, May 8th, 1901; teacher in Mathews Business College several years; now Secretary-Treasurer Durr Drug Company, wholesale druggists. Elected to Rotary Club October 22nd, 1913; member of Chamber of Commerce (formerly President). Country Club, T.P.A.(past president. Alabama Division). Mason; Shriner; W.O.W.; Y.M.C.A.; chairman Red Cross Chapter Period of War; Democrat; Baptist (deacon in First Church). Business Address 209-211 Commerce Street; Residence address, Felder Street.
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Alabama Journal Montgomery, Alabama 15 Jul. 1950 Sat. Page 4
Mr. Fitzgerald, G. Salter
The long and useful life of a man who served Montgomery in many ways ends with the death of Mr. Fitzgerald G. Salter. His activities and interests covered a wide range in the civic, religious, political, business and cultural life of the city. He was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was secretary of a large mercantile business. He was an indefatigable worker in the First Baptist Church. He was a potent figure in city politics.
His position as Superintendent of the city waterworks being one of the most important and responsible at City Hall. Until recent years, he was a member of “The Thirteen”, a literary and philosophical group of Montgomery.
His friends were legion, for he made them readily, whether on the golf course, in the church, in his business or in his daily social contacts. He had reached a ripe age, but it will be hard for Montgomery people among whom he mingled to realize that his work is done and that they are to feel no more the cordial greetings he invariably had for everyone.
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The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama 17 Jun. 1954 Thur. Page 3
SALTER – Mrs. Eula L Davidson, a lifelong resident of Montgomery, and widow of the late Fitzgerald Salter, died at her home, 643 Felder Avenue at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, following a long illness. Surviving are a son, James D. Salter of Montgomery; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Salter Gale, Montgomery; three grand-children and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from White Chapel today at 11 a.m. with Dr. Henry Parker officiating. A private graveside service will be held at Omaha, Georgia, this afternoon.
Children:
1. Ethel Fitzgerald Salter
1902–1978
Birth: 27 FEB 1902, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death: 6 JUN 1978, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Marriage: 21 OCT 1925, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Norman Winn Gayle Sr.
1900-1945
Birth: 17 FEB 1900, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death: 27 NOV 1945, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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Alabama Journal Montgomery, Alabama 27 Nov. 1945 Tue. Page 1
Norman Gale dies Suddenly
Norman Winn Gayle, 45, died at a local hospital at 2:30 this morning following a heart attack late yesterday, according to members of the family. Mr. Gayle had not been ill previously, and his death came as a great shock to his friends and family.
A native Montgomerian, Mr. Gayle was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gayle Sr. who was a member of the Church of the Ascension and operated a real estate and insurance business here.
He is survived by his widow, Ethel Salter Gayle, one son, Norman Winn Gayle Jr., two daughters, Merilee and Gerri Gayle, two brothers, Walter Gayle of Charlotte, North Carolina and Colonel W. A. Gayle of Mont-gomery; two sisters, Mrs. Willie Gayle Martin of Montgomery and Mrs. Raymond Penny of Chicago.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Memory Chapel.
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Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery,Alabama
7th Jun. 1978. Wed. Page 2
Advertiser Ex-executive Succumbs
Mrs. Ethel Moore Salter Gayle, wife of the late Norman Winn Gayle Sr. and a former society editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, died Tues-day. She was 76.
Mrs. Gale, a lifelong resident of Montgomery was a member of two of the oldest and most prominent families in this area. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald Salter, she was a graduate of Hollins College and a recognized author. Her most recent story, “Gifts from the Addict”, was published in the April 1970 eight Reader's Digest. Her first novel was published in 1945.
Mrs. Gayle was appointed chairman of the Alabama Parole Board by former Governor Gordon Persons. At the time of her appointment, she was the first woman to be appointed to that position and served six years as chairman. In the late 1960s, Mrs. Gayle became a member of the staff of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Besides having been the society editor of The Advertiser for a number of years, she was the editor of the Farm Bulletin, also.
2. James Davidson Salter
1912–1970
Birth: 12 MAY 1909, Omaha, Stewart, Georgia, USA Death: 19 MAY 1983, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, USA Married: 5 APR 1933, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Ethel Abbott
1912-1970 Birth: 27 June 1912, Selma, Dallas, Alabama, USA Death 21 July 1970, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama 11 Apr. 1933 Tue. Page 7
Miss Abbott and Mr. Salter are Married.
Of widespread interest is the announcement made by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Abbott of the marriage of their daughter Ethel, to James Davidson Salter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald Salter. The ceremony took place on Sunday with the Reverend T. C. Cassidy, pastor of Capital Heights Methodist Protestant Church officiated. Following a brief wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Salter will be at home temporarily with his parents on Ridge Avenue, Cloverdale.
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Columbus, Georgia 21 May 1983 Sat. Page 11
James D. Salter.
Montgomery, Ala. - Former Omaha. Georgia resident James Davidson Salter, 74, of Montgomery, died Thursday at the Veterans Adminis-tration Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee.
The graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fitzgerald Family Cemetery in Omaha, according to L.B. Smith Funeral Home in Ridge-land, Georgia. Mr. Salter was born May 12th, 1909, in Omaha, son of Fitzgerald Salter and Eula Lee Davidson Salter. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
5. Eula Hentz Keyes
1853-1920
BIRTH 23 FEB 1855 Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA DEATH 30 JUL 1920, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Married: 5 JUN 1872, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Dr. John William Coachman 1843-1918
BIRTH19 APR 1845 Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, USA DEATH10 JUL 1918, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr. John William Coachman
The Coachman Family has over 168 years of tradition in Dentistry and is currently in the 6th generation of dentists. The origin of the Coachman family coincides with the beginning of Dentistry as a profession itself, in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1849, John Keyes Washington already graduated in Medicine from the Medical College of Ohio, United States, received his degree of Dental Surgeon from Ohio College of Dental Surgery, starting to contribute significantly to the development of scientific literature in dentistry. After the Civil War in the United States, from 1861 to 1865, when John served as an officer surgeon in the Army, the family decided to move to Brazil. They settled in Rio de Janeiro, where they began their activities in dentistry, which were greatly enriched with their important contributions, marked by the pursuit of accuracy and clinical excellence since then.
In 1874, John William Coachman received the “Dental Office” title from the Brazilian Imperial Government and, together with his brothers Charles Whiting Keyes and William Baldwin Keyes, he began what would become a tradition for the family in the country: to lead and increasingly improve this important field of Medicine. They excelled in the field, which resulted in serving Emperor Dom Pedro II, thus becoming close to the palace for many years.
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The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama
6 June 1872 Thur. Page 2
MARRIED:
COACHMAN-KEYES - At the 1st Ba[tist Church in this city, on the morning of June 5th, by Rev. J. O. Branch, of Macon, Georgia, assisted by Rev. D. W. Gwin of Montgomery, Dr. Jno. W. Coachman, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Eula H., daughter of J. W. Keyes, of this city.
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Dr. John William Coachman's Obituary (Unsourced)
Dr. John William Coachman - Died July 10th at 4 A.M. at Hentz's home, Rua Pamplona 5, São Paulo.
After a lingering illness of several weeks, Dr. Coachman died at the home of his son, Dr. Hentz Coachman, in São Paulo, on July 10, 1918. Funeral services were conducted by Reverend M. Dickie, Pastor of the Central Methodist Church of São Paulo.
Dr. Coachman was the pioneer American dentist of Brazil, having practiced his profession in Rio de Janeiro for 51 years. On May 27th of last year, the American dentists of Rio gave a banquet in honor of Dr. Coachman, at which many expressions appreciative of his personal, and professional character were made. He was regarded by all who knew him as a man of unimpeachable integrity, and generous philanthropic spirit. He was a member of the Methodist Church and proved the genuineness of his faith by a life rich in good works.
Dr. Coachman is survived by his aged and invalid wife, by four sons, Dr. J. J. Coachman, Dr. Keyes Coachman; both of Rio, Dr. Hentz Coachman of São Paulo, and Mr. Kendrick Coachman of Chicago, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. J. Merritt Fordham, Mrs. M. Dickie, and Miss Eula Coachman of São Paulo.
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He was buried in the Araçá Cemetary but his remains are now in the Coachman grave in the Redentor Cemetery - São Paulo.
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Obituary - Unsourced
Mrs. Eula Hentz Keyes Coachman - Died July 30th, 1920 at 10:45 P.M. - Keyes' home is Petropolis
On Friday, July 30th, after a lingering illness of several months, Mrs. Coachman, widow of the late Dr. John W. Coachman, passed to her reward. Her husband, Dr. Coachman, was for years the most widely known American dentist in Brazil, being known as the father of American dentistry in this country.
In 1909, Mrs. Coachman suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she never fully recovered. For the last three months, she had been confined to her bed a patient and cheerful sufferer, quietly waiting for the summons home. Seven children survive their mother - Dr. J.J. Coachman, of Rio, Dr. Hentz Coachman and Mrs. M. Dickie of São Paulo, Dr. J. Keyes Coachman, Mrs. J. Merritt Fordham and Miss Eula Coachman of Petropolis, and Kendrick P. Coachman of Boston, Mass.
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Was buried in Petropolis but remains are now in the Coachman grave in the Redentor Cemetery in São Paulo.
Children:
1. James Joseph Coachman
1873-1950
Birth: 30 April 1873, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Death: 24 June 1950, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Married 1st: 25 June 1902, São Paulo, SãoPaulo, Brazil
Mary Ellis “Mollie” Steagall
1885-1953
Birth:28 August 1885, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Death:8 March 1953, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Married 2nd: 4 July 1926, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Naida Verecoulon
Find A Grave
A dentist and US citizen, he came to Brazil from Montgomery, AL, USA. He was the son of John William Coachman, (1845-1918) of Georgia, USA. His wife was Mary Stengall [Mollie Steagall], per US consular form No. 210, 1916; children, Mildred, b 27 June 1903, and Joseph Edward, b 23 March 1907.
He died, aged 77 years, after an operation for cancer at Strangers' Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. He was survived by his wife, Naida Coachman, of Rio.
Information from emergency US passport application, Rio, 1918; Report of the Death of an American Citizen, American Foreign Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 26 September 1955
Children:
1.. Mildred Ellis Coachman
1903-2003
BIRTH 26 JUN 1903 Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, USA
DEATH 30 DEC 2003 Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, USA
Married: 3 JUL 1929, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Clarence Henry Wiseley
1896-1958
BIRTH 11 JUN 1896, Botkins, Shelby, Ohio, USA
DEATH 22 JUN 1958 Auglaize, Ohio, USA
Children:
1. SallyFay Wiseley
BIRTH 16 MAY 1933, Buenos Aires, Argentina
DEATH Deceased
2. Joseph Edward Coachman
1907-1974
BIRTH 23 MAR 1906, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil DEATH 24 OCT 1974
2. Hentz Keyes Coachman
1874-1934
BIRTH 4 JUL 1874, Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DEATH 7 JUL 1934,São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Married: 17 APR 1897, Amparo, São Paulo, Brazil
Eula Lucy Shalders
1875-1954
BIRTH 23 AUG 1875, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
DEATH 14 JAN 1954, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Children:
1. Laura Shalders Coachman
1898-1996
BIRTH 12 JUN 1898, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DEATH 30 AUG 1996, Winter Haven, Polk, Florida, USA
Married: 1 AUG 1926 Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Charles Clare Richard Varty
BIRTH 8 DEC 1897 Michigan, USA
DEATH Burial, 1979 Winter Haven, Polk, Florida, USA
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The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania 27 Jul. 1926 Tue. Page 14
Easton Marriage License - Charles R. Varty, Deckerville, Michigan, and Miss Laura Coachman, Sao Paulo, Brazil ................................................................................................................
The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania 3 Aug. 1926 Tue. Page 14
Sao Paulo, Brazil Couple Married at Easton
Miss. Laura Coachman, daughter of Dr. Henry Coachman of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Charles Richard Varty, formerly of Michigan, now of Sao Paulo, were married Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Reverend John Mertz, pastor of the Brainerd church, Easton.
They were attended by Mrs. William G. Leamon of New York City as matron of honor, and James L. Fagan of Sao Paulo as best man.
The wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E Stanley Bixler of First Terrace, College Hill, in the presence of a few intimate friends.
The guests from Easton, outside of Mr. and Mrs. Bixler's family were Miss Margaret Hay, Miss Anna Hay and Miss Caroline Farquhar, who are close friends of the bride who had frequently visited the Bixlers during her eleven months of residence in New York. Dr. Coachman formerly lived in Florida but had been a resident of Sao Paulo for many years.
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The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida 26 Feb. 1964 Wed. Page 13
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Varty are entertaining their daughter-in-law and son, Mrs. Robert J. Varty and grandson at their home on Lake Winterset. The visitors from Buenos Aires, Argentina will remain in Winter Haven for two weeks.
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Charles A Hentz Jr with grandchildren Charity and Charlie (Santos, Brazil, 1924)
LUCINDA RIVERS ANDREWS
HENTZ PHOTO GALLARY
LUCINDA RIVERS ANDREWS
Lucinda Rivers and Charity Speer with Charlie and Charity (Rio) 1922
Lucinda Rivers Andrews, Lucy Hentz, Charles Arnold Hentz, Margaret Ruth Hentz, Fred Crocker, Charlie Crocker (child), Charity Crocker (baby), Charity Speer Crocker, William Henry Crocker Jr
Corboro - Niteroy
Corboro - Niteroy
CHARLES A HENTZ JR
Charles A Hentz Sr
1910 charles A Hentz Jr, Margaret Ruth, Lucinda, Margaret Callaghan Andrews
Charles A Hentz Jr Rio
Charles A Hentz Sr & Eliz. Boothe
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