Sunday's Obituary: Georgia Snell Claxton

"Mrs. Claxton 

WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga.---Funeral services for Mrs. Bennett C. Claxton, 65 of Rt. 1 Wrightsville, who died Friday in an Augusta hospital after a brief illness, will be held at 3pm today at Brown Memorial Baptist Church.

The Rev. Robert Pless will officiate, assisted by the Revs. R. C. Smith, Lotis McAfee and R. O. Edenfield. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville.

A native of Johnson County, she was a member of Brown Memorial Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Bennett Claxton; two daughters, Mrs. Charles McCullen, Miami, Fla. and Mrs. John Williams, St. Louis, Mo.; son, Mike Claxton, Wrightsville; two sisters, Mrs. J. Q. Bailey and Mrs. Lou Killingsworth, both of Wrightsville; and brother, Delma Snell, Wrightsville.    

Friends may call at Kent Funeral Home until 2pm, then at the church." 

Additional Comments: 

Georgia was born 8 Dec 1903 to Williams B. B. Snell and Annie L. Childs Snell. 

Johnson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Claxton, Georgia "Georgie" Snell, April 4, 1969 

The Augusta Chronicle, 4-6-1969, Page 9A.  

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/johnson/obits/c/claxton1829nob.txt 

Georgia or "Georgie" was my 4th cousin, 1x removed.  She was married to my 2nd cousin, 2x removed; however Bennett and Georgia were not related to each other before marriage.

Mary Elizabeth Tapley	Me
Gilbert Earl Tapley	My father
Lusion Keman Tapley	My grandfather
James Madison Tapley	My great-grandfather
George Washington Tapley	My 2nd great-grandfather
Sarah Tapley	My 3rd great-grandmother
Newhampton Tapley	My 4th great-grandfather
James L Tapley	My 3rd great grand uncle and Sarah’s brother
Julia Ann Tapley	My 1st cousin, 4x removed & James L’s daughter
Mary Ann Elizabeth Pullen	My 2nd cousin, 3x removed & Julia’s daughter
W. B. B. Snell	My 3rd cousin, 2x removed & Mary Ann’s son
Georgia Snell	My 4th cousin, 1x removed & W.B.B.’s daughter

Mary Elizabeth Tapley	Me
Linda Irene Tapley	My mother
Charles Morgan Tapley	My grandfather
Mattie Schwalls Tapley	My great-grandmother
Lincelia E Claxton Schwalls	My 2nd great-grandmother
Zacharian W. Claxton & Lincelia Bush Claxton	My 3rd great-grandparents
Zachariah Claxton	My 2nd great grand uncle & Lincelia’s brother
Bennett Claxton	My 1st cousin, 3x removed & Zachariah’s son
Bennett L. Claxton	My 2nd cousin, 2x removed & Bennett’s son

 

Tombstone Tuesday: Willie Lee Wise McLendon

Willie Lee Wise McLendon

born October 16, 1915
died December 12, 1997

laid to rest at
Westview Cemetery,
Atlanta, Georgia

wife of William Marion McLendon, Sr.

daughter of George Wesley Wise and Samantha Augusta Drake Wise

Willie Lee was my 1st cousin, 1x removed.

Sunday's Obituary: Homer Frank Tapley

From the Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, March 17, 1952:

"Homer F. Tapley
  Homer Frank Tapley, 56, of 1047 Bertram road, died yesterday at University hospital.
  Funeral services will be held today at 5 p. m. at St. Luke Methodist church with the Rev. W. L. Brackman officiating.  Interment will be in West View cemetery.
  Active pallbearers will be Dempsey Tapley, Jerome Hobbs, Albert Hurt, Delmar Reese, Emory Odum and James Tuten.  Remains will be at the residence until the hour of the service.
  A native of Johnson county, Ga., Mr. Tapley had resided in Augusta for the past 20 years.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katie Reese Tapley; five daughters, Ms. C. G. Marsh of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. G. W. Heubel, Mrs. W. C. Cochrane, Mrs. Slydell Kitchens and Mrs. Johnny Hobbs, all of Augusta; seven grandchildren, two brothers, Leroy Tapley and Walter Tapley, both of Augusta; four sisters, Mrs. Jack Dawson and Mrs. Sallie Geter, both of Augusta, Mrs. C. J. Claxton of Bartow, Ga., and Mrs. H. L. Howard of Augusta, several neices [sic] and nephews."

Homer was the son of Franklin Morgan (Frank) Tapley and Laney Minton Tapley.  Uncle Frank and my grandfather, Lusion Tapley, were brothers.  Therefore, Homer and I are 1st cousins, 1x removed.

Tombstone Tuesday: James L. (Jim) Tapley

Jim Tapley, along with his wife, Maggie Powell Tapley, buried at Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville, Georgia.

Jim was my father's uncle; my grand uncle. He was the son of James Madison (Jim) Tapley and Rebecca (Becky) Page Tapley.

Uncle Jim was a Johnson County, Georgia Sheriff's Deputy for many years. He also ran for Sheriff in 1920.