Tombstone Tuesday - James William Smith

James William Smith

Born on December 10, 1862

Son of

James Luther and Henrietta D. Smith

Brother to

Virginia "Jennie", Catherine "Kate", Francis Marion "Frank"

and Edward Dorsey

Husband of

Mary Kendrick

Father to

Lillie Mae, Kate, James William, Jr., Laura, Henry Newman,

Nettie, Charles Gordon "Charlie", Augustus Edward "Gus"

and Jack

Died on July 23, 1936

Buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery

Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

James William Smith was a brother to my paternal great-great grandmother, Virginia "Jennie" Smith Blackman.

Sunday's Obituary - Christine Campbell Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 5/29/1965

Cora Christine Campbell

Born on July 8, 1917

Daughter of

Daniel Campbell and Inez Mathis

Wife of

Daniel Gordon Bynum

Mother to

Rankin Glynn, Bennie Faye, Annette and Diane

Died on May 29, 1965

Buried in the Military Baptist Church Cemetery

Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi

Christine Campbell Bynum's husband, Gordon, was a brother to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Church Record Sunday - Samuel A. Edmonds and Family

The following church history for Pleasant Hill Methodist Church is Dacula, Gwinnett County, Georgia was compiled in 1911 by J. C. Flanigan.  Listed among the church membership are Samuel A. Edmonds, his wife, M. E. "Milly"; sons, James Wesley and Samuel Neese; daughters, Mary Rebecca "Mollie" Gower, Martha Beatrice "Mattie" and Ella Bertha.

Samuel A. Edmonds was a brother to my paternal great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds.

*Source:  Gwinnett Churches:  A complete history of every church in Gwinnett County, Georgia.  Compiled by J. C. Flanigan in 1911.

Wedding Wednesday - Edmonds and McGaughey

On October 19, 1873, Thomas Sanford Edmonds married Martha Ann Beatrice McGaughey in Walton County, Georgia.  Thomas was the son of James Powell Edmonds and Rebecca Snow.  

Thomas Sanford Edmonds was a brother to my paternal great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds.