New Hope Cemetery is such a special place. Miriam 912.381.4385 (Douglas Cell) 770.922.1174 (Home) > [Original Message] > From: Gary & Judy Yandle <yandlefamily@ctc.net> > To: <gacoffee@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/9/2006 6:12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Harrison Chaney > > Yes, actually Aunt Mary and Uncle John are my great-aunt & uncle. They are > buried out at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Ambrose along with a > memorial to their only son Clarence who was killed in WWI. I think Clarence > and his wife had a child that died in infancy too and is buried with them. > > They lived on the family farm in Ambrose. It's still in the family. I can > give you details on Uncle John's family. Again he and Aunt Mary only had > one son and he was killed in WWI. My Uncle Edison Young is still living ; > he was very close to "Pap" and has a lot of memories. Uncle John's DOB: > 04/29/1880, DOD: 01/02/1979. Aunt Mary Stewart Sturgis: DOB: 05/02/1899, > DOD - 02/09/1950. They were married on 12/26/1915. > > I knew Uncle John, he died after I graduated from high school. We used to > take my grandmother, his sister, back to the farm a lot for visits when I > was growing up. They had other siblings but I only knew he and Uncle "Son", > their youngest brother. Henry and Margaret "Sis", had died by the time I > came along. Their father, Daniel Sturgis, fathered several children and > Uncle Jon had a different mother than Henry and Sis, and Granny even another > one. I have a lot of info on them if you'd like more. I don't have > anything extra on Aunt Mary's family though. > > My Uncle Edison Young would know some though. He is 86 and living in > Jacksonville, FL. He was very close to them both, especially after Clarence > died. > > I look forward to hearing from you - Judy Y. > > Judy & Gary Yandle > yandlefamily@ctc.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: gacoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gacoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Daddysouthgenbug@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:45 PM > To: gacoffee@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Harrison Chaney > > Judy, > Are there any Stewarts in the Sturgis family? My wife was a Stewart and > there was a Stewart girl that married a Sturgis that lived in Douglas, GA. > Mary > Ellen Stewart married a John Sturgis. Also her sister Matilda married J. > Elijah > Chaney. Does any of these sound familiar? I would like to have a composite > of their families if I can. > > Thanks, > Michael L. Wilkerson > ENJOY LIFE ;-) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GACOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GACOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message