Lourice, There is a Mims Cemetery in NE Nichols, Bacon Co., GA. --- Lourice Merritt <[email protected]> wrote: > See obit below. > Does anyone know if Mims Grave Yard is in Florida or > here in Coffee County? Also I had this Maude as [d] > Nov. 20, 1920. And her mother, Mary Ann Curry [d] > Dec 1940, where the obit states that both her > parents were dead in 1922. Have I place the wrong > Maude Wilcox with this obit? > Lourice > > The Douglas Enterprise ... Nov. 24, 1922 > MRS. MAUD WARD BURIED AT MIMS GRAVE YARD > Mrs. Maud Ward, widow of John C. Ward, was buried > at Mims Grave Yard last Wednesday, November 22, > 1922. Mrs. Ward died in Sumner, Fla., at the home > of her son, Will P. Ward. She is survived by the > following children: A. F. Ward, and Carl Ward of > Jacksonville, Fla., Will P. Ward of Sumner, Fla., > and Annie Clem Goolsby, of Ala.. They all attended > the funeral. She is survived by the following > sisters: Mrs. Clem McAllum, Mrs. Ruth Mims, Mrs. > Annie Miles and Mrs. J. J. Ward, and leaves one > brother, Dan (Buddie) Wilcox. They were all at the > funeral. The funeral service was conducted by her > pastor, Rev. W. C. Bryan. > Mrs. Ward, before her marriage, was Maud Wilcox, > daughter of Dr. Dan Wilcox and Mrs. Mary Ann Wilcox. > They are both dead. > Mrs. Ward has been afflicted for several years, > but by her strong mind and will power was able to > keep up and did much real good service as a trained > nurse. She delighted in this sort of work. She was > a devout Christian and member of the Methodist > church. It is remarkable how she kept up so well > and worked and suffered and laughed all through the > years. Some one has said the "duty" is the most > sublime word in the English language, but Jesus said > it was "service". Maud served her day and > generation well. A large congregation of relatives > and friends attended the funeral and paid their last > tribute of respect to her memory. And now she has > gone to rest with Him, who promised rest, and will > there wait for me, and you, in the "Sweet, Bye and > Bye". W. P. > SOURCE: Personal research, old newspapers on > microfilm, Satilla Regional Library, Genealogy > Dept., Douglas, Coffee Co., GA ... Summer, 2004 > > > > > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > We welcome any data, pictures, gedcoms,or family > files that you wish to contribute to the Coffee or > Atkinson County GaGenWeb sites. > > ============================== > New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting > Families. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx > > ===== Appling County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaapplin/appling_index.htm Bacon County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gabacon2/bacon_index.htm Coffee County, GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacoffee __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com