Kay, thank you so much. I found the cemetery on the web. Lourice -----Original Message----- From: Kay Music <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Maude Wilcox Ward 1869 - 1922 >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 > > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >Please do not send any attachments or photos to the list. Rootsweb will not accept them. Send them to either Melody at [email protected] or to Karen at [email protected] > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >