In answer to your "Gussie Raper" query --- there are 2 Gussie Rapers. 1. Gussie Mae Raper b. Oct. 27, 1911 d. Feb. 05, 1915 bur. Notchey Creek Ch. Cem., is the d/ of John Meredith Raper and Lucinda Carolina Atkins. [John Meredith Raper is s/of John Stafford Raper & Mary Ann "Polly" Robinson. Lucinda Carolina Atkins is d/ of James Madison Atkins & Easter Caroline Tallent.) **(Note: In regards to the children of John Meredith Raper and Lucinda Carolina Atkins that you included in your query - you have a discrepancy regarding 2 of the daughters [you gave as 1 daughter, "iv. Easter Delsie / Daisy? / Raper"]. The first daughter, Daisie Raper 1897-1957 mar. William Anderson "Bill" Watson bur. Notchey Creek Cem. The other daughter, Easter Delzie Raper 1899-1980 mar. Starling Watson.) 2. Gussie Raper, is the d/ of Arthur John Riley Raper and Maggie Leatherwood. [Arthur John Riley Raper 1887-1957 is the son of Henry Dyer Raper and Bettie Elizabeth Watson.] This "Gussie" mar. Lester Irons. Their son, Hustus Irons, age 2 b. abt. 1943 McMinn Co., TN d. 1945 McMinn Co., TN has a death cert. # 12413 which gives parents' names. This Gussie Raper Irons was 87 when she died Oct. 10, 2002 and is bur. Pond Hill Cem., McMinn Co., TN. "Mistakes carefully corrected sometimes bring out more history than would otherwise be known." Dede H. <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Monroe Co., TN GenWeb Volunteer Paternal Families: Williams, Millsaps, Smalling, Bivens, Cottrell, Arp, etc. Maternal Families: Clemmer, Sloan, Isbell, etc. Spouse's Families: Harrill, Watson, Raper, Hicks, Maxwell, Harris, Patterson, Standridge, etc.