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James Lemon Smith

• Birth*: He was born on 30 September 1883.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Monnie Azzilee Turner.¹
• Death*: He died on 25 September 1958 at age 74.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was in Mars Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia.³

• Note*: He served as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps.³

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2015

Monnie Azzilee Turner

• Birth*: She was born on 7 October 1891.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married James Lemon Smith.¹
• Death*: She died in 1983.³
• Burial*: Interment was in Mars Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia.³

• Note*: A family history spells her middle name as Uzzilee.¹

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2015

Lynwood Trent Foster

• Birth*: He was born in 1880.¹
• Marriage*: He married Eliza Henry Long.^2,1,3
• Death*: He died in 1958.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Montlawn Memorial Park, 2911 S. Wilmington, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.¹

• Note*: He was from Louisa County, Virginia.²

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2015

Eliza Henry Long

• Birth*: She was born in 1882.¹
• Marriage*: She married Lynwood Trent Foster.^2,3,1
• Death*: She died in 1975.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Montlawn Memorial Park, 2911 S. Wilmington, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.¹

• Note*: She was from King William County, Virginia.²

• Last Edited: 25 Feb 2015

Alix Hawkins

• Father: Stuart Frear Hawkins¹ b. 12 Jun 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 12 March 1935 in Hampton, Virginia.^2,3
• Death*: She died on 7 February 2022 at age 86.⁴

• Last Edited: 22 Feb 2022

Stuart Frear Hawkins

• Birth*: He was born on 12 June 1910 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.¹

• Last Edited: 9 Jan 2021

Laura Blackshear Rogers

Laura Blackshear Rogers Fortson from Boyd's 1973 Fortson family history.

• Birth*: She was born on 15 September 1915 in Demorest, Habersham County, Georgia.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Edwin Bugg Fortson, son of Benjamin Wynn Fortson Sr. and Lillie Elder Wellborn, on 23 January 1943 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.^3,4,5
• Death*: She died on 26 April 2017 in her home, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, at age 101.⁶
• Burial*: Interment was in Oconee Hill Cemetery, 297 Cemetery Street, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.⁷

• Last Edited: 6 Feb 2020

Jonathan Clark Rogers Fortson

Jonathan Clark Rogers Fortson, from an online obituary.

• Father: Edwin Bugg Fortson^1,2 b. 25 Jun 1913, d. 10 Jan 2007
• Mother: Laura Blackshear Rogers^3,4 b. 15 Sep 1915, d. 26 Apr 2017

• Birth*: He was born on 12 July 1952 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 4 February 2019 in his home, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, at age 66.⁷
• Burial*: Interment was in Oconee Hill Cemetery, 297 Cemetery Street, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.⁶

• Note*: • From a family history: He "graduated from Athens High School in 1970, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll, co-editor of the Thumb Tack Tribune, Beta Club, Band, and Choraliers, a select choral ensemble. . . . He received the Good citizenship Award, and a scholarship to the Georgia High School Music Workshop, as well as attending a high school journalism workshop at the University of Minnesota where he won an award for scholastic achievement. Clark [was] . . . an Eagle Scout, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster and attended the 1967 Boy Scout World Jamboree in Idaho; [and a] member of Order of the Arrow."
  • From his obituary: He attended Duke University and graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor of fine arts in music. After college he enjoyed conducting local church choirs in Athens. Friends remember him as kind-hearted, thoughtful, and generous. He was a life-long member of the First Presbyterian Church in Athens and "a staunch member of the Democratic Party."^8,9

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2020

Gail Wilson Fortson

Gail Wilson Fortson from Boyd's 1973 Fortson family history.

• Father: Frederick Ogilvie Fortson¹ b. 24 Jul 1917, d. 4 Sep 2003

• Birth*: She was born on 13 November 1944 in New York, New York.²
• Death*: She died on 29 June 2014 at age 69.

• Note*: She was a graduate of Dobbs Ferry High School in Dobbs Ferry, New York and Farleigh Dickenson College of New Jersey. In the late 1960s or early 1970s she was teaching grade school in Saugus, California.²

• Last Edited: 15 Mar 2020

Hardy Walter Warnock

• Birth*: He was born on 26 November 1881.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Lyda Annie Gillis on 2 April 1914.^3,4,5
• Death*: He died on 15 October 1950 at age 68.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was in Tarrytown Cemetery, Tarrytown, Montgomery County, Georgia.²

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Lyda Annie Gillis

• Birth*: She was born on 25 September 1894 in Georgia.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Hardy Walter Warnock on 2 April 1914.^3,4,2
• Death*: She died on 31 December 1971 at age 77.²
• Burial*: Interment was in Gillis Cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia.²

• Note*: She was from Soperton, Georgia.⁵

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Eve Heinemann M.D.

Eve Heinemann Fortson, from an online obituary.

• Birth*: She was born in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany.¹
• Marriage*: She married Warren Candler Fortson, son of Benjamin Wynn Fortson Sr. and Lillie Elder Wellborn, on 9 September 1966 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹
• Death*: She died on 8 April 2020.²

• Note*: • From a Fortson family history: "Graduated Valedictorian from Eleanor McMain High School, New Orleans, La. Eve received here B.A. degree from H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, New Orleans; her M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1955. She completed her internship and specialty study in psychiatry and has practiced as a physician since 1959, specializing in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. She is a graduate of New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute in 1964. She has taught psychiatry at Louisiana State University Medical School, and Emory University Medical School. In 1969 she is a member of the faculty of New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute as a teaching analyst. Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Beta Beta."
  • She served on the boards of Family Service of Greater New Orleans, United Cerebral Palsy of New Orleans, the YMCA Crisis Care Canter, the New Orleans Friends of Music, and St. George's Episcopal School.
  • Soon after her retirement, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she was living when she died.^3,4

• Last Edited: 26 Apr 2020

Annie Elizabeth Fortson

• Father: Charles John Fortson¹ b. 24 Oct 1856, d. 10 Jul 1935
• Mother: Iola Leola Sturgis² b. 21 May 1854, d. 12 Apr 1905

• Birth*: She was born on 18 March 1882 in Wilkes County, Georgia.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married Byron Jackson Eccles, son of Thomas Edward Eccles and Elizabeth Burdick Ouans, on 5 November 1908 in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Augustus A. Neal (Frances Scott Fortson), Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia.⁵
• Death*: She died on 27 February 1948 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, at age 65.^6,4
• Burial*: Interment was in plot B, Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Volusia County, Florida.^7,8

• Note*: She and Byron were married in a double ceremony with her cousin, Sara Rebecca Neal, to Moses Wright Turner, with Rev. Thomas H. Timmons officiating.⁵

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2015

Byron Jackson Eccles

• Father: Thomas Edward Eccles¹
• Mother: Elizabeth Burdick Ouans²

• Birth*: He was born on 5 March 1878 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Annie Elizabeth Fortson, daughter of Charles John Fortson and Iola Leola Sturgis, on 5 November 1908 in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Augustus A. Neal (Frances Scott Fortson), Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia.³
• Death*: He died on 23 May 1928 at age 50.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in plot B, Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Volusia County, Florida.⁵

• Note*: He and Annie were married in a double ceremony with her cousin, Sara Rebecca Neal, to Moses Wright Turner, with Rev. Thomas H. Timmons officiating.³

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Thomas Edward Eccles

• Birth*: He was born in Township of Boland, England.¹
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Burdick Ouans.

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Elizabeth Burdick Ouans

• Marriage*: She married Thomas Edward Eccles.

• Note*: She was from Newport, Rhode Island.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Byron Jackson Eccles Jr.

• Father: Byron Jackson Eccles¹ b. 5 Mar 1878, d. 23 May 1928
• Mother: Annie Elizabeth Fortson² b. 18 Mar 1882, d. 27 Feb 1948

• Birth*: He was born on 5 December 1909 in DeLand, Volusia County, Florida.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 6 June 1946 at age 36.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in plot B, Oakdale Cemetery, DeLand, Volusia County, Florida.⁵

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Bugg Sturgis ('Sam') Fortson

• Father: Charles John Fortson¹ b. 24 Oct 1856, d. 10 Jul 1935
• Mother: Iola Leola Sturgis² b. 21 May 1854, d. 12 Apr 1905

• Birth*: He was born on 24 November 1883 in Wilkes County, Georgia.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Esther Martin on 29 December 1915.⁵
• Marriage*: He married Gertrude _____ on 16 December 1935 in Camilla, Georgia.⁵
• Death*: He died on 17 April 1949 in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, at age 65.⁶
• Burial*: Interment was in Arlington, Calhoun County, Georgia.⁶

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2015

Esther Martin

• Marriage*: She married Bugg Sturgis ('Sam') Fortson, son of Charles John Fortson and Iola Leola Sturgis, on 29 December 1915.¹
• Death*: She died on 5 November 1931.¹

• Note*: She was from Cuthbert, Georgia and was a school teacher. She and Sam did not have any children.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Gertrude _____

• Birth*: She was born in 1892.¹
• Marriage*: She married Bugg Sturgis ('Sam') Fortson, son of Charles John Fortson and Iola Leola Sturgis, on 16 December 1935 in Camilla, Georgia.²
• Death*: She died in 1969.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Royal Palm South Cemetery, 101 55th Street South, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.¹

• Note*: She was from Ohio and served as a nurse overseas with the U.S. Army Nurses Corps during World War I. The family history gives her name as Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, suggesting she earlier had been married to Mr. Johnson. She and Sam did not have any children. In 1969 she was living in St. Petersburg, Florida.²

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Mary Iola Fortson

• Father: Charles John Fortson¹ b. 24 Oct 1856, d. 10 Jul 1935
• Mother: Iola Leola Sturgis² b. 21 May 1854, d. 12 Apr 1905

• Birth*: She was born on 3 June 1886 in Cobbham, Columbia County, Georgia.^3,4
• Death*: She died on 16 October 1905 at age 19.^5,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Pope's Chapel Cemetery, Wilkes County, Georgia.⁶

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2015

Rebecca Ogilvie Fortson

• Father: Charles John Fortson¹ b. 24 Oct 1856, d. 10 Jul 1935
• Mother: Iola Leola Sturgis² b. 21 May 1854, d. 12 Apr 1905

• Birth*: She was born on 16 January 1894 in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married J. Raymond Boyst, son of Charles Henry Boyst and Lizzie Vance Monroe, on 28 April 1921 in Park Place Methodist Church, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.⁵
• Burial*: Interment was in section 6, lot 164, grave 6, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.⁶

• Note*: Her Find A Grave memorial gives October 21 as her death date, without the year or place.⁶

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2015