G. James Godbold
b. Dec. 1785
Prince George Parish, Georgetown Dist. (later Marion Co.), S. C.; came
to Port Gibson, Miss. with relatives in early 1800's; m. about 1808, ______ Tarver (or Tabor)
(17 -1820); entry for
land in Franklin Co. in 1817; m. Elizabeth
K. Wright 28 May 1821; charter member and exhorter Bethesda
Meth. Church, 1823; planter; d. 1 Mar. 1869, McCall Creek, Miss.
Children 1. wife: Reason Erwin Godbold
and three daughters; 2. wife: Mary Ann,
Martha Jane, Levi R.,
James M., Blueford,
William, Missouri and
Thomas Godbold.
1.
Reason Erwin Godbold b.
1812, Claiborne or Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 16 Dec. 1834,
Rebecca Stroud; m. 10 Dec. 1836,
Sarah Ann McLaurin, Caseyville;
Meth.; owned much land in Copiah Co., Miss.; d. 1860 (or 1864),
Caseyville, Miss. Children:
Mary Anna,
Nancy,
Samantha,
Mariah,
Margaret,
Daniel,
Viola,
Wallace and twins,
Bruce and
Luther Godbold.
a.
Mary Anna Godbold b. 25
Jan. 1838; d. 17 Aug. 1841; Caseyville, Miss.
b.
Nancy Godbold b. 1840,
Caseyville, Miss., m.
Davis Applewhite.
Children:
Laurin and
Hattie
Applewhite.
c.
Samantha Jane Godbold
b. 1842, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 9 Sept. 1860
William
James "Bill" McRee; d. 20
May 1902, Lincoln Co., Miss. Children:
(1) Emma
McRee b. 27 June 1861; m. Monroe
Callender, Lincoln Co., Miss.
(2) Epsie Ann McRee b. 26 Feb.
1864; m. 8 Dec. 1881, Allan Cowart.
(3) David McRee b. 18 Feb.
1866; d. 5 Jan. 1904.
(4) Lula McRee b. 8 July 1869;
m. Ernest Newman, Lincoln Co.,
Miss.
(5) Maggie Jane McRee b. 1
Oct. 1871; d.
(6) Katie J. McRee b. 13 Oct.
1873; m. Willie D. Jackson; d.
17 Mar; 1945.
(7) Marvin Davy McRee b. 28
Nov. 1875; d. in 1890's.
(8) Bettie Ida McRee b. 17
Feb. 1879; m. 9 Aug. 1904 Thaddeus
Woolley (1859-1934); d. 28 Dec. 1926.
(9) Fannie C. McRee b. 4 Jan.
1882; m. Lewis P. Smith; d. 12
Apr. 1960.
(10) Horace McRee b. 16 June
1884; d.
d.
Mariah Catherine Godbold b.
1846, Caseyville, Miss.; m.
Griffith
Mclntosh; m. 10 Nov. 1870,
Duncan
Cammeron Wright (1813-1898); Methodist; d. 9 Oct. 1883, Raymond,
Miss. Children:
George Mclntosh;
Hope,
Maggie,
Viola,
Prentiss and
Charles Hooker Wright.
(1)
Hope
Wright b. 17 Sept. 1871, Raymond, Miss.; d. 19 Dec. 1903
Rayville, La.
(2)
Maggie Wright b. 11 Sept.
1874, Raymond, Miss.; m. 28 Nov. 1895
___Cade
(18_-1900); m.
H. M. Enlow (18_-1942);
still living.
(3)
Viola Godbold Wright b. 1
Mar. 1877, Raymond, Miss.; m. 21 Feb. 1899,
Ural
Rosco Sorey, Rayville, La.; d.
12 Oct. 1912, Rayville, La.; Methodists. Children;
Leon
Clyde,
Clifton Wright,
Hope Irvin,
Lillian Mae,
Gushin Ural,
Pauline,
Joe Herbert and
Prentiss
Sorey.
(a)
Leon
Clyde Sorey b. 23 June 1900; d. 16 Sept. 1900; Rayville, La.
(b)
Clifton Wright Sorey b. 26
Aug. 1901; m.
Eula Marie Sibley,
8 Nov. 1922; carpenter; Pentecostal. Children:
Gordon
Calvin,
Ural Gene,
Walter
Ashley, twins
John Paul and
Joy Bell,
Evelyn Janice
and
Peggy Sue Sorey.
1. Gordon
Calvin Sorey b. 3 Nov. 1923, Eldorado, Ark.; m. Connie Mae Turner. Children:
a. Kenneth
Sorey b. 13 Nov. 1951, Bakersfield, Calif.
b. Daphine Mae Sorey b. 28
Feb. 1956, Calif.
2. Ural
Gene Sorey b. 23 Dec. 1927, Eldorado, Ark.; m. 31 May 1951, Johnnie Mae Marshall; carpenter;
Baptist. Adopted children:
a. John
Gordon Sorey b. 6 Dec. 1958.
b. Joni Rejean Sorey b. 4 Aug.
1961.
3. Walter
Ashley Sorey b. 3 June 1926; d. 25 Aug. 1932, Rayville, La.
4. John Paul and Joy Bell
Sorey, stillborn 15 Nov.
1933, Rayville, La.
5. Evelyn Janice Sorey b. 17
Nov. 1934, Rayville, La.; m. 12 July 1954 Perry Lee
Green. Children:
a. Karen
Diane Green b. 4 Aug. 1956, Longview, Tex.
b. Evelyn Janet Green b. 27
Feb. 1957, Longview, Tex.
c. Tina Shereen Green b. 30
Nov. 1962, Beaumont, Tex.
6. Peggy
Sue Sorey b. 10 Jan. 1945, Rayville, La.
(c) Hope
Irvin Sorey b. 3 Sept. 1903; m. 25 Jan. 1929, Lillian
Windham; Meth.; butcher.
Children: Irvin Earl & Mary Hope Sorey.
1. Irvin
Earl Sorey b. 7 Jan. 1932, Rayville, La.; m. 1957, Betty Telford, Ruston, La.; Church
of Christ; store manager. Children:
a. Irvin Ray Sorey b. 16 Jan.
1959, Lakevillage, Ark.
b. Cindy Sorey b. 29 July
1966, Pine Bluff, Ark.
2. Mary
Hope Sorey b. 29 July 1934, Homewood, Miss.; m. 1954 Marvin Baldwin; nurse. Children:
a. Brenda Sue Baldwin b. 14
Aug. 1956, Rayville, La.
b. Earl Randal Baldwin b. 30
Jan. 1959.
c. Scott Ronnie Baldwin b. 28
Dec. 1962.
(d) Gushin
Ural Sorey b. 28 Nov. 1904; d. 12 Apr. 1912, Rayville, La.
(e) Lillian
Mae Sorey b. and d. 24 Nov. 1906, Rayville, La.
(f)
Ethel
Pauline Sorey b. 31 July 1908; m. 30 Aug. 1930
Riley Elkin Skaggs, Monroe, La.; L.
P. Nurse; Meth. Children:
Ethel
Geraldine,
Ivy Bernard,
Evelyn Reaujean,
Riley
Elkin, Jr., and
Olla Laverne Skaggs.
1. Ethel
Geraldine Skaggs b. 21 Nov. 1932, Longview, Tex.; m. 25 July
1951 Barnie Horace Lee, Jr.,
Dodge City, Kans.; Methodist. Children:
a. Brent
Howard Lee b. 6 Sept. 1954, Dodge City, Kans.
b. Ethel Lee and Deane
Lee, stillborn 18 Feb. 1956,
Dodge City, Kans.
c. Leon Richard Lee b. 7 June
1957, Dodge City, Kans.
2. Ivy
Bernard Skaggs b. 28 Sept. 1934, Claremore, Okla.; d. 3 Mar.
1939, Longview, Texas.
3. Evelyn Reaujean Skaggs b.
24 July 1936, Taft, Texas; m. 29 Sept. 1956 Duane
Roger Million, Dodge City,
Kans.; Lutheran. Children:
a. Nettie
Diane Million b. 15 Oct. 1957 Dodge City, Kans.
b. Stuart Michael Million b.
25 July 1959 Dodge City, Kans.
c. Barry Alien Million b. 4
Aug. 1961 Dodge City, Kans.
4. Riley
Elkin Skaggs, Jr. b.21 Feb. 1943, Houston, Tex.; army three
years; machinist; m. 2 July 1966 Lynette
Kay Bauer.
5. Olla Laverne Skaggs b. 2
May 1945; d. 10 May 1945, Houston, Texas.
(g)
Joe
Herbert Sorey b. 5 Aug. 1910; m. 19 Nov. 1933
Jessie
Ray Silk; Methodist;
carpenter; Rayville, La. Children:
1. Joann
Sorey b. 3 Oct. 1937, Rayville, La.; m. 3 Mar. 1962 John Hampton Durst, dentist; nurse;
Catholic. Adopted daughter:
a. Teri
Ann Durst b. 5 Aug. 1965, New Orleans, La.
2. Eddie
Sue Sorey b. 19 Jan. 1944, Dallas, Tex.; m. 15 Mar. 1965 Wayne McKinsey, Marshall, Texas;
Methodist. One son:
a. Calvin
Wayne McKinsey b. 13 Oct. 1965, Homer, La.
3. Danny
Herbert Sorey b. 30 Aug. 1948, Rayville, La.; m. 13 May 1966, Carol Jean Chilstian, Eudora, Ark.;
in college; Methodist.
(h)
Prentiss Benjamin Sorey b.
22 Sept. 1912; d. 14 Feb. 1930; Rayville, La.
(4) Prentiss
S. Wright b. 21 May 1879, Raymond, Miss.; m. Ann
Mary____; d. 1 Aug. 1951,
Edwards, Miss.; farmer.
(5) Charles Hooker Wright b.
27 May 1881, Raymond, Miss.; m. Thelma
Pace; U.S. Navy; farmer; d. 16 Aug. 1965, Tallahassee, Fla.
e.
Margaret
E. "Maggie" Godbold b. 1848, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 27 Oct. 1881
Robert "Bob" Cowart; moved to
Louisiana.
f.
Daniel M. Godbold b. 5 June
1851, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 1870's
Novella
Wright (1848-1922); moved from Copiah Co to Pike Co., Miss.;
Methodist; d. 2 Nov. 1925, McComb, Miss. Children:
Erva,
Duncan,
Charles Caldwell
and
Laura Godbold.
(1)
Erva Godbold b. 1875,
Copiah Co., Miss.; m.
Will Bearden;
d. No children.
(2)
Duncan Godbold b. 1877; d.
young; Copiah Co., Miss.
(3)
Charles Caldwell Godbold "C.C.",
b. 30 July 1880, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 16 Aug. 1901
Mamie
Jane Smith; conductor for
ICRR; d. 17 May 1957, McComb, Miss. Children:
Hugh,
Earl,
Nell,
Thelma,
C.C.,
Edna,
Harry,
Ray and
Ben Godbold.
(a)
Hugh Morris Godbold b. 30
July 1902, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 17 Aug. 1923
Mollie
Jim Cranberry; Meth.; McComb,
Miss. Children:
1. James
Morris "Jimmy" Godbold b. 23 July 1924, McComb, Miss.;
WWII; Enterprise-Journal; Minneapolis Star; photographer; college
degree; president of Field Enterprise Science Services, Inc., Houston,
Tex.; m. Joy Elaine Marsalis.
Children: James Morris, Jr., Jon Michel and Jan Marie
Godbold.
2. Laura
Mae Godbold b. 2 Nov. 1925, McComb, Miss.; grad. of Millsaps
Col.; Christian Ed. Director; Emory Univ.; m. the Rev.C.
Roger Elgert; Methodists; Mt.
Airy, Md. Children: Janet Faye
and Linda Sue Elgert.
3. Kathryn
Godbold b. 29 Oct. 1929, McComb, Miss.; m. M.
H. Piper, engineer for telephone
& telegraph co.; Bel Air, Md. One son: Samuel
M. Piper.
(b)
Earl L. Godbold b. Lincoln
Co., Miss.; m.
Cora Ellen Cranberry;
d. before 1957, Port Arthur, Texas. Children:
1. Earl
L. Godbold, Jr. b. June 1926.
2. Amelia
Louise Godbold, b.
3. Cora
Lee Godbold b. 11 Mar. 1949, Port Arthur, Tex.
(c)
Mamie Nell Godbold b.
Lincoln Co., Miss.; m.
Cecil H.
Varnado; d. 30 Jan. 1959, Port Arthur, Tex. Children:
Frances Elizabeth and
Betty
Nell Varnado.
(d)
Thelma Godbold b. 15 Sept.
1909, McComb, Miss.; single.
(e)
C. C. Godbold, Jr. b. and
d. 1911, McComb, Miss.
(f)
Edna Godbold b. 11 Aug.
1913; m. 3 Nov. 1934
Sidney Reeves.
No children.
(g)
Harry Victor Godbold b. 5
May 1916; m.
Jessie Loury;
Port Arthur, Tex. One child:
Victoria
Sue "Vicky" Godbold.
(h)
Ray Garland Godbold b. 28
Feb. 1921; m. 3 Jan. 19__,
Louise
Brewer. Children:
Jeannie
Louise and
Lloyd Ray.
(i)
Ben Godbold b. 192__; d.
1944, while home on furlough.
(4)
Laura Godbold b. 1880's,
Caseyville, Miss.; baptized Oct. 1886 Bethel Meth. Church; m.
L. O. Manning, McComb, Miss.
Children:
(a) Troy Manning
(b) Annie Mae Manning b. Pike
Co., Miss.; m. W. L. Crawford Osyka, Miss.
g.
Viola V. "Ola" Godbold b.
about 1854, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 30 Jan. 1879
D.
Webb Davis.
Iddo Lampton Davis is a
grandson.
h.
Wallace William Godbold b.
3 Mar. 1857 Caseyville, Miss.; m. about 1877
Nannie
R. Davis (1860-1927); charter
members of Bethel Meth. Church, Caseyville; farmer; sawmill owner;
cotton ginner; camp meeting promoter; d. 15 Aug. 1935, Caseyville.
Children:
Jane,
Marion,
Ada,
Mae,
Erwin,
Eva,
Vera,
Lee and
William Godbold.
(1)
Sarah Jane "Janie" Godbold
b. 1878, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 5 Mar. 1898
G.
Wilmer Peets (1873-1923); Meth.;
Wesson, Miss. Children:
Winnie,
Elizabeth,
Carroll,
Wilmer, Jr.,
Laura,
Lucille and
Henry Peets.
(a)
Winnie Peets m.
Samuel
T. Carroll; Wilmington, N. C.
(b)
Elizabeth Peets m.
Charles
Rogillio; Jackson, Miss. One
son:
1. Charles
Eugene Rogillio, Jackson, Miss.
(c)
Carroll W. Peets m.; d.
1963, Wesson, Miss.
(d)
G. Wilmer Peets, Jr.,
Abbeville, La.
(e)
Laura Mae Peets m.
Scheuman
Day; Brookhaven, Miss.
Children:
1. Jane Day m. Jerel West,
Brookhaven, Miss. Son: Jerry.
2. Sallie Day m. Royce
Bullock. Son: Roland Bullock.
3. Martha Day, Brookhaven,
Miss.
(f)
Lucille Peets m.
G.
Yates Field, Wesson, Miss.
Daughter:
Kathryn Field.
(g)
Henry Peets, Montgomery,
Ala.
(h)
Eva Nell Peets b. and d.
15 Oct. 1919; buried Caseyville.
(2)
Marion Bern Godbold b.
1880, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 22 Dec. 1900
Cora Kelly;
conductor SPRR; m.; d.
1964, Bakersfield, Calif. Children:
Robert
W. and
Bernie Lee Godbold.
(a)
Robert W. "R. W." Godbold
attended Centenary Col.; m.; went to Ark. Children:
Betty
Jo and
Alice Godbold.
1. Betty Jo Godbold b. Eureka
Springs, Ark.; m. ____ Watkins,
Little Rock, Ark. Children: Patricia,
Maline and Alice Lee.
2. Alice Godbold b. Eureka
Springs, Ark.; m. ______ Brogden.
Children: Kelly Brogden and
baby b. Oct. 1962.
(b)
Bernie Lee Godbold,
Caseyville, Miss.; m.
Homer W. McLeod;
musician; Meth.; Greenwood, Miss. One child:
1. Nancy McLeod b. Greenwood,
Miss.; m. 1962 Elmer Rouse.
(3)
Ada Godbold m. 6 Oct.
1902,
Walter Bayless. No
children.
(4)
Mae Godbold m. 15 July
1916
William J. Barnes; m. 8
July 1948
Ernest G. Dacus;
milliner, Yazoo City, Miss. One son:
(a)
Billy Barnes m. 1962;
Arlington, Va.
(5)
Erwin Davis Godbold b.
Caseyville, Miss.; m. 11 Feb. 1916
Willie
B. Pepper; Meth.; d. McComb, Miss. Daughter:
(a) Evelyn
Godbold b. McComb, Miss.; m. George Maddox
Methodist preacher and
professor at Millsaps College. Children:
1. Patricia
Alise Maddox b. 1 Jan. 1953, Jackson, Miss.
2. George
David Maddox b. 10 Nov. 1958, Jackson, Miss.
(6)
Eva Godbold b. Caseyville,
Miss.; m. 15 Apr. 1922
Harry M.
Youngblood; Methodists; New Orleans, La.
(7)
Vera Godbold b. 2 Aug.
1897 Caseyville, Miss.; d. 16 Sept. 1901,
(8)
Levi "Lee" Godbold b. 28
Aug. 1900, Caseyville; m. 20 Dec. 1922
Hazel
E. Regur; d. 1952, Brookhaven, Miss. Children:
(a) Sara
Godbold m. 9 Mar. 1944 Alfred
Henderson; Baton Rouge.
(b) Nan
Godbold m. 3 July 1945 Vince
Bailey, Jr.; Brookhaven, Miss. Children: One son and one
daughter.
(c) Arthur
Lee Godbold m. 24 May 1952 Wilma
Glen Sumrall of Yazoo City, Miss.; Lake Charles, La. One child:
1. Arthur
Lee Godbold, Jr. b. 24 Nov. 1953, Brookhaven.
(9)
Wallace William "Bill" Godbold
b. Jan. 1903, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 1 Oct. 1926,
Myrtis
Frances Sumrall; Meth.; mayor
of Brookhaven, Miss.; d. 1 Nov. 1962. One son:
(a) Wallace
William "Bill", Jr. Godbold b. 1927, Brookhaven, Miss.; m. 26
Nov. 1950 Barbara Dare Hooper;
B.S. degree USM; owns and manages Brookhaven Asphalt Co.; mayor of
Brookhaven since 1963. Children:
1. Betty
Margaret Godbold b. 12 Nov. 1951, Brookhaven.
2. Stacy
Dare Godbold b. 12 Sept. 1953.
3. Hugh
B. Godbold b. 1955.
i.
Peter Bruce Godbold b. 10
April 1860, Caseyville, Miss.; bachelor; overseer; Methodist; d. 3 Oct.
1939, Natchez, Miss.
j.
Duncan Luther Godbold b. 10
April 1860, Caseyville, Miss.; m. 16 Nov. 1885
Cordelia
J. Godbold (1867-1954);
farmer; Meth.; d. 22 June 1945, McComb, Miss. Children:
Katie,
Hattie,
Edgar,
Robert,
Gladys,
Lee,
Sadie,
Davis,
Lewis,
Bertha Mae,
Nelson and
Earl Godbold.
(1) Katie
Godbold b. 1886, Kennolia, Miss.; d. young.
(2) Hattie
B. Godbold b. 1888, Kennolia, Miss.; m. W.
M. Myers; m. J. A. Poss; registered
nurse; Meth.;
McComb, Miss. No children.
(3) Edgar
Erwin Godbold b. 6 Apr. 1890, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 25 May 1916 Vada Carter; sales manager. Gulf
Refining Co., Tupelo, Miss.; Methodist. No children
(4) Robert
Rawls Godbold b. 19 Apr. 1892, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 24 June 1923 Annie Elizabeth Kersh; Meth.;
Tunica, Miss. Children:
(a) Robert
Rawls Godbold, Jr. b. 31 July 1925, Hillhouse, Miss.; m. Bettie Ellington; Meth. minister, N.
Miss. Conf.; grad. of Millsaps Col. & Emory U. Children:
1. Robert
Rawls "Bob" Godbold, III, b. 9 Feb. 1954, Moorhead, Miss.
2. Richard
Dewey Godbold b. 30 July 1957, Lexington, Miss.
(b) Duncan
Leon Godbold b. 8 Jan. 1928, Cleveland, Miss.; m. Doris Lockheart; grad. MSU; Memphis,
Tenn. One daughter:
1. Lauren
Elizabeth Godbold b. 11 Nov. 1953, Memphis, Tenn.
(c) Samuel
Davis "Sammy" Godbold b. 27 July 1929, Hollywood, Miss.;
valedictorian H. S. class. Tunica, Miss.; graduate MSU & U. of
Texas.
(5) Gladys
Gertrude Godbold b. 12 Sept. 1894, Kennolia, Miss.; registered
nurse; Meth.; d. 8 Sept. 1954, McComb, Miss.
(6) Ronald
Lee Godbold b. 8 Jan. 1897, Meadville, Miss.; m. 23 Jan. 1938 Annie Lucille Brooks; Meth.; Gulf
Oil Co., Montgomery, Ala. Children;
(a) Ronald
Lee Godbold, Jr. b. 6 May 1943, Montgomery, Ala.; BS U. of Ala.;
m. 6 June 1965 Patricia Anne Harvard;
Med. Sch. Birmingham, Ala.
(7) Sadie
Godbold b. 9 Dec. 1898, Meadville, Miss.; registered nurse;
Supt. of McComb Infirmary; Meth.; McComb, Miss.
(8) Davis
W. Godbold b. 29 July 1901, Meadville, Miss.; bachelor.
(9) Lewis
Henry Godbold b. 1 Nov. 1903, Kennolia, Miss.; m. Mary Pilcher; Gulf Oil Co.,
Montgomery, Ala. Children:
(a) Edward
Lewis Godbold b. 20 Dec. 1935; Bus. Adm. degree, Auburn U.; m. Mary Elenor Williams; Montgomery,
Ala. Children:
1. Edward
Lewis Godbold, Jr. b. 31 Dec. 1958, Montgomery, Ala.
2. Michael
William Godbold b. 1 April 1960, Montgomery.
3. Laura
Frances Godbold b. 15 Feb. 1962, Montgomery.
(b) David
Mitchell Godbold b. 5 Oct. 1939; m. Cynthia
Judkins; Montgomery, Ala.
One son:
1. David
Mitchell Godbold, Jr. b. 12 Mar. 1961, Montgomery.
(10) Bertha
Mae Godbold b. 12 Feb. 1906, Caseyville, Miss.; registered
nurse; m. Joe L. Rock,
Meth., McComb, Miss. No children.
(11) L.
Nelson Godbold b. 26 Apr. 1909, Caseyville, Miss.; m. Ruby Corrine Tyler; Water Valley,
Miss. No children.
(12) Earl
Patrick Godbold b. 26 Feb. 1912, Caseyville, Miss.; m. Mary Gill; Methodist; McComb, Miss.
Children:
(a) Gill
Godbold b. 26 Feb. 1948, McComb, Miss.; attending Southwest
Junior College, Summit, Miss.; Methodist; MYF Dist. Pres.
(b) Loubet
Brock Godbold b. 5 Apr. 1950; d. 31 Aug. 1951, McComb, Miss.
(c) Rebecca
Godbold b. 25 June 1952, McComb, Miss.
(d) Jane
Godbold b. 22 Jan. 1956, McComb, Miss.
2.
Mary
Ann Godbold b. 13 Apr. 1822, N. E. Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 10
Oct. 1853
Horace M. Gilmer
(1808-1854) of Copiah Co., Miss.; m.
William
Webster "Billy" Millsaps (1804-18__); Methodist; d. 2 Nov. 1875;
buried Rosehill Cem., Brookhaven, Miss. No children. Stepchildren:
Martha Jane,
Horace H.
&c
America Fredonia Gilmer;
Rev. Wm. R. Millsaps and possibly
others.
3.
Martha Jane Godbold b.
1824, Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 23 June 1842
Ezra Knapp (1816-18 ) of Ohio;
settled on farm near her father; 1859
moved away; member of Bethesda (Wright's) Methodist Church. Children:
a. Samuel
D. Knapp b. 1844, northeast
corner of Franklin Co., Miss.
b. James W. Knapp b. 1847,
Franklin
County, Miss.
c. Mary E. Knapp b. 1849,
Franklin County, Miss.
4.
Levi R. Godbold b. 4 Nov.
1826, Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 19 Nov. 1846
Sarah Jane Rawls (1829-1908);
lived on Rawls place for about 10 years;
moved back to father's place; lived in father's house after 1869;
farmer; ginner; class leader, Bethesda Meth. Church; d. 4 Mar. 1878;
buried in old Wright's Cem., Franklin County, Miss. Children:
William,
James,
Elizabeth,
Horace,
Sarah,
Thomas,
Pinkney,
Cordelia and
Hattie
Godbold.
a. William
P. Godbold b. 1847; d.
young; Franklin Co., Miss.
b. James
Arthur "Jim" Godbold b. 17
Sept. 1849, Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 29 Oct. 1873 Margaret
Jane Lee
(1855-1927); farmer; Bethesda Meth. Church; d. 7 Oct. 1926, McCall
Creek, Miss. Children: Johnie,
Joanna, Lillian, Landrum, Cammie, Daisy,
Denon, Frances, Addie, Emmett and Myrtle Godbold.
(1) Johnie
L. Godbold b. 11 Sept. 1874,
Franklin Co., Miss.; d. 2 Aug. 1877.
(2) Joanna
Godbold b. 15 Mar. 1876,
Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 12 Feb. 1903 Thomas
Henry "Tom" Herring
(1870-1960); Meth.; d. 15 Oct. 1962, Brookhaven, Miss.; buried in
Bethesda Cem. Children: Lamar,
Hoy, Ola and Willie Herring.
(a) Lamar
Lee Herring b. 15 Jan.
1904, Franklin County, Miss.; m. 29 June 1924 Dora
Dickey (1905-1938),
Lucien, Miss.; worked in furniture factory, Vicksburg, Miss.; worked at
Air Base, Oklahoma City, Okla.; m. 17 Aug. 1940, Mildred
Marie Decker.
Children: Wife 1, Vivian, La
Verne and W. L.; Wife 2, Thomas and Edith
Fay Herring.
1. Vivian
Herring b. Vicksburg, Miss.;
m. 20 May 1945 Leonard D. Posey,
Brookhaven, Miss. Children: Michael
and Deborah Posey.
a. Michael
Felder Posey b. 1946,
Brookhaven, Miss.
b. Deborah Posey b. 1955,
Brookhaven, Miss.
2. Ora
La Verne Herring b. 20 Feb.
1932, Vicksburg, Miss.; m. Lloyd Smith,
Lincoln Co., Miss.; Natchez,
Miss. Children:
a. Glen
Lloyd Smith b. 1947,
Brookhaven, Miss.; Natchez, Miss.
b. Frances Elaine Smith b. 10
Feb. 1953, Brookhaven.
c. Nancy Lee Smith b. 4 Jan.
1960, Brookhaven, Miss.
3. Willard
Lamar "W. L." Herring b. 14
Jan. 1937, Oklahoma City, Okla.; m. 25 Oct. 1958
Darlene Faye
Hauserman, Salina, Kans. Children: 2.
4. Thomas Ray "Tommy" Herring
b. 31 Jan. 1945, Oklahoma City,
Okla.; attending college; preparing to be a minister.
5. Edith Fay Herring b. 29
Sept. 1947, Oklahoma City, Okla.
(b) Hoy
Herring b. 6 Feb. 1905,
Franklin Co., Miss., m. 22 Dec. 1938 Ether
Mae Smith of Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; Baptist; works at International Paper Mill, Natchez, Miss.
Children:
1.
Jerry
Edward Herring b. 28 Feb.
1940, Oklahoma City, Okla.
2.
Patricia Ann "Pat" Herring
b. 15 May 1941, Natchez, Miss.; A.B.
Miss. Col.; m. 19 Aug. 1962
Milton
Lavelle Bradley, working on M.S.,
Ole Miss; Yazoo City, Miss. Daughter:
a. Allison
Ann Bradley b. 29 Dec. 1966,
Oxford, Miss.
3.
Paul Richard Herring b. 31
Jan. 1943, Brookhaven, Miss, m.; Natchez,
Miss.
(c) Ola
Herring b. 7 May 1908, Lucien,
Miss.; m. 25 Oct. 1930 Carl Posey,
Brookhaven, Miss.; Baptists.
Children:
1. Georgia
Joan Posey b. 13 Aug. 1937,
Brookhaven, Miss.; BS in Home ec., USM; m. 8 June 1958 Larry Keith
Mullen; telephone operator; Brookhaven, Miss. Child:
a. Donna
Suzette Mullen b. 12 Sept.
1960, Brookhaven, Miss.
2. Dorothy
Posey b. 11 May, 1943,
Brookhaven, Miss.; graduate Draughon's Bus. Col., bookkeeper,
Brookhaven.
(d) Willie
Tommy "Bill" Herring b. 16
Feb. 1912, Lucien, Miss.; m. 22 Feb. 1936 Leathan
Lofton; works at
Armstrong Rubber Plant, Natchez, Miss.; Baptists. Children:
1. Infant daughter b. and d. 4 Aug.
1940, Lincoln Co.
2. Willie Calvin Herring b. 28
July 1941, Lincoln Co., Miss.;
U.S.Army; m. 21 Aug. 1962 Shirley
Bellis, Vidalia, La.; A.M. Miss.
Col.; working on M.S. Miss. Col., Clinton, Miss. Child: Loree Lynn
Herring b. 30 Nov. 1965, Jackson, Miss.
(3) Teresa
Lillian "Lil" Godbold b. 24
June 1877, Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 12 Feb. 1902 John
Deloss "D" Mullins
(1870-1943); Baptists; d. 18 Nov. 1968, Franklin Co., Miss.; buried
Natchez, Miss. Children: Uimo,
Annie, Walton, Reuben and Rita Mullins.
(a) Infant son b. and died 28 Nov. 1902, Monroe, Miss.
(b)
Uimo Deloss Mullins b. 29
Jan. 1904, Franklin Co., Miss.; U.S.
Navy; m. 18 July 1930
Vera Alice May
Patnode, Seattle, Wash.; m. 5 Mar.
1951
Bertha Lee Jones;
mechanic; member of Damascus Bapt. Church;
Union Church, Miss. Children: Wife 1,
Patricia;
Wife 2,
Jeannette and
John.
1. Lillian
Patricia "Pat" Mullins b.
Seattle, Wash.; m.
2. Margaret Jeannette "Jan" Mullins
b. 19 Nov. 1951; Baptist.
3. John Deloss Mullins b. 26
Nov. 1952; Bapt.; Union Church, Miss.
(c)
Annie Margaret Mullins b.
29 Feb. 1906, Kennolia, Miss.; registered
nurse; m. 1925
Aubrey Starnes,
Natchez, Miss.; (d. 1926); m. 1929
Willie Smith, Natchez, Miss.
(d. 1936); nursing at Foundation Hospital,
New Orleans, La. Baptist. No children.
(d)
Walton Alain Mullins b. 25
Oct. 1908, Monroe, Miss.; bachelor; d.
23 Feb. 1939, Tenn.; buried in Natchez Cem.; Natchez, Miss.
(e)
James Reuben Mullins b. 19
Dec. 1910, Monroe, Miss.; m. 16 July
1938
Rosalie Mclntyre of
Lucien, Miss.; lives and works in New Orleans,
La. Children:
Teresa,
Randall,
Phyllis,
Ramona and
Baronica Mullins.
1. Teresa
Ann Mullins b. 13 Feb. 1939,
McCall Creek, Miss.;m. 12 Apr. 1958 Charles
Anthony Ruffina. New
Orleans, La. Children:
a. Attanya
Ann "Tanya" Ruffina b. 1959,
New Orleans, La.
b. Susan
Celeste Ruffina b. 28 Aug.
1961; d. 12 Sept. 1962.
2. Infant son b. and d. 1940, McCall
Creek, Miss.
3. Randall
Mullins b. 25 June 1941,
McCall Creek, Miss.; U.S. Navy; m. 13 May 1965, Mrs.
Johnnie Lett, New
Orleans, La. Children:
a. Kelly
Laraine Mullins b. 1 Mar.
1967, New Orleans.
4. Phyllis
Kay Mullins b. 9 Sept. 1943,
Bude, Miss.; m. 24 Aug. 1963 Ronald
Smith, New Orleans, La. Child;
a. James
Reuben Smith b. 4 June 1964,
New Orleans, La.
5. Rhoda
Ramona Mullins b. 27 Dec.
1949, New Orleans, La.
6. Baronica
LaRube Mullins b. 27 July
1951, New Orleans.
(f)
Rita Lucile Mullins b. 16
Aug. 1913, McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 25
Dec. 1932
Carter Edward "Ed" Moore;
lives at great grandfather's old
home site; Wright's Com.; Union Church, Miss. Child:
1. Reuben
Edward Moore b. 14 Feb. 1934,
McCall Creek, Miss.; B.S. La. Tech.; accountant; Public Service, New
Orleans, La.
(4)
Landrum Lee "Lan" Godbold
b. 21 Dec, 1878, McCall Creek, Miss, m.
19 Feb. 1899
Margret Ella Enrrican
(1880-1947); cattleman; owned and
operated a meat market in Brookhaven, Miss.; later in Navasota, Texas.
Children:
Vadie Lee,
W.
L., and
Julian Godbold.
(a)
Vadie Lee Godbold b. 20
Apr. 1903, Franklin Co., Miss.; d. 21 Sept.
1904; buried Rosebill Cem. Brookhaven, Miss,
(b)
Warren Landrum "W.L." Godbold
b. 1907, Brookhaven, Miss.; Co-Lin
Jr. Col.; m. 15 June 1927,
Laura
Ellen Lusk of Barlow, Miss.; m. 1930's
Hattie "Billie" Grebe
(19_-1952), R. N., Sherman, Tex.; works for
railroad company in Ark. Children:
1. Charles
Warren "Funnyman" Godbold b.
1928, Brookhaven, Miss; moved away; m. Children: Two.
2. Sarah
Frances Godbold b. Brookhaven,
Miss.; moved away; m.; Children: Two.
(c)
Charles Julian "Tom" Godbold
b. 25 June 1909, Brookhaven, Miss.;
Co-Lin Jr. Col.; moved to Texas about 1932; m. 27 June 1941
Elaine
Kidd; Ford or Dodge Motors agency, Navasota, Texas. Child:
1. Amy
Lou Godbold b. 23 Jan. 1948,
Texas.
(5)
Cammie Norman "Cam" Godbold
b. 2 July 1880, McCall Creek, Miss.; m.
8 May 1902
Demaris "Dollie" Walker
(1881- ); farmer; Meth.; cattle
buyer; Union Church, Miss. Children:
Mavis,
Lottie,
Homer,
Ethel,
Wilmer,
Cammie,
Alton and
Glendon.
(a)
Bessie Mavis Godbold b. 19
June 1903, Kennolia, Miss.; B.S. STC
(USM); M.A. Geo. Peabody Col.; teacher (25 years) in high schools of
Miss. and Giffin Col., Van Wert, Ohio; Meth.; never married; Union
Church, Miss.
(b)
Lottie Mary Godbold b. 12
Jan. 1905, Kennolia, Miss.; B.S. STC;
teaching at Franklin Attendance Center, Meadville. Miss.; never m.;
Meth.; Delta Kappa Gamma.
(c)
James Homer Godbold b. 6
June 1907, Kennolia, Miss.; B.S. STC; m.
21 June 1940,
Josephine "Jody" Lessley
of Woodville, Miss.; teacher;
Meth.; d. 15 May 1962, Brookhaven, Miss. Son:
1. James
Homer "Jimmy" Godbold, Jr. b.
1 Nov. 1947, Natchez, Miss.; attended Millsaps Col.; Meth.; winner of
National Meth. Scholarship; Brookhaven, Miss.
(d)
Myrtle Ethel Godbold b. 31
Dec. 1908, Kennolia, Miss.; B.S. Home
ec., STC; Meth.; FSA Home Superv.; m. 24 Aug. 1947
Charles
Hubert Huff,
Forest, Miss.; Union Church, Miss. No children.
(e)
Wilmer Wesley Godbold b.
30 Sept. 1911, Veto, Miss.; Co-Lin; WWII;
m. 22 Dec. 1950
Allie Theodosia
"Dosia" Miller, Jackson, Miss.; Polled
Hereford, Riverside Farm; Meth.; clerk; Union Church, Miss. Children:
1. Laura
Demaris Godbold b. 21 Dec.
1952, Jackson, Miss.; Meth.; 4-H Club; Union Church, Miss.
2. Patsy
Ann Miller Godbold, foster
daughter, b. 12 Nov. 1955, Calif.; Meth.; Union Church, Miss.
(f)
Cammie Norman Godbold, Jr.
b. 24 Apr. 1914, Union Church, Miss.;
B.S. Miss. State (MSU): WWII; m. 22 Apr. 1944
Janice
Calhoun, Grove
Hill, Ala.; Meth.; Soil Cons. Service, Phoenix City, Ala. No children.
(g)
Alton Landy Godbold b. 25
Jan. 1917, Union Church, Miss.; B.S.
& M.A. Miss. State Col.; Meth.; m. 14 Sept. 1945,
Mittie Elsie
White, Hazelhurst, Miss.; sales representative for Steck-Vaughn
Co.;
Clanton, Ala. Children:
1. Alton
Landy Godbold b. 19 May 1950,
Starkville, Miss.; Meth.; Eagle Scout; Clanton, Ala.
2. Brenda
Kay Godbold b. 3 Dec. 1951,
Ellisville, Miss.; Meth.; Clanton, Ala.
(h)
Glendon (Glyn) Harold Godbold
b. 13 Oct. 1921, McCall Creek, Miss.;
WWII; Meth.; m. 20 Dec. 1947
Martha
Jean Adams, Jackson, Miss.; Meter
Dept., Miss. Power & Light Co.; Grenada, Miss. Children:
1. Glendon
Harold Godbold, Jr. b. 24
Mar. 1951, Jackson, Miss.; d. 25 Mar. 1951.
2. Mark
Adams Godbold, adopted, b. 8
Aug. 1955, New Orleans, La.; Boy Scout; Meth.; Grenada, Miss.
3. Glenda
Michelle Godbold, adopted, b.
3 Sept. 1957, New Orleans, La.; Grenada, Miss.
(6)
Daisy Naomi Godbold b. 6
Mar. 1882, McCall's Creek, Miss.; m. 10
Jan. 1904
William Monroe "Bill"
Wentworth (1881- 1965), of Meadville,
Miss.; Presbyterian; Meadville, Miss. Children:
James,
Irene,
Alene and
twins,
Ruth and
Naomi
Wentworth.
(a)
James Wiley Wentworth b.
25 Sept. 1904, Monroe, Miss.;
attended Bowling Green; m. 13 Apr. 1929
Ruby Mae
Sullivan; Dodge
Motors, Meadville, Miss. Children:
Nancy
Grace,
Harold and
Daisy
Sue
Wentworth.
1.
Nancy
Grace Wentworth b. 27 Mar.
1930, Meadville, Miss.; grad. Co-Lin; attended USM; m. 28 Apr. 1950
James Winston Corley of Mt.
Olive, Miss.; Jackson Miss. Children:
James,
Nona and
Nancy Corley.
a. James
Winston "Buster" Corley, Jr.
b. 1 Jan. 1951, Brookhaven, Miss.
b. Nona
Rebecca "Becky" Corley b. 10
Nov. 1955, Jackson, Miss.
c. Nancy
Allycen Corley b. 20 June
1961, Jackson.
2.
James Monroe Wentworth b.
12 Aug. 1931; d. 11 Jan. 1933.
3.
Harold Leroy Wentworth b. 7
Feb. 1933, Meadville, Miss.; attended
USM & Co-Lin; U.S. Navy; Bowling Green U.; m. 3 Jan. 1958
Maye
Griffing of Brookhaven, Miss.; Dodge Motors, Meadville, Miss.
Children:
a. Harold
Leroy "Hal" Wentworth, Jr. b.
18 Aug. 1958, Meadville, Miss.
b. Forrest
Wentworth b. 23 Sept. 1959,
Meadville.
c. James
Denman Wentworth b. and d. 27
Feb. 1961, Meadville, Miss.
4.
Daisy Sue Wentworth b. 23
Apr. 1938, Meadville, Miss.; m. 15 Sept.
1956
Robert Gotten, Meadville,
Miss. Children:
a. Gregory
Lane Gotten b. 3 June 1957,
Meadville.
b. Bobbette Gotten b. 19 Apr.
1959, Meadville, Miss.
(b)
Irene Wentworth b. 11 Feb.
1906, Meadville, Miss.; teacher;
Presbyterian; employee of New Orleans Public Service; pres. of New
Orleans Credit Women's Club; never married; New Orleans, La.
(c)
Alene Wentworth b.
Meadville, Miss.; attended Woman's Col.;
teacher; m.
Julian Hutson of
McCall, Miss.; records clerk at Charity
Hospital, Vicksburg, Miss. One son:
1.
Charles William Hutson b.
Meadville, Miss.; USM; m. 1957
Sallie_____, Vicksburg, Miss.; m. 1961
Judy
Lum, Vicksburg, Miss.
Children:
a. Charles
William Hutson, Jr. b. June
1963, Vicksburg, Miss.
b. Elizabeth
Hutson b. May 1965,
Vicksburg, Miss.
(d)
Mattie Maurice Wentworth
b. May 1917, Meadville, Miss.; m.
Pernell
Emfinger; Reece's Florist & Gift Shoppe, Meadville, Miss.
Children:
1.
Warren Pernell Emfinger b.
Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 1963
Linda
Harvey, Mt. Olive, Miss. Children:
a. Cynthia
Diane Emfinger b. Feb. 1964,
Jackson.
b. William
Allen Emfinger b. 22 Feb.
1965, Jackson.
2.
William Albert "Billy" Emfinger
b. Franklin Co., Miss.; m. Sept.
1964
Carolyn_____ of Natchez,
Miss.
3.
Willard Ray Emfinger b.
Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 1966.
4.
Wiley Shelton Emfinger b.
1943 Franklin Co., Miss.
5.
Relda Diane Emfinger b. 28
Dec. 1949, Meadville, Miss.
(e)
Ruth Louise Wentworth b. 1
Aug. 1923, Meadville, Miss.; m. 8 Jan.
1944
Paul Holland; New
Orleans, La. Children:
1. George Michael Holland b.
22 June 1946, New Orleans, La.; Active
Naval Reserve, U.S.S. Jonas Ingram.
2. Deborah Ann Holland b. 9
Apr. 1953, New Orleans, La.; Metairie.
3. Karen Naomi Holland b. 21
Oct. 1956, New Orleans, La.
(f)
Naomi Elise Wentworth b. 1
Aug. 1923, Meadville, Miss.; m.
Cloie
Foy; lives in Harahan, La. Children:
1.
Kenneth Cloie Foy b. 19
Feb. 1941, New Orleans, La.; carpenter; m.
18 Feb. 1966
Barbara Scherer Lawson;
Harahan, La.
2.
Gary Foy b. 20 Jan. 1943,
New Orleans, La.; carpenter; m. 15 June
1962
Doris Moore; Harahan, La.
Child:
a. Don
Elise Foy b. 1 Aug. 1964, New
Orleans, La.
(7)
Denon David Godbold b. 29
Feb. 1884, McCall's Creek, Miss.; m. 3
Feb. 1907
Jessie Elizabeth Sullivan;
WWI; m. 27 June 1920
Bessie
Gertrude Lawrence of Kentucky; Continental Oil Co., Tulsa,
Okla.; d. 16
Feb. 1957. Children:
Ellis,
J. D. and
Doris.
(a) Infant son b. and died 1908,
Kennolia, Miss.; Bethesda Cem.
(b) Ellis
Robert Godbold b. 18 Aug.
1909, Veto, Miss.; m. 18 May 1935 Beatrice
Ida Price of Ontario,
Canada; Mormons; gun shop; El Cajon, Calif. Children: Marianne, Melba,
Robert and Myrtle Bessie
Godbold.
1. Marianne
Louise Godbold b. 21 Feb.
1936, San Diego, Calif.; m.
2. Melba Roberta Godbold b. 5
Nov. 1937, San Diego, Cal.; m. 1957;
Child born 5 Sept. 1958.
3. Robert David Godbold b. 16
Mar. 1939, San Diego, Cal.; m. 26 June
1964 Doris Jenean Jesperson;
Mormon. Children:
a. Jennifer
Rene' Godbold b. 12 May
1965, La Mesa, Calif.
b. Andrea Godbold b. 5 Oct.
1966, La Mesa, Calif.
4. Myrtle
Bessie Godbold b. 22 Feb.
1945, San Diego, Cal.; Mormon; m. 13 May 1963 Franklin
Edward
Carstensen, El Cajon, Calif.
(c) James
Denon "J.D." Godbold b. 19
Sept. 1921, Tulsa, Okla.; m. 27 Nov. 1943 Velma
Cantrell; Tulsa, Okla.
Children:
1. Donna
Marlene Godbold b. 19 Dec.
1948, Tulsa, Okla.
2. Susan Evelyn "Sue" Godbold
b. 26 Nov. 1949, Tulsa.
3. James Denon "Jimmy" Godbold, Jr.
b. 30 Apr. 1951, Tulsa, Okla.
4. Dixie Lee Godbold b. 10
Apr. 1959, Tulsa, Okla.
(d) Doris
Pauline Godbold b. 16 Oct.
1926 Tulsa, Okla.; m. 26 Dec. 1946 Donald
Rose; Tulsa. One son:
1. Lawrence
Donald "Larry" Rose b. 13
Apr. 1948, Tulsa.
(8)
Frances Rebecca "Fannie" Godbold b.
23 Oct. 1885, Kennolia, Miss.;
m. Jan. 1905
James Edward "Jim" Posey
(1884-1960); d. 6 Mar. 1961.
Children:
(a) Thomas
Jefferson "T.J. " Posey b.
13 June 1907, Jefferson Co., Miss.; WWII; McCall Creek, Miss.; bachelor.
(b) Neal Ross Posey b. 19 Oct.
1911, Veto, Miss.; WWII; Nat. Guard;
bricklayer; carpenter; m. Josie Enley
Smith; McCall Creek, Miss.
Children:
1. Jimmie
LaNeal Posey b. 10 Oct. 1950,
Brookhaven, Miss.; Methodist; McCall Creek, Miss.
2. Robert Lee "Bobby" Posey b.
5 Apr. 1952, Brookhaven, Miss.;
Methodist; McCall Creek, Miss.
3. Judy Louise Posey b. 19
Apr. 1953, Brookhaven, Miss.; Methodist;
McCall Creek, Miss.
(9)
Addie Emma Godbold b. 4
Oct. 1888, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 4 Nov. 1906
Roderick Gambrell Porter
(1887- ); Baptists; McCall
Creek, Miss. Children:
Arie,
Edwina,
Pearl and
Pauline Porter.
(a)
Evie Arie Porter b. 4 Nov.
1907,
Kennolia, Miss.; A.B.
Woman's
Col.; attended U. of Ill.; m. 16 Aug. 1932 Dr.
Eugene
Ijams Farr, prof.
at Miss. Col.; Bapt; asst. librarian at Miss. Col.; Clinton, Miss.
Children:
Nancy and
Addie
Farr.
1. Nancy
Catherine Farr b. 4 Oct. 1934,
Jackson, Miss.; A.B. Miss. Col.; Bapt.; teacher; attended Ole Miss.;
Librarian; m. 26 June 1960 William
Eugene "Billy" Hughes, prof. at
Stetson; DeLand, Fla. Children:
a. William
Eugene Hughes, Jr., b. 17
Feb. 1962, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; DeLand, Fla.
b. Thomas
Farr "Tommy" Hughes b. 4 Dec.
1963, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; DeLand, Fla.
2. Addie
Rebecca Farr b. 24 Mar. 1937,
Jackson, Miss.; A.B. Miss. Col.; m. 1 June 1959 Gerald
Eugene "Jerry"
Hall of Clinton, Miss.; Bapt.; Decatur, Ala. Children:
a. Rebecca
Olivia Hall b. 11 Feb. 1960,
Decatur,Ala.
b. Sarah Eugenia Hall b. 3 May
1962, Decatur, Ala.
c. Catherine Evie "Cathy" Hall
b. 20 Apr. 1964, Decatur, Ala.
(b)
Margaret Edwina Porter b.
13 Nov. 1911, McCall, Miss.; Bapt.;
paints pictures; McCall Creek, Miss. Never married.
(c)
Pearl Fidelia Porter b. 30
Aug. 1916, McCall, Miss.; Bapt.;
Draughon's Bus. Col.; secretarial work, MP&L; m. 19 Feb. 1955
Joseph Freeman "Joe" Davis,
salesman; Jackson, Miss. No children.
(d) Infant son, b. and d. 1 Mar. 1918, McCall, Miss.
(e)
Emma Pauline Porter b. 3
May 1925, McCall, Miss.; B.S. USM; m. 13
June 1948
Archie Monroe "Dick" Wilkins
of Hattiesburg, Miss., engineer
for Shell Oil Co.; Meth.; New Orleans, La. Children:
1. William
Porter "Bill" Wilkins b. 23
May 1951, Eagle Lake, Tex.
2. Robert Monroe "Bob" Wilkins
b. 14 Apr. 1953, Kilgore, Tex.
3. Joseph Eugene "Joe" Wilkins
b. 21 Dec. 1955, Houston, Tex.
4. Janet Lynn "Jan" Wilkins b.
27 Mar. 1958, Houston, Tex.; New
Orleans, La.
(10)
Emmett Neal Godbold b. 19
Feb. 1891, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 1 Jan.
1925
Elizabeth Rebecca "Bessie" Buie
(1896-1953); teacher; cattle
farmer; Methodist; lives on old home place. Union Church, Miss.
(a)
Mary Elizabeth Godbold b.
15 Mar. 1926, McCall, Miss.; B.S. USM;
home economics teacher; m. 5 June 1949 to
Carleton
Edward "Ned"
Dillard, foreman at Masonite, Laurel, Miss.; Methodists;
Sandersville,
Miss. Children:
1. Drusilla
Rebecca "Becky" Dillars b.
2 Aug. 1950, Laurel, Miss.
2. Carleton Edward Dillard, Jr.,
b. 23 Dec. 1952, Leakesville, Miss.;
Sandersville, Miss.
3. Susannah Elizabeth Dillard
b. 30 Jan. 1964, Laurel, Miss.;
Sandersville, Miss.
(11) Ruby
Myrtle Godbold b. 11 Aug.
1894, Kennolia, Miss.; teacher; Meth.; m. 2 July 1922, Charles Spurgeon
Nevels (1898-1949) of Union Church, Miss., D.S., Superior Oil
Co.; d. 2
Sept. 1956, Grayville, Ill. Children: Margaret
and Charles Spurgeon
Nevels, Jr.
(a) Margaret
Lucinda Nevels b. 14 Mar.
1925, El Dorado, Ark.; B.S. Mich.; m. 11 Aug. 1945 Robert
Dean "Bob"
Wallen of Detroit, Mich., teacher; Frankenmuth, Mich.;
Springfield,
Mich. Daughter:
1. Marie
Janet Wallen b. 6 Nov. 1946,
Mich. (or Ill.); attending junior college; Springfield, Mich.
(b) Charles
Spurgeon Nevels, Jr. b. 26
Sept. 1926, El Dorado, Ark.; B.S. U. of Ill.; WWII; m. 1949 Patricia
Jeanne "Patsy" Spitz, Carmi, Ill.; engineer for oil co.;
Bridgeport,
Texas. Children: David, Deborah,
Mark and Kathy.
1. David
Lee Nevels b. 27 May 1955,
Crossville, Ill.; Bridgeport, Texas.
2. Deborah Ann "Debbie" Nevels
b. 19 Sept. 1958, Bridgeport, Texas.
3. Mark Allen Nevels b. 7 July
1961, Bridgeport, Texas.
4. Kathy Jeanne Nevels b. 10
Oct. 1963, Bridgeport, Tex.
(1) Evelyn "Evie" Cupit b. 22
Nov. 1872, McCall's Creek, Miss.; m. 13
Dec. 1894 George Wells
(1873-1937); d. 20 Apr. 1960, Wesson, Miss.
Children: Vida, Johnny,
Versie, Launa, Cody and Lillie Mae Wells.
(a) Infant son, b. 18 Dec. 1897,
McCall Creek, Miss.;d. 1 Mar. 1898.
(b) Ersa
Vida Wells b. 30 Oct. 1898; d.
5 Nov. 1900.
(c) Johnny
Wells b. 1902, Franklin Co,
Miss.; m. Pauline Haley,
Lincoln Co., Miss. Children: Laverne,
Maurine,
Neilson, George and
Steven Wells.
1. Johnny
Laverne Wells b. Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; m. Paul Norwood;
Johnson Station, Miss. Children: Jennifer
Laverne and Robert Paul Norwood.
2.
Frances
Maurine Wells b. Lincoln
Co., Miss.; m.
Shelton Richardson;
Brookhaven, Miss. Children:
Frances
Renee,
Katherine,
Karl
and
Sharen.
3.
Arthur Neilson Wells b.
Lincoln Co., Miss.; m.
Rosilee ______.
Children: 3 daughters.
4.
George Elliot Wells b.
Lincoln Co., Miss.; m.
Shirley Day.
Children:
a. Stuart
Wayman Wells b. 11 Dec.
1961, Brookhaven.
b. Baby daughter Wells, b. Brookhaven, Miss.
5.
Steven Wells b. Lincoln
Co., Miss.; not married.
(d) Versie
Virgil Wells b. Franklin
Co., Miss.; m. Eula Mae Thompson;
Lincoln Co., Miss. Children: Mattie
Evelyn, Johnnie Modena,
Lavone and Lavene (twins),
Versie, Jr. and
Barney Wells.
1. Mattie Evelyn Wells m. Eugene
Richardson. Children: Amelia Ann and
Michael Richardson.
2. Johnnie Modena Wells m. Vernon Smith. Children: Sherman,
Virgil and
_____Smith.
3. Lavone Wells m. Claud
Smith. Children; Gary and Katherine Smith.
4. Lavene Wells m. Edward
Ashley. Children: Eddie Lee, Charlotte, Betty
Ashley and a son.
5. Versie Wells, Jr., m.;
lives in La. Children: a daughter.
6. Barney Lee Wells, m.
(e) Launa
Wells b. Franklin Co., Miss.;
m. Truman W. Haley; works at
Stahl-Urban, Brookhaven, Miss. Children:
Mildred Magdalena, Elwin,
Walter, Bennie and Frances
Haley.
1.
Mildred Magdalena Haley m.
Cecil Reeves; Wesson, Miss.
Children:
Ann,
Nancy and
Robert Daniel Reeves.
2.
Elwin Haley m.
Dorothy
Burk; Stahl-Urban; Wesson,
Miss. Child:
a. Debra
Rose Haley b. 1959;
Brookhaven; Heucks Retreat.
3.
Walter Haley m. Faye
Pickett; Heucks Retreat, Miss.
4.
Bennie Haley m.
Janice
Smith.
(f) James
Cody Wells b. 28 Jan. 1908,
Franklin Co., Miss.; m. 28 Jan. 1937 Hazle
Norton of Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; dairyman; Heucks Retreat, Miss. One child: Vida
Wells.
(g) Lillie
Mae Wells b. 31 Oct. 1912;
m. 10 Sept. 1938, Jesse W. Sandifer;
Wesson, Miss. No children.
(2) James
Levi "Jim" Cupit b. 17 Oct.
1874, McCalls Creek, Miss.; m. 1896 Florence
Walker; farmer; d.
Children: Lena, Lawrence,
Hugh, Minnie, Percy and Irene Cupit.
(a) Lena
Cupit b. Franklin Co., Miss.;
m. John W. Williams;
Shreveport, La.
(b) Lawrence
Cupit b. 1902; Miss. Hwy.
Dept.; d. 9 Nov. 1966, Natchez, Miss.
(c) Hugh
Cupit b. Franklin Co.; m.;
Heucks Retreat, Miss.
(d) Minnie
"Polly" Cupit b. 15 Dec.
1903, Franklin Co., Miss.; m. W. E.
Ward; d. 11 July 1960; Eddiceton,
Miss. No children.
(e) Percy
Cupit b. Franklin Co., Miss.;
m.; Oak Grove, La.
(f) Irene
Cupit b. Franklin Co., Miss.;
m. ______McMillan, Washington,
Miss.; m. Coy Plunkett,
Natchez, Miss.
Son: Malcolm McMillan.
(3) Sarah
Louise "Sallie" Cupit b. 4
Oct. 1876, McCall's Creek, Miss. m. 13 Jan. 1898 Edgar
David Herring
(1870-1948); member Bethesda (Wright's) Meth. Church 78 years.
Children: Minerva, Bessie,
Edgar, Jr., Edwin,
Robert, Burch, Clara
Blanche and Katherine Herring.
(a) Minerva
Herring b. McCall Creek,
Miss.; m. Perlie Young of
Lucien, Miss.; Bapts.; teacher; Brookhaven,
Miss. Children:
1. Margaret LyNelle Young b.
17 Apr. 1926; m. 10 Dec. 1948 Walter
Rankin Barksdale; Texas. Children:
a. William
Horton "Bill" Barksdale, b.
1 Dec. 1948.
b. Walter
Rankin Barksdale, Jr. b. 6
Dec. 1953.
c. Wayne
Young Barksdale b. 18 June
1955.
d. Wendy
Melissa Barksdale b. 6 June 1960.
e. Wayde
Lee Barksdale b. 9 Mar. 1965.
2.
Louise
Young b. Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; m.
Ed Smith; Bapt. Son:
a. Tommy
Smith b. 1947, Brookhaven,
Miss.; U.S. Service, Korea.
(b)
Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Herring;
Bluff City Motors, Natchez, Miss.;
m.
Henry M. Branch
( -1964); Meth.; Brookhaven, Miss. No
children.
(c)
Edgar David Herring, Jr.
b. 24 May 1902, McCall Creek, Miss.;
Meth.; WWII; sales clerk, Keesler Air Base, Biloxi, Miss.; m.
Luna
Woolley.
(d)
Edwin Lamar Herring b. 10
July 1904; Soule Bus. Col.; m.
Hilda
Engles; Bapts.; Marble & Granite Works, Mendenhall, Miss.
Son:
1. James Herring b. Jackson,
Miss.; musician; teaching in Mich.
(e)
Robert Sibley "Bob" Herring
b. 1906, McCall Creek, Miss.; Bowling
Green Bus. Col.; MP&L; m.
Vana
Lee Ridgeway; m.
Imogene Shows;
electrician; Sanford, Miss. No children.
(f)
Joseph Burch Herring, II,
b. 21 Feb. 1912, Eddiceton, Miss.; WWII;
m. 10 May 1937
Cecile Dickerson
of Quentin, Miss.; Meth.; works for
Herring Gas Co.; McCall Creek, Miss. Children:
1. Charlotte Jean Herring b.
13 Jan. 1948, Brookhaven, Miss.; Meth.;
training as technician, Bapt. Hosp., Jackson, Miss.
2. Janice Margie Herring b. 5
May 1953, Brookhaven, Miss.; Meth.; F. C.
A. C. Band; McCall Creek, Miss.
(g)
Clara Blanche Herring b.
1915; B.S.USM; m. 1941
Aubrey Sellers;
Bapts.; teacher; Moselle, Miss. Children:
1. Elizabeth Ann Sellers b.
1942; m. 17 July 1964 Ronald Mangum,
Bapt.
minister; A.B., William Carey Col.; Magee, Miss. Daughter.
2. Sandra Sellers b. 1943;
business course; stenographer; Biloxi, Miss.
(h)
Katherine Herring b. 5
Jan. 1919, McCall Creek, Miss.; Co-Lin;
Draughon's Bus. Col.; Meth.; m. 14 Sept. 1945
Andrew
Tyson Davis,
Jackson, Miss.; McCall Creek, Miss. Children:
1. Patricia
Margueritte "Pat" Davis b.
9 Aug. 1948, Mobile, Ala.; attending Delta State Teachers Col.;
Cleveland, Miss. Methodist.
2. Carolyn Davis b. 18 June
1950, Mobile, Ala.; 4-H Club; Beta;
Franklin High Band Majorette; Methodist; McCall Creek, Miss.
3. Vanalee Katherine Davis b.
22 Sept. 1958, Meadville, Miss.
(4)
Minnie E. Cupit b. 10 Oct.
1878, McCall's Creek, Miss.; m. 9 Dec.
1896
Robert L. Walker,
Franklin Co., Miss.; Meth.; d. Children:
Myrtis,
Tillman,
Leta,
Eula and
Sarah Walker.
(5)
Ida Cupit b. 7 Mar. 1881,
McCalls Creek, Miss.; m. 30 Mar. 1902
Pinkney Lee Godbold
(1879-1926); Meth.; Smithdale, Miss. (For
descendants see
Pinkney Lee Godbold,
page 36)
(6)
Luna Cupit b. 7 Apr. 1883
McCall's Creek, Miss.; unmarried.
(7)
Prentiss B. Cupit b. 19
Nov. 1885, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 1903
Dezzie
Walker, Fayette, Miss.; worked in Detroit, Mich.; 1915-1933;
McCall
Creek, Miss. Children:
(a) Leta Cupit b. 8 Nov. 1904.
(b) Andrew "Jack" Cupit b.
1907.
(c) Geraldine Cupit b. 1911,
Fayette, Miss.; d. 1963.
(8)
Homer Cupit b. 12 May
1888, Kennolia, Miss.; d. 31 July 1893.
(9)
Leon Cupit b. 27 Dec.
1890, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 1912
Sallie
Wright.
Children:
Eli,
Flora Mae,
George, and
Ames Cupit.
(a) Eli Cupit b. 21 Dec. 1913,
McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 20 Apr. 1934
Ammie Burris; farmer; logger;
McCall Creek, Miss. Children: Claudell,
Clayton, Doris Glynn,
W. L., Nina Dale, Judy and Thomas Cupit.
1. Mary
Claudell Cupit b. 9 Jan. 1936,
McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 2 Apr. 1954 Reginald
Roger Jones; Meth.; McCall
Creek, Miss. Children:
a. Milton
Ellis Jones b. 22 May 1955.
b. Limuel Erwin Jones b. 26
June 1956.
c. Glen Dale Jones b. 27 Dec.
1959.
2. Clayton
Eli Cupit b. 18 Dec. 1939;
m. 25 Nov. 1960, Shirley Fay Seale;
Houston, Tex. Children:
a. Wanda Gale Cupit b. 8 Oct.
1961.
b. Angela Fay Cupit b. 8 Sept.
1963.
3. Doris
Glynn Cupit b. 3 Jan. 1942; m.
1 Sept. 1962 Harold Robert Dillon;
Bude, Miss. Children:
a. Terrica Dawn Dillon b. 2
June 1963, Meadville, Miss,
b. Tommy Lavon Dillon b.
c. Timothy Lane Dillon b. 30
June 1966, Meadville; Bude, Miss.
4. W.
L. Cupit b. 20 Oct. 1945; m. 5
Nov. 1965 Peggy Ruth Fauver.
5. Nina
Dale Cupit b. 2 Apr. 1948.
6. Judy
Carol Cupit b. 28 May 1951.
7. Thomas
May Cupit b. 24 Dec. 1953,
Brookhaven, Miss.
(b) Flora
Mae Cupit b. Franklin Co.,
Miss.; m. Lewis Jackson. Son;
1. Johnny
Jackson m.; teaching in
Jackson, Miss. Son:
a. John Carter Jackson b.
1966, Jackson, Miss.
(c) George
"Pete" Cupit b. 26 Mar.
1920, McCall Creek, Miss.; worked with Forestry Dept.; d. 26 Mar. 1967;
buried in New Salem Bapt. Church Cemetery.
(d) Agnes
Cupit b. McCall Creek, Miss.;
m. Robert Rowe; Baptist;
stenographer at Sears, Brookhaven, Miss.
Child: Peggy Rowe.
(10) Quinnie
Ella Cupit b. 2 May 1893,
Kennolia, Miss.; Methodist; teacher; m. 1923 Clifton
Speed of Heucks
Retreat, Miss. Children:
(a) Rembert
Speed b.. Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; m.
(b) M.
Charles Speed, m. ___Hughes.
Children: Steve, Mike,
Ronny and Clifton Eugene
Speed, who was b.
Nov.
1962, Hattiesburg, Miss.
(11)
Ettie Lee Cupit b. 31
Dec. 1896, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 1919
Scuyler
Schroeder; Jackson, Miss. Children:
Nellie and
Clifton Schroeder.
d. Horace
Gilmore Godbold b. 25 Oct.
1853, Franklin Co., Miss.; Meth.; m. 29 Oct. 1873 Evelyn
Virginia
"Evie" Lee (1849-1904); farmer; camp-meeting promoter; m. 23
Nov. 1906
Mattie Fredonia Herring
(1873-1955); d. 26 June 1929; buried in
Bethesda Cem. Children: Wife 1, Hattie,
Olive, Pinkney, Allie, Mary,
Clara, Howell and
Marshall Godbold. Wife 2, Tillman,
Jewell, Leslie and
Horace Godbold, Jr.
(1)
Hattie A. Godbold b. 28
Aug. 1874, McCall's Creek, Miss.; d. 16
Aug.1876.
(2)
Olive Godbold b. 24 June
1876, McCall's Creek, Miss.; attended
Whitworth Col.; teacher; m. 4 Dec. 1904
William
Albert "Will" Jordan
(1884-1961); Methodists; d. 8 July 1954, Zetus, Miss. Children:
Berta
Lee,
Jewell,
Clara
Belle,
Bertram,
Ruby,
Marvin and
Bessie.
(a)
Berta Lee Jordan b. 16
June 1906; d. 26 June 1907, Zetus.
(b)
Jewell Grady Jordan b. 11
Nov. 1907, Zetus, Miss.; m. 24 Dec. 1929
Geneva Watts; Meth.; clerk;
Brookhaven, Miss. Children:
Elsie,
Jewell,
Jr.,
Betty Faye and
Barbara Ann.
1. Elsie
Marie Jordan b. 17 Nov. 1932,
Brookhaven, Miss.; m. 18 Mar. 1949 Robert
Luther Bowman. Children:
a. Cynthia
Ann Bowman b. 25 Sept. 1953.
b. Linda Kay Bowman b. 3 Nov.
1955.
2. Jewell
Grady Jordan, Jr., b. 8 Feb.
1936, Brookhaven, Miss.; m. 22 Dec. 1957
Patsy Ruth Smith. Children:
a. William
Timothy Jordan b. 15 Jan.
1960.
b. Jody Patricia Jordan b. 14
Aug. 1961.
3. Betty
Faye Jordan b. 17 Dec. 1942,
Brookhaven, Miss.; m. 31 Mar. 1963 Clyde
Strahan Moody.
4. Barbara
Ann Jordan b. 25 June 1944,
Brookhaven, Miss,; m. 19 July 1964 Don
Paul Smith.
(c)
Clara Belle Jordan b. 2
June 1910, Zetus, Miss.; B.S. USM; Home
Dem. Agent; Meth.; never married; Purvis, Miss.
(d)
Horace Bertram "Bert" Jordan
b. 4 Dec. 1913, Zetus, Miss.; m. 24
Dec. 1939
Mary Louise Barthel;
grocer; Exec. Sec. of Lay Act. of Miss.
Meth. Conf.; Jackson, Miss. Children:
1. George
William "Billy" Jordan b. 28
Aug. 1940, Jackson, Miss.
2. Bert
Marion Jordan b. 15 Jan. 1942,
Jackson, Miss.; Millsaps Col.; m. 28 Jan. 1962 Mary
Kayle McCarley.
Children:
a. Mary
Kathryn Jordan b. 12 Aug. 1962,
Jackson. b. Jay Marvin Jordan b. 28 July 1963, Jackson, Miss.
3. Robert
Dewey Jordan b. 2 Aug. 1945,
Jackson, Miss.
4. Susan
Faye Jordan b. 14 Oct. 1946,
Jackson, Miss.
(e)
Ruby Mae Jordan b. 6 July
1914, Zetus, Miss.; grad. Co-Lin; m. 25
Jan. 1942
Eugene L. Klein;
attended William & Mary Col. and Drake;
Meth.; d. 7 Sept. 1961, Des Moines, Iowa. Children;
1. Robert
E. Klein b. 17 Oct. 1943; U.
S. Service.
2. Raymond
Klein b. 10 Aug. 1945.
(f)
William Marvin Jordan b.
15 Oct. 1915, Zetus, Miss.; m. 18 June
1939
Hattie Vaughn; Meth.;
Magnolia, Miss. Child:
1. Harriet
Jordan b. 1947, Magnolia,
Miss.
(g)
Bessie Jordan b. 23 Aug.
1919, Zetus, Miss.; m. 25 Jan. 1941
Henry
C. Ashcraft; Greenville, Miss. Children: Twins
Beverly Ann and
David
Lee Ashcraft, b. 17 Mar. 1946, Greenville, Miss.
(3)
Pinkney Lee Godbold b. 21
Jan. 1879, McCall's Creek, Miss.; Meth.;
m. 30 Mar. 1902
Ida Cupit;
farmer; d. 22 Feb. 1926. Children:
Peyton,
Sherall,
Elaine,
Enoch,
Wauline,
Eula Mae and
P. L., Jr.
(a)
Peyton Earl Godbold b. 3
June 1903, Kennolia, Miss.; m.
Mattie
Evans; Bapt.; merchant; postmaster, Eddiceton, Miss. Children:
Charles,
Peyton Earl, Jr., and
Philip
Godbold.
1. Charles
Evans Godbold b. 5 May
1928, Franklin Co., Miss.; grad. Clarke Memorial Jr. Col.; Bapt.; m. 8
June 1954 Peggy Jean Dukes,
Natchez, Miss.; head timekeeper
International Paper Co.; Natchez, Miss. Children:
a. Pamela
Lynn Godbold b. 27 July 1955,
Natchez.
b. Charles
Craig Godbold b. 18 Mar.
1958, Natchez.
c. Richard
Allan Godbold b. 13 July
1962, Natchez.
2. Peyton
Earl Godbold, Jr., b. 13
Dec. 1936; Co-Lin; m. 1957 Barbara
White, Wesson, Miss.; Bapt.; grocer;
Eddiceton, Miss. Children:
a. Cathy
Ann Godbold b. 18 May 1958,
Brookhaven.
b. Janet
Lea Godbold b. 12 June 1961,
Brookhaven.
3. Alfred
Philip Godbold b. 8 Sept.
1941; Hinds Jr. Col.; m. 196_ Evelyn
Laird; Bapt. Natchez, Miss.
(b)
Sherall Marvin Godbold b.
12 Nov. 1905, Kennolia,
Miss.; m. 23 Dec. 1927
Frances Marie
Kyzar; Bapt.; barber; ICRR shops;
McComb, Miss. Children:
Bobby,
Marvin,
Carolyn and
Donald Godbold.
1. Bobby
Gene "Bob" Godbold b. 25 July
1931, Brookhaven, Miss.; U.S. Air Force; m. 20 Sept. 1952 Jan Tamara
Greer, Bogue Chitto, Miss.; Bapt.; McComb, Miss. Children:
a. Vicky
Marion Godbold b. 29
Dec. 1953, McComb.
b. Gabrielle
Godbold b. 10 Dec. 1963,
McComb, Miss,
2. Sherall
Marvin Godbold, Jr., b. 14
Oct. 1936, Brookhaven, Miss.; m.
Dorothy Ann Sanders; works for
Hartman Funeral Home, Brookhaven. Child:
a. Alisha
Darlene Godbold b. 10 June
1957, McComb.
3. Carolyn
Marie Godbold b. 7
Jan. 1945, McComb, Miss,
4. Donald
Ray "Don" Godbold b. 17 Jan.
1948; McComb.
(c)
Elaine Godbold
b. 1908, Kennolia, Miss.; teacher; m.
Aug. 1957
Robert S. Hall
(1905- 1959); Smithdale, Miss. Two
stepdaughters.
(d)
Enoch D. Godbold
b. 1911, Veto, Miss.; m. Feb. 1936
Ida
Lena Summers, Brookhaven, Miss.; Meth.; manager Morgan-Lindsay,
Laurel,
Miss. Children:
1. Evelyn
Godbold b. 1938, Brookhaven,
Miss.; grad. Millsaps Col.; m. July 1958 Joe
Wimberly; Meth.
2. Son Godbold b. 1941 d. 1947, Grenada, Miss.
3. David Godbold b. Mar.
1948, Grenada, Miss.; Laurel, Miss.
4. Keith Godbold b. 1950,
Grenada, Miss.; Laurel, Miss.
(e)
Wauline Godbold b. 25 Feb.
1914, Union Church, Miss.; m.
John
Kelly, New Orleans, La.; d. 23 Sept. 1954, New Orleans, La.
Children:
1. Regina
"Jean" Kelly b. New Orleans,
La.; business course; m.; stenographer; Baton Rouge, La.
(f)
Eula Mae Godbold b. 17
Mar. 1917, Union Church, Miss.; m.
Robert
S.
Hall; d. 11 Dec. 1955, Pensacola, Fla. Children:
1. Dorothy
Hall b. 1944, Pensacola,
Fla.; grad. U. of Miss. Sch. of Nursing, Jackson, Miss.
2. Vera
Hall b. 1945, Pensacola, Fla.;
attending Millsaps Col.; Smithdale, Miss.
(g)
Pinkney Lee "P. L." Godbold, Jr.
b. 10 Jan. 1920, McCall Creek,
Miss.; m. 17 Feb. 1940
Donnie Mae
White; upholsterer; Brookhaven,
Miss. Children:
1. Patricia
Ann Godbold b. 27 Sept.
1942, Brookhaven, Miss.; m. 20 Jan. 1959 James P.
Hart; Brookhaven,
Miss. Children:
a. James
Reginald Hart b. 14 July 1960,
Brookhaven.
b. Christopher
Blake Hart b. 26 July
1964, Brookhaven.
2. Betty
Jo Godbold b. 9 Jan. 1947,
Brookhaven, Miss.; m. 29 Aug. 1963 Tommy
Jerry Wilson. Child:
a. Jeffrey
Scott Wilson b. 17 July 1964.
3. Janice
Susan Godbold b. 24 Apr.
1953, Brookhaven.
(4)
Allie Cordelia Godbold b.
18 Feb. 1881, Franklin Co., Miss.; m.
Dec. 1900
George Lusk Strait
(1876-1951); Methodist; d. 1 Feb. 1915;
buried at Hawkin's Chapel. Children:
Marshall,
Virgie,
Mamo and
Mildred
Strait.
(a)
Marshall Charles Strait b.
30 Oct. 1901, Zetus, Miss.; m. 17 Apr.
1927
Ruth Wallace; works for
Public Service, New Orleans, La. Children:
1. Gwandolyn Strait b. Lincoln
Co., Miss.; m. Bill Bates,
Bogalusa, La.
Children: Three.
2. George Eliot Strait m. Sue
____; living in South Carolina.
(b)
Virgie Strait b. 29 Mar.
1904, Zetus, Miss.; m. 26 Dec. 1926
James
Walter Wallace; Bogue Chitto, Miss. Children:
1. James Alton Wallace m. Betty
Barnes; Jackson, Miss.;
lawyer. Three
children.
2. Carolyn Wallace m. Ernest
Reeves; Bogue Chitto, Miss.
(c)
Mamo Strait b. 6 Mar.
1906, Zetus, Miss.; attended STC; teacher; m.
24 Dec. 1931
Claude Bennett Smith;
Church of Christ; Brookhaven, Miss.
Children:
C.B.,
John and
Kerry,
1.
Claude Bennett Smith, Jr.
b. Lincoln Co., Miss.; m. Elaine
Montgomery; Jackson, Miss. No children.
2.
John Douglas Smith m. 1958
Anna Louise Sexton, Arvin, Calif.; Church
of Christ; preacher; Calif. Child:
a. Terrie
Lynn Smith b. Jan 1960; Calif.
3.
Richard Kerry Smith b.
Lincoln Co., Miss.; Co-Lin; m. 4 May 1962
Linda Reynolds of Okla.; Calif.
(d)
Mildred Strait b. 24 June
1911, Zetus, Miss.; m. 11 Jan. 1936
Clyde
E. Smith; Church of Christ; Brookhaven, Miss, Children:
1. Marvel Sue Smith b.
Brookhaven, Miss.; stenographic course; works
for Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co.
2. Clyde William "Billy" Smith
b. Brookhaven, Miss.; Co-Lin.
(5)
Mary Evelyn Godbold b. 13
May 1883, Franklin Co., Miss.; Meth,
Whitworth Col.; never married; d. 20 Oct. 1962; Bethesda Cem.
(6)
Clara Sallie Godbold b. 4
Nov. 1885, Kennolia, Miss.; grad. of
Millsaps Col. and Ruskin Cave Col.; teacher; nurse; m. Aug. 1914
Enoch
Carruth Seale (1887-1951); Meth.; d. 15 May 1953, Prescott,
Ariz.
Children:
Enoch, Jr. and
Evelyn
Seale.
(a) Enoch Carruth Seale, Jr.,
b. 18 Dec. 1916, Nashville, Tenn.; m.
Allene ____; lives in Prescott,
Ariz. Children:
1. Virginia
Seale b. Ariz.; m.;
Children: Two.
2. Carl Seale b. Prescott,
Ariz.
3. Louise Seale.
(b) Evelyn
Seale b. Prescott, Ariz.; m.
John Madden of Conn.; live in
Phoenix, Ariz. Child:
1. John
Madden, Jr.
(7)
Horace Howell Godbold b.
14 May 1888, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 1910
Ota
Coleman (1890-1923); m.
Myrtle
Hicks, Ark.; d. Feb. 1956, Cotton Plant,
Ark. Children: Wife 1,
Howeline and
Mary Evelyn; Wife 2,
Howell,
Jr.,
Vera,
Betty,
Myrtle Sue,
Glenda and
Frances.
(a) Howeline
Godbold b. 21 Dec. 1912,
Veto, Miss.; m. 6 July 1934 Earl Price,
Bude, Miss.; lives in Natchez,
Miss. Children:
1. Corban
Earl Price, adopted, b. 1937;
Natchez, Miss.
2. Douglas
Andrea Price b. 1945,
Natchez, Miss.
(b) Mary
Evelyn Godbold b. 1919, Ark.;
d. 1925, Ark.
(c) Horace
Howell "Buster" Godbold,
Jr., b. 1924, Ark.
(d) Vera
Godbold b. 1927, Ark.
(e) Betty
Godbold, b. 1929, Ark.
(f) Myrtle
Sue Godbold b. 1931, Ark.
(g) Glenda
Godbold b. 1945, Ark.
(h) Frances
Godbold b. 1947, Ark.; d.
1957, Cotton Plant, Ark.
(8)
Marshall Garrett Godbold
b. 27 Feb. 1891, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 18
Oct. 1929
Lizzie Grider of
Lucien, Miss.; Meth.; d. 5 Oct. 1932. Child:
Mary Helen Godbold.
(a) Mary
Helen Godbold b. 1930; m. 1950
George Hunter, Natchez, Miss.;
Meth.; Lucien, Miss. Children:
1. Eddie
Hunter b. 1951, Natchez,
Miss.; Brookhaven, Miss., R. 5.
2. Linda
Diane Hunter b. 1952, Natchez,
Miss.
(9)
Tillman Herring Godbold b.
31 Mar. 1908, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 1 June
1930,
Mary Lou Gray; state
senator; Co-Lin; grad. Miss. Col.; Dist.
Supv. Rehab.; Meth.; d. 6 Apr. 1957, Oxford, Miss. Children:
(a) Shirley
Ann Godbold b. Dec. 1938,
Brookhaven, Miss.; Ole Miss,; m. John
W. McCauley, band director;
Kosciusko, Miss. Children;
1. Mary
Margaret "Margie" McCauley b. 4
July 1960.
2. John
Michael McCauley b. 1963.
(10) Jewell
Wesley Godbold b. 8 July
1909, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 27 Dec. 1929 Georgia
Buckels; Public Service,
New Orleans, La. Children: Wife 1, Jewell
Wesley "J. W." Godbold, Jr.;
Wife 2, no children.
(11)
Leslie Wright "Tap" Godbold
b. 31 Jan. 1911, Veto, Miss.; Co-Lin;
grad, of U. of Ind.; football coach; WWII; m. 1943
Maurice
Woods;
realtor, Jackson, Miss. Children:
(a) Stephen
Woods Godbold b. Jackson,
Miss.
(b) Douglas
Gilmore Godbold b. and d.
1956, Jackson, Miss.
(12) Horace
Gilmore "Little Bud"
Godbold, Jr. b. 19 May 1912, Union Church, Miss.; Meth.; Co-Lin;
LSU;
teacher; coach; m. 1941 Hazel Cloy,
Bude, Miss.; Supt. of Ed., Franklin
Co., Miss. Children:
(a) Horace
Gilmore "Buddy"
Godbold, III, b. 23 Apr. 1949, Brookhaven, Miss.; attending
Hinds
Jr. Col, Raymond, Miss.
(b) Margaret
Godbold b. 25 Oct. 1950,
Brookhaven, Miss.; Meth.; Bude, Miss.
e. Sarah
Louise "Sallie" Godbold b. 9
Sept. 1857, Franklin Co. Miss.; m. 9 Jan. 1880 Thomas
Nathaniel
"Tom" Cupit (1858-1942); Meth.; d. 17 May 1938, Brookhaven,
Miss.
Children: Ada, Alma,
Bertha, Emmitt, Corene, Horace, Thomas, Leo and
John E. Cupit.
(1)
Ada Cupit b. 15 Jan. 1881,
McCall's Creek, Miss.; m. Dec. 1901
Leonard Arthur "Lyn" Strait
(1881-1957); d. 22 May 1964, Brookhaven,
Miss.; Meth. Children:
Thomas,
Kelly,
Velma,
Fola Strait.
(a) Thomas
Sylvester Strait b. Jan.
1903, Kennolia, Miss.; m. ______Magee,
Lincoln Co., Miss.; Public
Service, New Orleans, La.; m. Ann
_____, New Orleans, La. Children: a
son and a daughter.
(b) Daniel
Kelly Strait b. 1905,
Kennolia, Miss.; m. Katie Lou Magee;
Ingalls Shipbuilding Div.;
Pascagoula, Miss. Children; Marlene,
Kelly, Jr., Laverne and
Gene
Strait.
1. Marlene
Strait b. Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; m. 1955 Theodore Vinson;
Citronelle, Ala. Children:
a. Marie
Vinson b. 1956; Citronelle,
Ala.
b. Thea Vinson b. 1958;
Citronelle, Ala.
c. Kelly Vinson b. 1959;
Citronelle, Ala.
2. D.
Kelly "Nickey" Strait, Jr. m.
while in service; wife d. Children:
a. Danny
Strait b. 1955.
b. Cynthia
Strait b. 1957.
3. Alice
Laverne Strait b. Lincoln Co.,
Miss. m. 23 Aug. 1958 Charles
Allen Walker; dietician University
Hosp., Jackson, Miss. Children:
a. Drew
Walker b. 1959, Jackson, Miss.
b. Alisa Walker b. 1961,
Jackson, Miss.
c. Mark Walker b. 1963,
Jackson, Miss.
4. Gene
Allison Strait b. Lincoln Co.,
Miss.; m. Oct. 1965 Alma Lou Freeman.
(c) Emma
Velma Strait b. 3 Sept. 1907,
Kennolia, Miss.; d. 6 Feb. 1918; buried Bethesda Cemetery.
(d) Fola
Strait b. Veto, Miss.; m.
Miss. Children: Two.
(2)
Alma Cupit b. 2 Apr. 1882,
McCall's Creek, Miss.; m. 26 Aug. 1903
William Warren Walker
(188_-1961); d. 7 Dec. 1959, Meadville, Miss.
Children:
Leiand,
J. W.,
James, and
Mary Walker.
(a) Leiand
Leo Walker b. 6 Feb. 1905,
Franklin Co., Miss.; m. Beatrice Craft,
Raleigh, Miss.; teacher. No
children.
(b) John
William "J.W." Walker b. 23
Mar. 1909; m. Ruth Whitehead;
Baptists; Gulf Oil Station; Meadville,
Miss. Child:
1.
John William "Billy" Walker, Jr. b.
6 June 1957.
(c) James
C. Walker b. 1 Dec. 1914,
Eddiceton, Miss.; m. Gladys______;
Wichita, Kans. No children.
(d) Mary
Louise Walker b. 2 June 1918,
Eddiceton, Miss.; m. 12 Jan. 1942 R.
Gerald Lambuth; Methodists;
Meadville, Miss. Children:
1. Janet
Ann Lambuth b. 12 Aug. 1943;
Meadville, Miss.; m. Robert H. Womack,
lawyer, Jackson, Miss. Child:
a. Robert
Kevin Womack b. 1 Apr. 1964.
2. Warren
Gerald "Jerry" Lambuth b. 15
July 1946, Meadville, Miss.
3. Brenda
Sue Lambuth b. 30 Jan. 1951,
Bude, Miss.
(3) Bertha
Cupit b. 20 Feb. 1884,
McCall's Creek, Miss.; Methodist d. 8 Dec. 1899; buried at Bethesda Cem.
(4) Emmitt
Cupit b. 15 May 1886,
Kennolia, Miss.; d. 14 Oct. 1886
(5) Sarah
Corene Cupit b. 25 Oct. 1887,
Kennolia, Miss.; m. 2 Apr. 1913 Luther
Magee; Meth.; Brookhaven, Miss.
Children;
(a) Loraine
Magee b. Brookhaven, Miss.;
m. Robert Taylor; Hazlehurst,
Miss. Children: Son and Shirley Taylor.
(b) Yvonne
Magee b. Brookhaven, Miss.;
m. W. Thomas West, Head of
Dept. of Music Ed. and director of bands
MSU. Children; Two daughters.
(6)
Horace Dodds Cupit b. 3
Sept. 1892, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 17 Dec,
1919,
Susie Wilkinson, Union
Church, Miss.; farmer; merchant; Meth.;
Crowder, Miss. Children:
Horace, Jr.,
Thomas,
Calvin,
and
Dorothy Cupit.
(a)
Horace
Dodds Cupit, Jr. b. 21 June
1921, McCall Creek, Miss.; m., 1940
Bonnie
Mae Smith; WWII; Corn. of
Jackson VFW Post 687; m.
Rose Stevens
Smith; Terry, Miss. Children:
Wife 1,
Dodds,
Robert and
Jerry Cupit; Wife 2, Nf
1. Dodds
L. Cupit b. 8 Jan. 1942; m.
1962 Virginia Martens. Child:
a. Bonnie
Marie Cupit b. 10 Dec. 1964,
Jackson.
2. Robert
D. Cupit b. 14 Mar. 1945.
3. Jerry
L. Cupit b. 11 Mar. 1946.
(b)
Thomas F. Cupit b. 18 June
1923, McCall Creek, Miss.; WWII; m. 29
May 1946
Edna Earle Ahrends,
Union Church, Miss.; B.S. USM; B.D. Emory
U.; Methodist pastor; Meadville, Miss. Child:
1. Martin
Joel Cupit b. 15 Jan. 1955,
Brookhaven, Miss.
(c)
Calvin J. Cupit b. 14 July
1925; m. 1945 Rita Wilson; US Navy.
Children:
1. Gary
Calvin Cupit b. 4 Sept. 1947,
Norfolk, Va.
2. William
Don Cupit b. 9 Dec. 1950,
Norfolk, Va.
(d)
Dorothy Rose Cupit b. 24
June 1927, McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 15 Dec.
1948
Winford Wallace; Crowder,
Miss. Child:
1. Winford
Earl Wallace b. 15 Sept.
1950, Clarksdale, Miss.
(e)
Donald Raiford Cupit b. 14
Mar. 1930; d. 1 Feb. 1931; McCall Creek,
Miss.
(7)
Thomas F. "Tommy" Cupit b.
8 Nov. 1894, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 25 June
1924
Lois Miller, Eddiceton,
Miss.; Meth.; plumber; Brookhaven, Miss.
Son:
(a)
Robert Marion Cupit b.
Brookhaven, Miss.; m. ___Smith. Child:
1. Mary
Lynn Cupit b. 19 Apr. 1964,
Jackson, Miss.
(8)
Felix Leo Cupit b. 13 May
1896, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 3 Feb. 1923
Eddice Marie Tillotson, McCall
Creek, Miss.; Bapt.; Bogue Chitto, Miss.
Children:
Marie,
Felix,
Roy Gene and
Joy Dale
Cupit.
(a)
Sarah Marie Cupit b. 24
Oct. 1924, McCall Creek, Miss.; Bapt.; m. 1
Sept. 1946
David Griffin;
Bapt. Children:
1. Delilah
Griffin b. 1 Oct. 1950.
2. Mitchell
Griffin b. 24 Aug. 1951.
3. Amarylis Griffin b. 22 Feb.
1955.
(b)
Felix Leo Cupit, Jr. b. 25
July 1927, McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 20
Dec. 19___
Imogene Smith,
Brookhaven, Miss.; US Army, Africa; Bapt.;
mechanic; Brookhaven, Miss. Child;
1. Stephen Dale Cupit b. 1958
in Ethiopia, Africa.
(c)
Roy Gene Cupit b. 25 Aug.
1931, McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 1954
Esteen
Nettles, Bogue Chitto, Miss.; works in Natchez, Miss.; lives in
Vidalia, La. Children:
1. Dickey Wayne Cupit b. May
1955.
2. Bernadette Cupit b. 1956.
3. Roy Glen Cupit b. 1958.
4. Richard Anthony Cupit b.
1959.
5. Dennis Keith Cupit b. 1960.
(d)
Joy Dale Cupit b. 1 May
1933, McCall Creek, Miss.; d. 4 Mar, 1936,
Bogue Chitto, Miss.
(9)
John Earl "Johnny" Cupit
b. 24 Sept. 1898, Kennolia, Miss.; m. 4
Apr. 1923
Primrose Geneva Seale,
Meadville, Miss.; Bapt. Children:
(a)
Emmitt Milton Cupit b. 9
Dec. 1924, McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 30 June
1950
Myrtle Mclntosh. Child:
1. Emmitt Milton Cupit, Jr. b.
29 July 1951, Medrias, Miss.
(b)
Mildred Earnestine Cupit
b. 3 Oct. 1926, McCall Creek, Miss.; m. 29
May 1949
John Matthew Vernon,
Bude, Miss.
1. Mickey Diane Vernon b. 21
Aug. 1950, Natchez, Miss.
2. Michael John Vernon b. 14
Oct. 1952, Williston, N. Dak.
3. Samuel Clarence Vernon b.
22 Aug. 1957, Silsbee, Tex.
(c)
Billy Ray Cupit b. 7 Jan.
1929, Meadville, Miss.; m. 24 Mar. 1950
Elwanda Faulkner. Child:
1. Billy Rudolph Cupit b. 24
Apr. 1952, Leesville, La.
(d)
Edwin Linfield Cupit b. 19
Aug. 1936, Natchez; d. same.
(e)
Martha Ann Cupit b. 12
Nov. 1937, Natchez, Miss.; m.
Maurice
W.
Needham, Houston, Texas. Children: Two
f. Thomas
Godbold b. about 1860, Veto,
Miss.; died while young.
g. Pinkney
Godbold b. about 1864; died
before 1880; fell from swing.
h. Cordelia
J. Godbold b. 12 Sept.
1867, Veto, Miss.; m. 16 Nov. 1885 Duncan
Luther Godbold of Caseyville,
Miss.; Methodists; d. 23 Feb. 1954, McComb, Miss. (For descendants see
page 40)
i. Hattie
B. Godbold b. about
1869; baptised at Bethesda Meth. Church 20 Nov. 1872; d. young.