Effie Griner Bostick Dies in Key West

Effie Griner was born June 15, 1886 in Berrien County, GA.  She was a daughter of Frances Elizabeth Myers  and John Martin Griner.  On the 1st of September, 1903 she married Harley D. Bostick in Berrien County, GA.

Obituary of Effie Griner Bostick
Mrs. Harley D. Bostick, 78, died in Key West, Fla. on October 20, 1964.  She was the former Effie Griner, daughter of John M. and Lizzie Myers Griner.  She lived for many years near Ray City, moving to Key West after the death of her husband in 1954. Survivors: One daughter – Mrs. Lola Dedge of Key West; two sisters – Mrs. John B. Wheeler of Nashville and Mrs. A.B. Lane of Valdosta.  She was buried in Beaver Dam Cemetery in Ray City.

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Effie L. Griner and Harley D. Bostick, Beaver Dam Cemetery, Ray City, GA

Effie L. Griner and Harley D. Bostick, Beaver Dam Cemetery, Ray City, GA

Ray City History Review

January 14 – time for a brief  review of the year’s posts to date.

The Ray City History Blog noted that in 1947, Ray City, GA celebrated the completion of the new school Gymnasium with a “Queen of the Harvest” contest. 

In 1960, Pleamon Sirmons and Minnie Clements celebrated their Golden Anniversary. Among the accomplishments of Mr. Sirmans, service as a city councilman and Mayor of Ray City.

A visit to New Ramah Cemetery found a pair of deteriorating concrete markers almost illegible. Researching the available clues led to a sketch of Edwin and Sarah Griner. As a young man, Edwin suffered the tragic loss of his siblings – four dead in a week, followed by the death of his mother.

Another interesting burial at New Ramah Cemetery turned up in the obituary of John Martin “Black John” Griner

The 1961 obituary of Tessie Vining Griner was followed up with a brief sketch of her three marriages.

A prompt from a reader led to a follow up story on the Haints of Berrien County and the desperado Ben Furlong whose infamy spread around the globe.

A partial list of Ray City veterans of World War I and their service records, were culled from old Berrien County records.  One interesting veteran was Carlie Lawson, who fought at St. Mihiel in the Battle of the Argonne Forest.

“Black John” Griner Buried at New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, GA

According to Tharon Griffin, who published The Descendents of Emanuel Griner, John Martin Griner, Jr.  was known as  ”Black John” Griner or sometimes as Johnnie Griner.  Black John Griner was the son of John Martin Griner and Emily Taylor.

His grandfather was one of the earlier settlers of Lowndes County, GA, and his father, John Martin Griner, Sr.  served as a Private  in Company I, 50th Infantry Regiment Georgia.  He was a brother of Robert Lee Griner.

Black John Griner married Francis Elizabeth Meyers on September 13, 1883 in Berrien County, GA.

John Griner and Lizze Meyers marriage Certificate, September 13, 1883, Berrien County, GA

John Griner and Lizze Meyers marriage Certificate, September 13, 1883, Berrien County, GA. Marriage Books, Berrien County Ordinary Court, Georgia Archives. http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/u?/countyfilm,187634

John Griner died August 8, 1929.  He was buried at New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, Berrien County, GA.     His widow, Lizzie Griner,  was living at Ray City with her daughter Maggie and son-in-law Raymond R. Knight in the census of 1930.   Lizzie died in 1939 and was buried next to her husband.

Children  of  John Griner and Francis Elizabeth “Lizzie” Meyers were:

Jesse Griner – Jasper, Fl.
Maggie Griner wife of Raymond R. Knight – Ray City, GA
Effie Griner  (married Harley D. Bostick) – Ray City, GA
Mrs. A. B. Luke – Ray City, GA

John Martin Griner was survived by five siblings:

Henry Perry Griner
Lee Griner - [Robert Lee Griner]
Colon Griner
Mrs. Tom Myers – Ray City, GA
Mrs. G. A. Wheeless, Ray City, GA

Elizabeth Meyers and John M. Griner, New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia

Elizabeth Meyers and John M. Griner, New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia

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