Eighty-eight years ago today…
Atlanta Constitution Nov 11, 1923
RAY CITY RESIDENTS LAID TO FINAL REST
Milltown, Ga., November 10.-(Special.)- Two funerals were held in Ray City Thursday, Jewel, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manning Surcey, died of acute Bright’s disease Wednesday night and was buried at Beaver Dam Cemetery Thursday afternoon. Elder Aaron Knight conducted the funeral services. Henery Purvis, 52, died Wednesday night at his home in Ray City, following a stroke of paralysis. He is survived by his wife. His body was taken to New Adeal late Thursday afternoon for burial.
Data from the 1920 Census shows that Jewel Cersey was the son of Lula Goodin and Manning A. Cersey. Jewel’s father, a sawmill fireman, was an employee of the Clements Lumber Company, which was situated about a mile north of Ray City, GA. The family lived in rented house at the sawmill, one of many in the sawmill neighborhood probably owned by the company.
| Name | Relationship | Birth | Place of Birth | Race | Occupation | |
| Manning A Cersey | Head of household | abt 1889 | Georgia | White | Sawmill Fireman | |
| Lula Cersey | Wife | abt 1896 | Georgia | White | ||
| Vera J Cersey | Daughter | abt 1911 | Georgia | White | ||
| Clinton A Cersey | Son | abt 1913 | Georgia | White | ||
| Jewel T Cersey | Son | abt 1916 | Georgia | White |
Grave of Jewel Cersey (1916-1923), Beaver Dam Cemetery, Ray City, GA.
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