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.
Related Articles
- “Black John” Griner Buried at New Ramah Cemetery, Ray City, GA (raycityhistory.wordpress.com)
- Pleamon N. Sirmans ~ Mayor, Ray City, GA (raycityhistory.wordpress.com)
- Almost Gone ~ Graves of D. Edwin Griner and Sarah Gaskins at New Ramah Cemetery (raycityhistory.wordpress.com)
- Golden Anniversary of Pleamon Sirmans and Minnie Clements (raycityhistory.wordpress.com)
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