Timely News from Ray City
The June 17, 1948 edition of the Nashville Herald (Nashville, GA) include a column of personal mentions written by Polly Hughes Lewis, wife of Jesse Columbus Lewis. She and her husband rented a farm on the Upper and Lower Mud Creek Connection road in the Lower 10th District of Berrien County. A number of the Hughes family connections had farms along that stretch of road, and like Jesse, worked 60 hours a week, 52 weeks a year to make a living. Polly Hughes Lewis and Jesse Columbus Lewis are buried at Empire Church Cemetery, just north of Ray City.
Timely News from Ray City, GA. Nashville Herald, June 17, 1948
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Patten and daughter Barbara Lynn, of Atlanta, visited their mother, Mrs. J.M. Patten, and sister, Ruth, last week-end in route to Daytona Beach, Fla., for 2 weeks vacation.
James Edwin Patten, a son of Ida Lou Hall and James Marcus Patten of Ray City, GA was visiting his widowed mother. His parents had once been teachers at the Ray City School. His wife was Francis Louise David, a daughter of Maude E. and Robert T. David, of Atlanta. James Edwin Patten had a bachelors degree from Georgia Tech and was employed as an electrical engineer at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in Atlanta, GA. Although Polly Lewis’ Nashville Herald article didn’t mention it, the Patten’s “vacation” was really a bereavement; just a month earlier, their two-year-old daughter, Judy Elyse Patten, had died in a tragic accident.
Mrs. Vera Yawn is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mollie Studstill, for a few days. She will return to her home in New York the last of this week.
Mrs. Vera Laura Roberts Yawn was the ex-wife of Clayton Samuel Yawn and the mother of D’Ree Yawn. Mollie Clements Studstill was the widow of James Monroe Studstill, who died October 14, 1947.
Mrs. Joe Featherstone and son have returned to their home in New York, after several months visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Sirmans.
Mrs. Joe Featherstone was Hilda Sirmans Featherstone. Her husband was Sergeant Joseph Henry Featherstone, Jr., US Air Force. He had served in the US Army Air Force in WWII and would later serve in the Korean War and Viet Nam. Hilda’s parents were Pleamon N. Sirmans and Mary Ellen “Minnie” Clements Sirmans.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bradham and son and Miss Merle Sirmans and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis and son attended the show in Valdosta Friday night.
Willis Henry Bradham was an ex-marine and husband of Hazel Sirmans Bradham. She was another daughter of Pleamon N. Sirmans and Minnie Clements Sirmans. Merle Sirmans was another of the Sirmans’ daughters. Others in the party were Jesse Columbus Lewis and Polly Hughes Lewis; Their son was William Henry Lewis.
W. E. Hughes is spending a few days this week with Henry Lewis.
Willie Ervin Hughes was a farmer and brother of Polly Hughes.
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