Coweta County GaArchives Obituaries.....NIXON, Susan Caroline "Carrie" (Peek) August 17, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 March 25, 2006, 9:30 pm Unknown Newspaper Saturday, August 18, 1945 NIXON, Mrs. Joseph G. – The friends and relatives of Mrs. Joseph G. Nixon, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Thompson, Mrs. Nannie Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nixon, Mrs. [s/b Miss] Della Peek are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Joseph G. Nixon this (Saturday) afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Bethel Methodist church, Coweta county. Rev. Howard Moody, Rev. Roberts will officiate. Interment churchyard. Pallbearers will assemble at the residence at 2:30 o’clock. Howard L. Carmichael = = = = Unknown Newspaper / Unknown Date (after Saturday, August 18, 1945) Mrs. Caroline Nixon Passes Away At Home In Senoia Bringing to a close a saga of usefulness and influence for good in the community, Mrs. Caroline Peek Nixon died at her home near Senoia early Friday morning, August 17th. She was 93 years of age. Born April 11, 1852, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peek, of Coweta county. She married Joseph Nixon, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harrison H. Nixon, also of Coweta, on December 29, 1874. Mr. Nixon died August 4th, also at the age of 93 [s/b 92, he was just a few weeks short of 93], and she followed him in death 13 days later. She is survived by four children, Mrs. C. A. Neill, of Ragland, Ala., Mrs. Nannie Harrison, of Atlanta, Marvin Nixon of Decatur, and Mrs. M. S. Thompson of East Point; one sister Miss Della Peek, of Turin; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church, with the Rev. Howard Moody and the Rev. M. F. Roberts officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. (Transcribed March 23, 2006 by Valerie Freeman from scans of originals sent to me by Great-Grandson, Wilbur Gordon Nixon) Additional Comments: Caroline was the daughter of Edward H. Peek & Nancy H. Peek (they were 1st cousins) Caroline's husband had just died two weeks before her; see his obit at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/coweta/obits/n/nixon4002gob.txt * Descendants of Henry Peek 1 Henry Peek b: 25 Dec 1766 in Virginia d: 1857 in Georgia +Sarah Jemima Elizabeth Phelps m: 24 Mar 1793 Father: Mother: ~ 2 John Peek b: 9 Feb 1794 ~~ +Sarah Odasser Daniel m: 20 Aug 1814 ~ 2 William B. Peek b: 29 Jan 1796 ~~ +Sarah Gilbert m: Abt 1820 ~ 2 Leonard Peek b: 5 Jan 1798 in Columbia Co., Georgia d: 11 Sep 1889 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery - near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia Will: 26 Apr 1889 Coweta Co., Georgia ~~ +Caroline Pass b: 7 May 1807 in Georgia m: 27 Dec 1831 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 8 Aug 1876 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: ________ Pass Mother: Frances ___________ ~~~~ 3 [2] Nancy H. Peek b: 17 Oct 1832 in Georgia d: 26 Aug 1914 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia Will: 31 Aug 1914 Coweta Co., Georgia (filed on this date) ~~~~~ +[1] Edward H. Peek b: 23 Mar 1828 in Georgia m: 7 Mar 1851 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 15 Jul 1862 in Civil War - Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Henry Haywood Peek Mother: Susan Nick ~~~~~~~ 4 [3] Susan Caroline "Carrie" Peek b: 11 Apr 1852 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 17 Aug 1945 in Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: 18 Aug 1945 Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +[4] Joseph Giles Nixon b: 27 Sep 1852 in Coweta Co., Georgia m: 29 Dec 1874 d: 4 Aug 1945 in Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: 5 Aug 1945 Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Harrison H. (Hagarman?) Nixon Mother: Elvira Henderson Elmore ~~~~~~~ 4 [5] Ophelia J. Peek b: 1853 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 1917 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +[6] Thomas William Methvin b: 1839 m: 1 Dec 1885 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 1920 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~~~~ 4 [7] George A. Peek b: 1856 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: Bef 1870 in (not in 1870 census) ~~~~~~~ 4 [8] Frances "Della" Idella Peek b: Sep 1858 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 13 Oct 1948 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +[9] ~Never Married~ Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 William S. Peek b: 1833-1834 ~~~~ 3 Sarah Amanda Peek b: 12 Jun 1836 in Georgia d: 26 Mar 1887 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~ +Giles McCullough b: 11 Jul 1834 in South Carolina m: 5 Apr 1859 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 14 Oct 1914 Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Lewis McCullough Mother: Ruth Elmore ~~~~~~~ 4 Ophelia Alice McCullough b: 1864 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~ 4 James H. McCullough b: 1866 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~ 4 Catherine Rejoiner McCullough b: Sep 1869 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~ 4 William North McCullough b: Abt 1872 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~ 3 Edmond T. Peek b: 11 Apr 1837 in Georgia d: 22 Jan 1918 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~ +Georgia A. Freeman b: 15 Sep 1846 in Mississippi or Georgia m: 14 Nov 1866 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 21 Apr 1907 in Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~~~~ 4 Bessie C. Peek b: 1 Feb 1867 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 22 Jan 1958 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +William Harris b: 8 Sep 1865 m: 28 Dec 1892 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 5 Jan 1939 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~~~~ 4 Daisey F. / Barbara Peek b: 4 Mar 1870 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +R. H. Gilbert m: 1 Oct 1895 in Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~~~~ 4 Thomas F. Peek b: Apr 1874 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~ 4 William Aubrey Peek b: 1 Mar 1875 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 8 Feb 1942 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +Lavada Huddleston b: 27 Sep 1887 m: 19 Aug 1906 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 24 Jun 1931 in Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~~~~ *2nd Wife of William Aubrey Peek: ~~~~~~~~~ +Bessie Cleo Thompson b: 5 Jan 1893 in Coweta Co., Georgia Baptism: 29 Mar 1896 Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia m: 1 Jan 1939 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 16 Nov 1960 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: James Jackson "Jack" Thompson Mother: Sarah Margaret Ann "Sallie" Swygert ~~~~~~~ 4 Elalia M. Peek b: Apr 1878 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~ 4 Mary A. Peek b: Nov 1879 in Coweta Co., Georgia ~ 2 Henry Haywood Peek b: 15 Feb 1805 in Georgia or Virginia ~~ +Susan Nick b: in Virginia m: 26 Apr 1827 in Newton Co., Georgia d: Abt 23 Mar 1828 in (died in childbirth) Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 [1] Edward H. Peek b: 23 Mar 1828 in Georgia d: 15 Jul 1862 in Civil War - Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~ +[2] Nancy H. Peek b: 17 Oct 1832 in Georgia m: 7 Mar 1851 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 26 Aug 1914 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia Will: 31 Aug 1914 Coweta Co., Georgia (filed on this date) Father: Leonard Peek Mother: Caroline Pass ~~~~~~~ 4 [3] Susan Caroline "Carrie" Peek b: 11 Apr 1852 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 17 Aug 1945 in Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: 18 Aug 1945 Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +[4] Joseph Giles Nixon b: 27 Sep 1852 in Coweta Co., Georgia m: 29 Dec 1874 d: 4 Aug 1945 in Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: 5 Aug 1945 Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia Father: Harrison H. (Hagarman?) Nixon Mother: Elvira Henderson Elmore ~~~~~~~ 4 [5] Ophelia J. Peek b: 1853 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 1917 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +[6] Thomas William Methvin b: 1839 m: 1 Dec 1885 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 1920 Burial: Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co. Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~~~~ 4 [7] George A. Peek b: 1856 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: Bef 1870 in (not in 1870 census) ~~~~~~~ 4 [8] Frances "Della" Idella Peek b: Sep 1858 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 13 Oct 1948 in Coweta Co., Georgia Burial: Tranquil Cemetery, near Turin, Coweta Co., Georgia ~~~~~~~~~ +[9] ~Never Married~ Father: Mother: *2nd Wife of Henry Peek: +Mrs. B. A. Taylor m: Aft 1805 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/coweta/obits/n/nixon4003gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 9.5 Kb