Dooly-Houston County GaArchives Biographies.....Gladys Robertson February 23 1912 - June 15 1983 ************************************************ 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: Olivia Terjesen terjesen@adelphia.net January 30, 2004, 6:43 pm Author: Olivia Terjesen Gladys Ruth Robertson (parents Rufus Erastus Robertson and Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Harp) was born February 23, 1912 in Unadilla, GA. (Dooly County). She died June 15, 1983 in DeKalb, GA . Gladys was the third of six children born to Rufus and Sarah Robertson. Her parents were farmers when she was born and she grew up on her parents’ farm. Gladys attended and graduated from Union School. Union was one of the last of the “one room school houses” in middle Georgia. She, like her brother and sisters walked 3 miles to school. Gladys' son, Tom related: "My mother use to tell an amusing story about herself when they first moved to the farm. She must had been 3 or 4 years old and Uncle Henry 2 years old. She did not like the original farm house because it was smaller and different from the house in Unadilla where she was born . She told grandma she didn't like the house and wanted to go back to Unadilla. Knowing Grandma Robertson, I bet she told my mother in a stern but humorous way that this was their house now and to get use to it. My mother told me she took Uncle Henry and started walking back to Unadilla. I do not know how far they went but was told Grandpa Robertson picked them up in the carriage and brought them back to the the farm house in Pinehurst. He explained to her why they moved to the farm on the way back to the house." Gladys attended Georgia Southwestern College in the 1930s. She received an Associate Degree in Teaching in 1935 or 36 and went back to Pinehurst, Georgia to teach. Harold Harp remembers her teaching him at Union School when he was in the second grade. Gladys moved to Macon/Warner Robins during WWII, and met Daniel Sebastian, who was stationed at Robins Field at the time. In July 1942 she married Daniel Sebastian. Gladys taught school in Warner Robins till she retired in 1979. She started at Charles Thomas Elementary in 1942 or 43. From there she went to Sacred Heart Catholic School in 1957 and taught there until 1967/68. She returned to the public school system in 1968 and taught at Parkwood Elementary until she retired in 1979. In 1973, she went back to Georgia Southern and received he Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. She was a first grade teacher to her nephew, Ronald Heath; and great,great nephew, Jason Cowan. Both Ronald and Jason never could call her "Mrs. Sebastian" in the classroom; they called her, "Aunt Gladys". In 1954, Glady's and Dan's daughter, Carol Ann was diagnoised with a brain tumor, and she finally succumbed to it in 1959. Gladys was the mother hen to the family; she helped out a few relatives during rough times. Gladys had a beautiful smile, and even through the hard times, she always maintained that beautiful smile. Gladys loved to garden and belonged to the Middle Georgia Garden Club; her speciality was with day lilies and irises. She had a beautiful yard on Donald Drive that she had planted with dogwood & redbud trees, azaleas, and all kinds of plants and flowers that kept her yard in bloom all year long. Gladys Ruth married Daniel Joseph Sebastian. Daniel Joseph was born October 7, 1917 in Auburn, NY. He died October 1, 1980 in Warner Robins, GA (Houston County). Gladys Ruth Robertson and Daniel Joseph Sebastian had the following children: 1. Carol Ann Sebastian was born March 26, 1947 in Macon, GA (Bibb County). She died May 6, 1959 in Macon, GA (Bibb County). Carol Ann suffered and died from brain tumor. 2. Thomas Michael Sebastian was born July 10, 1944 in Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, GA. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb