FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS   Mrs. Martha Boggs

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Rome News Tribune April 14, 1940
Mrs. M. Boggs, 82 Dies Sunday
Mrs. Martha Boggs, age 83, passed away at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. A.R. Johnson, in Glenwood,
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, following a period
of declining health, and a serious illness of the
past 10 days.

Mrs. Boggs was born in Adairsville on May 15, 1857,
and moved to Floyd County at an early age, where she
had resided ever since. She was the daughter of the
late George and Malinda Barton Tolbert, and was the
mother of the late J.W. Boggs, who preceded her in
death in 1939, also the mother of the late Mrs.
Minnie Dawson, who passed away in 1928.

She was the widow of the late Lindsey Boggs, and is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Johnson; two sons,
G.W. Boggs, of Texas Valley, and H. F. Boggs, of
Glenwood; one brother, J.W. Tolbert, Oklahoma City;
and a sister, Mrs. H. J. Green,  of Rome. Twenty-one
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also
survive.

Funeral services were held from the Sand Springs
Baptist Church this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the
Rev. W. F. Conn and the Rev. S.H. Pendley,
officiating. The interment followed in the church
cemetery.

Pallbearers were Farris Bell, Ben Thomason, L.F.
Rhinehart, Joe Hawkins, Cliff Hicks and Clyde
Widdows.  (Note: died Apr. 14)