FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS  Essie Lee Scoggins Wilson

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Rome News Tribune September 3, 1957
 
Mrs. Essie L. Wilson Dies After Illness; Funeral is Wednesday
 
Mrs. Essie Lee Scoggins Wilson 65, passed away at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Georgia Alred, 12
Chester Ave., Monday at 9:20 p.m. folllowing an illness
of several months.

Mrs. Wilson was born in Chattooga County, March 17,
1892, daughter of the late Gilliam T. and Ellen Mathis
Scoggins, pioneer citizens of Chattooga County. She had
spent the greater part of her life in Floyd County and
was a member of the Calhoun Avenue Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Willie J. Wilson, to
whom she was married September 7, 1929; one daughter,
Mrs. Georgia Alred, Rome; one son, Talmadge Davis, Rome
Rt. 1; two brothers, W. G. Scoggins, Armuchee and Doyle
Scoggins, LaFayette; two sisters, Mrs. F. D. Stewart
and Mrs. Daisy Selman of Atlanta. Four grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from
the Calhoun Avenue Baptist Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Ben Towe officiating. Interment will be in New
Armuchee Cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the residence until time
for services and pallbearers are asked to meet there at
2:30 p.m. They are Robert L. Herman and W. G. Scoggins,
Jr., Clarence ? Davis and C. L. Thompson. Jennings
Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. (Note: Died
Sept. 2, 1957)