Irwin County GaArchives Marriages.....Willis, Jonnie Reba - McCranie, James William Jr. September 28, 1941
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Newspaper Name and Date Unknown 1941
Miss Jonnie Willis to Marry Jas.W. McCranie, Jr.
   The engagement of Miss Jonnie Reba Willis and 
James W. McCranie, Jr., announced today by the 
bride-elect's mother, Mrs. John Marshall Willis.
   The double ring ceremony will be solemnized
at 5:00 o'clock Sunday September 28, at the First
Baptist church of Ocilla, followed by a reception
given for the couple at the Ocilla Community Home.
   Rev. C. E. Means will officiate at the 
ceremony.
   No cards will be issued to the wedding.
   Miss Willis was valedictorian of the 1941 
graduating class at Irwin County High School
at Mystic.
   Mr. McCranie was a graduate of Fitzgerald High
school class of the 1934. He was connected with 
A. B. & C. railway shops as apprentice until the
last week when he secured a position as a full-
fledged journeyman machinist.



Additional Comments:
Another article of this engagement appeared in
The Atlanta Constitution Sun Sep 21, 1941 pg 34
as follows: 
Miss Jonnie Willis and Mr. McCranie Tell Betrothal
   Ocilla, Ga., Sept 20-- Among the important
announcements of today is that of thebetrothal of
Miss Jonnie Reba Willis, daughter of Mrs. J. M.
Willis and the late John Marshall Willis, to 
James William McCranie Jr., of Fitzgerald and
Atlanta, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mcranie, Sr.
The marriage will be an event of September 28,
taking place at the First Baptist church of
Ocilla at 5 o'clock.
   Miss Willis was graduated from Irwin County
High School, where she graduated with first 
honors. The bride-elect's mother is the former
Miss Mary Anne  Sutton, daughter of Mrs. J. J.
Sutton amd the late Jack Jackson Sutton. The
bride-elect's father was the son of the late
Henry Washington and Susie Ann Livingston Willis.
He was vice president of the Naval Stores 
Marketing Association of Brunswick, Ga., and
president of the First National Bank of Ocilla.
   Mrs. J. W. Vickers, of Ocilla; Mrs. Everette
Ross, of Alma; Mrs. C. H. Reid, of Fitzgerald,
are her sisters, and her brothers are Jack
Willis, of Ocilla; Eston Willis of  Tifton; 
Frank Willis, of Ocilla, and Bennett Willis,
of Enigma.
   Mr. McCranie is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. McCranie Sr., of Fitzgerald. His mother
is the former Miss Orlena Gertrude Harrell,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William
Levi and Margaret Winifred Daniels Harrell.
His only sister is Miss Marguerite McCranie,
and his two brothers are Carl McCranie and
Emory McCranie, all of Fitzgerald.
    The groom-to-be was graduated from
Fitzgerald High school and served his 
apprenticeship at the A. B. C. Railway shops
of Fitzgerald. He is now employed by the 
Seaboard Railway shop in Atlanta.
   Re. C. E. Means will officiate at the
double-ring ceremony, and following the
marriage there will be a reception for the
couple at the Ocilla community home.

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