JOHNSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS Arthur Lewis and Annie Mae Hall Poole Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: IBrett1042@aol.com Inez Watson Brett Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/johnson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Family of Arthur Lewis and Annie Mae Hall Poole Of Meeks, Johnson County, Georgia Annie Mae Hall was born May 6,1887. She and Arthur Lewis Poole were married in her parents home, Meeks, Johnson, Ga. Her parents were Henry Samuel and Elizabeth Tyson Hall. Arthur was the son of James Florence and Emma Jane " Jenny " Welch Poole, and was born July 10, 1898 near Louisville, Jefferson CO., Ga. and died August 19, 1971 in Macon. Annie Mae died April 04, 1963 in Emanuel County Hospital in Swainsboro and they are both buried at Corinth Methodist Church Cemetery near Meeks. She was buried on Easter Sunday. Grandma and Grandpa were married December 17, 1916 by J W Spell, MG, and moved into a little house in a field near the Shade Hall Place ( Everybody in Johnson County must have lived in that house at one time or other.) Grandma and Grandpa moved to the home place, the same house with her parents about 1920 because their family was in the house with Sam and Elizabeth in the 1920 census. Sam and Elizabeth must have moved into their new house across the creek at that time, because Grandma and Grandpa stayed in their old house. A TRIBUTE Published in the pages of THE MACON NEWS MACON GEORGIA APRIL 14, 1963 MRS. ANNIE MAE POOLE SWAINSBORO----Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Mae Poole, 65, of Kite who died Friday at a Swainsboro hospital, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sardis Baptist Church with Elder Raleigh Rinder (sp), Elder Gus Walden, and Elder Robert Sanders officiating. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery. A native of Johnson County, she was the daughter of H. S. and Elizabeth Tyson Hall. Survivors are her husband Arthur L. Poole of Kite; four daughters, Mrs. Carwell Darley, Mrs. E. E. Swann, Mrs. M. C. Watson, and Mrs. Cleo Price, all of Macon; three sons, Thomas of Swainsboro, Henry of Winnemocia, Nevada, Alfred of New Orleans, La. Two sisters, Mrs. John Williams and Mrs. Ben Smith both of Swainsboro; 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandscildren. The body will be at Shadowlawn Mortuary until 1:30 p.m. She was a WONDERFUL grandmother to me. Had a tremendous sense of appreciation, awareness, and I think LOVE for land. Affraid of NOTHING !! I have seen her go into a creek and push her hand all the way under and around the roots of trees along the edge. One day she brought up a water snake wrapped around her arm. She was such a good cook. Famous for the peanut butter cakes, coconut cakes, and we all loved her cabbage dumplings, English pea dumplings, and yellow squash custards. She had a double size biscuit tray, and I can see her measuring flour now !!!! After it was sifted, she "just knew" when she had enough flour to make a cake by taking both of her hands full of the flour and putting it into a bowl. I cook so many of the recipes I learned from her, but WE have never been able to get the peanut butter cake to taste the way she did. She was a member of Sardis Primitive Baptist Church. The following was told to me by Grandpa Poole in 1968, at the home of my parents in Macon, Georgia. Grandpa was visiting us that day. He was stretched out in a lawn chair in the back yard and I took my paper and pen and went outside where he was. I asked a few, now I know how FEW questions that day. I know now he could have probably taken me back to his great grandfather. How nice that would be!! This is what he told me: "My father was Florence Poole, and my mother was Jenny Welch. Her father Allen Welch lived to be 97 years old and was a soldier in the War." That's it !!! If only I had known what to ask him. He never talked to us very much about his people when I was growing up. I remember them being around us, but they were just relatives. No special deal. Now I can think of the picture I have of Aunt Eva (Grandpa's half sister) and Uncle Jim, who seemed to be favorites of my mother and her siblings. She had a big thick fur coat, a hat with a feather in it.. Drove a big fancy car, "going to visit the folks". They lived all the way over in Sandersville, and Grandma and Grandpa Poole lived in Meeks. They were so DIGNIFIED looking. Wish I could have known them. I got to know their daughter Nipirree Poole Johnson, in the early 1990s in Macon and she was a sweetheart. She helped me a great deal in my Poole family search. Grandpa gave me a silver dollar with the mint date of 1898 because that was the year of his birth. He had to be the sweetest, most gentle person in the whole world. When they married he took over the farm work on the farm that belonged to Grandma. He never liked the farm and I have been told he was a good barber. I can remember seeing him on the porch cutting hair for Mr. Boss Price. He would have been happier and could have probably made a bigger income and better living being a barber. Tribute Published in the Macon Telegraph A. L. Poole Arthur L. Poole, 73, of Macon, died in Goodwill Nursing Home Thursday. Services w e re held at 3:30 p.m. today in Corinth Methodist Church near Meeks. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Poole was a native of Washington County (should have been Jefferson County,) but had lived in Macon three years. He was a retired farmer and a member of Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. C. Darley, Mrs. E. E. Swann, Mrs. M. C. Watson and Mrs. Cleo Price, all of Macon; three sons, Henry C. Poole of Winnimucca,Nevada, Thomas B. Poole of Wrightsville and Alfred H. Poole of Beaumont, Texas; two brothers, Henry Poole of Brooklet and John Poole of Milan. Stanley Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Children of Annie Mae Hall and Arthur Lewis Poole are: Lois Inez their first child was born September 27, 1917 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga; died July 04, 1991 in Macon, Bibb, Ga. and was buried July 7, at Memorial Park Cemetery in Macon. She married Carwell Darley September 08, 1937 in County Court House, Soperton, Truetland, Ga. He was born May 17, 1913 in Soperton, Truetland, Ga; died July 19, 1976 in Macon, Bibb, Ga., and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Macon. Lois was a homemaker all of her life and Carwell worked Civil Service for the Air Force at Warner Robins Air Force Base. Tribute Published in the Macon Telegraph July 1991 Lois Inez Poole Darley Lois Poole Darley, 73 of 4359 Fairfax Drive died Thursday in a local hospital. born in Johnson Co., she lived in Macon for the past 52 years of her life and was a homemaker. She was a member of Avondale Baptist Church and the Blanche Clapp Sunday School Class. Survivirs uinclude children Carl Darley of Oxnard, California, William S. Darley of Milton, Vermont, James Harold Darley of Juliette, and Glenda Register of Macon. Sisters and brothers Mary Price, Oreta Swann, amd Cleonie Hudgins all of Macon, Thomas B Poole of Wrightsville and Alfred H. Poole of Elgin, Texas. 13 Grandchildren and 10 Great Grandchildren. Services 2 PM Sunday at Crestlawn Funeral Home with burial at Macon Memorial Park. The Reverend Houston Berry will officiate. Visitation: The family may be contacted at the residence. Henry Clarence "Uncle Bo" their second child born December 30, 1919 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga; died September 19, 1972 in Elko, Nevada. He married first Lila Pearl Darley July 18, 1942 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga., by J B Riner, JP. He served in the United States Army as a cook during World War 2., and made his career in the restaurant business as a chef. He married second Lorraine Gabiola and they lived all of their married life in Nevada. They had no children. He died in Nevada in 1971 and was buried there. I know he was a fun loving person with a very outgoing personality from the stories that were told to me by my Mother. Funeral Services Published in Nevada. Henry C. Poole Funeral services for Henry C. Poole, of Winnemucca who died Tuesday at Elko General Hospital at age 52, will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Burns Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert Cook officiating. Interment will be in the Elko veterans cemetery, following military graveside rites. Survivors include his widow, Loraine Gabiola Poole of Winnemucca; step-son, Charles Kiechler, Elko; two brothers, Alfred of Louisiana and Thomas of Georgia; and four sisters, Lois Darley, Mary Price, Oreta Swan and Cleonie Watson, all of Macon, Georgia. Thomas Bryan their third child born July 04, 1921 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga. married first Ola Mae Lucille Watson January 17, 1941 in Jim D. Riner Home, Meeks, Johnson CO., Ga. She was born December 28, 1923 in Dublin, Laurens, Ga; and she was my Daddt's sister. Brother and sister married brother and sister. She died May 12, 1964 in Augusta, Richmond, Ga. "TB" as we always called him. I spent some time with Uncle TB c1995, and he had such a good time telling me about their family when they were growing up. He was a veteran of World War 2, spending most of the time in Europe. He died September 8, 2002. Published in The Macon Telegraph 9 / 11 / 2002 Thomas B. Poole Thomas B Poole, Wrightsville- Services for Thomas B Poole will be conducted Wednesday September 11 at Mount Olive Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include his wife Lois Poole; sons, Hugh and Michael Poole; daughters Jeannie Soles and Sandra Sumner, step daughters and other family members. Stanley Funeral home in charge of arrangements. This following paragraph contains a little of what he remembered and what he told me. He remembered when the bridge across the Ohoopee River was built when he was about 11 or 12 years old. The Adrian Bridge. School kids walked across the river on the rail road trestle while the bridge was under construction to get to the school in Adrian. Side track was in Meeks. Loaded lumber to train. TB went to school in an old wooden school house at one time and a Mr Lowe ran a store there. Aunt Rita was born in a house on the road to Meeks. So was my Mother. Turn left at Moore's Chapel, John R Rowland, lived there 2 years MRS. LUCILE POOLE SWAINSBORO -- Funeral Services for Mrs. Lucile Poole, 43 , of Wrrightsville, who died Friday in an Augusta hospital after a short illness, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Meeks Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Julia Wilkes and the Rev. R. J. Lane officiating. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery. Surviving are her husband, Thomas Poole of Wrightsville; two daughters, Mrs. Edward Sumner of Adrian and Miss Jennie Poole of Wrightsville; four sons, Joel and Michael Poole of Wrightsville, Hugh of Swainsboro and Thomas Poole Jr. of Adrian; mother, Mrs. Sara Watson of Macon; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl (should have been Ruby) McCullough of Atlanta, Mrs. Joe Webb of Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Dorothy Watson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.; five brothers, J. E., M C. and Billy Watson, all of Macon, James and C. L. Watson Jr., both of Atlanta; and four grandchildren. November 30, 1930. Uncle T.B. married second Lois Velmer Clements June 06, 1968 in Swainsboro, Emanuel, Ga. Oreta "Aunt Rita" was their fourth child and was born October 10, 1923 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga. She married (1) Elmer Bill Watson Abt. 1940. He was born in Dublin, Laurens, GA.; died in Dublin, Laurens, GA.. She married second Edward Eugene Swann in 1943 at the home of his parents on Grand Avenue in Macon. He was born July 12, 1911, the son of Henry and Mary Bowden Swann. She and Gene were divorced in Macon about 1986 and he died in 1994 in Macon. Published In The Telegraph on 2 / 24 / 2003. Oreta Poole Swann -MACON - Oreta Poole Swann, age 79, died February 22, 2003 In a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held 2 P.M., Tuesday, February 25, 2003 In the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with burial In Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. -Mrs. Swann was born In Johnson County, Georgia and has lived In Macon most of her life. She was a homemaker and member of West Highland Baptist Church. -Survivors Include her sister, Mary Price of Macon; brother, Alfred Poole of Elgln, TX; niece, Faye Smallwood of Macon and several other nieces and nephews. -Visitation will be Monday, February 25, 203 from 7:00 until 9:00P.M. at Crest Lawn Funeral Home. -Crest Lawn Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Cleonie ( my Mother) was their fifth child and was born July 31, 1925 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga. She married Marsden Chesley Watson January 04, 1941 in Jim D. Riner Home, Meeks, Johnson, Ga; born November 03, 1921 in Dublin, Laurens, Ga; died February 08, 1984 in Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Bibb, Ga.Grandpa Sam Hall called her "Posssum Rack". Another nickname was "Totsy". In 1940 Daddy's father moved his family to Johnson Co. from Laurens Co. to cut timber on the property of several families in the Meeks area, some of them being the families of Cleonie. THAT is how the Pools met the Watsons. Daddy served three years in the United States Army during World War 2, from 1942- 1945. He was in the infantry and spent the majority of his Army time in Europe. While he was serving in the Army, Mama and (me :) lived with her parents and Aunt Mary and Uncle Al. When the war ended, he came home, collected his wife and two year old daughter, bought and settled onto a small farm near Meeks. He had no one to help him do the work, Mama was busy with Tim and me, (Tim was born in 1950) and I think it was too much for him. In 1952 he grew dissatisfied with farming , sold the farm and moved his family to Gloverville, South Carolina where he had a job with the Savannah River Plant. Daddy said he got tired of planting cotton, and picking cotton with sandspurs all over it. In other words, he got tired of fighting sandspurs! After a year or so with the Savannah River Plant he worked for a while at Clearwater Finishing Plant, a fabric mill. He moved his family to Macon in 1956, where he was a labor foreman for Sam Hall and Sons Construction Company for over 30 years. He married Jewell Bryan in 1976 in Macon. They were married by the Revrend James Herndon in Macon. Daddy was killed on February 8, 1984 in a work related accident, and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Warner Robins on February 11, 1984. He had been retired 2 months and had gone back to help them out at work for just a few days. Grandma and Grandpa had 2 infants James and Samuel Lamar, who died between Mama and Uncle Al, so everyone says Mama was spoiled because she had so much more attention longer than the other siblings. She surely had some symptoms! James , their sixth child was born March 14, 1928 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga; died March 15, 1928 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga and was buried at the Cass Hall Cem., Meeks, Johnson, Ga. Samuel Lamar, their seventh child was born April 25, 1929, Meeks, Johnson, Ga; d. April 28, 1929, Meeks, Johnson, Ga. Burial: April 1929, Cass Hall Cem., Meeks, Johnson, Ga Alfred Harold, their eighth child was born January 25, 1932 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga. He married Betty Ann Westbrook April 16, 1955 in Austin, Texas; born May 13, 1930 in Manor, Travis, Texas. He joined the United States Air Force, and was stationed in Austin, Texas where he met his future wife Miss Betty Ann Westbrook. Upon discharge from the Air Force he married Betty Ann April 16, 1955, Austin, Texas and they have lived in Louisiana and Texas all of their married life. He retired as a Captain in security from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company San Antonio, Texas Division. He obtained a BS degree in Criminology from LSU and made his living by working with the Southern Railroad as a highly decorated special agent. He and Betty Ann live in Elgin, Texas with their beloved "puppy dogs". Mary Elizaabeth their last child was born August 31, 1933 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga. She married Cleo Price October 12, 1949 in Adrian Wells, Emanuel, Ga; by the Reverend Rawleigh Johnson. They were married at a store in the intersection of the road that went to Meeks from Adrian, where there was a store called Thompson's. Mama and Aunt Rita told me they can remember the night Aunt Mary was born. Grandma knew the time was about there so she sent Aunt Lois and all the other younger children to her parents house " down a 2 lane dirt road and across a creek". It was dark and Aunt Lois was pretty mad because she had to walk all the way over there in the dark. Mama said one of the other kids asked her why they were having to go and she told them "cause Mama is having another one of those babies tonight." Mama said they were really scared to go in the dark, they had to cross a log foot bridge across a creek and it was about a mile and dark and all the night noises made them not a happy bunch !!!. Cleo was born October 31, 1930 in Meeks, Johnson, Ga; the youngest child of Boss S. and Minnie Donaldson Grant Price. He died January 30, 1993 in Macon, Bibb, Ga. Burial: February 01, 1993, Memorial Park, Macon, Ga