Lamar-Monroe-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Means, Hermie April 19, 1977
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Elaine Turk Nell http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004116 December 5, 2005, 10:59 pm

Barnesville News-Gazette, Thursday, 5 May 1977, page 6
Miss Means Died April 19
     Miss Hermie Miriam Means, age 93 was born in Monroe County, Georgia, 
May 4, 1884 and died in Atlanta April 19, 1977.
     Her maternal grandparents were William Harrison Thurmond and Amanda Jane 
Buff of Jones Co.  Her paternal grandparents were James Anderson Means and 
Elizabeth Ann Allen, descendant of Ethan Allen.  Her parents were John Thomas 
Means and Annie America Thurmond of Monroe Co.
     Miss Hermie lived a good and useful life.  She was dedicated to her 
church and family, was for many years a member of Prospect Methodist Church in 
Redbone.  Later moving her membership to Mary Brannon Church in Atlanta.  She 
was a teacher by profession and acquired discipline by psychological methods.  
She taught many years at Ramah School in Redbone District.
     Miss Hermie is survived by Miss Arcola Means, Mr. Paul Anderson Means, 
Robert Berner Means, Mrs. Allie M. Sappington, and Mrs. Jewel M. Bankston.
     Funeral was held at Mary Brannon Church in Atlanta.  Burial in Fredonia 
Church cemetery in Redbone.

Additional Comments:
At this point, the submitter has found no genealogical support that Elizabeth 
Ann Allen was a descendant of Ethan Allen.

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