MACON COUNTY, GA - OBITS Mrs. W T Poff Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Meredith Clapper" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/macon.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Mrs. W T Poff, Sixty-year Area Resident, Dies Mrs. W. T. Poff, who had lived in the Wellington area 64 years, died in Thomas Nursing Home Friday, December 28, at 10:05 pm after a long illness. She was 91. ( 29 Aug 1882 Dec 1973) She and her family lived in the Midway community east of town until the late Mr. Poff retired from farming. A member of the United Methodist church, Mrs. Poff was active in its work from early life until she was no longer able to attend services. For many years she was active in the Women's Society of Christian Service. Born in Macon County, Georgia, August 29, 1882, she was the former Maude Ella Neese, daughter of Franklin and Aurelia Griffin Neese. She came with her family to Texas as a teen-age girl, settling at Barry, near Corsicana. She came to Collingsworth County in 1909. She was married first to Tom Goswick, and after his death, she was married to W. T. Poff in 1915. Besides her interest in her church, Mrs. Poff devoted herself to her family and her work as a farm wife. Funeral services were conducted at First United Methodist Church at 2:30 pm Sunday, with the Rev. James Boswell officiating. Burial was in Memorial Gardens under the direction of Kelso Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Hubert Mauldin, Harold Caldwell, Joe Sanders, Robert Posey, George Scott, and Odas Benson of Hershey, Nebraska. Survivors are a son, L E Goswick; a step son, Aubrey Poff of Denham Springs, La.; two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Sanders of Tulia and Mrs. Mary Belew; a sister, Mrs. Edgar Lockhart; 21 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren. MAUDE POFF 29 Aug 1882 Dec 1973 79095 (Wellington, Collingsworth, TX) (none specified) 459-88-7725 Texas Texas Deaths, 1964-98 Surname Given Name Middle Name Suffix Death Date Social Security Number Spouse's Surname Spouse's Given Name Spouse's Middle Name Spouse's Suffix Death County Gender Marital Status Poff Maude E 28 December 1973 COLLINGSWORTH F WIDOWED