Pike COUNTY GA Obits - Emmit E. Williamson File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doris Irons Greer caldor@neto.com http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/obits/william.txt Obituary: Emmit E. Williamson McCurtain Gazette Idabel, Oklahoma July 13, 1968 ********************************** OBITUARY: EMMIT E. WILLIAMSON Emmit E. Williamson, 79, of Garvin, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday (July 11, 1968) in a Texarkana hospital. Born Aug. 22, 1888 in Zebulon, Ga., he moved to McCurtain County in 1920 from Georgia. He was a retired farmer and member of the Baptist church. Survivors include his widow, Rosa Lee (Bailey) Williamson; three sons, Walter Williamson of Sherman, Texas; Edgar Williamson of Garvin, and Leon Williamson of Oklahoma City; three daughters, Mrs. Ward Fyfe of Perrydale, Oregon, Mrs. R. J. Whitaker of Garvin, and Mrs. Arthur T. Walker of Warren, Ariz.; seven sisters, including Mrs. Margarette McKeller and Mrs. Mary Monroe, both of Rusk, Texas, Mrs. Agnes McCowen, Mrs. Velma Tipton and Mrs. Calla Petre, all of Jacksonville, Texas and Mrs. Oeeda Brosshire of Texas; eight grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Baptist Church at Garvin. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery. ************************************************** Note: Emmit Williamson was the only son of Thomas Jefferson Williamson b Nov.1,1874 d. Oct. 27, 1951 m. to his cousin Julia Ann Williamson b May 20, 1873 d April 26, 1961. They were married March 2, 1894 in Pike Co., Ga. Thomas Jefferson Williamson is son of Zachary Taylor Williamson and Mary Ann Jordan. Julia Ann Williamson is daughter of William Henry Williamson and Elizabeth Frances Newman. All from Pike Co., Georgia. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============