Schley County GaArchives Photo Person.....Rooks, Amanda (Lunsford) May 8, 1938
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Source:             The Ellaville Sun  Friday, Sept. 23, 1938  No. 13
Name:               Amanda (Lunsford) Rooks

Date Of Photograph: May 8, 1938
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FINAL TRIBUTE PAID MRS. W.A. ROOKS, 95
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Rooks, who died peacefully late Saturday 
afternoon at her home in County Line community in her 96th year, were 
conducted from the Ellaville Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  
Burial was in the local cemetery.

The aged woman, who became 95 years old on May 8---Mother's Day, had been ill 
for two weeks and in declining health for an extended period.

"I just sit here ...... but I feel no misery, no pain," said "Miss Mandy" on 
her last birthday.  She walked with difficulty requiring assistance of a cane 
and a companion, but enjoyed fine health.  Lack of appetite was her chief 
complaint.

A native of Chambers county, Alabama, she was born in 1843----when John Tyler 
was president, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Lunsford.  Her father was a 
captain in the was of 1812, and her maternal grandfather was a Revolutionary 
soldier.  While she was still a child her parents moved to Sumter county, 
Georgia, now a part of Terrell.  She was married to Timothy Rooks, a veteran 
of the War Between the States, on Dec. 10, 1872.  He died in July, 1930, being 
active in farming until the time of his death.

Mrs. Rooks united with the Methodist church when she was 24.  Infirmities 
prevented her attending worship during her last years but she enjoyed the 
radio services.  She kept her clock on daylight savings time to avoid 
confusion with the radio programs.

The Rev. L.D. Shippey, pastor of the County Line Methodist church, and the 
Rev. W.S. Johnson, pastor of Ellaville Methodist church,  officiated at the 
funeral.  Pallbearers were grandsons-in-law:  Jake Smith, Joseph Duke, Ernest 
Hutchins, Howard Greene, Elton Robinson and Clarence Smith.

Surviving are five children, three sons and two daughters---Mrs. Dora Young, 
with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Sallie Salter, Plains; W.A. Rooks of 
Birmingham, Ala., Joe Rooks of Andersonville and John Rooks of Georgetown; 33 
grandchildren, including a set of twins, and 26 great-granchildren.


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