Telfair-Dodge-Wilcox County GaArchives Obituaries.....Yawn, Sarah Eliza Studstill April 18, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M Sgt Robert K. Nobles Jr bnobles@windstream.net August 14, 2012, 4:40 pm DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, Volume VI., 1936-1941, By: Tad Evans, See Page 3094 (Obituary), Thursday, April 18, 1940. DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS Volume VI 1936-1941 By: Tad Evans See Page 3094 (Obituary) Thursday, April 18, 1940 MRS. JOHN ALLEN YAWN DIES AT CHAUNCEY HOME. Mrs. John Allen Yawn, an aged and greatly loved Chauncey woman, died at her home Monday night of the infirmities of old age, she having reached her 83rd birthday October 18 last. She was a native of Telfair County and was a daughter of G. T. and Sarah Studstill. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted at Elbethel Church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. L. R. Lancaster and Rev. O. A. Grant. Hymns were sung by Mrs. O. G. Davis, Ruth Roberson, Rev. O. A. Grant, Mrs. Robert Kytle and Mrs. Susie Collins. Marion Mann, Albert Williams, Arnold Evans, John Taylor, Wilbur Jackson and Raymond Mann served as pallbearers. Interrment was in Elbethel Cemetery. Mrs. Yawn is survived by her husband; two sons, R. O. and George C. Yawn; seven daughters, Mrs. Lucile Pitts, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. Carrie Mann, Mrs. Mattie Compton, Mrs. Callie Kirkley, Mrs. Cora Lee Kirkley and Mrs. Alice Pitts; two brothers, George and Tom Studstill, and a sister, Mrs. Carrie Dowdy. Additional Comments: Compiler Notes: Sarah Eliza Studstill's father was: George Melton Troup Studstill (born 1828 and died 1895) Her mother was: Sarah Jane Weeks ( born 25 July 1836 and Died 15 August 1876) Parents were married 2 May 1852 in Telfair County., Georgia. Burial Places Unknown. Ref: Tad Evans notes from his database. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/telfair/obits/y/yawn10554gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb