UPSON COUNTY, GA - Obits   Mrs. Martha Catherine Sappington

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MRS. N. A. SAPPINGTON DIES

  Mrs. Martha Catherine Sappington widow of the late Newsome A. Sappington died at the home of her son,  E.P. Sappington in Thomaston, on the afternoon of June 8, 1925. She was buried in the family Cemetery in Lamar County, June 9, 1925.

  The funeral was preached at Prospect Methodist Church, by Rev. S.R.
England, pastor of Thomaston Methodist church assisted by Rev. M.M. Walraven of Atlanta.

  Mrs. Sappington is survived by the following children: B.P., E.P., G.N. and Miss Sarah Sappington of Thomaston,  W. G. Buford  Sappington of Chipley, Mrs. H. G. Buford of Barnesville, Mrs. W.C. JOHNSTON of Hogansville and Thos. J. Sappington of Eastman; also one sister, Mrs. M. F. Carriker of Barnesville and a number of grandchildren.

  Mrs. Sappington was daughter of REV. W. H. Graham, deceased, one of the pioneer Methodist Preachers of Ga.
  The people of Thomaston join in extending sympathy to the bereaved relatives

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Mrs. Martha Catherine Sappington nee GRAHAM died in Thomaston GA June 8, 1925.

She was the daughter of Reverend William Harper Graham, a pioneer Ga. Methodist Preacher, and Mrs. Permelia Graham. She was born in Meriwether Co. Jan. 5, 1852 and moved with her parents to Monroe County as a child. She was married in 1872 to Newsome Asbury Sappington of Monroe County and lived there until the death of her husband in 1915. She then went to Thomaston to make her home.

She is survived by the following sons & daughters.