Marie Jeanette Sawyers and Wimberly McLeod
MARIE JEANETTE SAWYERS, daughter of CARRIE B. JONES and GUY BOYD SAWYERS, was born September 21, 1897 in Arkansas,456 and died February 26, 1918 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.12016 She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.456
She married WIMBERLY MCLEOD on April 29, 1917 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.12015 He was born November 6, 1893 in Abbeville, Wilcox, Georgia,8 and died September 12, 1965 in San Benito, Kerr, Texas.1486
Children of MARIE JEANETTE SAWYERS and WIMBERLY MCLEOD:
- MARTHA LOUISE MCLEOD, b. February 22, 1918, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida;456, 12020 m. DR. JOHN DOSTER OWENS on August 1, 1942 in Methodist Episcopal Church, Abbeville, Wilcox, Georgia12021; d. June 17, 1973, Wilcox County, Georgia.456
Martha
Education
- Wimberly McLeod graduated from University of Georgia, Athens, Clarke, Georgia in 1912.3821
- Member of Phi Kappa
- Yearbook Inscription: "Then he wil talk—good gods, how he will talk."
Marriage Announcements and News
Arkansas Gazette, May 6, 191712017
A telegram received from Jacksonville, Fla., by Miss Margaret Sawyers, Monday morning announced that her sister, Marie Jeanette, was married to Wimberly McLeod of Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday evening at the home of her father, G. B. Sawyers. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod have gone to Tampa, Fla., for a short trip and will be at home later in Jacksonville.
Atlanta Journal, June 6, 191712015
McLeod-Sawyers
ABBEVILLE—Miss Jeanette Sawyers and Mr. Wimberly McLeod, both of Jacksonville, Fla., were married last Sunday night in Jacksonville. Mr. McLeod was raised in Abbeville and is the son of Hon. and Mrs. George F. McLeod, of this city. He has been in Jacksonville for about three years where he has a responsible position with Berry Griggs & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, being their Florida manager.
Obituaries
Atlanta Journal, March 1, 191812016
Mrs. Jeanette McLeod Dies
ABBEVILLE, Ga., March 1.—Mrs. Jeannette McLeod died at a hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., last Tuesday morning. She was the wife of Wimberly McLeod. They had been married about one year. She leaves besides her husband, a daughter two days' old, a mother, father and one sister. Wimberly McLeod is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. McLeod, of Abbeville. The burial was at Evergreen cemetery, Jacksonville, last Tuesday afternoon.
San Benito News, September 16, 196512019
Wimberly McLeod Dies In Kerrville
Wimberly F. McLeod, 1189 Reagan Street, San Benito, died in a Kerrville hospital Sunday morning after a lengthy illness.
Born in 1893 in Abbeyville, George, a graduate of the University of George Law School, he came to the Rio Grande Vally in 1920 where he was a prominent businessman and land developer for 45 years, having developed several tracts in this area.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Claire W. McLeod of San Benito; a daughter, Mrs. John Doster Owens, and a grandson, John Doster Owens Jr. of Abbeyville, Georgia; one sister, Mrs. George Morgan Eusty of Florida.
Graveside services were held Wednesday at Fort Sam Houston cemetery in San Antonio.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 16, 19002500 | Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas |
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| April 20, 191012014 | Camanche, Clinton, Iowa |
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