1. JOHN B¹ GRAVITT was born 1830 in Forsyth Co Ga, and died in Buried Bethesda Cem east of Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga. He married ANNA TERISSA UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1827 in Ga, and died in Buried Bethesda Cem east of Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga.

Notes for JOHN B GRAVITT:
Census, 1850, Forsyth Co., Ga
Name page Dwelling Age State Born

Gravitt, Randall 145 6 67 Va

Gravitt, John 162 242 49 SC

Gravitt, James P 162 243 24 Ga

Gravitt, Charles 164 261 50 NC

Gravitt, William 167 318 44 NC

Gravitt, A G 173 397 34 Ga

Gravitt, James 179 480 35 SC

Gravitt, Robert 193 665 41 SC

Gravitt, Gilford 193 666 30 Ga

Gravitt, Mary 193 666 65 Ga

Gravitt, John B 205 837 19 Ga

Gravitt, Alfred 214 982 27 Ga

Gravitt, Obediah 231 1231 65 Va

Children of JOHN GRAVITT and ANNA UNKNOWN are:

   i. NANCY JANE² GRAVITT, b. June 1849; d. November 11, 1865, Buried Beaver Run Cem, Forsyth Co Ga.    ii.ANGELINE GRAVITT, b. May 26, 1852; d. February 03, 1933, Buried Bethesda Cem, east of Calhoun, Gordon Co Ga.

2. iii. JASPER M "JAKE" GRAVITT, b. May 30, 1854, Forsyth Co, Ga; d. July 22, 1917, Forsyth Co Ga.

  iv. KASADY GRAVITT, b. 1856.

3. v. NEWTON S GRAVITT, b. May 20, 1857; d. September 27, 1930, Buried Beaver Run Cem, Forsyth Co Ga.

4. vi. LEROY E GRAVITT, b. December 28, 1859, Forsyth County, Ga; d. June 20, 1933, Buried Bethesda Cem east of Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga.

  vii. JULIA L GRAVITT, b. 1864.

2. JASPER M "JAKE"² GRAVITT (JOHN B1) was born May 30, 1854 in Forsyth Co, Ga, and died July 22, 1917 in Forsyth Co Ga.

He married (1) SAMANTHA "MARTHA" YOUNGBLOOD. She was born 1857, and died Abt. 1888 in Gordon Co, Ga.

He married (2) ANGELINE J "IRENA" CROW January 03, 1884 in Forsyth Co, Ga, daughter of SAMUEL CROW and IRENA BENNETT. She was born June 04, 1853 in Forsyth Co, Ga, and died October 11, 1932.

Notes for JASPER M "JAKE" GRAVITT:
When his wife Samantha died, he remarried. His children and the new wife apparently did not get along. Jake ask his father and brother Leroy to raise the two children, Julia and Mack. Jake moved to Pickens County, Ga., or it is possible that is where they lived at the time, where he remarried.
11/2/1999. Today I received E-Mail from Lorene Veal saying that she had recently found a news article, dated, Oct 5, 1917- Loving Memory. Our dear father, Jasper Gravitt died July 22, 1917, he was 64 years old. He leaves 6 children, a wife and 18 grandchildren. Wtitten by daughter, Janie Pugh. Heretofore I could only identify 3 children with Angeline. This means that that Janie is the Unknown Gravitt child as listed or one that was not previously identified.

        
Children of JASPER GRAVITT and SAMANTHA YOUNGBLOOD are:
5. i. JULIA E3 GRAVITT, b. September 30, 1878, Born at Flowery Branch, Forsyth Co, Ga; d. April 11, 1951, Buried Antioch Church Cem, Gordon Co, Ga.

6. ii. MACK MULINO GRAVITT, b. November 24, 1879, Forsyth Co Ga; d. March 29, 1953, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

        
Children of JASPER GRAVITT and ANGELINE CROW are:
  iii. DELLA³ GRAVITT.  

  iv. UNK GRAVITT.

  v. SAMUEL MARCUS GRAVITT, b. March 18, 1888; d. 1968, Forsyth Co Ga; m. NORA L HUGHES; b. April 15, 1890; d. February 02, 1944.

NEWTON S² GRAVITT (JOHN B1) was born May 20, 1857, and died September 27, 1930 in Buried Beaver Run Cem, Forsyth Co Ga. He married COLUMBIA A SAMPLE. She was born 1856.

        
Children of NEWTON GRAVITT and COLUMBIA SAMPLE are:
7. i. THOMAS B3 GRAVITT, b. 1879; d. Unknown.

  ii. WILLIAM L GRAVITT, b. August 1885; d. Abt. 1955.

8. iii. PERRY MINOR GRAVITT, b. August 10, 1887, Forsyth Co Ga; d. March 03, 1956, Forsyth Co Ga.

  iv. ESTHER VIRGIL GRAVITT, b. September 25, 1889, Forsyth Co Ga; d. August 09, 1947, Forsyth Co Ga.

9. v. TOY CLEVELAND GRAVITT, b. December 20, 1892; d. Unknown.

10. vi. ROY RAY GRAVITT, b. September 09, 1894, Forsyth Co Ga; d. March 23, 1952, Forsyth Co Ga.

  vii. PAUL GRAVITT, b. January 1898; d. Unknown.

LEROY E² GRAVITT (JOHN B1) was born December 28, 1859 in Forsyth County, Ga, and died June 20, 1933 in Buried Bethesda Cem east of Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga. He married (1) AMAZONIA HAMMOND, daughter of WILLIAM HAMMOND and ELIZABETH UNK. He married (2) PEARL AUGUSTINE HAMMOND December 26, 1891 in Forsyth Co Ga, daughter of WILLIAM HAMMOND and ELIZABETH BEASON. She was born October 20, 1873 in Forsyth Co, Ga, and died April 26, 1956 in Buried Bethesda Cem, east ofCalhoun, Gordon Co, Ga.

More About AMAZONIA HAMMOND:
Fact 1: Was Pearl Hammond's sister
        
Children of LEROY GRAVITT and AMAZONIA HAMMOND are:
  i. JAUNITA³ GRAVITT, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. ROY OWENS; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAUNITA GRAVITT:
It is possible that this Juanita is not the daughter of Amazona and Leroy Gravitt.

ii.ALMA GRAVITT, b. November 20, 1887; d. December 03, 1974, Gordon Co, Ga..

iii. WILLIAM BRASELTON GRAVITT, b. December 09, 1890; d. Unknown, Forsyth Co, Ga.

iv. ALBERT CLEVELAND GRAVITT, b. November 02, 1892.

        
Children of LEROY GRAVITT and PEARL HAMMOND are:
12. v. ROY VELL³ GRAVITT, b. January 25, 1894, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. 1969, Buried Fain Cem, Calhoun Ga.

13. vi. BESSIE MAYBELLE GRAVITT, b. July 07, 1896, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. April 18, 1981, Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga. Buried on 19th.

14. vii. OBA DELL GRAVITT, b. December 06, 1898, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. January 12, 1969, Gordon Co, Ga..

15. viii. PERINO CLIFTON GRAVITT, b. October 13, 1901, Gordon Co, Ga; d. May 22, 1970, Buried Harmony Cemetary, Gordon Co, Ga.

  ix. MIRTIE LUCEAL GRAVITT, b. October 03, 1903, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; d. December 20, 1916, Buried Bethesda Cem east of Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga.

  x. BONNEY BERTHA LEE GRAVITT, b. November 06, 1906, Gordon Co, Ga; d. Unknown.

16. xi. JEFFIE ANN GRAVITT, b. January 23, 1908; d. Unknown.

17. xii. LAURA GERTRUDE GRAVITT, b. December 26, 1910. 18.

xiii. VOLLIE MELVIN GRAVITT, b. January 07, 1913, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. June 08, 1972, Buried Fain Cem, Calhoun Ga.

  xiv. AGBERT DENVER GRAVITT, b. September 02, 1915, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. August 13, 1999, Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga.

5. JULIA E³ GRAVITT (JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born September 30, 1878 in Born at Flowery Branch, Forsyth Co, Ga, and died April 11, 1951 in Buried Antioch Church Cem, Gordon Co, Ga. She married LEWIS ELBERT BROWN January 10, 1897, son of WILLIAM BROWN and MARY PACE. He was born June 14, 1874 in Born at Reeves Station, Gordon Co, Ga, and died February 24, 1955 in Buried Antioch Church Cem, Calhoun, Gordon Co Ga.

Notes for JULIA E GRAVITT:
Born in Forsyth County, Flowery Branch, Sep 1878, she married Lewis E Brown of Gordon County. Julia was nicknamed and called "Big Maw". Her mother, Youngblood was claimed to be 1/8 Cherokee Indian. She told that as a child, she and her mother would go to her grandmothers house, which was a log cabin. Tobacco leaves were cured, rolled by hand and twisted. Pieces would be pulverized, rolled in brown paper and smoked, chewed, or the dust dipped as snuff. Chewed pieces would be placed between the logs to dry, and then smoked in corn cobb pipes.
When she and brother Mack were teenagers their mother died. Their father went to Pickens County, Ga., and remarried to Angiline Crow. The children did not get along well with the new wife so her father Jake ask his father John Gravitt of Gordon County, and brother Leroy to raise the two children.
A family reunion picture was taken at Julia and Lewis' house in 1919, it was first thought to not show Julia. However it does. Maurice Gravitt said well you know why shes not there, she's in the kitchen, she was one of the best cooks you ever seen.
Julia liked to fish and dip snuff. She almost always had a snuff brush from a black gum bush in her mouth. Whenever it rained and they could not work in the fields, she could be seen digging worms and heading to the creek to fish.


Notes for LEWIS ELBERT BROWN:
Born June 14, 1874, Gordon County Ga., married Julia Gravitt, was married by the Rev J T Pendley, and witnessed by S P Collins and Jennie (Pass) Pendley. Lewis was a farmer. In addition to cotton, in the late 1920's and early 30's, he grew sweet potatoes of which he propagated and sold the plants (Slips) in the spring. He also grew apples. He owned two farms during his lifetime. The first was on Dews Pond Road, Antioch Community, Calhoun, Ga. This old home place is about 1/4 mile back from the highway, directly across from the Golf Course owned and operated by Maurice Gravitt. Around 1939 he sold this farm to Jim Reeves who built lake Amakanata on the property. The second farm was by Oostanaula School house. In 1997 the old house had been torn down and a new house had been built by Robert King of King Insurance, Calhoun, Ga. But the old log barn was still standing. A picture of this barn taken in 1956 is in Mama Edwards "Southern Cooking" Cook Book.
He was a proud American, he would walk the 5 miles plus to the County Court House , pay his poll tax and vote. When ask why he didn't ride the horse, named Doby, he replied "She works here too, it's her day off." He liked to chew tobacco, and always carried a plug of Brown Mule chewing tobacco in his pocket.
When he bought the farm in Oostanaula it was mostly new ground, full of stumps and grubs. He would work all winter digging and burning the grubs and roots. The first couple years all ground plowing work was with a G-Whiz, a type of cultivator that only scratched the ground. He later along with grandson Scotty, blew hundreds of stumps out of the ground with dynamite. He always carried a pocket watch, and this watch was one of his most prized possession. He said it was an Elgin, a railroad watch, he had traded a mule for it. Scotty Brown has this watch, and in year 2000 it is still running. He also had his own blacksmith shop, with forge and anvil, where he sharpened the plows and shaped shoes for the horses and mules.
A story overheard between Lewis and his brother Rankin. When we were children, prayer meeting would be held at night. Children had to sit with their parents so it was hard for the boys and girls to talk with each other, so a boy would wink at a girl and if she winked back then it was OK for the boy to walk her home from church. No cars so everyone either came by wagon, buggy, rode a horse/mule, or walked. They would have to walk along with her family.
NEWS ARTICLE: Lewis E Brown, Retired Farmer Dies Thursday. Lewis E Brown, age 80, died at his home, at Oostanaula Thursday night at 9:30.
Mr Brown spent most of his life in Gordon County and was a retired farmer.
Surviving are one son, Wade Brown of Oostanaula; one daughter, Mrs Effie Mae Hunt of Key West, Fla; 10 grandchildren; four brothers, Joe Brown of Hazlehurst, Ben Brown, Oklahoma City, Okla., Rankin Brown, Marietta, and R A (Gus) Brown of Sugar Valley. Three sisters, Mrs Addie Floyd of Plainville, Mrs Mary West of West Point, and Mrs Wincie Norrell, Dalton. Several nieces and nephews survive.
Funeral services were held from Antioch Baptist Church Sunday at 2 o'clock conducted by the Rev H E Holland.
The Bohannon Quartet had charge of the music and burial was in Antioch Cemetery beside his wife Julia.

Children of JULIA GRAVITT and LEWIS BROWN are:

19. i. EFFIE MAE⁴ BROWN, b. October 12, 1897, Calhoun, Ga; d. October 13, 1976, Marietta, Ga.

20. ii. HENRY LEE BROWN, b. March 31, 1904, Gordon Co, Ga; d. July 23, 1940, Buried Antioch Church, Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga.

21. iii. ADDIE PEARLYNE BROWN, b. February 06, 1909, Gordon County, Calhoun Ga; d. February 15, 1936, Gordon County, Calhoun Ga, buried Mt Pleasant Cemetary, Red Bud, name of Roe.

22. iv. KENNETH WADE BROWN, b. August 19, 1909, Gordon Co, Ga; d. September 09, 1979, Calhoun, Ga

.   v. TEDDIE ROOSEVELT BROWN, b. April 20, 1913, Gordon Co, Ga; d. November 20, 1913, Buried Harmony Cemetary, Gordon Co, Ga.

MACK MULINO³ GRAVITT (JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born November 24, 1879 in Forsyth Co Ga, and died March 29, 1953 in Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga. He married (1) JANE WHITFIELD. She was born 1887 in Ga. He married (2) LEAH HEWITT. He married (3) MAY BELLE KNIGHT. She was born August 17, 1909, and died February 08, 1996.

Children of MACK GRAVITT and JANE WHITFIELD are:
23. i. R L4 GRAVITT.

  ii. ANNIE GRAVITT, b. August 25, 1906; d. December 11, 1971, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, Tenn; m. ELBERT PASS.

24. iii. NETA AILEEN GRAVITT, b. February 06, 1909; d. November 26, 1933.

  iv. ELLEN GRAVITT, b. July 1914, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; d. September 1914, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

Children of MACK GRAVITT and LEAH HEWITT are:

25. v. TARVER MALCOM⁴ GRAVITT, b. December 25, 1915; d. Unknown.

26. vi. BESSIE GRAVITT, b. 1917; d. October 13, 1960.

Children of MACK GRAVITT and MAY KNIGHT are:

27. vii. MARY ETTA⁴ GRAVITT.

  viii. CHARLINE GRAVITT.

  ix. DAN M GRAVITT, b. June 26, 1928; d. August 27, 1985; m. LOETA ADAMSON.

THOMAS B³ GRAVITT (NEWTON S2, JOHN B1) was born 1879, and died Unknown. He married (1) NELL E UNK. He married (2) SAMANTHA ANN DAVENPORT. She was born Abt. 1855 in Forsyth Co Ga, and died August 13, 1933 in Forsyth Co Ga.
        
Children of THOMAS GRAVITT and NELL UNK are:
  i. DEWITT T4 GRAVITT, b. 1904.

  ii. AZZILEE GRAVITT, b. 1908.

  iii. SUE GRAVITT, b. 1910.

PERRY MINOR³ GRAVITT (NEWTON S2, JOHN B1) was born August 10, 1887 in Forsyth Co Ga, and died March 03, 1956 in Forsyth Co Ga. He married ESTER UNKNOWN.
        
Children of PERRY GRAVITT and ESTER UNKNOWN are:

  i. HORACE⁴ GRAVITT, b. Abt. 1913.

  ii. JAMES E GRAVITT, b. Abt. 1919.

TOY CLEVELAND³ GRAVITT (NEWTON S2, JOHN B1) was born December 20, 1892, and died Unknown. He married MARDELLA UNKNOWN.

Children of TOY GRAVITT and MARDELLA UNKNOWN are:

  i. DEWEY⁴ GRAVITT, b. 1916, forsyth Co Ga.

  ii. TOY ESTELLE GRAVITT, b. 1918, Forsyth Co Ga.

ROY RAY³ GRAVITT (NEWTON S2, JOHN B1) was born September 09, 1894 in Forsyth Co Ga, and died March 23, 1952 in Forsyth Co Ga. He married EDITH SHADBURN. She was born October 01, 1896, and died June 22, 1990 in Guinett Co Ga.

 Children of ROY GRAVITT and EDITH SHADBURN are:
 

i. BONNIE G4 GRAVITT, b. 1917.

  ii. HENRY E GRAVITT, b. 1918.

ALMA³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born November 20, 1887, and died December 03, 1974 in Gordon Co, Ga.. She married W J (JUD) BEASON. He was born September 12, 1886, and died December 03, 1974 in Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

 Child of ALMA GRAVITT and W BEASON is:
  i. AMAZONIA⁴ BEASON, b. Abt. 1917; d. Abt. 1945.

ROY VELL³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born January 25, 1894 in Gordon Co, Ga., and died 1969 in Buried Fain Cem, Calhoun Ga. He married ZOLA GROGAN. She was born 1896, and died 1976 in Buried Fain Cem, Calhoun Ga.

Notes for ROY VELL GRAVITT:
Worked in a Dry Goods Store in Calhoun . He lived on top of the hill about a mile to the left of Antioch Church. I remember about 1936 he would hold the Gravitt Family Reunion at his house. His sister Bessie who married Ernest Phipps lived in the house before you came to his. Us children, Elizabeth, Daphene, Maurice, Milton, and the Phipps boys would take a corn cobb and play "Annie Over" a game where the ball (article) was thrown over the barn and it had to be caught by the opposing side. I liked to go to his house after Church on Sunday. He would always take the family for a car ride and see the country. He later built a house on the Antioch School site, which burned around 1935-36.
        
Children of ROY GRAVITT and ZOLA GROGAN are:

  i. JOHNNIE LEE⁴ GRAVITT, b. September 03, 1915; m. LAWRENCE STONE.

28. ii. MELVIN TRAVIS GRAVITT, b. February 22, 1917.

  iii. ELIZABETH GRAVITT, b. 1921; d. March 21, 1994, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; m. FLOYD MATHIS.

  iv. DAPHENE GRAVITT, b. 1927; m. CLAUDE FRADY.

BESSIE MAYBELLE³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born July 07, 1896 in Gordon Co, Ga., and died April 18, 1981 in Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga. Buried on 19th. She married ERNEST MILTON PHIPPS August 10, 1919 in Gordon Co, Ga, son of THOMAS PHIPPS and MARY BOLTON. He was born October 18, 1896, and died January 24, 1963 in Gordon Co, Ga..

Children of BESSIE GRAVITT and ERNEST PHIPPS are:

29. i. GRAVITT GUYNEMA⁴ PHIPPS, b. February 21, 1920, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. January 26, 1983, Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga.

  ii. MARY PEARL PHIPPS, b. Unknown.

  iii. MYRTIETTE PHIPPS, b. Unknown.

  iv. VERNELL PHIPPS, b. Unknown.

  v. BESS L PHIPPS, b. Unknown.

30. vi. ROY MILLERN PHIPPS, b. August 05, 1938, Gordon Co, Ga.; d. March 22, 1969, Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga.

OBA DELL³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born December 06, 1898 in Gordon Co, Ga., and died January 12, 1969 in Gordon Co, Ga.. He married BAETRICE "BATTY" BAKER. She was born October 02, 1899, and died Abt. 1993.

Notes for OBA DELL GRAVITT:
He lived and farmed across the highway from Maurice Gravitt's golf Course. I remember they woul keep milk cool in the spring. On Sunday afternoon after Church, the boys of the community use to gather at his house and play ball in the front yard. The ladies would take in bed spreads to be hand turfed, on consignment. There was usually extra thread left over, so this would be rolled into a hard ball, then stitched together, and used as a substitute baseball. Gloves were fabricated from used leftover cloth, padded with cotton, then stitched together. His son Milton could stand in the yard and hit the ball across the road and across the branch, as the rest of us boys would scurry to catch it. Jud and Alma Beason later lived and farmed this place.
        
Children of OBA GRAVITT and BAETRICE BAKER are:

  i. MILTON L4 GRAVITT, b. Abt. 1921, Gordon Co, Ga; d. 1997.

  ii. MAURICE GRAVITT, b. Abt. 1926, Gordon Co, Ga.

Notes for MAURICE GRAVITT:
Maurice was in the Army in WW II. When home on leave one Christmas he accidently let a large fire cracker go off in his hand and it took a finger. Was a great baseball player and golfer.

More About MAURICE GRAVITT:
Fact 1: Owner operator of 9 hole Golf course, Dews Pond Rd

iii.LEE DELL GRAVITT, b. May 10, 1939, Gordon Co, Ga.
PERINO CLIFTON³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born October 13, 1901 in Gordon Co, Ga, and died May 22, 1970 in Buried Harmony Cemetary, Gordon Co, Ga. He married VIOLA T TATUM. She was born November 12, 1904, and died July 16, 1981.
        
Children of PERINO GRAVITT and VIOLA TATUM are:

32. i. HOWARD A4 GRAVITT, b. September 23, 1923.

33. ii. AUDREY GRAVITT, b. November 14, 1925, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

  iii. JOHNNY PERINO GRAVITT, b. August 29, 1930, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

JEFFIE ANN³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born January 23, 1908, and died Unknown. She married UNK POWELL.

Children of JEFFIE GRAVITT and UNK POWELL are:
 

i. FULTON⁴ POWELL.

ii. MELVIN POWELL.

LAURA GERTRUDE³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born December          . She married (1) TAFT SEXTON. She married (2) D C PARSONS.

Child of LAURA GRAVITT and TAFT SEXTON is:

34. i. RONALD TAFT⁴ SEXTON, b. September 21, 1939.

VOLLIE MELVIN³ GRAVITT (LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born January 07, 1913 in Gordon Co, Ga., and died June 08, 1972 in Buried Fain Cem, Calhoun Ga. He married WINNETTE STONE. She was born October 21, 1913, and died Abt. 1996.

Children of VOLLIE GRAVITT and WINNETTE STONE are:
 

i. KAY ANNE⁴ GRAVITT.

  ii. JIMMIE DALE GRAVITT.

19. EFFIE MAE⁴ BROWN (JULIA E3 GRAVITT, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born October 12, 1897 in Calhoun, Ga, and died October 13, 1976 in Marietta, Ga. She married JOHN MORE HUNT March 27, 1921. He was born October 12, 1897 in Calhoun, Ga, and died May 13, 1963 in Calhoun, Ga.

Notes for EFFIE MAE BROWN:
Can be remembered as the smiling face at the Ticket Office, Movie Theater, on the Square in Marietta Ga, in the mid 40's and early 50's

        
Children of EFFIE BROWN and JOHN HUNT are:
 

i. LEILA EVELYN⁵ HUNT, b. July 04, 1922, Calhoun, Ga; m. HOWARD LOWE; d. Calhoun, Ga.

ii. JOHNNY MAY HUNT, b. August 31, 1923, Calhoun, Ga; m. CLARENCE CLACKUM; d. Symerna Ga.  

iii. MARY KATHLEEN HUNT, b. September 03, 1925; m. (1) EDDIE MCCOY; m. (2) JOHN HOWARD MCFATHER, March 09, 1954; b. April 18, 1931.  

iv. WILLIAM ROBERT "BOB" HUNT, b. August 09, 1927, Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga; m. JANE VERA.  

v. BETTY RUTH HUNT, b. June 04, 1930; d. Abt. 1993.

HENRY LEE⁴ BROWN (JULIA E3 GRAVITT, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born March 31, 1904 in Gordon Co, Ga, and died July 23, 1940 in Buried Antioch Church, Calhoun, Gordon Co, Ga. He married FLORENCE HALL. She was born January .
        
Child of HENRY BROWN and FLORENCE HALL is:

  i. JULIA ANN⁵ BROWN, b. May 17, 1937, Gordon Co, Ga; m. JAMES THOMASON.

ADDIE PEARLYNE⁴ BROWN (JULIA E3 GRAVITT, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born February 06, 1909 in Gordon County, Calhoun Ga, and died February 15, 1936 in Gordon County, Calhoun Ga, buried Mt Pleasant Cemetary, Red Bud, name of Roe. She married (1) LEMMIE MYRON SR PENDLEY, son of MAURICE PENDLEY and ETTA SMITH. He was born January 10, 1907 in Gordon County, Calhoun Ga, and died April 19, 1929 in Gordon County, Calhoun Ga, buried Harmony Cemetary. She married (2) HANEY FAIN ROE.

Notes for ADDIE PEARLYNE BROWN:
Born in Gordon County, Feb 1909, she is buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetary, Red Bud, Gordon County, under the name of Roe. When you watch a movie, you hear music played in the background. Before music was dubbed onto the film so that it is played along with the movie, story and scene, local talent would be employed by the theater to provide this music side effect. Addie Pearlyine, called "Peggy", for a while played the guitar at the Calhoun, Ga movie theater. She studied to be a private Nurse. While caring for a patient in Red Bud, with TB, she contacted the disease, which was terminal. She had a child while seriously ill and the baby only lived a few days. Peggy died eight days later.

Notes for LEMMIE MYRON SR PENDLEY:
Was the son of a Share Crop Farmer. At the time of his death by pneumonia, he was working night shift at the Cotton Mill in North Calhoun, Ga. He went by the name of "Myron" and his friends nicknamed him "Footsie", wore a size 17.

        
Child of ADDIE BROWN and LEMMIE PENDLEY is:
  i. CMSGT USAF LEMMIE MYRON JR⁵ PENDLEY, b. May 19, 1929, Gordon County, Calhoun Ga; m. IRADEAN EDWARDS, December 24, 1951, Calhoun, Ga; b. June 03, 1931, Cleburn Co, Ala.

Notes for CMSGT USAF LEMMIE MYRON JR PENDLEY:
Father died a few days before he was born. Mother died around age 7. Was raised by his grandparents, Lewis and Julia Brown. Attended Antioch School when it was a two room Grammer school. After the school burned down, attended Red Bud School. Graduated from Ostanaula High School, Gordon County, Calhoun, GA in 1946. Assisted in farming during this period. After school worked at Cannon Cotton Mill, Dalton, Ga; City of Calhoun; Shannon Mills and Sears in Atlanta. Joined the Army Air Force in Jan 1948, took basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Tex. Remained at Lackland and worked Incoming Processing. Job was to meet all trains and buses to greet new enlistees and escort them to the base. When Korean war broke out, left Lackland to open Sampson AFB, Geneva NY. Married in 1951. Was assigned to Tachikawa AFB, Japan, in 1952. Assigned to Lackland AFB, Tex upon return. Was a member of the base softball team which won the Air Force World Championship in 1955. Other stations were Hq TTAF, Gulfport, Miss; Eglin AFB, Ft Walton Beach, Fla. While stationed here was a member of the initial computerization of Personnel and Finance records; Chateroux AFB, France; Spangdahlem AFB, Germany and Charleston AFB, Charleston, SC. Received numerous awards an commendation medals. Retired from the Air Force in 1969 as a CM/Sgt (E-9). Started Pendley Homes, Inc., in 1972 and built approximately 400 custom homes in the Charleston area. Had by-pass heart surgery in 1987. Collected, wrote and published an Edwards family cookbook in 1995. Colon/Rectal cancer surgery in 1998. Retired from Home Building in 1995. Hobbies are Golf, Fishing and Gardening.


Notes for IRADEAN EDWARDS:
As a military wife, moved often with her husband. Lived in Seneca Falls, NY; San Antonio, Tx; Biloxi, Ms; Ft Walton Beach, Fla; Chattereaux, France; Spangdahlm, Germany; and Charleston, SC. At different times worked at The Record Shop, Calhoun, Ga; Moore's Drug Store, Cedartown, Ga; Toni Home Permanent Plant, Waterloo, NY; Sewell Clothing Mfg, Bremen, Ga., and Pendley Homes as Secretary and bookkeeper

Child of ADDIE BROWN and HANEY ROE is:

  ii. HATTIE MARIE⁵ ROE, b. February 07, 1936; d. February 08, 1936.

KENNETH WADE⁴ BROWN (JULIA E3 GRAVITT, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born August 19, 1909 in Gordon Co, Ga, and died September 09, 1979 in Calhoun, Ga. He married EVIE BELL COOPER November 1936. She was born October 12, 1915 in Gordon Co, Ga, and died Abt. 1994 in Calhoun, Ga.

Notes for KENNETH WADE BROWN:
Was a farmer and carpenter. Worked at Lockheed in Marietta, Ga., on the B-29 during WWII. I remember that he once took an aluminum nut from his station and cut and sanded it into a ring. About once a year he would go with his father and buy a goat, skin, clean and cook. Being raised on a farm, I was interested in the goat because I had never been close to a live goat. I wanted them to buy a goat and keep in the pasture. I was told that they used to have a goat, and they would never keep a live one again. It seems that a goat will eat about anything, and he tells that one day as they came home from working in the fields, hoeing cotton, the goat was standing in an open window chewing on their bed sheets. Bang! No more goat.

        
Children of KENNETH BROWN and EVIE COOPER are:

  i. WILBUR SCOTT⁵ BROWN, b. Gordon Co, Ga; m. DOROTHY PIERCE.

  ii. LULA BELL BROWN, b. Gordon Co, Ga; m. WALTER THOMAS.  

  iii. DONALD ALF BROWN, d. Calhoun, Ga; m. MOLLY FRANKLIN.

R L⁴ GRAVITT (MACK MULINO³, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) He married ELLA MAE HALL. She was born February 13, 1906 in Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga, and died November 15, 1970 in Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

Notes for R L GRAVITT:
NEWS ARTICLE: R L Gravitt, age 56, a well known citizen of Gordon County, passed away Friday afternoon at the Gordon County Hospital after a short illness. Mr Gravitt, was born and reared in Gordon County, son of the late Mr and Mrs Mack Gravitt. He owned and operated the R L Gravitt Gro. on Red Bud road.
Mr Gravitt is survived by his wife, the former Miss Ella Mae Hall; two daughters, Mrs Geneva Worley and Mrs Jimmy French of Calhoun; one son, Oscar Gravitt, stationed with the Army at Ft Bragg, NC; 10 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs Ralph McBee, Miss Charlene Gravitt, Mrs Wylie Patterson, all of Calhoun, Mrs Elbert Pass of Chattanooga; two brothers, Tarver Gravitt, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Dan Gravitt of Atlanta; Stepmother, Mrs Mabel Gravitt of Calhoun.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 PM from Crane Eater Church of God. Rev Gordon Mize, Rev E F Cobb and Rev David Manning officiated. Music was arranged by the Bohannon Quartet. Burial was in the Harmoney Cemetery.
Pallbearers serving were Grady King, Jasper Haygood, Marshall Wyatt, Grady Walraven, John Clark and Claude McBee. Combs Funeral Home.

        
Children of R GRAVITT and ELLA HALL are:
  i. GENEVA⁵ GRAVITT, b. September 20, 1925; m. W V (DUB) JR WORLEY.  

ii. BOBBIE LEE GRAVITT, b. February 06, 1936; d. February 08, 1936.  

iii. OSCAR JEFFERSON GRAVITT, b. July 28, 1937; m. DOROTHY CLARK.

NETA AILEEN⁴ GRAVITT (MACK MULINO³, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born February 06, 1909, and died November 26, 1933.
      
Child of NETA AILEEN GRAVITT is:

  i. OVA LEE PHIPPS⁵ GRAVITT, b. April 20, 1929, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; m. JAMES MONROE FRENCH; b. November 15, 1928, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

TARVER MALCOM⁴ GRAVITT (MACK MULINO³, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born December 25, 1915, and died Unknown. He married (1) MARY UNK. He met (2) FERN O'BREEDER.

        
Children of TARVER GRAVITT and MARY UNK are:

  i. DELLA MAE⁵ GRAVITT.

  ii. GLEN GRAVITT.

  iii. JUDY GRAVITT.

  iv. BETTY MAE GRAVITT.

        
Children of TARVER GRAVITT and FERN O'BREEDER are:

  v. DAN⁵ GRAVITT.

  vi. OPEL GRAVITT.

  vii. MARY GRAVITT.

BESSIE⁴ GRAVITT (MACK MULINO³, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) was born 1917, and died October 13, 1960. She married AULDON DAVENPORT.
        
Children of BESSIE GRAVITT and AULDON DAVENPORT are:

  i. JERI⁵ DAVENPORT.

  ii. BARBARA DAVENPORT.

  iii. HOWARD DAVENPORT.

  iv. RICHARD DAVENPORT.

  v. AUDREY DAVENPORT.

MARY ETTA⁴ GRAVITT (MACK MULINO³, JASPER M "JAKE"², JOHN B1) She married RALPH MCBEE.

 Children of MARY GRAVITT and RALPH MCBEE are:
 

i. DANNY⁵ MCBEE.

ii. INFANT MCBEE, b. October 22, 1956; d. October 22, 1956.

MELVIN TRAVIS⁴ GRAVITT (ROY VELL³, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born February . He married JESSE LEE WHITFIELD. She was born November .

Child of MELVIN GRAVITT and JESSE WHITFIELD is:

i. EDWARD LAMAR⁵ GRAVITT, b. September 28, 1942, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; m. PAMELA CHARLENE BIVENS; b. September 04, 1958, Madisonville, Tn.

More About EDWARD LAMAR GRAVITT:
Fact 1: Ops Mgr, WJTH Radio, Calhoun Ga

More About PAMELA CHARLENE BIVENS:
1: Admitting Supv, Gordon Co Hosp

GRAVITT GUYNEMA⁴ PHIPPS (BESSIE MAYBELLE³ GRAVITT, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born February 21, 1920 in Gordon Co, Ga., and died January 26, 1983 in Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga. He married MILDRED OWETA PRATHER June 01, 1947 in Gordon Co, Ga, daughter of CHARLIE PRATHER and BESSIE CLARK. She was born February in Gordon Co, Ga..

Children of GRAVITT PHIPPS and MILDRED PRATHER are:

i. EDWARD LEE⁵ PHIPPS, b. March , Gordon Co, Ga.; m. MELBA JEAN FISHER, October 14, 1967, New Zion Baptist Church, Gordon Co., Ga.; b. October , Gordon Co, Ga.

ii. PRATHER LYNN PHIPPS, b. July , Gordon Co, Ga.; m. SANDRA SUSAN GAZAWAY, September 14, 1969, Gordon Co, Ga; b. June , Cobb Co., Ga.

iii. KEVIN GUY PHIPPS, b. May , Gordon Co, Ga.; m. PATRICIA ANN DOBSON; b. September , Gordon Co, Ga..

 
Notes for KEVIN GUY PHIPPS:
In 1999, Kevin is Maintenance Director for the Gordon County Ga., School System.

iv.JIMMY BRYAN PHIPPS, b. December 06, 1960, Gordon Co, Ga.; m. RHONDA GAYLE GARLAND; b. March 05, 1964.

Notes for JIMMY BRYAN PHIPPS:
divorced Aug 1989.

ROY MILLERN⁴ PHIPPS (BESSIE MAYBELLE³ GRAVITT, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born August 05, 1938 in Gordon Co, Ga., and died March 22, 1969 in Fain Cemetery, Calhoun, Gordon Co., Ga. He married SARA ANN OWENS June . She was born Unknown.

Notes for ROY MILLERN PHIPPS:
Died from injuries received in an automobile accident. Was married in his parents home with the Rev. Homer Davis performing the ceremony.
        
Child of ROY PHIPPS and SARA OWENS is:
i. DENISE⁵ PHIPPS, b. Unknown.

LEE DELL⁴ GRAVITT (OBA DELL³, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born May in Gordon Co, Ga. He married PATRICIA ANN GREESON October 28, 1960, daughter of VERNON GREESON and WINNIE FOWLER. She was born February in Dalton Ga.

More About LEE DELL GRAVITT:
Fact 1: Mgr Georgia Power Co, Chattsworth Ga

More About PATRICIA ANN GREESON:
Fact 1: Bookeeper Murray Co school system
        
Children of LEE GRAVITT and PATRICIA GREESON are:

  i. RANDELL LEE⁵ GRAVITT, b. December

  ii. GREGORY RYAN GRAVITT, b. February.

  iii. DONNA PATRICIA GRAVITT, b. March

HOWARD A⁴ GRAVITT (PERINO CLIFTON³, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born September . He married OPAL GALLMAN.

        
Children of HOWARD GRAVITT and OPAL GALLMAN are:

  i. LINDA GRAVITT⁵ GRAVITT, b. , Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.  

ii. LOUISE INEZ GRAVITT, b. November ; m. KENNETH EUGENE PONDER.  

iii. KENNETH AUSTELL GRAVITT, b. March 28, 1947; d. June 05, 1976, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.  

iv. NICHOLAS LEE ROY GRAVITT, b. March  

v. JERRY WAYNE GRAVITT, b. March , Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; m. PAMELA MAE WOOTEN; b.

AUDREY⁴ GRAVITT (PERINO CLIFTON³, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born November in Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga. She married ANDREW J (AJ) BAKER. He was born September .

Children of AUDREY GRAVITT and ANDREW BAKER are:

  i. PATRICIA LORETTA⁵ BAKER, b. July , Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

  ii. PAULETTE GENEVA BAKER, b. September , Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.

  iii. CLAUDE EDWARD BAKER, b. February, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.  

iv. TIMMY GERALD BAKER, b. December , Rome Ga; d. May 18, 1986, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga.  

v. JOAN REBA BAKER, b. May , Rome Ga.  

vi. GARY BAKER, b. April , Marietta Ga.  

vii. RICKY GLENN BAKER, b. June  , Mareitta, Ga.

RONALD TAFT⁴ SEXTON (LAURA GERTRUDE³ GRAVITT, LEROY E2, JOHN B1) was born September ____. He married DELORIS I UNKNOWN.

Children of RONALD SEXTON and DELORIS UNKNOWN are:
i. WILLIAM RUSSEL⁵ SEXTON, b. April _____, Gordon Co, Calhoun Ga; m. VICKIE D MCCRACKEN.

ii. GAY SEXTON, b.

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