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In Memoriam
It is
customary at each annual meeting of the Assembly, the names of departed
cousins are read. Memories may also be shared about the departed. Short
obituaies are also inclused here of those members who
have helped to shape our organization.
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 Erected by
Reverend Samuel Swayze Chapter
Colonial Dames of XVII Century |
| Memorial Lists Read at Annual Assembly
Names read at 2011 Assembly Wilson Cassells, Mary Farrar Everett Clemmer, Stanford Fong, Lynne McCraine Gardner, Swayze Walker Gardner, Farrar Best Johnson, Charles Joseph Langlois, Ruth Fletcher Latham, Lillie Mae Carter Moak, Sidney Briscoe McCaleb Jr., Betty Swayze McInnis, Alice Swayze Rigby, John Todd Schamberg, Walter Thompson Scott, Jr., Shelton Glenn Smith, Hugh Wilton Tedder, Jr., Catherine Power Swayze Wallace, Robert Lewis Whitehead, Billie Stewart Williams, Larry Ray Williams, Roberta Kenny. Names read at 2010 Assembly Harry Eugene Anderson, Mary Jo Emerson Branch, Edna Grey Mann Broocks, George Travis Broocks, Isaac Abraham Carter, Aaron Joseph King, Roland Lee McCraine, Jane Stewart Moritz, Mazie Phipps Netterville, Maxwell Davis Noble, Sarah Rose Murray Shumway, Patrick Swayze, Charles Arthur Trum, Ralph Douglas Warren, and Ruby Ottomese Cassels Wilson, Roy Ussery Swayze. Names read at 2009 Assembly Marian Prestbo Beckham, Hugh F. Boyd Jr., Edna Mann Brooks, Dannie H. Carter Jr., June Smith Carter, Lizzena Carter Smith, Bobbie Sue Swayze Corley, Routh Willard Crowell, Richard C. Daggett, Cordell Farrar, Curtis Leroy Freeman, Jim Heath, Elizabeth McElwaine Preston Kraft, Mary Elizabeth Carter Matthews, Raymond Sidney McCorvey, Alice Nix McCraine, Nolan Christopher McCraine, Robert Osborne McCraine, Cherry Smith McCaineJoseph Samuel "Joe Sam" Moritz Sr., Lillian Debray Foster Moritz, Robert Lavelle Netterville, Sophronia Swayze Pippen, Thelma Brown Pollock, Mattie Clara Carter Reed. Jimmy Reed, Sammy Reed, Joseph Reiss, Charles Edward Severance Jr., Robert Paul Shumway, Mary Hart Parker Sojourner, Milded White Stockett, Lila Gordon Smith, Ilene B. Swayze, Carla S. Trum, James M. White Sr., Frances "Patty" White, Elaine Campbell Whitney, Frances Brown Williams. Names read at 2008 Assembly Albert Stuart Burley, James Isaac Carter, Lena Donetta Carter, Ronald Stanford Fong, Mary Elizabeth Carter Geter, Billy King, Harrison Carter Leake Jr., Dorothy Bland Noble Malik, Martha Clyde Coleman Mitchell, Jean Campbell Tarver Moore, Robert Nelson Ogden, Leona Moritz Smith, Leon William "Lee" Stockfelt, Jr., Elizabeth Knox Swayze, John Wesley Swayze, Jr., Frances "Patty" Corbin White. Names read at 2007 Assembly Florence Powell Barrett, Edgar M. Branch, David J Cassels, Sandra Leigh Griffing Fisher, Alice Farrar Storm Gadding, John William Griffing, Sr., Leroy Hunter Howell, George Y. Latham, Jr., Freddie Leake, Thomas L. Magee, Martha Mitchell, Mary Ruth Rhodes Noble, Alton J. Ogen, Sr., Marjorie Foster Ogden, Mary Louise Kendall Robinson, David Ogden Wickliffe. |
Miscellaneous
Deaths 2006 John William Griffing 2003 James Norman Chaffin 2001 Louisa Catherine Drane Burnett, Mary Evelyn Farrar Joseph, Marie Miller Sojourner. 2000 Deane Farrar, Annis Neva Bell Laird, Everette Geoffrey Truly, Jr. |
| Ruth Latham 1933 - 2010  |
Ruth Fletcher
Latham, editor of The History of the
Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, Adams County, Mississippi,
Volume III died November 29, 2010, in Natchez. She was born December
28, 1933, in Ville Platte, Louisiana, the daughter of Evan Corbett
Fletcher and Alma Carter Fletcher, and was preceded in death by her
parents and her husband, George Y. Latham, Jr. Mr. Latham was a
descendant of the Jersey Settlers through Frank A. Jones, who was a
descendant of the Reverend Samuel Swayze and Penelope Swayze Coleman,
and of Ellen Olivia Wailes, who was a descendant of Richard Swayze.
Ruth was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was
descended from Major James Scarborough through Leona Mae Corbitt and
George Howe Fletcher. Ruth attended Mississippi College at Clinton, and was a tour guide at The House on Elicott Hill, one of the historic homes in Natchez, Mississippi. She was a member of the Mississippi Historical Society and the Natchez Art Association, and was an avid amateur painter and photographer. She owned a large collection of arrowheads and other Indian artifacts and, after extensive research, she painted the Masters of Ceremonies for Funerals and the Sun Woman. For approximately twenty-five years, these two very large paintings hung in the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Frances Preston Mills, editor of the first two volumes of The History of the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, died in 1992 while research on Volume III was underway. At the time, in addition to having worked on the book with Frances for some time, Ruth was Secretary of the DJS, and volunteered to continue the project. She continued as Secretary for another term while working on Volume III, and carried on the work of this extraordinary history to its completion. Ruth was known as a gentle, unassuming, and very talented person whose sense of humor enriched the lives of those around her. Her survivors include her daughter, two grandchildren, and her three brothers. ~ Frank Swayze |
| Lynne Gardner 1942 - 2010  |
Lynne
McCraine Gardner (1942 - 2010) was first elected as Recording Secretary
in 2004, and continued to serve in that capacity until prevented by her
health. Her father, Swayze Elwyn McCraine, was a descendant of
Reverend Samuel Swayze, and her mother, Martha Farrar McCraine,
descended from Richard Swayze. Her maternal grandfather, Aleck
Farrar, was elected Secretary/Treasurer at the first meeting of the
Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, and her father also was a Board
member. A retired dietician, she received her Bachelor’s
Degree from Louisiana State University, and a Masters Degree from
Auburn University. She was head of food services for
Women’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, and later moved to the
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, area where she also was employed by a
hospital. Lynne is buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Woodville,
Mississippi. From the Baton Rouge Advocate, August 6, 2010 A retired dietitian, she died Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, at her home in Purvis, Miss. Born April 13, 1942, in Baton Rouge, she was 68. Visiting at Woodville United Methodist Church, Woodville, Miss., was Thursday, Aug. 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visiting continues at the church Friday from 10 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Will Dowling. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by two sons, William Nathan Gardner and wife Roxanne, of Woodville, and Swayze Walker Gardner and wife Renee, of Panama Beach, Fla.; sister, Maellen Langlois, of Tallahassee, Fla.; brother, Swayze Elwyn McCraine Jr., of Prescott, Ariz.; and three grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents, Swayze Elwyn McCraine and Martha Farrar McCraine; and a sister, Brenda McCraine. She was a member of Woodville United Methodist Church, 4-H and the American Dietetic Association. Arrangements by Newman Funeral Home, Centreville, Miss. |
| Sidney
McCaleb 1922 - 2010  |
Sidney Briscoe McCaleb, Jr. (1922 - 2010), was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1999. He resigned during his fourth term, shortly before his death in May, 2010. He was born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, the son of Sidney Briscoe McCaleb and Anne Farrar McCaleb, and grew up on Smithland Plantation in Adams County, Mississippi. Sidney was descended through the Swayze/King lines with the allied lines of Dougherty/Sojourner. A graduate of the Wilkinson County Agricultural High School, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and resided more than 50 years in the Los Angeles area with his late wife, Rose Silletti McCaleb. He was a carpenter, a general contractor, and a Realtor. He returned to Smithland Plantation in 1998, attending Kingston United Methodist Church and serving as a two-term President of the Natchez Scottish Heritage Society. His survivors include his sister, Co-Chaplain Ella McCaleb Young. |
| Everette
Truly 1918 - 2000  |
Everette
Geoffrey Truly, Jr., was legal counsel to the organization for over 50
years. A few of the many services Everette rendered to the DJS
include a successful 2-year lawsuit for right-of-way into the King -
Farrar Cemetery, instrumental in setting up the ownership of our two
cemeteries, and served continuously on the Board of Trustees from its
inception until 1999. Born April 30, 1918, died September 20, 2000.
Everette loved his heritage and the organization, and the DJS will miss
him dearly. ~ Jim Swayze |
| Annis
Laird 1906 - 2000  |
Annis
Neva Bell Laird served as editor for a portion of our genealogy books.
She was born in 1906 at the Rialto Plantation on the Yazoo River in
Mississippi. She was the editor of the Samuel Swayze lines for the
Descendants of the Jersey Settlers book. This photo was taken at the
1994 DJS reunion banquet in Natchez when Annis was the "This is Your
Life" designate. Annis died January 2, 2000. |