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George Washington Wood
George Washington Wood was a brother of John Rhoden Wood, who served as a U. S. Diplomat to France between WWI and WWII. The two brothers grew up in Ray City GA. Around 1913, after the death of his...
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Vitamin Kaye Patten
According to Maude Griner Sizemore who was a nurse in Nashville, GA, Maxie Snead Patten gave birth to her third child at Turner Hospital. The baby girl was born November 16, 1945. The newborn was...
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John C. Sirmons, Big Man On Campus
JOHN CHESTER SIRMONS (1883-1953) John C. Sirmons, a native of Berrien County, GA, served as a school teacher, principal, county superintendent, college professor, dean, and president. He culminated...
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Ray City Home of Myrtle Hawk and W. R. McClure
Myrtle Hawk and W. R. McClure Ray City Home of Myrtle Hawk and W. R. McClure. By 1945, William R. McClure, his wife Myrtle Hawk McClure, and daughters Reba and Sarah were living at Ray City, GA. W. R....
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Jack Knight, Valdosta State Slugger
Jack Knight (March 2, 1934 – November 28, 2009) As a young man, Judge William Daniel “Jack” Knight was among the hometown athletes of Ray City, GA. He was , son of Elias M. “Hun” Knight and Gladys...
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Robert O. Rouse Sought Confederate Pension
Robert O. Rouse (1842-1908) In 1903, Confederate veteran Robert O. Rouse, of Ray’s Mill, GA, wrote to Pension Commissioner J. W. Lindsey, for help with his Confederate Pension application. In the Civil...
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Hamilton Sharpe and Lafayette
When General Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, returned to Georgia in 1825 great crowds thronged to Savannah for his arrival. Among those who gathered to greet the great man was Hamilton...
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Donald Allen Wilson, Lt. Col. (Ret. USAF)
Donald Allen Wilson, long time resident of Ray City, GA, served in the US Air Force in three wars – WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. A-26 Invader. Donald Allen Wilson flew fifty five night combat missions in...
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1940s Ray City Home of Arlie and Marvin Purvis
Arlie and Marvin Purvis lived in this Ray City, GA home in the 1940s. Over the years, Arlie Guthrie and Marvin Purvis lived in several Ray City homes. The house they occupied in the 1940s was situated...
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Gideon Gaskins and the Oak View Hotel
Gideon D. Gaskins Gideon D. Gaskins was born September 15, 1859 and raised in the vicinity of Ray’s Mill, GA. His father was William Gaskins and his mother was Elizabeth Clements. The Berrien County...
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John Franklin Clements
John Franklin Clements (1810 – 1864) Grave of John F. Clements, Union Church Cemetery, Lanier County, GA. John F. Clements, his parents, and brother David C. Clements were among the earlier pioneer...
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Obituary of Mason Clements
Mason Clements was a son of James Irwin Clements and Annie Mae Carter Clements, and graduated with the Ray City High School Class of 1943. 1950 From Ray City, Georgia… Mason Clements was a three-year...
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The Ray City – Willacoochee Connection
There were several south Georgia families that shared a Ray City – Willacoochee connection. After 1908, the route of the G&F was from Jacksonville, GA to Madison, FL and provided convenient...
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Thomas R. Cox and The Bank of Willacoochee
Thomas R. Cox grew up at Ray’s Mill, GA (now Ray City) and later returned as a resident. He was only educated through the 8th grade, but made a successful career in bookkeeping. In the early 1900s he...
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Ludwigslust and Wöbbelin: Ray City Boy Describes German Prisoner Camp
Today, May 5, 2016 is Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. One witness to the Holocaust was J. I. Clements, Jr., of Ray City, GA. J.I.Clements grew up in Ray City, GA. After graduating with...
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Arthur Shaw and Shaw’s Still
In 1908, the opening of the Georgia & Florida Railroad gave Ray City, GA residents a transportation access to the world, and a convenient connection to towns on the G & F route. Among those...
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Garth Webb, Jr. at Georgia Southern College
Garth Webb, Jr. at Georgia Southern College Garth Webb, Jr. was a contestant in the 1950 baby contest at Ray City, GA. He was a brother of Betty Jo Webb. His mother was a teacher at the Ray City...
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Thelma Wood Marries Jack Herlihy
On May 20, 1946 Thelma Wood, of Ray City, GA married WWII veteran John Joseph “Jack” Herlihy, of New York She was born in Chatham County, GA on August 10, 1918, a daughter of George Washington Wood...
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Widow Clements was a Planter of Berrien County, GA
Nancy Patten Clements (1822-1887) Nancy Patten Clements was the wife of John Franklin Clements, and mother of his ten children. For 23 years after his death, she was the head of household on the...
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Harry Elmore DeVane, D-Day, Ferry over the Rhine and the USS FDR
Harry Elmore DeVane (1922-1946) Harry Devane and the D-Day Invasion Harry E. DeVane was a son of Caulie Augustus DeVane and Alma L Albritton, born January 9, 1922. He was a grandson of Matthew Hodge...
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