Obituary of Mrs. Dessie A. Tatum

The following obituary was transcribed by Suzanne Forte (suzanneforte@bellsouth.net) from a scrapbook in her possession, belonging to her great grandmother, Cora Lorena Foster Weeks. Lorena was born Jan 25, 1877 in Freestone Co, Texas and died Jan 6, 1952 in Gilmer County, Georgia. This obituary was presumably from the Gilmer County newspaper, the Times Courier, but could have been from the Atlanta, Georgia, newspaper, the Atlanta Journal/Constitution.

Surnames: Tatum, Bramlett, Bishop, Allen

Date: 24 Aug 1955

"Mrs. Tatum, 100, Dies at Ellijay"

   ELLIJAY, Aug 25, Funeral services for Mrs. Dessie A. Tatum, 100, who died at her home in East Ellijay Wednesday, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Cartecay Methodist Church

   Mrs. Tatum was a member of the East Ellijay Baptist Church.

   She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Bramlett and Miss Nell Tatum of East Ellijay; Mrs. Mamie Bishop, Marietta; one son Sam Tatum, East Ellijay, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

[Transcribers notes: From the book "The Annals of Upper Georgia Centered in Gilmer County", Mrs. Tatum's maiden name was Allen]