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Biographical  Profiles

Articles profiling Charlton County Residents 

Excerpt: "GEORGE W. ALLEN FAMILY", from "HISTORY OF CHARLTON COUNTY, GA." by Alex S. McQueen, printed 1932, pages 1956:

Allen, George W.

"LILLIAN DAVIS ALLEN," By Vivian Clark Wainwright Charlton County Herald April 21, 1999

Allen, Lilian Davis

<p class="font_8">"W.R. ALLEN AND SON," Written&nbsp;February 24, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8">by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, Charlton County Herald</p>

Allen, W.R., Sr.

<p class="font_8">"A.W. ASKEW INTRODUCED THE COTTON GIN TO THE COUNTY," By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Askew, A.W.

<p class="font_8">"MRS. DORIS WRIGHT ASKEW," By Lois B. Mays, Charlton County Herald, September 11, 1985</p>

Askew, Doris Wright

<p class="font_8">"ROSA ETTA ANDERSON BAILEY, LICENSED MIDWIFE,<strong>" </strong>By Lois Barefoot Mays</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Bailey, Rosa Etta Anderson

<p class="font_8">"WHIT EPHRAM BANKS, PRACTICING PHARMACIST FOR 35 YEARS," R. Ward Harrison, Editor, Charlton County Herald</p>
<p class="font_8">Originally published March 10, 1950</p>
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Banks, Whit Ephram

<p class="font_8">THE MAN THAT FOLKSTON CALLED “MR. FOOTS.” By Jack Mays, Charlton County Historian</p>
<p class="font_8">Waycross Journal-Herald, June 7, 1986</p>

Barefoot, William Lonnie, Sr.

<p class="font_8">CHIEF BARNES KEPT FOLKSTON’S LAW-BUSTERS IN LINE&nbsp;</p>

Barnes, John H.

<p class="font_8">R.A. BOYD, SR. -- SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, CITIZENS BANK</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, July 28, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">R.A. BOYD, TELEGRAPHER-TURNED-BANKER, REMEMBERED</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Georgia Historian, Charlton County Herald, February 18, 1987</p>
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<p class="font_8">"THE SCREEN DOOR -- ON THE PASSING OF R.A. BOYD,"</p>
<p class="font_8">December 17, 1917 – July 14, 2003, by Lynda Broome-Taylor</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Boyd, R.A., Sr.

<p class="font_8">LIFE’S SUNSHINE COMES THROUGH HELENA BRUSCHKE’S WINDOW</p>
<p class="font_8">By Lois B. Mays, Charlton County Herald, July 31, 1985</p>

Bruschke, Helena

<p class="font_8">J.W. BUCHANAN, M.D. - "DIXIE LAKE, A DOCTOR’S DREAM"</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Georgia Historian, Okefenokee Times, May 22, 2002</p>

Buchanan, J.W., M.D.

<p class="font_8">MR. CAMPBELL’S GRIST MILL WAS PART OF TOWN FOR FIFTEEN YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Campbell, J.W.H.

<p class="font_8">AFTER CAREER AS MERCHANTS, DOYLE CANADAYS LOOK FORWARD TO RETIREMENT</p>
<p class="font_8">By Sue Ann Brock, January 24, 1990</p>

Canaday, Doyle

<p class="font_8">WADE CHANCEY WON GOLDEN GLOVE TITLE IN 1946</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Chancey, Wade

<p class="font_8">BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHTS LEADERS</p>
<p class="font_8">SAMUEL R. CHATMAN</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, February 23, 1983, By Albert Smith</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">SAMUEL CHATMAN HAS TOUCHED MANY LIVES IN CHARLTON COUNTY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald</p>
<p class="font_8">February 8, 2006, By Chenell Baker</p>

Chatman, Samuel R.

<p class="font_8">STRUGGLE FOR AN OKEFENOKEE HOMESTEAD</p>
<p class="font_8">By Andrew Sparks, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine, July 13, 1969</p>
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<p class="font_8">CHRISTMAS IN THE OKEFENOKEE</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, December 20, 1978</p>

Chesser, Tom

<p class="font_8">EUNICE CHUTE REMEMBERED FOR WHAT SHE DID FOR CHARLTON COUNTY</p>
<p class="font_8">By Mrs. Carlie Stokes Trout, Charlton County Herald, March 14, 2001</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">IN MEMORY, EUNICE SYBILL CHUTE MATTHEWS JOHNSON</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, October 8, 1908 – March 29, 2000</p>

Chute, Eunice

<p class="font_8">NEW CMH HELIPAD IS MEMORIAL TO NICKI COLEMAN</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, December 30, 1987</p>

Coleman, Nicki

<p class="font_8">CAPTURED WWII BOMBER PILOT RETURNS TO GERMANY AS FRIEND -- VIRGIL COLSON’S JOURNEY HAS HEALING EFFECT</p>
<p class="font_8">By Bob Phelps, Florida Times Union Staff Writer, (Page 6,7 in Senior Living Section), August 29, 1997</p>

Colson, Virgil

Conner, Idell Walker

<p class="font_8">JOHN ROBERT COOPER -- I REMEMBER GRANDPA</p>
<p class="font_8">By Kate Cooper Chancey, Charlton County Herald, June 30, 1976</p>

Cooper, John Robert

<p class="font_8">MRS. ROXIE CHESSER RENSHAW CRAWFORD, SOUTHERN COOK</p>
<p class="font_8">By Virginia Wade, Charlton County Herald, August 29, 1979</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">ROXIE CHESSER RENSHAW CRAWFORD CELEBRATES HER 90TH BIRTHDAY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, April 15, 1998, By Vivian C. Wainwright</p>

Crawford, Roxie Chesser Renshaw

<p class="font_8">HON. HARDY H. CREWS -- TAX RECEIVER, CHARLTON COUNTY</p>
<p class="font_8">Written January 27, 1950, Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
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<p class="font_8">HARDY H. CREWS, POPULAR TAX RECEIVER, REMEMBERED</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Crews, Hardy H.

<p class="font_8">MOSE CREWS, JR., ONE OF THE LAST ICEMEN, REMEMBERED</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Crews, Mose, Jr.

<p class="font_8">HENRY JACKSON DAVIS, PIONEER BUILDER OF FOLKSTON</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Davis, Henry Jackson

<p class="font_8">A STOKESVILLE NATIVE RECALLS GOOD OLD DAYS</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, November 2, 1983</p>

Davis, Mary Stokes

<p class="font_8">FIRST CITIZEN OF THE OKEFENOKEE, RALPH DAVIS, PREPARES SWAMP HISTORY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, August 29, 1979</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">THE OLD MAN AND THE SWAMP</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jim Dodson, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine, November 18, 1979</p>

Davis, Ralph

<p class="font_8">HOYT DELOACH WON DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS OVER EUROPE</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

DeLoach, Benjamin Hoyt

<p class="font_8">THEODORE DINKINS -- TIMBER PRODUCTS, REAL ESTATE AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS</p>
<p class="font_8">CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD</p>
<p class="font_8">R. Ward Harrison, Editor, Charlton County Herald, May 26, 1950</p>

Dinkins, Theodore

<p class="font_8">SON OF A SLAVE, CUT TIES FOR LYDIA STONE</p>
<p class="font_8">By Lois Barefoot Mays, Charlton County Herald, April 8, 1987</p>

Edwards, Eddie

<p class="font_8">DR. A. FLEMING, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN</p>
<p class="font_8">CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD</p>
<p class="font_8">R. Ward Harrison, Editor, Charlton County Herald, December 9, 1949</p>
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<p class="font_8">DR. ALBERT FLEMING, LEADER IN DIXIE HIGHWAY EFFORTS</p>
<p class="font_8">By&nbsp;Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
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Fleming, Albert, M.D.

<p class="font_8">M. AUSTIN GAY, MERCHANT AND MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, June 23, 1950</p>

Gay, M. Austin

<p class="font_8">MADISON GIBSON AND WORLD WAR ONE</p>
<p class="font_8">excerpt from "MEMORIES OF CHARLTON," By Gibson and Mays</p>

Gibson, Madison

<p class="font_8">WILLIAM ELVIE GIBSON -- VETERAN MERCHANT, MANAGER LOCAL SUWANNEE STORE</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, March 24, 1950</p>

Gibson, William Elvie

<p class="font_8">REVIEW OF A WELL SPENT LIFE</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, March 2, 1934</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">Final Summons For Elder W.O. Gibson, Beloved Citizen</p>
<p class="font_8">Obituary, W.O. Gibson</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, December 16, 1938</p>

Gibson, William Owen

<p class="font_8">E. CLYDE GOWEN -- ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CONTRACTOR</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, May 19, 1950</p>

Gowen, E. Clyde

<p class="font_8">GEORGE RHOAN GOWEN, JR. -- ATTORNEY AT LAW, FORD DEALER, , BUSINESS EXECUTIVE</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, June 9, 1950</p>

Gowen, George Rhoan, Jr.

<p class="font_8">JAMES VERNON GOWEN ENRICHED LEGEND OF TRADERS HILL</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Gowen, James Vernon

<p class="font_8">THOMAS C. GOWEN, GENERAL MERCANTILE BUSINESS, FARM OWNER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, July 7, 1950</p>

Gowen, Thomas C.

<p class="font_8">JENNINGS S. HADDOCK, DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING, REAL ESTATE OWNER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, April 21, 1950</p>

Haddock, Jennings S.

<p class="font_8">JOHN HARRIS, 1905 SETTLER IN ST. GEORGE CHOSE HIGH ROAD</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Georgia Historian, Charlton County Herald, September 21, 1988</p>

Harris, John

<p class="font_8">J.E. HARVEY, SR., RAILROADER AND GOOD NEIGHBOR</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County Historian</p>

Harvey, Joseph Emmet., Sr.

<p class="font_8">MARY MIZELL HENDRIX</p>
<p class="font_8">By Lois Barefoot Mays, Charlton County Herald, August 14, 1985</p>

Hendrix, Mary Mizell

<p class="font_8">JOHN HINSON, BUSINESSMAN AND FARMER</p>
<p class="font_8">August 4, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Hinson, John

<p class="font_8">VINCENT A. HODGES -- RETIRED ROADMASTER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">May 5, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">V.A. HODGES LED RAILROAD’S GLORY DAYS INTO FOLKSTON</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Hodges, Vincent Archibald

<p class="font_8">WALTER C. HOPKINS. NAVAL STORES OPERATOR AND LAND OWNER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald , R. Ward Harrison, Editor,&nbsp;</p>
<p class="font_8">December 16, 1949</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">WALTER HOPKINS BECAME A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Hopkins, Walter C.

<p class="font_8">HULING FAMILY 1908-1943</p>
<p class="font_8">Compiled by Lois Barefoot Mays</p>

Huling Family

<p class="font_8">BEN SCOTT JOHNSON -- GENERAL MERCHANDISE HARDWARE AND BUILDING MATERIALS</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, June 2, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Johnson, Ben Scott

<p class="font_8">ERICK HARRY JOHNSON</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, April 28, 1950</p>

Johnson, Erick Harry

<p class="font_8">H. RUSSELL JOHNSON, BUSINESS LEADER AND CITY COUNCILMAN</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, August 25, 1950</p>

Johnson, H. Russell

<p class="font_8">JUDGE HENRY JOHNSON INTRODUCED AUTO TO FOLKSTON</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Johnson, John Henry, Hon.

<p class="font_8">R. JOHNSONS OPENED TOURIST INDUSTRY HERE IN 1936 WITH KOZY KABIN KAMP AND KAFE</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">ARNOLD RALPH JOHNSON -- KOZY KABIN KAFE TOURIST COURT</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, July 21, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">MR. RALPH, A MAN WITH A VISION</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by Lois Barefoot Mays, May 11, 1994</p>

Johnson, Ralph

<p class="font_8">DONALD LEE KENDRICK, HERO OF WORLD WAR TWO, AT</p>
<p class="font_8">IWO JIMA BATTLE</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Kendrick, Donald Lee

<p class="font_8">BENA KENNISON WAS “THE McNESS MAN” IN CHARLTON</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County Historian</p>

Kennison, Bena Wainsor

<p class="font_8">KOLAR FAMILY NOTES May 1973</p>
<p class="font_8">SPRING COMES TO CALICO HILL</p>
<p class="font_8">By Catherine Cope, Charlton County Herald, March 21, 1973</p>
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<p class="font_8">SCHOOL DAYS IN BOLOGNE IN 1913-1914</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN PEN AND INK</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Kolar Family Notes

<p class="font_8">EDDIE LAMBERT’S MEMORIES</p>
<p class="font_8">As Told To Lois Barefoot Mays</p>

Lambert, Eddie

<p class="font_8">FOLKSTON HAS FOND MEMORIES OF O.W. LAYTON</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">OSCAR W. LAYTON</p>
<p class="font_8">BARBERSHOP</p>
<p class="font_8">R. Ward Harrison, Editor, Charlton County Herald</p>
<p class="font_8">June 16, 1950</p>

Layton, Oscar Wylie

<p class="font_8">MYSTIQUE OF OKEFENOKEE SWAMP</p>
<p class="font_8">By JOHN PENNINGTON</p>
<p class="font_8">Atlanta Journal Constitution Magazine</p>
<p class="font_8">May 31, 1970 -- First of Two Articles</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">LOST IN THE OKEFENOKEE</p>
<p class="font_8">By JOHN PENNINGTON</p>
<p class="font_8">Atlanta journal Constitution Magazine</p>
<p class="font_8">June 7, 1970 -- Second of Two Articles</p>

Lee, Henry Harrison

<p class="font_8">CLIFFORD H. LEWIS, LOCAL MERCHANT</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">August 18, 1950</p>

Lewis, Clifford H.

<p class="font_8">HONORABLE L.E. MALLARD, TAX COLLECTOR, FOLKSTON’S SENIOR CITIZEN</p>
<p class="font_8">By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, November 4, 1949</p>

Mallard, Lawrence E., Hon.

<p class="font_8">FOLKSTON RECALLS THE MARTINS OF MARTIN STREET</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Martin, Emory Lovett

<p class="font_8">WALTER REYNOLDS MCCOY -- MCCOY-JACKSON HOSPITAL</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, &nbsp;R. Ward Harrison, Editor, March 3, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">DR. WALTER R. McCOY REMEMBERED AT CHRISTMASTIME</p>
<p class="font_8">by Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

McCoy, Walter Reynolds

<p class="font_8">JUDGE A. S. McQUEEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND AUTHOR</p>
<p class="font_8">February 3, 1950, Charlton County Herald, Editor R. Ward Harrison</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

McQueen, Alexander S., Hon.

<p class="font_8">S.M. MILLS, OWNER FOLKSTON COCA COLA COMPANY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">November 25, 1949</p>

Mills, Samuel M.

<p class="font_8">HISTORY OF OWEN K. MIZELL, BORN MAY 25, 1811</p>
<p class="font_8">By W.L. McDuffie</p>

Mizell, Owen K.

<p class="font_8">CITIZENS BANK BUILDING ON MAIN STREET A MONUMENT TO A MAN</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Mizell, William, Jr.

<p class="font_8">GIBSON, W.O. - LETTER TO THE EDITOR RE: WILLIAM ("BILLY") MIZELL</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, September 22, 1933</p>
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<p class="font_8">WILLIAM MIZELL, JR. -- PRESIDENT, CITIZENS BANK OF FOLKSTON AND NAHUNTA, GA.</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">December 23, 1949</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Mizell, William, Sr.

<p class="font_8">FOLKSTON’S FORGOTTEN PIONEER BENEFACTOR, WM. M. OLLIFF, By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">WILLIAM MARSHAL OLIFF</p>

Oliff, William Marshal

<p class="font_8">H.C. PAGE RAN FOLKSTON’S RAILROAD DEPOT FOR 39 YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Page, Herbert Clarence

<p class="font_8">CHARLES J. PASSIEU, OWNER AND MANAGER, PASSIEU CHEVROLET COMPANY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, Editor R. Ward Harrison, January 6, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">CHARLIE PASSIEU ENTERED FOLKSTON AUTO BUSINESS IN 1923</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Historian, Charlton County, Ga, Charlton County Herald</p>
<p class="font_8">February 11, 1987</p>

Passieu, Charles Joseph

<p class="font_8">LOUIE PASSIEU MADE AIR FORCE HISTORY ON B-29 IN WORLD WAR II</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Passieu, Charles Louie

<p class="font_8">GENE PEARCE, EARLY WORLD WAR CASUALTY, REMEMBERED</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Pearce, Gene

<p class="font_8">THOMAS LOVETT PICKREN, STATESMAN AND MERCHANT</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Pickren, Thomas Lovett

<p class="font_8">VERNE JOHNSON PICKREN -- SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER POSTMASTER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, &nbsp;By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, September 1, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Pickren, Verne Johnson

<p class="font_8">NOTES &nbsp;RE: PITTS FAMILY</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Pitts Family Notes

<p class="font_8">ELIJA "BUCK" POLLOCK EARNED RESPECT OF NEIGHBORS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Pollock, Elijah ("Buck")

<p class="font_8">JOSEPH ALLEN PREVATT, SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT AND VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, March 31, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Prevatt, Joseph Allen

<p class="font_8">RAWLS FAMILY NOTES</p>

Rawls Family Notes

<p class="font_8">OSCAR E. RAYNOR, MERCHANT AND CIVIC LEADER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald. R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">April 14, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">OSCAR RAYNOR, BENEVOLENT POLITICIAN FOR 60 YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County Historian</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, February 22, 1989</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Raynor, Oscar Eldridge

<p class="font_8">MRS. ROBINSON’S HERALD POINTED THE WAY FOR ELEVEN YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County Historian, Charlton County Herald</p>
<p class="font_8">July 8, 1987</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Robinson, Pauline Thaxton

<p class="font_8">BELLE RODDENBERRY, TEACHER FOR ALMOST FIFTY YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, July 15, 1987</p>

Roddenberry, Belle Brantley

<p class="font_8">LIZZIE RODDENBERRY, COUNTY'S FIRST ELECTED FEMALE</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County Historian</p>

Roddenberry, Elizabeth Welker

<p class="font_8">BEN SCOTT, FOLKSTON PIONEER, LED 1912 &nbsp;BANK STRUGGLE</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Scott, Benjamin F., Sr.

<p class="font_8">JAMES O. SIKES, CHARLTON COUNTY'S SHERIFF</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">May 12, 1950</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>
<p class="font_8">JIM SIKES, CHARLTON COUNTY'S LEGENDARY SHERIFF</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Sikes, James O.

<p class="font_8">CLAUDETTE SMITH TAKES SERVING OTHERS TO HEART</p>
<p class="font_8">By Vivian C. Wainwright, Charlton County Herald, February 20, 2002</p>
<p class="font_8"><br></p>

Smith, Claudette Chapman

<p class="font_8">FOLKSTON’S FAMOUS FISHERMAN CELEBRATES HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY</p>
<p class="font_8">January 27, 1950</p>
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Smith, William

<p class="font_8">WILLIAM S. SMITH, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, June 10, 1950</p>

Smith, William Shock

<p class="font_8">JOHN BUIE SOUTHWELL, SR.</p>
<p class="font_8">By Lois B. Mays, Charlton County Herald, September 4, 1985</p>
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<p class="font_8">JOHN B. SOUTHWELL -- SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZEN</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, February 10, 1950</p>

Southwell, John Buie, Sr.

<p class="font_8">E.B. STAPLETON, SR. -- STAPLETON'S DRUG STORE</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, December 30, 1949</p>
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Stapleton, Emmett B.

<p class="font_8">STEWART FAMILY INFORMATION</p>
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Stewart Family Information

<p class="font_8">LEWIS E. STOKES, MERCHANT AND LAND OWNER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, January 13, 1950, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
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<p class="font_8">LEWIS E. STOKES, OUTSTANDING LEADER FOR FIFTY YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Stokes, Lewis Elbert

<p class="font_8">PASTON O. STOKES -- STOKES MOTOR COMPANY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor, Written February 17, 1950</p>

Stokes, Paxton O.

<p class="font_8">C.E. STROUP, PROP., STROUP’S BARBER SHOP</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R.Ward Harrison, Editor, November 18, 1949</p>
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<p class="font_8">PETE STROUP¹S BARBER SHOP, A FAVORITE GATHERING SPOT</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Stroup, Clarence Eugene

<p class="font_8">DR. JOHN SEWARD TAYLOR -- DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, April 7, 1950</p>

Taylor, John Seward, DDS

<p class="font_8">WILBUR THOMAS IN BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
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Thomas, Wilbur Laten

<p class="font_8">DR. WILLIAM D. THOMPSON, PROGRESSIVE MAYOR IN 1930s</p>
<p class="font_8">ByJack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
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<p class="font_8">DR. W.D. THOMPSON -- FOLKSTON PHARMACY</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, R. Ward Harrison, Editor, January 20, 1950</p>

Thompson, Dr. William D.

<p class="font_8">"SAINT OF THE OKEFENOKEE" BRINGS BACK OLD MEMORIES"</p>
<p class="font_8">By Martha Davis, Staff Writer, Waycross Journal-Herald</p>
<p class="font_8">July 13, 1990</p>

Thrift, Lone

<p class="font_8">DAVE THRIFT WAS POSTMASTER AT WINOKUR FROM 1924 UNTIL 1946</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian, Okefenokee Times, October 30, 2002</p>

Thrift, Mack David

<p class="font_8">MINNIE AND PORTE TRACY, &nbsp;PART OF LEGEND OF TRADERS HILL</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Tracy, Porte Crayon

<p class="font_8">JOHN S. TYSON'S STORE WAS A FOLKSTON INSTITUTION</p>
<p class="font_8">By Lois Barefoot Mays</p>
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<p class="font_8">JOHN S. TYSON, JR. -- GENERAL MERCHANDISE</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, October 28, 1949</p>

Tyson, John S., Jr.

<p class="font_8">JESS VICKERY'S SOUTHERN CHARM LED COUNTY ON HIGH ROAD</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
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Vickery, Jesse William

<p class="font_8">M.G. WHITE WAS PIONEER ROADBUILDER AND MERCHANT</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
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<p class="font_8">M.G. WHITE -- FARMER, TEACHER, MERCHANT, CONTRACTOR AND GARAGE OPERATOR</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, by R. Ward Harrison, Editor</p>
<p class="font_8">March 17, 1950</p>

White, Matthew George

<p class="font_8">DR. ADRIAN CALLAS WILLIAMS, COUNTRY DOCTOR FOR 38 YEARS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County. Ga. Historian</p>
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William, Adrian Dallas, M.D.

<p class="font_8">THOMAS W. WRENCH, RETIRED EDITOR AND PUBLISHER</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, December 2, 1949</p>
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<p class="font_8">FIREBRAND EDITOR, TOM WRENCH, SOUGHT TOWN'S PROGRESS</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>
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Wrench, Thomas W.

<p class="font_8">ELIJAH HAWLEY WRIGHT -- SERVICE STATION OPERATOR</p>
<p class="font_8">Charlton County Herald, By R. Ward Harrison, Editor, August 11, 1950</p>
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<p class="font_8">DR. ELIJAH HAWLEY WRIGHT</p>
<p class="font_8">by Lois Barefoot Mays</p>
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<p class="font_8">HAWLEY WRIGHT’S AUTO SERVICE GARAGE, A FIRST FOR TOWN</p>
<p class="font_8">By Jack R. Mays, Charlton County, Ga. Historian</p>

Wright, Elijah Hawley, M.D.

<p class="font_8">DR. J.C. WRIGHT, FOLKSTON'S FIRST PHYSICIAN</p>
<p class="font_8">By Lois B. Mays</p>
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Wright, James Carroll, M.D.
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