Amanda HARRIS

1854 - 1929  (74 years)

• Name	Amanda HARRIS  [1, 2]
  Birth	15 Aug 1854	Floyd County, GA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Jul 1929	Rome, Floyd County, GA   [1]
  Burial	Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Armuches, Floyd County, GA   [1]
  Person ID	I113	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James W HARRIS, Sr.,   b. Abt 1815, Gordon County, GA d. 1855, Green County, GA (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Abigail FAMBROUGH,   b. Abt 1819, Green County, GA d. 19 Jan 1919 (Age 100 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Jul 1833	Green County, GA   [3]
  Notes	Marriage recorded in Oconee County, GA
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 74 years, 11 months, 12 days. ----------------------------- Calhoun Times Aug 1, 1929 Miss Amanda Harris The death of Miss Amanda Harris, who lived with her niece, Mrs. A. C. Malone for a number of years, occurred last week at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. F. Harris, Sunday night, July 21. She was buried in Pleasant Valley cemetery, Monday, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. H. F. Joiner. Miss Harris had reached the advanced age of 78. She was the last survivor of a prominent family of Floyd and Gordon counties. Rome News Tribune July 27, 1929 AGED RESIDENT DIES HERE SATURDAY Miss Amanda Harris, 78, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. F. Harris, on the Summerville road at an early hour Saturday night as the result of aparalytic stroke. Miss Harris had been in failing health for a number of years and the stroke of paralysis suffered Friday night proved fatal. She is the last of a family that has been prominent in this section for a number of years and her death leaves a sad spot in the hearts of all who knew her. Funeral services will be held from the Pleasant Valley church at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. H. F. Joyner and Rev. W. M. McKenzie will conduct the services. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. The following nephews will act as pallbearers: F. K. Harris, Atlanta; W. L. Harris, Griffin; H. F. Harris, Rossville; M. G. Harris, Keith Walker, and Randolph Doss, all of Rome. (notes: W. L. Harris is Wesley Leonidas, H. F. is Harper, M. G. is Monroe G., Keith Walker is a great nephew by Lillian Harris, and Randolph Doss is great nephew by Alva Harris. Could F. K. be Felton, son of Thomas Jefferson Harris???)

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family". File W\F\312E-3.txt [S224] Provided by: Joyce Wood. via email dated 17-Mar-2006 [S54] Unknown Contributor, Ancestry.com database.