History of Pritchett Girl Cousins Reunion

Several Pritchett cousins, daughters of Fred, Sue, and Carl Pritchett (granddaughters of Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, got together in 2008 and began a tradition of getting together for an annual reunion. They would rent a house or cabin for a long weekend or sometimes a week. At most places, day trips to nearby attractions were also included. One living aunt, Leola (Bryant) Pritchett, was invited. Not everyone could come all years, but all who could come enjoyed their time together. The ten cousins are: Donna, Deborah, Susan, Missy, Freida, Linda, Sherry, Sharon, Wanda, and Karen. 

History of the Places

2007: Americus, Sumter County, Georgia 

2008: Pot Point Cabin, Marion County, Tennessee 

2009: Peachtree City, Fayette County, Georgia 

2010: Chalet 3, Cohutta Springs Conference Center, Crandall, Murray County, Georgia

2011: Chalet 3, Cohutta Springs Conference Center, Crandall, Murray County, Georgia, 

2012: Highland Marina Resort, West Point Lake, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia 

2013: Chalets 1 & 2, Cohutta Springs Conference Center, Crandall, Murray County, Georgia

2014: Hidden Hollow, Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia 

2015: Tanner State Park, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia 

2016: Savannah and Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia 

2017: Historic Heaven Inn, Cave Spring, Floyd County, Georgia 

2018: Fall Creek Falls State Park, Bledsoe County or Van Buren County, Tennessee 

2019: McLemore House, Lookout Mountain, Franklin County, Tennessee 

2020 and 2021: Covid cancelled 

2022: Tom's Cabin, Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia

2023: Ocean Front Cottage, Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia 

Miss Brownlow Elopes

Article quoted from Barton County Democrat (Kansas), 1903: 

Miss Brownlow Elopes with a Liveryman

Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 8.—Miss Cloyetta Brownlow, daughter of Congressman W. P. Brownlow, of Jonesboro, Tenn., eloped with Mark E. Pritchett, a liveryman, of Jonesboro, and they were married at Bristol. The attentions of Pritchett to Miss Brownlow are said to have been opposed by the congressman, hence the elopement. The young lady was a favorite in Washington social circles the past season.

[Source]: Barton County Democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kansas), 11 September 1903, page 6 (digital image 6).

Memmler Extracts in Pritchett Research, Cartersville, Georgia

Pritchett and Memmler Research Notes

Mrs. Frances "Fannie" Pritchett, of Cartersville, later of Marietta and of Atlanta (can't recollect maiden name at moment; first husband was William Pritchett, of Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia. Fanny later married a Dr. Memmler, an odd little fellow of foreign birth, who came down from up north. He was described as a dwarf or a hunchback, and was known as a quack doctor and a flim-flam artist. He described his cures as "miracles," and claimed to cure the incurable. Opium was his strong suit--he finally committed suicide by taking it. He was called an adulterer, but was acquitted of that charge. He was charged with wife beating, and was not acquitted. He took his case to the Supreme Court of Georgia, and when that failed, begged a gubernatorial pardon. The governor declined to get involved; Memmler moved his family from Maritta back to Cartersville in the dead of night, then killed himself. Someone had his grave watched every night for a week--perhaps to make sure his alleged suicide and burial were not part of a scam to help him escape back to the north.

Memmler Notes 

(A few selected notes extracted by D.K. Pritchett, clipped as is)

[Subject]: F. C. Memmler vs. W. W. Roberts in "The City Court: Judge Neal Turning out Cases in a Hurry. An Interesting Case," The Courant-American (Cartersville), Thursday, 16 June 1887, page 3.

Summary: Cases of the June term are discussed. The "Interesting Case" is "Mrs. F. C. Memmler vs. W. W. Roberts, sheriff," brought by Mrs. Memmler in order to try to recover a $370 fine paid by her late husband in an earlier court case for the crime of wife-beating, for which the husband was arraigned. He had signed a note for the fine to avoid the alternative of "hard labor in the chaingang for the space of twelve months." The husband had appealed his case all the way to the [state] supreme court and lost, then applied to the governor for a pardon. "On the 20th of January, 1886, while the petition for pardon was being considered by the governor, the defendant, rather than be imprisoned, paid to the sheriff the full amount of the fine ($370), taking from him a receipt stipulating that the money was being paid by his wife; and, further, that in the event of a pardon, the said amount was to be returned to Mrs. Memmler. On the evening of the 20th the fact of the governor's refusal to interfere was telegraphed to defendant's counsel. That night the defendant died very suddenly. The money thus paid to Mr. Roberts as sheriff is the amount for which this suit was brought to recover. The plaintiff bases her right to recover upon the ground that the wife cannot be made responsible for the husband's debts." Various points of the law, for and against recovery, are discussed. The plaintiff won, but the case was expected to be appealed all the way up to the [state] supreme court.

[Source Citation]: Memmler vs. Roberts in "The City Court: Judge Neal Turning out Cases in a Hurry. An Interesting Case," The Courant-American (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1887-1887, Thursday, 16 June 1887, page 3 (PDF); (rel., digital image 3 ;  accessed 29 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett). Related to The Interesting Case of Memmler versus Roberts.

Tribute to a child, written by Mrs. Fanny Memmler: "Tribute to the Memory of Lutie Vandivere from the Baptist Sunday School" (and related, "In Memoriam"), 
The Courant-American (Cartersville), Friday, 01 June 1888, page 4 

[Summary]: Little Lutie Vandivere was a member of the East End Academy and of the Baptist Sunday School in Cartersville. She died as a child of not quite seven, according to the articles. Members and teachers of the Sunday School published a long, sorrowful tribute to her memory. It included this poem:

"Not in cruelty, not in wrath
The Reaper came that day:
'Twas an angel visited the green earth
And took the flower away."

The memorial was signed by Mrs. F. C. Memmler, Mrs. Jno. M. Purse, and Mrs. P. K. Godfrey. It appeared on page four of The Courant-American in Cartersville on June 1, 1888. Just under it, there was a related article on the child's death: "In Memoriam."

Extract of Details from the two articles:

Name of Deceased: Lutie Vandivere

Age at Death: [almost] seven years

Date of Death: Friday, 25 May 1888, 7:00 a. m.

Place of Death: [inferred as Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia]

Date of Burial: "Saturday" [est. 26 May 1888]

Place of Burial: [not stated; local, Cartersville inferred]

Birth Year Estimate: [about 1881]

Age Indicators (Quoted): "Seven happy summers" and "having not yet reached her seventh year"

Father and Mother of Deceased: Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Vandivere

Membership: Mrs. Purse's class, Baptist Sunday School

Religious Affiliation: Protestant, Christian, Baptist

Student (likely): East End Academy (inferred as likely, because the children of that school are specifically mentioned as having attended the funeral of the deceased)

Obituary Signed: "A Friend"

[Remarks: The memorial articles, sadly, are long on sentiment and short on biographical or genealogical details.]

Title of First Article: "Tribute to the Memory of Lutie Vandivere from the Baptist Sunday School"

Title of Second Article: "In Memoriam"

Publication: The Courant-American/ (weekly)

Date of Publication: Friday, 01 June 1888

Place of Publication: Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia

Page: 4

Archive of Available Issues: 1887-1888

Database: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Library: Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO)

[Citation]: "Tribute to the Memory of Lutie Vandivere from the Baptist Sunday School" (and related article, "In Memoriam"), 
The Courant-American (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1887-1888, Friday, 01 June 1888, page 4 (digital image 4). Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054139/1888-06-01/ed-1/seq-4/print/image_566x817_from_652,394_to_7539,10325/ (accessed 29 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett).
........

Summary of readings, various sources: Mrs. Memmler hosted little socials and was invited to same; took in boarders of some prominence; sued for overpayment of taxes and return of a fine (won); wrote history articles and memorial tributes for the paper; was runner up in a spelling bee (only lost due to a conflict of the accepted source dictionary); appeared to be a member of certain Baptist Church committees and a member or instructor of the Sunday School; was apparently a teacher at the Bartow County Teacher's Institute (West School Building); and [info illegible, my error].

Mrs. F. C. Memmler read a paper at a meeting of Bartow County Teachers' Institute (West School Building).

Memmler in "The Teachers: Proceedings of the Bartow County Teacherss' Institute: At West School Building," The Courant-American (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1889-1901, 12 July 1894, page 7 (digital image 7).

Mrs. Memmler not reelected as a schoolteacher.
The Courant-American (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1889-1901, 14 June 1894, page 1 (digital image 1). 

(I have not proofread these lately!)

Pritchett-Earnshaw Notes, raw cut-paste

Pritchett-Earnshaw Notes

Cut-paste of old notes, "as is," unedited

Extract/Transcripts by D.K. Pritchett

[Subject]: "Mrs. Jesse Ernshaw," who lives on the Boulevard in Atlanta, is mentioned as a relative and inferred landlady of Joel Pritchett, a seventeen-year-old son of Marcellus Pritchett, deceased, who died in a tragic shooting accident in Villa Rica (Carroll County, Georgia) in 1898.

[Kinship, per external sources]: Jessie (Pritchett) Earnshaw is a first cousin of the deceased. She is the daughter of John Walter Pritchett, who is a brother of Joel's late father, Marcellus Pritchett.

[Reference]: Joel Pritchett in "Accidentally Shot Himself," /The Courant-American/, Thurs., 22 September 1898, page 1

[The article says, of the deceased]:

"He had been boarding with a relative in Atlanta, Mrs. Jesse Ernshaw, living on the Boulevard, and had gone down to Villa Rica, where his uncle, Mr. Frank Pritchett, lived, on Friday evening."

[EXTRACT]:

Name of Deceased: Joel Pritchett

Age at Death: 17 [est. birth year, 1881]

Date of Death (est.): Sat., 17 September 1898

Place of Death: Villa Rica [Carroll, Georgia]

Residence: Atlanta [Fulton, Georgia]

Father of Deceased: Marcellus Pritchett, deceased

Uncle of Deceased: Frank Pritchett (Villa Rica)

Uncle of Deceased: Joel T. Conyers (Stilesboro)

Uncle: Col. James B. Conyers (Cartersville) [ambiguous wording in source; could be uncle of deceased or paternal great-uncle, but is actually a maternal uncle, per external sources] 

Sister of Deceased: Miss Rhea Pritchett

Brother of Deceased: Charles Pritchett (Raleigh, , North Carolina)

Relative and Landlady of Deceased: Mrs. Jesse Ernshaw (Atlanta)

Young Friends (present at death): Sammie Candler; a local boy named Windsor

Other Person: S. C. Candler (one of the party who met in Atlanta and traveled to Cartersville, accompanying the body from Villa Rica; uncertain whether the same as, or related to, young Sammie Candler

Description of Accident: The three boys had caught an opossum and were trying to trap it under "a large pot." During the scuffle, the gun may have caught on the pot and  fired, striking Pritchett in the chest. The boy made it to the house,  but died immediately afterwards.

Place of Funeral: ("residence of Judge A. W. Fite") [Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia]

Date of Funeral and Burial: Sunday [est. 18 September 1898]

Officiator: Rev. Dr. Headden (Rome, Floyd, Georgia); former pastor of the Baptist Church at Cartersville

Pallbearers: Tom Puckett, Watt Milner, Miller Gilreath, John Calhoun, Garnett, Greene

Place of Burial: "the family lot," Oak Hill Cemetery, ("here") [Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia]

[Source Citation]: Mrs. Jesse Ernshaw (re: Joel Pritchett, decd.) in "Accidentally Shot Himself," /The Courant-American/ (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1889-1901, Thurs., 22 September 1898, page 1 (digital image 1), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054137/1898-09-22/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_554x817_from_2164,3817_to_4507,7268/ (clipping; full page accessed 25 November 2020).

"Jesse Ernshaw" for name (variant spelling, married surname); residence at time of event (on the Boulevard, Atlanta, September 1898); fact of kinship to deceased, stated; specific kinship can be determined through other sources; fact of cohabitation (boarding relationship) of "Jesse Ernshaw" and the deceased [her first cousin].
-----[Research aids]: other mutual relatives mentioned in source.
-----[External References]: Jessie (Pritchett) Earnshaw, daughter of John Walter Pritchett (who is the brother of the late Marcellus Pritchett mentioned in source).
-----[Other External Ref.]: Pritchett-Earnshaw marriage announcement, "The Free Press," (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia), 28 October 1880, page 3.

RELATED:
Pritchett-Earnshaw marriage announcement, "The Free Press," (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia), 28 October 1880, page 3.

"Hymeneal"
"Married at the residence of the bride's grand-father, Mr. R. F. Daniel, of Canton, by Rev. J. A. McMurray, Mr. B. E. Earnshaw, of the Concord Factory, to Miss Jessie Pritchett, daughter of Col. J. W. Pritchett. May their pathway through life be one of sunshine and no dark days come to mar their happiness."

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85027043/1880-10-28/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_582x817_from_2316,3983_to_3425,5539/ 

These are notes from research on a Pritchett family of Cartersville, Georgia.

William Pritchett and Brother, H. E. Pritchett, of Lothair, Georgia, Organizational Meeting, 1895, Savannah

William Pritchett and Brother, H. E. Pritchett
of Lothair, Georgia

[Subject]: William Pritchett of Lothair in “To Be Their Own Factors: Naval Stores Producers Dissatisfied with Middlemen,” /The Morning News/(Savannah, Chatham, Georgia), 1887-1900, Thursday, 16 May 1895, page 3. 

Another subhead: “They Do Not Think the Best Results Possible Ae Obtained Under the Present System, and Propose to Become Factors on Their Own Account—An Organization Perfected.”

Meeting of Naval Stores Operators

Organizers:

1) Mr. Albert Pridgen, Chairman

---of Pitts [Wilcox, Georgia] 

---“a prominent naval stores man”

2) Mr. G. W. Varn, Secretary 

---of Luraville, [Suwannee], Florida

Meeting Place: Masonic Hall, [Savannah, Chatham, Georgia] 

Date: “yesterday” (est. Wed., 15 May 1895)

Result: new organization formed, “the Turpentine Operators’ Protective Association” 

---Capital Subscribed: $10,000 

---Membership: (of those present) “several did not unite” with the new organization, but “about a dozen operators who were unable to come to the city have taken stock in the association”

      ---par value of share: $100

Attendance: lower than expected; about 25-30 present 

---Present: “D. T. Doughtry of Cordele; J. P. Coffee, Coffee; E. L. Vickers, Arabi; E. H. Vickers, Hybert; A. Pridgen, Pitts; E. S. Gaulden, Oldtown, Fla.; E. W. Bullock, Seville; J. K. Young, Valdosta; D. C. Newton, Pooler; P. H. Carter, Offerman; F. B. Collins, Cairo; F. E. Breen, Doctortown; G. W. Varn, Luraville, Fla.; William Pritchett and H. E. Pritchett, Lothair; W. C. Alford, Daisy; E. P. Rentz, Covena; H. E. Pritchett, Willingham; H. C. Carr, Claxton; W. H. Page, Lyons. Mr. Gignilliat of Gignilliat & Stubbs, was present as legal advisor.”

Chairman’s concerns: “unsatisfactory condition of the naval stores business from the operators’ standpoint” ; low prices (past 2-3 years); poor market ; needs, to obtain better results; need “some concerted action by the producers….” ; need cooperation, protection of business interests; made reference to previous meetings at Cordele, [Crisp, Georgia] where a charter had been formed (submitted here for consideration of adoption; to be explained by Gignilliat. 

Speakers: “Messrs. Doughtry, Carter, Vickers and other operators” (“Some were not as mild as the chairman.” They were dissatisfied with the perceived manipulation of the Savannah market (low prices). “One operator ventured the suggestion that the factors were speculating in spirits.” Other concerns: methods of product disposal (complaints of factors in error, non-specific facts); suggestion of having an agent to handle “their stuff” in the market, to protect their interest with “the factors.” [Quote by a Member]: “It’s the middlemen we believe are considerably to blame for the present low prices,” said one of the operators to a Morning News reporter. [End Quote]. 

[Editorial Quote]: “There is hardly any doubt, judging from the statements made to the News reporter by a number of the operators, that the real intention of the association is to establish another cooperative factorage house in Savannah, modeled somewhat after the Savannah Naval Stores Company.

“Some of the operators who came up for the May week festivities and who did not take part in the meeting expressed the opinion that nothing would come of the new movement and that no efforts to bring the great body of operators together in a cooperative scheme such as this association contemplates would ever succeed.” (Promotors disagree, feeling it will succeed).

Result: Charter unanimously adopted (about 20 voting; some had left); by-laws adopted; elections made. 

Elections: 

President, D. T. Doughtry; First Vice President, K. M. Patterson; Second Vice President, J. W. West. 

Directors: R. L. Bush, J. W. Callahan, P. Rentz, H. E. Pritchett (doesn’t say which one; probably the one from Willingham); P. H. Carter, J. K. Young, D. C. Newton, and E. L. Vickers.

---Remarks: “Directors have large powers, and will lay out the line of action for the association.” Also, “directors were chosen from widely separated points in order that each might have a considerable field to work on for new members.” 

Final Remark: “The Savannah factors, while declining to discuss the movement, do not appear to be at all disturbed by the prospects of having their business diminished through its agency.”

[Source Citation]: H. E. Pritchett of Lothair (and brother, William) in “To Be Their Own Factors: Naval Stores Producers Dissatisfied with Middlemen,” /The Morning News/ (Savannah, Chatham, Georgia) 1887-1900, Thursday, 16 May 1895, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn86063034/1895-05-16/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_642x817_from_1567,598_to_5053,5028/ (clipping; full page accessed 12 December 2020 by D.K. Pritchett).

Gertrude (Coyle) Pritchett Dapron, of Georgia and Iowa

Gertrude (Coyle) Pritchett Dapron
Born: April 1880, Georgia. Lived in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia. Later moved to Davenport, Scott County, Iowa (possibly died there).

Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934: Gertrude Pritchett (bride of Charles W. Dapron). Father: C. Cayle. Mother: J. Johnson. Marriage (Pritchett-Dapron): 08 Apr 1914, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, US.

Parents of the Groom: Anthony Dapron and Rebecca Buckwalter.

Prior Marriage: Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950: Gertie Coyle, female, listed in marriage to John L. Pritchett. Marriage: 31 Jan 1900, Whitfield, Georgia, US.

Research Notes: Gertrude Coyle was from Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia. She was a sister of William Farrar Coyle. Her parents were Simeon Marcus Coyle and Oris Josephine Johnson. Gertrude's first husband, John L. 'Jack' Pritchett (1866- 1908), worked as a foreman for Cherokee Manufacturing Co. He was a member of several lodges (Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Woodmen of the World) and of the First Methodist Church of Dalton. He is buried at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton (Find A Grave 50906860). So far, his parents have not been identified.

Gilbert Pritchett, Gilmer County, Georgia: Death, Appraisement of Property 1852; Sale of Property 1853

Appraisement and Sale of Real Estate and Personal Property

of Gilbert Pritchett, Deceased

Gilmer County, Georgia

1852 - 1853

Appraisement: October 1852

Sale at Public Outcry: March 1853 (first Tuesday)

Notes: Appraisment and Sale of the Estate of Gilbert Pritchett, 'Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,' Gilmer County, Georgia (Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914), pp. 194-196 (digital images 113 - 114 of 304 ; film no. 005761618): Gilbert Pritchett. Appraisment: 9 October 1852. Sale: First Tuesday of March 1853 (by public outcry).

Source/Reason: 

Gilbert Pritchett: source for name and approximate death date. Disposal of Property of Gilbert Pritchett listed on pages 194-196 (Digital Image 113 and 114 of 304) of Gilmer County, Georgia, Wills, inventories and appraisements: Names of most of the persons who purchased property match the names of his parents, siblings, and other relations.

Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990  
Gilmer Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914 

Page 195 (bottom)

Schedule of sale of the Lands of the estate of Gilbert Pritchet deceased sold at public outcry on the first tuseday of March 1853

Names - Articles sold $ Cts

Wesley Ash - Lot 216 in 10th dist, 2s -                   $342.55
Jasper Pritchet - Lot no 65 in 26th dist 2 sec -        $100.00
L Pritchett - Lot no 45 in 26th dist 2 sec -               $176.80
L Pritchet - Lot no 64 in 26th dist 2 sec -                $151.50

                                                      -------------------------------
                                                             [TOTAL]: $770.85.

John Pritchet, adm.r

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Page 196

Schedule of the sale of personal property of Gilbert Pritchett Deceased
Sold on the 30th day of October 1852

Names - Articles $ cts

Articles sold on the 30th day of October 1852

John Pritchett - 1 Bay horse -         $ 50.00
E.E. Winn - 1 Gray Colt -           25.50
Lewis Pritchett - 1 White pided cow -   13.75
John Pritchett - 1 White steer -           09.25
Friend Spears - 1 Black Steer -   05.10
Barbary Pritchett - 1 Muly cow & calf -   10.00
H Burnett - 1 Saddle -           10.05
Lewis Pritchett - 1 Clock -           04.00
D W Ash - Haimes traces &c -   01.75
John Pritchett - 2 Ploughs & singletree -   01.95
Levi Tailor - 5 Bushels Rye -           02.60
Jackson Moreland - 5 Bushels rye -   02.50
George Brooks - 5 Bushels rye -   02.50
John Pritchett - 5 Bushels rye -   02.60
Jacob Deal - 5 Bushels rye -           02.70
A.J. Tailor - 5 Bushels rye -           02.50
Jonathan Withrow - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
Jonathan Withrow - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
A A. Duckett - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.00
A.M. Sheriff - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
James Duckett - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
John Pritchett - 50 Bushels more or less -   35.31 1/4
A.A. Duckett - 50 Bushels of corn -   14.12 1/2
Josiah Withrow - 50 Bushels more or less -   15.75
Lewis Pritchett - 50 Bushels of corn -   16.00
Lewis Pritchett - 50 Bushels more or less -   18.52 1/2
A.A. Duckett - 62 Dozen of oates -   06.51
George Brooks - 67 Dozen of oats -   08.54 1/4
Lewis Pritchett - 50 Dozen of oates -   05.50
John Pritchett - 50 Dozen of oats -   05.37 1/2
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[TOTAL]:                $348.45


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Citation: 
North Georgia Kin, "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8935-K8FW?cc=1999178&wc=9SBM-BZC%3A267651101%2C267687401 : 20 May 2014), Gilmer > Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914 > image 113 of 304; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.

Death Record Searches for Petty, Murray, and Pritchett - Crandall, Georgia, and Oklahoma

Scrap From My Genealogy Files

Search Subject: Death Records and sources of a search centering on the surnames of Petty, Murray, and Pritchett, extended family members of a family in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia, having roots in Union, Gilmer, and Fannin County, Georgia; one branch moved to Oklahoma.

Death Certificate of Nancy Petty Murray, Extract: "Commanche" County, Fletcher township, Oklahoma. Full name: "Nancie K. Murry." Sex: Female; Race: W; Widowed. Date of birth: "Nov 24 1842. Age: 74 yrs, 4 mos, 24 day." Birth place: "North Cariluna." Name of father: "Elija Petty." Birth place of father: "North Carioluna's." Birth place of mother: "North Carioluna." [North Carolina is misspelled and partly illegible, each time]. Maiden name of mother "Nance Pettie" [obviously, here, Elias incorrectly gave his own mother's maiden name, rather than Nancy's mother's name.] "Informant: E.A. Murry. Address: Fletcher." Date of Death: "Apr. 18, 1917." Doctor certifies that he last saw her alive on 19 Feb. 1917, and that death occurred on the date stated above at "Apr. 18 10:30 A.m." Cause of death: "arterioscloroses." Duration, etc.: "Don't know." [Signed by doctor]: Chas W. Joyce M.D., 1917, Fletcher, Okla. Place of burial or removal: Elgin, Okla. Date of burial 4-19*-1917 [difficult to read, could be 4-18-1917]. Address Fletcher. Undertaker J.W.Wisener. Co. Supt. of Publ. Health: E.S. Gooch. [Separate source/Family note: Nancy's body was later removed to the cemetery in Lawton because the one at Elgin wasn't being kept up.].

Death Certificate of Nancy Petty Murray, Extract: "Commanche" County, Fletcher township, Oklahoma. Full name: "Nancie K. Murry." Sex: Female; Race: W; Widowed. Date of birth: "Nov 24 1842. Age: 74 yrs, 4 mos, 24 day." Birth place: "North Cariluna." Name of father: "Elija Petty." Birth place of father: "North Carioluna's." Birth place of mother: "North Carioluna." [North Carolina is misspelled and partly illegible, each time]. Maiden name of mother "Nance Pettie" [obviously, here, Elias incorrectly gave his own mother's maiden name, rather than Nancy's mother's name.] "Informant: E.A. Murry. Address: Fletcher." Date of Death: "Apr. 18, 1917." [Signed by doctor]: Chas W. Joyce M.D., 1917, Fletcher, Okla. Place of burial or removal: Elgin, Okla. Date of burial 4-19*-1917 [difficult to read, could be 4-18-1917]. Address Fletcher. Undertaker J.W.Wisener. Co. Supt. of Publ. Health: E.S. Gooch. [Separate source/Family note: Nancy's body was later removed to the cemetery in Lawton because the graveyard at Elgin wasn't being kept up].

Claud T. Pritchett, married white male, aged 39, born in Georgia; head of household, with wife, Edith I Pritchett, and two children. Census: 1940, Militia District 874, Murray, Georgia.

Orriville Pritchett, white male, aged 17, born in Georgia; son of Stefan I. and Alice Pritchett. Spelling/index variation: Orriville Pritchett, instead of Arvel or Arvil Pritchett. 1920 census, Tenth District, Murray, Georgia.

Arvil H. Pritchett, white male, aged 27, born in Georgia; head of household, with wife, Sudie H. Pritchett. 1930 census, Tenth District, Murray, Georgia.

Sudie Pritchett, white female, aged 17, died 23 Nov 1931, in Crandall, Murray, Georgia. Estimated birth year, 1914; married, wife of A. H. Pritchett. Parents, Bill Headrick and Quincy Davis (both born in Georgia). Informant, Enoch Headrick, Cisco, Georgia. Buried at Calvary Cemetery, 14 November 1931.

Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, "Murray County, Georgia Marriages (Volume II): 1907-1941", p.50, Lents, Elmer (married) Onie Adams on 01 Mar 1925. Book N, p.497.

Murray County, Georgia, Superior Court Records, Criminal Docket E, Index

Murray County, Georgia 
Superior Court Records
Criminal Docket E, Index

Incomplete Record - Selected Surnames Only

Name and page number:

Headrick, Arvil (2) - 65

Luffman, Jim - 209 (operating automobile/intoxication - plea & sentence 2/10/42)

Petty, Bill - 147
Petty, Jessie Harris (2) - 103
Petty, Jessie H. - 106
Petty, Woodrow - 108, 109
Pritchett, Arthur - 76, 88
Pritchett, Lee - 96
Pritchett, Kermit - 198
Pullen, Jay - 48
Pulliam, Major - 44

Scott, Virgil - 63, 198 (p. 63 is just possessing liquor, etc.)
Scott, Virgil (5) - 171
Thompson, Eula Elrod - 138, 198

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Note: Some of these listings have a number in parentheses following the name. I'm not sure what that is; it could mean that there are multiple charges or cases on the page, but not sure. 

State vs. Arthur Pritchett, Murray County, Georgia, Superior Court Docket E, 1935

Murray County, Georgia
Superior Court Records
Criminal Docket E
Page 88

State vs. Arthur Pritchett
Injuring Private Burying Ground

Disposition:

Dem            overruled  2/14/35
continued by Defh,           "   
Not Guilty                    8/15/35

State vs. Arthur Pritchett, Murray County, Georgia, Superior Court Docket E, 1935

Murray County, Georgia
Superior Court Records
Criminal Docket E
Page 76

State vs. Arthur Pritchett
Injuring graves

Disposition:

Nisi 2/13/34
Demu? sustained 2/14/35

State vs. Lee Pritchett, Murray County, Georgia, Superior Court Docket E, 1936 - 1938

Murray County, Georgia
Superior Court Records
Criminal Docket E
Page 96

State vs. Lee Pritchett
Assault with intent to murder

Disposition:

Con't veterans Coup etat 3/10/36
"          "            "         "  9/27/37
"          "            "         "  3/18/38
Nal Pros                        11/2/38

Death Record of Ralph Alton Pritchett, 1919, Murray County, Georgia

Death Record of Ralph Alton Pritchett, 1919, Murray County, Georgia

Name: Ralph Alton Pritchett
Birth: 30 November 1917
Place of Birth: Georgia
Age at Death: 1 year, 1 month, 17 days
State of Death: Georgia
City of Death: Crandall
County of Death: Murray
Date of Death: 17 January 1919
Father: Walter Pritchett (born in Ga.)
Mother: Bertha May Officer (born in Ga.)
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Date of Burial: 19 January 1919
Place of Burial: Calvary B. Church
Informant: Walter Pritchett, of Crandall, Ga.

Citations: 

Georgia Death Certificates, Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Archives. Filename: 004176545_00514.jpg (No longer accessible online for this source).

"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCYS-VX7?cc=1320969&wc=MJ9Q-829%3A954790901 : 20 May 2014), 004176545 > image 514 of 1487; Department of Archives and History, Atlanta. [Account, log-in, may be required].

Nancy Caroline (Wells) Pritchett, Biography, Death Record

Biographical Details and Death Record of Nancy Caroline (Wells) Pritchett
Georgia Death Certificate (1921): no. 9891

Name: Nancy Caroline Pritchett
Birth Date: 05 December 1842
Age at Death: 79 years, 1 month, 24 days
State of Death: Georgia
County of Death: Murray
Date of Death: 30 January 1921
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Spouse's name: Jasper Pritchett
[Parents not known, not listed in record].
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage & organic heart lesion
Contributory: Stroke of Apoplexy, 18 days
Autopsy? No

What test confirmed diagnosis? (checked, with comment added): paralysis of limbs and heart murmur

Also accessed on-line on 26 July 2008:

Citation: Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Death Certificates, Georgia Archives. Filename: 004176622_00034.jpg 

Note: above file is no longer available at Georgia's Virtual Vault. However, the death record index file and image may be found at Family Search (account, log-in, may be required to access):

"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3VY-DXQ9-K6?cc=1320969&wc=MJ94-7M9%3A954794001 : 20 May 2014), 004176622 > image 34 of 1473; Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.
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Biographical Details (Other Sources)

Maiden Name: Nancy Caroline Wells
Parents not known. First found in census in 1860, Gilmer Co., Georgia, as an adult female, aged 23, dwelling in the household of Jasper (and Elizabeth) Pritchett. She later married Jasper Pritchett:

Marriage: 10 March 1861
Gilmer, Georgia, United States

Letter from Bruce Neal to Elias A. Murray, of Oklahoma (1939)

Winfield Scott Murray married (1) Caroline. Her last name is not known. She may be related to the Wrights, by evidence of an older woman by that surname, who lived in the Murray household in 1850, in Union County, Georgia. Winfield appears in census under the given names of Winfield S., W.S., and Scott. The surname is spelled various ways: Murray, Murry, and Mury. Winfield's second wife was Nancy C. Petty, daughter of Elijah Petty. They married on 1 July 1866, in Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, and are found in the 1870 census in Fannin County. Winfield S. Murray died in 1877 and is buried at Sugar Hill Cemetery, in Fannin County, Georgia.

Nancy (Petty) Murray and her grown children moved to Murray County, Georgia. Later, they left Georgia, probably between 1908 and 1910, and moved to Oklahoma. Nancy died in Fletcher, Comanche County, Oklahoma, in 1917, and is buried at Highland Cemetery in Lawton, of that same county. 

When Elias got older, he began to worry about the unmarked graves back in Georgia, of his father and two little sisters, Georgia and Dovie Murray. He ordered some stones for the graves. Dallas Woody (son of Nancy's half-sister, Lydia), showed Neal where to find W. S. Murray's grave. Elias Murray had sent a plat showing the other two graves in relation to his father's grave. Willie Lee Pritchett, grandson of W. S. and Nancy (Petty) Murray, helped put up the stones. He wrote a letter to his uncle Elias, and enclosed it in Mr. Neal's letter. Below is the correspondence, sent to me by Lavita Murray, of Oklahoma.

Above: Bruce Neal Letter to E. A. Murray

Above: Letter from W. L. Pritchett to Elias A. Murray
and Envelope, with Neal Monument Co. Return Address

William Stephen Pritchett (Bill Pritchett), of Crandall, Georgia - Biography

William Stephen "Bill" Pritchett was born April 13, 1930, in Crandall, Murray, Georgia. His parents were Arvil Henry Pritchett (son of Stephen T. and Alice Murray Pritchett) and Sudie Headrick (daughter of William "Bill" and Sarah Quincy Davis Headrick). Bill was an only child. His mother died of tuberculosis on December 17, 1913, when Bill was just a baby. Sudie's sister, Leona, married Arvil Pritchett's brother, James Walter, so she was Bill's aunt twice over. Leona was also to die of tuberculosis, just three years after her sister died. Like many men in Murray County, Bill's father was a farmer, and saw hard times during the Great Depression. At times, the family share-cropped, moving from farm to farm as the crops came in. Arvil Pritchett died in 1941, when Bill was ten years old, going on eleven. Bill lived with his grandparents, Stephen and Alice (Murray) Pritchett, for a time. Steve and Alice were kind-hearted people, and took in several of their grandchildren. Steve was a Kansas-born man, whose parents had moved from the North Georgia mountains to the midwest after the Civil War, but soon moved back to the mountains. In spite of the tragedy in his childhood, Bill had a positive outlook on life. He was a good story teller with a wonderful, hearty laugh. He was a truck driver. On days off, he liked to go fishing. He married Louise Harris, daughter of Thomas Rufus Harris and Sybil Frances Pullen (a Murray County couple, who had married there on May 25, 1931). Louise was born April 18, 1933, in the Temple Grove community of Murray County, Georgia, where she and her husband settled, raised a family, and lived until her death on May 24, 2009. The couple had three children, Sudie, Judy, and Timothy Pritchett. Bill was a good friend to his older cousin, Fred Thomas Pritchett, of Crandall, whose father, Willie Lee Pritchett, was a brother of Bill's father, Arvil. Fred and Bill were first cousins on the Pritchett side, and were third cousins on the Headrick side. Fred's father died when Fred was fifteen. Fred's mother was Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, daughter of William Abraham Lincoln Headrick. W.A.L. Headrick's father, William Matthew Headrick, was the brother of John Scott Headrick, Bill's great-grandfather. Bill Pritchett died in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, on Friday, February 10, 2017.

Obituary of William Stephen Pritchett (Bill Pritchett) of Crandall, Murray, Georgia (2017)

Obituary of William S. Pritchett (Bill Pritchett)

Media/Newspaper: The Daily Citizen
Place of Business: not stated [known, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]
Website: daltoncitizen.com
Publication Date: 10 February 2017
Subject: Obituary of William S. Pritchett
Heading 1: William S. Pritchett
Heading 2: William's Story

Title/Name of Deceased: Mr. William S. Pritchett
Gender: not stated
Nickname: Bill
Age: 86
Birth: not stated (est. 1931)
Date of Death: 10 February 2017
Place of Death: "Hamilton Medical Center" (locale not stated)
Place of Death (concluded): Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Preceded in death by:
Louise Harris Pritchett (wife)
Charles Lents (son-in-law)

Survived by:

Children and their spouses (of Chatsworth, Georgia):
Sudie Lents
Judy and Bruce Coulter
Tim and Lisa Pritchett

Grandchildren and spouses:

Shannon and Mark Lance
Traci and Scott Bishop
Staci and Kenny Walraven
Brandi Coulter
Lee and Jamie Coulter
Marcus Pritchett
Macy Pritchett

Great Grandchildren (and spouses, apparent):

Noah and Micah Bishop
Ella Lance
Kayla Maddox
India Langford
Cole Maddox
Adain Coulter
Averi Walraven
Eli Walraven
Evan Coulter
Callie Walraven
Kayleigh Swinney

Special Friend: Rachel Stafford (Crandall, Georgia)

Funeral: Sunday (11 February 2017) at 4 p.m.
Funeral: Shawn Chapman Funeral Home
Location: not stated (known: Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia)
Officiators: Billy Willis, Lee Coulter
Interment: Murray Memorial Gardens
Morticians: Shawn Chapel Funeral Home, Crematory and Monuments
Website: www.shawnchapmanfh.com

Remarks: one known error; once refers to deceased (possessively) as "her" instead of "his."

URL: http://obituaries.daltoncitizen.com/stories/obituaries/william-pritchett-2017-874536802/CD90D6950521927E48pljn46922C

Short URL (Bitlink): http://bit.ly/Bill-Pritchett-obituary-DailyCitizenNews-10-Feb-2017

Obituary of Mrs. J.W. Pritchett, died 22 Oct 1934, Crandall, Murray County, Georgia

Extract of the Obituary of Mrs. J.W. Pritchett, reprinted in The Chatsworth Times on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, page B-8. It originally appeared on page 1 of The Chatsworth Times on Thursday, October 25, 1934.

Mrs. J. W. Pritchett, of Crandall, Georgia: Age: 23, died "Monday night." Survivors: Son, Leon; daughter, Margaret; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Headrick; brothers, Enoch and French Headrick; sister, Mrs. Bud Horne (all of Murray County). Funeral held: Calvary Baptist church, "Tuesday afternoon."

Officiator: Rev. Walter Harper. Burial: local cemetery. Funeral Home: Kenemer Brothers. Newspaper: The Chatsworth Times, Chatsworth, Georgia.
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Other information, from the files of Southern Muse:

Leona Mae Headrick's date of death was 22 October 1934. She was born 11 May 1911 in Georgia, the daughter of William Headrick and Sarah Quincey Davis.

Leona married James Walter Robert Pritchett on 18 March 1929, in Polk County, Tennessee. James Walter, the son of Stephen Thomas and Alice Safronia (Murray) Pritchett, was born 30 January 1910 in Georgia.

James Walter and Leona Pritchett had two children: Edward Leon Pritchett (born in March, 1930); and Margaret Pritchett (born after 1931). Both chidren were born in Georgia.

The Headrick family were in Little Murray, in northern Murray County, Georgia, when the Tornado of 1932 struck the area. The houses where they took cover were struck by the tornado, but the family survived. During the storm, Bud Horne, Leona's brother-in-law, was blinded by ash from the fireplace.

Leona's late sister, Sudie Headrick, also died young (of tuberculosis). She was not quite 18 years old when she died of tuberculosis. She had married Arvil Henry Pritchett (James Walter's brother). Sudie left a young child, William Stephen Pritchett.

After Leona's death, James Walter Pritchett married Eula Lee Patterson on 29 April 1939, in Murray County, Georgia. They had three children (still living). Eula died in 1972.

James Walter Pritchett married (3) Lena Jane Peden. Lena was the widow of Luther David Pritchett. Lena out-lived James Walter R. Pritchett, and re-married to Silas Aldridge. Lena died 5 March 2000 in Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia.

The Pritchetts and Headricks are buried at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia.

Letter from Rubye (Hammond) Burns to Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, 1987

Letter from Rubye (Hammond) Burns to Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, 1987:

Rubye Burns letter, page 1

Rubye Burns letter, page 2

Rubye Burns - envelope

This is a letter from Rubye (Hammond) Burns, of Knoxville, daughter-in-law of Alice (Headrick) Burns, to her "aunt," Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, of Ringgold, Georgia, near Chattanooga. By 1987, Rubye was blind, or nearly so. This letter shows that she probably used a word processor ~ at one point, a sentence runs off of the page. It is a chatty letter, mentioning little events from Rubye's day-to-day life, recent drought and heat, U.S. news, and relatives. She describes her dinner, which is typical of a Southerner's favorite kind of meal: meat, cornbread, and summer vegetables from a friend's garden. Plain sliced onions, sliced tomatoes, and a dash of salt (optional) are a typical side dish. Some of the older country people in the south still keep a big backyard vegetable garden and can their own food, though it's not as common as it once was, when nearly everybody did that. Those who don't have a garden usually get to share in the proceeds of a friend or relative's vegetable garden. Below is a full transcript:
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[Transcript, page 1]:

Tuesday-July 28th. 11:30 A M

My dear Aunt Pritchett,

So glad to hear from you last Thursday and to known you are well. I didnt write last week as I have been so hot, like everyone else and had to close up the house with the Air conditioner on all the time it was just to dark for me to make any kind of effort. Just did what I had to and that was it. I mostly listen to my Talking Book machine like you would sit and read a book. Today is the first day in two weeks or more that by this time of day I havent turned the A C on. We have had no rain in 15 days and everything is brown-just dried up. Seems like we are experiencing a summer like last. I see your temp in Chatt. has been a hundred.  Just hope you have been cool.

I went to Lindas last week (WEd) and spent the night and helped her break and can 2 bu. of green beans. She got 42 qts. and gave me two messes to cook. They were Ky. Wonders and so good.  She had plenty of Gr. peepers to I made her 24 stuffed ones for her freezer. When I get home I am so tired. Don't mind going once in a while. I also did 5 loads of clothes and dried and folded them all up with the exception of the towels. I left them in the dryer fo finish. Figured they could fold them.

I want you to quit worrying about the pillow tops you have for me. Yes I would love to have you come anytime you can. You know that!! If I had someone to bring me to see you I would.  You know we both are in the same boat. Life is too short to worry about much of anything really, but we both love one another and that is what co [cut-off; type runs off of page]. I will love the pillow tops even if I never see them as i know you did them in LOVE, but have faith enough in the big MAN upstairs that I will get to use them and that you will be to see me soon!!

I hope you are enjoying Ben or if he hasnt arrived yet I know you will have a good time. Excuse me I forgot when you said he would come.  Any way tell him I said hello and would like to see him also.

[Transcript, page 2]:

2

Linda told me Jan had called her and that Jan was still planning on meeting us in the MTNs on Aug 8th and if Jan caouldnt make ut she would call and let us know.

My vision seems to be better or I have got adjusted and learned to use what sight I have.  I still cant read much if any and doubt I could drive a car, but I havent lost hope.  I dont know if I ever want to drive the way traffic is and the crazy people out that think they can drive.  Have you been hearing of all the shooting on the freeways in Calkfornia they are having?  About 8 persons have been killed because of drivers that are so impatient.  Hope it dont catch on in Tenn. or any where for that matter.  Cruel old world out there!

I won't get to come for the reunion as I will be in the MTNS.  Sorry.  Tell all hello for me.

Bill wanted me to ask you about the Balm of Gilead tree.  It is loosing its leaves and he cant figure out if the dry weather is causing it.  I sure would hate to for it to dye.

I have managed to keep my patience \flowers/ at the patio porch watered, but this  morning the water dept ask everybody to stop watering gardens, grass, washing card, etc.  I guess the water situation is getting critical.  We are supposed to get a 30% rain this afternoon and evening.  I sure hope so.

Bill and I were right busy last week with putting a new drain field in \and/ a new top on the septic tank.  Bill had a Company build the top and do some patch work and he borrowed a back hoe to dig  a 60 foot ditch and Bill laid the pipe.  Now he is waiting on the man to come back and cover it up.  With gravel all it cost us $500.00  Oh well that is better than paying rent in an Apt..  I know all along I will have to pay out for maintencework.  I would drather be here than any place I can think of.

I must close and fix me some dinner.  Think I will microwave me a stuff pepper. I have some green beans cooked and cornbread, so i will slice me a tomatoe and an onion.  Dont that sound good. ha.  So glad you get to go out and eat instead of cooking.

You stay well and write when you can.

I love you the most!!!

[signed] Rubye

[envelope]:

[Return address]:

Rubye M. Burns [privatized] Road
Knoxville, TN 37932

[Postmarked Knoxville, TN 379, 30 Jul 1987]

[Address]:

Mrs. Esther Pritchett
114 Lamar Street
Ringgold, GA 30736

[Note: both Rubye and Esther are now deceased.]

I've also made this letter available on Family Search. 

Surnames: Headrick, Pritchett, Hammond, Burns

Pritchett: Military Records, Dickens County, Texas (Extract)

Pritchett Military Records (Extract from TXGenWeb)

Extract from:
Veteran Service Records
USGenWeb: The Texas GenWeb Project, Dickens County

Dan W. PRITCHETT, Jr.
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: U.S. Army.
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade.
Entered Service: October 24, 1942.
Basic: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Overseas: April 6, 1944 to November 24, 1945
Theatre of Operation: European.
Engagements: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland.
Decorations: American Theatre Ribbon/European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars/Good Conduct Medal/Victory Medal.
Discharged: Camp Fannin, Texas.
Total Time Served: 3 years, 1 month, 25 days.

[Picture not Available]

Leonard E. PRITCHETT
Veteran World War II
Branch: Army Air Force.
Rank: Technical Sergeant.
Entered Service: January 6, 1943.
Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas, Sheppard Field, Texas; Willow run, Michigan; Springfield, Charleston.
Overseas: May 22, 1944.
Theatre of Operations: European-African-Middle Eastern.
Engagements: Naples-Foggia Campaign, Rome-Arno, North Appenines, Southern France, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Air Offensive Europe, Air Combat Balkans, Polesti Air Raid.
Decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 2 Silver Stars; Purple Heart; Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Unit Badge.
Returned to U.S.: October 22, 1944.
Discharged: Sheppard Field, Texas.
Total Time Served: 34 months.
Remarks: Shot down over Yugoslavia July 9, 1944 returning from raid over Polestia, Romania. Flew twenty-eight combat missions before being shot down by German Fighters.

Loyd Randolph PRITCHETT
Veteran Korea
Graduate Spur 1949
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Decorations: National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Expert Rifleman Medal
Enlistment Date: April 7, 1951 in Amarillo, TX
Discharge Date:April 7, 1955 at Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN
Basic: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX Military Unit: 62 Troop Carrier Squadron
Honoree is: Living
(email: randy37 [at] attglobal.net)

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Luther Doyle PRITCHETT
Veteran World War II
Son of Dan W. and Opal O. Williams Pritchett
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: Corporal
Service Dates: March 1943 to Sept. 1945
Rifle Expert
Training: Camp Pendleton, San Diego, CA Theatre of Operations: Asiatic Pacific Area
Marine Aircraft Group 42, Marine Air Corp. Station, El Centro, CA
Honoree is: Deceased, August 13, 2000, buried Honey Grove, TX
Submitted by Bertha Pritchett, wife

Marion Cleston PRITCHETT   “Pritch”
Branch of Service: U.S. Air Force
Graduated Spur: 1947
Enlistment Date: August 15, 1950, Abilene, TX
Military Unit: 22nd Fighter Bomber Squadron, Assigned to the “Sky Blazers”, a group of Air Force Fighters that performed throughout Europe as an aerial acrobatic flight team
Overseas: Germany, 1951
Commendations: National Defense Medal, Good Conduct, Occupation Medal Theatre of Operation: Germany
Discharged: April 14, 1954
Rank: Tech Sergeant
Honoree is: Deceased, January 15, 2001, Ruidoso, NM
Submitted by Kathy Osborne, daughter
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EXTRACT by D.K. Pritchett from:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/military/po.htm
Accessed on 6 March 2012
From the genealogy files of Southern Muse.

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