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In Memoriam 1992 Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution A Tribute to Absent Compatriots 1921 - 2018 IN MEMORIAM 2018 A TRIBUTE TO ABSENT COMPATRIOTS The Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution acknowledges with grateful appreciation the membership of the following Compatriots. Through the records of our organization they will always be associated with their Patriot ancestors. We give hearty thanks to both for the good examples that they made of their lives and for their faith in God and country. To their memories and to their families we hereby express the respect and appreciation of a grateful Society. IN MEMORIAM 2018 Compatriot Charles Hal Dayhuff Marquis de Lafayette 02 January 2018 Compatriot Albert Mims Wilkinson, Jr. Atlanta 14 January 2018 Compatriot Charles Alfred DeSaussure, III Lyman Hall 18 January 2018 Compatriot Franklin Lee Barron Wiregrass 21 January 2018 Compatriot Thomas Robert McEvoy Cherokee 14 Feb 2018 Compatriot Gregory Andrew Hollis Marshes of Glynn 02 March 2018 Compatriot James Alan Richardson William Few 10 March 2018 Compatriot Allan Arthur Malone Wiregrass 09 April 2018 Compatriot McLane Tilton, IV Marshes of Glynn 10 April 2018 Compatriot Fletcher Ryals Dunaway Joel Early 20 April 2018 Compatriot Dares Emery Wirt Atlanta 26 April 2018 Compatriot Clyde Thomas Adams Samuel Elbert 05 May 2018 2 Compatriot John Marshall Cordell Samuel Elbert 28 May 2018 Compatriot Thomas Parks Oliver, III Athens 14 June 2018 Compatriot Kenneth Clarence Reed, III Mount Vernon 17 June 2018 Compatriot Clarence Wells Jackson, Jr. Marquis de Lafayette 08 August 2018 Compatriot Lyle Edward Letteer, Jr. Lyman Hall 16 August 2018 Compatriot Curtis Eugene McWaters Captain John Collins 17 August 2018 Compatriot David Oscar Bell Marshes of Glynn 25 August 2018 Compatriot Thomas Augustus Carrere Casimir Pulaski 03 September 2018 Compatriot William Spurgeon Warr Coweta Falls 18 September 2018 Compatriot Charles Henry Jordan Fall Line 02 October 2018 Compatriot Edward Carney Hackney Marquis de Lafayette 04 November 2018 Compatriot Ralph Waldo Satterwhite, Jr. Coweta Falls 22 November 2018 Compatriot Kermit Eldred Smith Marquis de Lafayette 29 November 2018 3 Compatriot Douglass Byrd Talley Captain John Collins 24 December 2018 Compatriot Marion Richard Trimmer Lyman Hall 26 December 2018 IN MEMORIAM 2017 Compatriot Edward Blackshear Brown Joseph Habersham 12 January 2017 Compatriot Donald Marvin Breed Piedmont 16 January 2017 Compatriot Douglas Harrison Stansberry Marquis de Lafayette 24 January 2017 Compatriot David Otis Chesnut, Jr. Marshes of Glynn 04 February 2017 Compatriot James Bertram Hawk Lyman Hall 05 February 2017 Compatriot Thomas Robert Oliver Athens 20 February 2017 Compatriot Howard Carl Tanner Piedmont 22 February 2017 Compatriot Dan Allen Dixon Joseph Habersham 24 February 2017 Compatriot James Floyd Goodrum Marquis de Lafayette 16 March 2017 Compatriot Paul Daniel Borowski Atlanta 4 12 April 2017 Compatriot Michael James Bonner Athens 28 April 2017 Compatriot John Maurice Mattingly Captain John Collins 13 May 2017 Compatriot Donald Allan Kenagy Atlanta 14 May 2017 Compatriot William Flynn Miller, Jr. Altamaha 16 May 2017 Compatriot Robert Fulton Galer Coweta Falls 22 June 2017 Compatriot Phillip Sanford Butler Samuel Elbert 12 July 2017 Compatriot Peyton Samuel Hawes, Jr. Samuel Elbert 19 Jul 2017 Compatriot Milton Irvin Johnson Jr. Ocmulgee 28 July 2017 Compatriot James Malcolm Ruff, Sr. Button Gwinnett 19 August 2017 Compatriot John Darby Douglass, Jr. Ocmulgee 05 September 2017 Compatriot Harry E. Drake John Milledge 09 September 2017 Compatriot Nathaniel Ennis Smith John Milledge 16 September 2017 Compatriot Louis Eugene Meador, Sr. Button Gwinnett 14 October 2017 5 Compatriot Calvin Jackson Maudlin Ocmulgee 22 Oct 2017 Compatriot Reed Laurence Engle Edward Telfair 13 November 2017 Compatriot Robert Edmond, II Patrick Carr Rangers 22 November 2017 Compatriot Edward Cameron Whittle Marshes of Glynn 22 November 2017 Compatriot Alexander Bratton McFadden Valdosta 24 November 2017 Compatriot John Barnard Karrh Mill Creek 05 December 2017 Compatriot James Alford Beck Marshes of Glynn 26 December 2017 IN MEMORIAM 2016 Compatriot Edgar Monroe Burkett Edward Telfair 02 January 2016 Compatriot Charles William Burgin Coweta Falls 03 January 2016 Johnson Hagood Zorn, IV Marshes of Glynn 09 January 2016 Compatriot Arthur Lewis Alexander, Sr. Joseph Habersham 24 January 2016 Compatriot Henry Johnson Preston, Jr. Blue Ridge Mountains 6 03 February 2016 Compatriot Ralph Franklin Treadaway Rome 23 February 2016 Compatriot Giles Hardeman O’Neal Ocmulgee 05 March 2016 Compatriot Carl Duane Bhame Piedmont 10 March 2016 Compatriot David Basil Dukes, Sr. Altamaha 25 March 2016 Compatriot Andrew Jackson Shelton, Jr. George Walton 11 June 2016 Compatriot Charles Anton Gustafson Button Gwinnett 22 June 2016 Compatriot Charles Herbert Jordan Joseph Habersham 27 Jun 2016 Compatriot Richard Gordon Bennett, Sr. Altamaha 15 July 12016 Compatriot William James Simmemon Joseph Habersham 22 August 2016 Compatriot William Francis Robinson Edward Telfair 24 August 2016 Compatriot Jack William Anderson Ocmulgee 31 August 2016 Compatriot Thomas Mercer Harris Washington-Wilkes 18 September 2016 Compatriot William Peek Freese, II George Walton 24 September 2016 7 Compatriot Ben Edwin Hampton, Sr. Lyman Hall 26 September 2016 Compatriot Farish Carter Chandler, Jr. Piedmont 10 October 2016 Compatriot Harold Richard Williams Joel Early 10 October 2016 Compatriot Everett Ellis Porter, Jr. Captain John Collins 16 October 2016 Compatriot Cecil Franklin Jacobs Mill Creek 26 October 2016 Compatriot William Ralph Willis Valdosta 04 November 2016 Compatriot Robert C. Montgomery, Jr. Col. William Few 23 Nov 2016 Compatriot Walter Dorsey Stancil Atlanta 08 December 2016 Compatriot Billy Joe Guest Athens 09 December 2016 Compatriot Fitzpatrick Rhett Williamson Casimir Pulaski 11 December 2016 IN MEMORIAM 2015 Compatriot Thomas Perkins Chamlee John Milledge 05 January 2015 Compatriot Robert Wilson Reardon Piedmont 08 January 2015 8 Compatriot Robert Gregg Williamson Edward Telfair 12 January 2015 Compatriot William Joseph Reese Captain John Collins 26 January 2015 Compatriot Robert Forrest Towns Athens 10 Feb 2015 Compatriot Redden Parramore Hart Valdosta 25 February 2015 Compatriot Marion Jennings Rice Athens 03 March 2015 Compatriot Richard Clarence Palmer Button Gwinnett 21 March 2015 Compatriot James McRae Andrew Wiregrass 14 Apr 2015 Compatriot Mcalpin Hill Arnold Samuel Elbert 17 April 2015 Compatriot Charles Keeley Owen, Jr. Washington-Wilkes 11 May 2015 Compatriot John Granville Norris Coweta Falls 04 June 2015 Compatriot William Glenn Neely, Jr. John Milledge 10 June 2015 Compatriot Robert Lee Terrell Joseph Habersham 15 June 2015 Compatriot Jerry Anderson Church Atlanta 17 June 2015 9 Compatriot Benton Wilson Roberts, Jr. Joel Early 26 July 2015 Compatriot Rodney Earl Bennett Marshes of Glynn 02 September 2015 Compatriot William Bradnock David Valdosta 05 September 2015 Compatriot Ben Gause Gautier John Milledge 20 September 2015 Compatriot Dudley Gardner Brown, Sr. Edward Telfair 20 September 2015 Compatriot Robert Lee Walker, Jr. Piedmont 03 October 2015 Compatriot Thomas Roy Wise Marquis de Lafayette 06 October 2015 Compatriot Richard William Maltbie Button Gwinnett 07 October 2015 Compatriot John Bridger Evans, Sr. Altamaha 07 October 2015 Compatriot Joel Boyd Gunnells, Jr. Samuel Elbert 10 November 2015 Compatriot Michael Stuart Bunting Lyman Hall 30 November 2015 Compatriot William Edgar Paschal Col. William Few 04 Dec 2015 Compatriot James Terry Greene Joseph Habersham 13 Dec 2015 10 IN MEMORIAM 2013 Compatriot Charles Milton Bratton Samuel Elbert 5 January, 2013 Compatriot William Webb Harrington, Sr. Coweta Falls 8 January, 2013 Compatriot Charles Lewis Bausch Coweta Falls 14 January, 2013 Compatriot John Winthrop Crim Coweta Falls 26 January, 2013 Compatriot Richard Gladstone Neal, Jr. Athens 1 February, 2013 Compatriot John Robert Jones Captain John Collins 2 February, 2013 Compatriot Jack Ray Bozeman Samuel Elbert 9 February, 2013 Compatriot Herbert (Kit) Brown Braselton, Sr. Lyman Hall 15 February, 2013 Compatriot Marcus Odian Denard Washington-Wilkes 26 February, 2013 Compatriot Charles Franklin Hyder Button Gwinnett 2 March, 2013 Compatriot William Herman Giesler Ocmulgee 4 March, 2013 Compatriot Richard Russell Simpson, Sr. Coweta Falls 11 8 March, 2013 Compatriot Joseph Robert Warnick Atlanta 19 March, 2013 Compatriot Thomas Porter McIntosh Button Gwinnett 21 March, 2013 Compatriot Leon Jack Swergfeger, Jr Atlanta 5 April, 2013 Compatriot Jack Monroe Averett, Sr. Coweta Falls 6 April, 2013 Compatriot Francis Walbridge Bonner Coweta Falls 5 May, 2013 Compatriot Fred Darwin Womack Wiregrass 25 May, 2013 Compatriot Thomas Richard Holcomb Piedmont 18 June, 2013 Compatriot Charles W. Hatcher Valdosta 5 August, 2013 Compatriot Joseph Jordan Tankersley Col. William Few 6 August, 2013 Compatriot James D. Hardaway Col. William Few 29 August, 2013 Compatriot Gordon Burns Smith Edward Telfair 30 August, 2013 Compatriot Joe Delbert Gilbert Coweta Falls 1 September, 2013 Compatriot Robert Lee Aston Samuel Elbert 12 1 September, 2013 Compatriot Denver David Gray Atlanta 7 September, 2013 Compatriot Travers (Ted) David Stultz Atlanta 16 September, 2013 Compatriot Phillip Webb Potts Atlanta 21 September, 2013 Compatriot John Thomas Patterson Coweta Falls 25 September, 2013 Compatriot Gordon Dean Booth, Jr. Coweta Falls 16 October, 2013 Compatriot
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