MILDRED SNEAD AND RICHARD SORRELLS

OF MADISON AND WALTON COUNTY, GEORGIA

SORRELLS INDEX

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242 IDELLA ALICE ⁵ SORRELLS (Wm. Benjamin ^4, Wiley ^3,William ^2,Richard), born 1876 Bethlehem Walton County; died 1935, Bethlehem , Barrow County, Georgia. She married WILLIAM THOMAS PRUETT (b. 4 Aug. 1869, Walton Co; d. Dec. 1949), the son of Mary Hataway and James Jefferson Pruett, in March 1894, Walton County. Both are buried in Bethlehem Methodist Churchyard where they were members.

ISSUE OF IDELLA ALICE ⁵SORRELLS and WILLIAM THOMAS PRUETT
All Born Bethlehem, Georgia
Sixth Generation

304 THOMAS CLIFFORD ^6, b. 16 Apr. 1897; d. 11 Aug. 1929; m. CLARA BELLE ODUM, Nov. 1925; buried Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery

305 WILLIAM CHESTER, b. 31 Aug. 1899; d. 31 August 1987; m. PEARL EDWARDS, Oct. 1923; members of Bethlehem Methodist Church and both are buried there. Pearl was born June 20, 1906 and died 16 January 1996. They lived in Bethlehem all their lives, and they had three children. Chester gave information for the Pruett family and the William Benjamin Sorrells family (104). He took the compiler on a tour of Walton County in 1979, pointing out many places spoken of in this work.

306 JAMES CURTIS, b. 8 May 1901; d. 30 June 1966; m. LIZZIE MAE RIDGEWAY, Nov. 1927; buried Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery.


Thomas Clifford Pruett (1897-1929)	William Chester Pruett (1899-1987)	James Curtis Pruett (1901-1966)

307 MAMIE ALICE, b. 29 Nov. 1906; d. August 1990; lived Bethlehem; m. JAMES SORRELLS, son of OLIVER SORRELLS, died prior to 1979.

308 LILLIE BELL, b. 17 June 1909; d. Aug. 1975; m. CHARLES PINKIE SORRELLS, son of Avie Daniel and DAVID LIUS SORRELLS (he died 1927). Charles was born Dec 14, 1915 and died in 1973. Their only child is CHARLES WAYNE SORRELLS.

309 MARY NELL, b. 12 Sept. 1915; d. May 1945; m. LUTHER ALLGOOD, b. August 12, 1912; d. December 1966.

310 JESSIE MAE, b. 29 Jan. 1917; d. Jan. 1975; m. BUFORD GARRISON, b. June 1, 1912; d. September 17, 1991.

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+243 ESTHER SELINA ⁵ SORRELLS ( Wm.Benjamin ^4, Wiley ^3,William ^2,Richard), born 7 April 1878, Bethlehem, Walton County, Ga.; d. 21 November 1953, Arab, Marshall County, AL. She m. JULIUS OSCAR HARBIN ( b. 4 November 1880, Bay Creek District, Gwinnett County, Ga) on 3 December 1901, Walton County, Ga. Both Esther and Julius are buried in the Arab City Cemetery, Arab, Al. Julius was the son of Barry Taylor Harbin and Frances Kennerly Harbin.

Julius Harbin was a farmer and carpenter who moved with his young wife from their parents' homes in Walton County, Ga. to the Joppa community in Cullman County, Alabama, in 1902. Julius's uncle, Thomas J. Kennerly, and his family had moved to Alabama during the 1890's. The information for this family has come from Shirley Diane Brock Harbin and Danny K. Harbin.


Esther Selina Sorrells Harbin (1878-1953)

ISSUE OF ESTHER SELINA⁵ SORRELLS AND JULIUS OSCAR HARBIN
All Born Joppa, Cullman County, Alabama
Sixth Generation

311 JEWEL 6, b. 1902; d. 1958; m. BELTON BROWN

312 LOY, b. 15 January 1905; d. 26 June 1905; buried in the Corinth Baptist Cemetery, Joppa

+313 SAMUEL DEWEY, b. 4 March 1908; d. after 1986; m. LYDIA EVELYNE COX, 20 April 1924.

+314 OSCAR BEALEY, b. 4 March 1908; d. 5 June 1975; m. VERA BAGWELL

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245 JAMES JUDSON SORRELLS (Wm. Benjamin^4.Wiley^3,William^2,Richard), born 2 May 1882, Bethlehem, Walton County, and died 1 February 1951, DeKalb County, Ga. He married MARTHA ANN MINERVA HUGHES (b. 19 April 1884, Gwinnett Co.; d. 19 August 1973, Ga.), daughter of Martha Ann Clack and William Edwards Hughes, Jr., on 23 September 1906, Gwinnett County, at the home of the bride's parents. Both are buried Pleasant Hill Baptist Churchyard in DeKalb County, Georgia. For more on the Hughes family, clickhere.

James Judson Sorrells was a farmer most of his life, but was also a sawmill worker and carpenter in his later years. He moved from Walton County to Gwinnett County about 1921, and on to DeKalb County about 1934, where he lived until he died. Information on the James Judson Sorrells family and his descendants was supplied by Thomas Vivian Sorrells and Joyce Marie Sorrells Covington.


Lillie Maude Sorrells Morris (1884-1948) James Judson Sorrells (1882-1951) Martha Ann Minerva Hughes Sorrells (1884-1973)

ISSUE OF MARTHA ANN MINERVA HUGHES and JAMES JUDSON⁵SORRELLS
All Born Georgia
Sixth Generation

315 ANNIE LOUISE^6,b. 12 July 1907, Walton Co; d. 1 Oct. 1907, Walton Co. Ga.

+316 EDITH MAE, b. 24 June l908, Walton Co. d. June 8, 1993; m. FOWLER SANDERS (b. January 3, 1906; d. November 1983) on 16 Nov. 1924, Gwinnett Co.

317 GRADY LEON, b. 24 Mar. 1910; d. I Aug. 1910, Walton.

+318 JAMES EDWARD, b 20 June 1911, DeKalb Co. Ga; d. 26 Jan 1989; m. JENNIE LOUETTE GRAVES (b. 28 Aug. 1916), on 18 Nov. 1934, Gwinnett Co.

+319 ADOLPHUS EUGENE, b. 25 Aug. 1913, Walton Co; m. JEWELL HENDERSON, 20 Apr. 1935, Gwinnett Co.

+320 WILLIAM CLEMENT, b. 28 Mar. 1916; d. 18 Oct. 1979, Fulton Co. Ga; m. ILA CHRISTINE SIMPSON, 14 Aug. 1937.

+321 NELLIE RUTH, b. 7 Jan. 1919, Walton Co; m. ROGER WESLEY MILLER, 12 Oct. 1946, DeKalb Co.

322EVA LEMMA, b. 23 May 1921, Walton County m. AGNER DANNY HENNINGSEN, 26 Jan. 1947; live Tigard, Or. Son, RANDALL, b. 16 Oct. 1958.

+323 THOMAS VIVIAN, b. 6 Jan. 1928, Gwinnett Co; m. (1) LORETTA VANCE, 8 Sept. 1945; divorced; m. (2 MARTHA JANE THOMPSON, 27 Apr. 1963.


Thomas Vivian, James Edward Adolphus Eugene, William Clement Sorrells 1943

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248 SUSANNAH ADLINE⁵BULLOCK (Sarah V.^4,Wiley^3,William^2,Richard), born 5 May 1871, Walton County; died 12 June 1946; married BENJAMIN THOMAS MELTON (b. 9 Sept. 1867; d. 12 Aug. 1946), 12 December 1889, Walton County. He was the son of Ferrell Jane Mobley and James Joseph Melton of Mountain Creek Baptist Church area of Walton County. Susannah and Benjamin are buried in Ebenezer Baptist Churchyard, Harbins Community, Gwinnett County.

Information for this family was supplied by William Dewey Melton. Dewey and his wife were of immense help in putting the Sorrells family of Walton County together. They showed me, the compiler, gracious hospitality when she visited them in Gwinnett County, for which I am very grateful.

ISSUE OF SUSANNAH ADLINE⁵BULLOCK and BENJAMIN THOMAS MELTON
Born Walton Co; raised Gwinnett Co
Sixth Generation

324 MODENA^6,b. 23 Nov. 1891; d, 30 Dec, 1955; m. MARVIS CHAFFIN; buried EbenezerBaptist Churchyard, Harbins Community, Gwinnett Co. Ga.. 7 Issue.

325 CARL THOMAS, b. 12 Mar. 1894; m. NANCY HALL (b. 3, Jan. 1898; d. 12 Oct. 1970; bur. Ebenezer), 24 Dec. 1916. 6 children.

326 ZORA MAE b. 2 Apr. 1896; d. 8 Jan. 1947; m. GEORGE W. HALL (b. 18 Sept. 1894; d. 24 Apr. 1957); bur. Ebenezer. 6 children.

327 JAMES JOSEPH, b. 6 Dec. 1897; lived Harbins in 1980, m. MAUD CLARK; she bur. Ebenezer. 3 children.

328WILLIAM MELL, b. 17 Dec. 1899; d. 11 Nov. 1967, Gwinnett Co; m. BLANCHE VIOLA CLARK (b. 21 Oct. 1901; d. 10 Apr. 1978), dau. Mary Benefield and William Tucker Clark, sister of Maud above. Bur. Ebenezer. 5 children, one of whom is: WILLIAM DEWEY 7 MELTON b. 15 Dec. 1919, Gwinnett Co; m. BEULAH EVELYN PRICE (b. 20 Sept. 1919, Barrow Co.), dau. Queen Victoria Vanderford and James Thomas Price, on 25 Dec. 1942. Their issue: WILLIAM GARY MELTON, GALE VELINDA MELTON BAILEY, and ANITA KAY MELTON.

329 JOHN WAYMON, b. 2 July 1901; d. 1970; m. (1) ETHEL L. ARCHER (b. 14 June 1898; d. 1955), bur. Ebenezer; m. (2) CLEO NASH MOORE. 9 children.

330 ROY CHAPMAN, b. 8 May 1903; d. 2 July 1967; m. FRANCES S. KNIGHT (b. 28 Aug. 1903), in 1922, Gwinnett Co; moved to DeKalb Co. 7 children.

331 BENJAMIN GUY, b. 1 Oct.1905; m. (1) ANNIE CASH, 1 child; m. (2) LOLA CASH; moved to DeKalb from Gwinnett Co.

332 NELLIE RUTH, b. 20 Feb. 1908; m. GEORGE L. THOMAS (b. 14 Dec. 1899; d. 31 Mar. 1971), in 1926. 1 child.

333 CLARENCE GOLDEN, b. 25 May 1909; d. 12 Aug. 1979; m. (1) VIVIAN ____. 2 children; m. (2) MARTHA LASBY (1919-1959); m. (3) SARAH CANTON.

334 MARY GRACE, b. 5 Feb. 1911; m. CLIFFORD A. AMBROSE (b. 9 Feb. 1906; d. 8 Sept. 1976), in 1927; moved to Miami, Fl. 2 children.

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260 JAMES PERCE⁵SORRELLS (James W.^4,Wiley^3,William^2,Richard), born 15 June 1885, Walton County; died 19 May 1973; married ANNE BOSTWICK BROOKS (b. 29 July 1885, Forsyth, Ga; d. 27 Aug. 1968), on 2 September 1920; buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Georgia. They lived in Monroe.

ISSUE OF ANNE BOSTWICK BROOKS AND JAMES PERCE ⁵SORRELLS
Sixth Generation

335WALKER BROOKS^6,b. 17 Feb. 1927, Walton Co; m. BARBARA ELLEN JORDAN (b. 4 May 1924, Gwinnett Co), daughter of the late Albert Jordan and his wife, Maude , of Lawrenceville, on 3 July 1950; live Charlotte, N.C. Their son, WALKER BARTON, b. 13 Aug. 1951, Atlanta; m. JUDITH NELL SAVAGE, 29 May 1979; live Charlotte, and have JORDAN, b. Jan 1982. The daughter of Walker Brooks, SUSAN ELLEN SORRELLS, b. 3 Apr. 1962.

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261 MARY LIZZIE ⁵SORRELLS (James W.^4,Wiley^3,William^2,Richard), born 9 June 1888, Walton County; died 1 Oct.1973; married WILLIE HARDEMAN BRASWELL (b. 27 July 1877, Walton Co; d. 27 Oct. 1944), on 3 May 1916. They lived in Monroe, Georgia; buried Rest Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Georgia.

ISSUE OF MARY LIZZIE⁵SORRELLS and WILLIE HARDEMAN BRASWELL
Sixth Generation

336JAMES RAY ^6,b. 30 May 1922, Walton Co; m. MARY LOUISE HAYS (b. 27 Apr. 1923, Walton), 12 July 1947 live Covington, Ga. Issue: JAMES RAY, Jr., b. 30 June 1950, Atlanta, and WILLIAM BARRY, b. 1 June 1957.

337 EMILY ANNETTE, b. 11 Sept 1926, Walton Co; m. EUGENE EMERSON ADAMS (b. 6 June 1907, Newton Co.), 2 Feb. 1974; live Avondale Estates, Ga.

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