~ Sarah Carrie Elmore Mullis ~ age 99
my 2nd great-aunt
aunt Carrie made exquisite quilts and dollies

Father: John Sanford Elmore (Birth JUN 1848 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA - Death 26 APR 1930 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Burial 28 APR 1930 • Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA) Note: John was buried with his second wife, Mary "Polly" Trivette)

Mother: Mary Martin (Birth 1841 • Surry County, North Carolina, USA - Death AFT 1887 • North Carolina, USA)

Note: John Sanford Elmore married 3 times: 1st wife: Mary Martin; 2nd wife: Mary "Polly" Trivette; 3rd wife: Rosa Manes

Married (24 Dec 1908 • Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA; a cold, snowy Christmas Eve): William Alexander "Bill" Mullis (Birth 21 NOV 1876 • District South of Hunting Creek, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 12 JAN 1945 • Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Burial JAN 1945 • Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) s/o George Washington "Wash" Mullis & Rachel Caroline "Carry" Hemrick Mullis

Child:
Ethel Mae Mullis, my maternal 1st cousin 2x removed, (Birth 30 APR 1912 • Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 14 APR 1970 • Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA; Buried: APR 1970 • Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove Road, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA)

Grandparents: James Jim Elmore (Born: 1800, Surry, County, NC) (S/o Athanatious & Susannah Elmore) & Sarah Chambers (D/o Josiah Chambers, Deep Creek, Yadkin, NC)
John Sanford's Siblings: Elizabeth Elmore married: Shores; Athanatious Callhan Elmore married: E. Collins; Henry Elmore (died young); Mary "Polly" Elmore married: Sims; William Elmore married: S. Collins; Malinda "Linny" Elmore (never married); James Elmore; George W. Elmore married: Myres; Sallie Ann Elmore (died young); Nancy Catherine
"Kit" Elmore married: Coleman; Susannah "Susie" Elmore married: Chambers

Stepsiblings: Mary Amanda Elmore (Johnson); James William Elmore; Martin Levi Elmore (died young); John Finley Elmore (died young); Nathan David Elmore; Jesse McKinly Elmore (died young)

Note: Mary Amanda Elmore (B: 29 Jun 1888) married (02 Feb 1908): George F. Johnson (B: 04 Mar 1876) S/o, Benjamin Franklin Johnson & Mary Ann Mullis) They had 2 (two) children: Greely Dexter (B: 13 May 1908) & Grace Leigh (B: 09 May 1911); Grace married: Raymond Henderson & had 2 children: Leroy Henderson, Albert Henderson; Greely Dexter married: Effie Mae Dobson (D/o Frank Dobson & Tobitha Campbell, my great-great uncle & aunt) & had 5 children: Jack Rodney married: Pat Ward, Allen married: Ramona Lowe, Margie Mae married: Lee Roy Hedrick, Melda Faye married: David Showfety, Carrie Jane first married: Steven H. Morrison & seond married: Robert A Pierce, Jr., and they had: Amanda D. (Singleton), Steven, Avery (Jane & Robert & there children moved into the old Frank & Tobitha Dobson place, 306 Marshall Farm Road, Harmony, NC – 5 generations lived there

Died: 19 February 1978, Iredell, NC
Obituary: Statesville Record & Landmark, page A9, 1978, February 20

Burial: February 1978, Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, NC