Nina was born in Bogart, Georgia on August 7, 1889. Her mother had read the name Nina in a book, and it is pronounced with a long 'i'. She had four sisters and one brother. She grew up listening to her parents' and grandparents' stories about the Civil War and about her ancestors, which may have inspired her later love of genealogy.
Nina attended the State Normal School (a teaching college) in Athens, then Young Harris College in the mountains of northern Georgia. After graduating in 1908, she taught at public schools for five years.
Her future husband, farmer and banker Edward Hosea Blount, first saw her singing in the church choir. He arranged to meet her through his sister, who was also in the choir. While courting, Edward took Nina for rides in his Model-T Ford.
They married at the Bogart Baptist Church on November 25, 1914, when she was 25. They lived in Waynesboro, Georgia. Their first child, Mildred Grace Blount, died at just 17 days old in October 1915. Their son Edward Hosea Blount, Jr. was born in 1916, and daughter Georgia Cates Blount in 1919.
When Nina was 42, her husband died at home of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving her widowed with her 14- and 12-year-old children. By 1950, she was living in Charlottesville, Virginia with her daughter Georgia and son-in-law Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., with their two young children. She would go on long visits to her siblings and to her son Edward, daughter-in-law Bettie Judkins Blount, and their three children. She remained close to her five grandchildren and her twelve great-grandchildren, who all called her Nannee.
An avid genealogist, Nina did extensive research the old-fashioned way — traveling to libraries and churches, writing letters, and examining headstones — tracing most lines back many generations. She was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving as president of the Albemarle, Virginia chapter.
Nina continued to live with her daughter Georgia, moving with her to Falls Church, Virginia. She was lively and strong, even jumping rope into her mid-eighties, until she broke her hip when she slipped on ice. While recovering in a nursing home in 1977, at the age of 88, she filled several notebooks with stories about her life and her family.
Nina lived to be 94 years old.
– From family history, Nina Thompson Blount's writings, and newspaper clippings
Thank you to Diana B for creating this memorial for my great grandmother, and for transferring the management to me.
Nina attended the State Normal School (a teaching college) in Athens, then Young Harris College in the mountains of northern Georgia. After graduating in 1908, she taught at public schools for five years.
Her future husband, farmer and banker Edward Hosea Blount, first saw her singing in the church choir. He arranged to meet her through his sister, who was also in the choir. While courting, Edward took Nina for rides in his Model-T Ford.
They married at the Bogart Baptist Church on November 25, 1914, when she was 25. They lived in Waynesboro, Georgia. Their first child, Mildred Grace Blount, died at just 17 days old in October 1915. Their son Edward Hosea Blount, Jr. was born in 1916, and daughter Georgia Cates Blount in 1919.
When Nina was 42, her husband died at home of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving her widowed with her 14- and 12-year-old children. By 1950, she was living in Charlottesville, Virginia with her daughter Georgia and son-in-law Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., with their two young children. She would go on long visits to her siblings and to her son Edward, daughter-in-law Bettie Judkins Blount, and their three children. She remained close to her five grandchildren and her twelve great-grandchildren, who all called her Nannee.
An avid genealogist, Nina did extensive research the old-fashioned way — traveling to libraries and churches, writing letters, and examining headstones — tracing most lines back many generations. She was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving as president of the Albemarle, Virginia chapter.
Nina continued to live with her daughter Georgia, moving with her to Falls Church, Virginia. She was lively and strong, even jumping rope into her mid-eighties, until she broke her hip when she slipped on ice. While recovering in a nursing home in 1977, at the age of 88, she filled several notebooks with stories about her life and her family.
Nina lived to be 94 years old.
– From family history, Nina Thompson Blount's writings, and newspaper clippings
Thank you to Diana B for creating this memorial for my great grandmother, and for transferring the management to me.
Nina was born in Bogart, Georgia on August 7, 1889. Her mother had read the name Nina in a book, and it is pronounced with a long 'i'. She had four sisters and one brother. She grew up listening to her parents' and grandparents' stories about the Civil War and about her ancestors, which may have inspired her later love of genealogy.
Nina attended the State Normal School (a teaching college) in Athens, then Young Harris College in the mountains of northern Georgia. After graduating in 1908, she taught at public schools for five years.
Her future husband, farmer and banker Edward Hosea Blount, first saw her singing in the church choir. He arranged to meet her through his sister, who was also in the choir. While courting, Edward took Nina for rides in his Model-T Ford.
They married at the Bogart Baptist Church on November 25, 1914, when she was 25. They lived in Waynesboro, Georgia. Their first child, Mildred Grace Blount, died at just 17 days old in October 1915. Their son Edward Hosea Blount, Jr. was born in 1916, and daughter Georgia Cates Blount in 1919.
When Nina was 42, her husband died at home of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving her widowed with her 14- and 12-year-old children. By 1950, she was living in Charlottesville, Virginia with her daughter Georgia and son-in-law Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., with their two young children. She would go on long visits to her siblings and to her son Edward, daughter-in-law Bettie Judkins Blount, and their three children. She remained close to her five grandchildren and her twelve great-grandchildren, who all called her Nannee.
An avid genealogist, Nina did extensive research the old-fashioned way — traveling to libraries and churches, writing letters, and examining headstones — tracing most lines back many generations. She was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving as president of the Albemarle, Virginia chapter.
Nina continued to live with her daughter Georgia, moving with her to Falls Church, Virginia. She was lively and strong, even jumping rope into her mid-eighties, until she broke her hip when she slipped on ice. While recovering in a nursing home in 1977, at the age of 88, she filled several notebooks with stories about her life and her family.
Nina lived to be 94 years old.
– From family history, Nina Thompson Blount's writings, and newspaper clippings
Thank you to Diana B for creating this memorial for my great grandmother, and for transferring the management to me.
Nina attended the State Normal School (a teaching college) in Athens, then Young Harris College in the mountains of northern Georgia. After graduating in 1908, she taught at public schools for five years.
Her future husband, farmer and banker Edward Hosea Blount, first saw her singing in the church choir. He arranged to meet her through his sister, who was also in the choir. While courting, Edward took Nina for rides in his Model-T Ford.
They married at the Bogart Baptist Church on November 25, 1914, when she was 25. They lived in Waynesboro, Georgia. Their first child, Mildred Grace Blount, died at just 17 days old in October 1915. Their son Edward Hosea Blount, Jr. was born in 1916, and daughter Georgia Cates Blount in 1919.
When Nina was 42, her husband died at home of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving her widowed with her 14- and 12-year-old children. By 1950, she was living in Charlottesville, Virginia with her daughter Georgia and son-in-law Horton H. Hobbs, Jr., with their two young children. She would go on long visits to her siblings and to her son Edward, daughter-in-law Bettie Judkins Blount, and their three children. She remained close to her five grandchildren and her twelve great-grandchildren, who all called her Nannee.
An avid genealogist, Nina did extensive research the old-fashioned way — traveling to libraries and churches, writing letters, and examining headstones — tracing most lines back many generations. She was a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving as president of the Albemarle, Virginia chapter.
Nina continued to live with her daughter Georgia, moving with her to Falls Church, Virginia. She was lively and strong, even jumping rope into her mid-eighties, until she broke her hip when she slipped on ice. While recovering in a nursing home in 1977, at the age of 88, she filled several notebooks with stories about her life and her family.
Nina lived to be 94 years old.
– From family history, Nina Thompson Blount's writings, and newspaper clippings
Thank you to Diana B for creating this memorial for my great grandmother, and for transferring the management to me.
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