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George Riley Sheets

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George Riley Sheets

Birth
Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Death
Jul 1955 (aged 84)
Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Parents:
Brice Hannon SHEETS
Sarah S. SANDERS

George Riley Sheets married Rita Maude Wallace on November 2, 1915 in Ohio.

George Riley Sheets married Celesta Hattie Fellure on May 18, 1890 in Gallia County, Ohio.

George Sheets Dies Suddenly
George Riley Sheets, 84, died at his home near Crown City at 10:15 a.m., Sunday. His death came suddenly while he was walking in the yard at the family home. Mr. Sheets was a lifelong resident of the county where he engaged in farming and worked as a carpenter. He was the son of Brice H. and Sarah S. Sanders Sheets, both deceased.
Mr. Sheets was twice married. His first wife was Lesta Fellure who died in 1913. Two children of that union survive, Mrs. Minnie Massie, Gallipolis, and Mrs. H. L. Garlic, Crown City. A son, Clarence, died in 1920, and two children died in infancy.
His second marriage was to the former Maude Wallace and she survives along with the following children: Harry, Roy and Mrs. Charlotte Swindler, all of Columbus; Mrs. Mabel Cline and George Ralph, both of Crown City. There are 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Three surviving sisters are Mrs. Lorena Wallace, Wilkesville, Mrs. Lona Fellure, Gallipolis and Mrs. Arthur Rose, Northup.
The body will be taken to the C. J. Waugh Funeral Home Monday afternoon where friends may call after 4 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Mercerville Baptist Church at 2 p.m., Tuesday with Rev. Earl Cremeans officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery under the direction of the Stevers Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 11, 1955
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron
Parents:
Brice Hannon SHEETS
Sarah S. SANDERS

George Riley Sheets married Rita Maude Wallace on November 2, 1915 in Ohio.

George Riley Sheets married Celesta Hattie Fellure on May 18, 1890 in Gallia County, Ohio.

George Sheets Dies Suddenly
George Riley Sheets, 84, died at his home near Crown City at 10:15 a.m., Sunday. His death came suddenly while he was walking in the yard at the family home. Mr. Sheets was a lifelong resident of the county where he engaged in farming and worked as a carpenter. He was the son of Brice H. and Sarah S. Sanders Sheets, both deceased.
Mr. Sheets was twice married. His first wife was Lesta Fellure who died in 1913. Two children of that union survive, Mrs. Minnie Massie, Gallipolis, and Mrs. H. L. Garlic, Crown City. A son, Clarence, died in 1920, and two children died in infancy.
His second marriage was to the former Maude Wallace and she survives along with the following children: Harry, Roy and Mrs. Charlotte Swindler, all of Columbus; Mrs. Mabel Cline and George Ralph, both of Crown City. There are 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
Three surviving sisters are Mrs. Lorena Wallace, Wilkesville, Mrs. Lona Fellure, Gallipolis and Mrs. Arthur Rose, Northup.
The body will be taken to the C. J. Waugh Funeral Home Monday afternoon where friends may call after 4 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Mercerville Baptist Church at 2 p.m., Tuesday with Rev. Earl Cremeans officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery under the direction of the Stevers Funeral Home.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, July 11, 1955
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron


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