Destemonia (Destie) C. Brown was the daughter of William Jackson "Jack" Brown and Sarah Anne Brock. She married Benjamin William Shiflett in Polk County Georgia in 1900. Destemonia was born in Nov 1880 in GA and died on 9 Feb 1963 in Polk Co., GA at age 82. The cause of her death was Bronchopneumonia.

General Notes for Destemonia (Destie) C. Brown
1900 Polk Co., GA, Census, Cedartown, ED85, Family 114, Wife, Destie M. Shiflet, age 19, married 1 year, no children, born in Nov 1880
1910 Polk Co., GA, Census, Lake Creek, ED137, Family 149, Wife, Destemonia C. Shiflet, age 29, married 10 years, 4 of 4 children living
1920 Polk Co., GA, Census, Lake Creek, ED169, Family 59, Wife, Destie C. Shiflett, age 39, married
1930 Polk Co., GA, Census, Lake Creek, ED19, Family 130, Wife, Della Agnes, age 49, married at age 19
1940 Polk Co., GA, Census, Lake Creek, Family 75, Wife, Destie C. Shiflett, age 59, married, born in GA

Georgia Deaths, 1919 - 1998
Name: Destie B. Shiflett
Death Date: 09 Feb 1963
County of Death: Polk
Gender: F Race: W Age: 81 years
County of Residence: Polk
Certificate: 03471

MRS. BEN W. SHIFLETT'S
FUNERAL SET WEDNESDAY

CEDARTOWN-Mrs. Ben W. Shiflett, of Cedartown, Rte 2, died Saturday following an extended illness.

Mrs. Shiflett was born, Sept. 20, 1881, in Floyd County, but had spent her entire life in Polk County. She was a member of the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Miss Myra Shiflett and Mrs. J. C. Nichols, both of Cedartown; four sons, Emory, Mallory, Henry, and Robert Shiflett, all of Cedartown; two brothers, Ed Brown of Rockmart and Jim Brown of Dallas, 25 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Anna Kresge Methodist Church with the Revs. Robert Padgett, H. I. Bowden and Vernon Winrf officiating. Interment will be in Northview cemetery.

The Olin Gammage Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

2-ROME NEWS-TRIBUNE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1963