"Times-Georgian"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia
Vo. 131, No. 7
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Essie Baughn
Essie Melinda Nixon Baughn, 92, of 205 County Road 45, Ranburne, Ala. [Cleburne
Co.], died Jan. 5, 2002 at her residence, following an extended illness.
Mrs. Baughn was born July 14, 1909, in Heard County, [Ga.], daughter of the
late Samuel M. D. and Elizabeth Wilson Nixon. She was a member of Union Hill
Baptist Church and a life long resident of this area. She was the wife of the
late William Claudie Baughn to whom she was married 72 years.
Besides her parents and husband she was preceded in death by brothers, Johnson
Nixon, Jacob Richard Nixon, Willie Bee Nixon, George Franklin Nixon and three
brothers who died as infants; sisters, Harriet Elizabeth Nixon Gravitt, Annie
Zora Nixon Wiggins and Gracy Fanny Mae Nixon Tittle.
Survivors include sons, Fred Baughn, Glenn Baughn and Howard Baughn, all of
Ranburne; daughters Annie Jo Baughn Bradford of Clearwater, Fla., and Shirley
Baughn Shiver of Kennesaw; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held today, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Ala. time at Union Hill
Baptist Church in Cleburne County with Rev. Gerald Rogers, Rev. Hugh Weathers,
and Rev. Lee Hollis officiating. The body will lie in state at the church one
hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Union Hill Church cemetery.
Rainwater-West Funeral Home, Bowdon.
Additional Comments:
This obituary was part of a collection that belonged to Mr. Samuel L. Weaver-
Nixon, Grandfather of Mrs. Bowen.
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/heard/obits/b/baughn3703gob.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia
Vo. 131, No. 7
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Essie Baughn
Essie Melinda Nixon Baughn, 92, of 205 County Road 45, Ranburne, Ala. [Cleburne
Co.], died Jan. 5, 2002 at her residence, following an extended illness.
Mrs. Baughn was born July 14, 1909, in Heard County, [Ga.], daughter of the
late Samuel M. D. and Elizabeth Wilson Nixon. She was a member of Union Hill
Baptist Church and a life long resident of this area. She was the wife of the
late William Claudie Baughn to whom she was married 72 years.
Besides her parents and husband she was preceded in death by brothers, Johnson
Nixon, Jacob Richard Nixon, Willie Bee Nixon, George Franklin Nixon and three
brothers who died as infants; sisters, Harriet Elizabeth Nixon Gravitt, Annie
Zora Nixon Wiggins and Gracy Fanny Mae Nixon Tittle.
Survivors include sons, Fred Baughn, Glenn Baughn and Howard Baughn, all of
Ranburne; daughters Annie Jo Baughn Bradford of Clearwater, Fla., and Shirley
Baughn Shiver of Kennesaw; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held today, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Ala. time at Union Hill
Baptist Church in Cleburne County with Rev. Gerald Rogers, Rev. Hugh Weathers,
and Rev. Lee Hollis officiating. The body will lie in state at the church one
hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Union Hill Church cemetery.
Rainwater-West Funeral Home, Bowdon.
Additional Comments:
This obituary was part of a collection that belonged to Mr. Samuel L. Weaver-
Nixon, Grandfather of Mrs. Bowen.
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/heard/obits/b/baughn3703gob.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/
"Times-Georgian"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia
Vo. 131, No. 7
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Essie Baughn
Essie Melinda Nixon Baughn, 92, of 205 County Road 45, Ranburne, Ala. [Cleburne
Co.], died Jan. 5, 2002 at her residence, following an extended illness.
Mrs. Baughn was born July 14, 1909, in Heard County, [Ga.], daughter of the
late Samuel M. D. and Elizabeth Wilson Nixon. She was a member of Union Hill
Baptist Church and a life long resident of this area. She was the wife of the
late William Claudie Baughn to whom she was married 72 years.
Besides her parents and husband she was preceded in death by brothers, Johnson
Nixon, Jacob Richard Nixon, Willie Bee Nixon, George Franklin Nixon and three
brothers who died as infants; sisters, Harriet Elizabeth Nixon Gravitt, Annie
Zora Nixon Wiggins and Gracy Fanny Mae Nixon Tittle.
Survivors include sons, Fred Baughn, Glenn Baughn and Howard Baughn, all of
Ranburne; daughters Annie Jo Baughn Bradford of Clearwater, Fla., and Shirley
Baughn Shiver of Kennesaw; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held today, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Ala. time at Union Hill
Baptist Church in Cleburne County with Rev. Gerald Rogers, Rev. Hugh Weathers,
and Rev. Lee Hollis officiating. The body will lie in state at the church one
hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Union Hill Church cemetery.
Rainwater-West Funeral Home, Bowdon.
Additional Comments:
This obituary was part of a collection that belonged to Mr. Samuel L. Weaver-
Nixon, Grandfather of Mrs. Bowen.
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/heard/obits/b/baughn3703gob.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia
Vo. 131, No. 7
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Essie Baughn
Essie Melinda Nixon Baughn, 92, of 205 County Road 45, Ranburne, Ala. [Cleburne
Co.], died Jan. 5, 2002 at her residence, following an extended illness.
Mrs. Baughn was born July 14, 1909, in Heard County, [Ga.], daughter of the
late Samuel M. D. and Elizabeth Wilson Nixon. She was a member of Union Hill
Baptist Church and a life long resident of this area. She was the wife of the
late William Claudie Baughn to whom she was married 72 years.
Besides her parents and husband she was preceded in death by brothers, Johnson
Nixon, Jacob Richard Nixon, Willie Bee Nixon, George Franklin Nixon and three
brothers who died as infants; sisters, Harriet Elizabeth Nixon Gravitt, Annie
Zora Nixon Wiggins and Gracy Fanny Mae Nixon Tittle.
Survivors include sons, Fred Baughn, Glenn Baughn and Howard Baughn, all of
Ranburne; daughters Annie Jo Baughn Bradford of Clearwater, Fla., and Shirley
Baughn Shiver of Kennesaw; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and
three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held today, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Ala. time at Union Hill
Baptist Church in Cleburne County with Rev. Gerald Rogers, Rev. Hugh Weathers,
and Rev. Lee Hollis officiating. The body will lie in state at the church one
hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Union Hill Church cemetery.
Rainwater-West Funeral Home, Bowdon.
Additional Comments:
This obituary was part of a collection that belonged to Mr. Samuel L. Weaver-
Nixon, Grandfather of Mrs. Bowen.
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/heard/obits/b/baughn3703gob.txt
This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/
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