Obituary from 'The Atlanta Constitution' on December 7, 1957...
Mrs. Madden Is Dead at 100; Dreaded Yanks
Mrs. Jane Boone Madden, 100, who lived her life in fear of the Yankees' return, died Friday at her home, 914 Virginia Ave., NE.
Born in Gainesville, Mrs. Madden was the daughter of Joseph Reece Boone and Ann Brice Boone, early settlers of the community. She grew up in the city during the War Between the States and the Reconstruction.
According to a daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Doolittle, she lived in constant dread of a return to Federal occupation. She once recalled to the daughter that she sat by her grandmother as she sewed clothing and knitted socks for Confederate soldiers.
She married Ibra Asbury Madden of Mayesville, in 1881, and came to Atlanta in 1900 to make her home. Mr. Madden died in 1910. She was a member of the Virginia Avenue Baptist Church.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in College Park Cemetery. The Rev. J. O. Jones and Dr. Louie D. Newton will officiate.
Surviving are six daughters, Miss Louise and Miss Annie Madden, Mrs. Doolittle, Mrs. Earl Suttles, Mrs. Jack Caldwell, and Mrs. Walter Rogers, all of Atlanta.
Mrs. Madden Is Dead at 100; Dreaded Yanks
Mrs. Jane Boone Madden, 100, who lived her life in fear of the Yankees' return, died Friday at her home, 914 Virginia Ave., NE.
Born in Gainesville, Mrs. Madden was the daughter of Joseph Reece Boone and Ann Brice Boone, early settlers of the community. She grew up in the city during the War Between the States and the Reconstruction.
According to a daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Doolittle, she lived in constant dread of a return to Federal occupation. She once recalled to the daughter that she sat by her grandmother as she sewed clothing and knitted socks for Confederate soldiers.
She married Ibra Asbury Madden of Mayesville, in 1881, and came to Atlanta in 1900 to make her home. Mr. Madden died in 1910. She was a member of the Virginia Avenue Baptist Church.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in College Park Cemetery. The Rev. J. O. Jones and Dr. Louie D. Newton will officiate.
Surviving are six daughters, Miss Louise and Miss Annie Madden, Mrs. Doolittle, Mrs. Earl Suttles, Mrs. Jack Caldwell, and Mrs. Walter Rogers, all of Atlanta.
Obituary from 'The Atlanta Constitution' on December 7, 1957...
Mrs. Madden Is Dead at 100; Dreaded Yanks
Mrs. Jane Boone Madden, 100, who lived her life in fear of the Yankees' return, died Friday at her home, 914 Virginia Ave., NE.
Born in Gainesville, Mrs. Madden was the daughter of Joseph Reece Boone and Ann Brice Boone, early settlers of the community. She grew up in the city during the War Between the States and the Reconstruction.
According to a daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Doolittle, she lived in constant dread of a return to Federal occupation. She once recalled to the daughter that she sat by her grandmother as she sewed clothing and knitted socks for Confederate soldiers.
She married Ibra Asbury Madden of Mayesville, in 1881, and came to Atlanta in 1900 to make her home. Mr. Madden died in 1910. She was a member of the Virginia Avenue Baptist Church.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in College Park Cemetery. The Rev. J. O. Jones and Dr. Louie D. Newton will officiate.
Surviving are six daughters, Miss Louise and Miss Annie Madden, Mrs. Doolittle, Mrs. Earl Suttles, Mrs. Jack Caldwell, and Mrs. Walter Rogers, all of Atlanta.
Mrs. Madden Is Dead at 100; Dreaded Yanks
Mrs. Jane Boone Madden, 100, who lived her life in fear of the Yankees' return, died Friday at her home, 914 Virginia Ave., NE.
Born in Gainesville, Mrs. Madden was the daughter of Joseph Reece Boone and Ann Brice Boone, early settlers of the community. She grew up in the city during the War Between the States and the Reconstruction.
According to a daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Doolittle, she lived in constant dread of a return to Federal occupation. She once recalled to the daughter that she sat by her grandmother as she sewed clothing and knitted socks for Confederate soldiers.
She married Ibra Asbury Madden of Mayesville, in 1881, and came to Atlanta in 1900 to make her home. Mr. Madden died in 1910. She was a member of the Virginia Avenue Baptist Church.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in College Park Cemetery. The Rev. J. O. Jones and Dr. Louie D. Newton will officiate.
Surviving are six daughters, Miss Louise and Miss Annie Madden, Mrs. Doolittle, Mrs. Earl Suttles, Mrs. Jack Caldwell, and Mrs. Walter Rogers, all of Atlanta.
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