Mrs. Eliza Millsaps Guy, 87, died at her home at Beech Creek May 11, following a long illness.

Funeral services were held May 13 at 2 o'clock at the Beech Valley Baptist Church by Reverend Dayton Jones, and burial followed in the Beech Creek cemetery.

Surviving are one son and seven daughters: Thomas Guy, Beech Creek; Mrs. Susie Phillips, Mrs. Elizabeth Harmon, Beech Creek; Mrs. Betty Phillips, Mrs. Grace Cookman, Mrs. Effie Mae Cruise, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Edna McWorths, Mrs. Essie Greenwell, Butler, Tennessee. There are two brothers and two sisters: Robert Mills, Vilas; W. C. Millsaps, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Lois Trivett, Heaton; Mrs. Emma Carscella, Crawfordsville, Indiana. There are 32 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.

Watauga Democrat, Boone, North Carolina, May 22, 1958, Page 1

Obituary: Mrs. Eliza Guy is dead. She was born November 1, 1869 and died May 11, 1958. She was the oldest girl born to Marion and Jane Millsasps near Rush Branch, Watauga County, North Carolina.

They moved to a small farm near the mouth of Beech Creek, where Eliza attended public school, lived on a farm and grew to maturity. She, in early childhood, joined the Baptist Church and was baptized. She tried to live the life of a Christian.

She was married to John Guy. To them twelve children were born, nine of whom survive her. Her husband preceded her in death.

She raised her family on a small farm near the mouth of Beech Creek. She was considered smart in business affairs and worked hard on her farm.

She became interested, in her early life, in the birth and rearing and care of children, and she served for many years as a licensed midwife assisting in the birth and care and growth of young children. "Granny Guy" as she was called, had a smile and a pleasant word for everybody. During her long service as a midwife, she had to travel either foot or horse back, day or night in rain or a snowstorm accompanied by a lone guide to a lonely home in mountainous country where a baby was being born.

It is said of Granny Guy that she served 31 years as a licensed midwife and never lost a baby.

The State of North Carolina has lost one of its best citizens. The lack of her presence will be mourned by her friends and citizens and the mothers and children of the neighborhood where she lived. She has gone to the reward and a much needed rest.

Granny Guy, Good bye; Good bye Granny Guy. R. M. Mills

Watauga Democrat, Boone, North Carolina, May 22, 1958, Page 3

Name: Eliza Millsaps Guy

[Eliza Millsaps Millsaps]

Gender: Female

Race: White

Age: 87

Birth Date: 1 Nov 1870

Birth Place: Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 11 May 1958

Death Location: Beech Creek, Avery

Spouse's Name: John C Guy

Father's name: Marion Millsaps (*William Marion Guy)

Mother's name: Jane Love

Residence: Beech Creek, Avery, North Carolina

Info. furnished by Tom Harmon

His name is William Marion Millsaps - info. as per Connie

Paddock.

Eliza Millsaps had 2 more children, their names were Betty Guy Crews,and Grace Guy. Info. furnished by Frances Presnell.