Girtie was 23 years old in 1927 when her father was killed in an accident. At the time seven of her siblings were younger (the youngest age two) and she helped her mother (Roxey Maxey) raise them through the Depression years. Their farm (on the Appalachee River) was in Gwinnett County until 1914 when Barrow County was formed. The farm was less than three miles from Ebenezer.
For most of her years, she was a member of Ebenezer. She worked for many years in a Winder textile mill and enjoyed seeing folks there. She was a modest woman, the most unpretentious I've ever known but she was a progressive-minded, independent, intelligent woman who always got things done when there was a need (ex. getting their dirt road paved by going to county government meetings or taking a neice to Atlanta in the fifties for life-saving surgery when there was no local medical help.)
Girtie made arrangements to take each of her neices and nephews individually to tour the Capitol Bldg. in Atlanta. She gave each of us our first Bibles with our names printed on them. She valued education. She put others first all her life. Until her mother died, she lived and cared for her on their farm.
For most of her years, she was a member of Ebenezer. She worked for many years in a Winder textile mill and enjoyed seeing folks there. She was a modest woman, the most unpretentious I've ever known but she was a progressive-minded, independent, intelligent woman who always got things done when there was a need (ex. getting their dirt road paved by going to county government meetings or taking a neice to Atlanta in the fifties for life-saving surgery when there was no local medical help.)
Girtie made arrangements to take each of her neices and nephews individually to tour the Capitol Bldg. in Atlanta. She gave each of us our first Bibles with our names printed on them. She valued education. She put others first all her life. Until her mother died, she lived and cared for her on their farm.
Girtie was 23 years old in 1927 when her father was killed in an accident. At the time seven of her siblings were younger (the youngest age two) and she helped her mother (Roxey Maxey) raise them through the Depression years. Their farm (on the Appalachee River) was in Gwinnett County until 1914 when Barrow County was formed. The farm was less than three miles from Ebenezer.
For most of her years, she was a member of Ebenezer. She worked for many years in a Winder textile mill and enjoyed seeing folks there. She was a modest woman, the most unpretentious I've ever known but she was a progressive-minded, independent, intelligent woman who always got things done when there was a need (ex. getting their dirt road paved by going to county government meetings or taking a neice to Atlanta in the fifties for life-saving surgery when there was no local medical help.)
Girtie made arrangements to take each of her neices and nephews individually to tour the Capitol Bldg. in Atlanta. She gave each of us our first Bibles with our names printed on them. She valued education. She put others first all her life. Until her mother died, she lived and cared for her on their farm.
For most of her years, she was a member of Ebenezer. She worked for many years in a Winder textile mill and enjoyed seeing folks there. She was a modest woman, the most unpretentious I've ever known but she was a progressive-minded, independent, intelligent woman who always got things done when there was a need (ex. getting their dirt road paved by going to county government meetings or taking a neice to Atlanta in the fifties for life-saving surgery when there was no local medical help.)
Girtie made arrangements to take each of her neices and nephews individually to tour the Capitol Bldg. in Atlanta. She gave each of us our first Bibles with our names printed on them. She valued education. She put others first all her life. Until her mother died, she lived and cared for her on their farm.
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