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3578. Gladys Trude9 Sewell (Emily (Emma) Frances8 Allgood, Joseph Levi7, Robert.F.6, John Young5, William4 Algood, Edward3 Allgood, William2, Edward1 Algood) was born in Wilkes Co., GA August 1895. Gladys died February 12, 1969 in Jackson Co., GA.
She married Edgar Zalmon McDuffie October 19, 1913 in Franklin Co., GA. Edgar was born March 21, 1886 in Wilkes Co., GA. Edgar was the son of John Iverson McDuffie and Margaret Themah Waycaster. Edgar died August 4, 1966 in Carnesville, Franklin Co., GA.
Gladys Trude Sewell and Edgar Zalmon McDuffie had the following children:
+ 10303 i. John Newell .10 McDuffie was born September 16, 1914.
+ 10304 ii. George Edward McDuffie was born March 10, 1918.
+ 10305 iii. Helen Louise McDuffie was born 1918.
+ 10306 iv. Leland Sewell McDuffie was born December 17, 1922. 10307 v. Evelyn Quinn McDuffie was born in Franklin Co., GA 1927. Evelyn died October 9, 2011 in Hall Co., GA. OBIT: Mrs. Evelyn McDuffie Cronic, 85, of Lula died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
Born in the New Bethel Community of Franklin County, Mrs. Cronic was the daughter of the late Edgar Zalmon and Trudie Sewell McDuffie. Mrs. Cronic lived for 57 years in Banks County in the Hickory Flat Community where she raised a family of three boys and one daughter. She was a graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.S. degree in Home Economics, and she also attended Piedmont College. During her college career, she was a member of the Who's Who of American Colleges and Universities. Mrs. Cronic was a school teacher in both Lula High School and Banks County High School during her lifetime. In 1962, she was selected as the 9th District Homemaker of the Year and was a member of the Hickory Flat Women's Club. Mrs. Cronic was an excellent seamstress and a skilled homemaker who loved cooking, being outdoors, watching birds and working in her beautiful flower garden. Mrs. Cronic is preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. G.A. "Lefty" Cronic.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, in the Little & Davenport Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Westview Cemetery in Lula.
She married G. A. Cronic 1949.
G. was born February 12, 1923 in Gwinnett Co., GA. G. was the son of Jesse Cronic and Mattie Lou (___). G. died January 13, 2011 in Gainsville, Hall Co., GA. OBIT: G.A. "Lefty" Cronic passed away on January 13, 2011, at New Horizons North in Gainesville, GA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Mattie Lee Cronic and a brother, F. Maier Cronic, M.D.
Lefty was born February 12, 1923 in Gwinnett County, but lived in Chicopee as a child. He attended Gainesville High School, received his undergraduate degree at Piedmont College and completed his master's degree at Western Carolina University. He began his teaching career in Maysville, served as principal at Hickory Flat School before teaching mathematics at Banks County High School, Lula Elementary and East Hall High School. He completed his educational career as the principal at Clermont and Lula Elementary schools before retiring.
In addition to an educational career, Lefty attended Louisville Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY., and served as a Baptist minister in area churches for over forty years. He especially enjoyed the company of those who shared his love of the Holy Scriptures.
Lefty particular enjoyed the world of sports and promoted competitions to all who knew him. He valued the hard work and discipline required of one who would choose to play a sport and believed the competitive aspect of sports helped prepare a young person for the challenges as an adult. His personal dream sport was baseball, having played in the industrial leagues in and around Gainesville and North Georgia. He had a brief career with the Atlanta Crackers in the early 1940s before enlisting with the U.S. Navy in World War II where he served in the Pacific campaign and dutifully earned a place in the legends of our country's "greatest generation."
Lefty is survived by his wife of sixty-two years, Evelyn McDuffie Cronic, affectionately known by him as "Duff." They established their home and raised a family of four in the Hickory Flat community of Banks County for the last fifty-six years.
Memorial service will be January, 16, 2011, at 3:00 PM in the chapel at Little & Davenport Funeral Home in Gainesville, GA. Burial will be at Westview Cemetery in Lula, GA. 10308 vi. Ruth McDuffie (living status unknown).
10309 vii. Infant son McDuffie was born June 18, 1937. Infant died June 18,1937.
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