(G.S.I.)
(G.S.I.) d. at home
Dora Kirby CORBIN
Birth 12 Nov 1881
Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
Death 4 Jun 1951 (aged 69)
Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Corbin Cemetery
Emanuel County, Georgia, USA
Memorial ID 54274040 · View Source
(Corbin Cemetery, on a hill next to their home)
Elle est mariée avec Neal E. Corbin.
Ils se sont mariés le 28 octobre 1900 à Emanuel County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten, elle avait 18 ans.Source 3
Enfant(s):
Olivia (Williamson) Braddy Notes:
"Charles Fred and Nellie Caroline (Gilson) Clute DORA KIRBY, my maternal grandmother, was born November 12, 1881 in Emanuel County, Georgia, to Hiram KIRBY and Matilda WILLIAMSON, and died June 4, 1951 in Emanuel County. She married NEAL E. CORBIN October 28, 1900, in Emanuel County, Son of Nelson CORBIN and Nancy WILLIAMSON. He was born April 24, 1878 in Emanuel County, and died February 27, 1928 in Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia. Dora died at home at the age of 69 of a heart condition brought on by a severe case of asthma, and was buried beside her husband in the Corbin Cemetery on a hill near their home.
I called her "Mama,"probably because my mother called her that. We lived with Mama for a few years when I was a small child, and I loved living there more than anywhere else in my whole life. I followed Mama around, watching her feed her chickens, milk the cow, attend to sick livestock, work in her garden and flowers, cook, mend and quilt. Although quite plump, she was active and was always busy doing something. She had been raised poor, and because of this, she was conservative to the extreme, especially compared to today's standards. Mama's only recreation was her daily soap operas she listened to on her radio, such as "Stella Dallas" and "Pepper Young's Family." I enjoyed sitting on the side of the bed with her and listening to them, too. I also slept many cold nights with her in that big old feather bed.
I never knew Papa because he died when my mother, who was the youngest, was only six years old. I have a picture of him, taken in the back yard of their home with all his hunting dogs around him. He was a stout, gruff-looking man, with very dark eyes, a physical trait he passed on to all his children. He wore suspenders and a tall hat, and he smoked a curved pipe. He died at the age of 49 of a kidney condition. Mama and Papa had eleven children, but two died in childhood.
Their children were Clara Beatrice (1901- 1990); Homer (1903-1975); DeAlva (1904-1968); Eula Mae (1906-1995); Ernest Francis "Buck" (1907-1995); Derlie Elaine (1909-in life); J. Roy "Buster" (1912-1978); Bessie Olivia (1914-in life); Dorsey (1916-1920); Russell (1919-1919); Zelma Lois (1922-in life).
Papa was a farmer and raised livestock; he also owned a sawmill. Their old home is still standing, and a great-grandson is living there with his family. I was born in that house, as well as my mother, my older brother, and several other members of the family. I now live just across the field on my little two-acre plot, a portion of the original plantation; I can look out my back door and see that old house which holds my fondest childhood memories."
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