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Persoonlijke gegevens George Plummer Yancey 

• Hij is geboren op 10 januari 1874 in Forest Park, Georgia.
• Hij is overleden op 23 augustus 1948 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, hij was toen 74 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Simeon Plummer Yancey en Martha Elizabeth Thurman
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 12 augustus 2006.

Gezin van George Plummer Yancey

Hij is getrouwd met Mary Elizabeth Crusselle.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 7 oktober 1894 te Nellie Dodd Methodist Church, hij was toen 20 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Esther Yancey  1896-> 1971
2. Albert Ryeland Yancey  1898-1959 
3. Walter Simeon Yancey  1900-1979 
4. Victor Yancey  1904-1904
5. Marvin Roland Yancey  1905-1907
6. George Plummer Yancey   
7. Mary Ruth Yancey  
8. Horace Vance Yancey  

Notities over George Plummer Yancey

George Plummer Yancey and Mary Elizabeth Crusselle
1874-1948

George PlummerYancey, son of Simeon Plummer Yancey and Martha Elizabeth
Thurman, was born January 10, 1874 near the town of Forest Park in
Clayton County, Georgia. He married Mary Elizabeth Crusselle on October
7, 1894 at Nellie Dodd Methodist Church. Mary was born November 19, 1874
in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the daughterof Thomas A. Crusselle and
Lavinia Jenkins. It is interesting to note that George and Mary were born
five years before Edison's first successful experiments in lighting, yet
it would be this new technology that would provide for thefamily's
income. George was employed by Georgia Power Company for over forty years.

In 1896, Mary gave birth to the first of eight children. Esther Yancey
was born August 20, 1896. Two years later, Albert Ryeland Yancey was born
onApril 27, 1898. As a new century came, so did their third child.
Walter Simeon Yancey was born December 2, 1900. Victor Yancey, born 1904
and Marvin RolandYancey, born 1905, both died young. George Plummer Jr.
(October 12, 1907), Horace Vance (September 12, 1909), and Mary Ruth
(August 2, 1914) completed thefamily. Mary Crusselle was a short, round,
little lady with a perpetual smile.She loved to laugh; however, she was
not opposed to an occasional stern speech when the children (or
grandchildren) played too close to her flower beds.

George and Mary lived at 1024 Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) where it
intersects with Stovall Street in Atlanta, Georgia. The house sat high on
a hill with a rock wall and several steps leading up from the street.
Joseph A. Crusselle (Mary's brother) lived next door. Albert Ryeland
Yancey would later live across the street. The house was large and had
tall ceilings and a kitchen witha wood stove. Mary used to love to have
all the children and grandchildren over for a big meal. At Christmas, the
dining room table had to be extended and put at an angle in order to
maximize seating. The adults would eat first and then the grandchildren
would finish off what was left. Christmas presents for the grandchildren
would consist of a shiny apple wrapped in a big, white handkerchief.

Grandchildren played a big part in their lives during the 1930's and
1940's. They would often spend time on the porch with their grandchildren
andGeorge would play "count cars." East bound cars would belong to him
and Westbound cars would belong to the kids. In the house they kept
several canaries which the grandchildren liked to feed. Dash, the family
dog, was also a big hit. However, the biggest thrill of all was a ride in
Grandpa's 1937 Ford. Afterriding for a while, they would stop at a gas
station or store. He would announce, "a nickel around" and each child
would receive five cents with which to buy anything they wanted.

George and Mary housed a black man named Raymond. Raymond was one of
twelve children belonging to parents who were totally destitute. He was
mildly mentally handicapped and uneducated. Because they could notcare
for him, Raymond was given to the Yanceys by his parents. Raymond was not
a slave, but he was of slave descent. He lived behind the main house, in
a room attached to the woodshed. He did not receive pay, but in exchange
for foodand shelter, he worked in the yard, helped clean the house,
chopped wood anddid other odd jobs.

During the years of World War II, George developed rheumatoid arthritis.
As his condition worsened he almost lost total use of his hands. During
the last year of his life, his four (living) sons would take turns
staying with their father every fourth night. George Plummer Yancey died
August 23, 1948. He is buried at West View Cemetery in southwest Atlanta.

His obituary reads as follows:

"Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 25 at3 O'clock at Martha
Brown Memorial Methodist Church with the remains placed in state at 2:00.
Rev. B.W. Hancock officiated. I

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