The following news article
was written in 1965 when Mary was 95 years old |
She is one of 13
children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Adoneger
Fox. In 1869 Mary Adeline
Fox and George Washington Mays rode horseback for
two and a half days to Jellico, Tenn., to be
married.
They settled down to a life of
farming and raising children. They had 11
children, 10 of whom are still living. They
are: Martha Elizabeth Evans, Gausdale; Rebecca
Pritchard, Route 3; Sarah Logan, Bryant's Store;
Amy Bryan, New Haven; W. G. Mays, Bryant's Store;
Ceci Mays, Conyers, GA; Edward and Laura Mays,
both of Bryant's Store and Easter Warfield,
Rockhold, and Clifton Mays, deceased.
"Grandma is in generally
good health," said grand daughter Ruby L.
Cobb. "She has only spent six days of
her life in a hospital." (August 1962, when
she fell and broke her arm).
Mrs. Mays believes in staying
home and has never done very much traveling out
of Knox County.
|
 Above
is Mary Adeline Fox Mays, Vern's great
grandmother and daughter of Adonigah Fox and
Martha Leger, with her daughter-in-law Otie
Williams Mays. Otis Fox pictured above in the
ancestors of Lawanna Hauck is
the nephew of Mary A. (Fox) Mays
|
| Reading, singing and piecing quilts ...
this is how Mrs. Mary Adeline Fox Mays, 95,
spends her days. Mrs.
Mays, Bryant's Store, was found to be Knox
county's oldest citizen and will be given a
citation at the Festival Feast Friday night.
Mrs. Mays was born May 15,
1868, in Knox County and has lived here all
her life.
|
One of her greatest joys is having
friends and family visit. Her family
includes 23 grandchildren and 39
great-grandchildren and a brother, Andy Fox. She has been a member of Locust Grove
Baptist Church for many years.
Mrs. Mays lives at her home
with daughter, Laura, and son, W. G. and his
wife.
Article submitted by Vern Smith
|
