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FIFTH GENERATION
111. George
Rena "Mutt" BOGGS
was born on 3 Jul 1915 in Rome, Floyd Co., GA.(35)
He appeared on the census in 1920 in Floyd Co., GA.
(261) 1920 Floyd Co., GA census shows George Boggs, son, male,
white, age 4 4/12, single, born in GA, parents born in GA, and can speak
English. He died on 12 Dec 1983 in Rome, Floyd Co., GA.
(262) He had an obituary on 12 Dec 1983. Obituary, Published
12/12/1983: Mr. Boggs: George (Mutt) Boggs, 68, Little Texas Valley Community,
Sand Springs Rd., died Monday afternoon following an extended illness.
Mr. Boggs was born in Floyd County on June 3, 1915, son of Mrs. Bessie
Green and the late G. W. Boggs. He was a member of the Armuchee Baptist
Church and had spent his entire life in Floyd County. He was a retired
construction worker. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. G. W. Boggs, Little
Texas Valley, one brother, Grady Boggs, Rome, five sisters, Mrs. Ernest
(Pansy) Campbell, Little Texas Valley, Mrs. Max (Ruby) Smith, Atlanta,
Mrs. J. A. (Avalene) McGhee, Rome, Mrs. N.O. (Katherine) King, Dalton,
two daughters, a number of nieces and nephews. Graveside services will
be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sand Springs Cemetery with the Rev. Winston
Barton officiating. He was also known as Mutt. He was Construction Worker.
Obituary: Published 2/12/1983 - He was a retired construction worker. He
was buried in Rome, Floyd Co., GA at Sand Springs Church Cemetery. Mutt
and his brother Grady used to own a grocery store at Glenwood (at the fork
of the road across from where Aunt Lee and Uncle Aaron lived on Highway
27 north of Berry College)
There used to be a High School there. A
picture was made of Mutt in this Grocery Store about 1936 or 1937. They
didn't keep the store very long. (Written on back of the picture of Mutt
by Wanda Smith Capps).
Notes from Pansy Campbell 7/13/2000: Mutt
added the Jr. to his own name George, and wanted everyone to call him that.
It was never legally changed to Jr., though it was put on the tombstone.
He was married to Kathryn Lucille MANNING
on 23 Dec 1942.(263)
George Rena "Mutt" BOGGS and Kathryn Lucille MANNING had the following
children:
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i. Beverly Louise BOGGS.
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ii. Brenda "Lynn" BOGGS.
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