My Hunter Genealogy Part 17

181. DESSIE V.7 COLLINS (WILLIAM THOMPSON "BILL"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 26 Apr 1896, and died 03 Mar 1970. She married MONROE E. BURNETT. He was born Abt. 1891, and died 1984.

More About DESSIE V. COLLINS:
Burial: Ivy Log Cemetery - Union Co., Ga

Children of DESSIE COLLINS and MONROE BURNETT are:
i. DURANCE V.8 BURNETT81, b. 1919.
ii. CORINE BERNICE BURNETT, b. 1921.
iii. MONROE E. BURNETT, JR., b. 1924; d. 05 Apr 1945, WWII.
iv. WILLIAM MARK BURNETT, b. 1930.


182. IVAN THOMAS "TOM"7 COLLINS (JAMES JOHNSON "JIM"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 03 Mar 1891, and died 25 Dec 1979 in , Union, Ga. He married MARTHA ESTELLE TUCKER 08 Oct 1916 in Centerville, , Ga82, daughter of JOHN TUCKER and JESSE REYNOLDS. She was born 09 Oct 1897, and died 29 May 1968.

Notes for IVAN THOMAS "TOM" COLLINS:
Served as a Page in the Ga. Legislature for cousin Francis J. "Bud" COLLINS.

Ivan Thomas went to Hiawasse, Georgia where he attended the school variously called the Hiawassee Institute and/or the Hiawassee College. It had been founded by the two noted Baptist ministers, cousins, Dr. George W. Truett and Dr. Fernando Coello McConnell on land given by the McConnell family. Several young men from Choestoe attended the Hiawassee Academy. They would rent a cabin, "batch," or do their own cooking and housework, and attend classes. Their being able to attend this school represented a sacrifice on the part of their parents to provide the money for tuition and books, and to rent a place for their children to live, even as low as higher education costs were in those days.
Following his graduation from Hiawassee Academy, Ivan Thomas Collins then went to Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. It seemed a natural choice in his next step in education, for other boys from Choestoe, like Tom's cousin, Mauney Douglas Collins, who later served for twenty-five years as Georgia's State School Superintendent, and his friend and distant cousin, Norman Vester Dyer, who also became a noted educator in Georgia, attended Mercer University.
On October 8, 1916, Ivan Thomas Collins married Martha Estelle Tucker of Centerville, Georgia. Her parents were John T. and Jesse Reynolds Tucker. By the time of their marriage, Tom was in his chosen career of banking. After graduating from Mercer, he took graduate courses in business administration, banking, accounting, and commercial law. He was named to a national post, that of Comptroller of the Currency. His job took him into most of the states of the union where he was what we might commonly call a "bank inspector."
After his stint as Comptroller of Currency, Thomas Ivan Collins became president of a bank in Athens, Tennessee where he spent ten years before his semi-retirement due to heart difficulties in 1952. He returned to the county of his birth, Union, where he and his beloved wife, Estelle, lived until their deaths.
- Ethelene Dyer-Jones' column Mountain Mists, The Sentinel, Nov 8, 2007


More About IVAN THOMAS "TOM" COLLINS:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Children of IVAN COLLINS and MARTHA TUCKER are:
i. IVAN TUCKER8 COLLINS, b. 14 Jan 1918; d. 15 Sep 1985, , Union, Ga; m. LILLIAN ANDREA PRICE; b. Abt. 1918.

More About IVAN TUCKER COLLINS:
Occupation: Engineer

ii. DORIS OPHELIA COLLINS, b. 21 Dec 1919; m. RUSSELL BOBBITT; b. 19 Jun 1918.

More About RUSSELL BOBBITT:
Occupation: Banking Excutive

iii. KREEBLE NIX COLLINS, b. 03 Jun 1925; m. (1) JOSEPHINE ADELINE MARINO; b. Abt. 1925, , , , Italy; m. (2) HELENE VITE; b. Abt. 1926, , , , France.


183. MARY VIOLA7 COLLINS (JAMES JOHNSON "JIM"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 30 Oct 1893, and died 19 Jan 1937. She married FRANCIS THURMAN "BOB" COLLINS 03 Jan 191383, son of THOMPSON COLLINS and SUSAN COOK. He was born 02 Feb 1890, and died 21 Nov 1969 in , Union, Ga.

More About MARY VIOLA COLLINS:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Notes for FRANCIS THURMAN "BOB" COLLINS:
Bob built a house beside his parents and looked after his mother in her declining years.
Union Sentinel, Dec 9, 2004, p7A, by Ethelene Dyer Jones

More About FRANCIS THURMAN "BOB" COLLINS:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga
Occupation: Farmer & carpenter

Children of MARY COLLINS and FRANCIS COLLINS are:
i. SUSIE HAZEL8 COLLINS, b. 27 Jul 1915; m. RONALD WARD CLARY; b. 20 Aug 1911.

More About SUSIE HAZEL COLLINS:
Residence: 2007, Blairsville, Union Co., Ga

ii. JAMES THOMPSON COLLINS, b. 21 Nov 1919; d. Bef. 2007; m. (1) MILDRED SULLIVAN; b. Abt. 1920; m. (2) ELLEEN RICH HUNTER; b. 16 Aug 1920.
316. iii. ROBERT NEAL COLLINS, SR, b. 17 Mar 1921, , Union Co., Ga; d. 14 Mar 2007, Blairsville, Union Co., Ga.
317. iv. CECIL WOODROW COLLINS, b. 26 Sep 1913; d. 22 Apr 2006.
v. MARY CATHERINE COLLINS, b. 29 Dec 1929; m. ULUS G. FORTENBERRY; b. 15 Oct 1931.

More About MARY CATHERINE COLLINS:
Residence: 2007, Ault, , Co

vi. BETTY COLLINS, b. 01 Sep 1931; m. JACK LAWRENCE; b. 14 Jun 1930.

More About BETTY COLLINS:
Residence: 2007, Destin, , Fl


184. FANNIE MAYBELLE7 COLLINS (JAMES JOHNSON "JIM"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 19 Nov 1895, and died Aft. 1950 in Tampa, , Fl84. She married HARVEY ALLEN SOUTHER 31 Aug 1913 in , Union Co., Ga. He was born 21 Apr 1890, and died Aft. 1950 in Tampa, , Fl85.

Children of FANNIE COLLINS and HARVEY SOUTHER are:
i. MARGAET EDNA8 SOUTHER, b. 15 Dec 1919; d. Bef. 2003, , , Ga86; m. WARREN ROSS TERRELL; b. 02 Jun 1911; d. Dec 1965.
ii. THOMAS HAROLD SOUTHER, b. 01 Feb 1926; d. 24 Apr 2005, Lutz, , Fla86; m. DORIE PETRIE MITCHELL; b. Abt. 1926.

Notes for THOMAS HAROLD SOUTHER:
Thomas served in the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. After the war, he moved to the Tampa, FL, area where he became an educator and school principal.


185. DESSIE DORA7 COLLINS (JAMES JOHNSON "JIM"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 06 Jun 1898, and died 07 Jan 1945. She married HARALSON J. HOOD, son of PERRY HOOD and IDA COLLINS. He was born Aft. 1890, and died 23 Jun 1930.

More About HARALSON J. HOOD:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Children of DESSIE COLLINS and HARALSON HOOD are:
i. FRANKLIN BRUCE8 HOOD, b. Aft. 1914; m. BONNIE CRANE; b. Aft. 1914.
ii. JACK WAYNE HOOD, b. Aft. 1914; m. DOROTHY ROBERTS; b. Aft. 1914.
iii. TOMMY RAY HOOD, b. 1930; m. JOAN SPIVA; b. 1935.


186. SADIE RAY7 COLLINS (JAMES JOHNSON "JIM"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 17 Feb 1900, and died 17 Mar 1979. She married WILLIAM JESS HUNTER, son of JASPER HUNTER and MARTHA SOUTHER. He was born 14 Aug 1886 in , Union, Ga, and died 26 Sep 1982 in , Union, Ga.

More About SADIE RAY COLLINS:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Notes for WILLIAM JESS HUNTER:
In August. 1982 after a Hunter Reunion in Union County, Doug Hunter, Lou and Diane Hunter Elder and I (Edwin T. Hunter) visited William Jesse Hunter. His daughter Austin showed us around the house. It has been in the Hunter family for over a hundred years. One interesting thing was bullet holes in the living room where once there was a Hunter squable. Jess died about seven weeks after our visit.

More About WILLIAM JESS HUNTER:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Children are listed above under (96) William Jess HUNTER.

187. CHARLES ROSCOE7 COLLINS (JAMES JOHNSON "JIM"6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 20 Sep 1907, and died Unknown. He married LAVERN CHESHIRE 04 Jun 1940 in Lakeland, , Fla. She was born Dec 1909 in , , Fl.

Notes for CHARLES ROSCOE COLLINS:
He has written several articles about the history of Union County and was a referring source to a story about a trail or a highway between Blairsville and Augusta that appeared in the North Georgia Journal magazine.

From THE HERITAGE OF UNION COUNTY, GEORGIA 1832 - 1994
CIVIL AIR PATROL
BLAIRSVILLE, GA
The Civil Ar Patrol was formed during WWII. The members were paid very little and the flyers furnished their own airplanes. One of the missions was a coastal patrol as a deterrent to German subs hitting ships along our Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina coast. Our own Mr. Roscoe Collins was involved in this mission.
- Captain Vester Dills

More About CHARLES ROSCOE COLLINS:
Education: Mercer University, UGA, Colorado State, Oglethorpe, Union Theological Seminary
Fact 6: Yaarab Temple - Shriner
Fact 7: Sunday School teacher
Member: Phi Delta Kappa
Occupation: Educator; teacher, principal, School Superintent

More About LAVERN CHESHIRE:
Occupation: School teacher

Child of CHARLES COLLINS and LAVERN CHESHIRE is:
318. i. REBECCA ANN8 COLLINS, b. 07 Aug 1947, Lakeland, , Fl; d. 25 Mar 2007; Adopted child.


188. WILLAIM PAUL7 COLLINS (ALLEN CANDLER6, MARTHA JANE5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1)

Child of WILLAIM PAUL COLLINS is:
i. WILLIAM CARROLL8 COLLINS.


189. JIM7 HUNTER (JOSEPH DANIEL6, JAMES ANDREW5, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born Aft. 1934. He married SHELBA.

Children of JIM HUNTER and SHELBA are:
i. JAMES8 HUNTER, m. JANA.
ii. MIA HUNTER.


190. CHARLES EDWIN7 REID (VIRGIL ALLEN6, AMANDA REBECCA5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 18 Aug 1907 in , Coffee, Ga. He married FLORENCE MAE GORDON 21 May 1926 in Jacksonville, Fla. She was born 14 Dec 1908 in Coalglen, , Pa.

Children of CHARLES REID and FLORENCE GORDON are:
i. BILLY CHARLES8 REID, b. 30 Aug 1927, Jacksonville, Fla; m. MARGARET ANN JAMES, 24 Nov 1965, Melbourne, Fla; b. Abt. 1927, Jacksonville, Fla.

More About BILLY CHARLES REID:
Twin of: Bobby

319. ii. BOBBY GORDON REID, b. 30 Aug 1927, Jacksonville, Fla.


191. DAISY ETHELE7 REID (JAMES CALVESTER6, AMANDA REBECCA5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 16 Aug 1910 in , Hall, Ga. She married ROBERT LEE OATES 03 May 1930 in , Sumter, Ga. He was born 23 Jul 1911 in , Grady, Ga.

Children of DAISY REID and ROBERT OATES are:
320. i. BOBBIE ANNA8 OATES, b. 06 Nov 1932, , Sumter, Ga.
321. ii. JAMES OLIVER OATES, b. 04 Mar 1937, , Sumter, Ga.


192. FLORENCE FRANCIENE7 REID (JAMES CALVESTER6, AMANDA REBECCA5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 17 Mar 1919 in , Hall, Ga. She married LEO WIGGINS 30 Oct 1937 in , Sumter, Ga. He was born 19 Dec 1911 in , Sumter, Ga.

Children of FLORENCE REID and LEO WIGGINS are:
322. i. GLORIA JEAN8 WIGGINS, b. 10 Nov 1941, , Sumter, Ga.
ii. THOMAS LARRY WIGGINS, b. 02 Sep 1944, , Sumter, Ga; m. PAULA SUGGS, 17 Jun 1972, , Houston, Ga; b. 01 Apr 1943, , Sumter, Ga.
323. iii. JANICE FLORENCE WIGGINS, b. 25 Nov 1947, , Sumter, Ga.
324. iv. SHERRY LEE WIGGINS, b. 11 Apr 1951, , Sumter, Ga.
325. v. BENJAMIN LEO WIGGINS, b. 19 Apr 1953, , Sumter, Ga.
vi. MARVIN JAMES WIGGINS, b. 31 Jul 1955, , Sumter, Ga.


193. JAMES CLIFTON7 REID (JAMES CALVESTER6, AMANDA REBECCA5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 15 Jun 1922 in , Hall, Ga. He married ELLA PRYOR WILSON 11 Feb 1951 in , Sumter, Ga. She was born 09 Feb 1929 in , Sumter, Ga.

Children of JAMES REID and ELLA WILSON are:
i. JAMES CLIFTON "JIM"8 REID, JR, b. 29 Jan 1958, , Sumter, Ga; m. ANNE ELIZABETH DAVIES, 16 Dec 1978, , Sumter, Ga; b. 19 Jan 1956, Houston, , Tx.
ii. WILLIAM WILSON REID, b. 11 Nov 1959, , Sumter, Ga.


194. LAFERN7 REID (JOSEPH FRANCIS6, AMANDA REBECCA5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 04 Nov 1916. She married JOHN DAVID ADAMS 08 Sep 1940 in , Hall, Ga. He was born 11 Aug 1913 in , Hall, Ga.

Children of LAFERN REID and JOHN ADAMS are:
326. i. JOHN DAVID8 ADAMS, JR, b. 14 Nov 1942, , Hall, Ga.
ii. NINA JO ADAMS, b. 18 Sep 1947.


195. OTIS CECIL7 DYER, SR (SARAH ROSETTA6 SULLIVAN, MARGARET ELIZA5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 05 Dec 1905, and died 31 Oct 200587. He married MARGIE LEE CAGLE87 05 Nov 192787, daughter of STRAWBRIDGE CAGLE and EDITH SMITH. She died Bef. 2005.

More About OTIS CECIL DYER, SR:
Occupation: Teacher, principal
Residence: Atlanta, Fulton Co, Ga

More About MARGIE LEE CAGLE:
Burial: West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co, Ga

Children of OTIS DYER and MARGIE CAGLE are:
327. i. HARRY VAUGHN8 DYER, b. Aft. 1927.
328. ii. SARAH ELIS DYER, b. Aft. 1927.
iii. OTIS CECIL DYER, JR87, b. Aft. 1927; d. Unknown.

Notes for OTIS CECIL DYER, JR:
Twin of Sarah.
He lived only about 11 months.


196. HARALSON J.7 HOOD (IDA6 COLLINS, GEORGIA ANN5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born Aft. 1890, and died 23 Jun 1930. He married DESSIE DORA COLLINS, daughter of JAMES COLLINS and MARGARET COLLINS. She was born 06 Jun 1898, and died 07 Jan 1945.

More About HARALSON J. HOOD:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Children are listed above under (185) Dessie Dora COLLINS.

197. BERTHA REBECCA ADALINE7 HOOD (IDA6 COLLINS, GEORGIA ANN5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 15 Sep 1899 in Choestoe, Union, Ga., and died 01 Jul 1994. She married WILLIAM EDGAR "LITTLE ED" DYER88 20 Oct 1920. He was born 12 Oct 1894 in Choestoe, Union, Ga., and died 14 Apr 1995.

Notes for BERTHA REBECCA ADALINE HOOD:
Bertha made all the children's clothing and also helped out in the fields. Small children were taken and set under a tree if they were too small to work. Bertha is best know for her cobbler pies, biscuits, and gravy. - Harold Dyer, THE HERITAGE OF UNION COUNTY, GA 1832-1994, art#404.

More About BERTHA REBECCA ADALINE HOOD:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co, Ga

Notes for WILLIAM EDGAR "LITTLE ED" DYER:
WWI - served in the medical corps in fort Devons, Mass.
Ed was one of the first people on Choestoe to have a pickup truck. This was a 1938 Chevrolet. It was used to carry vegetables, etc., to the old Farmer's Market in Atlanta. They were members of the Choestoe Baptist Church. He has been a deacn for 72 years (1994). - Harold Dyer, THE HERITAGE OF UNION COUNTY, GA 1832-1994, art#404.

More About WILLIAM EDGAR "LITTLE ED" DYER:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co, Ga

Children of BERTHA HOOD and WILLIAM DYER are:
i. ANNIE MAE8 DYER88, b. 1922; m. A BURNETTE.

More About ANNIE MAE DYER:
Residence: 2008, Suches, , Ga

329. ii. JAMES PERRY DYER, b. 22 Dec 1923; d. 15 Jan 2008.
iii. LOIS DYER, b. 1925; m. A ALLEN.

More About LOIS DYER:
Residence: 2008, Lithonia, , Ga

iv. WILMA DYER, b. 1928; m. A SHULER.

More About WILMA DYER:
Residence: 2008, Young Harris, , Ga

v. GENELLE NICHOLS DYER, b. 1930; m. A BURNS.
vi. WILLIAM HAROLD DYER, b. 1933; m. DELORES.
vii. SARAH RUTH DYER, b. 1935; m. A PAYNE.

More About SARAH RUTH DYER:
Residence: 2008, Cleveland, White Co, Ga


198. ALBERT CARSON7 COLLINS (ANDREW "ANDY" D.6, GEORGIA ANN5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 30 Apr 1897, and died 02 Jul 1982. He married MARY SPIVA 01 Jan 1919 in , Union, Ga. She was born 02 Jun 1895, and died 26 Jun 1969.

More About ALBERT CARSON COLLINS:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

More About MARY SPIVA:
Burial: New Choestoe Cemetery, Union Co., Ga

Children of ALBERT COLLINS and MARY SPIVA are:
i. ALBERTA MAXINE8 COLLINS, b. 12 Dec 1924, , Union, Ga; m. (1) CHARLES E. BYERS, 10 Sep 1956, , Union, Ga; b. Abt. 1924; m. (2) ELMER W. LEE, 03 May 1968, , Union, Ga; b. Abt. 1924.
330. ii. CHANDLER CRETT COLLINS, b. 19 Aug 1927, , Union, Ga; d. 14 Feb 1966.


199. JAMES OLVEY7 COLLINS (ANDREW "ANDY" D.6, GEORGIA ANN5 HUNTER, WILLIAM JOHNSON4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, SAMUEL1) was born 1899. He married RUBY TARPLEY 1926. She was born Abt. 1900.

More About JAMES OLVEY COLLINS:
Moved: Moved to Colorado

Children of JAMES COLLINS and RUBY TARPLEY are:
331. i. RUTH LORENE8 COLLINS, b. Aft. 1918.
332. ii. JACK TARPLEY COLLINS, b. Aft. 1918.
333. iii. JOYCE ALICE COLLINS, b. Aft. 1918.