Notes:

The following is taken from notes and records of Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff, via her son Granger:

"Beatrice, oldest of 7 children born to Josephene and Benjamin Bailey, was born in Dale Co., Ozark, Ala. She was educated in Ozark, Ala., where she lived with her favorite aunt, Mrs. Sara Casey Carrol. She was known as "the belle of Ozark" when she graduated in 1898. She taught school near Dothan, Ala. one year. She married Daniel McColskey Lammon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lammon
of Whittaker, Ala. on April 4, 1900 in Geneva County, Ala. Her wedding dress was green velvet with matching plaid taffeta featuring mutton leg sleeves. She was an excellent seamstress and sewed for many relatives. She played the piano but her main talent was elocution.

Children born of their marriage:
Ruth Beatrice Aug. 2, 1901
Inez Roberta Aug. 5, 1905
Daniel Casey April 16, 1908
Jewett Bell June 3, 1910

Beatrice died in Slocomb, Ala. on June 22, 1933 and was buried in Newton, Ala. beside her grandmother Malisia Cauley Bailey. Her marriage to Daniel had ended in divorce about 1925. She had suffered a heart condition the last 20 years of her life. She worked for the Southeastern Telephone Company, keeping the switchboard in her own home. She was known as "Central" to her customers.

Parents of Beatrice Leonia Bailey:

Josephene Saphrony Casey
Born Aug. 20, 1863
Died Sept. 18, 1949

Benjamin Walter Bailey
Born: Jan 20, 1857
Died Dec.1938

Josephene Casey was the baby of 12 children born to Nancy Norris Cox Casey and Lemuel Casey She was born on the West Fork of Choctawhatchee River in Alabama. She was a very popular young lady and known as one of the prettiest in the county, She was more or less self-educated as schools were open only three months of the year. She read a lot and was the last to sit down at spelling bees and candy pulls. She was only 15 when she married the dashing young playboy Ben Bailey and because she was recovering from typhoid fever she had to use crutches to be married. She and Ben were married at midnight as it took Ben two trips to the county seat to get a license - the first trip he was told to go get family permission for 15-year-old Josephene to marry. So he had to make another trip back to the County Seat with relatives to sign for Josey's marriage. By then it was midnight so with family members present the two were married. They had seven children in 14 years, one of whom died of diphtheria. Their oldest was Beatrice Leonia, mother of Ruth, Inez, Jewett and D.C. Lammon. By the time Josey was 36 her first grandchild, Ruth was born.

Ben Bailey's parents were Malisia Caulay and John L. Bailey who moved from Newton, Georgia, to Newton, Alabama. Ben attended Newton Academy where he studied surveying. Ben had a general store in Wicksburg, Alabama, but went bankrupt in 1895 because his bookkeeper, Mr. Whittaker misappropriated funds. So all the farmlands belonging to Josey and Ben had to be sold. Soon thereafter Casey's three brothers from Ozark, Alabama, Dan, Bill and Charlie Casey came to A1abama and re-bought the bankrupt farmlands for her and made her a free-dealer. Ben was a traveler, an adventurer. He would make a good crop, sell it and take the money and go as far away as it would take him. He once bought 1/3 interest in a railroad company. His system of living seemed based on "drink, talk, and go."

He once went to Mexico and, upon flashing big money around, was robbed of it and even the clothes he had just washed and hung on the line. As a result he stayed in a Mexico jail, waiting for his letter to reach Josephene back in Alabama - and her return letter with money to get him out - to reach Mexico. In the 1905's transportation was slow so it took communications a long time. Josephene sent him money when she finally heard from him but it has been said he walked out one day without paying his jail bond and made his way to the United States and back to Alabama. When he came back he brought a bottle of boll weevils from Texas with him. Josephene seemed to be the backbone that kept the family together. She would oversee the farmlands and handle all the business angles, as she was a very shrewd businesswoman. Ben idolized her and always called her his "Miss Josey. " All of her grandchildren and great grandchildren lovingly called her "Grandma Bailey." Their children were Beatrice, Hershel, Sabie, Rollin, Rudet, and Yancie.

She was blind the last years of her life.

Beatrice married Daniel McColskey Lammon on 4 Apr 1900 in Geneva County, Alabama, and was divorced about 1925. Daniel (son of John L Lammon and Frances Elizabeth McSwain) was born on 14 Jun 1873 in Barnes Cross Roads, Dale, Alabama; died on 22 Jan 1945 in Miami, Dade, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All of the following are from notes and records of Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff, courtesy of her son Granger:

Aunt of James E. Moore, Jr.

"Ruth -
Her mother: Beatrice Leonia Bailey Lammon
Her father: Daniel McColskey Lammon
Her sisters: Inez and Jewett
Her brother: D.C.

"Ruth was named from Ruth of the Bible and from Beatrice, her own mother.

"She was born in Bonifay, Holmes County, Florida, Aug. 2, 1901, where her father was in partnership in the sawmill and monument business. Then, at the age of three weeks, the family moved by horse and buggy to Brewton, Alabama, while their furniture was shipped by railroad. Her father went to work as a "lumber tallier.

"Her mother taught kindergarten school until 1907, when they moved to a farm that Grandma Bailey (Josephene) gave Beatrice as her inheritance in Wicksburg, Alabama (7 miles from Slocomb).

"In the winter of 1907 my mother's father and sister, Inez, and myself, moved from Castleberry, Alabama, to Wicksburg, Alabama, a small crossroad village. We came by train to Slocomb, Alabama, and were met by my Grandmother Bailey's team of horses and carried out to her Plantation about 8 miles north of that sawmill town. We spent several weeks with her while my Grandmother Bailey and father got things in shape for us to move into a log house with stick-in dirt chimney. The house had 3 rooms and a small piazza (porch), Within 2 years we had one of the finest houses in the community - a two story home our father built." (Quote from Ruth). Until she was nine years old Ruth had not been to school except to visit. She then went to live with Grandma Lammon and Grandpa to attend 9 mo. of her first school in Brewton, Alabama, (Brewton Collegiate Institute). She remembers her first school as having colonial columns and all the "expensive homes She entered the second grade but, when May came, went to Wicksburg and went to the 7th grade there in 1917. She began the 8th grade in Dothan, Alabama, and moved to Graceville during World War I and finished 8th grade. Moved to Brunswick, Georgia, where Papa (her father) worked in shipyard during wartime. Ruth took her first job in Brunswick at age 14 selling hats - her first week she earned $3.50, the next week $7.50, and the next, $10.00. She worked there 8 weeks. She then went to work in a jewelry shop and stayed 1-1/2 days. Ten days later she found a job again, selling hats, and a hat trimmer from Baltimore came in and taught Ruth for 3 months how to make hats. The War ended on Nov. 11th so the family moved back to Graceville. Papa bought a farm in the Graceville, Florida, area and sold the Alabama farm. Since there was no transportation to schools, Ruth went to Hartford to stay with Grandpa and Grandma Lammon (her father's parents.) She was there only two weeks when Grandma got burned. Back to Graceville she went and attended school a little that year. Her appendix ruptured and it had to be
removed. The family then moved to Columbus, Georgia, for a year where Ruth and Inez worked in a cotton mill. Ruth ran the machines and sat reading Public Library books. She read every book the library had by Augusta J. Evans, one of her favorite authors and the author of the novel, "Inez". She then went to Dothan and entered the10th grade and completed it and part of the 11th grade at Slocomb. Ruth then journeyed to Hartford and worked for a lady who owned a hat shop, for one year without pay - for experience. The owner of the shop decided to sell Ruth half interest in the hat shop, so when Ruth was only 20 she borrowed money to go into business. She went to Atlanta, Georgia, for six weeks of training under a hat trimmer there. After she dissolved [the] partnership in Hartford. She moved to Slocomb and opened her own hat shop while living with Grandma Bailey. She was there from 1921 - 1925. She moved to Graceville and opened a hat and dress shop in 1926.

On March 31, 1928 she married Addis Lee Bruner of Cottonwood, Alabama, in Dothan, Alabama. (A judge married them, with Inez as only family witness). She kept the shop in operation in Graceville until 1938. In 1928 she gave birth to a premature baby boy (a six month term baby) who died. In 1932 (July 18) Ruell Granger Bruner was born in Graceville. He was named for his Grandmother Bruner who had been a Granger). In 1938 Ruth opened her own dress shop in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Addis was still farming and the depression years had been hard on him. In 1944 she divorced Addis. She bought half interest in the DeFuniak Hotel (DeFuniak Springs, Florida) in 1944 and the next year bought the other half interest and continued to operate the dress shop, too. In 1946 she sold the dress shop and the following year she bought the Monroe Inn in Tallahassee.

In 1948 she married C.L. Winecoff and divorced him the next year. After he licked his problem of drinking they remarried in 1956. In 1951 she sold the Monroe Inn to Jewett and moved back to the DeFuniak Hotel. In 1951 she bought a restaurant in Niceville and operated it a year. In 1954 she bought the Walton Hotel and operated it until Feb. 1959, when it was demolished. Her son Granger used lumber and brick from it to construct the new Colonial Inn restaurant and lounge in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. In 1954 the Lammon sisters had jointly bought Silver Sands Cottages in Destin, Florida, and then sold Jewett their interest. Ruth built two rental houses in Destin in the late 1950's.

Ruth's eyes had been impaired in the early months of her life when measles settled in them and left them extremely weak. It did not stop her from reading - an avid reader, she still delights in reading anything she can get her hands on, especially history. Talented with her hands, she can create flower arrangements or tables of food that rival the most experienced florist and caterer. She is a Bible student among other things. A story about Ruth, written by Ruth while in grammar school.

RUTH, A SCOTCH LASSIE
Ruth, a Scotch lassie, entered this world
In the county site of Holmes County
In the Land of Flowers.
This event, of which I had nothing to do,
Occurred in the sultry month of August
And in the year President McKinley was assassinated.

"Being the first granddaughter on both sides, so much love was lavished on her as any one baby could well get along with. And by some quaint ancestral notions missed what most babies get, such as catnip teas, toddies, sugar tits and pacifiers. Her name is Ruth Beatrice, this last in honor of her mother and the former from the Biblical story (and as it is said, it is all in a name). From her youth up she has been building a foundation that will enable her to make her life worth while. As "lives of great men all remind us that we too can make our lives sublime."

*When Ruth meets Boaz she will ask, "Why have you found grace in my eyes".

Some lines of poetry written by Ruth in her childhood:

"Love is like an onion
We taste it with delight
But when it is gone we
Wonder what made us bite."

Died:
From "A Mess of Lammons"

Dies in Emory Hospital, Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia at age 78

Ruth married Addis Lee Bruner on 31 Mar 1928 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. Addis was born on 31 Mar 1893 in Houston County, Alabama; died on 6 Dec 1949 in Donaldsonville, Seminole County, Georgia; was buried in Cottonwood City Cemetery, Cottonwood, Houston County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Carmi Ledwell Winecoff in 1948. Carmi was born on 21 Apr 1913; died on 26 Sep 1997; was buried in Destin Memorial Cemetery, Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons", by Elmer Burns Lammon

General Notes: Ibid. 1910 Houston Co. Alabama Census. Info from sister, Jewett Lammon Moore, via James Edward Moore.

Inez and her husband Henry lived in Miami for years, but retired to Destin, Florida.

--Frances DuBose

"Inez was named for Inez Casey, daughter of Bill Casey, Beatrice's uncle. The Book "Inez" by Augusta J. Evans was popular in the early 1800's and that was where Inez Casey's name originated." ? Jewett Lammon

Inez married William Henry Martin on 6 Jul 1914 in Defuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. William was born on 1 Nov 1914 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: 1910 Houston Co. Alabama Census. B-Info from James Edward Moore, 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, FL 32536

Daniel C. Lammon was a Navy man. He married a Lammon, but was divorced-- (Info from Frances DuBose.)

B&D-wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Maletzki

D.C. was named for his father, Daniel.

The following are from notes and records of Ruth Lammon Bruner Winecoff, courtesy of her son Granger:

Jewett was a cheerleader (the only one for several years) and seldom missed a sports event. Once the football coach admonished her brother, D.C. Lammon for not playing well and told him that if he did not improve his playing technique he was going to send Jewett in to take his place. D.C. played so hard, he broke his ankle but he would not come out of the game until it was over. When her brother D.C. was very young - possibly four years old, he prayed for a Billy goat. Every night. There wasn't a goat within miles of their place. But one night mysteriously one appeared at their door - just a little thing.

D.C. was overjoyed. His papa built him a little cart, complete with leather harness so the goat could pull D.C.and Jewett around for a ride. But the goat grew and got more unruly. One day he ran away with Jewett in the seat of the cart and tried to jump a fence, spilling Jewett out on the ground. That was to be the end of poor old Billy. They cut his throat and served him up for a meal; But Jewett cried and cried. She can still hear him yelping as he was killed. She refused to eat poor Billy.
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Daniel married Ovie Campbell on 12 Jun 1934 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Elizabeth Maletzki on 13 Aug 1946 in Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Texas. Elizabeth was born on 28 Apr 1914; died on 22 May 2002 in San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following information is from "A Mess of Lammons" by Elmer Burns Lammon
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General Notes: Info from James Edward Moore Jr.

Ann Lois Moore Hawryluk wrote the following. Copy obtained courtesy of Granger Bruner, son of Ruth Lammon. -- EBL

"Ann Lois Moore Hawryluk attended Belhaven, Miss, College after graduating from Leon High School (where she was in May Court her senior year). Enrolled at FSU in 1959 and attended two years. Married Peter Paul Hawryluk (a Princeton graduate) on Feb.20, 1960, in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida They moved to Philadelphia for 2-1/2 years and then to Miami. Florida, where Pete was employed as electrical engineer for General Electric. Ann continued her schooling at the University of Miami."

The following account is written by Ann Moore Hawryluk, the daughter of Jewett Lammon Moore and James Edward Moore:

"Here is a brief history of the Lammon lineage from its first American beginnings. John D. Lammon, (Jewett's first cousin), generously provided this information in January 1999. He has a wealth of knowledge concerning the family history, which was handed down from one generation to another. John D. is a great reference and can be contacted at P.O. Box 696, Jackson, Alabama, 36545. His phone number is (334) 246-4493. His lovely wife is Melanie. He has two sons living in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area who are probably very informed of the family history, as well. Here is my recollection of what he told me and what I already knew of my mother's parents and siblings.

"Sometime during the last quarter of the 18th Century, my great-great-great Grandfather, Duncan Lammon was the first ancestor to reside in America. He was a young man approximately 26 to 28 years old when he committed some infraction in his native country of Scotland. Fearing the King's wrath and possible beheadment, he hid out one night and stowed away on a ship which ultimately brought him to America (specifically North Carolina). Before fleeing Scotland he confided his plan of escape to his parents who admonished him to always remember to name the first born sons in subsequent generations, Duncan, after the King. We don't have a great deal of information about this ancestor other than he married after his arrival in America and had many offspring one of which was his first son, Duncan, who was born in 1792. [Actually, Duncan had an older brother, Daniel, who was born in 1787. - EBL] This second Duncan is my great-great Grandfather. The original Duncan did later learn from his kinsfolk in his native Scotland that the infraction that he perceived to be great enough to merit risking his life to escape to America was later deemed very minor and only a minimum penalty would have applied. The descendents of the original Duncan are scattered throughout the country including factions in Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, upper NY State, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Texas.

"My great-great grandfather, Duncan, as noted, was born in 1792 and was of the first generation with its beginnings here in America. He married a woman named Ann. He settled in Alabama through the most extraordinary circumstance. He was on a wagon train that had stopped for camp in the Ozark area in 1833. On that particular night the " stars fell on Alabama" and it was such a momentous and astonishing event that those who were gathered there were certain that it was surely the second coming of Christ. So bedazzled by the occurrence he decided to settle there considering, I presume, that it had been a sign from God. He and Ann are buried in Ozark, Alabama, at the Post Oak Methodist Cemetery (not to be confused with the Post Oak Baptist Cemetery).

"This second Duncan and his wife Ann had several children. John Duncan Lammon was their first born son though they had daughters preceding him. John Duncan is my great-grandfather and was born in 1839. He and his wife had nine children and, Daniel, my grandfather was their seventh. John Duncan subsequently joined the Confederate Army and was assigned to the 6th Alabama Infantry, in Company B. We do not know his rank. He is buried in the Hartford, Alabama, City Cemetery along with MANY of our Lammon ancestors. There is a very tall monument that marks his grave in that cemetery which my cousin, John D. Lammon, has in recent years had restored (the base had deteriorated).

"My grandfather is Daniel Lammon. He married my grandmother, Beatrice Bailey, and they had four children, Ruth, Inez, D.C., and my mother Jewett, who was the youngest. Ruth was born in 1901; Inez was born in 1905; D.C.'s birth year is uncertain but he is older than Jewett who was born June 3, 1910. Daniel and Beatrice raised their children in the Slocomb, Alabama and Graceville, Florida, areas. Daniel was an accomplished carpenter. He worked at a lumber mill in northwest Florida during part of his life. He also built houses. Daniel Lammon is buried in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. He died in the mid-1940's." Ann Moore Hawryluk.
Ibid. Info from son, James Edward Moore Jr., 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, Fl 32536 (1996).

Ruth Lammon wrote the following note. Obtained courtesy of her son, Granger Bruner. -- EBL]

"Jewett is thought to have been named for a Doctor. She and James met while both were living in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and were married in Ponce de Leon, Florida, by Rev. A.M. Moore at the Presbyterian Church on Oct. 10, 1931, before a Saturday night revival congregation as witnesses. No family other than Rev. Moore was present. Spent honeymoon night at Martin Hotel, Dothan, Alabama; Ate their first meal as newlyweds with family members at Aunt Yancie Griffin's in Dothan. Then went by to see Jewett's mother, Mrs. Beatrice Lammon in Slocomb, Alabama, where she was Southeastern Telephone Company Supervisor. Went on to the Cove Hotel in Panama City, Sunday night, Oct. 11, for rest of honeymoon stay.

Children of Jewett Lammon Moore and James Edward Moore, Sr.

Quinton Inez, March 25, 1933
James Edward, Jr., Oct. 5, 1934
Arthur Bailey, Jan. 11, 1937
Ann Lois, March 20, 1939

Quinton was named for a family friend, Quinton Strickland Smith who was a nurse from Dothan, Alabama, and for Aunt Inez Lammon, her mother's sister. James was named for his daddy and great granddaddy and was called James Edward as his friends called his daddy James or Jim. Arthur was named for his granddaddy Moore (Rev. Arthur Monroe Moore) and for the Bailey family (Jewett's granddaddy was Ben Bailey and her mother's maiden name was Beatrice Bailey Lammon). Ann Lois was named for her daddy's only sister, Anne Lois Moore Buchhorn who resided after her marriage in Texas City, Texas.

Jewett was outstanding in speech recitations while in Graceville, Florida, high school. She was a cheerleader and seldom missed a sports event. Once the football coach admonished her brother, D.C. Lammon, about not playing well and said if he didn't improve his game he was going to send Jewett into the game in his place. D.C. played so hard he broke his ankle but he wouldn't come out of the game until it was over. Jewett graduated from Graceville High School in 1929. She then worked for the Southeastern Telephone Co, in Hartford and Samson, Alabama, and in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. She became supervisor over 7 exchanges but had to resign when she married (company policy).

When James and Jewett married they lived in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, where James entered an unsuccessful race for tax assessor. He went then to Austin, Tex., to enter the University of Texas and Jewett went home to her mother's in Slocomb, Alabama, to await the arrival of their first child. Quinton was born March 25, 1933 and her daddy didn't get to see her until she was about three months old, when his school semester ended and he returned to Florida and Alabama. Beatrice Lammon, Jewett's mother, died two weeks later on June 22, 1933.

In August of 1933, Jewett, James and the five month old baby Quinton went by train to Austin, Texas. The train had to be ferried across the Mississippi River at New Orleans. They were in Austin from August 1933 to the Spring of 1935. James, Jr. was born in Austin on Oct 5, 1934. James, Sr. got a degree from the University of Texas and Theological Degree from Austin Presbyterian Seminary.

The family then moved to Irving, Texas, where he took his first pastorate at $110 a month. They moved next to Falfurris, Texas over the Christmas holidays of 1936. A few weeks later, on Jan 11, 1937, Arthur Bailey was born at home, weighing 12 pounds Ann Lois was born in a hospital in Alice, Texas by Cesarean section, March 20, 1939, while the family was living in Falfurris. The family now moved to Conroe, Texas, in 1939 and stayed until 1943. The Presbyterian congregation met at the high school for worship and at the Moore home for various Sunday school classes until the new church was constructed. Ann was the first baby baptized as a Presbyterian in Montgomery County, Texas.

The next move took the Moore family to Big Spring in West Texas in March of 1943. They remained until Christmas 1945. James was pastor of First Presbyterian. Jewett and the children spent part of 1946 in DeFuniak Springs, with Jewett's sister Ruth; and part of 1947 in Miami Springs with her other sister Inez. [because James wanted to divorce Jewett - per Quin Moore Sherrer. - EBL]. Jewett and the children went back to DeFuniak for 4 years, where Jewett managed the DeFuniak Hotel for sister Ruth. They moved to Tallahassee next, where Jewett bought the Monroe Inn in 1951. While at the Monroe Inn, Jewett was up at 5 a.m. every day - to get breakfast going and lunch underway. She fed many college students, construction men, and state employees at noon and dinner hour. She usually had 25 to 40 boarders. Meals were served family style for 50 cents. Later prices went up to 75 cents per meal and room and board varied from $12.50 a week to $17.50, depending on private bath. Many of the college boys who lived with her, or just ate with her daily, adopted her as their "second mother."

While in Tallahassee she launched all 4 children at Florida State University and, in time, the three oldest graduated from there, with Ann having completed 2 years. She got her degree from the University of North Florida after her children were born. In 1954 the Lammon sisters had jointly purchased Silver Sands Cottages, Destin, Florida, and in 1959 Jewett moved to Destin to manage the Cottages which she had purchased two years previously from the other sisters (Inez and Ruth).

James continued to live in Texas and lived in Austin and Dallas while employed by the University of Texas Extension Division*

When Jewett was 10 years old, in the 4th grade, she was looking out of the second story of the new school one afternoon just before it was time for school to end. Actually she'd walked to the window to spit out of it - which was against the rules. But she looked down and saw old man McKeever coming out of the basement. He was acting a bit wild so she called Radius Wadford over to look at Mr. McKeever. Moments later fire broke out from the basement. Inez and Ruth were on first floor and saw smoke before those on 2nd floor knew of it. Kids ran out of the building.

Because it was discovered so soon it did little damage. But someone had put shavings in the basement and set them on fire. All evidence pointed to Mr. McKeever. Jewett and Radius had to go with a schoolteacher to testify at McKeever's trial in Marianna. Jewett's mother had packed her a sack lunch and told her to eat it. The others went to a cafe to eat lunch but Jewett had to eat her lunch alone - she didn't have the money and she had to do what her mother had told her. As it turned out she was paid $3.25 for testifying. Mr. McKeever was acquitted - thought to be a bit touched. But Jewett had gotten to ride all the way from Graceville to Marianna in a very fine automobile and had a day off from school to boot. But was she scared. Not half as scared as the schoolteacher who had to testify, too, she says.
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Jewett married James Edward Moore, Sr on 10 Oct 1931 in Ponce De Leon, Holmes County, Florida. James was born on 9 Jun 1910 in Smith County, Mississippi; died on 3 May 1995 in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi; was buried on 5 May 1995 in Sharon Cemetery, Coats, Simpson County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
From www.findagrave.com -

Died in the early morning hours of Monday, October 22, 2012, in Bay Medical Center.

Buried:
Obituary from www.findagrave.com -

Mr. Granger Bruner, age 80, a local businessman, passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, October 22, 2012, in Bay Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1932, in Graceville, Florida, the son of Addis Lee Bruner and Ruth Beatrice Lammon Bruner.

Granger was a man with an adventurous spirit. He enjoyed taking on new projects and challenges.

He had a strong interest in history and enjoyed reading and discussing historical events with others.

His entrepreneurial spirit led him to successfully build a coin operated laundry business in Walton and Okaloosa Counties and surrounding area. He continued his business career by spending the majority of his time in real estate development and sales through his Real Estate Company, Granger Bruner Realty.

Granger is predeceased by his wife, Sally Hodges Bruner; his parents, Addis Lee Bruner and Ruth Beatrice Lammon Bruner; and his step-father, C. L. Winecoff.

He is survived by one son, one daughter, one grandson, one sister, three sisters-in-law, and a very caring group of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The Bruner family wishes to express their gratitude to Granger's caregivers, as well as the staff of Stanley House in DeFuniak Springs.

The family has asked that no flowers be sent, rather, memorials may be made in Granger Bruner's memory to one's favorite charity.

Visitation: 4 to 6pm, Wednesday, October 24, 2012, in the Jerry Evans Chapel.

Graveside services: 11:00am, Thursday, October 25, 2012, in Magnolia Cemetery, with Dr. Bob Jaye officiating. Burial: in the Bruner Family Plot.

Obituary courtesy of Jerry Evans Funeral Homes; DeFuniak Springs, Florida; used with permission.

Family/Spouse: Sally Jean Hodges. Sally was born on 13 Apr 1934 in Vernon, Washington County, Florida; died on 12 Mar 2008 in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from James Edward Moore Jr. The following note from Quinton, herself, December 2001:

Quinton Inez Moore, (called Quin), eldest daughter of Jewett Lammon Moore and James E, Moore. Born March 25, 1933 in Slocomb, Ala. Graduated Leon High School, Tallahassee, Florida, 1951. Graduated from Florida State University 1955 with BS in Journalism. Married LeRoy R. Sherrer of Bay City, Texas, on Christmas Day, 1955 at the Walton Hotel, DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

LeRoy's having already earned a Math degree from FSU 1954, the couple moved to Houston where he studied engineering at the University of Houston. Quin did postgraduate study during this time.

After he earned his engineering degree, they moved to Titusville, Florida where LeRoy was an aeronautical engineer with NASA until he retired. Quin was a newspaper reporter and magazine feature article writer.

In the past 16 years she has written or co-authored 22 Christian books, primarily on prayer and strengthening the home. Several have been best sellers in the Christian market. Her latest book, "God Be With Us-A Daily Guide To Praying For Our Nation" was written for Time Warner Books right after the September 11, 2001 tragedy in our nation.

She has spoken on more than 250 radio and television stations and speaks at women's conferences both in the U.S. and other nations.

Following his retirement, LeRoy attended Bible school in Dallas where all three of their children graduated. From there they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for LeRoy to serve on a church staff. Their three children, Quinett, Keith and Sherry eventually relocated to Colorado Springs. Now, Quin and LeRoy can enjoy their six grandchildren. (Dec 2001)

Notes written by Quinton Inez Moore, furnished by R. Granger Bruner from the archives of Ruth Lammon:

From Quin's Memory bank: During the Second War when you had to cut your own bread, James, Jr., got the butcher knife used for cutting bread and tried to cut some small pieces of wood with it for his kite. "James, put that down or you'll cut your finger off," his older sister warned. Just then he sliced his little finger. He held it in his hand while mother took him to the doctor to sew it back on. It was crooked but because it was still hanging on by the skin, they were able to save it! Praise God.

Another time James and Arthur found some kind of medicine or poison of some type and offered to let Quin taste it if she wouldn't tell on them. When she tasted it, she feared all three would die so she "told Mama" who panicked and cried and poked bread and milk down all of us. I prayed and prayed I wouldn't die and the next day being Sunday I tried to join the church...

Another time in Conroe a mad dog got loose and James, Jr. had to climb a tree until he got out of our yard. Our little doggie had to be tied up and kept that way for days to be sure he didn't get rabies from the mad dog. It was very frightening.

Links:

https://prabook.com/web/quinton.sherrer/3747586

Quinton married Leroy Raymond Sherrer on 25 Dec 1955 in Defuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. Leroy was born on 6 Apr 1928 in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas; died on 23 Aug 2009 in Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida; was buried in Destin Memorial Cemetery, Destin, Okaloosa County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Barbara Carlene Hughes on 29 Oct 1955 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Barbara was born on 6 Feb 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Roxie Anna Notgrass on 3 Jun 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beverly Sue Johnson. Beverly was born on 11 Jun 1945; died on 18 Nov 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Linda Wilson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Peter Paul Hawryluk [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]