James Erlis Pevey
JAMES ERLIS PEVEY
Born: November 14, 1909 in Effingham County, GA
Son of Harry Garnet Pevey and Addie Lee Andrews
First Marriage
Married: Annie Morris
Number of Children by First Marriage: 2
Names of Children by First Marriage: James Erlis Pevey, Jr. ("Jimmy") and Betty Jean Pevey
Second Marriage
Married: India Wilma Burnsed of Bryan County, GA on October 17, 1937
Number of Children by Second Marriage: 5
Names of Children by Second Marriage: Jerry Richard Pevey, Frederick Kyle Pevey, Wilma Marion Pevey, William Robert Pevey, and Quinton Erlis Pevey
Third Marriage
Married: Lois Horton from Jesup, GA
Number of Children by Third Marriage: 0
James Erlis Pevey divorced his first wife Annie. His second wife Wilma Burnsed, died October 26, 1963, and is buried in the Lower Black Creek Church Cemetery in North Bryan County, GA.
Erlis later married Lois Horton, his third wife. Erlis died September 16, 1969 at the Oglethorpe Sanitarium Hospital in Savannah, GA. He is buried beside his second wife, Wilma, in the Lower
Black Creek Church Cemetery, in North Bryan County, GA
Erlis was the Postmaster of Pembroke, GA in the '60's.
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CEMETERY MARKERS
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 32° 9' 51" N Longitude: 81° 29' 17" W
Lower Black Creek Church and Cemetery
The James Erlis Pevey Cemetery Marker
Erlis Next to Second Wife, Wilma
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Most of the above information was provided by Joyce Pevey and Freddy Pevey.
The pictures on this page were taken by Andy Blackburn.
Research on James Erlis Pevey, conducted by Andy Blackburn.
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JAMES ERLIS PEVEY / Andy Blackburn / andy@g-net.net / Updated January 5, 2001