The Edward Algood Family


4222. Edgar John9 Smith (Allen (Al) Harrison8, Priscilla7 Allgood, Wyatt6, William (Pikey) Henry5, William John4, Edward3, William2, Edward1 Algood) was born in MS February 4, 1888. Edgar died January 2, 1955.

He married twice. He married an unknown person. He married Mary Case. Mary was born October 17, 1896. Mary was the daughter of Elbert Case and Calpurnia (Pum) Smith. Mary died January 5, 1991 in Lincoln Co., MS.

Edgar John Smith and Mary Case had the following children:

 11821 i. Jennings Gifford10 Smith was born November 21 ,1924.

 11822 ii. Doris Loraine Smith was born October 22, 1926.

 11823 iii. Geraldine Smith was born in Lincoln Co., MS May 27, 1930. Geraldine died May 17, 2004 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS. OBIT: Services for Geraldine Smith Rushing of Brookhaven were 10 a.m., Thursday, May 20, at Harrigill Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Mt. Zion Church of Christ Cemetery.

Mrs. Rushing, 73, died May 17, 2004, at King's Daughters Medical Center. She was born in Lincoln County on May 27, 1930, to Edgar J. Smith and Mary Case Smith. She was a homemaker. She loved farming and raising cattle. She was a member of Mt. Zion Church of Christ. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Melton Rushing Sr.; and her brother, Jennings Smith. Survivors are her sister, Donis Walker of Walker, La.; her niece, Daphne Eads of Walker; her nephew, Don H. Walker of Katy, Texas; five great-nieces and nephews; and two great-grandnieces.

She married Melton H. Rushing.

Melton was born March 2, 1919. Melton was the son of Henry Melton Rushing and Bertha Parthina Johnson. Melton died October 11, 1987 in Lincoln Co., MS. Melton was buried in Mt. Zion Church of Christ Cemetery

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