My Family Tree is Full of Nuts

William Thomas Epps, Jr ( Tommy ) Chris Epps Wheeler inside the car. This was my first car, a Gremlin. Piedmont, Alabama 1972. Chris and Tommy are the children of William Thomas Epps, Sr and Retha Dean Fitzpatrick Epps. 

David Patrick Epps. David is the son of William Thomas Epps, Sr (Billy) and Retha Dean Fitzpatrick Epps. David died January 25, 1990 off Johnston Island. He was in the Coast Guard. 

Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps.. Wife of Samuel Huey Epps, Sr. This is my grandmother. My father’s mother.  Ruby Jo Ray is in background.

Mattie Epps, sister of Samuel Huey Epps, Sr. 

Samuel Huey Epps, Sr.    I think Big Daddy was so handsome. 

Samuel Huey Epps, Sr. 

Samuel Huey Epps, Sr. and Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps at Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, AL  

William Thomas (Billy) Epps and Janice Marie Fitzpatrick.  Dad and Aunt Janice acting silly. 

William Thomas (Billy) Epps, Sr and Samuel Huey Epps, Jr.  Sons of Samuel Huey Epps, Sr and Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps. 

William Thomas (Billy) Epps, Sr. and Samuel Huey(Sammy) Epps, Sr.

Just kidding. In the 3rd grade I think it was, I was selected to be in the Tom Thumb wedding. This is my cousin Johnny Lester Scogin. He was the son of Margaret Epps Scogin and Zack Scogin. Margaret was the daughter of my grandfather, Samuel Huey Epps.  Johnny was born October 28, 1953 and he died December 2009.

Jason Scogin, son of Johnny Scogin and Gary Wheeler digging Aunt Margaret Epps Scogin’s tiny grave. She was cremated and we only had to dig 2 x 2 foot. She is buried between her mother and father, Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps and Samuel Huey Epps Sr, at Highland Cemetery, Piedmont, AL 

Johnny Lester Scogin.

Born 12 August 1868   Died 13 September 1943

This is a picture of Geneva Lilly Fitzpatrick. 

Geneva was born 1 October 1879  in Athens, Georgia and died 28 March 1936 in Piedmont, Alabama. She was the wife of Arthur Eugene Fitzpatrick.  Arthur was my paternal Great Grandfather.  Geneva was the daughter of Thomas Lilly and Elizabeth Youngblood.

Obit of Geneva Lilly.

Mrs. Geneva (wife of A.E. Fitzpatrick) died Saturday midnight at her home in Piedmont following an illness of over a year.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Holiness Church, the Rev. B.L. Cox officiating. Interment was in Piedmont Cemetery. Usrey in charge.

Six sons were pallbearers.

Surviving are the husband, six sons, Eddie of Georgia, Frank of Anniston, Harold, Roy, Ollie and Rufus , Piedmont, AL. Four daughters, Mrs. Grady Powell of Georgia, Mrs. Tobe Whitehead, of Georgia, and Mrs. John Clark and Mrs. R.L. Smith of Jacksonville. She has a brother E.C.Lilly of Acmar, Alabama.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick was born and reared at Athens, GA and had been a resident of Piedmont for 11 years.

The young man in the picture was her brother Emmett.

Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps     Samuel Huey Epps, Sr

This is my paternal grandmother and grandfather.

Samuel Huey Epps, age 79 of 205 Anniston Avenue, Piedmont, Alabama died  Monday 2:30 pm at Piedmont Hospital, May 1, 1967

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 pm at Northside Baptist Church, with Reverand Ross Minton and Charles Rutherford officiating. Burial was in Highland Cemetery with Mickelson Mortuary in charge.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Epps Scogin of Piedmont; two sons, Billy Epps of Piedmont and Samuel Huey Epps, Jr of Winter Park Florida. One sister, Mrs. W.A. Shearl of Titusville, Florida.  12 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Active pallbearers were masons. Masonic graveside rites were conducted by Lozahatchee Masonic Lodge No. 97 of which he was a member.

A native of Tennessee, Mr. Epps was a resident of Piedmont the past 51 years. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church. He was a retired machinist.

Top left was Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps and Samuel Huey Epps on their wedding Day.  Bottom right was Samuel Huey Epps and Hannah Carroll. Vanzant Epps.

Mrs. Hannah Carroll Vanzant Epps Died May 10, 1960

Mrs. Hannah Carroll Epps, 63 of 205 Anniston Avenue, died at her home Tuesday afternoon following a long illness.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm from the First Methodist Church with the Dr. J. A. Gann and the Reverand J. Holland Thomas officiating.

Buril will be in Highland Cemetery with Gray Brown Service of Piedmont in charge.

Survivors include the husband Sam Epps of Piedmont, one daughter Mrs. Zack Scogin, Jr of Piedmont; two sons, Billy Epps of Piedmont and Sammy Epps of Fort Benning, Ga; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. One brother Frank Farley Vanzant of Austell, Georgia.

Active pallbearers will be Donald Wilson, Ralph Casey, Horace McDowell, Roy Formby, R.P. New and Carmie Davis.

She was formerly of Jacksonville, Alabama and was a resident of Piedmont for the past 44 years and was a member of the First Methodist Church.

She was born in Chester , Pennsylvania. Daughter of William Kay Vanzant and Mary Jane Cowan Vanzant.

Samuel Huey Epps was born 26 January 1888 in Petersburg, Tennessee.

Samuel was the son of Hiriam Thomas Epps and Martha Ann(Annie) Chesser. They are bottom left in the photo above.

Hannah Carroll Vanzant was born  21 August 1896 in Chester, Pennsylvania.  

Top right of this photo is my father William Thomas Epps.   He was born 29 December 1929 in Piedmont, Alabama and died we November 1976 in Piedmont, Alabama.

Well….first of all, let me introduce myself….my name is Kevin Agan and I currently live in Cave Spring, GA. I have dedicated alot of my free time over the last 5-7 years researching my AGAN ancestry…I have created a group on facebook to help me out as well… just click on “Agan’s all around this great country of ours!!!” to check it out!!!

Also on facebook is where I met Chris for the first time…through our conversations, we quickly realized that we are cousins. It just so happens that we share the same great great grandparents   Jim Roe Taylor and Susan Garmon.  Jim Roe Taylor was born in 15 Jul 1852 and died 13 Jul 1928…he married Susan Garmon who was born 5 Mar 1854 and died 25 Aug 1938.  Together they had several children…one of which was a daughter named Annie Taylor, from whom I am descended and they also had a son named John Taylor from whom Chris is descended…Our common g g grandparents are buried together in Pleasant Ridge Baptist in White Plains, AL.  My Anderson grandparents are also buried in that cemetery…

Well there you have it, our family connection in a large nutshell…

I received a letter today from Janet. She is a Lilly researcher. I believe we corresponded a long time ago. It was good to hear from her and made me drag out what little Lilly Family info I have.  I would love to hear from some other Lilly researchers.

Edward Lilly

Born 1812 or 1813 in Enniskillen, Ireland.

Wife was Sarah Ann Smith

Born 1812 or 1813 . Not sure if South Carolina or Georgia.

Children of this union

1.  John Lilly  who married Charity Elizabeth Hughes.

John was born 22 April 1842 in Clarke County, Georgia

Married 10 February 1867 in Clarke County Ga, Athens area.

Died 11 November 1906 and is buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

Charity Elizabeth Hughes his wife died 14 February 1929

2.  Mariah  Lilly

Born 1843

3.  Thomas Lilly     Married to Sarah Elizabeth Youngblood   This is my Gr Gr grandfather and Grandmother

Born 17 April 1845 in Clarke County, Athens, Georgia

Children of Thomas Lilly and Sarah Elizabeth Youngblood were

Zatta Born Ca 1871

Geneva who was married to Arthur Eugene Fitzpatrick. This was my Gr Grandmother and Grandfather.

Geneva was born 1879 and died 29 March 1936 in Piedmont, Calhoun County, Alabama

Emmett who married Ola Gilbert

February 1887 and died 1945 in Acmar, Alabama

4.  James C. Lilly    married to Mary Ella MaGill

Born 1846 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia

Died 1886 in Athens, Clarke County, GA

5.  Minerva Lilly born ca 1848   GA

6.  Robert Lilly born ca 1851    GA

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