Parents: JAMES WILKINSON GAMMON & ARMILDA ELIZA MYERS. Siblings: LYDIA JOSEPHINE (MRS. NEWTON MORRISON, MRS. HARMON MARTIN COOPER), NEWTON FRANKLIN, EUGENE THEOPHOLIS 'GENE', BIRD LAFAYETTE, MARTHA JANE 'MATTIE' (MRS. ROBERT L. GORE, MRS. McDANIELS), CATHERINE MELVINA 'KITTY' (MRS. STEPHEN A. DOUGLES ARBOGAST), WILLIS WILKINSON, DOZIER GAINES, CHARLES THOMAS, LUCIUS WICKLIFF LEE. Married: MARY NAOMI LENTZ Feb 21, 1878. Children: TREULIA JANE (MRS. LESTER BOON MORRIS), MARILDA LAVINA (MRS. FRED R. FREEMAN), 'ELLA' DELILAH ELVIRIA (MRS. ASA M. SMITH, MRS. WALTER A. CAMPBELL), MARY ETTA (MRS. GEORGE A. CLARK), CLARA ZANE (MRS. LEWIS N. HAMILTON). Adopted Marilda's children following her death: LONA FREEMAN (MRS. ALVA PEARL PERKS), LEWIS ORVILLE FREEMAN.
My Creed (selected and composed by himself.)
To live each day as though I may never see the morrow come; to be strict with myself, but patient and lenient with others; to give the advantage but never to ask for it; to be kind to all, but kindlier to the less fortunate; to respect all honest employment; to remember always that my life is made easier and better by the service of others, and to be grateful.
To be tolerant and never arrogant; to treat all men with equal courtesy; to be true to my own in all things; to make as much as I can of my strength and the day's opportunity, and to meet disappointment without resentment.
To be friendly and helpful wherever possible; to do, without display of temper or of bitterness, all that fair conduct demands; to keep my conscience and character clear and free from shame and disgrace; to govern my actions so that I may fear neither reproach nor misunderstanding, nor words of malice or envy, and to maintain, at whatever temporary cost, my own self respect.
To keep faith with God, my fellow men, and my country.
This is my creed and my philosophy. I have failed it often and shall fail it many times again, but by these teachings of my mother and my father, I have lived to the best of my ability, laughed often, loved, suffered, grieved, found consolation, and have prospered.
By friendships I have been enriched, and the home I have built has been happy. Fare you well with friendship, love and truth to my fellow man.
My Creed (selected and composed by himself.)
To live each day as though I may never see the morrow come; to be strict with myself, but patient and lenient with others; to give the advantage but never to ask for it; to be kind to all, but kindlier to the less fortunate; to respect all honest employment; to remember always that my life is made easier and better by the service of others, and to be grateful.
To be tolerant and never arrogant; to treat all men with equal courtesy; to be true to my own in all things; to make as much as I can of my strength and the day's opportunity, and to meet disappointment without resentment.
To be friendly and helpful wherever possible; to do, without display of temper or of bitterness, all that fair conduct demands; to keep my conscience and character clear and free from shame and disgrace; to govern my actions so that I may fear neither reproach nor misunderstanding, nor words of malice or envy, and to maintain, at whatever temporary cost, my own self respect.
To keep faith with God, my fellow men, and my country.
This is my creed and my philosophy. I have failed it often and shall fail it many times again, but by these teachings of my mother and my father, I have lived to the best of my ability, laughed often, loved, suffered, grieved, found consolation, and have prospered.
By friendships I have been enriched, and the home I have built has been happy. Fare you well with friendship, love and truth to my fellow man.
Parents: JAMES WILKINSON GAMMON & ARMILDA ELIZA MYERS. Siblings: LYDIA JOSEPHINE (MRS. NEWTON MORRISON, MRS. HARMON MARTIN COOPER), NEWTON FRANKLIN, EUGENE THEOPHOLIS 'GENE', BIRD LAFAYETTE, MARTHA JANE 'MATTIE' (MRS. ROBERT L. GORE, MRS. McDANIELS), CATHERINE MELVINA 'KITTY' (MRS. STEPHEN A. DOUGLES ARBOGAST), WILLIS WILKINSON, DOZIER GAINES, CHARLES THOMAS, LUCIUS WICKLIFF LEE. Married: MARY NAOMI LENTZ Feb 21, 1878. Children: TREULIA JANE (MRS. LESTER BOON MORRIS), MARILDA LAVINA (MRS. FRED R. FREEMAN), 'ELLA' DELILAH ELVIRIA (MRS. ASA M. SMITH, MRS. WALTER A. CAMPBELL), MARY ETTA (MRS. GEORGE A. CLARK), CLARA ZANE (MRS. LEWIS N. HAMILTON). Adopted Marilda's children following her death: LONA FREEMAN (MRS. ALVA PEARL PERKS), LEWIS ORVILLE FREEMAN.
My Creed (selected and composed by himself.)
To live each day as though I may never see the morrow come; to be strict with myself, but patient and lenient with others; to give the advantage but never to ask for it; to be kind to all, but kindlier to the less fortunate; to respect all honest employment; to remember always that my life is made easier and better by the service of others, and to be grateful.
To be tolerant and never arrogant; to treat all men with equal courtesy; to be true to my own in all things; to make as much as I can of my strength and the day's opportunity, and to meet disappointment without resentment.
To be friendly and helpful wherever possible; to do, without display of temper or of bitterness, all that fair conduct demands; to keep my conscience and character clear and free from shame and disgrace; to govern my actions so that I may fear neither reproach nor misunderstanding, nor words of malice or envy, and to maintain, at whatever temporary cost, my own self respect.
To keep faith with God, my fellow men, and my country.
This is my creed and my philosophy. I have failed it often and shall fail it many times again, but by these teachings of my mother and my father, I have lived to the best of my ability, laughed often, loved, suffered, grieved, found consolation, and have prospered.
By friendships I have been enriched, and the home I have built has been happy. Fare you well with friendship, love and truth to my fellow man.
My Creed (selected and composed by himself.)
To live each day as though I may never see the morrow come; to be strict with myself, but patient and lenient with others; to give the advantage but never to ask for it; to be kind to all, but kindlier to the less fortunate; to respect all honest employment; to remember always that my life is made easier and better by the service of others, and to be grateful.
To be tolerant and never arrogant; to treat all men with equal courtesy; to be true to my own in all things; to make as much as I can of my strength and the day's opportunity, and to meet disappointment without resentment.
To be friendly and helpful wherever possible; to do, without display of temper or of bitterness, all that fair conduct demands; to keep my conscience and character clear and free from shame and disgrace; to govern my actions so that I may fear neither reproach nor misunderstanding, nor words of malice or envy, and to maintain, at whatever temporary cost, my own self respect.
To keep faith with God, my fellow men, and my country.
This is my creed and my philosophy. I have failed it often and shall fail it many times again, but by these teachings of my mother and my father, I have lived to the best of my ability, laughed often, loved, suffered, grieved, found consolation, and have prospered.
By friendships I have been enriched, and the home I have built has been happy. Fare you well with friendship, love and truth to my fellow man.
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