Mrs, W. M. Folks , 94 , died at the Briarcliff Haven Nursing Home in Atlanta, Georgia after a short illness .
Mrs. Folks lived on Cherokee Circle which is nested amid towering trees and shrubs and silently recalls a former time of love and devotion in 1932 when she and her husband Dr. William Morgan Folks , designed and built their home .
Born on August 21, 1889 , the oldest of 14 children to Benjamin Franklin Morris , a prominent farmer and business in Montgomery and Toombs Counties . Her mother was Lois Antoinette Griffin of McCrae .
On her mother's side : her Great great grandfather was General John B. Coffee for whom Coffee County was named for and her great grandfather was General Mark B. Wilcox for whom Wilcox County was named for .
Mrs. Folks has enjoyed many years of membership in Lyman Hall Chapter and the Daughters of the American Revolution .
The southern charm lady education started through grammer and high school in Mount Vernon and she taught school for two years there before going to Parkview Hospital School of Nursing in Savannah. She graduated in March of 1912 as an RN at Nurses Schooland was asked to come to Waycross in 1914 as a Superintendent and instructor of the training school at the Ware famous Kings Daughters and Sons Hospital on Brunel Street .
The pretty auburn haired and blue eyed nurse served on this position for 10 years and it was during this time that she met the popular Dr. 'Will' , a prominent Waycross surgeon and the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Frank Folks ..
She became the bride on December 6, 1926 and their marriage was a time of 'cherished companionship' when they shared hunting and fishing adventures at 'Dover's Bluff ' and other places .
She became a Red Cross Volunteer during World War 1 and 2 ; she was even sent to Washington, D.C. during WW1 by the Mrs. Jane Van derde' , who was head of the National Red Cross .
She started the Camellia Society in Waycross and was an active member of the Cherokee Garden Club and Lyman Hall, DAR and the Okefenokee Golf Club and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church .
SIBLINGS:
Mrs. Frank Whitlock
Mrs. Gladys Morris Thomason
Mrs. Leonard Surrency
Mr. Paul Morris
Mrs. Folks lived on Cherokee Circle which is nested amid towering trees and shrubs and silently recalls a former time of love and devotion in 1932 when she and her husband Dr. William Morgan Folks , designed and built their home .
Born on August 21, 1889 , the oldest of 14 children to Benjamin Franklin Morris , a prominent farmer and business in Montgomery and Toombs Counties . Her mother was Lois Antoinette Griffin of McCrae .
On her mother's side : her Great great grandfather was General John B. Coffee for whom Coffee County was named for and her great grandfather was General Mark B. Wilcox for whom Wilcox County was named for .
Mrs. Folks has enjoyed many years of membership in Lyman Hall Chapter and the Daughters of the American Revolution .
The southern charm lady education started through grammer and high school in Mount Vernon and she taught school for two years there before going to Parkview Hospital School of Nursing in Savannah. She graduated in March of 1912 as an RN at Nurses Schooland was asked to come to Waycross in 1914 as a Superintendent and instructor of the training school at the Ware famous Kings Daughters and Sons Hospital on Brunel Street .
The pretty auburn haired and blue eyed nurse served on this position for 10 years and it was during this time that she met the popular Dr. 'Will' , a prominent Waycross surgeon and the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Frank Folks ..
She became the bride on December 6, 1926 and their marriage was a time of 'cherished companionship' when they shared hunting and fishing adventures at 'Dover's Bluff ' and other places .
She became a Red Cross Volunteer during World War 1 and 2 ; she was even sent to Washington, D.C. during WW1 by the Mrs. Jane Van derde' , who was head of the National Red Cross .
She started the Camellia Society in Waycross and was an active member of the Cherokee Garden Club and Lyman Hall, DAR and the Okefenokee Golf Club and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church .
SIBLINGS:
Mrs. Frank Whitlock
Mrs. Gladys Morris Thomason
Mrs. Leonard Surrency
Mr. Paul Morris
Mrs, W. M. Folks , 94 , died at the Briarcliff Haven Nursing Home in Atlanta, Georgia after a short illness .
Mrs. Folks lived on Cherokee Circle which is nested amid towering trees and shrubs and silently recalls a former time of love and devotion in 1932 when she and her husband Dr. William Morgan Folks , designed and built their home .
Born on August 21, 1889 , the oldest of 14 children to Benjamin Franklin Morris , a prominent farmer and business in Montgomery and Toombs Counties . Her mother was Lois Antoinette Griffin of McCrae .
On her mother's side : her Great great grandfather was General John B. Coffee for whom Coffee County was named for and her great grandfather was General Mark B. Wilcox for whom Wilcox County was named for .
Mrs. Folks has enjoyed many years of membership in Lyman Hall Chapter and the Daughters of the American Revolution .
The southern charm lady education started through grammer and high school in Mount Vernon and she taught school for two years there before going to Parkview Hospital School of Nursing in Savannah. She graduated in March of 1912 as an RN at Nurses Schooland was asked to come to Waycross in 1914 as a Superintendent and instructor of the training school at the Ware famous Kings Daughters and Sons Hospital on Brunel Street .
The pretty auburn haired and blue eyed nurse served on this position for 10 years and it was during this time that she met the popular Dr. 'Will' , a prominent Waycross surgeon and the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Frank Folks ..
She became the bride on December 6, 1926 and their marriage was a time of 'cherished companionship' when they shared hunting and fishing adventures at 'Dover's Bluff ' and other places .
She became a Red Cross Volunteer during World War 1 and 2 ; she was even sent to Washington, D.C. during WW1 by the Mrs. Jane Van derde' , who was head of the National Red Cross .
She started the Camellia Society in Waycross and was an active member of the Cherokee Garden Club and Lyman Hall, DAR and the Okefenokee Golf Club and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church .
SIBLINGS:
Mrs. Frank Whitlock
Mrs. Gladys Morris Thomason
Mrs. Leonard Surrency
Mr. Paul Morris
Mrs. Folks lived on Cherokee Circle which is nested amid towering trees and shrubs and silently recalls a former time of love and devotion in 1932 when she and her husband Dr. William Morgan Folks , designed and built their home .
Born on August 21, 1889 , the oldest of 14 children to Benjamin Franklin Morris , a prominent farmer and business in Montgomery and Toombs Counties . Her mother was Lois Antoinette Griffin of McCrae .
On her mother's side : her Great great grandfather was General John B. Coffee for whom Coffee County was named for and her great grandfather was General Mark B. Wilcox for whom Wilcox County was named for .
Mrs. Folks has enjoyed many years of membership in Lyman Hall Chapter and the Daughters of the American Revolution .
The southern charm lady education started through grammer and high school in Mount Vernon and she taught school for two years there before going to Parkview Hospital School of Nursing in Savannah. She graduated in March of 1912 as an RN at Nurses Schooland was asked to come to Waycross in 1914 as a Superintendent and instructor of the training school at the Ware famous Kings Daughters and Sons Hospital on Brunel Street .
The pretty auburn haired and blue eyed nurse served on this position for 10 years and it was during this time that she met the popular Dr. 'Will' , a prominent Waycross surgeon and the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Frank Folks ..
She became the bride on December 6, 1926 and their marriage was a time of 'cherished companionship' when they shared hunting and fishing adventures at 'Dover's Bluff ' and other places .
She became a Red Cross Volunteer during World War 1 and 2 ; she was even sent to Washington, D.C. during WW1 by the Mrs. Jane Van derde' , who was head of the National Red Cross .
She started the Camellia Society in Waycross and was an active member of the Cherokee Garden Club and Lyman Hall, DAR and the Okefenokee Golf Club and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church .
SIBLINGS:
Mrs. Frank Whitlock
Mrs. Gladys Morris Thomason
Mrs. Leonard Surrency
Mr. Paul Morris
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