SEVENTH GENERATION

57. Irene SOUTH was born on 18 Dec 1908 in Henry County, Georgia. She died on 1 Nov 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was buried on 19 Aug 1989 in Bethel Cemetary, Henry County, GA. Irene donated her body to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN. On June 7, 1989, Vanderbilt mailed her cremated remains to Larry Juhlin who kept them safe until her memorial service at Bethel. She had Social Security Number 253-05-2479.⁽⁶³⁾ Irene died in a nursing home affiliated with Trevecca Towers and the Nazarene Church. She donated her body to Vanderbilt University Medical School, which later returned her cremated remains to the family. A brief funeral was held at the time of her death. After the return of her ashes, a memorial service was held at Bethel United Methodist Church, Henry County, GA, attended by many of her extended family. Tributes were given by Mrs. Louise McKee Clark, a former Sunday School pupil of Irene's; Mrs. Pearl South, a cousin; and Larry Juhlin, her nephew. Her ashes were interred in the South family plot at Bethel cemetary, next to her son, by Horace Ward, mortician and long-time family friend.

Cause of death and significant conditions listed on the death certificate are: Chronic Urinary Tract Infection; Organic Brain Syndrome; Sacral decubitus; Fracture of left tibia & fibula. Signed by: Y. Charles Joe, M.D. of Joelton, TN on 11/30/88.

Death certificate incorrectly lists Irene as "never married." (Her sisters Helen and Doris are trying to correct this.) She had worked as a Bookkeeper/Accountant for Dunn & Bradstreet in Atlanta, GA.

She was married to Claude Victor BOYD (son of John BOYD and Minnie Lee _____) on 30 Oct 1929 in Georgia.⁽⁶²⁾ Marriage performed by Rev. M. M. Maxwell, in the parsonage. She was divorced from Claude Victor BOYD. Claude Victor BOYD was born on 18 Jul 1905. He died about 1987. Irene SOUTH and Claude Victor BOYD had the following children:

97 i. Claude Victor, Jr. BOYD was born on 19 Aug 1931 in Atlanta, Georgia. He died on 5 Sep 1931 in Atlanta, Georgia.