Re: Fomby-Formby b.4/15/1874 d.11/21/1955 Ga
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Re: Fomby-Formby b.4/15/1874 d.11/21/1955 Ga
6/08/99
My grandmother was the grandchild of Nathan Dawson Formby and Ida Evan Davis, and was born in Columbia County, AR.My grandmother said the R was dropped because of the southern Georgia pronunciation making it difficult to understand, and it was simplified to Fomby because "southern tongues are lazy."Maybe there is a more sophisticated explanation.