George Washington Truitt (1914-2011) Gotebo
George Washington Truitt, born 10 August 1914, son of John Milton Truitt II and Martha Clara "Mattie" Merrill Truitt, passed to Eternity on Saturday, Septemter 3, 2011, at his home in Gotebo, Kiowa County, OK about 4:00 p.m. with family visiting during the Labor Day Holiday weekend. He will be buried at Lone Wolf Cemetery on September 6, 2011.
Direct Descendants of Henry Newman Truitt
1 Henry Newman Truitt b: 1815 in Harris Co., GA; lived Rt 4, Ashland, Clay County, AL; Volunteered at Columbus, GA 147 as Private, in Indian Wars in 1836. d: 04 Jun 1891 in Tallapoosa Co., AL; Bur. Hackneyville, Tallapoosa/Clay Co., AL; he gave deposition in 1887
.. +Elizabeth Nancy Brown b: Abt. 1817 in Georgia m: 07 Oct 1832 in Hamilton, Harris County, GA by Justice of the Peace Whitaker d: Aft. 1892 in ?Marshall Co., AL(filed widow's pension papers 1891 in Marshall Co., AL) Father: Unknown Brown Mother: Mrs. ? Brown
...... 2 John Milton Truitt I b: 26 Aug 1840 in Newman, Coweta Co., GA (1870 Census age 29; Death Cert) d: 28 Jul 1921 in Ashland, AL; Bur. Bethel Cem., Newsite, Tallapoosa Co., AL (Death Certificate)
.......... +Delila Victoria Walls b: 28 Feb 1843 in Talladega Co., Alabama (1870 Census) m: 22 Nov 1865 in Taladega Co., AL d: 26 Sep 1928 in Bur. Bethel Cem., Cragford, Clay Co., AL (Death Certificate) Father: Zachariah "Zack" Walls Mother: Armeni Adeline Jones
............... 3 John Milton Truitt II b: 13 Feb 1875 in Bethel Community, Newsite, Tallapoosa County, A; lived in TX; then Gotebo, OK d: 22 Jan 1965 in Sentinel, Washita County, OK; Bur. Rose Hill Cem.Oklahoma City, OK
................... +Martha Clara "Mattie" Merrill b: 28 Oct 1888 in Calverts/Hayden Blount County, AL m: 07 Nov 1907 in Callahan County, Texas d: 23 Apr 1976 in Hobart, Kiowa County, OK;Bur. Rose Hill Cem. Oklahoma City, OK Father: Eli Reid Merrill Mother: Nancy Elizabeth Shreves
....................... 4 George Washington Truitt b: 10 Aug 1914 in (Rainey Twp.) Near Gotebo, Oklahoma (1940 - 1945 lived in Dallas, TX);(1997-99 lived Midwest City, OK; then 1999 back to Gotebo, OK) d: 03 Sep 2011 in Gotebo, Kiowa, OK, USA; burial at Lone Wolf, OK.