Ernest Ralph Wardlaw (March 6, 1920 - May 3, 1983)

ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW, the son of LEROY HOLDEN WARDLAW and JAMIE LEE DAVIS, was born March 06, 1920, in Gore, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA, and died May 03, 1983, in Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA.  He married (1) EVIE SUE MIZE on June 07, 1940, in Cherokee County, Alabama, USA, daughter of HORACE LEONARD MIZE and JIMMIE E. TUCKER.  She was born October 17, 1912, in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA, and died September 28, 1972, in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA.  He married (2) TESSIE RAY WYNN in approximately 1948 in Unknown City, Unknown County, Unknown State, USA, daughter of WILLIAM ARTHUR WYNN and ANNIE OPHELIA "TILLEY" GROVER.  She was born June 19, 1928, in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA, and died July 25, 2006, in Braselton, Jackson County, Georgia, USA.  He married (3) CATHERINE ANN DODD November 24, 1950, in Monroe County, Florida, USA, daughter of FRANK MOSHER DODD and QUEENE CATHERINE HEATH.  She was born July 14, 1924, in Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA, and died December 07, 1980, in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA.  He married (4) VELMA LEE LACEFIELD January 01, 1954, in Collin County, Texas, USA, daughter of WILLIAM CASH LACEFIELD and ANNIE BELL JOHNSON.  She was born September 18, 1938, in Collin County, Texas, USA, and died March 03, 1974, in Morgan County, Texas, USA.  He married (5) HAZEL MAXINE MELTON June 15, 1976, in Clark County, Nevada, USA, daughter of WALTER MCKINLEY MELTON and DORIS REDD.  She was born January 21, 1944, in Unknown City, Unknown County, Georgia, USA.


Children of ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW and TESSIE RAY WYNN are:

  • JAMMIE OPHELIA WARDLAW, b. July 10, 1949, Unknown City, Unknown County, Tennessee, USA.
  • JERRY D. WARDLAW, b. April 24, 1953, Unknown City, Unknown County, Unknown State, USA.
  • BOBBY WAYNE WARDLAW, b. February 14, 1960, Unknown City, Unknown County, Unknown State, USA.


Marriage Records of ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW and EVIE SUE MIZE:

  • Marriage: June 07, 1940, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
  • Source: Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  • Source: Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.
  • Source: Dodd, Jordan R., et. al. Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
  • Source: Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
  • Source: Original data: Marriage Records. Alabama Marriages. County courthouses, Alabama.


Marriage Records of ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW and CATHERINE ANN DODD:

  • Marriage: November 24, 1950, Monroe County, Florida, USA
  • Source: State Archive, Tallahassee and clerk of courts, various counties; Tallahassee, Florida; Florida, County Marriages, 1823-1982
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  • Source: Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida.
  • Source: Marriages records from various counties located in county courthouses and/or on microfilm at the Family History Library.
  • Source: Original data: Marriage Records. Florida Marriages. Various Florida County Courthouses and State Archive, Tallahassee, Florida.


Marriage Records of ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW and VELMA LEE LACEFIELD:

  • Marriage: January 01, 1954, Collin County, Texas, USA
  • Source: Johnson County Clerk's Office; Denton, Texas; Smith County Marriage Records
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Collin County, Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  • Source: Original data: Collin County, Texas. Marriage Index. McKinney, Texas: Collin County Vital Records Department.


Marriage Records for ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW and HAZEL MAXINE MELTON:

  • Marriage: June 15, 1976, Clark County, Nevada, USA
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
  • Source: Clark County, Nevada Marriage Bureau. Clark County, Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-1966. Las Vegas, Nevada: Clark County, Nevada Marriage Bureau.
  • Source: Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records. Nevada Marriage Index, 1966-2005. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records.


Military Service for ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW:

  • Military: Bet. May 15 - July 13, 1943, United States Army


Census Records for ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW:

  • Census 1930: Resided in Militia District 925, Chattooga County, Georgia, Leroy H. 33, Jamie 29, Rowland 13, Ralph E. 10, Nancy M. 64, George 30, Ida 18
  • Census 1940: Resided in Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA:  Roy D. 41, Jennie 39, Evie 23, Ralph 20
  • Census 1950: Resided in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA:  Ralph E. 28, Ray 22, Ophelia NB


Census Records for EVIE SUE MIZE:

  • Census 1920: Resided in Lindale, Floyd County, Georgia, USA:  Eva S. 7, Estelle 3, Mary N. NB
  • Census 1930: Resided in Gaylesville, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA:  Talmadge Lewis 19, Evie S. 17
  • Census 1940: Resided in Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA:  Roy D. 41, Jennie 39, Evie 23, Ralph 20
  • Census 1950: Resided in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA:  Evie Sue Wardlaw 38, Lodger (separated)


Census Records for TESSIE RAY WYNN:

  • Census 1930: Resided in Allatoona, Bartow County, Georgia, USA: Arthur 25, Ophelia 20, Tessie 1, John NB
  • Census 1940:  Resided in Allatoona, Bartow County, Georgia, USA:  Arthur 35, Ophelia 30, Tessie 11, John 9, Hugh 4, Nathan 21 
  • Census: 1950: Resided in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA:  Ralph E. 28, Ray 22, Ophelia NB


Census Records for CATHERINE ANN DODD:

  • Census 1930: Resided in Crete, Saline County, Nebraska, USA:  Frank 39, Queene 39, Catherine 5
  • Census 1940: Resided in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA: Queene 52, Catherine 16, Charles H. Morris 61
  • Census 1950: Resided in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA:  Queene H. Dodd 61, Catherine A. Yates 25 (Divorced), Laurence F. 2


Census Records for VELMA LEE LACEFIELD:

  • Census 1940: Resided in JP No. 3, Collin, Texas, USA:  William 24, Annie 22, Mildred 3, Velma 1
  • Census 1950: Resided in Mildred, Sebastain County, Arkansas, USA:  William 34, Annie 32, Mildred 13, Velma Lee 11, Willie 5, Doyle Kay 3, Doris Jean 1


Census Records for HAZEL MAXINE MELTON:

  • Census 1950: Resided in Evers, Monroe County, Georgia, USA:  Eula Gunn 69 Lelia Plymale 49, Walter 43, Doris 28, Hazel 6, Franklin 2, Walter 79


Residential History of HAZEL MAXINE MELTON:

  • Residence: 313 Pond Road, Dublin, Georgia
  • Residence: 3263 Ohara Dr South, Macon, Georgia
  • Residence: 3465 Joycliff Rd 52, Macon, Georgia
  • Residence: 516 Bethlehem Church Road, Gordon, Georgia


Educational History of HAZEL MAXINE MELTON:

  • Education: Milner High School, Milner, Georgia


Burial Records for EVIE SUE MIZE:




Burial Records for TESSIE RAY WYNN:



Burial Records for VELMA LEE LACEFIELD:




Sources for ERNEST RALPH WARDLAW:

  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  • Source: Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
  • Source: Publication Date: 28/ Jul/ 2006; Publication Place: Jefferson, Georgia, USA; URL: http://www.mainstreetnews.com/2006/July/J0726O.html
  • Source: Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File


Sources for EVIE SUE MIZE:

  • Source: The Anniston Star; Publication Date: 29 Sep 1972; Publication Place: Anniston, Alabama, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/116076009/?article=4c19e938-ac78-457c-ba79-d71585aa72de&focus=0.49799895,0.16570301,0.73021185,0.29436496&xid=3355
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.comâ„¢ Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  • Source: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records; Georgia, USA; Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998; Certificate Number: 03319
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
  • Source: Original data: State of Georgia. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998. Georgia, USA: Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998. Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, Georgia Health Department, Office of 
  • Source: Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
  • Source: The Anniston Star; Publication Date: 29 Sep 1972; Publication Place: Anniston, Alabama, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/116076009/?article=83b72060-8b8b-4e1b-b56a-98d197eaf221&focus=0.5058664,0.16752888,0.6337045,0.29368684&xid=3355


Sources for TESSIE RAY WYNN:

  • Source: Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  • Source: Banks County News; Publication Date: 28/ Jul/ 2006; Publication Place: Jefferson, Georgia, USA; URL: http://www.mainstreetnews.com/2006/July/J0726O.html
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.


Sources for CATHERINE ANN DODD:

  • Source: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Nebraska Birth Index, 1912-1994
  • Source: Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-1994 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.comâ„¢ Birth Index, 1800s-2003 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2024.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.comâ„¢ Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  • Source: Birth Index, 1912-1994. Nebraska State Library and Archives Commission, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Source: Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911. Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Source: Lincoln Journal Star; Publication Date: 28 Nov 1936; Publication Place: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/309132955/?article=f4f40aec-3318-4e85-8595-53930b205f71&focus=0.4965802,0.8963569,0.6109285,0.96791947&xid=3355
  • Source: Original data: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
  • Source: Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
  • Source: Place: Los Angeles; Date: 7 Dec 1980; Social Security: 505267955
  • Source: Saline County Democrat; Publication Date: 7/ Aug/ 1924; Publication Place: Friend, Nebraska, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/766665004/?article=de794566-7d46-459e-90e5-fc1525e5197e&xid=5905&terms=Dodd
  • Source: Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File


Sources for VELMA LEE LACEFIELD:

  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
  • Source: Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
  • Source: Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
  • Source: Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File


Sources for HAZEL MAXINE MELTON:

  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020.
  • Source: "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Milner High School; Year: 1962
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • Source: Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.


Photo Gallery: 

1964, December 23, El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas, Page 15


1924, August 7, Saline County Democrat, Friend, Nebraska, Page 2


1931, July 16, The Crete News, Crete, Nebraska, Page 3

1946, December 14, The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida, Page 1

1954, November 13, The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida, Page 7

1964, December 3, El Paso, Texas, Page 17

1964, December 23, El Paso Herald Post, El Paso, Texas, Page 3


1965, July 3, The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, Page 9

1965, July 4, Independent Tribune, Page 3

1972, September 29, The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama, Page 3

1974, March 4, Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, Page 14


Evie Sue Mize

Hazel Maxine Melton


Ray Wardlaw

 Mrs. Ray Wardlaw, 78, of Braselton, died Tuesday, July 25, 2006.

 Born in Bartow County, she was the daughter of the late Aurther W. and Annie G. Wynn. She was formerly of Roswell and attended Center Union Baptist Church. She was everybody’s nanny and loved making handmade quilts, according to loved ones. Mrs. Wardlaw was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Ralph Wardlaw.

 Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Melinda Wardlaw, Braselton, Bobby and Donna Wardlaw, Blairsville; daughter and son-in-law, Ophelia and John Williams, Dawsonville; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brothers, James Wynn, Warrenton, and Hugh Wynn, Griffin; a sister, Marie Oliver, Woodstock; and several nieces and nephews.

 Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 27, at 11 a.m., in Smith Memory Chapel with the Revs. James Gooch and Ronnie Coley officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens.

 The family will receive friends beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at the funeral home.

 Memorial contributions may be made to the Center Union Baptist Church, 335 W. Broad St., Apt. 607, Hoschton, Ga. 30548.

 Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.

 The Jackson Herald, July 26, 2006.

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