Georgia Irene (Boothe) McCullough Shepherd departed her earthly home January 29, 2022, at Salem, Arkansas, at the age of 96 years and 4 months. Georgia was born September 25, 1925, at Ash Flat, Arkansas. Her parents were James and Flossie (Jones) Boothe.
Georgia married Arlin McCullough on June 3, 1944, at Salem, Arkansas. She later married George Shepherd on February 14, 1992, at Salem, Arkansas. She spent her early years when times were difficult for many farm families. She always set an example all throughout her life of hard work. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, friend and was a member of the Salem First Baptist Church in Salem, Arkansas.
Notes from granddaughter Rani Clayton Moss:
Grandma Georgia was the one who started me on my lifetime love of family history. As a child, she would take me to cemeteries and show me her genealogy information she had collected over the years. I was hooked from then on.
Sources
Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current" Find a Grave™. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #34365202 Ancestry Record 60525 #14836480 (accessed 18 February 2023) Georgia Irene McCullough Shepherd burial (died on 29 Jan 2022) in Salem Cemetery, Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas, United States of America.
Marriage: "Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957" FHL Film Number: 2210549 Ancestry Record 2548 #4043476 (accessed 18 February 2023) Georgia Boothe (18) marriage to Arlin McCullough (21) on 3 Jun 1944.
1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census" Year: 1930; Census Place: Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 2339829 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #23856785 (accessed 18 February 2023) Georgia Boothe (4), single daughter, in household of James F Boothe (34) in Richwoods, Sharp, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas.
1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census" Year: 1940; Census Place: Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00136; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 25-12 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #100796261 (accessed 18 February 2023) Georgia Booth (14), single daughter, in household of James F Booth (44) in Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas.
1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census" United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas; Roll: 1657; Sheet Number: 2; Enumeration District: 3-16 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #32069873 (accessed 18 February 2023) Georgia I McCullough (24), married in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas.
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