Sidney Sheffield Covington (1899 - 1936)

Born 27 Jan 1899 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 May 1936 at age 37 in Minneola, Lake County, Florida, United States

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Biography

Sidney Sheffield Covington married Elizabeth Duncan.

Obituary

Son of W.A. Covington Killed In Accident

Thomasville, GA, May 25 - Funeral Services were held Thursday morning in Meigs from the home of Mrs. J. L. Pilcher, a sister, for Mr. Sidney Covington, 35, who was almost instantly killed Tuesday afternoon when thrown from his automobile on a highway near Clermont, Florida, his neck being broken. Rites were conducted by Rev William Swoll Sawyer, pastor of the Meigs Methodist church, assisted by Rev. Albert Rees, of Valdosta, a former pastor of the deceased at Moultrie, and Rev. W. A. Kelley, present pastor of the Moultrie Methodist church. Interment was at Meigs. Besides his widow and a four year old daughter, Elizabeth, he is survived by his parents, Judge and Mrs. W. A. Covington of Meigs; sister, Mrs. J. L. Pilcher of Meigs; two brothers, Phillips S. Covington, of Meigs, now a student at Emory University, and William A. Covington, Jr., of New York.

His parents formerly lived at Moultrie for many years where he was reared.

Burial

Meigs Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, Thomas County, Georgia

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NH-Z5X : accessed 2 August 2020), Sidney Covington in household of William O Covington, Militia Districts 1151, 1374, 1184, Moultrie, Ty Ty, Warrior Moultrie town, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 59A, family 1223, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,189.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKQ-FQD : accessed 2 August 2020), Sidney S Covington in household of William A Covington, Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 179; FHL microfilm 1,374,192.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZH-SW5 : 23 August 2019), Sidney Sheffield Covington, 1917-1918.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7HB1-5M6Z : 22 October 2019), Sidney Sheffield Covington, 1917-1918.

• "Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78JV-R26Z : 9 September 2019), Sidney S Covington, 1 Oct 1918; citing Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States, Military Service, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJDM-W1K : accessed 2 August 2020), Sydney Covington in household of William A Covington, Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing ED 19, sheet 7A, line 24, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 245; FHL microfilm 1,820,245.

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-NFCC : 9 September 2019), Sidney Sheffield Covington, ; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFX-V62 : 4 December 2018), S S Covington in entry for Covington, 1924.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:37WR-VMM : accessed 2 August 2020), S S Covington, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 113, sheet 10B, line 86, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 363; FHL microfilm 2,340,098.

• "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPHV-676 : 2 August 2020), S.... Covington, 1934.

• Find a Grave Memorial 125176704 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125176704/sidney-s_-covington