Edith M. (Eatman) Braddock (1902 - 1946)

Born 17 Mar 1902 in Flagler, Florida, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jasper Laden Braddock — married 9 Jun 1926 in Flagler, Florida, United States

Died 10 Nov 1946 at age 44 in St. Johns, Florida, United States

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Biography

Edith (Eatman) Braddock has African ancestry.

Edith M. Eatman was born on March 17, 1902 in Flagler, Florida, United States, daughter of Julia Carter (1879–1939).

Edith (24) married Jasper Laden Braddock (28) (born on November 28, 1897 in Nassau, Florida; son of Alonzo Dozier Braddock and Dassie May (Kalapp) Braddock) on June 9, 1926 in Flagler. Their children were:

• Della Julia Braddock (1927–2009)
• Estelle Braddock (1929–2009)
• Stella Braddock (1930– )
• Jasper Willard Braddock (1932–2008)
• Marie Braddock (1934–1946)
• Lonnie Dozier Braddock (1938–1946)

In the 1920 census the Edward A Eatman family lived in Espanola, Flagler, Florida.^[1]

Edith died on November 10, 1946 in St. Johns, Florida, aged 44.

Obituary from THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE^[2] Bunnell, Florida Thursday, November 14, 1946

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the First Baptist Church for Mrs. Edith Braddock, Marie and Lonnie Braddock, mother and two children who were killed by a Florida East Coast freight train in a crossing accident last Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Braddock and the two children were in a light truck and were on their way to the Pellicer Creek cemetery with flowers for the graves of relatives when they were struck on the crossing just north of Pellicer Creek, near where .the Arbuthnot mill used to be, and the same crossing where several members of the Arbuthnot family were killed several years ago in a like manner.

The children died instantly as the bodies were badly mutilated but, it is understood, the mother was not quite dead when the train was stopped. The truck was carried approximately 2,000 feet after being struck by the heavily loaded freight.

The Braddock family lives a few miles east of where the accident occurred but in Flagler County. The accident was in St. Johns County.

Mrs. Braddock was 44 years of age, the daughter, Marie was 12 and the son, Lonnle, was 8. All were born and lived all of their life in Flagler County.

Surviving are the husband, J. L. Braddock; two daughters, Mrs. Della Webster and Estelle Brad­dock; one son, Jasper; Mrs. Braddock's father, Ed Eatman, five sisters, Mrs. Etta McDougal and Josephine Eatman, Mrs. Thelma DuPont, all of Flagler County; Jackie Eatman of Daytona Beach and Mrs. Louise Blount of Hastings, N. Y.; three brothers, Willard Eatman of Flagler County; Worth and Truman Eatman of Moultrie.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. John M. Dickson, pastor of the First Baptist Church here. Burial was made at Pellicer Creek Cemetery, with Craig Funeral Home of St. Augustine in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers for Mrs. Braddock are Virgil Decker, Bion Matherly, D. D. Moody, T. E. Holden, C. O. Magee, W. H. Wells and M. R. Teters.

For Marie are Kenneth Harris, Clinton Harris, Marvin Gresham, Junior Hutchinson, Clifford Higginbotham and Mack King.

For Lonnie are Allen Reynolds, Cliff Sheffield, Junior Strickland, Harry Atkinson, J. B. Howell and Walton Kinney.

Sources

1. ↑ 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 220; Line: 21; FHL microfilm: 1820220; Record number: 26388;
   FamilySearch Record: MNYV-X6F (accessed 19 June 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R64-GRY Image number 00545
   Evelyn Eatman (6), single daughter, in household of Edward A Eatman (57) in Espanola, Flagler, Florida, United States. Born in Florida.
2. ↑ [www.flaglercountyfamilies.com/obits-pc-braddock-edith.html Obit ]

• [www.flaglercountyfamilies.com/cemeteries-pellicercreek.html Pellicer Creek Cemetery]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13387295 (accessed 3 December 2023) Memorial page for Edith Margaret Eatman Braddock (17 Mar 1902-10 Nov 1946), citing Pellicer Creek Cemetery, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA (plot: SEC C Plot 119).