Annie Clyde "Clydie" Windham was born January 31, 1876 to Harriet J. Windham nee Poole and George J. Windham. She was their first born child.
Census for Macon County, Georgia 1880 and 1900 Reynolds, Taylor County census show her in the household of her parents. In 1900 she was 24 years old and was still living at home with her parents.
She married Howard Griffith Eubanks. I do not have a date for their marriage but surmise from first child's date of birth that it must have been in 1901 or 1902.
Children of this marriage:
Harriet Ruth
George Herman
Sarah Margaret
Annie Louise
Howard Marshall
Emmie Lee
Ben Frank
Robert Sanders
Isaac Charles
1910 Panhandle district, Taylor County, Georgia
Howard G., 49 (age should have been 39)
Annie C., 34
Hattie T. (should be an R for Ruth), 8
George H., 6
Sarah M., 4
Annie L., 1 year 10 months
Reported in the Butler Herald, dated June 10, 1913:
4 miles north of Reynolds, death of infant Emmie Lee, age 15 months 8 days, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eubanks.
Emmie Lee born February 17, 1912 died May 25, 1918
family note: Aunt Ruth told my mother she blamed herself for the death of Emmie. She'd given her a rosebud to play with and seemed to think the baby had choked on it.
1920 Taylor County, Georgia census No district listed
Howard, 49
Clyde, 44 (this is Annie who went by the name "Clydie)
Ruth, 18
Herman, 16
Margaret, 13
Luise, 11 (this is the spelling used on the census)
*Ben Frank, 6
Robert, 4
1930 Reynolds, Ga
Howard, 59
Clyde, 54
Ben F, 17
Robert, 15
R.C. (should be I.C.), 9
1940 'Rural' Taylor County census
Howard, 68
Clyde, 64
There is a newspaper mention of another infant child lost by the name of Howard G.
Sons Robert S. and I. C. both served in WWII, along with her daughter Ruth's oldest son. Robert was at the Battle of Normandy, France, at Omaha Beach where he lost his life in battle.
My small knowledge of Clydie comes from my mother and grandmother. My mother, Ann, was named for Clydie. She called her "Granny" and says that she was red haired and hot tempered and just barely 5 feet tall.
Mama told of being locked out of the house at times as they often shared a home with Clydie and Howard. Mama shared memories of punishments which involved Howard and Clydie standing on either side of the house steps and they were meant to march up the steps between them while Howard and Clydie switched them. This punishment was always at Clydie's insistence. Howard cried each time they had to do this.
Clydie loved to entertain others and though not wealthy she often hosted dinner, setting out her best dishes. Clydie liked to be well dressed and loved going to the movies each week. Mama recalls that often during the movies, there was a constant clicking of Clydie's dentures as she ate popcorn.
Granny's memories (this was Clydie's daughter-in-law and wife of Ben Frank): Clydie was often called upon to nurse the sick in the community. She told me that Clydie would give away all the food in the household to anyone who asked or was in need, often leaving her own household without anything.
Granny and Granddaddy (Clydie's son, Frank) rented a house that Howard and Clydie shared with them at one time and Clydie claimed the majority of the house as hers while Granny and Granddaddy were lived in 2 rooms.
She was a member of New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, and it is my understanding that she'd attended there as a child as well as young adult, but she didn't make a statement of faith until she was in her early 30's. This seems to have been a common age for young adults to enter into a statement of faith with the church they were attending.
Clydie Windham Eubanks passed away November 23, 1953. She was buried at Little Vine/New Hope Cemetery, now Heritage Baptist Church, In Reynolds, GA. She is buried next to her husband in the family plot where her mother and father, younger brother and grandfather John Poole are also buried.
My small knowledge of Clydie comes from my mother and grandmother. My mother, Ann, was named for Clydie. She called her "Granny" and says that she was red haired and hot tempered and just barely 5 feet tall.
Mama told of being locked out of the house at times as they often shared a home with Clydie and Howard. Mama shared memories of punishments which involved Howard and Clydie standing on either side of the house steps and they were meant to march up the steps between them while Howard and Clydie switched them. This punishment was always at Clydie's insistence. Howard cried each time they had to do this.
Clydie loved to entertain others and though not wealthy she often hosted dinner, setting out her best dishes. Clydie liked to be well dressed and loved going to the movies each week. Mama recalls that often during the movies, there was a constant clicking of Clydie's dentures as she ate popcorn.
Granny's memories (this was Clydie's daughter-in-law and wife of Ben Frank): Clydie was often called upon to nurse the sick in the community. She told me that Clydie would give away all the food in the household to anyone who asked or was in need, often leaving her own household without anything.
Granny and Granddaddy (Clydie's son, Frank) rented a house that Howard and Clydie shared with them at one time and Clydie claimed the majority of the house as hers while Granny and Granddaddy were lived in 2 rooms.
She was a member of New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, and it is my understanding that she'd attended there as a child as well as young adult, but she didn't make a statement of faith until she was in her early 30's. This seems to have been a common age for young adults to enter into a statement of faith with the church they were attending.
Clydie Windham Eubanks passed away November 23, 1953. She was buried at Little Vine/New Hope Cemetery, now Heritage Baptist Church, In Reynolds, GA. She is buried next to her husband in the family plot where her mother and father, younger brother and grandfather John Poole are also buried.
