Algood Genealogy

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21756. William David9 Allgood (David Walter8, John David7, Jobe B6, John Paschal5, Samuel Young4, John Young3, William2 Algood, Edward1 Allgood) was born Buford, Gwinnett Co., GA January 2, 1931. William died August 23, 2011 in Tifton Co., GA. OBIT: William “Bill” David Allgood, 80, of Tifton died Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 26, 2011, at New River Baptist Church. Rev. Jason Jones and Rev. Larry Layfield will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Deacons of New River Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 25, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.

Mr. Allgood was born on January 2, 1931 in Buford (Gwinnett County) and was the son of David Walter Allgood and Abbie Ruvie Wiggins Allgood, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by a sister, who raised him from the age of two, Grace Allgood Cantrell and her husband, Bonnie Cantrell; two brothers, Moss and Glynn Allgood; and his daughter, Krista “Kris” Mattocks, who died June 18, 2011. He attended R. E. Lee High School in Thomaston, joining the United States Army on December 27, 1950 and received his Associates Degree in 1956 from Gordon Military College. He was retired from Union Camp Corporation.

Mr. Allgood was a member of New River Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Senior Men’s Sunday school class, the Salt Shakers Choir, the Brotherhood and Club 55. He was a member of the American Legion Post 21. He served as a Sergeant (T) from December 1950 through December 1953 during the Korean War, earning the Combat Medic’s Badge. His awards also include the Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and the Korean Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. He enjoyed working in the yard, tending his flowers, building birdhouses and antiquing furniture, especially old trunks.

Mr. Allgood is survived by his wife of 51 years, Essielene York Allgood of Tifton; two sisters, Barbara McLemore of Knoxville, Tennessee and Beverly Corley of Thomaston; and his son-in-law, Charles “Chip” Mattocks, Jr. of Chula.

He married Essieiene York 1960. Essieiene was the daughter of James Buck York and Susan Ethel Draper.

William David Allgood and Essieiene York had the following child:

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37704 i. Krista Grace10 Allgood was born in Fulton Co., GA April 23, 1963. Krista died June 18, 2011 in Bartow Co., GA. OBIT Krista “Kris” Allgood Mattocks, 48, of Chula died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at New River Baptist Church. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Robert R. Mattocks, Richard D. Mattocks, D. J. Wagner Jr., Stanley York, David Brooks and Michael Luck will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Chad White, Ralph Mills and Robert “Bobby” Perrin. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 20, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.

Mrs. Mattocks was born on April 23, 1963 in Atlanta and was the daughter of William David Allgood and Essielene York Allgood of Tifton. She graduated from Tift County High School in 1981 and received Associate of Science degrees in Business Administration and General Business from Young Harris College and ABAC, respectively. She was employed as an Accountant II with the UGA Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Tifton for 19 years and a University of Georgia employee for 23 years. She attended St. Williams Catholic Church in Fitzgerald and New River Baptist Church in Tifton, being a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Abbeville. She was a member of the Tifton Choral Society and a founding member of the 43rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment Living Historians from the War Between the States. She is fondly known as “Mother Mattocks” by many in the Georgia Volunteer Battalion. She enjoyed the activities of cooking, camping, traveling, hunting and fishing, reading, antiquing, working in her yard and tending her many animals. Some of her interests were writing poetry, sewing, quilting, playing the piano/organ and cross-stitching. She enjoyed the sunrises, sunsets and drinking coffee with friends around the campfire.

Mrs. Mattocks was preceded in death by her grandparents, Floyd Wagner, Sr. and James Buck York and Susan Ethel Draper York.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Mattocks is survived by her husband of 28 years, Charles “Chip” Mattocks, Jr. of Chula and her grandmother, Joyce Wagner of Albany.

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