Algood Genealogy

3448. Joseph Morris⁷ Waters (Sarah Frances Elizabeth⁶ Morris, Joseph Woodson⁵, Ann⁴ Allgood, John Young³, William² Algood, Edward¹ Allgood) was born in Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA April 17, 1904. Joseph died October 31, 1974 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC.

He married twice. He married Eleanor Abdil McMannon. Eleanor was born May 8, 1909 in Thomson, McDuffie Co., GA. Eleanor was the daughter of Edward Wood McMannon and Margaret Lucille Knox. Eleanor died April 24, 2004 in Thomson, McDuffie Co., GA. He married Iris Russell. Iris was born June 5, 1904. Iris died December 3, 1985 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC.

Joseph Morris Waters and Eleanor Abdil McMannon had the following child:

9971 i. Leila Knox⁸ Waters was born in Savannah, Chatham Co, GA September 11, 1928. Leila died June 29, 1998 in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA. She married Warren Thomas Atyeo. Warren was born February 15, 1927 in Highland Park, MI. Warren was the son of Albert J. Atyeo and Mary L.Grace McGinnis. Warren died October 9, 2008 in High Shoals, Oconee Co., GA. OBIT: Dr. Warren Thomas Atyeo, 81, died Thursday, October 9, 2008 at St. Mary's Hospice House, Athens, GA. Born in Highland Park, Michigan, he was the son of the late Mary Grace McGinnis and Albert J. Atyeo. After graduating Plymoth High School, Plymoth, Illinois, he attended Northwestern University, Western Illinois University and the University of Kansas receiving his PhD in Entomology in 1959. He served his country in the US Navy during WWII and the Korean Conflict. As a professor he worked at the University of Nebraska in the Department of Entomology, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and the University of Georgia in the Department of Entomology as Curator and Professor until his retirement in 1994 becoming a Professor Emeritus. During his career he composed approximately 165 publications concerning Entomology. He was a Mason, member of the American Legion, Entomological Society of America, Acarology Society of America and the Boy Scouts of America where as a Lone Scout he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Marilyn J. Atyeo; daughter: Eleanor A. McMannon of Thomson, GA; sons: Thomas W. (Hope M.) Atyeo of Anderson, SC, Timothy R (Teresa) Atyeo of Parkland, FL; grandchildren: Asheton G. Atyeo, Natalie N. Atyeo, John Thomas Atyeo and Caroline G. Atyeo. A memorial service will be held Monday, October 13, 2008 at 4PM at St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church with Rev

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