Algood Genealogy

24068. Thomas Willilam⁹ McLanahan (Annie Lou S⁸ Nash, Frances M.⁷ Allgood, Samuel Thomas⁶, James F.⁵, Joseph Royal⁴, William (Pikey) Henry³, William John², Edward¹) was born in Elbert Co., GA October 29,1918. Thomas died May 28, 1999 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL. OBIT: Thomas W. McLanahan,81, formerly of Elberton, died Friday, May 28, 1999. A native of Elberton, Mr. McLanahan was a son of the late Asbury Long and Annie Lou Nash McLanahan, and was the widower of his first wife, Amy Rose Bassimer McLanahan. He was a granite engraver for Phillips Monument Company in Sesser, Ill., was a veteran of World War II, and was of the Protestant faith. He was a member of Mount Vernon Moose Lodge 755, Mount Vernon Elks Lodge, Mount Vernon American Legion Post 141, and Mount Vernon VFW Post 1376. Services were held Sunday, May 30, 1999, at the Johnston Funeral Home, Mount Vernon, Ill., with the Revs. Everett Lemay and J.R. Janese officiating. Burial, with Military Rites, was in Kirk Cemetery, Ina, Ill., conducted by Mount Vernon American Legion Post 141. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Fitzgerrell Witter McLanahan; a son, Thomas W. McLanahan Jr., Mount Vernon, Ill.; two stepdaughters, Judy Parr, Mount Vernon, Ill., and Nancy Miles, Evansville, Ind.; a brother, Ralph McLanahan, Elberton; a grandson; and a great-grandson. Announcement courtesy of Hicks Funeral Home, Elberton.

He married twice. He married Amy Rose Bassemier. Amy was born 1912. Amy was the daughter of Louis Albert Bassemier and Lou Ella Pilcher. Amy died 1988. He married Evelyn Fitzgerrell Witter. Evelyn was born February 8,1922. Evelyn died January 26, 2003.

Thomas Willilam McLanahan and Amy Rose Bassemier had the following child:

40496 i. Thomas William¹⁰ McLanahan JR (LIVING).

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