Husband Grady Eugene Crews
Born: 8 Jun 1933 - Benton, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 229
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Died: 2 May 1966 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 229
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL 229
Father: Leo Crews 230
Mother: Teeny Elizabeth Melton 230
Marriage: 19 Jul 1952 - Lake City, Columbia County, Florida
Marr. Status: Death of Spouse
Wife Elizabeth Josephine Bush 231
AKA: Betty Jo
Born: 11 Jun 1933 - Columbia County, Florida
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Died: 3 Dec 2018 - Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, USA
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA
Father: Latimer Madison Bush 232
Mother: Mabel Noegel 233
Other Spouse: Delbert Laxton - 19 Feb 1977 - Columbia County, Florida (Death of Spouse)
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1 F Infant Crews
AKA: Infant
Born: 16 Jun 1953 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 234
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Died: 16 Jun 1953 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 234
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL 234
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• Fact 1: Stillborn Female / Never Named.
2 M Allan Eugene Crews
Born: 11 Sep 1954 - Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA 235
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Died: 6 Dec 2020 - Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida, USA
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., FL
Spouse: Bena L. Carter 235
Marr: 16 Jun 1974 - Columbia County, FL
Spouse: Dianne Carber 235
General Notes: Husband - Grady Eugene Crews
Name: Mrs. Betty Jo Laxton, 85, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018 in the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida following a brief illness. Mrs. Laxton was the daughter of the late Latimer and Mabel Noegel Bush. Born and raised in Columbia County, Mrs. Laxton graduated from Columbia High School in 1951. During her high school years she met and ultimately married her classmate and high school sweetheart, Grady Crews in 1952. Grady preceded her in death in 1966. In 1977 she met and married Delbert Laxton, "one of the best things I ever did", as per Mrs. Laxton's entry in her 50th High School Reunion annual. Mrs. Laxton retired from the Columbia County Health Department after thirty-nine and half years of service as the County Registrar. Mrs. Laxton is fondly remembered by her family for her passion for going to yard sales. Mrs. Betty Jo Laxton, 85, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018 in the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida following a brief illness. Mrs. Laxton was the daughter of the late Latimer and Mabel Noegel Bush. Born and raised in Columbia County, Mrs. Laxton graduated from Columbia High School in 1951. During her high school years she met and ultimately married her classmate and high school sweetheart, Grady Crews in 1952. Grady preceded her in death in 1966. In 1977 she met and married Delbert Laxton, "one of the best things I ever did", as per Mrs. Laxton's entry in her 50th High School Reunion annual. Mrs. Laxton retired from the Columbia County Health Department after thirty-nine and half years of service as the County Registrar. Mrs. Laxton is fondly remembered by her family for her passion for going to yard sales. Name: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80307917/roy_maryon-coppage: accessed November 29, 2025), memorial page for Roy Maryon Coppage (25 Aug 1909\endash 23 Jan 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80307917, citing Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cecil, Cook County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Cat (contributor 47559732).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78077840/bessie_bell-coppage: accessed November 29, 2025), memorial page for Bessie Bell Cain Coppage (9 Jun 1910\endash 27 Jan 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78077840, citing Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cecil, Cook County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Darryl & Debra Vickers (contributor 47594381).
CASON, WILLIAM
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"Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V65Y-KJN : 7 December 2017), Grady Eugene Crews and Betty Jo Bush, 19 Jul 1952; citing Marriage, Columbia, Florida, United States, Liberty County Clerk of Courts, Florida; FHL microfilm 1,953,985.
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July 19 1952
Columbia, Florida, United States
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Columbia, Columbia, Florida, United States
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Clay, Florida, United States
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Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States
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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Josephine Bush
She is survived by her husband Delbert Laxton; four of her five children, Allan Crews, Gary Laxton, Debra Nettles, and Shelia Slack all of Lake City. Her ten grandchildren, Justin and Tyler Crews, Lisha and Anna Nettles, Blaine and Lauran Slack, John and Casey Wood, Wayne Laxton, and Jackson Nettles and her five great grandchildren, Aly, Ace and Jax Crews and Morgan and Fallon Laxton also survive.
A receiving of friends will be held next Saturday, December 15th, from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Christian Service Center, P.O. Box 2285, Lake City, FL 32024. Arrangements are under the direction of the DEES-PARRISH FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 458 S. Marion St., Lake City, FL 32025 (386)-752-1234
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215312765/elizabeth_josephine-laxton: accessed December 27, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Josephine "Betty Jo" Bush Laxton (1 Nov 1933\endash 3 Dec 2018), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215312765, citing Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, USA; Maintained by sehall (contributor 47484908).
Husband Delbert Laxton
Born: 3 Dec 1927
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Marriage: 19 Feb 1977 - Columbia County, Florida
Marr. Status: Death of Spouse
Wife Elizabeth Josephine Bush 231
AKA: Betty Jo
Born: 11 Jun 1933 - Columbia County, Florida
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Died: 3 Dec 2018 - Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, USA
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA
Father: Latimer Madison Bush 232
Mother: Mabel Noegel 233
Other Spouse: Grady Eugene Crews - 19 Jul 1952 - Lake City, Columbia County, Florida (Death of Spouse)
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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Josephine Bush
She is survived by her husband Delbert Laxton; four of her five children, Allan Crews, Gary Laxton, Debra Nettles, and Shelia Slack all of Lake City. Her ten grandchildren, Justin and Tyler Crews, Lisha and Anna Nettles, Blaine and Lauran Slack, John and Casey Wood, Wayne Laxton, and Jackson Nettles and her five great grandchildren, Aly, Ace and Jax Crews and Morgan and Fallon Laxton also survive.
A receiving of friends will be held next Saturday, December 15th, from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Christian Service Center, P.O. Box 2285, Lake City, FL 32024. Arrangements are under the direction of the DEES-PARRISH FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 458 S. Marion St., Lake City, FL 32025 (386)-752-1234
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215312765/elizabeth_josephine-laxton: accessed December 27, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Josephine "Betty Jo" Bush Laxton (1 Nov 1933\endash 3 Dec 2018), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215312765, citing Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, USA; Maintained by sehall (contributor 47484908).
Husband Latimer Madison Bush 232
Born: 9 Oct 1898 236
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Died: 9 Sep 1986 - Lake City, Columbia County, Florida 236
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Marriage: 1924
Wife Mabel Noegel 233
Born: 15 Nov 1906 233
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1 M Latimer Madison Bush Jr
Born: 23 Oct 1926
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Died: 7 Sep 2017
Buried: - Jacksonville National Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
2 F Elizabeth Josephine Bush 231
AKA: Betty Jo
Born: 11 Jun 1933 - Columbia County, Florida
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Died: 3 Dec 2018 - Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, USA
Buried: - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida, USA
Spouse: Grady Eugene Crews
Marr: 19 Jul 1952 - Lake City, Columbia County, Florida. (Death of Spouse)
Spouse: Delbert Laxton
Marr: 19 Feb 1977 - Columbia County, Florida. (Death of Spouse)
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1 F Hannah Elizabeth Spencer
Born: 1761 - South Carolina
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Died: Jun 1835 - Burke County, Georgia
Buried: - Padan-aram Plantation, Burke County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Captain John Milton 237
Marr: 1780 - Richmond Co., GA
Husband Perry Cowart
Born: 1847 - Georgia
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Perry Cowart
Rebecca V Cowart
Phoeby O Cowart
Joseph D Cowart
Marry M Cowart
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36D-Q32 : accessed 20 August 2018), Perry Cowart, Precinct 2, 14 Fort Meade town, Polk, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,175.
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Husband Roy Coppage
Born: 25 Aug 1909 - Lowndes Co., GA 115
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Died: 23 Jan 1969 - Lowndes Co., GA
Buried: - Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cecil, Cook County, Georgia, USA
Father: Gordon Lee Coppage
Mother: Willie Ozella Cowart
Marriage: 26 May 1928 - Lowndes Co., GA 115
Wife Bessie Bell Caine
Born: 9 Jun 1910 - Hahira, Lowndes County, Georgia, USA
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Died: 27 Jan 1987 - Hahira, Lowndes County, Georgia, USA
Buried: - Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cecil, Cook County, Georgia, USA
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General Notes: Wife - Bessie Bell Caine
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1 F Jane Anne Cannon
Born: 1700 - Bath County, North Carolina
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Born: Cir 1695 - Princess Anne County, VA 238
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Born: 1700 - Bath County, North Carolina
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Born: Abt 1723
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2 M Cannon Cason
Born: Abt 1725
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3 M James Cason
Born: Abt 1727
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5 M Henry Cason
Born: Abt 1732
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6 F Elizabeth Cason
Born: Abt 1735
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7 M Hillery Cason
Born: 1737 - Beaufort County, NC 161
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Died: 1810 - Screven Co., GA 161
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General Notes: Husband - William Cason
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William Cason, the ancestor of almost all the Casons in "Wiregrass Georgia" and North Florida, was born in Princess Anne County, Va., c1695, and is believed to be a son of James Cason who died there in 1723. William was the administrator of the said James Cason's estate. He seems to have sold his inheritance in 1723 as it was at that time he moved to Beaufort County, N.C., where he settled in the portion that later, in the 1760s, became Pitt County. He granted land in Beaufort County in 1740, the same bordering on a stream called "Cason's Run" and George Moye's land. The 1746 Colonial tax records of Beaufort County shows William "Casson" (or Cason) a tax-payer with nine people in his household.
William Cason's wife was named Jane but nothing further is definitely known about her other than she was dead by 1758 when William made a deed of gift to three of their children, Henry, Hillery and Elizabeth. The 1760 tax records show him living with his son, James, and in 1762 with son Hillery. He died in Pitt County about 1764. William and Jane were the parents of the following children (list may be incomplete):
1. William
2. Cannon
3. James
4. John
5. Henry
6. Elizabeth
7. Hillery
William and Jane Cason are the ancestors of several thousand people in South Georgia and North Florida and seemingly of all Cason descendants in these areas with the exception of Ransom Cason (Vol. II) who, while he could have been a descendant seems to have been a greatnephew.
NOTE: Thanks are due Mr. E.L. Williams of Valdosta and Wm. R. Cason of Atlanta, descendants, for their indefatigable work in tracing what appeared to be for many years an untraceable family due largely to poorly-kept public and family records and loss outright of records.
This is an original compilation, not heretofore published.
References:
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 7, pg. 79.
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Born: 28 Nov 1916
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Mother: Olive Burnett
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