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     Deurweent George Simmons was born in 1924.¹ He married Ethel Clariece Tabb, daughter of David Carroll (Pete) Tabb and Wilson Ethel Dotson, on 6 August 2005.¹ Deurweent George Simmons died in 2014.¹

     Phillip Bernard Lankford was born on 29 June 1926.¹ He died on 14 March 2014 at age 87. He was buried after 14 March 2014 at Altus Cemetery, Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma.

     Steve Butler died.¹ He was born.¹

     Grace Welch died. She married Walter Bain Tabb, son of Jefferson Davis Tabb and Cora M. Wells.¹ Grace Welch was born in September 1897 at Arkansas.¹

     Carrie R. Lee was born on 24 August 1906.¹ She married Walter Bain Tabb, son of Jefferson Davis Tabb and Cora M. Wells, on 25 October 1924 at Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.¹ Carrie R. Lee died on 16 April 1996 at age 89.¹ She was buried after 16 April 1996 at Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma.¹

     Kathleen Tabb married (---?---) Thoes. Kathleen Tabb was born on 11 December 1915 at Oklahoma.¹ She died on 30 May 1991 at age 75.

     Howard Leon Tabb was born on 2 August 1917 at Oklahoma.¹ He died on 6 November 1941 at Alexandria, Arlington County, Virginia, at age 24.^1,2 He was buried after 6 November 1941 at Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma.¹

     David Cunningham Tabb was born on 13 December 1894 at Naomi, Walker County, Georgia.¹ He married Maude Mae Mize in 1919.¹ David Cunningham Tabb died on 24 July 1921 at LaFayeet, Walker County, Georgia, at age 26; Story posted in Walker County Messenger Lafayette, Ga. on Friday, July 8, 1921:
It read:
D.C. Tabb; WIFE AND BABY INJURED IN AUTO WRECK:
Chattanooga, Tenn. July 5, 1921 –
D.C. Tabb, who lives four miles east of LaFayette, Ga., his wife and a 2 year old baby were seriously, the man perhaps, fatally injured in an automobile accident at the corner of Missionary Avenue and the Rossville Boulevard shortly after 7 o’clock last night, when Tabb who was drinking drove his car squarely in front of a three and one-half ton White truck, driven by Robt. Orr, of the Orr Transfer Co. None of the occupants of the truck were hurt, although it was filled with a picnic party from the Daybreakers’ Club, of this city, returning from Cherokee springs, near Ringgold. The injured were picked up by a Mr. Eaves and rushed to the Physicians’ and Surgeons’ hospital, where up to a late hour last night, none of them had regained consciousness.
Tabb suffered severe cuts and bruises all over the body and limbs and is injured internally. His wife was cut about the head arms and body. The baby’s head is severely bruised. The occupants of the truck 28 in number, were considerably shaken up, and several of the ladies fainted.
When the wreck of Tabb’s car was examined after the collision, it was found to contain twelve one-gallon tin cans, which smelled very strongly of liquor. Tabb, according to hospital attendants was in a drunken condition when he was place under the anaesthetic at the hospital. He is known as a transporter of liquor to officers of Walker County and, is now under a $500 bond, following his arrest for transporting about six weeks ago. The sheriff of Walker County reported by phone last night, stated that Tabb had not yet been indicted in the case. Thursday morning Tabb was reported as slightly improved and Mrs. Tabb and baby was considered not seriously injured.
Next story in Walker County Messenger appeared on July 22, 1921:
It read:
All HOPES ABANDONED FOR RECOVERY OF D.C. TABB
Chattanooga, July 21 –
D.C. Tabb, of LaFayette, Ga., who has been at the Physicians and Surgeon’s Hospital since he received serious injuries in an automobile accident on the Rossville boulevard on the evening of July 4^th will not recover. Advices received from the hospital last night were to the effect that Tabb is delirious and is gradually sinking. His death is merely a matter of hours and it is probably that he will not regain consciousness.

My great-grandfather was said to have volunteered for World War I, served in the Navy for two years aboard two separate ships, the William O’Brien and the Allianca, survived and returned to small town USA where he met his demise running moonshine. His wife, Maude Mae Mize Tabb, died three years later from complications of this wreck and my grandmother, their only child who was in that fatal wreck, was raised by her grandmother and grandfather, Thomas and Arzella Mize. My grandmother was never told how her father died (that he was drunk the night of the accident, or that he was a “known moonshiner”) until I researched my Ancestry and found the articles above.¹ He was buried on 26 July 1921 at Naomi Cemetery, Naomi, Walker County, Georgia.¹

     Maude Mae Mize was born on 8 September 1902.¹ She married David Cunningham Tabb, son of John Walter Tabb and Susan Olive Hartsill, in 1919.¹ Maude Mae Mize died on 23 August 1924 at age 21.¹ She was buried after 24 August 1924 at Naomi Cemetery, LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia.¹

     Mabel Irene Tabb married Marvin Lamar Stacks. Mabel Irene Tabb was born on 2 July 1920 at Naomi, Walker County, Georgia.¹ She died on 30 May 1999 at Fort Ogelthorpe, Walker County, Georgia, at age 78.¹

     Marvin Lamar Stacks married Mabel Irene Tabb, daughter of David Cunningham Tabb and Maude Mae Mize. Marvin Lamar Stacks was born on 5 November 1912 at Noble, Georgia. He died on 24 April 1973 at Rossville, Georgia, at age 60.

     Mary Ann (Mable) McCanally was born on 30 April 1875 at Clark County, Arkansas.¹ She married John Walter Tabb, son of Thaddeus Monroe Tabb and Sallie Ann Broughton, in 1911. Mary Ann (Mable) McCanally died on 9 June 1943 at Madera County, California, at age 68.¹ She was buried after 9 June 1943 at Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera County, California.¹

     Gordon B. Whittle was born in 1900. He died in 1968.¹

     Gladys Tabb was born 29 Feb 1898.¹ She died on 20 September 1904.¹ She was buried after 20 September 1904 at Naomi Cemetery, LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia.¹

     Roy Eugene Conrad married Leilah Connie Cole. Roy Eugene Conrad was born in 1917. He died in 1996.

     Walter Haggen Tabb was born on 15 November 1897 at Berwick, Warren County, Illinois. He married Selma M. Johnson on 21 February 1921 at Warren County, Illinois.^1,2 Walter Haggen Tabb died on 10 February 1937 at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, at age 39.¹ He was buried after 10 February 1937 at Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Warren County, Illinois.¹

     Ralph Holland Tabb married Viola M. (---?---).¹ Ralph Holland Tabb was born in 1899 at Berwick, Warren County, Illinois.¹ He was buried in 1986 at Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Warren County, Illinois.¹ He died in 1986.¹

     John Edgar Tabb married Grace Lucille Severns.¹ John Edgar Tabb married Thelma Maxine McGee.¹ John Edgar Tabb was born on 12 July 1902 at Illinois.¹ He died on 15 December 1992 at Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois, at age 90. He was buried after 15 December 1992 at Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, Warren County, Illinois.¹

     Claire Elmer Tabb was born on 19 April 1904 at Kentucky.¹ He married Dorothy Jane Ingram on 21 March 1923 at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa.¹ Claire Elmer Tabb died on 9 January 1974 at Williamsfield, Knox County, Illinois, at age 69.¹ He was buried after 9 January 1974 at Williamsfield Cemetery, Williamsfield, Knox County, Illinois.¹

     Sarah Katherine Tabb was born in 1909 at Illinois. She died in February 1996 at Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois.

     Dorothy Jane Ingram was born on 11 September 1905 at Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.¹ She married Claire Elmer Tabb, son of Robert Hardy Tabb and Elnora (Nora) Meadows, on 21 March 1923 at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa.¹ Dorothy Jane Ingram died on 27 April 1988 at Williamsfield, Knox County, Illinois, at age 82.¹ She was buried after 27 April 1988 at Williamsfield Cemetery, Williamsfield, Knox County, Illinois.¹

     Donald Owen Tabb was born on 13 October 1923 at Oneida, Knox County, Illinois.¹ He died on 2 August 1987 at Onida, Knox County, Illinois, at age 63.¹ He was buried after 2 August 1987 at Williamsfield Cemetery, Williamsfield, Knox County, Illinois.¹

     Claire Arline Tabb was born on 28 October 1928 at Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois.¹ He married Addie Mae Smith in 1948. Claire Arline Tabb married Thelma Mae Broadfield in 1954. Claire Arline Tabb married Yvonne (Vonnie) Blanche Uhlman on 9 November 1973 at Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois. Claire Arline Tabb died on 22 December 1985 at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, at age 57.¹ He was buried after 22 December 1985 at Williamsfield Cemetery, Williamsfield, Knox County, Illinois.¹

     Yvonne (Vonnie) Blanche Uhlman was born on 8 January 1926 at Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois.¹ She married Leo F. O'Brien on 14 June 1947 at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.¹ Yvonne (Vonnie) Blanche Uhlman married Claire Arline Tabb, son of Claire Elmer Tabb and Dorothy Jane Ingram, on 9 November 1973 at Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois. Yvonne (Vonnie) Blanche Uhlman died on 30 October 2008 at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, at age 82.¹ She was buried on 3 November 2008 at Saint Josephs Cemetery, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.¹

     Leo F. O'Brien was born. He married Yvonne (Vonnie) Blanche Uhlman on 14 June 1947 at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois.¹ Leo F. O'Brien died in 1968.¹

     Rebecca Ann Tabb was born on 4 June 1943 at Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. She married Lawrence Ross Flanagan on 17 February 1962 at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Rebecca Ann Tabb died on 20 March 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, at age 69. She was buried after 20 March 2013 at Oneida, Knox County, Illinois.

     Lawrence Ross Flanagan was born in 1939. He married Rebecca Ann Tabb, daughter of Donald Owen Tabb, on 17 February 1962 at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Lawrence Ross Flanagan died on 2 January 2000.

     Kenneth Gordon Tabb was born on 5 July 1925 at Jasper County, Illinois.¹ He married Ruby Geraldine Bower on 17 March 1951.¹ Kenneth Gordon Tabb died on 25 February 1989 at Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 63.¹ He was buried after 25 February 1989 at City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.¹

     Ruby Geraldine Bower was born on 16 December 1926 at Jasper County, Illinois.¹ She married Kenneth Gordon Tabb, son of Samuel Nelson Tabb and Merna Opal Wagner, on 17 March 1951.¹ Ruby Geraldine Bower died on 21 August 2007 at Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 80.¹ She was buried after 21 August 2007 at City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.¹

     Carol Ann Tabb was born on 14 April 1949 at Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.¹ She died on 20 December 1997 at Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 48.¹ She was buried on 24 December 1997 at City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.¹