Benjamin Franklin McGuffee Family

Benjamin Franklin McGuffee was born in Mississippi on January 20, 1844 to the marriage of William H. McGuffee and Ann Eliza White.  On May 28, 1867, he married Georgia Ann Price in Lawrence County, Mississippi.  Benjamin died on June 6, 1936 and Georgia died on May 11, 1926.  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

The following children were born to the marriage of Benjamin Franklin McGuffee and Georgia Ann Price:

1.  Dilly A., 1867-?

2.  James Washington, 1870-1930 (m. Minnie Belle Allbritton, 1872-1952)  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photographs were taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

James Washington McGuffee - Record of Death

Children:
Henry Ernest, 1893-1958 (m. Margaret Peyton, 1895-1978)
Lodi Alice, 1895-1951 (m. Jesse David Blackman, 1893-1936)
Spencer, 1898-1979 (m. Mary Gatha Carter, 1905-1958)
Lonnie Lawrence, 1900-1976 (m. Lelia Routon, 1897-1989)
Rita Mae, 1903-1994 (m. Albert Abram Terry, 1898-1964)
James Coy, 1905-1978 (m. Ida Elizabeth King, 1911-1994)
George Orville, 1908-1992 (m. Carrie Trisler, 1910-1994)

3.  Albert Benjamin, 1875-1961 (m. Margaret E. Allbritton, 1876-1962)  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:
Elroy, 1901-1981 (m. Lea McClendon, 1902-1987)
Effie, 1903-?
Lizzie Mae, 1905-1986 (m. Burton A. Miley, 1908-2001)
Charley M., 1909-1966
Richard C. "J. Y.", 1910-1993 (m. Mary Owens, 1911-1988)

4.  Robert Franklin, 1878-1956 (m. Sarah Bianca Poole, 1877-1962)  Both are buried in the Rosefield Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:
Cary Alford, 1898-1981 (m. Dollie Edith Sones, 1896-1984)
Robert Durrell, 1900-1983 (m. Alice Zaradia Sones, 1900-1989)
Shellie Albert, 1902-1985 (m. Eathel Frances Horn, 1905-1999)
Nathan Benjamin, 1905-1980 (m. Elizabeth M., 1907-1974)
Colby Buren, 1907-1975 (m. Neva Catherine King, 1917-1969)
Zola Myrtle, 1910-1991 (m. Clay Smith, 1910-1990)
Essie, 1915-1999
Era, 1918-2012 (m. Charles F. Campbell, 1921-1986)

5.  L. Suvilla, 1883-1914 (m. Charlie V. Allbritton, 1879-1953)  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:
Leroy, 1900-1967 (m. Martha C., 1905-1999)
Charles Buford, 1903-1989 (m. Jean Faulk, 1907-2005)
Beulah M., 1906-1993 (m. Joel Cecil Short, 1905-1968)
Ezalee, 1911-?

6.  Ellis Lee, 1886-1972 (m. Lillie Zeagler, 1886-1972)

Child:
Alsie N., 1909-1980 (m. Emerson Agan, 1920-1991)

7.  Benjamin Irvin, 1888-1980 (m. Mae Johnson, 1890-1967)  Both are buried in the Harrisonburg Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Eva Merryman.

Child:
Ernest Lynn, 1913-1999

James Beauregard Price Family

William M. Price (1819-1876) married Martha Ann Pelt (1818-1881) in Lauderdale, Mississippi in 1842.  After having spent most of their married life in Mississippi, William, Martha and family moved to Catahoula Parish in the late 1870s.  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

William and Martha Price

The following children were born to this marriage:

1. Robert Washington, 1843-1920 (m. Emily Townsend, 1861-1937)
2. Georgia Ann, 1846-1926 (m. Benjamin Franklin McGuffee, 1844-1936)
3. Winnie Susannah, 1949-1914 (m. 1. Warren J. Townsend, 1850-1931; 2. James F. Cureington, 1846-1912)
4. William Asa, 1854-1908 (m. Mary Ann Delaughter, 1858-1953)
5. Rhoda Jane, 1855-1924 (m. William Watkins, 1862-?)
6. Albert Green, 1858-1907 (m. Josephine Saphire Matthews/Mattias, 1858-1928)
7. Cordelia, 1859-?
8. James Beauregard, 1861-1935 (m. Mary Margaret Johnson, 1867-1954)

James Beauregard Price was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi on October 14, 1861.  He and his family moved to Catahoula Parish some time after 1870 and before the death of his father in 1876.  He married Mary Margaret Johnson on January 29, 1885 in Catahoula Parish.

James Beauregard Price died on February 12, 1935 and Mary Margaret Johnson Price died on March 25, 1954.  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish.  Tombstone photographs were taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

James Beauregard Price - Record of Death

The following children were born to the marriage of James Beauregard Price and Mary Margaret Johnson:

1.  Lillie Ernestine, 1886-1930 (m. William Sidney Blaney, 1884-1966).  Lillie is buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  William Sidney and his second wife, Julia, are also buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery.  Photograph of Lillie's tombstone was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Photographed by FindAGrave member, Tommye Price

Lillie Price Blaney - Record of Death

Children:

Dewey Arthur, 1919-1986
Ira Marie, 1921-2005 (m. Clayton Forsythe Cotton, 1915-2008)
James Martin, 1927-2002 (m. Joyce Leach)

2.  Erastus Randolph, 1887-1967 (m. Mary Jane Ford).  Erastus is buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:

Ewell, 1921-1991
Eunice Audrey, 1924-1998 (m. Wooten)
Mary Eula, 1927 (m. Laird)
Elizabeth Pearl, 1931-2008 (m. Dan Stephenson)

3.  Kathleen "Kitty" E., 1890-1948 (m. William Quitman Hodges, 1896-1971).  Both are buried in the Rosefield Cemetery in Rosefield, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photographs were taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:

Hallye, 1916
Vivian, 1917-2006 (m. Namon Braddock, 1908-1982)
Mary Dora, 1923-1926
John L., 1920-1947
William Quitman, Jr.., 1925-1996 (m. Patsy Bass)

4.  Mary Frances, 1893-1980 (m. John Calvin Randall, 1892-1960).  Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:

John W., 1916-2008 (m. Vivienne)
James Ray, 1918-1941
William Harmon, 1921-1971 (m. Bea Lewis, 1923-2012)
Mary Sue, 1923-2008 (m. Walter E. Moore, 1918-1986)
Joseph Calvin, 1927

5.  James Blanchard, 1895-1966 (m. Aralafaye "Afay" Slade).  James Blanchard Price is buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price

Children:

Dorothy Doris, 1928 (m. Miles)
Maxine, 1930 (m. Grass)
James Blanchard, Jr., 1933-2004 (m. Dot Ashley)
LaVerne (m. Parish)
Karen
Larry K

6.  Ralph, 1899-1901.  Ralph Price is buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

7.  Richard Guy, 1902-1991 (m. 1. Eura Lee Strahan, 1905-1937; 2. Marie Peavey, 1902-1996).  Eura Lee Strahan Price is buried in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Pearl River County, Mississippi.  Guy and Marie Price are buried in the Highland Park Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Karen Klemm-Pinckard.

Children born to the marriage of Guy and Eura Lee Price:

Richard Guy, Jr. "R.G.", 1926 (m. Virginia Dent, 1932)
James Calvin, 1928-2006 (m. Allene Higgins, 1929-2011)
Magarette Lee, 1931
Gene Alice, 1937-1937

8.  Eunice Felma, 1904-1984 (m. Henry Alvin Swaggart).  Felma Price Swaggart is buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Child:

Henry Alvin, Jr., 1946-1995

9.  Eula Velma, 1904-1995 (m. Russell George Stone, 1906-1968).  Both are buried in the Oakley Cemetery in Gilbert, Franklin Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

10. Ivy Jones, 1906-1958 (m. 1. Helen Dabbs, 1909-2009; 2. Annie Mae Dalton, 1914-1983).  Helen Dabbs Jones Hester is buried in the New Winnsboro Cemetery in Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana.  Ivy and Annie Mae Jones are both buried in the Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children born to the marriage of Ivy and Helen Price:

Ruth, 1930-2002 (m. George Stuart, 1930-1982)
Ivy Ralph, 1932-2010 (m. Dorothy Jean Gommert)

11. Murphy Meredith, 1909-1993 (m. Lula Elizabeth Briscoe, 1918-1989).  Both are buried in the Spring Ridge Cemetery in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.  Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave contributor Tommye Price.

Children:

Murphy Briscoe, 1941
James Edward, 1943-2013
Deryl Wayne, 1946

Sports Center Saturday ~ The First Undefeated Season

From the 1962 edition of El Tigre:

In the annals of football history one often beholds a luminous star flash across the horizon.  The glow is "lovely to look at, a joy to behold" but it soon fades, passes away, and becomes a dim memory.  However, once in a lifetime there is a storybook team which has no individual stars--they are all stars--working together and blending as a magnificent unit.  Such was the team of 1961-62, giving us our first undefeated season.  Among these games was our one hundredth victory since football was instituted at Sicily Island.

To this noble team of gallant Tigers and their splendid coaches, J. R. Peace and W. C. Speights, we dedicate this issue of El Tigre.  We have gloried in your victories and achievements, for they are golden moments touched lightly upon the harp of memory.  May the years bring continued happiness and victories to you, the Tigers of 1961-62.

1961-62 Sicily Island Tiger Football Team

1st Row (LtoR):  Albert Krause (HB; Captain), Carey Fairbanks (G; All-District), Talmadge Ashley (QB), Bill Stubbs (HB)

2nd Row (LtoR):  Coach W. C. Speights, Marvin "Brother" Nolen (C), Joe Gibson (FB), Mike Haley (E), Benton Blackmon (E; All-District), Bobby Ashley (HB), Gus Watson (T), Deryl Price (E), Kenneth Bird (T), Johnny Young (HB), Coach J. R. Peace

3rd Row (LtoR):  Robert Alexander (G), Henry Parker (G), Craig Brooks (E), John Knotts (C), Jerry Wells (T), Joe Raymond Peace (C), Charles Mason (T), Bill Crawford (E), Jerry Hinton (FB; Co-Captain; All-District)

Friday's Faces from the Past ~ Mickey Salter and Adele Vaught

Family Recipe Friday ~ Caramel Squares

From the kitchen of Vidalia resident, Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves: