Rives, George Walton

Summary

Father: Claudius Green Rives, Jr.
Mother: Fannie Bell

Birth: 7 Dec 1893, Collirene, Alabama
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: 17 Sept 1967, Collirene, Alabama
Death Source:

Spouse1: Mary Elizabeth Williamson, m. 1922, Sandersville, Georgia

Narrative

Children of George Walton Rives and Mary E. Williamson:

1. George Walton Rives Jr., b. 9 Jan 1923, m. Rosa David Lyon
2. Joe Kain Rives, b. 9 Sept 1924, m. Sarah Virginia Rives
3. Charles Jordan Rives, b. 20 Sept 1926
4. Infant Rives, b. 8 Jan 1929
5. Murry Gordon Rives, b. 27 May 1930, m. Dorthy Sue Ramsey
6. Mary Fay Rives, b. 4 Aug 1934, m. 1. Edmund W. Caldwell, 2. Frank S. Spivey
7. Fannie Sue Rives, b. 2 March 1936, m. Frank A. Kozel

Attended Collirene Acad.; inducted into service in World War on Sept. 18,1917, and served overseas with Co. E, 123rd Infantry, and Co. L, 139th Infantry, received honorable discharge May 13, 1919; res. Davisboro, Ga., where he is engaged in automotive business.(Reliques)
Returned to Collirene where he lived until his death in 1967. He opened Rives Appliances in nearby Selma, Alabama in 1934. His sons continue running the store until they retired in 1985.

Research Notes

Sources

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p103
Collirene the Queen Hill