Transcribed by Cathryn Jex Millburn 7/2002



William Simon Eakin




Born September 26, 1873, died July 5, 1944, married Emma Lee McBrayer Pharr Eakin, born July 21, 1884, died October 1, 1937.

One Child: Le Roy Eakin, born September 16, 1914, married Dorothy Ellen Thompson Eakin, born August 28, 1913. Emma Lee had three children by her first marriage: William Orin Pharr, Ivy Mae Pharr Bacon and Rethel Pharr Eakin, who married Homer Eakin.

Le Roy and Dorothy Ellen had one son, William Leroy Eakin, born April 26, 1934, married Ann Rowland Eakin, born October 13, 1936. Three children: William Rowland Eakin, born February 27, 1958, married Laura Kay Wade Eakin, born February 3, 1959; Elizabeth Ann Eakin, born March 7, 1962 and Michael Sean Eakin, born November 25, 1963.