Transcribed by Cathryn Jex Millburn 7/2002
Joseph Cicero Eakin
Born September 5, 1871 and died December 20, 1949. On April 25, 1897, he was married to Margaret Edna Lockerd, born October 13, 1879 and died July 10, 1963. Children:
Merlin Maywood Eakin, born April 29, 1898 and died June 7, 1965; on July 20, 1919, he married Zadie English Eakin, born October 27, 1898. Three children:
Merlin Maywood Eakin Jr., born March 19, 1921, married Margaret Clark on March 12, 1940, had two children, Lubin Timothy, born October 30, 1946, married on May 30, 1961 to Jeannette Spiers, one child, Timothy Douglas Eakin, born June 7, 1972; and Merlin Randel, born October 8, 1958.
Mary Jannette Eakin Sawyer, born July 28, 1924, married Jack E. Sawyer, January 30, 1946, had one daughter, Debra, born October 6, 1954, married Danny C. Tye, three children, Jennifer Annette Tye, born October 30, 1974, Sarah Elizabeth Tye, born May 10, 1979, and Joseph Daniel Tye, born December 9, 1980; divorced and married Leo Loa Jr., on December 2, 1983.
And Billie Joe Eakin, born December 29, 1926, was married on February 4, 1956 to Barbara Hancock, had three children, Stephen Douglas Eakin, born May 15, 1959, was married on June 21, 1986 to Pamela Fetherling; Gregory Wayne Eakin, born May 5, 1961; Robert Keith Eakin, born on June 22, 1964; and Alicia Ann Eakin, born December 8, 1965.
Joseph Cecil Eakin Jr., born July 29, 1900 and died November 28, 1978. On July 5, 1922, he married Annie Perle Wiggins Eakin, one son, Joe C. Eakin III, born July 27, 1931. Gladys Isabell Eakin Jenkins, born July 23, 1904 and died November 28, 1978, on September 2, 1940 married Louie Earl Jenkins, born January 15, 1887 and died November 1, 1948. Two sons, Raymond Bayless Jenkins, born May 1, 1941, and David Louie Jenkins, born June 2, 1943 and died November 10, 1980.
Aldean Aaron Eakin, born December 23, 1906 and died August 16, 1977, married Anita Verne Sparks.
Daniel Edwin Eakin, born November 11, 1918 and died November 12, 1918.
