Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Tombstone Tuesday: Sallie Tapley Geter


 Sallie Tapley Wheeler Geter
born April 3, 1897
died Jan. 1, 1987
laid to rest at 
West View Cemetery
Augusta, Georgia

Sallie was the daughter of
Franklin (Frank) Morgan Tapley and
Laney Minton Tapley

She is my first cousin, 1x removed.

Sallie is buried next to her second husband, Tom Geter,
and in the same plot (seen below) as her son,
Rev. James Rufus Wheeler.

 

Sallie Tapley

2 comments:

  1. I am sure they are buried in Georgia Clay, but someone did pour sand into the family plot. Most of the time, you see landscaping pebbles or rocks in cemetery plots, but this cemetery was different. To say the least. Not a very pretty job was done.

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