(15) WILLIAM JOE4 GOSS
(ZACHARIAH3, JOSEPH2, STEPHENSON1), was born February 08, 1881, Webster County, Georgia,
and died August 13, 1961, Donalsonville, Seminole County, Georgia. He married LENA
ESTELLE MCEARCHERN, December 01, 1901, Parrott, Terrell County, Georgia.
The eldest son of Zachariah
Benjamin and his fourth wife, Eva (or Delphia) Dismuke Goss, "Willie Joe" was
born in Webster County, Georgia. As a young man he lived with his brother Jim, (1900),
next door to his parents, and worked the farm. Lena was born in Lumpkin, Stewart County,
Georgia, but also grew up in Webster County. After marrying they settled in the small town
of Parrott, in Terrell County, where their first four children were born. The family then
moved to Alabama, first to a farm in Webb, then later to Pinckard, where Willie Joe worked
as a superintendent at the Southern Oil Mill (peanut oil). They moved to Dothan for
awhile, then returned to Georgia, where Lena died in 1950. After his wife's death, Goss
moved in with his daughter, Ruby, in South Bay, Florida.
Known to the children and
grandchildren as "Papa", Goss lost his leg in a car accident and wore a peg leg
for about twenty-five years, then later a wooden one. After the accident, he made
mattresses for a living, stuffing the bedding, while Lena sewed the ticking.
Children of WILLIAM GOSS and LENA MCEARCHERN:
- RUBY WILL5 GOSS, b.
November 6, 1902; d. February 6, 1998; m. ALBERT J. WILLIAMS December 23, 1919.
- LILLIAN H.5 "LUCILLE"
GOSS, b. July 31, 1904 Parrott, Terrell Co., Georgia; m. (1) R. CLIFTON
STRINGFELLOW November 12, 1922; m. (2) NORMAN NUNNERY.
- HAUPTMAN D.5 GOSS, b. May
18, 1906 Parrott, Terrell Co., Georgia; m. LUCILLE PARR April 10, 1925.
- LOIS THELMA GOSS, b. July
08, 1909 Parrott, Terrell Co., Georgia; d. July 2, 1994 Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida;
m. HENRY CLIFFORD SMITH April 10, 1925 Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama.
- SARAH LOWRENE GOSS, b.
August 22, 1916 Webb, Alabama; d. December 22, 1949 Albany, Georgia; m. CLAUDE D SMITH.
- HELEN GUINELL GOSS m. JAMES
EARL WOODS.
(16)ZACKRIS4
GOSS (ZACHARIAH3, JOSEPH2, STEPHENSON1), was born September 03, 1900 and died February
18, 1972, in Stewart County, Georgia. He married HATTIE ERMA CANNON, on September
24, 1924, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Named for his father, Zack was
the second child of Zachariah and his second wife, Leila. As a child he attended Mt. Olive
school and Mt. Olive Methodist church. Around 1917 Zack's father died, and his mother
moved to Brooks County as a mail-order bride to William Pyles. The teenage Zack remained
in Webster County for a few years living with Scott, a black servant and friend of the
family.
In 1922, Zack moved to Brooks County to join his mother, and there met and married Hattie
Erma Cannon. Zack and Hattie returned to Webster County, to the land he inherited from his
father, where he worked as a farmer and cared for the animals in the neighborhood as a
sort of self-taught veterinarian. He was an active Mason in the McDonald 172 Lodge in
Pavo, Georgia.
Zack traveled for three years in Europe with his daughter, Anna Elizabeth, and while in
Germany, was made an honorary member of the local Masons.
Zack Goss died February 18, 1972 at the age of 71 years and was honored with a Masonic
funeral. His grave is located at the Turkey Creek Baptist Church on the Richland Dawson
Road. (Based on an article in the "History of Webster County", submitted by
Calvin Franklin Goss.)
Children of ZACKRIS GOSS and HATTIE CANNON:
- MATTIE LOUISE GOSS, b.
October 10, 1925 Webster Co., Georgia; m. JACK WARREN August 13, 1945.
- CALVIN FRANKLIN GOSS, b.
August 28, 1927 Webster Co., Georgia, m. DOROTHY JEAN GRIFFIN November 28, 1953.
- ANNA ELIZABETH GOSS, b.
June 22, 1930 Webster Co., Georgia, m. ALFRED CHAPDELAINE January 15, 1960.
- BILL ROAN GOSS, b. November
20, 1937 Webster Co., Georgia, m. JO ANN JONES.
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