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Note: MINNIE GREW UP IN SOUTH FULTON COUNTY ON BUTNER RD., SHE MOVED FROM BUTNER RD SHORTLY BEFORE WWII AND LIVED ON ASHBY ST. IN WEST END AS IT WAS THEN CALLED. SHE WORKED AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP AND THEN FOR HORMEL PACKING COMPANY. SHE RETIRED FROM HORMEL. AFTER HER MAMA DIED SHE MOVED IN WITH HER DADDY AND EVENTUALLY BUILT A NEW HOUSE BEHIND THE ORIGINAL HOME PLACE AND THE HOME PLACE WAS TORN DOWN. SHE WAS LIVING ON BUTNER WHEN SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP. SHE IS BURIED AT UNION CHRISTIAN CHURCH CEMETARY,UNION RD., FULTON CTY.. HER FIRST HUSBAND HENRY MATTHEWS DIED AROUND 1934 AND IT WAS MANY YEARS BEFORE SHE MARRIED AGAIN. SHE ALWAYS WORKED HARD TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTER BETTY. ALTHOUGH SHE ONLY HAD ONE CHILD SHE HAD SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AND LOVED THEM ALL DEARLY. SHE WAS A GOOD MAMA, GRANDMA DAUGHTER, SISTER, AND AUNT.
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