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Charles Kennedy Rewis

Male 1923 - 1999  (76 years)


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  • Name Charles Kennedy Rewis  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 8 Apr 1923  Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1930  Evergreen, Candler, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Departure 14 Aug 1948  Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Arrival 25 Aug 1948  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    other Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    SSN issued Bef 1951  Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1992  Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Social Security Number 255-22-5776  [3
    Military US Navy World War II Purple Heart 
    Death 2 Dec 1999  Tattnall Memorial Hospital, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • REIDSVILLE -- Reidsville Mayor Charles K. Rewis, 76, died Dec. 2, 1999 at Tattnall Memorial Hospital.

      He was a native of Tattnall County and a resident of Reidsville most of his life. He was a member of the Administrative Board of Reidsville United Methodist Church.

      He was a Navy veteran of World War II and recipient of the Purple Heart. He later served in the Georgia Army National Guard as a chief warrant officer.

      He retired from civil service after 36 years. He served as Tattnall County civil defense director from 1974-1988. In 1975, he organized the Tattnall County Ambulance Service.

      He was a Reidsville City Council member from 1978-1983. As mayor, he served three terms and was mayor at the time of his death. During his tenure as mayor, he was instrumental in retaining the Gordonia Alatamaha State Park and securing the Brazell Creek Golf Course.

      SURVIVORS: his wife, Carolyn S. Rewis of Reidsville; two sons and daughters-in-law, Eddy and Penny Rewis of Reidsville, and Teddy and Kay Rewis of Forsyth; a sister, Marilyn Stegman of Philadelphia; and five grandchildren, Corrie, Kasie, Josh, Russell and Misti-Dawn Rewis.

      VISITATION: will begin at 3 p.m. today at Cobb Funeral Home, Reidsville Chapel.

      FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday at Reidsville United Methodist Church, burial in Reidsville City Cemetery.
    Burial 4 Dec 1999  Reidsville City Cemetery, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7
    Person ID I6234  tng Genealogy

    Father Clyde Rewis,   b. 12 Jan 1903, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1966, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jennie Lamar Kennedy,   b. 16 Dec 1903, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1955, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Feb 1921  Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carolyn Strickland,   b. 24 Aug 1928, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 2010, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F2427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Apr 1923 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 25 Aug 1948 - New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Mapsother - - Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsSSN issued - Bef 1951 - Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1992 - Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Dec 1999 - Tattnall Memorial Hospital, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S355] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Charles K Rewis
      Name: Charles K Rewis
      Service Info.: US NAVY WORLD WAR II
      Birth Date: 8 Apr 1923
      Death Date: 2 Dec 1999
      Cemetery: City Cemetery
      Cemetery Address: Reidsville, GA 30453

    2. [S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Charles K Rewis

    3. [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: 255-22-5776; Issue State: Georgia; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for Charles K. Rewis
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=51595964&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=51595964&indiv=try

    4. [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Evergreen, Candler, Georgia; Roll: 342; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 757.0.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18941349&indiv=try
      [ View Federal Census Document]
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18941349&indiv=try

    5. [S392] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Year: 1948; Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: T715_7645; Line: 18; Page Number: 214.
      [ View Source Document]

    6. [S78] Moses M Coleman, Jr and Emilie K Hartz, Cemeteries of Tattnall County Georgia, (Name: Vesco, Inc 2001;), Page 301.

    7. [S122] FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14989334
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14989334.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14989334