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Opal Driggers

Opal Driggers

Female 1933 - 2016  (83 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Opal DriggersOpal Driggers was born on 5 Jan 1933 (daughter of James Thomas Driggers and Madie Lara Davis); died on 9 Aug 2016; was buried in Little Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Gardi, Wayne, Georgia, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Opal Stewart Rogers, 83, of Jesup died Tuesday, August 9, 2016, in Altamaha Healthcare after a short illness. The Wayne County native was a member of Gardi Baptist Church and a former Waynline employee. She loved to fish and listen to Country Music. She was known as a master seamstress who helped her first husband upholster furniture in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was predeceased by her first husband and father of her children, Cleveland “Stu” Stewart; second husband, Jay Rogers; sons, Eddie, Kenny, and Gary Stewart; brother, Kenny Driggers; sisters, Lavonia Townsend, Betty Poppell, Ann Poindexter, and Parnie Lee Roberson.

    She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis Diann (Steve) Watson of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; sons and daughter-in-law, Danny (Tereza) Stewart and Keith Stewart of Jesup; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren; brother, James Driggers of Jesup; several nieces and nephews.

    Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 12, 2016, at Gardi Baptist Church with Rev. Randy Pruitt officiating. Interment will be in Little Creek Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be members of her family.

    Family/Spouse: Gerney Cleveland Stewart. Gerney (son of Jesse Lee Stewart and Myrtle M Swindle) was born on 13 Dec 1926 in Gardi, Wayne, Georgia, USA; died on 7 Aug 1994; was buried in Little Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Gardi, Wayne, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Kenny D Stewart was born on 29 Oct 1958 in Wayne, Georgia, USA; died on 3 Feb 2008; was buried in Little Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Gardi, Wayne, Georgia, USA.
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Living
    6. Living

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Thomas Driggers was born in Sep 1899 in Ramshorn, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (son of Loranza James Driggers and Minnie Lee White).

    James + Madie Lara Davis. Madie (daughter of Charles Thomas Davis and Living) was born on 30 Apr 1904; died on 23 Aug 1965; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery, Jesup, Wayne, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Madie Lara Davis was born on 30 Apr 1904 (daughter of Charles Thomas Davis and Living); died on 23 Aug 1965; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery, Jesup, Wayne, Georgia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 1. Opal Driggers was born on 5 Jan 1933; died on 9 Aug 2016; was buried in Little Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Gardi, Wayne, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Loranza James Driggers was born on 11 Jan 1874; died on 24 Oct 1949; was buried in Reidsville City Cemetery, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.

    Loranza + Minnie Lee White. Minnie (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 17 Mar 1876 in Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1956; was buried in Reidsville City Cemetery, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Minnie Lee White was born on 17 Mar 1876 in Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, USA (daughter of Living and Living); died on 11 Jun 1956; was buried in Reidsville City Cemetery, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 2. James Thomas Driggers was born in Sep 1899 in Ramshorn, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.

  3. 6.  Charles Thomas Davis was born on 7 Jun 1879 in Emanuel, Georgia, USA (son of Living and Living); died on 21 Aug 1953 in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA.

    Charles + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Living
    Children:
    1. 3. Madie Lara Davis was born on 30 Apr 1904; died on 23 Aug 1965; was buried in Pinecrest Memorial Cemetery, Jesup, Wayne, Georgia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Living

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Living
    Children:
    1. 5. Minnie Lee White was born on 17 Mar 1876 in Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1956; was buried in Reidsville City Cemetery, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.

  3. 12.  Living

    Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Living
    Children:
    1. 6. Charles Thomas Davis was born on 7 Jun 1879 in Emanuel, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Aug 1953 in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA.