Effie L. (née Eason) Poythress After 1934

 

Effie was 52 years of age at the time of John Alexander’s death on 7 February, 1934.  She continued to live in Florida and Alabama with or near her sons and their families for more than 22 years after John Alexander’s passing.  Her grandchildren called her Nana and remember her warmly as a wonderful cook, very social and fond of entertaining friends and family.

 

She passed away in Jacksonville on 19 July, 1956 at the age of 74.  Her gravesite is adjacent to John Alexander in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Effie L. Poythress grave marker.