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Eli Hood McGinty Jr.

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Eli Hood McGinty Jr.

Birth
Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA
Death
24 Jan 1962 (aged 71)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Benton, Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Eli H. McGinty, Jr was the son of Eli Hood McGinty, Sr and Mary Elizabeth Ellis. He married Emma Jones, her second marriage. She was married previously to A. L."Tobe" Speakes but had no children by her first marriage. Eli and Emma had 6 female and 2 male children with the oldest girl dying at age 6. Both are buried together at Bethlehem Cemetery.

Yazoo City- Services for Eli H. McGinty, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Scotland Baptist Church and burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery with Stricklin-King Funeral Home in charge.
He died Monday night in the Baptist Hospital in Jackson after a long illness.
McGinty was a retired farmer and a resident of Bentonia. He was a member of Scotland Baptist Church.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. R.A. Thornton of Clinton, Mrs. Walter Marx of Houston, Texas, Mrs Malcolm Thornton of Jackson, and Mrs. Earl Isonhood of Jackson; two sons, Eli H. McGinty, James H. McGinty, both of Bentonia; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Obit from Clarion Ledger Newspaper, Jackson, MS.
Eli H. McGinty, Jr was the son of Eli Hood McGinty, Sr and Mary Elizabeth Ellis. He married Emma Jones, her second marriage. She was married previously to A. L."Tobe" Speakes but had no children by her first marriage. Eli and Emma had 6 female and 2 male children with the oldest girl dying at age 6. Both are buried together at Bethlehem Cemetery.

Yazoo City- Services for Eli H. McGinty, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Scotland Baptist Church and burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery with Stricklin-King Funeral Home in charge.
He died Monday night in the Baptist Hospital in Jackson after a long illness.
McGinty was a retired farmer and a resident of Bentonia. He was a member of Scotland Baptist Church.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. R.A. Thornton of Clinton, Mrs. Walter Marx of Houston, Texas, Mrs Malcolm Thornton of Jackson, and Mrs. Earl Isonhood of Jackson; two sons, Eli H. McGinty, James H. McGinty, both of Bentonia; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Obit from Clarion Ledger Newspaper, Jackson, MS.


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  • Added: May 23, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19496501/eli_hood-mcginty: accessed ), memorial page for Eli Hood McGinty Jr. (8 Aug 1890–24 Jan 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19496501, citing Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Benton, Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Ron Thornton (contributor 47079639).