MRS. WILLINGHAM DIES AS THE RESULT OF FALL

Body Will Be Taken to Albany, Ga., This Morning for Interment

Mrs. Cecilia Baynard Willingham, widow of the late Thomas H. Willingham, died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Daniel, at 100 Forrest avenue. Her death was the result of a fall which she received at her home in Tifton on March 27. She was brought to Atlanta and given the best of medical attention, but owing to her advanced years she never rallied.

Mrs. Willingham was born in Beaufort, S. C., in 1828, and was the daughter of Archibald Baynard. She was married to Thomas H. Willingham, who was a member of the famous Willingham family of Georgia. She was the mother of fifteen children, ten of whom survive her: Mrs. E. H. Bacon of Eastman, Mrs. T. O. B. Wood, Mrs. H. H. Tift, Mrs. J. W. Myers and W. J. Willingham of Tifton; W. B., B. L. and Baynard Willingham and Mrs. C. J. Daniel of Atlanta, and Mrs. W. L. Pickard of Savannah.

Mrs. Willingham was pre-eminently a useful women in doing good work in the world. She was a member of the Baptist church from early childhood.

The body will be taken this morning to Albany, Ga., to be laid to rest besides her husband and others of the family who had gone before. Rev. W. L. Pickard, pastor of the First Baptist church of Savannah, will conduct the funeral services.

Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 12 April 1914,
page 8

Ceceli'as father, Archibald Calder Baynard, was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Calder) Baynard. Archibald was at one time a member of the South Carolina Legislature. Cecelia's mother was Martha Sarah Chaplin (1805-1889), daughter of Benjamin Chaplin II.

Children of Thomas Henry Willingham and Cecelia Matilda Baynard, from the book History of Tift County by Ida Belle Williams (Macon, GA: J. W. Burke Co., 1948):

1. Thomas Henry Willingham, Jr. (married Mildred Lawton)
2. Sarah Jane Willingham Bacon (married Edwin H. Bacon, of Eastman)
3. Margaret Willingham Wood (married T. O. B. Wood, of South Carolina)
4. Julia B. Willingham Bacon (married Dr. Wallace Winn Bacon, of Albany)
5. Anna Cornelia Willingham Daniel (married Cornelius J. Daniel, of Atlanta)
6. Cecelia Matilda Willingham, died at age 12
7. Benjamin Lawton Willingham (married Margaret Wood)
8. William Baynard Willingham (married Emma Davis, of Albany)
9. Elizabeth "Bessie" Willingham Tift (married Henry Harding Tift, founder of Tifton)
10. Florence "Florie" Willingham Pickard (married William Lowndes Pickard, D.D.)
11. John Calhoun Willingham, who died young
12. Mamie Willingham, who also died young
13. Belle Willingham Lawrence (married William Lawrence, violinist)
14. Winburn Joseph Willingham (married Katherine Couric)
15. Baynard Willingham, Sr. (married Lucile Doty)
16. Calder Baynard Willingham, who died young, and
17. Pearl Willingham Myers (married Irvine W. Myers, of Tifton)