On Sunday, Nov. 5, 1893, he married Mary Elizabeth Smith at the home of her parents in Carroll County with Elder Enoch Phillips performing the ceremony. This couple was blessed with eleven children, including two sets of twins, before Mary died from complications of measles in 1914.
On Nov. 10, 1918, in Carroll County, he married the widow Ida Ann Victory Skinner Smith who helped him care for his children, and throughout the Depression years they also lovingly provided a home for three of his grandchildren.
His primary occupation was farming, but he was known for teaching Sacred Harp singing schools throughout the area, writing Sacred Harp music, making baskets from white oak splits, and doing carpentry work.
He died on Dec. 11, 1948, at the home of his granddaughter and was buried at Poplar Springs Primitive Baptist Church near Bowdon, GA.
On Sunday, Nov. 5, 1893, he married Mary Elizabeth Smith at the home of her parents in Carroll County with Elder Enoch Phillips performing the ceremony. This couple was blessed with eleven children, including two sets of twins, before Mary died from complications of measles in 1914.
On Nov. 10, 1918, in Carroll County, he married the widow Ida Ann Victory Skinner Smith who helped him care for his children, and throughout the Depression years they also lovingly provided a home for three of his grandchildren.
His primary occupation was farming, but he was known for teaching Sacred Harp singing schools throughout the area, writing Sacred Harp music, making baskets from white oak splits, and doing carpentry work.
He died on Dec. 11, 1948, at the home of his granddaughter and was buried at Poplar Springs Primitive Baptist Church near Bowdon, GA.
Inscription
A devoted Father
Gravesite Details
He is buried in the family plot along with his two wives and young daughter Donnie.
Family Members
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William Eugene McGuire
1894–1915
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Pvt Grady Reese McGuire
1896–1977
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Nancy Catherine McGuire McGuire Skinner Brown
1898–1972
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Elder Eukleid Ivy "E. I." McGuire
1901–1981
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Syble McGuire Moore
1903–1986
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Marion Varo McGuire
1904–1973
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Martha Vera McGuire King
1904–2000
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Elvira McGuire Taylor
1907–1988
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Lilla Mae "Jack" McGuire Ragan
1909–1990
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Lillian Clay McGuire Smith
1909–2002
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Donnie O. McGuire
1911–1914
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Ila Belle McGuire Bearden
1913–2001
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