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Myrtle Mae <I>Yown</I> Hobby

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Myrtle Mae Yown Hobby

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
20 Nov 1998 (aged 91)
Georgia, USA
Burial
Tifton, Tift County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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She is daughter to Simon S. and Rachel Rooks, Yawn. Her 1st husband was Respass Reeves. 2nd husband Clark Hobby. The original way the Yawn name was spelled was Yonn, then it was Yon. As the family moved from South Carolina, It was spelled Yawn. People made fun of the name as it made them seem sleepy so, they spelled it Yown. All forms are the right way.
She is daughter to Simon S. and Rachel Rooks, Yawn. Her 1st husband was Respass Reeves. 2nd husband Clark Hobby. The original way the Yawn name was spelled was Yonn, then it was Yon. As the family moved from South Carolina, It was spelled Yawn. People made fun of the name as it made them seem sleepy so, they spelled it Yown. All forms are the right way.


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