FOURTH GENERATION

23. Mary Lee GRANT⁽¹⁵⁸⁾ was born on 18 Feb 1888. She appeared on the census in 1900 in Floyd Co., GA.⁽¹⁵⁹⁾ 1900 Floyd Co., GA census shows Mary L. Grant, daughter, white female, born Feb 1888, age 12, and single. She was born in GA, and her parents were born in GA. She can read, write, and speak English.
She died on 3 Jul 1967 in Rome, Floyd Co., GA.

She obtained a marriage license on 22 Sep 1908 in Floyd Co., GA. She was married to William Joseph "Joe" HAWKINS on 27 Sep 1908 in Floyd Co., GA. William Joseph "Joe" HAWKINS⁽¹⁶⁰⁾ was born on 7 Dec 1886. He died in Oct 1949.
My Granddad, Max Smith was living with this family around 1930. (No relationship at the time.) He was driving the school bus for Joe, in order to get the students that were attending Gore High School over to where the other county would pick them up. He remembered the 3 children (and supplied their names). He only knew the 3rd child as Kelly. Later, he married Mary Lee Grant's first cousin, once removed (Ruby Boggs)!
Mary Lee GRANT and William Joseph "Joe" HAWKINS had the following children:

+i. Eugene Grant HAWKINS.
+ii. William Joseph "Jodie" HAWKINS, Jr..
+iii. James Kelley HAWKINS.