One Southern Family - Jefferson and Franklin County, Mississippi

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align=BOTTOM></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Welcome</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Some People come into our lives and quickly leave,</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>while some stay awhile, leaving footprints </b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>on our hearts</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>and we are never the same.</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>I would like to dedicate these pages to two very special people who touched my life in a very special way and taught me that Family is more than just a word.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>On a rainy winter day in late December, 1964, I was introduced to the fascinating world of family history by a tiny little lady, who at that time, was already 70 years young!  As I sat at her knee and listened to the wonderful tales she told, I became more and more excited about the idea that you could actually find bits and pieces of history and painstakingly put them all together and create a priceless legacy for  future generations to treasure.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>She had been a school teacher for many years but she never had a more grateful student than me.  </p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>The other very special person in my life was my father-in-law.  He passed away in 1997 at the age of 83 of cancer.  He is greatly missed by all of us.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>He contributed a great deal of the information on these pages in the way of anecdotes and stories about the people and history of the Geoghegans in Mississippi.</p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>These pages are  lovingly dedicated to the memory of:</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>"Aunt Dee"</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Cordelia Carothers Geoghegan</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Born:  April 4, 1894</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Died:  July 14, 1987</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>and</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>"Papa"</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Archie David Vaughan Geoghegan</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Born: September 13, 1915</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>Died: October 17, 1997</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b>May their legacy continue for generations to come.</b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing:1.5pt'> <tr> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <form target="_top">  <p class=MsoNormal 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