Two Obituaries and a Death Certificate Later

    The focal point of the last post was Carter Goins, Jim's gg grandfather. In trying to gleam a little more information about the family and possibly more about his son, Marlin, I decided to research Carter's second wife, Sippie Ann Goins.

    Thanks to my "go to girl" I received two obituaries and a death certificate from the state archives this week.  The death certificate and the obituary for Sippie Ann Brown did not confirm anything, but did provide a few details. On the death certificate H C Goins signed as the informant and was most likely a relative, but not sure which one.  None of her sons had those initials. Tommie Brown was listed as her husband. We had already determined she remarried after Carter's death. Her father was listed as unknown and her mother's name was very faint, but looked like Clinia   _elton.

      In the obituary Sippie died "at residence on Brown's Ferry Road."  Several members of the Goins family lived on Brown's Ferry Road, and the Boylston cemetery is located off Brown's Ferry Road. Her address legal residence on the death certificate was St. Elmo. 

     The other obituary was for Charlie Miller Goins.  He was buried next to Sippie Ann in the Boylston Cemetery.  We felt certain Charlie was the last child of Carter and Sippie Ann.  Of course the obituary did not mention his parents, but it did list two of his sisters, Carrie Phillips and Eva May Foster.  Both of the women were sisters of Marlin, so therefore, Charlie's parents were Sippie and Carter.

      When Carter died, Sippie was in her early forties and still a mother of young children. If we counted correctly, Sippie and Carter had at least eight children.  Marlin was the oldest. Other children included Ada, Harrison, Lee, Carrie, Ethel, Eva and Charlie.