Mam-ma's Southern Family

My great-grandfather, George W. “Warren” Lancaster died in 1964 and his obituary mentions his surviving relatives. His survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maidee Lancaster, two sons, Col. R.D. Lancaster, Alexandria, Va., and Wayne Lancaster of Pampa, a daughter Mrs. Pansy Louise Johnston of Pleasant Hill, Calif., nine grandchildren and one great grandchild; two brothers, Wilson of Muleshoe and Early of Southland; three sisters, Mrs. Jodie Lovelace and Mrs. Maggie Self both of Fort Worth and Mrs. Pearl Weatherly of Ropesville. [1] Whenever I read obituaries like this, I try to figure out who the survivors are, especially when they are not named. In this obituary, these numbers don’t add up. I am one of the great-grandchildren and by 1964, I had two brothers and one sister, making a total of four great-grandchildren. If the great-grandchildren number is wrong, are the other numbers correct? I checked my genealogy database. For grandchildren, I found his son, RD, had seven children, hi...

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