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An original World War One postcard with a document on it. It says George of the 121st Inf has arrived safely overseas.
TO MISS ROSE HARWOOD, AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
Item number: 160831348172

Would appear that Agnes Scott College is in Decatur, Atlanta, USA.

Obit

OBITS FROM GIBSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERS
transcribed by Brenda Carroll

The Herald Gazette, Thursday, 1 April 1971

MRS. LEE BOND TAYLOR
Mrs. Lee Bond Taylor of Brownsville, Tennessee died at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Haywood County Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Brownsville Baptist Church.
A descendant of pioneer families prominent in the setting of Colonial Jamestown and Williamsburg and Nashville, Tennessee, Mrs. Taylor has been identified with historical, patriotic, cultural, civic and social affairs. Mrs. Taylor, nee Rose Eleanor Harwood, was the daughter of Judge Thomas Everett Harwood and Mrs. Melissa Jane ("Jennie") Hewett Harwood of Trenton, Tennessee.
She was graduated with honors from Agnes Scott College where she served as chairman when the first half million dollar endowment was raised and represented Agnes Scott on the national college board.
A member of the Brownsville Baptist Church, Mrs. Taylor taught Sunday School for several years and was Director of Music for 14 years.
Mrs. Taylor was a member of the State Officer's Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, a member of David Craig Chapter D.A.R., and served on several national committees National Society D.A.R. She compiled and published the first genealogical records of Tenn. members for the Tenn. Society D.A.R. which became a pattern for other states. Since 1930, she has continuously served as a state board member of the Tennessee Federation of Music Clubs. A Sketch of the First Fifty Years' History of Haywood County was written by Mrs. Taylor for a trades journal. This sketch is used in the Haywood County telephone directory. During the 1930's Mrs. Taylor was Democratic Committee Woman from Tennessee.
Mrs. Taylor was preceeded [sic] in death by her husband, Lee Bond Taylor, in 1965. Survivors include their daughter, Mrs. Melissa Taylor MacKenzie and granddaughter, Miss Donna MacKenzie of Brownsville.