Ottis Edwin Guinn, Sr. died Friday, July 28 at
his home in Lewisburg, Tennessee. He was the husband of Ora Jeanette Prince of
Princeton, Alabama, whom he married August 29, 1953. Born November 7, 1930 at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Robert Emory Guinn and his wife, Ruth
Alice Conner. He is survived by his daughters, Edwina Gay Guinn McLeod and Eugenia
Ruth Guinn Davis, and a son, Ottis Edwin "Ed" Guinn, Jr.; grandchildren, Grace
A. McLeod, Margaret Lee McLeod, Angela Ruth McLeod, and Meghan Eugenia Davis.
Contributions in memory of Ottis may be made to either the Hospice of the Highland Rim,
502 North Garden, Columbia, TN 38401; the Eatonton-Putnam County Historical
Society, c/o 104 Church Street, Eatonton, GA 31024; or, the Madison-Morgan Cultural
Center, 434 South Main Street, Madison, GA 30650. |
Ottis Edwin Guinn Sr.
1930-2000
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Ottis was one of the founders of the Saffold Family Society, and had served as its
treasurer. He was historian/archivist at the time of his death. He was working on the
Saffold Family Book, and attended the May meeting of the society. He also was a founding
member of the Clopton Family Genealogical Society and Clopton Family Archives and served
on the Editorial Advisory Board.
He was a descendant of Dr. Seaborn Jones Saffold Sr. of Morgan County, Georgia, and of
Dr. Alford Clopton of Putnam County, Georgia. He co-authored the essay, "A
Tempest In A Briar Patch," regarding his ancestors, Marianne (Clopton) Reid of
Eatonton and her daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (Reid) Saffold of Eatonton and Morgan
County. The essay may be seen at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clopton/briar.htm.
He was also a member of the Clopton Family Association and served as the Military Affairs
Advisor for the CFA's webpage, and a member of the Sons of the Confederacy.
He was proud of his Southern heritage and added immensely to our knowledge of the Clopton,
Reid, Guinn, and Saffold families. He will be greatly missed by his family and by his
many friends throughout the country.
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