Lila May Chapman

1872 - 1953  (81 years)

• Name	Lila May Chapman
  Birth	13 Oct 1872	Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Oct 1953	Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA
  Burial	Macon, Bibb, Georgia, Riverside
  Person ID	I31727	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2004

  
  

  Father	Abner Thomas Chapman,   b. 24 Jun 1842, Coweta, Georgia, USA d. 11 Feb 1897, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary Virginia Mitchell,   b. 24 Sep 1849, Butler, Taylor, Georgia d. 2 Feb 1924, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1871
  Family ID	F11442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !BIRTH-DEATH: Information from Obit in the Macon Telegraph of Friday,October 23, 1953. Miss Chapman, Retired Librarian, Dies Here Miss Lila Mae Chapman, retired director of the Birmingham, Ala. Public Library, died at her home, 1580 Oglethorpe Street, early Thursday. Miss Chapman, sister of the late H.D. Chapman, was born in Macon thedaughter of Abner T. Chapman and Mrs Mary Mitchell Chapman. After retiring from her Birmingham position she returned to macon in 1947 to make her home. She was a former national librarian of the Phi Mu Sorority and was aformer trustee of Wesleyan College. She was a member of St. James-on-the-Heights Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held at the st. James on the Heights Episcopal Church at 2 pm. Friday. the Rev. Ronald Merrix will officiate and theburial will follow in the Riverside Cemetery. Hart's Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. Surviving are six nieces, Miss Lila Mae Chapman of Macon, Mrs. BurtonWyatt of Atlanta, Miss Margaret Chapman of Pleasantville, N.Y., Mrs. ArnoldNappi of Bedford, N.Y., Mrs. Allen Hammond of Brunswick and Mrs. J.I. Harrison of Columbiana, Ala., and four nephews, Frank Chapman of Charlotte, N.C.,Billy Chapman of Savannah, A.M. Chapman of Texas and Clifton Chapman of Tampa,Fla. Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.