L to R: Essie Avo (Jernigan) Loftis, husband Milton Otis Loftis holding his youngest child Audrey Burton (Loftis) md Excel Lavene "Shorty" Wallace; Geraldine (Loftis) Denny; Jack Douglas Loftis md Marie Joyce Burns & John Ray Lofits md Betty Joan Pendergrass.

Essie Avo (Jernigan) Loftis

b. 21 February 1901, Double Springs, Thompson Holler, TN
d. 30 April 1962, Mt Clemens, Macomb Co., MI
Husband: Milton Otis Loftis md 26 August 1925, Putnam Co., TN
Father: John Tilford Jernigan (1865-1941)
Mother: Mahulda “Hulda” Jane Thompson (1871-1944)
Buried: Smellage Cemetery, Boma, Putnam Co., TN
See Chapter 12
and Milton Otis Loftis family sheet.

Such is the Kingdom of Heaven