RED HILL CEMETERY PROJECT

Nettyemarie McNeil Miller

INAUGURAL ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW

Our inaugural oral history interview with Marti Miller and her mother, Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil Miller, at the Okefenokee Heritage Center.
March 13, 2022

Felicia Bevel, Nettie Miller and Marti Miller sitting at a table at Okefenokee Heritage Center

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Nettyemarie and Marti Looking at Old Yearbook
Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil Miller and Marti Miller reminiscing over old yearbook.
Family Photos on Tabletop
Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil Miller discussing the details of her memories with a few of the family photos.
Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil-Miller and Marti Miller after the interview
Walt Eddings, Carla Cornett Eddings, Marti Miller, and Nettyemarie McNeil Miller.
Nettyemarie, Marti with UNF Group at the Okefenokee Heritage Center
Michael Boyles, Felicia Bevel, David Sheffler, Marti Miller, and Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil Miller.

IMAGES OF FAMILY HISTORY

Photo of Young Nettyemarie McNeil-Miller
Nettyemarie McNeil as a teenager.
Painting of James Peter Boyd
Painted portrait of James Peter Boyd, grandfather of Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil Miller.
Photo of Laura Boyd Miller
Laura Boyd McNeil, daughter of James Peter Boyd.
Postcard of Residence in Cherokee Heights
Postcard of the neighborhood Laura Boyd McNeil worked in as a domestic in a white family’s home, Cherokee Heights, Waycross, Georgia.
Willieboyd's Wedding Group Photo
Willieboyd McNeil Saddler’s Wedding. Left to right: Emanuel Boyd, Laura McNeil Boyd, Albert Saddler, Willieboyd Saddler, Dillie Saddler, Mary Boyd, Martha Boyd-Anderson, and Helen Boyd Kinlorch.
James Peter Boyd’s grandchildren from the union of Will McNeil and Laura Boyd McNeil.
James Peter Boyd’s grandchildren from the union of Will McNeil and Laura Boyd McNeil. Left to right: Nettyemarie McNeil Miller, Willieboyd McNeil Saddler, Laura Boyd McNeil (their mother, James Peter Boyd’s daughter), Perry Lee McNeil, Mary Elizabeth McNeil Jackson, and Leonard Leslie McNeil.
Will McNeil and Laura Boyd’s home at 820 Pittman Street
Family home of Will McNeil and Laura Boyd McNeil, 820 Pittman Street, Waycross, Georgia, at the corner of Pittman Street and HJ Echols Drive, named for H.J. Echols, a pillar of First Baptist Church.
Home of Lucy Boyd Pandy, James Peter Boyd’s oldest daughter, and Thomas Pandy, at 804 Daniel Street.
Family home of Thomas Pandy and Lucy Boyd Pandy (James Peter Boyd’s oldest daughter), 804 Daniel Street, Waycross, Georgia.

1900 AND 1910 CENSUS LISTINGS

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Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900 Population
Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900 Population, Ware County, Georgia
1900 Census of James Peter Boyd and Family in Waycross, Georgia.
1900 Census of James Peter Boyd and Family, Ware County, Georgia.
Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 Population
Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 Population, Ware County, Georgia
1910 Census of James Peter Boyd and Family in Waycross, Georgia, with the addition of Laura Boyd, Mrs. Nettyemarie McNeil Miller’s mother.
1910 Census of James Peter Boyd and Family, Ware County, Georgia, with the addition of Laura Boyd, Nettyemarie McNeil Miller’s mother.

Special thanks to University of North Florida School of Music alumna, Naijah Cox, for composing the original piece of music used for the oral history interviews.
Read more about Naijah and her composition here.

 

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