Ernest M Medders w/son Richard Mark (picture take at the Atlanta Greyhound Bus Station, abt. 1957)
Date of Birth:	November 11, 1920
Place of Birth:	Baxley, Appling County, Georgia
Date of Death:	October 16, 1979
Place of Death:	Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Burial:	October 19, 1979 Arlington Cemetery, Sandy Springs, Fulton County, Georgia
Military Service:	World War II,  Private, Africa Corps
Marriage (1): Divorced	Frances LNU
Children:	1 Jerry Medders 1940
Marriage (2): 15th November 1946 in Conley, Georgia Legal Separation	Mildred Louise Couch-Holtzclaw 1922-2002
Children:	1 Ernie H Medders 1947 2 Larry M Medders 1948 3 Richard M Medders 1954 4 Jeffrey C Medders 1956
Religion:	Baptist
Political party:	Democrat
Sources:	A Ancestry.com GEDCOM 1 Social Security Administration Death Index SSN# 256-12-3302, issued in Georgia   2 Biography by, R.M. Medders 11/1/1999   3 US Army DD-214 4 Baxley Chamber of Commerce 5 History of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 6 1930 US Census, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia   7 US WWII Enlistment Records 1936-1948
Direct Line Paternal Ancestors of Ernest Millard Medders starting with Father;	1 William E Medders 1898* 2 William J Medders 1868 3 John S Medders 1836 4 Benj. B Medders 1809 5 William W Medders 1785
Direct Line Maternal Ancestors of Ernest Millard Medders starting with Mother;	1 Sara Williams 1900 2 Jesse E Williams 1879 3 George Williams 1847
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Ernest Millard Medders*, 1920-1979

Ernest Millard MEDDERS*, WWII was born ¹11 Nov 1920 in Baxley, Appling County, Georgia. He died 16 Oct 1979 at the VA Hospital in Atlanta, Dekalb County Georgia, He was the second and last child of William Ernest MEDDERS and Sara WILLIAMS.  

Ernest Millard MEDDERS is the great grandson of John Smith "Meadows" MEDDERS, a Confederate Civil War Soldier, who fought at the Battle of Jonesboro, 31 Aug 1864 to 1 Sep 1864, where he was wounded and lost his right arm above the elbow.

Ernest Millard MEDDERS is the great grandnephew of James Riley MEDDERS, a Confederate Civil War Soldier, who fought at the Battle of Nashville/Nashville Station.  

Ernest Millard MEDDERS is the 5^th great grandson of Phillip DEEN, and American Revolutionary War Soldier.

Political Family Members

Ernest Millard MEDDERS and George WASHINGTON, the 1st President of The United States of America, are 16th cousins 6 times removed. Their common ancestors are Allan La' ZOUCHE and Eleanor SEGRAVE.

Ernest Millard MEDDERS and Stephen Grover CLEVELAND, 22nd & 24th President of the United States of America are 18th cousins 5 times removed. Their common ancestors are 1st Lord Baron, Nicholas de' SEGRAVE and Maud de' LUCY.

Ernest Millard MEDDERS , WWII and William Howard TAFT, the 27th President of the the United States of America, are 22nd cousins 2 times removed. Their common ancestors are Allan La' ZOUCHE and Eleanor SEGRAVE.

Ernest Millard MEDDERS and James Earl "Jimmy" CARTER, Jr., the 39th President of the United States of America are 7th cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are  Moore CARTER and Jane KINDRED.

Birthplace ⁴History-Future 

Early Life 

Ernest was born in Baxley, Appling County, Georgia and lived there until his parents move to the big city somewhere about 1925. His mother and father gave Ernest Millard MEDDERS namesake; his first name was given of his father’s middle name. His middle name was given of his great grandfather Millard Ralphus Deen. Millard Ralphus Deen’s daughter, Betty Luvicus Deen married William Jasper Medders.  Sometime prior to 1930 Ernest mother and father divorced.

 

Ernest is living on Woodland Avenue in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia on ⁶April 7^th 1930 with his mother and sister Eris. His father is living in the home of Lawrence Eskew as a boarder. Ernest is recorded on (page 10B, Line 58m household #113).

Ernest married Frances (last name unknown) about 1940. Ernest and Frances had one child together, Jerry.

³Ernest M MEDDERS was a WWII Veteran who had served in the Africa Corps. He enlisted in the ⁷US Army on 22^nd September 1942 and served through out the remainder of World War II. His enlistment station was Fort McPherson, Atlanta Georgia. He had contracted malaria while in Africa, but fully recovered before coming home. While Ernest was overseas his wife Frances divorced him.

You can click the following link to view World War II Scrapbook of Ernest M Medders and unknown others. Any help with the names of those shown would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

While E.M. was overseas in Africa he wrote his mother a poem:

"Only one Mother
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn;
Hundreds of Lambs in the purple clover;
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn;
but only one MOTHER the wide world over"
c.1944
view original letter

After returning home from the war, he met and married Mildred Louise Couch-Holtzclaw on 15^th November 1946 in Conley, Georgia. Mildred Louise Couch had been previously married to Carl Thomas Holtzclaw. They would have 4 Children together.

After marriage Ernest got his first big break by being hired at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; now known as Lockheed-Martin in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia. Lockheed was an aerospace company originally founded in 1912 and then merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form Lockheed Martin. They would become the largest Military Aircraft maker in the U.S.A. Ernest M Medders was a Tool and Dye maker for Lockheed. If there was a tool that was needed to build an aircraft he made it. The logo above is circa 1930.

Death-place ⁵History-Future 

An automobile while crossing Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, struck Ernest M Medders. While attempting to recover from massive injuries (broken bones, punctured lungs) he suffered a Urinal Collapse and died from blood poisoning.