upper left:  Dora Garner Davis; upper right:  Cora Deaton Garner;
lower left:  Cora Garner Butler; lower right:  Sina Pledger

The Garner Family in Amity is very large and very confusing to try to sort out, so bear with me, and try to keep up.

-Dora Garner Davis, (1904-1930), was the daughter of George Garner and Nancy Jane Tucker.
-George Garner was the son of Calloway Garner, son of Peter Garner, son of John Garner.
-Dora married William Andrew Davis; they had children Roy Lee, Jessie and Ray, after which Dora died at age 26.

Meanwhile, Dora's mother, Nancy, died, leaving her husband, George, a widower. George married a widow, Mattie Pledger, and when George and Mattie combined their families, their children included Dora, her brother Johnny Garner, and Mattie's daughter, Sina Pledger. Later, step-brother and step-sister Johnny Garner and Sina Pledger married, making Sina and Dora sisters-in-law.

-Sinia Arizona Pledger Garner, (1897-1916), was the daughter of James T. Pledger and Martha "Mattie" Brantley. Like her sister-in-law, Dora Garner, Sina died at a young age, only 19 years of age.

Dora Garner Davis was a cousin to Cora Garner Butler. Dora was the great-granddaughter of Peter Garner while Cora was the granddaughter of Jesse Garner. Peter Garner and Jesse Garner were brothers.

-Cora Garner Butler, (1897-?), was the daughter of William Martin Garner and Alice Jones.
-William Martin Garner was the son of Jesse Garner, son of John Garner.
-Cora married Jasper T. Butler.
-Cora had a brother named Hollis Alton Garner.

-Cora Deaton Garner, (1898-1986), was the daughter of Tillman Deaton and Mary Ann Wright.
-Cora was the granddaughter of Martin Deaton, son of Goodin Deaton.
-Cora married Hollis Alton Garner, brother to Cora Garner, making the two Cora's sisters-in-law.

Therefore, all four girls in the above photo are either cousins by blood or cousins by marriage, and two pairs of them are sisters-in-law.

Both the Garner and Deaton families in Amity are large and extended. Most of the Amity Garner's are descended from John Garner, (1787-1850), through his sons, Jesse, (1824-1890), and Peter, (1808-1888), and most of the Amity Deaton's are descended from Goodin Deaton, (1804-1890).

(The photo had all four names written on the back, however no date was written.  The photo was in the possession of Becky Davis Hancock, who was a descendant of Dora Garner Davis.  The photo is now in the possession of Dora Lee Bean of Amity.)