1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.  John W. Worsham.  His middle name is William and he md Nannie D. Moon abt 1906.  (Family records of Elsie Roberts, 31 May 2000).  Nannie b 26 Mar 1888 of Pittsylvania Co., VA.  They are in the 1910 Pittsylvania Co., VA Census.  He is age 26 and she is age 22.  They are on the 1920 Pittsylvania Co., VA Census.  He is age 36 & Nannie D. is age 31.  Nannie d Mar 1974 Long Island, Campbell, VA.  (Social Security Death Index)  Bur. in Edge Hill Baptist Church Cem, Campbell Co, VA, John William Worsham July 13 1883 - Aug. 27 1963; Nannie Moon Worsham Mar. 26, 1888 - Mar. 23, 1974. (Ed Jones, 2000)  Children:
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.1.  Walter William Worsham b 30 Dec 1906 Pittsylvania Co., VA.  (3-1910; 13-1920) md Carrie Belle Moon.  He d Jan 1968 Long Island, Campbell, VA.  (Social Security Death Index) On a double-wide marker, Edge Hill Baptist Church Cem, Campbell Co, VA:  Carrie M. Worsham  Aug. 15, 1910 -, & Walter W. Worsham  Dec. 20, 1906  Jan. 13, 1968. (Ed Jones, 2000)  Children: Helen Vinez md Harry Carlton Roberts, Jr., Kathleen md Oliver George Hancock, Jeanette, Carter O. died young, Frances E. died young.   On a marker in Edge Hill Baptist Church Cem, Campbell Co, VA is "Our Babies" Carter O. Worsham July 15, 1931 - Aug. 1, 1935; Frances E. Worsham Oct. 5, 1934 - Oct, 11, 1936.  (Ed Jones, 2000)
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.2.  Harlsie G. Worsham b 7 Oct 1908 Pittsylvania Co., VA.  (1910; 11-1920) md Lucy Blackstock. He d Apr 1971 Long Island, Campbell, VA & Lucy b. 2 Jul 1913, d. 7 May 1999 Long Island, Campbell, VA (Social Security Death Index)  Bur in Edge Hill Baptist Church Cem, Campbell Co, VA, Harlsie G. Worsham  Oct. 7, 1908  Apr. 29, 1971. (Ed Jones, 2000)  Children: Wyonnia, Yvonne
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.3..  Susie Doris Worsham b abt 1911 Pittsylvania Co., VA.  (9-1920) md John Hutcherson.  Children: Roy, Marvin, Edna, Connie, Richard.
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.4.  Chesley C. Worsham b Apr 9, 1912 Pittsylvania Co., VA, d. May 1974. (7-1920) md Ella Bell Nester.  Children: Jean, Herman, Carter, John William (Jake)
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.5.  Jessie Nathan Worsham b 23 Apr 1918 Pittsylvania Co., VA. (1 8/12-1920) md Ida Compton.  He d May 1976.  (Social Security Death Index)  On a double-wide marker in Edge Hill Baptist Church Cem, Campbell Co, VA:  Jessie Nathan Worsham, Sr.  Apr. 23, 1918  May 27, 1976;  Ida Mayhew Worsham  Apr. 6, 1921  - . (Ed Jones, 2000)  Children: Cassie, Nathaniel, Virgil, Calvin, Minerva.
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.6.  Janie Worsham (unmarried)
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.7.  John Irvin Worsham md Evelyn Mayhew.  Children: Bobby Lee, Douglas (Bud), John Irvin.
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.2.8.  Evelyn Worsham md George Hutcherson.  Children: Tommy, Cheryl
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.3.  Samuel E. Worsham is Samuel Essex Worsham. Ed Jones, 2000, wrote: Samuel Essex Worsham (my grandfather) and George Robert Worsham, married Hamlett sisters (which made for a lot of double cousins).  Samuel md. Sirena G. Hamlett.
1.5.4.1.4.3.1.1.4.  George R. Worsham is George Robert Worsham.  George d 30 Nov 1975 Pittsylvania Co., VA & bur Straightstone Baptist Cem., Pittsylvania Co., VA.  He md Mattie Hamlett b 15 Sep 1892, d 27 Jul 1962 & bur Straightstone Baptist Cem. (Tombstone copied by Mark Wilson, 2000)  Their son William E. Worsham is William Edison Worsham b 3 Jan 1918 & d 20 May 1976.  He is bur in Straightstone Baptist Cem. Tsgt US Army WW II.

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1.5.4.1.4.3.1.3.1.1.  Lewis E. Worsham Jr. "Lew" (pro golfer winner of the US Open in 1947), is pictured (l to r) with Freda Myrl, Hazel Cleo "Peggie", Iva Margaret & Virgil G. Worsham with their Grandfather, Essex David Worsham in front of an old tobacco barn.  Lew Worsham 's most notable victory was his triumph over Sam Snead in an 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Open in 1947. He shot a 69 to edge Snead by a single shot at the St. Louis Country Club in Clayton, MO, after the two had tied with 72 hole scores of 282. He won the Tam O' Shanter World Championship in 1953 in Chicago, golf's first $100,000 tournament, with an eagle two on the 18th hole. Worsham's victory in the Open earned him a place on the United States Ryder Cup team.  Worsham played on the PGA tour from 1946 to 1955. He played in the Masters tournament for 16 years.  The picture to the left is titled "The Two Kings of  Swat": Lew Worsham & Babe Ruth 1947 photograph.  Lewis E. "Lew" Worsham's most notable victory was his triumph over Sam Snead in the 18-hole playoff of the 1947 U.S. Open.  Essex David and grandchildren picture from Lisa Worsham Kipps-Brown, 2000; Babe Ruth picture from  James Noel Worsham, 2000; Lew Worsham golfball from Larry Washam, 2001.

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1.5.4.1.4.3.1.3.1.2.  Virgil G. Worsham's nickname is "Buck" instead of "Buddy" and is still living according to Frieda Kipps, South Boston, VA 21 May 2000.  "Buddy" is his younger brother Marvin Clifford Worsham 1.5.4.1.4.1.1.3.1.5. 

 1.5.4.1.4.1.1.3.1.5.  Marvin Clifford Worsd. 22 Oct 1950.   During his senior year, Arnold Palmer met Bud Worsham, whose brother Lew was a professional golfer.  At Worsham's urging, Palmer accepted a golf scholarship to Wake Forest College in North Carolina. He enrolled at Wake Forest in 1947, and quickly began winning, or coming close to winning, every amateur and intercollegiate tournament in sight.  During Palmer's senior year in college, Bud Worsham, his best friend and roommate, was killed in a car accident.  "After Wake's 1950 homecoming  game against North Carolina, Palmer was groggy from a few bourbon and Cokes. He declined Worsham's pressing invitation to join he and Gene Scheer for dinner and the homecoming dance at a Durham hotel. Drinking and dancing were not allowed on Wake's Baptist campus. Worsham and Scheer were crushed in a crash that night when their Buick flipped into a rocky creek bed on the way home. Palmer had to identify the bodies the next day. "It was the worst thing I'd ever seen," he said in his book. Palmer didn't return to school after Christmas, joining the Coast Guard instead. "Wake without Bud was unthinkable," he wrote. "He was the reason I'd gone there in the first place, the reason I'd stayed, the reason I'd become one of the best college golfers in America." He returned to Wake in 1954, playing and acting as interim golf coach when Johnny Johnston took over as athletics director after Weaver became the first ACC commissioner. Palmer won the first ACC tournament that year but fell a few hours short of earning his degree." (News-Record.com, Piedmont Triad, NC, Arnold Palmer, 4-16-2000, By SCOTT MICHAUX, Staff Writer, News & Record)  Picture is Arnold Palmer, coach Johnny Johnston and Buddy Worsham (circa 1948).  Picture from Clyde Johnston Designs, Inc. Suite 102, Four Dunmore Court, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 28826

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1.5.4.1.4.3.1.4.  James P. H. Worsham b 1860 Pittsylvania Co., VA.   James is age 48 b VA, Laura is 58 & Roofus Stevens (stepson) 30 VA in the 1910 Campbell Co., VA   Census.  This data indicates that the Rufus Worsham (1.5.4.1.4.1.1.4.2) may be a step son from Laura's prior mrg to Mr. Stevens.  Bodson Worsham and possibly Sallie Worsham could also be Stevens' children and listed in the 1900 census as Worsham.

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1.5.4.1.4.1.6. Thomas Worsham b Mar 1852 Pittsylvania Co., VA. md Martha Jane Farthing 23 Nov 1873 Pittsylvania Co., VA. Martha Jane b Sep 1851 Pittsylvania Co., VA. d/o A. P. Farthing d 2 Sep 1924 Draper, Rockingham, NC.  The picture is of  Raleigh Elroy Worsham's great great grandfather and grandmother, Thomas Worsham and Mary Jane Farthing. Picture courteous of Raleigh Elroy Worsham, 2001

1.5.4.1.4.3.6.2.  Samuel A. Worsham b 1 Jun 1877 Pittsylvania, s/o Thomas Worsham & Martha Jane Farthing, md Sarah Annie Pulliam 2 Jun 1895 Danville, VA according to the Certificate of Death of their son Orbra & VA mrg. records.  They are on the 1900 Dan River Dist Pittsylvania Co. Census.  Annie b 1874 NC.  They are on the 1910 Pittsylvania Co., VA Census.  He is age 32 and Annie is age 33.  He d 20 Apr 1955 Eden, Rockingham Co., NC.

1.5.4.1.4.3.6.2.1. Effie E. Worsham b. 18 Nov 1896 Danville, VA.
1.5.4.1.4.1.6.2.5.  Orbra Sarchel Worsham instead of Orbua S. Worsham b 20 Sep 1909 Pittsylvania Co., VA s/o Samuel A. Worsham & Annie Pulliam.  He d 15 Jun 1993 Eden, Rockingham, NC & bur Danview Cem., Eden, NC.  He was widowed & his occupation was Doffer-Textiles.  Informant on the Certificate of Death was Lawrence Worsham.  (Copy of Certificate of Death #366 from Mrs. Edna Creasy, Collinsville, VA, Oct 1999)

1.5.4.1.4.3.6.4.  Jippy Y. Worsham s/o Thomas Worsham & Martha Jane Farthing md Annie Lee Thurman 27 Dec 1905 Pittsylvania Co., VA.  He was 22 & Annie was 33.  They were md by W. I. Hall.  Annie d/o John W. Thurman & Angeline Dawson.  Annie had been previously married to William Scruggs.  Annie & William md 26 Feb 1889 Pittsylvania Co.  William age 24 and Annie age 18.  Jippy md Lucy E. Gallagher 15 Apr 1922 Leaksville Twp., Rockingham, NC by Rev. Wm. P. Rogers, Officiating Minister.  Jippy d 22 Dec 1958 Lynchburg General Hospital.  His occupation was Ret. Reel Hand-Cotton Mill on his death certificate.  He was bur 24 Dec 1958 Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA.  (Copies of Marriage Records, Death Certificates from Mrs. Edna Creasy, Collinsville, VA, Oct 1999) 

Picture below is Jippy Y. Worsham, Annie Lee Thurman & daughter, Elsie Lee Worsham taken in 1909, the year Annie died of typhoid fever.  Jippy is the son of Thomas Worsham & Martha Jane Farthing.  He  md Annie Lee Thurman 27 Dec 1905 Pittsylvania Co., VA.  Annie dau . of  John W. Thurman & Angeline Dawson.  Annie had been previously married to William Scruggs.  Jippy md Lucy E. Gallagher 15 Apr 1922 Leaksville Twp., Rockingham, NC.  Jippy d 22 Dec 1958 Lynchburg General Hospital.  His occupation was Ret. Reel Hand-Cotton Mill on his death certificate.  He was bur 24 Dec 1958 Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA.  Elsie Lee Worsham was b. 21 Jan 1909 Pittsylvania Co., VA.  She md John S. Creasy.   Photo submitted by Edna Creasy, 1999.