Historical Markers
Blue Front
Location: Inside Eastside Cemetery, Statesboro, Georgia
County: Bulloch
Coordinates: 32.451177, -81.771173
Marker Type: Bulloch County Historical Society
MARKER TEXT (Front)
WILLIAM CHARLES "WILLIE" HEDDLESTON
The first internment in Eastside Cemetery occurred on March 8, 1890. Willie Heddleston (Hedleston) was born April 17, 1856 and was a printer for the Eagle Publishing Co., owned by J.A. Brannen. They published the Statesboro Eagle newspaper and sold stationery, books and periodicals.
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MARKER TEXT (Back)
WILLIAM CHARLES "WILLIE" HEDDLESTON
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His parents were William Davis Hedleston and Ann Susannah Ulmer. Both are buried in Burnt Fort Cemetery in Camden Coutny. GA.
His wife was Alvarette (Allie) Brannen Hedleston. Willie's daughter Ernestine Hedleston married James Shields Kenan, Sr. His grandson, James Shields Kenan was later publisher of the Bulloch Times and was the first president of Bulloch County Historical Society.
The Bulloch County Historical Society’s historical markers are funded by the
Jack N. & Addie D. Averitt Foundation.
