Dooly-Houston County GaArchives Biographies.....Gladys Robertson February 23 1912 - June 15 1983
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Gladys Ruth Robertson (parents Rufus Erastus Robertson and Sarah Elizabeth
(Sallie) Harp) was born February 23, 1912 in Unadilla, GA. (Dooly County). She
died June 15, 1983 in DeKalb, GA .
Gladys was the third of six children born to Rufus and Sarah Robertson. Her
parents were farmers when she was born and she grew up on her parents’ farm.
Gladys attended and graduated from Union School. Union was one of the last of
the “one room school houses” in middle Georgia. She, like her brother and
sisters walked 3 miles to school.
Gladys' son, Tom related: "My mother use to tell an amusing story about
herself when they first moved to the farm. She must had been 3 or 4 years old
and Uncle Henry 2 years old. She did not like the original farm house because
it was smaller and different from the house in Unadilla where she was born .
She told grandma she didn't like the house and wanted to go back to Unadilla.
Knowing Grandma Robertson, I bet she told my mother in a stern but humorous way
that this was their house now and to get use to it. My mother told me she took
Uncle Henry and started walking back to Unadilla. I do not know how far they
went but was told Grandpa Robertson picked them up in the carriage and brought
them back to the the farm house in Pinehurst. He explained to her why they
moved to the farm on the way back to the house."
Gladys attended Georgia Southwestern College in the 1930s. She received an
Associate Degree in Teaching in 1935 or 36 and went back to Pinehurst, Georgia
to teach. Harold Harp remembers her teaching him at Union School when he was in
the second grade.
Gladys moved to Macon/Warner Robins during WWII, and met Daniel Sebastian, who
was stationed at Robins Field at the time. In July 1942 she married Daniel
Sebastian.
Gladys taught school in Warner Robins till she retired in 1979. She started at
Charles Thomas Elementary in 1942 or 43. From there she went to Sacred Heart
Catholic School in 1957 and taught there until 1967/68. She returned to the
public school system in 1968 and taught at Parkwood Elementary until she
retired in 1979. In 1973, she went back to Georgia Southern and received he
Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. She was a first grade teacher to
her nephew, Ronald Heath; and great,great nephew, Jason Cowan. Both Ronald and
Jason never could call her "Mrs. Sebastian" in the classroom; they called
her, "Aunt Gladys".
In 1954, Glady's and Dan's daughter, Carol Ann was diagnoised with a brain
tumor, and she finally succumbed to it in 1959.
Gladys was the mother hen to the family; she helped out a few relatives during
rough times.
Gladys had a beautiful smile, and even through the hard times, she always
maintained that beautiful smile.
Gladys loved to garden and belonged to the Middle Georgia Garden Club; her
speciality was with day lilies and irises. She had a beautiful yard on Donald
Drive that she had planted with dogwood & redbud trees, azaleas, and all kinds
of plants and flowers that kept her yard in bloom all year long.
Gladys Ruth married Daniel Joseph Sebastian. Daniel Joseph was born October 7,
1917 in Auburn, NY. He died October 1, 1980 in Warner Robins, GA (Houston
County).
Gladys Ruth Robertson and Daniel Joseph Sebastian had the following children:
1. Carol Ann Sebastian was born March 26, 1947 in Macon, GA (Bibb County).
She died May 6, 1959 in Macon, GA (Bibb County). Carol Ann suffered and died
from brain tumor.
2. Thomas Michael Sebastian was born July 10, 1944 in Robins Air Force Base,
Warner Robins, GA.
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