John Ronald McGeachy was born in Lumberton, NC, in February of 1872 to Alexander C. McGeachy and Charlotte H. He grew up in Howellsville, NC.
Atta Foxie Helms was born in October of 1875 in Alabama to M.W. Helms and Emily Richards.
John and Foxie married and settled in Chipley, FL. They had 7 children: Ruth (1902), John Ronald Jr. (1903), Villeta Emily (1905), Atta Kathleen (1907), Robert A. (1909), Virginia (1912), and Mary (1914). John worked as a dry goods merchant (storekeeper) at a general store in Chipley.
Foxie died in 1951 in Chipley, FL. She was 78 years old. John died in December of 1964 in Chipley. He was 92 years old.
