Background
KINNEY, Clara Virginia was born on December 28, 1876 in Americus, Georgia, United States. Daughter of DuPont and Fannie (Davenport) Guerry.
KINNEY, Clara Virginia was born on December 28, 1876 in Americus, Georgia, United States. Daughter of DuPont and Fannie (Davenport) Guerry.
Grammar Schools; High School. Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia.
Mother of four boys and one girl. Conducted Insurance. Business. of son. Served on Woman’s Motor Corps and Local Board No.
2, during World War. Organized Real Estate Corporation in Florida. Now activé head of Kinney Realty Company and Pres, of Kinney Realty Corporation, Macon, Georgia. Originated Road of Remembrance idea, in honor of World War Soldiers, 1920, which was adopted by ten states and now under direction of Dixie Highway Aux.
Elected Aiderman, Macon, Georgia., 1927-1929. Re-elected, 1919-1931, second woman alderman in Georgia. Chairman Charities and Health Committee.
Member: Chamber of Commerce, Georgia. (President, Women's Aux., 1919-1921). Dixie Highway Aux. (Past President).
American Legion Aux. (Organizer and First President). Ladies Aux. Veterans, of Foreign Wars (Organizer and First President). United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Daughters of American Revolution. Red Cross (Life). Clubs: Pilot, Saturday Morning Music, Hiechka Music, Writer’s.
Spouse William Oscar Kinney, December 4, 1895, Macon, Georgia.