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Alva Etheline Sims 1918–2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: March 9, 1918

Birth Location: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: March 6, 2001

Death Location: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA

Father: Thomas Sims

Mother: Rebecca Green

Spouse(s): William Tallent

Children(s): Carolyn Tallant, Otis Tallent

Alva Etheline Sims was born in 1918 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Franklin Sims And Rebecca Jane Green. Alva Etheline Sims married William Talmadge Tallent, and had children including Carolyn Sue Tallant, Linda Faye Tallent, Otis Lemar Tallent. Alva Etheline Sims passed away in 2001 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Alva Etheline Sims was born in 1918 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Franklin Sims And Rebecca Jane Green.
  • Alva Etheline Sims married William Talmadge Tallent, and had children including Carolyn Sue Tallant, Linda Faye Tallent, Otis Lemar Tallent.
  • Alva Etheline Sims passed away in 2001 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA.

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Alva Sims's Ancestors

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Alva Sims
1918–2001
Birth Place: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Thomas Franklin Sims
1892–1960
Rebecca (Jane) Green
1887–1967
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
John (M.) Green
1856–1910
Tennessee, USA
Lucinda Baker
1863–1940
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Baker
1820–1896
Mary Wilhite
1825–1893
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Solomon Baker
1790–1858
Esther Lyda
1795–1873
Solomon Wilhite
1797–1862
Jeanette Sliger
1799–1862

Alva Sims's Descendants

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Alva (Etheline) Sims (March 9, 1918–March 6, 2001) m. William (Talmadge) Tallent (August 14, 1903–February 26, 1970)
  1. 1. Carolyn (Sue) Tallant 1944–2023 m. Carlos (Eugene) Howell 1939–2017 m. Erby (Wayne) Vinson 1939–2007
  2. 2. Otis (Lemar) Tallent 1939–2011

Alva Sims's Timeline

2 Records

1918
March 9, 1918
Birth of Alva Etheline Sims in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
2001
March 6, 2001
Age 83
Death of Alva Etheline Sims in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA
Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: March 9, 1918
    Event Place: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 6, 2001
    Event Place: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA

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