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Bernice Mays 1929–2013 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1929

Birth Location: Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 22 Dec 2013

Death Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Father: Samuel Mays

Mother: Ada Jones

Spouse(s): David Bishop

Children(s):

Bernice Mays was born in 1929 in Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA, the child of Samuel Cohen Mays And Ada Belle Jones. Bernice Mays married David George Jack Bishop, and had children including Married Sapp Bishop. Bernice Mays passed away in 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Biography

  • Bernice Mays was born in 1929 in Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA, the child of Samuel Cohen Mays And Ada Belle Jones.
  • Bernice Mays married David George Jack Bishop, and had children including Married Sapp Bishop.
  • Bernice Mays passed away in 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Bernice Mays's Ancestors

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Bernice Mays
1929–2013
Birth Place: Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA
Parents
Samuel Cohen Mays
1892–1943
Lavonia, GA
Ada (Belle) Jones
1898–2002
Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
James (Hayden) Jones
1856–1949
Georgia
Laura (Jane) Hamby
1866–1949
Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Newton Hamby
1844–1919
Margaret Plunkett
1841–1924
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lemuel Hamby
1804–1865
Mary Hill
1815–1884

Bernice Mays's Timeline

2 Records

1929
24 May 1929
Birth of Bernice Mays in Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA
Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA
2013
22 Dec 2013
Age 84
Death of Bernice Mays in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 May 1929
    Event Place: Hawkinsville, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Dec 2013
    Event Place: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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