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Bessie Faye Brown 1927 – 2016 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 February 1927

Birth Location: Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 15 July 2016

Death Location: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Daniel Thomas

Mother: Dora Pendry

Spouse(s): Arville Jones

Children(s): Robert Jones, Mary Edginton, Thomas Jones, Cheryl Tolbert, Ernest Jones, Dennis Jones

Bessie Faye Brown was born in 1927 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Daniel Buford Thomas and Dora Anna Pendry. Bessie Faye Brown later married Arville Lee Jones, and together they raised children including Robert Sidney Jones, Mary Ellen Edginton, Thomas Allen Jones, Cheryl Ann Jones Tolbert, Ernest Hilton Jones and Dennis Jones. In 2016, Bessie Faye Brown passed away in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Parents

Daniel Thomas
1884 – 1970
Birth Location: Davie, North Carolina
DT
Dora Pendry
1889 – 1967
Birth Location: Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC., USA
DP

Spouses(s)

Arville Jones
1930 –
Birth Location: –
AJ

Children(s)

Robert Jones
Birth Location: –
RJ
Mary Edginton
Birth Location: –
ME
Thomas Jones
Birth Location: –
TJ
Cheryl Tolbert
Birth Location: –
CT
Ernest Jones
Birth Location: –
EJ
Dennis Jones
Birth Location: –
DJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 3 February 1927
    Event Place: Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Abbotts Creek, Abbotts Creek, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Kernersville, Forsyth, North Carolina
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Kernersville Township, Kernersville, Forsyth, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 July 2016
    Event Place: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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