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Bessie Lucille Light 1912 – 2008 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Jan 1912

Birth Location: Potter, Marion, Texas, USA

Death Date: 15 Mar 2008

Death Location: Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA

Father: William Light

Mother: Bular Melton

Spouse(s): Eugene Boyter

Children(s): Betty Boyter, Eugene Boyter

Bessie Lucille Light was born in 1912 in Potter, Marion, Texas, USA, the child of William Russell Light and Bular Lee Melton. Bessie Lucille Light married Eugene Manson Boyter, and had children including Betty Jane Boyter, Eugene Russell Boyter. Bessie Lucille Light passed away in 2008 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Lucille Light was born in 1912 in Potter, Marion, Texas, USA, the child of William Russell Light and Bular Lee Melton.
  • Bessie Lucille Light married Eugene Manson Boyter, and had children including Betty Jane Boyter, Eugene Russell Boyter.
  • Bessie Lucille Light passed away in 2008 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Light
1890 – 1960
Birth Location: Smithland, Marion, Texas, USA
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Bular Melton
1891 – 1912
Birth Location: Texas, USA
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Spouses(s)

Eugene Boyter
1907 – 1989
Birth Location: Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
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Children(s)

Betty Boyter
1930 – 2012
Birth Location: Mooringsport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
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Eugene Boyter
1935 –
Birth Location: Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
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Bessie Light's Ancestors

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Bessie Light
1912 – 2008
Birth Place: Potter, Marion, Texas, USA
Parents
William Russell Light
1890 – 1960
Smithland, Marion, Texas, USA
Bular (Lee) Melton
1891 – 1912
Texas, USA
Grandparents
William (Jepthia) Melton
1857 – 1922
Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
Susan (Ella) Hartzo
1865 – 1941
Marion, Texas, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Melton
1816 – 1898
Mary Sheffield
1816 – 1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Everett Sheffield
1790 – 1860
Susanna Hare
1787 – 1860

Bessie Light's Descendants

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Bessie (Lucille) Light (16 Jan 1912 – 15 Mar 2008) m. Eugene (Manson) Boyter (26 May 1907 – 10 Jan 1989)
  1. 1. Betty (Jane) Boyter (9 Dec 1930 – 8 Jun 2012) m. Jessie (Donald) Luce (16 Oct 1927 – 15 Sep 2000)
    1. 1. Susan (Kay) Luce (28 Sep 1949 – )
  2. 2. Eugene (Russell) Boyter (16 Jan 1935 – ) m. Joyce Arnold (4 Feb 1938 – )
    1. 1. Eugene (Wesley) Boyter (6 Feb 1959 – )
    2. 2. Judy (Ann) Boyter (28 Jun 1963 – ) m. Baxter (Cloyd) Tatum (20 Nov 1947 – )
      1. 1. Matthew (Paul) Tatum (28 Nov 1990 – )
      2. 2. Scott (Hamilton) Tatum (9 Jun 1992 – )

Bessie Light's Timeline

2 Records

1912
16 Jan 1912
Birth of Bessie Lucille Light in Potter, Marion, Texas, USA
Potter, Marion, Texas, USA
2008
15 Mar 2008
Age 96
Death of Bessie Lucille Light in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1912
    Event Place: Potter, Marion, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Mar 2008
    Event Place: Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
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