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Edith May WATSON 1917–2010 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 May 1917

Birth Location: , Lauderdale, Mississippi

Death Date: 18 Aug 2010

Death Location: Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi

Father: John Watson

Mother: Ozie GRAHAM

Spouse(s): Erskine HARRELL

Children(s): Erskine HARRELL

In 1917, Edith May WATSON entered the world in , Lauderdale, Mississippi, born to John Nathaniel Watson And Ozie Lee Graham. In 1920, Edith May WATSON resided in Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA. In 1930, Edith May WATSON resided in Jackson, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA. Edith May WATSON married Erskine Scott Harrell, and had children including Erskine E Harrell, Scott Harrell. Edith May WATSON passed away in 2010 in Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi.

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Biography

  • In 1917, Edith May WATSON entered the world in , Lauderdale, Mississippi, born to John Nathaniel Watson And Ozie Lee Graham.
  • In 1920, Edith May WATSON resided in Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA.
  • In 1930, Edith May WATSON resided in Jackson, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA.
  • Edith May WATSON married Erskine Scott Harrell, and had children including Erskine E Harrell, Scott Harrell.
  • Edith May WATSON passed away in 2010 in Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Watson
1874–1949
Birth Location: , Lauderdale, Mississippi
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Ozie GRAHAM
1884–1975
Birth Location: , , Mississippi
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Spouses(s)

Erskine HARRELL
1913–1994
Birth Location: , , Mississippi
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Children(s)

Erskine HARRELL
1939–2013
Birth Location: , , Mississippi
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Edith WATSON's Ancestors

Self
Edith WATSON
1917–2010
Birth Place: , Lauderdale, Mississippi
Parents
John Nathaniel Watson
1874–1949
, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Ozie (Lee) GRAHAM
1884–1975
, , Mississippi
Grandparents
John (Thomas) WATSON
1836–1905
, Greene, Georgia
Georgia (Ann) Cannady
1847–1935
, , Georgia
Great-Grandparents
John Watson
1795–1879
Manurva\Minerva MABRY
1810–1880
Cannady
1825–
Martha FOSTER
1825–1886
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gray Mabry
1761–1825
Martha Watson
1775–1820
Frederick FOSTER
1795–1860
Johanna Logan
1805–1882

Edith WATSON's Descendants

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Edith (May) WATSON (19 May 1917–18 Aug 2010) m. Erskine (Scott) HARRELL (30 Nov 1913–5 Mar 1994)
  1. 1. Erskine (E) HARRELL 1939–2013

Edith WATSON's Timeline

10 Records

1917
19 May 1917
Birth of Edith May WATSON in , Lauderdale, Mississippi
, Lauderdale, Mississippi
1920
1920
Age 3
Edith May WATSON resided here in Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
1930
1930
Age 13
Edith May WATSON resided here in Jackson, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
Jackson, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
1935
1935
Age 18
Edith May WATSON resided here in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
1937
Abt 1937
Age 20
Edith May WATSON resided here in With the Groom 's Mother
With the Groom 's Mother
1940
1940
Age 23
Edith May WATSON resided here in Beat 4, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
Beat 4, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
1950
1950
Age 33
Edith May WATSON resided here in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
1951
Before 1951
Age 34
Edith May WATSON resided here in Mississippi
Mississippi
2010
16 Aug 2010
Age 93
Death of Edith May WATSON in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
2010
18 Aug 2010
Age 93
Burial of Edith May WATSON in Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 May 1917
    Event Place: , Lauderdale, Mississippi
    Record Source:
    [1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: T625_882; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 49
    [2] Family Bible of John Nathaniel Watson

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Meridian Ward 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: T625_882; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 49

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Jackson, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 2340882

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02027; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 25-30

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1937
    Event Place: With the Groom 's Mother
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Clarion-Ledger; Publication Date: 30 May 1937; Publication Place: Jackson, Mississippi, USA; ,0.519948,0.49669686,0.6884943&xid=3398

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Beat 4, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02027; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 25-30

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Jackson, Hinds, Miss

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Before 1951
    Event Place: Mississippi
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Occupation
    Record Source: Edith Mae Harrell
    Jackson, MS

    Edith Mae Harrell, 93, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 at Central MS Medical Center in Jackson.

    Funeral service will be held at 10 AM today at St. Peter's Catholic Cathedral in Jackson with visitation one hour prior to service. Interment will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

    She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her siblings.

    She is survived by her sons, Erskine Harrell and Scott (Kay) Harrell; grandchildren, Heather Harrell (James) Taylor, Scott Harrell, Jr, Michael (Jessica) Morgan, Shawn Morgan; and two great-grandchildren.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Jackson, Mississippi
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Publication Place: City, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 2010
    Event Place: Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 18 Aug 2010
    Event Place: Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
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