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Hazel Margaret Simmons 1926–2005 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Feb 1926

Birth Location: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 28 Dec 2005

Death Location: Clifton, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Father: Lawrence Simmons

Mother: Carrie Knighton

Spouse(s): Walter Wood, Charles Blackburn

Children(s): Betty Blackburn

Hazel Margaret Simmons was born in 1926 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA, the child of Lawrence Erector Simmons And Carrie Maybelle Knighton. Hazel Margaret Simmons married Cecil Kelly, Charles Edward Blackburn, Walter Poole Wood, and had children including Betty Jean Blackburn. Hazel Margaret Simmons passed away in 2005 in Clifton, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Hazel Margaret Simmons was born in 1926 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA, the child of Lawrence Erector Simmons And Carrie Maybelle Knighton.
  • Hazel Margaret Simmons married Cecil Kelly, Charles Edward Blackburn, Walter Poole Wood, and had children including Betty Jean Blackburn.
  • Hazel Margaret Simmons passed away in 2005 in Clifton, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lawrence Simmons
1903–1974
Birth Location: Enoree, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Carrie Knighton
1904–1995
Birth Location: Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Walter Wood
1930–1999
Birth Location: –
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Charles Blackburn
1925–2009
Birth Location: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Betty Blackburn
1944–2004
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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Hazel Simmons's Ancestors

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Hazel Simmons
1926–2005
Birth Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Lawrence Erector Simmons
1903–1974
Enoree, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Carrie (Maybelle) Knighton
1904–1995
Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James (F.) Knighton
1869–1935
Martha Johnson
1871–1940
Great-Grandparents
Zechariah Knighton
1804–1908
Lavinia Littlefield
1827–1915
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Littlefield
1790–1845
Sarah Willis
1790–1850

Hazel Simmons's Descendants

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Hazel (Margaret) Simmons (4 Feb 1926–28 Dec 2005) m. Walter (Poole) Wood (25 Jun 1930–17 Feb 1999) m. Charles (Edward) Blackburn (29 Aug 1925–28 Nov 2009)
  1. 1. Betty (Jean) Blackburn 1944–2004

Hazel Simmons's Timeline

2 Records

1926
4 Feb 1926
Birth of Hazel Margaret Simmons in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
2005
28 Dec 2005
Age 79
Death of Hazel Margaret Simmons in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1926
    Event Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Dec 2005
    Event Place: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clifton, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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