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Lela Stokes 1882–1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Aug 1882

Birth Location: Craven County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 16 Oct 1965

Death Location: Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA

Father: Richard Stokes

Mother: Rebecca Bell

Spouse(s): Charles Sr

Children(s): Joe Dudley, Charles Jr, Ray Dudley, Eva Dudley, Lizzie Dudley, Rosa Dudley, Lela Dudley, William Dudley, Jather Dudley, Kathleen Dudley, Verna Dudley, Richard Dudley, Edith Dudley, Elise Dudley

Lela Stokes was born in 1882 in Craven County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Richard Blount Stokes And Rebecca Elizabeth Bell. Lela Stokes married Charles Lee Dudley Sr, and had children including Charles Lee Dudley Jr, Edith Stokes Dudley, Elise Marie Dudley, Eva Mae Dudley, Jather Whitfield Dudley, Joe Cephus Dudley, Kathleen Dudley, Lela Mae Dudley, Lizzie Dudley, Ray Lee Dudley, Richard Frank Dudley, Rosa Belle Dudley, Verna Elizabeth Dudley, William Paul Dudley. Lela Stokes passed away in 1965 in Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Lela Stokes was born in 1882 in Craven County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Richard Blount Stokes And Rebecca Elizabeth Bell.
  • Lela Stokes married Charles Lee Dudley Sr, and had children including Charles Lee Dudley Jr, Edith Stokes Dudley, Elise Marie Dudley, Eva Mae Dudley, Jather Whitfield Dudley, Joe Cephus Dudley, Kathleen Dudley, Lela Mae Dudley, Lizzie Dudley, Ray Lee Dudley, Richard Frank Dudley, Rosa Belle Dudley, Verna Elizabeth Dudley, William Paul Dudley.
  • Lela Stokes passed away in 1965 in Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA.

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Lela Stokes's Ancestors

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Lela Stokes
1882–1965
Birth Place: Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Richard Blount Stokes
1849–1910
Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Rebecca (Elizabeth) Bell
1856–1921
Greene County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Hardee Stokes
1808–1880
Pitt, North Carolina, USA
Guilaney (Elizabeth) Adams
1807–
Pitt County, North Carolina, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
James Jr
1776–1882
Margaret Hardy
1777–
James Adams
1776–1858
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Abraham Adams
1753–1845
Celia Brooks
1747–1818

Lela Stokes's Descendants

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Lela Stokes (6 Aug 1882–16 Oct 1965) m. Charles (Lee Dudley) Sr (13 Nov 1866–3 Jul 1950)
  1. 1. Joe (Cephus) Dudley 1903–1972 m. Irma (Mae) Hart 1913–1999
    1. 1. Joyce (Mae) Dudley 1939–1988
  2. 2. Charles (Lee Dudley) Jr 1904–1973 m. Ethel (Susan) Manning 1912–2005
  3. 3. Ray (Lee) Dudley 1906–1978 m. Agnes Burney 1904–1980
  4. 4. Eva (Mae) Dudley 1907–1944 m. Clifton (Troy) Dail 1909–1938
    1. 1. Helen (Marie) Dail 1926–
    2. 2. Lee (Edward) Dail 1929–1986 m. Mary (Eula) Sutton 1928–2004
    3. 3. Robert (Darrell) Dail 1934–1934
  5. 5. Lizzie Dudley 1907–1968 m. Major (Calvin) Smith 1904–1988
    1. 1. Ronald (David Smith) Sr 1925–2010 m. Lillian (Marie) Sellars 1927–2014
    2. 2. Rue (Belle) Smith 1927–2003 m. Preston (Elois) Murphey 1925–1999
    3. 3. Jimmie (Blanche) Smith 1932–2003 m. Joseph (Marion Whitley) Jr 1925–2008
      1. 1. Joseph (Marion Whitley) II 1948–2014
      2. 2. Joan (Marie) Whitley 1951–2001 m. Edward (Earl Heath) Sr 1947–1969
    4. 4. Gladys (Faye) Smith 1933–2020 m. James (Benjamin) Hart 1925–1991
    5. 5. Lizzie (Evonne) Smith 1935–1988 m. Carlton (Lee) Daugherty 1931–1999
    6. 6. Major (Darrell) Smith 1938–2020
  6. 6. Rosa (Belle) Dudley 1909–1968 m. Graham (Sanford) Phillips 1910–1955
    1. 1. Thelma (Grace) Phillips 1939–1996 m. Gilbert (Johnson) Williams 1932–2006
  7. 7. Lela (Mae) Dudley 1910–1991 m. Graham (Vance) Kirkman 1904–1978
    1. 1. Garland (Vance) Kirkman 1931–1968 m. Ada (Irene) McGowan 1930–1981
  8. 8. William (Paul) Dudley 1912–1965 m. Roxie (Mae) Vincent 1915–2015
  9. 9. Jather (Whitfield) Dudley 1914–1961 m. Mildred (Raye) Haddock 1930–2018
    1. 1. Charles (Ray) Dudley 1951–1951
  10. 10. Kathleen Dudley 1915–2007 m. Joseph (Lillard Summerlin) Sr 1906–1987
    1. 1. Margaret (Jean) Summerlin 1933–2018 m. Melvin (Ray) Askew 1931–1989
  11. 11. Verna (Elizabeth) Dudley 1917–2015 m. Claude (Franklin) Burney 1906–1986
    1. 1. Thomas (Dudley) Burney 1943–2012
  12. 12. Richard (Frank) Dudley 1919–1981 m. Virginia (Hazel) Ledford 1925–1989
  13. 13. Edith (Stokes) Dudley 1920–1984 m. Willard Taylor 1921–
  14. 14. Elise (Marie) Dudley 1922–1976 m. Charles (Daniel) Bowen 1912–1950

Lela Stokes's Timeline

2 Records

1882
6 Aug 1882
Birth of Lela Stokes in Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Craven County, North Carolina, USA
1965
16 Oct 1965
Age 83
Death of Lela Stokes in Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Aug 1882
    Event Place: Craven County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1965
    Event Place: Ayden, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA

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