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Opal Fay Waycaster Blair 1930–2018 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 October 1930

Birth Location: Mississippi

Death Date: 11 December 2018

Death Location: Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States of America

Father: Elton Wacaster

Mother: Modie Waycaster

Spouse(s): Lester Blair

Children(s):

In 1930, Opal Fay Waycaster Blair entered the world in Mississippi, born to Elton Roy Wacaster And Modie Mae Estelle Mccullough Gunter Waycaster. In 1935, Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided in Greenwood Springs, Quincy, Monroe, Mississippi. In 1940, Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided in Beat 2, Monroe, Mississippi, USA. Opal Fay Waycaster Blair married Lester Jackson Blair. Opal Fay Waycaster Blair passed away in 2018 in Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1930, Opal Fay Waycaster Blair entered the world in Mississippi, born to Elton Roy Wacaster And Modie Mae Estelle Mccullough Gunter Waycaster.
  • In 1935, Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided in Greenwood Springs, Quincy, Monroe, Mississippi.
  • In 1940, Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided in Beat 2, Monroe, Mississippi, USA.
  • Opal Fay Waycaster Blair married Lester Jackson Blair.
  • Opal Fay Waycaster Blair passed away in 2018 in Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Opal Blair's Ancestors

Self
Opal Blair
1930–2018
Birth Place: Mississippi
Parents
Elton Roy Wacaster
1897–1975
Quincy, Monroe County, Mississippi, United States of America
Modie (Mae Estelle McCullough Gunter) Waycaster
1900–1969
Monroe County, Mississippi, United States of America
Grandparents
Alford (Randell) Wacaster
1863–1938
Eula (V) Carter
1868–
Lee McCullough
1872–1947
Pontotoc , MS, USA
Evie McCullough
1877–1959
Mississippi
Great-Grandparents
Alfred Wacaser
1818–1863
Samuel McCullough
1825–1911
Sarah Duke
1843–1917
Mack Bryant
1849–1918
Martha Davis
1856–1919
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wacaser
1771–1840
Henry McCullough
1800–1874
Elizabeth Wilson
1804–1879
Greene duke
1819–1898
Patricia Duke
1816–1904
William Bryant
1808–1890
Maria McDade
1816–1851
Thomas Davis
1833–1894
Matilda Bridges
1834–1917

Opal Blair's Timeline

5 Records

1930
23 October 1930
Birth of Opal Fay Waycaster Blair in Mississippi
Mississippi
1935
1935
Age 5
Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided here in Greenwood Springs, Quincy, Monroe, Mississippi
Greenwood Springs, Quincy, Monroe, Mississippi
1940
1940
Age 10
Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided here in Beat 2, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
Beat 2, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
1950
1950
Age 20
Opal Fay Waycaster Blair resided here in Monroe, Mississippi, USA
Monroe, Mississippi, USA
2018
11 December 2018
Age 88
Death of Opal Fay Waycaster Blair in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 October 1930
    Event Place: Mississippi
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Monroe, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02050; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 48-11
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] 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: Monroe, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Greenwood Springs, Quincy, Monroe, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Monroe, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02050; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 48-11

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Beat 2, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Monroe, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02050; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 48-11

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Monroe, 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: Monroe, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 December 2018
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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