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Rita Elaine Read 1948–1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 JUN 1948

Birth Location: Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 8 AUG 1998

Death Location: Gridley, Jasper County, Mississippi, United States of America

Father: Curtis READ

Mother: Myrtis Smith

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Rita Elaine Read was born in 1948 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA, the child of Curtis Foster Read And Myrtis O Smith. Rita Elaine Read passed away in 1998 in Gridley, Jasper County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Rita Elaine Read was born in 1948 in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA, the child of Curtis Foster Read And Myrtis O Smith.
  • Rita Elaine Read passed away in 1998 in Gridley, Jasper County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Rita Read's Ancestors

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Rita Read
1948–1998
Birth Place: Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA
Parents
Curtis Foster READ
1918–1967
Jasper Co., Mississippi, USA
Myrtis (O) Smith
1917–2013
Jasper Co., Mississippi
Grandparents
George (Daniel "Dudley" Read,) Sr.
1887–1974
Gridley, Jasper County, Mississippi, USA
Lydia (E. "Liddie") Brewer
1888–1922
Jasper County, Mississippi, United States of America
Robert (Lee) SMITH
1873–1965
Monroe Parish, Louisiana
Lula (Victoria) SHOEMAKER
1880–1964
Jasper Co., Mississippi
Great-Grandparents
Henry Read
1851–1893
Elizabeth Reid
1860–1942
James Brewer
1835–1912
Margaret Tucker
1847–1921
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edwin Read
1822–1856
Telitha Ross
1835–1888
Amos Reid
1828–1876
Parthenia Elkins
1835–1876

Rita Read's Timeline

2 Records

1948
29 JUN 1948
Birth of Rita Elaine Read in Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA
Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA
1998
8 AUG 1998
Age 50
Death of Rita Elaine Read in Stringer, Jasper, Mississippi, USA
Stringer, Jasper, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 JUN 1948
    Event Place: Bay Springs, Jasper, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 AUG 1998
    Event Place: Stringer, Jasper, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Gridley, Jasper County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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