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About Bessie Henry Ball
Married twice. 8 Children.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194628755/bessie-henry-ball
Bessie Lillard daughter of William Lillard and Harriet E "Hettie" Allen and stepdaughter to William Wilkey.
Bessie married 25 Mar 1911 Rhea Co TN William Henry (1883-1923) stating she was age 18 on their marriage record - she was 15 yrs old.
Children:
- Willie Mae "Billie" Henry (b 110 Mar 1914 TN d 2 Sep 1983 Muskogee OK m Wm King
- Grover Cleveland Henry (b 8 Jun 1914 Ky d 4 Sep 1999 Odessa TX m Mary Moss)
- Virginia Henry (b 6 Dec 1916 Rhea Co TN d 23 Aug 1918 Rhea Co TN Child)
- Lucille Ann Henry (b 21 Nov 1919 Rhea Co TN d Nov 1978 (Homer Russell & George Lambly)
- and Felix Jacob Henry (b 4 Jun 1923 Rhea TN d 5 Jun 2016 Roane, TN m Mildred Alene Davidson
Bessie Lillard Henry m2) Jul 1924 Dayton, Rhea, TN
children:
- James Lee Ball,
- Joyce Perney Ball, and
- James Simon Ball
Story on the marriage from the book Life As it Was in My Time by John Edward Lee Ball, Sr As Told to Jo Lawson (Joeldean Ball Lawson) Authors Press 2002
Ch 3 pg 13-14
"Sometime after mother had died. Dad began preaching again and then we moved to Dayton, Tennessee. It was when dad was preaching at a cottage prayer meeting that Mrs. Bessie Henry came to the meetings. She had four children whose names were Willie Mae, Lucille, Grover, and Felix. Mrs. Bessie had long wavy hair that reached almost to her ankles. Boy, did she get Dad's eye! After a time Dad and Mrs. Bessie got married. This is the way the wedding happened. Sister Bessie was down by the spring washing clothes. As the preacher came by in a horse-drawn buggy, Dad came up out of the strawberry patch to the spring where Sister Bessie was washing clothes. She took off her apron, laid it aside and they held hands while the preacher performed the wedding ceremony. After their wedding vows, Sister Bessie went back to washing clothes and Dad went back to the strawberry patch."
Gravesite Details
Grave shares a fenced in plot with Lillie Mae Peel and Pearl L. Peel.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 18 2024, 16:02:06 UTC
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Bessie Henry Ball's Timeline
| 1895 |
December 15, 1895
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Dayton, Rhea County, TN, United States
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| 1914 |
March 10, 1914
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Tennessee, USA
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| 1916 |
December 6, 1916
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| 1919 |
December 1, 1919
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Rock Spring, Walker County, Georgia, USA
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