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Adella “Della” <I>Jones</I> Dinkins

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Adella “Della” Jones Dinkins

Birth
Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Death
29 Apr 1943 (aged 70)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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The Tennessean

Nashville, Tennessee · Friday, April 30, 1943


Mrs. Delia Jones Dinkins Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o clock this afternoon at the Methodist Church at Alexandria for Mrs. Delia Jones Dinkins. 70, who died yesterday at the home of her son, W. M.

Dinkins, 2703 Acklen Avenue, after three months of illness. Mrs. Dinkins had been a resident of Nashville for the past eight yeais. She was born in Alexandria and resided there most of her life.


She was a member of the Alexandria Methodist Church.



She is survived by two sons, W. M. Dinkins, Nashville; W. H. Dinkins, Auburn, Ala.; a daughter, Mrs. Christopher Benzenhafer, Nashville; a brother, T. W. Jones, Alexandria; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild..


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Della (Jones) Dinkins is the daughter of Wiley Jones and Artellia Curtis. She was 70 years old and the widow of George N Dinkins when she died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1943 at home in Nashville.


- info from her Death Certificate, with Zelma Buywhafer of Nashville as the informant.

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1940 DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA Census-Street no 2, house no 23.

Household Members (Name) Age Relationship

Della Dinkins 67 Head

Margaret Greer ( Margaret Greer Malone ) 19 Granddaughter



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contributor

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Betty

for parent links

January 8, 2021

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name changed from DELLA to ARDELLA & nickname as DELLA


Sue A. J. Gregory

July 13, 2023

The Tennessean

Nashville, Tennessee · Friday, April 30, 1943


Mrs. Delia Jones Dinkins Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o clock this afternoon at the Methodist Church at Alexandria for Mrs. Delia Jones Dinkins. 70, who died yesterday at the home of her son, W. M.

Dinkins, 2703 Acklen Avenue, after three months of illness. Mrs. Dinkins had been a resident of Nashville for the past eight yeais. She was born in Alexandria and resided there most of her life.


She was a member of the Alexandria Methodist Church.



She is survived by two sons, W. M. Dinkins, Nashville; W. H. Dinkins, Auburn, Ala.; a daughter, Mrs. Christopher Benzenhafer, Nashville; a brother, T. W. Jones, Alexandria; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild..


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Della (Jones) Dinkins is the daughter of Wiley Jones and Artellia Curtis. She was 70 years old and the widow of George N Dinkins when she died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1943 at home in Nashville.


- info from her Death Certificate, with Zelma Buywhafer of Nashville as the informant.

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1940 DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA Census-Street no 2, house no 23.

Household Members (Name) Age Relationship

Della Dinkins 67 Head

Margaret Greer ( Margaret Greer Malone ) 19 Granddaughter



***

contributor

46984847

Betty

for parent links

January 8, 2021

***

name changed from DELLA to ARDELLA & nickname as DELLA


Sue A. J. Gregory

July 13, 2023



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  • Maintained by: Barry Turner
  • Originally Created by: ~B~
  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114578604/adella-dinkins: accessed ), memorial page for Adella “Della” Jones Dinkins (28 Oct 1872–29 Apr 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114578604, citing Eastview Cemetery, Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Barry Turner (contributor 49236619).