She lived in Luray, Page Co, VA. When she got ill her son Edward brought her up to where he lived (Birmingham, MI) until she had to go into a nursing home in Southfield. She passed away there.
Her mother wanted to name her Bertha. When she sent her two oldest daughters to the courthouse to register her birth the two daughters, who did not like the name Bertha, registered her as Besse instead. When Besse grew older she did not like the name Besse so in her older years she had everyone call her Betty.
They had one son Edward and a daughter Dorothy Jean Eberhart Turner. Living.
Her mother wanted to name her Bertha. When she sent her two oldest daughters to the courthouse to register her birth the two daughters, who did not like the name Bertha, registered her as Besse instead. When Besse grew older she did not like the name Besse so in her older years she had everyone call her Betty.
They had one son Edward and a daughter Dorothy Jean Eberhart Turner. Living.
She lived in Luray, Page Co, VA. When she got ill her son Edward brought her up to where he lived (Birmingham, MI) until she had to go into a nursing home in Southfield. She passed away there.
Her mother wanted to name her Bertha. When she sent her two oldest daughters to the courthouse to register her birth the two daughters, who did not like the name Bertha, registered her as Besse instead. When Besse grew older she did not like the name Besse so in her older years she had everyone call her Betty.
They had one son Edward and a daughter Dorothy Jean Eberhart Turner. Living.
Her mother wanted to name her Bertha. When she sent her two oldest daughters to the courthouse to register her birth the two daughters, who did not like the name Bertha, registered her as Besse instead. When Besse grew older she did not like the name Besse so in her older years she had everyone call her Betty.
They had one son Edward and a daughter Dorothy Jean Eberhart Turner. Living.
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