AMBERSON, MRS. BERNICE MAE, age 88, of Killen, AL., passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2002. Following cremation, Mrs. Amberson's Funeral and Burial will be in Oneonta, AL. Greenhill Funeral Home directing.
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Bernice was the daughter of Ben Gober & Tempie Gilley. She was one of eleven children born to the family.
Mama had a hard life, quiting school in the 4th grade to go to work in the fields, with her father. She told of times during the depression when they would work from sunrise to sunset for 50 cents and were happy to get it. She was always independant and did not look to anyone for help.
Mama knew Daddy all of her life. In 1900 Grandpa & Grandma Gober were newly weds living next door to my Grandpa & Grandma Amberson, Daddy was 8.
Mom & Dad married October 6, 1941 Buchanon, Haralson County, Georgia. They moved to Waco, Texas shortly after their marriage and had a restaurant near the air base. By 1944 they were in Tarrant City and had a grocery store till after WWII. They opened Amberson's Restaurant and 16th Street and 1st Avenue in Birmingham 1954, operating the restaurant until Daddy died 1956.
AMBERSON, MRS. BERNICE MAE, age 88, of Killen, AL., passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2002. Following cremation, Mrs. Amberson's Funeral and Burial will be in Oneonta, AL. Greenhill Funeral Home directing.
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Bernice was the daughter of Ben Gober & Tempie Gilley. She was one of eleven children born to the family.
Mama had a hard life, quiting school in the 4th grade to go to work in the fields, with her father. She told of times during the depression when they would work from sunrise to sunset for 50 cents and were happy to get it. She was always independant and did not look to anyone for help.
Mama knew Daddy all of her life. In 1900 Grandpa & Grandma Gober were newly weds living next door to my Grandpa & Grandma Amberson, Daddy was 8.
Mom & Dad married October 6, 1941 Buchanon, Haralson County, Georgia. They moved to Waco, Texas shortly after their marriage and had a restaurant near the air base. By 1944 they were in Tarrant City and had a grocery store till after WWII. They opened Amberson's Restaurant and 16th Street and 1st Avenue in Birmingham 1954, operating the restaurant until Daddy died 1956.
Family Members
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Mary Jane Lucille Gober Vaughn
1901–1995
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Albert Jackson "Jack" Gober
1903–1984
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Bessie Elizabeth Gober Calvert
1905–1995
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Grover Cleveland Gober
1907–1920
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Grace Matilda "Gracie" Gober Pitts
1910–1986
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Josephine "Josie" Gober
1912–1918
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Lillie Mae Gober
1919–1919
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Allie Mae Gober
1919–1919
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Easter Ardelia "Dellie Della" Gober Burks Shehee
1924–1987
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Wynell Asther "Nell" Gober Wynn
1925–1967
