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Bessie Brenda <I>Box</I> Williams

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Bessie Brenda Box Williams

Birth
Alabama, USA
Death
26 Sep 1966 (aged 83)
Dothan, Houston County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Dothan, Houston County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 9 Plot 6
Memorial ID
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Married A.B. Jones 6 September 1900
Married George N. Williams About 1904

In 1912 George Newton Williams married Mrs. Bessie Box Jones, the widow of Aaron Jones and mother of two sons, Hurley D. and Charley B. Jones. She was the daughter of Charles Owen Box and his wife, Rena Jones Box, of the Big Creek Methodist Church community just over the Alabama line in present Houston County. George was elected County School Superintendent of Hale County.

in 1915 George and Bessie separated due to a dispute between Bessie and George's daughter from his first marriage, Mattie Lee Williams. George moved his first family to Shreveport, Louisiana, leaving Edwin LeGrand, Sr., his son by Bessie, with his parents in Graceville. After a few days with George's parents, Bessie picked up 18 month old Edwin and took him to Big Creek, Alabama where they lived with her parents.

1st Husband Aaron Bethel Jones
Married A.B. Jones 6 September 1900
Married George N. Williams About 1904

In 1912 George Newton Williams married Mrs. Bessie Box Jones, the widow of Aaron Jones and mother of two sons, Hurley D. and Charley B. Jones. She was the daughter of Charles Owen Box and his wife, Rena Jones Box, of the Big Creek Methodist Church community just over the Alabama line in present Houston County. George was elected County School Superintendent of Hale County.

in 1915 George and Bessie separated due to a dispute between Bessie and George's daughter from his first marriage, Mattie Lee Williams. George moved his first family to Shreveport, Louisiana, leaving Edwin LeGrand, Sr., his son by Bessie, with his parents in Graceville. After a few days with George's parents, Bessie picked up 18 month old Edwin and took him to Big Creek, Alabama where they lived with her parents.

1st Husband Aaron Bethel Jones


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