J. W. Fortenberry is the son of Whitt Fortenberry and Elizabeth Wilson Fortenberry.
He was married 1st to Dessie Bell (Leathers) Fortenberry. They were married on November 13, 1912 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 2nd to Jenny Bradshaw "Bradie" (Bryant) Ingram Hudson Knowles Fortenberry. They were married on October 28, 1917 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 3rd to Arizona "Zona" (Davis) Lindsay Fortenberry. They were on November 21, 1940 in Blount County, Alabama.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J.W. Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1912
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 18
Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Father's Name: E.J. Fortenberry
Spouse's Name: Dissie Leathers
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 15
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Spouse's Father's Name: J.M. Leathers.
See photo copy of this marriage.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Spouse's Name: Brodie Knoller (Mrs. Bradie Knowles)
Spouses Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1887
Page: 207
Image Number: 00691
GS Film Number: 002294979
Digital Folder Number: 007067226
See photo copy of this marriage
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1940
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 45
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Father's Name: Whit Fortenberry
Mother's Name: Lizzie Wilson
Spouse's Name: Arizona Davis
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1892
Page: 160
Image Number: 00099
GS Film Number: 002294201
Digital Folder Number: 007067222
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The obituary for J. W. Fortenberry was published in "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: Monday, April 30, 1973
FORTENBERRY, J. W., 78, Route 3, Altoona, died in a local hospital yesterday after an extended illness.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Zona Lindsay Fortenberry, Attalla; stepdaughters; Mrs. Chris Byrd, Leesburg, Mrs. Opal Franklin, Cullman, Mrs. Agnes Mann, Birmingham; stepsons: Sherman Hudson, Boaz, Willie Hudson, Gadsden, John Lindsay, Huntsville; two grandchildren; 32 step-grandchildren.
Services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Collier-Butler Chapel with Rev. Grady Helms officiating. Burial will be in Rainbow Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers: Glenn and Darell Mann, James Talton, Verbon, Ted and Vernon Fortenberry.
Mr. Fortenberry was a native of Blount County and a resident of Etowah County most of his life and a retired farmer.
The body will remain at Collier-Butler through the hour of service.
He was married 1st to Dessie Bell (Leathers) Fortenberry. They were married on November 13, 1912 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 2nd to Jenny Bradshaw "Bradie" (Bryant) Ingram Hudson Knowles Fortenberry. They were married on October 28, 1917 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 3rd to Arizona "Zona" (Davis) Lindsay Fortenberry. They were on November 21, 1940 in Blount County, Alabama.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J.W. Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1912
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 18
Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Father's Name: E.J. Fortenberry
Spouse's Name: Dissie Leathers
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 15
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Spouse's Father's Name: J.M. Leathers.
See photo copy of this marriage.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Spouse's Name: Brodie Knoller (Mrs. Bradie Knowles)
Spouses Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1887
Page: 207
Image Number: 00691
GS Film Number: 002294979
Digital Folder Number: 007067226
See photo copy of this marriage
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1940
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 45
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Father's Name: Whit Fortenberry
Mother's Name: Lizzie Wilson
Spouse's Name: Arizona Davis
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1892
Page: 160
Image Number: 00099
GS Film Number: 002294201
Digital Folder Number: 007067222
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The obituary for J. W. Fortenberry was published in "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: Monday, April 30, 1973
FORTENBERRY, J. W., 78, Route 3, Altoona, died in a local hospital yesterday after an extended illness.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Zona Lindsay Fortenberry, Attalla; stepdaughters; Mrs. Chris Byrd, Leesburg, Mrs. Opal Franklin, Cullman, Mrs. Agnes Mann, Birmingham; stepsons: Sherman Hudson, Boaz, Willie Hudson, Gadsden, John Lindsay, Huntsville; two grandchildren; 32 step-grandchildren.
Services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Collier-Butler Chapel with Rev. Grady Helms officiating. Burial will be in Rainbow Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers: Glenn and Darell Mann, James Talton, Verbon, Ted and Vernon Fortenberry.
Mr. Fortenberry was a native of Blount County and a resident of Etowah County most of his life and a retired farmer.
The body will remain at Collier-Butler through the hour of service.
J. W. Fortenberry is the son of Whitt Fortenberry and Elizabeth Wilson Fortenberry.
He was married 1st to Dessie Bell (Leathers) Fortenberry. They were married on November 13, 1912 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 2nd to Jenny Bradshaw "Bradie" (Bryant) Ingram Hudson Knowles Fortenberry. They were married on October 28, 1917 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 3rd to Arizona "Zona" (Davis) Lindsay Fortenberry. They were on November 21, 1940 in Blount County, Alabama.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J.W. Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1912
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 18
Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Father's Name: E.J. Fortenberry
Spouse's Name: Dissie Leathers
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 15
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Spouse's Father's Name: J.M. Leathers.
See photo copy of this marriage.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Spouse's Name: Brodie Knoller (Mrs. Bradie Knowles)
Spouses Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1887
Page: 207
Image Number: 00691
GS Film Number: 002294979
Digital Folder Number: 007067226
See photo copy of this marriage
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1940
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 45
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Father's Name: Whit Fortenberry
Mother's Name: Lizzie Wilson
Spouse's Name: Arizona Davis
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1892
Page: 160
Image Number: 00099
GS Film Number: 002294201
Digital Folder Number: 007067222
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The obituary for J. W. Fortenberry was published in "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: Monday, April 30, 1973
FORTENBERRY, J. W., 78, Route 3, Altoona, died in a local hospital yesterday after an extended illness.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Zona Lindsay Fortenberry, Attalla; stepdaughters; Mrs. Chris Byrd, Leesburg, Mrs. Opal Franklin, Cullman, Mrs. Agnes Mann, Birmingham; stepsons: Sherman Hudson, Boaz, Willie Hudson, Gadsden, John Lindsay, Huntsville; two grandchildren; 32 step-grandchildren.
Services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Collier-Butler Chapel with Rev. Grady Helms officiating. Burial will be in Rainbow Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers: Glenn and Darell Mann, James Talton, Verbon, Ted and Vernon Fortenberry.
Mr. Fortenberry was a native of Blount County and a resident of Etowah County most of his life and a retired farmer.
The body will remain at Collier-Butler through the hour of service.
He was married 1st to Dessie Bell (Leathers) Fortenberry. They were married on November 13, 1912 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 2nd to Jenny Bradshaw "Bradie" (Bryant) Ingram Hudson Knowles Fortenberry. They were married on October 28, 1917 in Blount County, Alabama.
He was married 3rd to Arizona "Zona" (Davis) Lindsay Fortenberry. They were on November 21, 1940 in Blount County, Alabama.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J.W. Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1912
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 18
Birth Year (Estimated): 1894
Father's Name: E.J. Fortenberry
Spouse's Name: Dissie Leathers
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 15
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Spouse's Father's Name: J.M. Leathers.
See photo copy of this marriage.
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809 - 1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1917
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Spouse's Name: Brodie Knoller (Mrs. Bradie Knowles)
Spouses Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1887
Page: 207
Image Number: 00691
GS Film Number: 002294979
Digital Folder Number: 007067226
See photo copy of this marriage
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Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
Name: J W Fortenberry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1940
Marriage Place: Blount, Alabama, United States
Age: 45
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Father's Name: Whit Fortenberry
Mother's Name: Lizzie Wilson
Spouse's Name: Arizona Davis
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 48
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated: 1892
Page: 160
Image Number: 00099
GS Film Number: 002294201
Digital Folder Number: 007067222
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The obituary for J. W. Fortenberry was published in "The Gadsden Times"; newspaper; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama: Monday, April 30, 1973
FORTENBERRY, J. W., 78, Route 3, Altoona, died in a local hospital yesterday after an extended illness.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Zona Lindsay Fortenberry, Attalla; stepdaughters; Mrs. Chris Byrd, Leesburg, Mrs. Opal Franklin, Cullman, Mrs. Agnes Mann, Birmingham; stepsons: Sherman Hudson, Boaz, Willie Hudson, Gadsden, John Lindsay, Huntsville; two grandchildren; 32 step-grandchildren.
Services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Collier-Butler Chapel with Rev. Grady Helms officiating. Burial will be in Rainbow Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers: Glenn and Darell Mann, James Talton, Verbon, Ted and Vernon Fortenberry.
Mr. Fortenberry was a native of Blount County and a resident of Etowah County most of his life and a retired farmer.
The body will remain at Collier-Butler through the hour of service.
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