Billie Irene Ward was the daughter of William H. Ward & Matilda Alice Sorrells. She was born in Pike Co., Arkansas. Billie's father died shortly before her birth & her mother remarried to James Harris a few years later.
Billie was her first name but she was incorrectly listed as "Willie I. Ward" on the 1910 Arkansas census & 1920 Tennessee census records.
Billie married Benjamin Houston Grubbs on Feb. 1, 1930 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas. Her name was correctly shown as "Billie I. Grubbs" on the 1930 & 1940 Tennessee census records & her death record. Her name was shown as "Billie Ward" in the 1927 obit of her mother & as "Billie Grubbs" in the later obituaries of several of her siblings. Her headstone does show the correct spelling of her first name.
Billie was her first name but she was incorrectly listed as "Willie I. Ward" on the 1910 Arkansas census & 1920 Tennessee census records.
Billie married Benjamin Houston Grubbs on Feb. 1, 1930 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas. Her name was correctly shown as "Billie I. Grubbs" on the 1930 & 1940 Tennessee census records & her death record. Her name was shown as "Billie Ward" in the 1927 obit of her mother & as "Billie Grubbs" in the later obituaries of several of her siblings. Her headstone does show the correct spelling of her first name.
Billie Irene Ward was the daughter of William H. Ward & Matilda Alice Sorrells. She was born in Pike Co., Arkansas. Billie's father died shortly before her birth & her mother remarried to James Harris a few years later.
Billie was her first name but she was incorrectly listed as "Willie I. Ward" on the 1910 Arkansas census & 1920 Tennessee census records.
Billie married Benjamin Houston Grubbs on Feb. 1, 1930 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas. Her name was correctly shown as "Billie I. Grubbs" on the 1930 & 1940 Tennessee census records & her death record. Her name was shown as "Billie Ward" in the 1927 obit of her mother & as "Billie Grubbs" in the later obituaries of several of her siblings. Her headstone does show the correct spelling of her first name.
Billie was her first name but she was incorrectly listed as "Willie I. Ward" on the 1910 Arkansas census & 1920 Tennessee census records.
Billie married Benjamin Houston Grubbs on Feb. 1, 1930 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas. Her name was correctly shown as "Billie I. Grubbs" on the 1930 & 1940 Tennessee census records & her death record. Her name was shown as "Billie Ward" in the 1927 obit of her mother & as "Billie Grubbs" in the later obituaries of several of her siblings. Her headstone does show the correct spelling of her first name.
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