Joye was the youngest of four children born to Ervin Auvis Bownds and his wife, Beatrice Gertrude Franklin.
SIBLINGS:
1) Ervin Auvis Bownds, Jr. (1921-1990)
2) Yvonne (Bownds) Cockrell (1923-2001)
3) Adrian Keith Bownds (1925-1974)
Joye married Walter C. Schmidt on 20 Oct. 1945.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of Will Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
SIBLINGS:
1) Ervin Auvis Bownds, Jr. (1921-1990)
2) Yvonne (Bownds) Cockrell (1923-2001)
3) Adrian Keith Bownds (1925-1974)
Joye married Walter C. Schmidt on 20 Oct. 1945.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of Will Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
Joye was the youngest of four children born to Ervin Auvis Bownds and his wife, Beatrice Gertrude Franklin.
SIBLINGS:
1) Ervin Auvis Bownds, Jr. (1921-1990)
2) Yvonne (Bownds) Cockrell (1923-2001)
3) Adrian Keith Bownds (1925-1974)
Joye married Walter C. Schmidt on 20 Oct. 1945.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of Will Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
SIBLINGS:
1) Ervin Auvis Bownds, Jr. (1921-1990)
2) Yvonne (Bownds) Cockrell (1923-2001)
3) Adrian Keith Bownds (1925-1974)
Joye married Walter C. Schmidt on 20 Oct. 1945.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of Will Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
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