Bertie Obena “Bert” Gwaltney Epps

Birth: 4 Oct 1889
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 4 Aug 1961 (aged 71)
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Burial: Gwaltney-Thompson Cemetery

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Bertie and Alphonso "Fonzy" Epps were divorced 13 Oct 1936 in Wayne Superior Court, Goldsboro, North Carolina, on grounds of 2 years of separation.

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Parents

Albert Johnson Gwaltney

1862–1934
Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Taylor Gwaltney

1869–1957

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Alphonso Atkins "Fonzy" Epps

1893–1981 (m. 1913)

Siblings

Alphus McCullen "Cullen" Gwaltney

1885–1961
Javy Lee Gwaltney

1887–1918
Daisy May Gwaltney

1891–1892
Maggie Nina Gwaltney Horne

1893–1917
Mary Melinda Gwaltney

1896–1899
Libby Bell Gwaltney Sadler

1899–1971
Royal Gwaltney

1901–1918
Clarence Holland Gwaltney

1903–1944

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Dorothy Epps

1918–1919
Mattie Christine "Chris" Epps Gardner

1920–2009
James Edwin Epps

1923–1923
Doris Libbie Epps

1924–1927
Mary Melinda Epps Spiron

1926–2011
George Albert Epps

1928–1928

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North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976
1940 United States Federal Census
1930 United States Federal Census
North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
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Bertie Obena Gwaltney (center, standing next to the bed) with her brother Cullen Gwaltney, sister Libby Gwaltney Sadler and mother, Martha Elizabeth Taylor. Her then deceased brother, Javy Lee Gwaltney is in a photo on the wall.

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Bertie Obena Gwaltney
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Daughter of Albert Johnson and Marth Taylor Gwaltney

October 4, 1889 - August 4, 1961
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Bertie Obena Gwaltney (Epps) was one of the early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Goldsboro area.

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Bertie Obena “Bert” Gwaltney Epps

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Albert Johnson Gwaltney

Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Taylor Gwaltney

Alphonso Atkins "Fonzy" Epps

Alphus McCullen "Cullen" Gwaltney

Javy Lee Gwaltney

Daisy May Gwaltney

Maggie Nina Gwaltney Horne

Mary Melinda Gwaltney

Libby Bell Gwaltney Sadler

Royal Gwaltney

Clarence Holland Gwaltney

Dorothy Epps

Mattie Christine "Chris" Epps Gardner

James Edwin Epps

Doris Libbie Epps

Mary Melinda Epps Spiron

George Albert Epps

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