Jennie Alethia Armstrong's father Bascom Young Armstrong *memorial 9424194 died when she was less than 17 months old, and she was only 4-1/2 years old when her mother, Willie Lucky Armstrong *memorial 9424228 passed away, leaving her an orphan. Her mother's sister, Sarah Jane "Jennie" Lucky had married Bascom's brother, Joseph Emmett Armstrong. Jennie and Joseph had already had lost two children of their own, and so this couple, little Jennie's biological aunt and uncle, took her in and raised her as their own child. On her death certificate, J E and Jennie Armstrong are listed as her parents, and essentially, are the only parents she ever knew.
Jennie Alethia Armstrong's father Bascom Young Armstrong *memorial 9424194 died when she was less than 17 months old, and she was only 4-1/2 years old when her mother, Willie Lucky Armstrong *memorial 9424228 passed away, leaving her an orphan. Her mother's sister, Sarah Jane "Jennie" Lucky had married Bascom's brother, Joseph Emmett Armstrong. Jennie and Joseph had already had lost two children of their own, and so this couple, little Jennie's biological aunt and uncle, took her in and raised her as their own child. On her death certificate, J E and Jennie Armstrong are listed as her parents, and essentially, are the only parents she ever knew.
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