Marriage to Flora Bell Davis Jan. 15, 1965 Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama.
When Uncle Floyd married Bell, she went by Flora. For some reason the family thought her name would be confused with his sister Cora. So, from then on, she was known as Bell.
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Obituary Huntsville Times May 1, 1965
BOAZ - A funeral for Henry Floyd Lightsey, 67, Route 5, Boaz, who died Thursday, will be at Whitesboro Baptist Chuch at 2 p.m. today. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery, Carr Brown Service Mortuary directing.
Survivors include the wife Mrs. Belle Lightsey: Eight sons, J.C., Donald, Billy, Louis (error Lois), Junior, and Jerry (error Jimmy) Lightsey, all of Boaz, James and M.L. Lightsey, both of Hammond, Ind.: five daughters, Mrs. Mavis Shumate and Mrs. Ann Evans, Attalla, Mrs. Faye Gaskin, Mrs Martha Jane Busha, Boaz, and Mrs. Magline Strickland, Gadsden; three stepdaughters, Mrs Gladys Davis, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Betty Jo Satterfield, Guntersville, and Mrs. Barbara Whisenant, Arab, and 27 grandchildren.
Marriage to Flora Bell Davis Jan. 15, 1965 Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama.
When Uncle Floyd married Bell, she went by Flora. For some reason the family thought her name would be confused with his sister Cora. So, from then on, she was known as Bell.
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Obituary Huntsville Times May 1, 1965
BOAZ - A funeral for Henry Floyd Lightsey, 67, Route 5, Boaz, who died Thursday, will be at Whitesboro Baptist Chuch at 2 p.m. today. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery, Carr Brown Service Mortuary directing.
Survivors include the wife Mrs. Belle Lightsey: Eight sons, J.C., Donald, Billy, Louis (error Lois), Junior, and Jerry (error Jimmy) Lightsey, all of Boaz, James and M.L. Lightsey, both of Hammond, Ind.: five daughters, Mrs. Mavis Shumate and Mrs. Ann Evans, Attalla, Mrs. Faye Gaskin, Mrs Martha Jane Busha, Boaz, and Mrs. Magline Strickland, Gadsden; three stepdaughters, Mrs Gladys Davis, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Betty Jo Satterfield, Guntersville, and Mrs. Barbara Whisenant, Arab, and 27 grandchildren.
Family Members
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Cora Bell Lightsey Bearden
1893–1977
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Bessie Ilma L. Lightsey Barnes
1895–1919
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Janie Lewvern Lightsey Bearden
1900–1987
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Iris Elinda "Bee" Lightsey
1902–1917
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Katie Mae Lightsey Wilson
1905–1986
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Ora Mae "Ode" Lightsey Liles
1907–1976
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Ella Ruth Lightsey D'Amato
1910–1994
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Duel Wilson Lumpkin Lightsey
1913–1956
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W. L. Litsey
1919–1981
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James Charles "Jim" Lightsey
1920–1980
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Henry Donald Lightsey
1922–1973
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Mavis Lightsey Shumate
1923–1968
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Anna Mae Lightsey Evans
1927–2008
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M. L. Lightsey
1929–2018
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James Austin Lightsey
1931–2013
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Billy Ray "Buck" Lightsey
1937–2019
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Jimmy Lois Lightsey
1940–2017
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Curley Junior Lightsey
1943–2007
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Jimmy Lightsey
1945–2013