Maudie Bell (Parkerson) Askew (1917 - 2009)

Born 17 Oct 1917 in Tennessee, United States

Wife of Amon Frazier Askew — married 12 Dec 1945 in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States

Died 25 May 2009 at age 91 in Tennessee, United States

Biography

Maudie was born in 1917. She passed away in 2009.

Obituary

"91 year old Maude Bell Askew of Alexandria died Monday at the Quality Care Nursing Home in Lebanon. She was a Dekalb County native, a homemaker and a member of the New Hope Baptist Church. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 PM at the Chapel of Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Ronnie Smith will officiate and burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 PM until 9 PM and Wednesday from 10 AM until the time of the service. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Walter and Hettie Malone Parkerson; her husband, Pete Askew; brothers and sisters, Odis Parkerson Alec Parkerson, Cordell Parkerson, Eva Ray Malone, Loretta Clayborn, Robert Parkerson, Shelby Parkerson, Evelyn Martin, Frank Parkerson and Lona Faye Lawrence. She is survived by her children, Patricia Askew, Walter and his wife Joyce Askew, and Shelie "Pee Wee" and his wife Pam Askew all of Alexandria. Grandchildren, Brad and his wife Judy Askew of Watertown, Brian Askew of Murfreesboro, Sonya and her husband, Reed Edge of Dowelltown, Shasta and husband Donny West and Sara Askew all of Alexandria. Five great grandchildren, brothers and sisters, Butch and wife Barbara Parkerson of Temperance Hall, Jean and husband Jimmy Reasonover and Lucille Jennings all of Alexandria. Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements."

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Sources

1. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPL-VBW : 3 February 2021), Mandy B Parkerson in entry for James W Parkerson, 1920.
2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPWL-8YJ : accessed 5 April 2022), Maudie B Parkerson in household of Walter Parkerson, District 17, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 2A, line 41, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2244; FHL microfilm 2,341,978.
3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K44L-R5P : 11 January 2021), Maude B Parkerson in household of Walter Parkerson, Civil District 1, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-2, sheet 8A, line 16, family 178, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3887.
4. "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-CXS4 : 10 March 2021), Amon Askew and Maudie Bell Parkerson, 12 Dec 1945; citing DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,010,989.
5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155208835/maudie-bell-askew : accessed 04 April 2022), memorial page for Maudie Bell Parkerson Askew (17 Oct 1917–25 May 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #155208835 citing New Hope Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Daphene Willoughby (contributor 47916659) .