Ila Mae (King) Ray (1913 - 1973)

Born 5 Nov 1913 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Lucius McDowell Tilley — married 11 May 1931 in Danville, Virginia

Died 25 Nov 1973 at age 60 in Alamance County Hospital, Burlington, North Carolina

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Biography

Ila was born in 1913 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.^[1] She was the daughter of Weldon King and Maggie Woods. In the 1930 census, she's 16 and still at home with her mother and father in Alamance County, North Carolina.^[2] She married Lucius Tilley of Durham in 1931^[3], but by 1937, the Burlington city directory lists her and her husband as living separately,^[4] and in the 1940 census, she's divorced and boarding in the Isley household.^[5] She married again, taking the surname Ray, though no marriage record has been found. In 1951, she's listed as Ila Ray on two trips from and to Panama via ship through New York, New York, so perhaps she married there?^[6][7] Ila died from a stroke on November 25th, 1973, with her death certificate listing her as a widow.^[8] She was buried in Alamance Memorial Park in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8CWR-4XN2 : Sun Mar 10 17:36:55 UTC 2024), Entry for and Weldon King, 5 Nov 1913.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39J-431 : Sun Mar 10 11:04:42 UTC 2024), Entry for Weldon King and Maggie King, 1930.
3. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3T-T4L : 29 January 2020), Ida Mae King in entry for Lucius McDowell Tilley, 1931.
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/11658175?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226c536e64416238394830627a64646937494534536d72387a356d6a6c684256494749526d644d50744545773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9Q-CCM : Sat Mar 09 05:13:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Zebedee W Isley and Eula B Isley, 1940.
6. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/11655872?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22495a494771536462594a476b46676a4b48726252474a7738596c3541696e747342694f663359424a6165633d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/11657310?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a222b6c715266764a51486d5952517644303973586a49734b666b7974504a514269697843705473323273306f3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
8. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP76-PPL : 30 September 2022), Ila Mae King Ray, 1973.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155635785/ila_mae-ray: accessed March 28, 2024), memorial page for Ila Mae King Ray (5 Nov 1913–25 Nov 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155635785, citing Alamance Memorial Park, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Rich K (contributor 46796115).