Lessie (King) Bowen (1912 - 1994)

Born 6 Nov 1912 in McNairy County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Dec 1994 at age 82 in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lessie King was born in about 1913 in Tennessee, daughter of Jesse McKinley King and Flora Jane Moore.

In the 1920 census Lessie (age 7) was the daughter of Flora King in Selmer, McNairy, Tennessee.^[1]

In the 1930 census Lessie (age 17) was the single lodger of Charlie M Bowen on Old Corinth and Purdy Road, District 5, McNairy, Tennessee, United States.^[2]

In the 1940 census Lessie (age 27) was the wife of Eber Bowen in McNairy, Tennessee.^[3]

In the 1950 census Leslie (age 37) was the wife of Ebes B Bowen in Shelby, Tennessee, United States.^[4]

Lessie died (age 82) on 2 Dec 1994 residing at 38053, Millington, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.^[5]

Lessie King Bowen died on Dec 2, 1994, in Shelby County, Tennessee. ^[6]

Lessie was in an obituary on 4 Dec 1994 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. She died (age 82) in about 1994.^[7] Lessie was mentioned on a memorial in Northridge Woodhaven Chapel and Cemetery, Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States with a death date of 2 Dec 1994.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Selmer, McNairy, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1753; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 134
   Ancestry Record 6061 #35832689 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Lessie King (7), single daughter, in household of Flora King (41) in Selmer, McNairy, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee.
2. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, McNairy, Tennessee; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2341997
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #66892402 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Lessie King (17), single lodger, in household of Charlie M Bowen (62) on Old Corinth and Purdy Road, District 5, McNairy, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
3. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: McNairy, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03916; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 55-23
   Ancestry Record 2442 #33607695 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Lessie Bowen (27), wife, in household of Eber Bowen (27) in McNairy, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee.
4. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 3661; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 79-11
   Ancestry Record 62308 #105925692 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Leslie K Bowen (37), wife, in household of Ebes B Bowen (38) in Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
5. ↑ Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014"
   Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
   Ancestry Record 3693 #6059999 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Lessie K Bowen death 2 Dec 1994 (born 6 Nov 1912) residing at 38053, Millington, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
6. ↑ BOWEN LESSIE K 12-02-1994 / 82 SHELBY SHELBY / TN WIDOW F WHITE 50687. Tennessee Death Index 1949-2014; online at Shelby County, Tennessee Register of deeds, Archives
7. ↑ Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   The Commercial Appeal; Publication Date: 4 Dec 1994; Publication Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/774385716/?article=56ffd280-b090-496e-b18b-3a68b8498d28&focus=0.21274365,0.4065958,0.36934006,0.50743836&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 61843 #980818007 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Name: Lessie K Bowen; Gender: Female; Death Age: 82; Birth Date: abt 1912; Residence Place: Mmington; Death Date: Abt 1994; Obituary Date: 4 Dec 1994; Obituary Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Newspaper Title: The Commercial Appeal; Spouse: Ebor B Bowen; Child: Jo Ann Maupp Paula Naomi Michaels Charlotte Thaller Morris Bowen.
8. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #268774299 (accessed 27 March 2024)
   Memorial page for Lessie King Bowen (6 Nov 1912-2 Dec 1994), citing Northridge Woodhaven Chapel and Cemetery, Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Olive Oyl (contributor 46829644).