Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Leonard Morgan
and Lillie Mae (Fisher) McKey
Sister of
Velma M (Morgan) Roy, Daniel Jackson McKey [half], Edward Jackson McKey [half], Liz (McKey) Jenkins [half], Lonnie Ray McKey Sr. [half], [private brother (1930s - unknown)] [half], Lula Mae (Stevens) Brooks [half], Louie Evan McKey [half], [private brother (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half] and [private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half]
Wife of
Orville J Owens
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Leonard Orvel Owens
Died
at age 83
in Cherokee County, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Oct 2012
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Biography
Bessie was born in 1826. She is the daughter of Leonard Morgan and Lillie Fisher. Aunt Bessie always had a smile and a lap dog. She only had one son, but she mothered on all of the kids. She and Uncle Orville lived in Beaumont for years (Uncle Orville worked for the Railroad there). When he retired they returned to Nacogdoches County. She passed away in 2009 and is buried in Lower Melrose Cemetery in Nacogdoches County Texas. [1]
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4SF-KSK : accessed 2 October 2016), Bessie M Mckey in household of Dan Mckey, Justice Precinct 3, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 174-11, sheet 25B, family 457, 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 4111.
- ↑ Entered by Cyndi Ricks, Oct 26, 2012
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