William Morris Fortenberry (1921 - 1996)

Born 28 Mar 1921 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1996 at age 74 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

William Morris Fortenberry was born on Mar 28, 1921 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA as the third child of George Henry Fortenberry and Eliza Lovett Hollowell.

He had four siblings, namely: George LeRoy, Mildred Marie, Fred Louis, and Lacey Ray.

He died on Feb 24, 1996 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Baptist Hospital; Age at Death: 74). ^[1]

When he was 27, he married Marie S Watkins on Nov 06, 1948 in District of Columbia, USA. ^[2]

William Morris Fortenberry lived in Beat 5, Sharkey, Mississippi in 1930.

He lived in Rural, Talahata, Mississippi in 1935. He lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Lodger). Race: (White)

He was buried in Cleveland, Bolivar, Mississippi, USA (North Cleveland Cemetery). ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for William Morris Fortenberry
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Record for William Morris Fortenberry. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSMarriageDC&h=370146&indiv=try.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Record for William Morris Fortenberry. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSMarriageDC&h=370146&indiv=try.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MH-HT3 : accessed 10 September 2022), William M Fartenberry in household of George H Fartenberry, Beat 5, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 3B, line 100, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1164; FHL microfilm 2,340,899.