Marian Doylene (Garner) Wooley (1930 - 2014)

Born 13 Jan 1930 in Sheridan, Grant, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Dec 2014 at age 84 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

Marian Doylene Garner was born January 13, 1930, in Sheridan, Arkansas, to Charles and Geneva Mae Stevenson Garner. She was raised in Pine Bluff and graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1948. Following graduation, she became a licensed cosmetologist. She married the love of her life, Raleigh Wooley on December 17, 1948. She was an active member in the Telephone Pioneers of America, and First Baptist Church of White Hall. She enjoyed volunteering for the Salvation Army, American Red Cross and Special Olympics. Her favorite hobbies included sewing, cooking, reading, gardening, watching her beloved hummingbirds and playing with her grandchildren.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQK3-Q4D : 28 July 2019), Doylene Garner in household of C Ervin Garner, Ward 3, Pine Bluff, Vaugine Township, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-46, sheet 15B, line 67, family 373, 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 146.

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMGS-229 : 18 March 2019), Marian Doylene Garner in entry for Raleigh Wooley, 17 Dec 1948; citing Marriage, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,399,193.

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