Velma (Henderson) Keys (1910 - 1995)

Born 28 Feb 1910 in Mississippi, USA

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Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1995 at age 85 in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States

Velma (Henderson) Keys is buried in Sharon Cemetery.

Biography

Velma Henderson was born on Feb 28, 1910 in Mississippi, USA as the only child of Levi Alexander Henderson and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Anderson. She died on Sep 30, 1995 last residence in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 85).

Velma Henderson was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Sharon Cemetery).^[1] Race: (White) She lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 0; Age: 2/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 9; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1947.

John A Keyes and Velma Henderson had the following children:

1. Charles Keyes was born about 1928 in Mississippi, USA.
2. Johna Ruth Keys was born on Sep 12, 1931 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 27, 1952 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age at Death: 21).

Sources

1. ↑ Findagrave Velma Keys

• Headstone
• Daughter's Death Certificate, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPCS-JB4 : accessed 2 August 2015), Velma Henderson in entry for Johna Ruth Keys, 27 Dec 1952; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, 28792, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,912.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-ZXM : accessed 2 August 2015), Wilma image has Velma Keyes in household of L A Henderson, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-11, sheet 5B, family 86, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2064.

Acknowledgments

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