Edna E. (Kennedy) Culley (1919 - 2012)

Born 2 Oct 1919 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 May 2012 at age 92 in Forest, Scott, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Edna E Kennedy was born on Oct 02, 1919 in Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of Taylor James Kennedy and Ollie Christeen Garner. She had seven siblings, namely: Virdue Martha, Myrtis Virtue, Ruby Lois, Willie Ethel, Eva Mae, Oid B., and Colon Eugene.

She died on May 12, 2012 in Forest, Scott, Mississippi, USA (Lackey Convalescent Home; Age at Death: 92). ^[1]

Edna E Kennedy lived in Beat 1, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 3/12; Marital status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Beat 1, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA in 1993 (Age: 74).

She was buried on May 14, 2012 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Cedarlawn Cemetery). ^[2]

Benjamin Laron Culley and Edna E Kennedy were married.

Obituary

Clarion Ledger, May 13, 2012

Edna Culley

Jackson

Edna Culley, 92, of Jackson, passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Lackey Convalescent Home in Forest. Funeral services will be held on at 2:00 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012 at Wright & Ferguson, Ridgeland. Burial will be at Cedar Lawn in Jackson. Visitation will be from 12 noon to 2:00pm on Monday at the funeral home.

She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was a former member of Briarwood Baptist Church. She was passionate about gardening, fishing, and her family. She will be greatly missed.

Survivors include: daughters, Elouise Winstead and her husband Hilton; Dot Autrey and her husband Tommy; grandchildren, Chris Hudson, Trae Autrey, and Andy Autrey; great grandchildren, Billy Hudson, Elizabeth Autrey, and Anna Grace Autrey; great-great grandson, Gage Hudson; and sister, Eva Lyons.

Preceded in death by: her husband, Ben Culley; parents, Taylor and Ollie Kennedy; brothers, Willie E. Kennedy, Oyd Kennedy, and Colon Kennedy; sisters, Ruby Blakeney, Verdue Amison, and Myrtis Rankin.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Edna E Kennedy Culley in Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) · Sun, May 13, 2012 · Page 18
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLH-G1MY : 11 July 2016), Edna E. Kennedy Culley, 2012; Burial, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States of America, Cedarlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 90614964, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ Published in Clarion Ledger, May 13, 2012

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• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K53V-TD6 : 22 May 2014), Edna E Culley, Residence, Pearl, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MC-Y4C : accessed 21 June 2017), Edna Kennedy in household of Taylor J Kennedy, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 10A, line 30, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTX-YDN : accessed 21 June 2017), Edna E Kennedy in household of James T Kennedy, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 131, sheet 13A, line 90, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 893; FHL microfilm 1,820,893.