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B. Beatrice (Kennedy) DeCorte (1919 - 1996)

B. Beatrice (B. Beatrice) DeCorte formerly Kennedy aka Prather
Born in Mississippi, USAmap
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Wife of — married about 1936 [location unknown]
Wife of — married about 1945 (to Nov 1966) in Riverside, California, United Statesmap
Died at age 76 in USAmap
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Biography

B Beatrice Kennedy was born on May 20, 1919 in Mississippi, USA as the first child of William Frank Kennedy and Minnie Mabel Sellers. She had four siblings, namely: William Francis Jr, John Glen, Derwood Oswald, and Frank Ray.

She died on Jan 06, 1996 probably in Riverside, Riverside, California, USA (Age at Death: 76). [1]

When she was 16, she married Lloyd A. Prather about1936 who died in World War II.

When she was 25, she married James Anthony "Jim" DeCorte about 1945. They divorced on Nov 1966 in Riverside County, California, USA. [2]

B Beatrice Kennedy was buried in Malvern, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA (Shadowlawn Cemetery). [3]

She lived in Pioneer, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA in 1920 (Age: 8/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA in 1930 (Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter) . She lived in Rural, Louisiana in 1935. She lived in East Carroll, Louisiana, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 21; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). Race: (White)

James Anthony "Jim" DeCorte and B Beatrice Kennedy had the following children (plus others):

  1. Joseph Franklin Decorte was born on Jun 13, 1946 in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA. He died on Aug 01, 1995 in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA (Age at Death: 49). He married Sharon A Martin in 1969.

Lloyd A. Prather and B Beatrice Kennedy had the following children:

  1. Waymon Prather was born about 1938 in Louisiana, USA. He was living in 2012.
  2. Melba Jean Prather was born on Dec 21, 1939 in Epps, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA. She died on Feb 21, 2012 in USA (Age at Death: 72). [4] She married Willie Earl Pamplin on Jul 03, 1957 (date on headstone).

Sources

  1. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9X4-343 : 20 May 2014), Beatrice K Decorte, 06 Jan 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  2. "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPYL-NB3 : 15 May 2014), Beatrice B Kennedy and James A Decorte, Nov 1966; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Riverside, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
  3. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVS-HGSR : 13 December 2015), Beatrice Kennedy DeCorte, 1996; Burial, Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States of America, Shadowlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 5236484, Find a Grave, Findagrave Beatrice Kennedy DeCorte.
  4. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5C-X39M : 10 September 2016), Beatrice Prather Decorte in entry for Melba Prather Pamplin, Arkansas, United States, 27 Feb 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYR1-2R2 : accessed 16 June 2017), Beatrice Prather in household of Loyd Prather, Police Jury Ward 7, East Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-15, sheet 9B, line 44, family 179, 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 1399.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYP-R2B : accessed 16 June 2017), B Beatrice Kennedy in household of William F Kennedy, Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 11B, line 91, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 799; FHL microfilm 2,340,534.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWC-74Z : accessed 16 June 2017), Beatrice Kennedy in household of W F Kennedy, Pioneer, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 136, sheet 30B, line 94, family 314, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 633; FHL microfilm 1,820,633.




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