Malena Emmaline (Maddox) Brister (1905 - 1982)

Born 5 Mar 1905 in Fullerton, Vernon, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hezekiah Haymon Jr. — married 20 Jul 1920 in Vernon, Louisiana, United States

Wife of Joseph Edward Brister — married 13 Mar 1937 in Louisiana

Descendants

Died 19 May 1982 at age 77 in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Malena was born on March 5, 1905 in Fullerton, Vernon, Louisiana, USA.

She was the daughter of William Isaiah Maddox & Mary Ann (Smith) Maddox

She married Hezekiah Haymon Jr on July 20, 1920 in Vernon, Louisiana, USA. They had 7 children. Racie, Allie, twin to Allie died at birth, Joyce, Vernice, Dorothy, Huey & Rosa. They divorced.

She later married Joseph Edward Brister on March 13, 1937 in Louisiana, USA. They had 4 children. Jo Dean, Joe Jr, Melba & Jimmy.

She died on May 19, 1982 in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, USA. She is buried in the Blue Branch Cemetery in Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA. She was 77 years old.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBX-CZP : accessed 30 July 2020), Malener M Maddox in household of William I Maddox, Pitkin Ward 5, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 8B, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 533; FHL microfilm 1,374,546.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMT8-2PD : accessed 21 February 2019), Lena Haymon in household of Dock Haymon, Police Jury Ward 5, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 10B, line 59, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 824; FHL microfilm 2,340,559.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5Y-WYK : 14 March 2018), Lena Brister in household of Joe E Brister, Police Jury Ward 5, Vernon, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-15, sheet 7A, line 35, family 117, 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 1462.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V96N-MM2 : 10 January 2021), Lena Brister, May 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Burial

Blue Branch Cemetery, Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA ^[1]