Velma Leonelle (Meares) Mowery (1917 - abt. 2001)

Born 4 Aug 1917 in Indian Rocks, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Died about 21 Jun 2001 at about age 83 in Dacula, Georgia, USA

Biography

Sources

See Also:

• "Newspapers.com," database with images, (Newspapers Clip: 131727676 : accessed 13 September 2023); citing Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) Sun, Aug 19, 1917, page 8, column 5, Velma Leonela Meares, birth announcement.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNB4-VLG : accessed 28 November 2016), Delma[sic] L Meares in household of Richard M Meares, Anona, Pinellas, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 4A, line 6, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 229; FHL microfilm 1,820,229.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SB6N-42M : accessed 13 April 2018), Velma L Mears in household of Richard M Mears, Anona, Pinellas, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 1B, line 82, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 330; FHL microfilm 2,340,065.

• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKM-3GY : 2 February 2018), Velma L Mears in household of Richard M Mears, Largo, Pinellas, Florida; citing line 9, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,169.

• "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, (Ancestry Record 60901 #26868652 : accessed 13 September 2022), Velma Leonelle Meares, SSN 172013520; citing Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. [Female, White, Birth Date 4 Aug 1917, Birth Place Indian Rocks, Florida, Death Date 21 Jun 2001, Father Richard M Meares, Mother Sylvia Sherman, Notes Nov 1936: Name listed as VELMA LEONELLE MEARES; Sep 1953: Name listed as VELMA MEARES BEITLER; 30 Oct 1996: Name listed as VELMA B MOWERY; 28 Jun 2001: Name listed as VELMA M MOWERY]

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSV-73G : 4 November 2017), Albert Jerome Beitler and Velma Leonelle Meares, 1938.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTCV-KZK : accessed 13 April 2018), Velma Beitler in household of Albert Beitler, Election Precinct 50, Pinellas, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52-80, sheet 4B, line 69, family 94, 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 611.

• "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKCQ-MPY : 25 December 2014), Albert J Beitler and Velma Meares, Jul 1967; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Pinellas, Florida, certificate 15884, volume 1244, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.

• "Meares, Paul Sherman," Obituary; database online, "America's Obituaries & Death Notices," NewsBank.com (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/obit/1234266DB8F24710-1234266DB8F24710?p=OBIT : accessed 27 Nov 2016); citing Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida, USA), 16 Sep 2008, pg BS5.

  [Oct. 11, 1912 - Sept. 13, 2008 Paul Sherman Meares, age 95
  died Sept. 13, 2008
  son of the late Richard Maurice Sr. and Sylvia Sherman Meares
  Preceded in death by wife Maudelle Morse Meares; brothers Richard Maurice Meares Jr. and Virgil Meares; and sisters Mary Bernice Meares Morris and Velma Meares Beitler Mowry.
  Survivors [...] brother John L. Meares]

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPQ-XJG7 : accessed 13 April 2018), Velma L Beitler in entry for Mary B Morris, Florida, United States, 09 Apr 1996; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Tampa Tribune, The, born-digital text.

• "Newspapers.com," database with images, (Newspapers Clip: 141106868 : accessed 16 February 2024), Other Editions, images 94 & 102; citing Largo Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) Sun, Jun 24, 2001, page 9, column 6, Obituary for Velma Meares Beitler Mowery (83).

• Husband's FindAGrave memorial - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110320075/maurice-c-mowery: accessed 13 September 2022), memorial page for Maurice C. Mowery (27 Apr 1916–16 Nov 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #110320075, citing East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by McKenzie (contributor 47955968). [Picture of gravesite requested 13 September 2022.]