Vermell Bernice (Purser) Jordan (1927 - 2007)

Born 16 Nov 1927 in Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Hollis Houston Jordan — married 28 Jul 1945 in Simpson County, Mississippi

Died 2 Jan 2007 at age 79 in USA

Biography

Vermell Bernice Purser was born on Nov 16, 1927 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA as the first child of Ethel Purser and Lela Amason. ^[1] She had four siblings, namely: Vernon Ethel, Thomas Wayne, Fred Earl, and Herbert Ray.

She died on Jan 02, 2007 (Age at Death: 79). ^[2]

Vermell Bernice Purser lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 2; Age: 2 4/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). Race: (White)

She was buried in Mize, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Concord Baptist Church Cemetery). ^[3]

Notes

added by Vivian Marshall Runnels on 1-31-2016, Her brother Fred Purser called Lillian and I when Vermell died and we attended the funeral of Vermell at Concord. At that time we met her brother Wayne and the son of Shelby Purser, Sr. Shelby Purser, Jr. and his sister Frances Inez.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Vermell Purser Jordan. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=31190860&indiv=try. Name: Vermell Purser Jordan [Vermell P Jordan] [Vermell Purser Purser] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 28 Nov 1928 Note: Headstone has Nov. 16, 1927 Birth Place: Smith, Mississippi Death Date: 2 Jan 2007 Father: Ethel Purser Mother: Lela M Amason Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Mar 1952: Name listed as VERMELL PURSER JORDAN; 06 Jan 2007: Name listed as VERMELL P JORDAN
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3Y8-M53 : 19 May 2014), Vermell P Jordan, 02 Jan 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ Findagrave Vermell Purser Jordan

• Headstone
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-NKS : accessed 25 February 2017), Bernell Purser in household of Ethel Purser, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-12A, sheet 2A, line 1, family 16, 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 2065.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-6B1 : accessed 25 February 2017), Vermel Purser in household of Ethel Purser, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 5A, line 39, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.