Annie Maybell (Sellers) Ashley (1888 - 1976)

Born 11 Feb 1888 in Mississippi, United States

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Died 14 Feb 1976 at age 88 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States

Annie (Sellers) Ashley is buried in Blakley Cemetery.

Biography

Annie Maybell Sellers was born on Feb 11, 1888 in Mississippi, USA as the first child of Hiram Lawrence Sellers and Mary Margrette Sullivan.

She had twelve siblings, namely: Effie C, Martin Alexander, Robert Henderson, Hiram Buford, Reuben, Mary Jane, Ellis Hamilton, Gettie Lee, Joseph Barney, Johnnie Virgil, Ernest Talmadge, and Thomas Jefferson.

She died on Feb 14, 1976 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Covington County Hospital; Age at Death: 88).

When she was 16, she married George Ira Ashley, son of George B. Ashley and Celia Jane Sullivan, about 1905 (based upon 1910 census).

Annie Maybell Sellers lived in Oakchay, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1900.

She lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 22; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1930.

She lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 52; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). Race: (White)

She was buried in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Blakely Cemetery). ^[1]

George Ira Ashley and Annie Maybell Sellers had the following children:

1. Leonard Howard Ashley was born on Nov 06, 1905 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jun 24, 1974 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA (at home; Age at Death: 68).
2. James Benton Ashley was born on Feb 11, 1909 in Mississippi, USA. He died on May 09, 1965 in Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, USA (at home; Age at Death: 56).
3. Hettie Cathrine Ashley was born on Aug 20, 1912 in Mize, Smith, Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 25, 1997 in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 85). ^[2]
4. Dessie Marie Ashley was born on Oct 13, 1914 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Aug 25, 2003 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Covington County Nursing Center; Age at Death: 88).
5. Allie M. Ashley was born on Feb 13, 1921 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jul 23, 1996 in Clarkson, Grayson, Kentucky, USA (Age at Death: 75).
6. Hoye Garvin Ashley was born on Oct 24, 1922 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Dec 20, 1967 in Jamestown, Marion, Mississippi, USA (Head-On Collision; Age at Death: 45). ^[3] He married Mary Biber Josef on Mar 28, 1955 in Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, USA. ^[4]
7. Baby Ashley was born and died on Jul 28, 1924.
8. Lexie Jane Ashley was born on May 29, 1926 in Mount Olive, Covington County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Mar 27, 2015 in D'Iberville, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 88).^[5]

Hattiesburg American, Monday, February 16, 1976, p. 2

Mrs. Annie Ashley services today

COLLINS - Services were to be held at 2 p.m. today at Blakeney Creek Baptist Church for Mrs. Annie Maybell Ashley, 88, of Rt. 4, Collins, who died Saturday at Covington County Hospital following a brief illness.

The Rev. Reese Douglas Jr. was to officiate. Interment was to be in Blakeney Creek Cemetery with Johns Funeral Home in charge.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Hettie Ponder of Collins, Mrs. Dessel Geriner of Mt. Olive, Mrs. Allle Tucker of Clarkson, Ky., and Mrs. Lexie Mills of Gulfport; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Essie Bryant of Louisiana and Mrs. Mary Jane McKenzie of Mt. Olive; five brothers, Bobby Sellers of Magee, Barney Sellers, of Mt. Olive, Virgil Sellers of Collins, the Rev. Bilbo Sellers and Tommy Sellers, both of Hattiesburg. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Findagrave Annie Maybell Sellers Ashley
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Name: Hettie Cathrine Ponder [Hettie Ashley Ponder] [Hettie Ponder] [Hettie Cathrine Ashley] SSN: xxx Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 20 Aug 1912 Birth Place: Mize Smith, Mississippi Death Date: 25 Dec 1997 Father: George I Ashley Mother: Annie M Sellers Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Apr 1961: Name listed as HETTIE CATHRINE PONDER; May 1972: Name listed as HETTIE ASHLEY PONDER; 24 Jan 1998: Name listed as HETTIE K PONDER
3. ↑ Obituary for Hoye Garvin Ashley Clipped from Columbian-Progress, 28 Dec 1967, Thu, 1
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, Mississippi, Naturalization Records, 1867-2008 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com. Mary Ashley in the Mississippi, Naturalization Records, 1907-2008
5. ↑ Obituary for Lexie Jane Mills
6. ↑ Published Hattiesburg American, Monday, February 16, 1976, p. 2

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGH-1QL : 14 March 2018), Arrie Ashley in household of Ira Ashley, Beat 4, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-11, sheet 12B, line 43, family 195, 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 2019.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBG-JF9 : accessed 25 March 2019), Annie Ashley in household of G Ira Ashley, Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 6B, line 81, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 2,340,879.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNR5-716 : accessed 25 March 2019), Annie Ashley in household of G J Ashley, Oakohay, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 9, sheet 16A, line 43, family 290, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 872; FHL microfilm 1,820,872.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-2SM : accessed 25 March 2019), Annie M Ashley in household of George I Ashley, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 13A, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 759; FHL microfilm 1,374,772.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96N-BB8 : accessed 25 March 2019), Annie M Sellers in household of Hiram Sellers, Beat 5 Oakchay, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 6A, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,804.