Nellie Mae (Sexton) Bush (1914 - 2005)

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Died 26 Apr 2005 at age 90 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

Nellie was born in 1914. She was the daughter of Nathan Sexton and Elizabeth Crumbley. She passed away in 2005.

In 1920, Nellie M, 6, was living in White Shoals, Lee, VA with her widowed mother, Elizabeth, 32. Also in the household were Vance, 18, Ellen, 14, Ezra, 13, Lynn, 10, and Ransom, 8. Nellie was born in VA.^[1]

In 1930, Nellie M, 16 was living in White Shoals, Lee, VA with her brother, Ezra, 22, as head of house. Also in the household were her widowed mother, Elizabeth, 48, and brothers, Leonard, 19, and Ransom, 18. She was born in VA.^[2]

In 1940, Nellie, 21, was living in Jonesville, Lee, VA as a maid for R L And Maud Lane.^[3]

On 20 Nov 1954, Nellie’s daughter, Judy Marie Bush was married to David Loyd Anderson. Nellie’s husband's name was James T. Bush.^[4]

Nellie Mae Sexton Bush is buried in Mount Moriah Methodist Church Cemetery, Jonesville, Lee, VA. Her tombstone has her name, A Loving Christian, May 23 1914-Apr 26, 2005.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ “1920 United States Federal Census”. Ancestry database with images. (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6061&h=23470652&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525: accessed 30 May 2020). Citing Year: 1920; Census Place: White Shoals, Lee, Virginia; Roll: T625_1896; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 52
2. ↑ “1930 United States Federal Census”. Ancestry database with images. (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=98082041: accessed 30 May 2020) citing Year: 1930; Census Place: White Shoals, Lee, Virginia; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2342183.
3. ↑ “1940 United States Federal Census”. Ancestry database with images. (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2442&h=17702357&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224: accessed 30 May 2020). Citing Year: 1940; Census Place: Jonesville, Lee, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04273; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 53-3
4. ↑ “Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014”. Ancestry database with images. (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9279&h=1529359789&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224: accessed 30 May 2020). Citing Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101141830.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 May 2020), memorial page for Nellie Mae Sexton Bush (23 May 1914–26 Apr 2005), Find a Grave Memorial no. 38395788, citing Mount Moriah Methodist Church Cemetery, Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Gr@veDigger (contributor 47092312)