Myra Mae (Smith) Westmoreland (1908 - 2004)

Born 16 Jul 1908 in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Jan 2004 at age 95 in Shivers, Simpson County, Mississippi

Myra (Smith) Westmoreland is buried in Peacock Cemetery.

Biography

Myra Mae Smith was born on Jul 16, 1908 in Mississippi, USA as a child of William Warren Smith and Betty Harrison. ^[1] She died on Jan 13, 2004 last residence in Pinola, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 95).^[2]

When she was 15, she married James Douglas "Sam" Reid on Oct 08, 1923 in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA. ^[3]

After the death of her first husband and when she was 29, she married Virgil Burnice Westmoreland, son of Charlie W Westmoreland and Allise Buckley, on Jan 05, 1938. (no source, Ancestry family tree)

Myra Mae Smith was buried in Shivers, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Peacock Cemetery).^[4]

She lived in Beat 4, Marion, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 20; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). ^[5]

Race: (White) She lived in Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 29; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).^[6]

James Douglas "Sam" Reid and Myra Mae Smith had the following children:

1. Floyd Reid was born about 1925 in Mississippi, USA.

Not known if Virgil Burnice Westmoreland and Myra Mae Smith had any children.

Bio by Myrtis^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTF-6Q6 : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra May Smith in household of Warren W Smith, Bridgeport, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,893.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRR5-KZV : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra Westmoreland, 13 Jan 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ Hunting For Bears, comp., Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), www.ancestry.com.; Name: Sam Reid, Spouse: Myra Smith, Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1923, County: Jefferson Davis
4. ↑ See Findagrave - Myra Smith Reid Westmoreland
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1V-XMR : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra Reid in entry for Sam Reid, 1930.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-2LJ : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra Westmoreland in household of Virgil Westmoreland, Beat 3, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-20, sheet 29A, family 468, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2064.
7. ↑ Research by Myrtis Bishop, Sunday, August 24, 2014.

• Headstone
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJZ1-8CZ3 : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra Mae Westmoreland, Residence, Pinola, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJZ1-8DJY : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra Westmorland, Residence, Pinola, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• Children School Records
• "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6X-FYJJ : accessed 18 March 2016), Myra Reid in entry for Floyd Reid, 1939; citing School enrollment, , Simpson, Mississippi, United States, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson.