Sarah Ada (Starnes) Black (1875 - 1956)

Born 15 Dec 1875 in Calhoun County, MS

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Died 17 Sep 1956 at age 80 in Calhoun County, Mississippi

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Biography

Sarah Ada Starnes was born Dec 15 1875 in Calhoun County Mississippi to parents James William Starnes (1850-abt.1884) and Susan Emily (Black) Starnes (1852-abt.1889). Ada married John Hanson Isom Black on December 17, 1899 in Yalobusha, Mississippi She died in Calhoun County, Mississippi on Sept 17 1956 and is buried in Turkey Creek Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS.^[1]

• Fact: Residence (1920) Heron, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States.
• Fact: Burial Turkey Creek Cemetery, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States

• Fact: Residence (1920) Heron, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Census Beat 3, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States
• Fact: Burial Turkey Creek Cemetery, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States

Obituary

JACKSON DAILY NEWS: JACKSON, MISS.: SEPTEMBER 18, 1956

SARA A. BLACK WATER VALLEY, MISS.(Special)--Service were to be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Turkey Creek Baptist Church, near Bruce, Miss., Calhoun County, for Mrs Sara Ada Starnes Black, 82, who died Monday. Interment was to be in the church cemetery with Hale Funeral Home of Water Valley, Miss., Yalobusha County was in charge. A lifelong resident of Calhoun County, Miss., Mrs. Black leaves her husband, John Hanson "Isom" Black; three daughters, Mrs. L. A. Tubbs and Mrs. Paul Williams of Water Valley, Miss. and Mrs. Enoch Downs of Shaw, Miss.; two sons,Edgar Black of Water Valley, Miss. and Verley Black of Vardaman, Miss.

Added note; Grandma changed her name before she married: Her birth name was Ali Mae Starnes. She married her first cousin John Hanson "Isom" Black on December 17, 1899 in Yalobusha County, Miss. (Records are at Water Valley, Miss.) Hale Funeral has recorded her birtday as December 5, 1873, info given by John Hanson Isom Black.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19012727/sara-ada-black

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 April 2023, 02:36), entry for Sara Ada Starnes (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K85H-TLB ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 September 2016, 17:34), entry for Ada Starnes(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K85H-TLB); contributed by various users.
• * Typed summary of genealogical research of Deborah Turner Dunn and personal interview of Dessie Mae Horn Dunn, grand daughter of Sara Ada Starnes Black, in 1980.*

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNRK-8NB : 14 December 2015), Isom Black, Heron, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,870."

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R3-2P1 : 12 December 2014), John Isou Hedwood Black, 1917-1918; citing Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,704.

• "Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19012727/sara-ada-black: accessed 29 August 2023), memorial page for Sara Ada “Ada” Starnes Black (15 Dec 1875–15 Sep 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19012727, citing Turkey Creek Cemetery, Bruce, Calhoun County, Mississippi, USA.