Gladys Glenora (Bright) Rogers (1907 - 1984)

Born 4 Mar 1907 in Washington College, Washington, Tennessee, United States

Wife of Cornelius Bliss Cabbage — married 1942 (to 1943) in Tennessee, United States

Died 16 Nov 1984 at age 77 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

Biography

The daughter of Thomas Michael Bright (1855-1935) and Mariah Texas Phillips (1865-1951), Gladys Bright was born in Washington College, Tennessee^[1]in 1907, residing there with her mother and her siblings,^[2][3] after her parents' divorce. Gladys had one sister, Bonnabelle Joslyn Bright (1905-1979). In 1930, Gladys lived in District 12 of Greene County, Tennessee, lodging in the home of James and Pearl Self while working as a high school teacher.^[4]

Gladys Bright married Rex Blanton (1908-2000), the son of Martin Aubrey Blanton and Alice Eliza Bullington, marrying around 1930, but soon divorcing. In 1940, Gladys lived with her sister, who had married, and her family, residing in Greeneville, Tennessee and teaching at the local high school.^[5] Gladys remarried in 1942, marrying Cornelius Cabbage, who had lost his wife the year before. Cornelius Cabbage died of a heart attack the next year, at the age of 49.

By 1950, Gladys lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, lodging with five others at in widow Kate Boyd's home and working as an English teacher at a Knox County public school.^[6] Gladys remarried in 1957, marrying Curtis L. Rogers (1903-1970), the son of William Franklin Rogers and Helen Medora Anderson, marrying in Bradley County, Tennessee on August 16, 1957.^[7] Curtis Rogers had been married previously to Caroline Callahan.

Gladys Curtis passed away in Knoxville, Tennessee^[8] at the age of 77 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery there.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Gladys Bright in the Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1335465:2282?indiv=try&h&_phsrc=ApT29414&db. Accessed 31 Jul. 2022.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNN-SJD : accessed 12 April 2023), Gladis Bright in household of Texas Marie Bright, Civil District 3, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 191, sheet 4A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1524; FHL microfilm 1,375,537.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN55-4Y2 : 3 February 2021), Gladys Bright in entry for Marie T Bright, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP49-LMX : accessed 12 April 2023), Gladys Bright in household of James D Self, District 12, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 12A, line 15, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2249; FHL microfilm 2,341,983.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HS-4J7 : 11 January 2021), Gladys Bright in household of Taylor Barkley, Civil District 10, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-13, sheet 9A, line 3, family 191, 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 3896.
6. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FSM-MP13 : Sun Jan 29 22:57:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Kate R Boyd and Margaret A Russell, 10 April 1950.
7. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN4P-N89 : 4 December 2014), C L Rogers and Gladys Cabbage, 16 Aug 1957; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 524, Bradley, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1FR-6J6 : 10 January 2021), Gladys Rogers, Nov 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGP-BP2R : 9 September 2022), Gladys C Bright Rogers, Burial, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #125759366