I need help locating Willie Mae Witcher

Question

I am in need of geanological help or assistance. I know that my great grandmother was a woman named Willie Mae Witcher and she was the first wife of my great grandfather Henry Witcher Sr and she was born anywhere between 1905 and 1908. The issue that I am having is connecting the dots. For example, I found two women in my research who could possibly be my great grandmother. One was a lady named Willie or Willie Mae Johnson and the other was named Willie Mae Witcher. This Willie Mae was the daughter of Willie and Zinkie Witcher. If she was Henry Sr.'s first wife then this would mean that he married his first cousin. If anyone can help me resolve this issue then their help would be greatly appreciated.

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I don't know if it helps or not, but when Willie (Zinkie's husband) died, his obituary listed a daughter "Willie Lee Williams."  Unfortunately the grandchildren are not named.

Answer 1

I think your ancestor is likely not Willie Witcher, daughter of Willie and Zinkie. I tracked down that Willie's death certificate. She died in 1966, and listed her parents as Willie Witcher and Zinkie Wilson and her husband as Jodie Williams. I looked in marriages and found that Willie Witcher married Jodie Williams in 1926 so I don't think she could have been the Willie married to Henry Witcher. I tried to track down your ancestor Willie, but I think she may have lived past 1974? if that's the case AL death certs past that date aren't avalible on family search. But anyway Willie Johnson is a more likely candidate.

"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXNH-SM1 : 15 February 2018), Willie Lee Williams, 03 Apr 1966; citing reference 10211, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,909,089.

"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-P2Z9 : 4 November 2017), Jodie Williams and Willie Lee Witchen, 24 Oct 1926; citing Lowndes, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,293,898.