Myrtis Irene (Jones) Brown (1926 - 1998)

Born 20 Mar 1926 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Mar 1998 at age 72 in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Myrtis Bishop [send private message]

Biography

Myrtis Irene Jones was born on Mar 20, 1926 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, USA as the sixth child of William Hines Jones and Rachel C. Sullivan. ^[1]

She had seven siblings, namely: Infant Sister, Novis W, Clarence John, Erma Lou, William Pat, Alice Rae, and Cleo Wedell.

She died on Mar 28, 1998 in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA (Rankin Medical Center; Age at Death: 72). ^[2]

Myrtis Irene Jones lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi in 1930 (Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation: Daughter).

She lived in Rural, Smith, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation: Daughter). Race: (White)

She was buried in Raleigh, Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Union Baptist Church Cemetery). ^[3]

Research Notes

According to the obituary for Robert James Blackwell, he was married to Myrtis Irene Jones at the time of his death in Jul 21, 1997. ^[4] but her last name was listed as Brown on her SSDi at the time of her death on Mar 28, 1998. Then her U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index has the following:

Jul 1944: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE JONES

Aug 1954: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE BLACKWELL

Oct 1961: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE POPE

Aug 1973: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE BROWN

23 Jun 1983: Name listed as MYRTIS I BROWN

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Name: Myrtis Irene Jones [Myrtis Irene Blackwell] [Myrtis Pope] [Myrtis Brown] SSN: xxx Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 20 Mar 1926 Birth Place: Raleigh Smit, Mississippi [Smith, Mississippi] Death Date: 28 Mar 1998 Father: Hines Jones Mother: Rachel Sullivan Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jul 1944: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE JONES; Aug 1954: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE BLACKWELL; Oct 1961: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE POPE; Aug 1973: Name listed as MYRTIS IRENE BROWN; 23 Jun 1983: Name listed as MYRTIS I BROWN
2. ↑ Obituary for Myrtis Irene Jones Blackwell Brown (Aged 72)
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-DXG8 : 11 July 2016), Myrtis Jones Blackwell, 1998; Burial, Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, United States of America, Union Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 59100654, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #59100654
4. ↑ Published in Laurel Leader-Call Wednesday, July 23, 1997, p. 2-A

• Headstone
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1J4-268 : 20 May 2014), Myrtis I Brown, 28 Mar 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-76S : accessed 13 January 2017), Myrtis I Jones in household of William H Jones, Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-4, sheet 7A, line 1, family 108, 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 2065.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-BL2 : accessed 13 January 2017), Myrtis I Jones in household of Hinze W Jones, Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 97, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.