Violet Lee (Minor) McPherson (1927 - 2009)

Born 23 Sep 1927 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Tracy Ray Harvell — married 7 Feb 1947 (to before 1955) in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Wayland Clarence McPherson Jr. — married 10 Jan 1955 in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Died 23 Feb 2009 at age 81 in Pleasant Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Violet was born in 1927 in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Joseph Minor and Mozelle Willett.

When she was 19 she married Tracy Lee Harvell in High Point, North Carolina. They had one daughter together before divorcing. (No records of the divorce have been found.) In 1955 she married Wayland Clarence McPherson, Jr. in High Point. They had three children together, a boy, and two girls.

She passed away in 2009 in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, North Carolina.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33C-MQ1 : accessed 4 August 2021), Violet L Minor in household of Monroe J Minor, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 8B, line 100, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1695; FHL microfilm 2,341,429.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQJ-FGG : 9 January 2021), Violet Minor in household of J M Minor, Morehead Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-115, sheet 29A, line 3, family 504, 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 2922.
• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTQ-HGW : 8 December 2014), Violet Lee Minor, 23 Sep 1927; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 27, p. 599, Guilford, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
• "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VSX-MZW2 : 8 May 2021), Violet Lee Minor, 23 Sep 1927; citing Birth, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102175419.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-FTRT : 9 March 2021), Tracy Ray Harvell and Violet Lee Minor, 07 Feb 1947; citing Guilford, North Carolina, United States, p. 28520, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 502,403.
• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZBJ-4VC : 14 February 2020), Violet Minor Harvell in entry for Wayland Clarence McPherson, 1955.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9X-5JSD : 9 March 2021), Wayland Clarence McPherson and Violet Minor Harvell, 10 Jan 1955; citing Guilford, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• Violet L. McPherson in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=84214304&tid=&pid=&queryId=8f2ba59c14d2efe8119bb7670da193b8&usePUB=true&_phsrc=VNS14&_phstart=successSource
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY4-Z1PL : accessed 4 August 2021), – Violet Mcpherson, North Carolina, United States, 05 Mar 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Randolph Guide, The, born-digital text.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/44668364/violet-mcpherson : accessed 03 August 2021), memorial page for Violet Minor McPherson (1928–26 Feb 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #44668364, citing Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by James (Jim) Hawkins (contributor 47098944) .