Elsie Orderlee (Stanfill) Fowlkes (1917 - 1998)

Born 11 Mar 1917 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

Wife of Willie Clay Fowlkes — married 4 Jun 1938 (to 10 Oct 1998) in Hickman, Tennessee, United States

Died 10 Oct 1998 at age 81 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Elsie (Stanfill) Fowlkes is a part of US Black heritage.

Elsie was born in 1918. In the 1920 census Elsie (age 4) was the daughter of Joseph Stanfield in Columbia Ward 3, Maury, Tennessee.^[1] In the 1930 census Elsa (age 15) was the single daughter of Joe J Stanfill in Hampshire Route 1, District 10, Maury, Tennessee, United States.^[2]

Elsie (age 21) married Willie C Fowlkes on 4 June 1938 in Hickman, Tennessee, United States.^[3] In the 1940 census Elsie (age 22) was the wife of Willie Clay Fowlkes in Hickman, Tennessee.^[4] In the 1950 census Elsie (age 35) was the wife of Steve Fowlkes in Hickman, Tennessee, United States.^[5] Elsie worked as a cook for Hickman County Hospital.

Elsie died on Saturday, 10 October 1998, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Funeral services were Wednesday, 14 October 1998, at Columbia Avenue Church of Christ. She was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Centerville, Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Columbia Ward 3, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1755; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 134
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #35902406 (accessed 14 September 2022)
   Elsie Stanfield (4), single daughter, in household of Joseph Stanfield (45) in Columbia Ward 3, Maury, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee.
2. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: District 10, Maury, Tennessee; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 2342000
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #66958534 (accessed 14 September 2022)
   Elsa Stanfill (15), single daughter, in household of Joe J Stanfill (54) in Hampshire Route 1, District 10, Maury, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002"
   Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1169 #5335086 (accessed 14 September 2022)
   Elsie Stanfiel (21) marriage to Willie C Fowlkes on 4 Jun 1938 in Hickman, Tennessee, USA.
4. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03906; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 41-2B
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #29006643 (accessed 14 September 2022)
   Elsie Fowlkes (22), wife, in household of Willie Clay Fowlkes (22) in Hickman, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee.
5. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: 3003; Sheet Number: 11; Enumeration District: 41-4
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #104714245 (accessed 14 September 2022)
   Elsie Fowlkes (35), wife, in household of Steve Fowlkes (36) in Hickman, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
6. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
   URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #177560729
   Ancestry Record 60525 #141890340 (accessed 14 September 2022)
   Elsie O Fowlkes burial (died on 10 Oct 1998) in Centerville, Hickman County, Tennessee, United States of America.