Bessie Atwood (Bragg) Wahab (1900 - 1979)

Born 22 Sep 1900 in Hyde, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Thomas Harvey Wahab — married 14 Dec 1969 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Died 7 Nov 1979 at age 79 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Bessie was born in 1900.^[1]

• 1920 US Census, Ocracoke, Hyde, North Carolina^[2]Bessie is 19, living with her parents. Her father, Hallas is 46 and her mother, Laura is 41. She has 4 siblings, ages range from 1 to 22.

• 1921 North Carolina Marriages^[3]Bessie married Willis Cullifer, 27 Dec 1921.

• 1930 US Census, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina^[4]Bessie is 29, married to Willis who is 32. They have 2 children, Willis is 6 and Laura is 3.

• 1940 US Census, Rocky Mount Township, Nash, North Carolina^[5]Bessie is 39, married to Willis who is 42. They have 4 children, ages range from 1 to 15.

• 1969 Virginia Marriages^[6]Bessie was 69 when she married Thomas Wahab who was 67, 14 Dec 1969, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• 1979 Virginia Death Certificate^[7]Bessie died of Cardiac Arrest while at Bayside Hospital, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 7 Nov 1979.

She passed away in 1979.^[8]She is buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH2R-CXG : 8 December 2014), Bessie Atwood Bragg, 22 Sep 1900; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 13, p. 384, Hyde, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVV-9BH : Fri Oct 06 23:51:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Hallas A Bragg and Laura T Bragg, 1920.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-4GJG : Wed Oct 18 04:25:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Willis N Cullifer and Bessie A Bragg, 27 Dec 1921.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SR-M79 : Wed Oct 04 18:34:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Willis N Cullifer and Bessie A Cullifer, 1930.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQ8-9HR : Fri Oct 06 07:04:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Willis Neal Collizer and Bessie Bragg Collizer, 1940.
6. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV17-JBKH : Sun Oct 15 16:04:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Harvey Wahab and James Hatton Wahab, 14 Dec 1969.
7. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY2-R6G1 : 16 August 2019), Bessie Bragg Cullifer Wahab, 07 Nov 1979; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Virginia Beach, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
8. ↑ https://findagrave.com/memorial/161397850

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