Bernice Allen (Appleby) Jackson (1910 - 2005)

Born 16 Apr 1910 in Glenville, Tattnall County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Wyatt Hamby Jackson — married 10 Dec 1931 (to 1949) in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA

Died 3 Jul 2005 at age 95 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA

Biography

Bernice was born 16 April 1910 in Glenville, Tattnall County, Georgia.^[1] She was the daughter of Albert Kistler Appleby and Etta Susan Jones.

She married Wyatt Hamby Jackson on 10 December 1931 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, in a ceremony performed by Geo. E. Farrar, Minister, Snyder Memorial M.E. Church.^[2] The witnesses were Sarah Ballard Everett and J. F. Everett. Wyatt and Bernice divorced in 1949 in Duval County.^[3]

Bernice died on 3 July 2005 in Jacksonville,^[4] and she is buried there in Riverside Memorial Park.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Bernice provided her date and place of birth and the names of her parents when she applied for Social Security. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007," Bernice Appleby Jackson, b. 16 April 1910; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=16608985&ssrc=pt&tid=37835005&pid=19398603568&usePUB=true : accessed September 2017).
2. ↑ Duval County Marriage Licenses 41: 622, Wyatt H. Jackson and Bernice Appleby, 10 December 1931; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-Y896-WK?i=827&cc=1803936&cat=207306 : accessed September 2017).
3. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927–2001," Wyatt H Jackson and Bernice A Jackson, 1949, Duval County; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK7F-75Z : accessed September 2017).
4. ↑ "Bernice Appleby Sunshine Jackson," obituary, The Forida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.), 4 July 2005; digital edition, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/112DEB059ABA9720-112DEB059ABA9720 : accessed September 2017). "United States Social Security Death Index," Bernice A Jackson, 3 July 2005, last residence Duval, Florida; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3R6-4PP : accessed September 2017).
5. ↑ Johnny, "Bernice A. "Sunshine" Jackson," Memorial no. 171455999, posted 18 October 2016; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=171455999&ref=acom : accessed September 2017).