Born in Bedford, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Murrell Burks
and Emma (Coleman) Burks
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Donnie Enman Wilson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Cossie Lee (Wilson) Powers and [private son (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at age 26
in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jan 2022
This page has been accessed 40 times.
Biography
Bessie Murrell Burks was born on 11 September 1898. She was the second child of Edward Murrell Burks and Emma Cornelia Coleman's nine children.[1][2]
Bessie married Donnie Enman Wilson about 1921. The couple had two children: Cossie L Wilson (1922) and Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1924).[3][4]
Bessie Burks Wilson passed away from Acute Pleurisy and Pulmonary Edema on 12 March 1925 in Bedford, Virginia.[5] She was laid to rest in the family plot at Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFZ-L6V : accessed 1 January 2022), Bessie M Burks in household of Edward M Burks, Forest Township, Bedford, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 20, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,700.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJFF-856 : 4 February 2021), Bessie M Burks in entry for Edward M Burks, 1920.
- ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-BWRP : 20 February 2021), Bessie Murrell Burks in entry for Roy Shepherd Powers and Cossie Lee Wilson, 15 Dec 1940; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Amherst, Virginia, United States, certificate 51068, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ "Virginia, Lynchburg, Diuguid Funeral Home records, 1820-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH8-26WF : 11 September 2019), Bessie Murrell Burks in entry for Donnie Enman Wilson, 26 Nov 1950; citing Death, Lynchburg City, Virginia, United States, Southern Memorial Association, Lynchburg, Virginia.
- ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRW-M6QK : 16 August 2019), Bessie Merl Wilson, 12 Mar 1925; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Bedford, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113345782/bessie-merl-wilson : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for Bessie Merl Burks Wilson (11 Sep 1898–12 Mar 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 113345782, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Joan Mays (contributor 47005914) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113345782/bessie-merl-wilson
Is Bessie your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Denona (Truslow) Carver 
:
AncestryDNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: Bessie is 16 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 22 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 19 degrees from George Catlin, 17 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 21 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 20 degrees from George Grinnell, 28 degrees from Anton Kröller, 18 degrees from Stephen Mather, 24 degrees from Kara McKean, 18 degrees from John Muir, 19 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 26 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
B > Burks | W > Wilson > Bessie Murrell (Burks) Wilson
Categories: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia