Lena Mae Caraway was born on Oct 06, 1894 in Wortham, Freestone, Texas, USA. She died on Dec 17, 1970 in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA (Driftwood Nursing Center, Age at Death: 76).
When she was 16, she married James Ulysses Runnels, son of Andrew Jackson Runnels and Sarah M Brewer, on May 07, 1911 (need source other than ancestry family tree).
Lena Mae Caraway was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Goodwater Cemetery).
Race: (White) She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Niece). She lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She lived in Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).
James Ulysses Runnels and Lena Mae Caraway had the following children:
Mrs. Lena Caraway Runnels, 76, a resident of Rt. 3, Box 529, Gulfport, in the Orange Grove Community, died this morning at 7:02 o'clock at the Driftwood Nursing Center in Gulfport where she had been a patient for five months.
Mrs. Runnels, born Oct. 6, 1894, in Wortham, Tex., had resided in Magee for 40 years prior to moving to the Coast six years ago.
She was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons, O. E. (Edward) Runnels, Orange Grove; and Leroy Runnels, Crystal Springs; two brothers, George Caraway and Jesse Ware, both of Wichita Falls, Tex.; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
The body was sent from Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport to the Mims-Mitchell Funeral Home in Magee where friends may call tonight. The funeral service will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Goodwater Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Estes, pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church of Landon, officiating. Interment will be in the Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery.[1]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Lena is 29 degrees from Herbert Adair, 24 degrees from Richard Adams, 22 degrees from Mel Blanc, 24 degrees from Dick Bruna, 22 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 35 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 20 degrees from Sam Edwards, 20 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 22 degrees from Marty Krofft, 19 degrees from Junius Matthews, 17 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 23 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
C > Caraway | R > Runnels > Lena Mae (Caraway) Runnels
Categories: Goodwater Cemetery, Magee, Mississippi