Lester L. Carney (1904 - 1959)

Born 26 Mar 1904 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jewel (Young) Carney — married 2 Apr 1926 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA

Died 14 Apr 1959 at age 55 in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Lester L. Carney was born on Mar 26, 1904 in Mississippi, USA as the first child of George Washington Carney and Easter Effie Mitchell.

He had seven siblings, namely: Audrey Louise, Annie Mae, William Houston, John Wesley, Charles Wilson, Sylvester, and George.

He died on Apr 14, 1959 in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 55).

When he was 22, he married Jewel Young on Apr 02, 1926 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA. ^[1]

Lester L. Carney lived in Ellisville Ward 3, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

He lived in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

He lived in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 24; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head).

He lived in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). Race: (White)

He was buried in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Ellisville Cemetery). ^[2]

Lester L. Carney and Jewel Young had the following child:

1. Eloise Carney was born on Aug 22, 1926 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Feb 18, 1986 in Livingston, Polk, Texas, USA (Age at Death: 59). ^[3]

Obituary

Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, April 15, 1959, p 2

LESTER CARNEY

Funeral services for Lester Carney, 55, are to be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from Ellisville Calvary Baptist church with the Rev. Byron Parker and the Rev. M. E. Barnett officiating. Interment will follow in Ellisville cemetery.

A lifelong resident of Ellisville, he died suddenly there at 4:15 on Tuesday afternoon. He operated a service station at Ellisville and was widely known throughout that section.

A member of the Baptist church, he was also a Mason and Masonic rites will be accorded at the graveside. Fellow Masons will serve as pallbearers.

He leaves his wife: Mrs. Jewel Carney, Ellisville; a daughter: Mrs. R. V. Sessum, Pasadena, Texas; two sisters: Mrs. G. E. Blalock, Baytown, Texas; and Mrs. Sylvester Archie, Fort Worth, Texas; two brothers: Bob Carney, Route 3, Ellisville; and Houston Carney, Houston, Texas.

The body is at the Ellisville family home to await the hour of the final rites. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5BK-NYN2 : 7 February 2020), Jewell Young in entry for Lester Carney, 2 Apr 1926; citing Marriage, Covington, Mississippi, United States, 00301, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
2. ↑ See Findagrave Lester L. Carney
3. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVT8-DX3 : 5 December 2014), Eloise Sessum, Polk, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
4. ↑ Published Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, April 15, 1959, p 2

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYT7-PZJ : 19 May 2014), Lester Carney, Apr 1959; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB91-2NB : 13 March 2018), Lester Carney, Ellisville, Beat 4, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-29A, sheet 10B, line 80, family 216, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2036.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1H-B6W : accessed 29 September 2018), Lester Carney, Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 1A, line 32, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1151; FHL microfilm 2,340,886.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43W-YRD : accessed 25 June 2018), Lester Corney in household of Wash G Corney, Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 82, sheet 7A, line 24, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 881; FHL microfilm 1,820,881.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP85-MF8 : accessed 25 June 2018), L Carney in household of W Carney, Ellisville Ward 3, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 132B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 745; FHL microfilm 1,374,758.