Lula Odessa (Garrett) Wilson (1901 - 1979)

Born 6 Jul 1901 in South Carolina, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 10 Feb 1979 at age 77 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Lula Odessa "Dessie" Garrett,

daughter of Charles Wesley Garrett and Effie L Mitchell

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 6 Jul 1901, per gravestone

Birth Place: South Carolina, per census

Death Date: 10 Feb 1979, per gravestone

Death Place: assume South Carolina, based on last residence, obituary, burial

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Dessie has childhood census with her father, step-mother, and siblings

Dessie's obituary names her surviving siblings

Named as "step-daughter, Mrs. Dessie Wilson of Easley" in step-mother's 1951 obit

Named as "Mrs. Dessie Wilson of Pickens" in brother James' 1957 obituary

Named as "Mrs. Dessie Wilson" in father's 1970 obituary

MARRIAGE:

Husband: William H. Wilson 1889-1935, memorial 38973107, has obituary

Married about 1920, based on 1930 census which says married at ages 30 & 19

Note: married after 1920 census

CHILDREN:

William Henry Wilson Jr 1921–1989, memorial 103431744, has obituary

Charles Washington Wilson 1923-2010, memorial 99436961, has obituary

Thomas Carl Wilson Sr., 1929-2005, memorial 54234234, has obituary

Melvin Guy Wilson 1932-2010, memorial 268750595, has obituary

Sources

BURIAL: ^[1]

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 69386772 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Lula Odessa Wilson, July 6, 1901 - Feb 10, 1979

Cemetery: Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina

OBITUARY #1:

The Greenville News (South Carolina), 12 Feb 1979, Monday, Page 20

Greenville -- Services for Dessie Wilson, 78, of 47 Gentry St., 2 p.m. Monday at Treemont Avenue Church of God; burial in Flat Rock Baptist Church near Liberty - Thomas McAfee Funeral Home.

OBITUARY #1:

The Greenville News (South Carolina), 12 Feb 1979, Monday, Page 20

The friends and relatives of Mrs. Dessie Garrett Wilson, Mr. William Henry Wilson Jr., Mr. Thomas C. Wilson, Mr. Charles W. Wilson, Mr., Mr. Melvin G. Wilson, Mrs. Ellen Garrett Tuttle, Mrs. Effie Teague, Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, Mr. Wesley M Garrett, Mr. Harry E. Garrett, Mr. Edwin A Garrett, Mr. C. W. Garrett are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services for Mrs. Dessie Garret Wilson to be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Tremont Avenue Church of God. Interment will be in Flat Rock Baptist Church cemetery near Liberty, Thomas McAfee, Funeral Director.

SS DEATH INDEX:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index

Name: Dessie Wilson

Social Security Number:***-**-4209

Birth Date: 6 Jul 1900

Issue year: 1952

Issue State: South Carolina

Last Residence: 29611, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: Feb 1979

1910 CENSUS: Easley, Pickens, South Carolina

Charles W Garnet .... 31 ... SC,SC,SC ... married 2 years

Etta Garret ............... 22 ... SC,SC,SC ... 1 child, 1 living ... [2nd wife]

Dessie Garret ............ 8 ... SC,SC,SC ... [child of 1st wife Effie] <--------

James Garret ............. 6 ... SC,SC,SC ... [child of 1st wife Effie]

Elen Garret ................ 3 ... SC,SC,SC ... [child of 1st wife Effie]

Effie Garret ................ 1 ... SC,SC,SC ... [child of 2nd wife Etta]

1920 CENSUS: Easley, Pickens, South Carolina

Charlie W Garrett .... 40 ... SC,SC,SC

Edda Garrett ............ 32 ... SC,SC,SC

Dessia Garrett ......... 18 ... SC,SC,SC <--------

Ellen Garrett ............ 12 ... SC,SC,SC

Effie Garrett ............. 11 ... SC,SC,SC

Wesley Garrett .......... 7 ... SC,SC,SC

Harry Garrett ............. 5 ... SC,SC,SC

Edwin Garrett ............ 3 ... SC,SC,SC

Elizabeth Garrett ... 7m ... SC,SC,SC

1930 CENSUS: Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina ^[2]

William H Wilson .… 40 … GA,GA,GA … Head … married at age 30 … farmer

Dessie Wilson ......… 29 … SC,SC,SC ..… Wife ….. married at age 19

William Wilson ....… 10 … SC,SC,SC ..… Son

Charlie Wilson .......… 6 … SC,SC,SC ..… Son

Carl Wilson …....... 11m … SC,SC,SC ..… Son

1940 CENSUS: Easley, Pickens, South Carolina

Dessie Wilson ...… 39 … SC … Head … [widow of William Wilson, died in 1935]

Charlie Wilson ..… 16 … SC … Son

Note: Dessie's 2 youngest children are living in an orphanage.

CHILDREN 1940 CENSUS: Bordeaux, McCormick, South Carolina

Carl Wilxon …...... 10 … SC … Orphan … Dr. John de la Howe State School

Melvin Wilson ....… 7 … SC … Orphan … Dr. John de la Howe State School

Note: says 1935 residence was Rural, Pickens, South Carolina

1. ↑ burial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69386772
2. ↑ 1930 census: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=96732207