Born in Mississippi, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Dunbar Fanning Gentry
and Anna Cora (Armstrong) Gentry
Sister of
Louise (Gentry) Sparkman and Ralph Dunbar Gentry
Wife of
Alva Lewis Wylie
— married
[date unknown] in Mississippi, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 41
in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2016
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Biography
Daughter of Dunbar Fanning and Anna Cora (Armstrong) Gentry
She married Alva Lewis Wylie Sr. in Mississippi, USA - parents of Alva Lewis Jr.
Sadie died in Tupelo tornado and is buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, USA
April 5 - On this day in 1936, two small towns in MS & GA were devastated by tornadoes, killing 200 people in one of the deadliest spates of tornadoes in US history. A total of 466 people were killed over four days of nearly continuous twisters. Another 3,500 were injured. The Tupelo twister was estimated at F5 with winds over 261 miles per hour. One notable survivor of this deadly tornado was one-year-old Elvis Presley, who went on to become the King of Rock & Roll.
Sources
- Mississippi Marriage Records
- 1900-1930 US Federal Censuses
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79461358
- "On This Day in History" History Channel
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sadie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Sadie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sadie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Sadie:
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~1.56%
Paul Armstrong
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