Born in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Calvin Griffin
and Myra C (Church) Griffin
Sister of
William Thomas Griffin [half]
Wife of
James Andrew Spears
— married
22 Feb 1930 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Alma Correna (Spears) Staley
Died
at age 90
in Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2020
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Biography
Sources
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-9Z5D : 4 November 2017), Andrew Spears and Vernie Church, 22 Feb 1930; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 393,940.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 February 2020), memorial page for Verna Liza Ann “Vernie” Church Spears (19 Jan 1912–1 Mar 2002), Find A Grave Memorial no. 47810537, citing Forest Hill Memorial Park, Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by sandra (contributor 47020637) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Verna 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 Verna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Verna 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 Verna:
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~1.56%
Zella (Pilkenton) Barringer
:
23andMe, GEDmatch UK6415978 [compare]
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~1.56%
Carolyn (Pilkenton) Pennell :
23andMe, GEDmatch UH2631302 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jennifer (Smith) Cannon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Bigboom59
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~1.17%
Diana (Swift) Farmer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member honeybugg34
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~0.78%
Thomas Faw :
23andMe, GEDmatch QL9507464 [compare]
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~0.78%
Gary Pilkenton :
23andMe, GEDmatch CJ3475289 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GB5559230 [compare], FTDNA kit #902291
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~0.78%
Ben Rickey Faw :
AncestryDNA
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~0.59%
Jessica (Davis) Dunbar :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A392884 [compare], Ancestry member Moesakaru
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T346205 [compare], FTDNA kit #538189
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HL826553C1 [compare]
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~0.39%
Garry Cardwell :
23andMe, GEDmatch KD1776683 [compare]
+
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