Minnie May (McWilliams) Jones (1907 - 1996)

Born 28 Aug 1907 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Oct 1996 at age 89 in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, United States

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Minnie (McWilliams) Jones is buried in Corinth Cemetery.

Biography

Minnie May/Mae McWilliams was born on Aug 28, 1907 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA as the first child of Miles B McWilliams and Liddy Bell Fortenberry. ^[1]

She had eight siblings, namely: George Daniel Sr., Mary Eugenia, Martha Etta, Odell Janie, Vera Lee, Helen, William David, and Miles Burnell.

She died on Oct 07, 1996 in Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, USA (Rankin County Medical Center; Age at Death: 89). ^[2]

Minnie May/Mae McWilliams lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1910 (Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter). She lived in Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 12; Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Daughter). Race: (White)

She was buried in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Corinth Cemetery). ^[2]

Obituary

Minnie Mae Tullos Jones, 89, homemaker of Brandon died Monday, October 7, 1996 of heart failure at Rankin General Hospital in Rankin County.

Services were 2:00 p.m. Wednesday October 9, 1996 at the Corinth Baptist Church in Magee with burial in Corinth Cemetery in Simpson County. Colonial Chapel in Magee handled arrangements.

Mrs. Jones was a native of Simpson County and a member of the Corinth Baptist Church in Magee.

Survivors include:

widowed by Byron Tullos and Leland Jones

5 sons: Vernon Tullos of Brookhaven, Miles J. Tullos of Pelahatchie, G. J. Tullos, James Tullos Larry Tullos all of Brandon;

1 daughter, Peggy Bullard of Brandon

1 brother: W.D. McWilliams of Clinton;

4 sisters: Etta Hodnett of Anguilla, Vera Harper of Magee, Odell Pass of Greenville, and Helen Merchant of Greenville. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Minnie T Jones. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=40000952&indiv=try. Name: Minnie T Jones [Minnie M Jones] [Minnie T McWilliams] Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 28 Aug 1907 Birth Place: Magee, Mississippi [Magee|] Death Date: 7 Oct 1996 Claim Date: 5 Aug 1969 Father: Miles McWilliams Mother: Liddie B Fortenberry SSN: xxx Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen. Type of Claim: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted. Notes: 10 Mar 1983: Name listed as MINNIE T JONES; 04 Aug 1969: Name listed as MINNIE M JONES
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Obituary for Minnie Mae McWilliams Tullos Jones Clipped from The Magee Courier, 10 Oct 1996, Thu, Page 7

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTF-9P9 : accessed 1 September 2017), Minnie May Mcwilliams in household of Miles Mcwilliams, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 134, sheet 20B, line 87, family 380, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 893; FHL microfilm 1,820,893.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDL-KK5 : accessed 1 September 2017), Minnie Mcwilliams in household of M Mcwilliams, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 9A, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 758; FHL microfilm 1,374,771.