Lillie Mae (Moody) Jett (1890 - 1971)

Born 13 Oct 1890 in Missouri, United States

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Died 3 Dec 1971 at age 81 in White, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Lillie Mae Moody was born 13 October 1890., daughter of "Bing" (born AUG 1884 in Missouri) and (?) Moody.

28 June 1900, she was 10 years old and lived with her father, Bing, and step-mother, Bettie, in Harrison Township Judsonia town, White, Arkansas. Her brother, Willie, and sister, Edith were also in the household. Her father owned a sawmill.

25 November 1909, at the age of 19, Lillie Mae Moody married C. E. Jett in Bald Knob Twp., White Co., Arkansas. The ceremony was officiated by H. F. Blevins, Minister of the Gospel.

29 April 1910, The newlywed couple had no children and were living with Lillie's paternal grandmother Hanna S. Moody. His in-laws lived next to or very near their address in Bald Knob, White Co., Arkansas. Charles was 35 and proprietor of a restaurant,

2 January 1920, the Jett family lived in the same community where Charles was a merchant in the grocery business. Lillie and Charles had three children: Ralph E.--5; Emma L.--3 2/12; and William B.--11 mos. . 7 April

1930--Aged 55 and 39, the Jetts lived on Elm St. and Charles was still in the grocery business. Lillie Mae is listed as "May." Jett children in the household: Ralph--15; Bing--11; Louise--13 and Earl--6.

18 October 1931, her husband, Charles, passed away.

8 April 1940, Mae was widowed and 49 and lived at East 92nd St. in Ward 21, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, where she had lived at least since 1 April 1935. Her children Louise, Bing and Earl were in her household, as well as a lodger--Don Ryder--23. 23 year-old Louise was an apprentice artist at a retail department store. Bing, at 21, was a stock clerk for a restaurant. Earl, aged 16, worked as a waiter in a school lunch room. Don Ryder was a shipping clerk for a hotel.

She passed away 3 December 1971, at the age of 81.

BURIAL Shady Grove Cemetery Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FD-CP3 : accessed 29 November 2018), Mae Moody in household of Bing Moody, Harrison Township Judsonia town, White, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 21A, family 444, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,080.

• "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBD-1XH : 10 February 2018), C. E. Jett and Lillie Mae Moody, 25 Nov 1909; citing White County, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,024,573.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKK4-65H : accessed 29 November 2018), Lillie M Jett in household of Hannah S Moody, Bald Knob, White, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 152, sheet 9A, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 67; FHL microfilm 1,374,080.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF5-HGX : accessed 29 November 2018), Lilly M Jett in household of Charles E Jett, Bald Knob, White, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 154, sheet 1B, line 58, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 84; FHL microfilm 1,820,084.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGG-GQQ : accessed 29 November 2018), May Jett in household of Charles E Jett, Bald Knob, White, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 5A, line 37, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 98; FHL microfilm 2,339,833.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW52-H5W : 16 March 2018), Mae Jett, Ward 21, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-542, sheet 5A, line 30, family 98, 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 3224.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 November 2018), memorial page for Lillie Mae Moody Jett (13 Oct 1890–3 Dec 1971), Find A Grave Memorial no. 38620973, citing Shady Grove Cemetery, Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Larry (contributor 47097746) .