When Thelma Jewel Puckett was born in June 1895, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William C. "Billy" Puckett, was 35 and her mother, Martha D. "Mattie" Lemon, was 34. She married Gaylon Holt on 6 February 1915, in Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States.[1] They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. After Gaylon's death, she married Roy Aldon Henderson on 02 Oct 1962 in Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States.[2] Thelma lived in Wadesboro, Calloway, Kentucky United States in 1900[3] and Marshall, Kentucky, United States for the rest of her life.[4] She died on 11 December 1982, in Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Unity Cemetery, Aurora, Calloway, Kentucky, United States.[5][6]
Sources
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHM-KH7C : 10 March 2021), Gaylon Holt and Thelma Puckett, 06 Feb 1915; citing Henry, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,011,507.
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DF-7M41 : 22 July 2021), Ray A Henderson and Thelma Holt, 2 Oct 1962; citing Marriage, Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,942,717.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51681372/thelma-holt: accessed 26 August 2023), memorial page for Thelma Puckett Holt (1895–1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51681372, citing Unity Cemetery, Aurora, Marshall County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Jean Mathis Sluder (contributor 47243564).
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