Lamar Lester Sellers (1903 - 1969)

Born 17 Sep 1903 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Myrtle Elizabeth (Hales) Sellers — married 29 Dec 1929 in Chicot, Arkansas, USA

Died 12 Oct 1969 at age 66 in Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Lamar Lester Sellers was born on Sep 17, 1903 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA as the fifth child of John Hardy Sellers and Margaret Victoria Ware. He had ten siblings, namely: Joseph Ernest, Bertha Louella, Eula Jane, Minnie Myrtle, Ruth Josephine, David Ulyssus, Lula Mae, Junious Franklin, William Oliver, and Carl Elmon. He died on Oct 12, 1969 in Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA. When he was 26, he married Myrtle Elizabeth Hales, daughter of Arthur Candis Hales and Susan Angeline Robinson, on Dec 29, 1929 in Chicot, Arkansas, USA.

Lamar Lester Sellers lived in Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA. His Social Security Number was issued in Louisiana, USA. He lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1910. He lived in Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1920. Other: Dec 28, 1929 He lived in Police Jury Ward 4, West Carroll, Louisiana in 1930. He lived in West Carroll, Louisiana, USA on Apr 01, 1940. He was buried on Oct 13, 1969 in Forest, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA (New Forest Cemetery).

Lamar Lester Sellers and Myrtle Elizabeth Hales had the following children:

1. Willie Ray Sellers was born on Sep 22, 1931 in Louisiana, USA. He died on Oct 18, 2000.
2. Joyce Marie Sellers was born in Louisiana, USA.

Research by Myrtis^[1] added after a GEDCOM import.^[2]

Name

Name: Lamar /Sellers/^[3][4][5][6]

Name: Leska L /Sellars/^[7]

Name: Lamar /Cellars/^[8]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 17 SEP 1903

Place: Smith, Mississippi, USA^[9][10]

Birth:

Date: 1904

Place: Mississippi, USA^[11][12]

Birth:

Date: 1905

Place: Mississippi, USA^[13][14]

Death

Death:

Date: OCT 1969

Place: Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA^[15]

Death:

Date: 12 OCT 1969

Place: Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA

Burial

Burial:

Place: New Forest Cemetery/Forest, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA^[16]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 01 APR 1940

Place: West Carroll, Louisiana, USA^[17]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Police Jury Ward 4, West Carroll, Louisiana^[18]

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA^[19]

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, USA^[20]

Residence:

Place: Oak Grove, West Carroll, Louisiana, USA^[21]

Event

Event:

Type: SSN issued

Place: Louisiana, USA^[22]

Event:

Type: other

Date: 28 DEC 1929^[23]

Marriage

Husband: Lester Lamar Sellers

Wife: Myrtle E Hales

Child: Willie Ray Sellers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 29 DEC 1929

Place: Chicot, Arkansas, USA^[24]

Marriage:

Date: 28 DEC 1929

Place: Chicot, Arkansas, USA^[25]

Obituary

DEATHS, FUNERALS Lamar Sellers

OAK GROVE (Special) ~ Funeral services for Lamar Sellers, 66, of Oak Grove, were held at 2 p.m. today with the Rev. Jimmy Sheppard officiating, assisted by the Rev. Leslie Farrar.

Burial was in Forest Cemetery at Forest Baptist Church under direction of First National Funeral Home.

Mr. Sellers, a retired farmer, died Sunday morning at his home after a long illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Elizabeth Sellers of Oak Grove; a son, Willie Ray Sellers of Edwards, Miss.; a daughter, Mrs. Joyce Dye of Forest, Miss.; three brothers, J. F. Sellers of Monroe, W. O. Sellers of Oak Grove and C. E. Sellers of Yakima, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Bancroft and Mrs. Ruth White, both of Forest; and three grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Bobby Thompson, J. W. White, Andrew J. Garvan, Mud Puckett, Hardy Sellers and Wendell Sellers.^[26]

Sources

1. ↑ Myrtis Bishop, November 17, 2014.
2. ↑ Sellers-1304 was created by Myrtis Jane Bishop through the import of wiki-Sellers-Sharon.ged on Nov 2, 2014.
3. ↑ Source: #S227 Page: Database online. Number:  ; Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
4. ↑ Source: #S224 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 4, West Carroll, Louisiana; Roll: 825; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 987.0. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Sellers
5. ↑ Source: #S1149 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: , West Carroll, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1466; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 62-6. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
6. ↑ Source: #S1302 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Hales
7. ↑ Source: #S230 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T624_759; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0112; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374772. Data: Text: Record for John H Sellars
8. ↑ Source: #S220 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T625_894; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 67. Data: Text: Record for James Cellars
9. ↑ Source: #S227 Page: Database online. Number:  ; Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
10. ↑ Source: #S1302 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Hales
11. ↑ Source: #S230 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T624_759; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0112; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374772. Data: Text: Record for John H Sellars
12. ↑ Source: #S1149 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: , West Carroll, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1466; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 62-6. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
13. ↑ Source: #S220 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T625_894; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 67. Data: Text: Record for James Cellars
14. ↑ Source: #S224 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 4, West Carroll, Louisiana; Roll: 825; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 987.0. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Sellers
15. ↑ Source: #S227 Page: Database online. Number:  ; Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
16. ↑ Source: #S1087 Page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74291281
17. ↑ Source: #S1149 Page: Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: , West Carroll, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1466; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 62-6. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
18. ↑ Source: #S224 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 4, West Carroll, Louisiana; Roll: 825; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 987.0. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Sellers
19. ↑ Source: #S230 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T624_759; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0112; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374772. Data: Text: Record for John H Sellars
20. ↑ Source: #S220 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T625_894; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 67. Data: Text: Record for James Cellars
21. ↑ Source: #S1302 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Hales
22. ↑ Source: #S227 Page: Database online. Number: ; Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Record for Lamar Sellers
23. ↑ Source: #S1302 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Hales
24. ↑ Source: #S1236 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle E. Hales Sellers
25. ↑ Source: #S1302 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Myrtle Hales
26. ↑ Published Monroe News Star Monday, October 13, 1969, p, 7-A

• Source: S1087 Title: Findagrave - Lester Lamar Sellers
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