Roy
Boyd
Story
Born in Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Richard Story Sr
and Mildred Ham (Nelson) Story
Brother of
Dona Alvin Story, Ida Mabel (Story) Bowman, Willie Blanche (Story) Martin, Allen Henry Story, Lessie Ellen (Story) Guinn, Kathryn Elizabeth (Story) Jones, James L Story, Mildred F Story and James Richard Story Sr
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2022
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Biography
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The son of James Storey and Mildred (Nelson) Story, Roy Story was born in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1901.[citation needed] He lived there with his family.[1] He married Minnie Bell Hollis (1902-1956), the daughter of Aaron Monroe Hollis and Rachel Ann McGee, marrying in Lawrence County, Tennessee on July 27, 1919.[2] They had one son together, Hollis Boyd Story (1922-1987). In 1920, he and Minnie lived with Roy's family in Civil District 15.[3] Roy Story died from a gunshot wound to the head, an apparent suicide, at the age of 23.[4] He is buried at Bethlehem Cemetery in rural Wayne County, Tennessee.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFB-H2C : accessed 6 May 2022), Roy Story in household of James R Story, Civil District 15, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 8B, family 171, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1509; FHL microfilm 1,375,522.
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Y7-19L : 27 January 2020), Roy Story, 1919.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPF-MHJ : 3 February 2021), Roy B Story in entry for James R Story, 1920.
- ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9P3-LPJ : 1 March 2021), Roy Boyd Story, 21 Sep 1924; Death, Wayne, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVP-QC3M : 27 July 2019), Roy Boyd Story, 1924; Burial, Wayne, Tennessee, United States of America, Bethlehem Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #21016190
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roy by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roy by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roy:
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