Born in Whitestone, Gilmer, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Cleveland Sutton
and Mary Elizabeth (Nicholson) Sutton
Sister of
Effort Paul Sutton, Anna Mae (Sutton) Starrett, Ruby Lee (Sutton) Bowers, Joe Brown Sutton, John Dee Sutton, James Carl Sutton and Ella Veive (Sutton) O’Conner
Wife of
Joel Jackson Lewis
— married
about 1939 in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jul 2020
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Biography
Bennie was born in 1920. She was the daughter of James Sutton and Mary Nicholson. She passed away in 2000.
She married Joel Jackson Lewis
Bennie and her son are living with her parents in the 1940 census and Joel Jackson Lewis is not living there. (He remarried in 1944)
1940 United States Federal Census[1] Name: Bennie Ree Bell [Bennie Ree Sutton] Respondent: Yes Age: 19 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Georgia Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Daughter Home in 1940: Alcoa, Blount, Tennessee Map of Home in 1940: Alcoa, Blount, Tennessee Street: Bell Street Inferred Residence in 1935: Alcoa, Blount, Tennessee Residence in 1935: Alcoa Sheet Number: 6B Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: No Neighbors: View others on page Household Members Age Relationship
- James Sutton 53 Head
- Elizabeth Sutton 53 Wife
- Bennie Ree [Lewis] 19 Daughter
- Ella V Sutton 14 Daughter
- Paul Gene [Lewis] 0 Grandson
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- Name: Benna Rhea Sutton[Benny Lewis][Bennie Lewis]
- Gender: Female
- Race: White
- Birth Date: 27 Dec 1920
- Birth Place: White Stone, Georgia
- Death Date: 26 Oct 2000
- Father: James C Sutton
- Mother: Mary E Nicholson
- SSN: xxx
- Notes: Sep 1940: Name listed as BENNA RHEA SUTTON; : Name listed as BENNY :LEWIS; 15 Nov 2000: Name listed as BENNIE R LEWIS
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116161776/bennie-rhea-lewis[2]
- Name: Bennie Rhea Lewis
- Gender: Female
- Birth Date: 27 Dec 1920
- Death Date: 26 Oct 2000
- Death Place: Tennessee, United States of America
- Cemetery: Clarks Grove Cemetery
- Burial or Cremation Place: Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Has Bio?: N
- Children:
- Paul Gene Lewis
Sources
- ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census; Year: 1940; Census Place: Alcoa, Blount, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03874; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 5-17
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116161776/bennie-rhea-lewis : accessed 06 April 2022), memorial page for Bennie Rhea Lewis (27 Dec 1920–26 Oct 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116161776, citing Clarks Grove Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Ariana (contributor 46566805) .
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Acknowledgments
- Personal recollection of events witnessed by Cindi (Gibson) Lowe as remembered 3 Jul 2020.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bennie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bennie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bennie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bennie:
-
~12.50%
~25.00%
Cindi (Gibson) Lowe 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Stargirl214
-
~1.56%
P. Nicholson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M564264 [compare]
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