Delma Hale (Templeton) Bess (1922 - 1971)

Born 30 Apr 1922 in Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Nov 1971 at age 49 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Delma Templeton was born on April 30, 1922 in Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States.

Her parents were William Templeton and Rachel Barlow.

She married Roy Edgar Bess (1909–1982) on 3 March 1939 in Coffee county, Tennessee, United States^[1]

In 1930, she is living in Etowah county, Alabama, United States with parents, William. Rachel, siblings, Connie, Cynthia, Edward, Wislon Cantrell,^[2]

In 1940, she is living in Warren county, Tennessee, USA with husband, Roy, daughter, Wilene Joyce,' sister, Connie, niece's, Billie Mae Templeton, and Eva Sue Templeton,^[3]

She died on November 20, 1971 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States^[4]

Sources

Delma's Find a Grave Memorial

1. ↑ Citation"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNC8-3W4 : 4 December 2014), Roy E Bess and Della Mae Templeton, 03 Mar 1939; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 142, Grundy, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
2. ↑ Citation"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3FZW-LMM : accessed 8 September 2021), Delma Templeton in household of Will Templeton, Alabama, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 48, sheet 18B, line 100, family 344, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 17; FHL microfilm 2,339,752.
3. ↑ Citation"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HX-59Y : 11 January 2021), Dellna Bess in household of Roy Bess, Civil District 1, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-1, sheet 1B, line 63, family 17, 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 3943.
4. ↑ Citation"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKH-L8NC : 7 August 2020), Delma T Bess, ; Burial, McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States of America, Mountain View Cemetery; citing record ID 33392115, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.