Vettie Odet (Towns) Billue (1915 - 2003)

Born 17 Aug 1915 in Milan, Telfair County, Georgia

Ancestors

Wife of John Gordon Bass — married 11 Feb 1929 in Dodge, Georgia, United States

Wife of Lanier Francis Billue — married 22 Apr 1961 in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States

Died 9 Jul 2003 at age 87 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia

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Biography

Descendant of Gideon Towns.

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Vettie Odet TOWNS was born on 17 Aug 1915 in Milan, Telfair County, Georgia as the second child of Arthur Jackson TOWNS and Lucy Mae SPIRES.^[2] She had ten siblings, namely: Annie Mae, James Arthur, Pauline, Bessie Lee, Lorene, Payton Lamar Sr, Lucile, Living, Living and Living. She died on 09 Jul 2003 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.^[3][4] When she was 16, she married John Gordon "Bud" BASS, son of William Whitfield BASS and Sallie PROCTOR, in 1932 in McRae, Telfair County, Georgia. She married Lanier Francis BILLUE, son of Jebbie Floyd BILLUE and Cora P WALTERS.

Vettie Odet TOWNS lived in Milan, Telfair County, Georgia in 1920 (Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Daughter).^[5] She lived in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia 1935. She lived in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia on 01 Apr 1940 (Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). ^[6]She lived in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia in 1988.^[7][8] She was buried on 12 Jul 2003 in Allenwood, Baldwin County, Georgia (Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery).^[9] She lived in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia.

John Gordon "Bud" BASS and Vettie Odet TOWNS had the following children:

Frances Annabelle BASS was born on 10 Oct 1932 in Georgia. She died on 25 Oct 2008 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia.

Lanier Francis BILLUE and Vettie Odet TOWNS had no children.

Obituary

Vettie Billue Obituary(Archived) Published in The Telegraph on July 11, 2003

Vettie Billue -MILLEDGEVILLE - Services for Vettie Towns Bass Billue, age 87, will be 11A.M., Saturday, July 12 at Williams Funeral Home Chapel.

When Vettie Odet TOWNS was born on August 17, 1915, in Telfair County, Georgia, her father, Arthur, was 24 and her mother, Lucy, was 20. She had one daughter with John Gordon "Bud" BASS on October 10, 1932. She died on July 9, 2003, in Gray, Georgia, at the age of 87, and was buried in Baldwin County, Georgia.

Sources

1. ↑ The written biography and sources were generated by Family Tree Maker Software and was created by Karen Ivey. Some of this information is personally known to Karen Ivey and some of the information was handed down to her by her Mother, Living
2. ↑ Arthur Jackson TOWNS Family Bible Record, 1890-1950, Unknown title, Unknown edition (Unknown place: Unknown publisher, unknown year); Birth entry, privately held by Living, [address for private use], Georgia, owned XXXX to present. Arthur Jackson Towns to XXXX in XXXX, to [private Daughter] in XXXX
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011), Ancestry.com, Number: 254-18-1693; Issue State: Georgia; Issue Date: Before 1951.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Milan, Telfair, Georgia; Roll: T625_278; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 109; Image: 363. [Source citation includes media item(s)]
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia; Roll: T627_637; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 5-8. [Source citation includes media item(s)]
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com

Links

Find a Grave Memorial # 13768031 for Vettie Odet Towns Bass Billue

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• See also Obituary for Frances Bass Ward