Lee Benjamin Franklin Vick (1877 - 1967)

Born 14 Jan 1877 in Pennington, Trinity, Texas, USA

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Died 28 Jun 1967 at age 90 in Shaw, Bolivar, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

"I personally sent a letter to the SSA to order a photocopy of LBF's Social Security Application. The details revealing his place of birth were massively significant in connecting him to the Jordan Vick family that had moved from Alabama to Trinity County, Texas." - Jason F. Vick

The BOLIVAR COMMERCIAL THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1967 PAGE 2

OBITUARIES Deaths In the Cleveland Area B.F. Vick

SHAW - Services for B. F. Vick, 90, retired farmer were Thursday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Fletcher Funeral Home in Cleveland with the Rev.Albert Breazeale officiating. Burial was in the Shaw Cemetery with Fletcher Funeral Home in charge.

Mr. Vick died Wednesday at 5:30 a.m. in the East Bolivar County Hospital following an illness of five weeks.

Born in Tennington (sic), Tex., he was a resident of Cleveland for 16 years before moving to Shaw in 1931. He engaged in farming until his retirement. He was a member of the Shaw Baptist Church.

He is survived by two sons, J. H. Vick of Clarksdale and Grady Vick of Rosedale; five daughters, Mrs. Russell McIntyre and Mrs. Linus Mullen, both of Shaw, Mrs. C. H. Crowe of Benoit, Mrs. Merlin Clark of Wichita, Kans., and Mrs. Ben Roberts of Lawton, Okla.; 28 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandsons.

Note by Jason F. VICK: There is no Tennington, Texas. B.F.VICK put Pennington, Texas on his SSA application in 1948. Likely just an obituary typo. =)

This Lee B. F. should not to be confused with Little Berry Fletcher VICK. - Jason F. VICK

According to Eudene Vick (grand daughter of LBF), "Paw Vick was a quiet man and he would always tap his fingers while sitting and thinking." - Jason F. VICK

"...my great grandfather, Lee Benjamin Franklin VICK, at the age of 16 took a wagon and went to Mississippi and met my great grandmother Ruthie Jane Barrett." Mary [Jane Price D'aust]

Sources

• Family interviews conducted by Jason F. Vick
• Photocopy of Social Security Application
• Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Fordetails on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARAweb page: <ahref="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Originaldata - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. ThirteenthCensus of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archivesand Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls. Beat 2, Attala,Mississippi, ED , roll T624_732, part , page .
• Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Fordetails on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARAweb page: <ahref="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-07.html">NARA</a>.Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (ChicagoCity.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census.Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls.Beat 4, Bolivar, Mississippi, ED , roll , page , image 960.
• Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. [database on-line]Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Indexed by Ancestry.com frommicrofilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1930United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT:Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and RecordsAdministration. 1930 Federal Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls.Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.Cleveland, Bolivar, Mississippi, ED 31, roll 1140, page 8B, image33.0.