Bammer Hestelle Wright (1895 - 1974)

Born 27 Dec 1895 in Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Raymon Hyrum McMurtrey — married 15 Sep 1918 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Died 22 Jun 1974 at age 78 in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Bammer Hestelle "Bama" Wright,

daughter of Arthur Bailey Wright and Martha Perilee "Lee" Danley

Birth Date: 27 Dec 1895, per SS death index and cemetery headstone

Birth Place: Alabama, per census. (probably born in Lauderdale Co., AL)

Death: 22 Jun 1974, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, per death record

NAME:

1) Bamma Wright, on census in 1900, age 4

2) Bummer E Wright, on census in 1910

3) Bammer E Mcmurtrey, on census in 1920

4) Balma H Mcmurtrey, on census in 1930

5) Bama Hestelle McMurtrey, on death record <-----

6) Bammer E McMurtrey, on cemetery headstone <-----

7) Bammer, on her infant's headstone

8) Bammer E Wright, on her son Grayd's SS record

9) Bammer H Wright, on her son Arthur's SS record

10) Bammer H Wright, on her son Harlon's SS record

11) Bama Wright McMurtrey, in her daughter Evie's obituary

12) Possible first name Alabama, per undocumented source

13) Possible middle name Estelle or Estella, per undocumented source

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

1) Bama's death record names parents as "Arth Wright and Lee Danley"

2) Bama has childhood census with parents in 1900 & 1910

3) Named in brother Tommy's 2003 obit as preceded by "Bama McMurtrey"

DEATH:

Ancestry.com. Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974

Name: Bama Hestelle McMurtrey

Birth Date: abt 1896

Death Date: 22 Jun 1974

Death Place: Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama

Death Age: 78

Marital Status: Married

Gender: Female

Father Name: Arth Wright

Mother Name: Lee Danley

Spouse Name: Raymond Mcmurtrey

FHL Film Number: 2242115

SS DEATH:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Bama McMurtrey

SSN: 418-86-4540

Last Residence: 35645 Killen, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA

BORN: 27 Dec 1895

Died: Jun 1974

State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (1973)

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 34040784 (headstone pictured)

Inscription: Bammer E McMurtrey

Birth: Dec. 27, 1895

Death: Jun. 22, 1974

Burial: Henry Stutts Cemetery, Green Hill, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Created by: Scrappy

Record added: Feb 20, 2009

Notes:

The photo on find-a-grave is too small & blurry to read.

The inscribed name & dates are from the cemetery survey.

Survey: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~allauder/cem-henrystutts-2006.htm

MARRIAGE:

Ancestry.com. Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1942

Name: Raymon Mcmurtrey

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marriage Date: 15 Sep 1918

Marriage Place: Lauderdale County, Alabama

Spouse: B... Wright

FHL Film Number: 1029804

Reference ID: bk25 pg284

Notes:

Bammer and her brother Alonzo, married McMurtrey siblings Raymon & Sallie

CENSUS:

1900 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama

Arthur B Wright ... 34 ... AL,AL,AL ... Jan 1866, farmer, married 8yrs

Lee M P Wright .... 26 ... AL,AL,AL ... Jul 1873, 3 children, 3 living

Belma Wright ......... 7 ... AL,AL,AL ... Apr 1893

Bamma Wright ....... 4 ... AL,AL,AL ... Dec 1895 <--------

Alonzo Wright ........ 2 ... AL,AL,AL ... Feb 1898

1910 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, family#120

Arther B Wright ...... 44 ... AL,AL,US ... farmer, married 18yrs

Martha P Wright ..... 36 ... AL,NC,AL ... 8 children, 6 living

Bummer E Wright .. 14 ... AL,AL,AL <---------

Alonzo D Wright ..... 12 ... AL,AL,AL

Frankie M Wright ...... 5 ... AL,AL,AL

Eva J Wright ............... 2 ... AL,AL,AL

Waltor E Wright ........ 3 ... AL,AL,AL

1920 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama

Raymond J Mcmurtrey ... 30 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer

Barney E Mcmurtrey ...... 24 ... AL,AL,AL ... [it says Bammer]

Anter S Mcmurtrey ........ 4m ... AL,AL,AL

1930 census: Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama

Ramon H Mcmurtrey .... 30 ... AL,AL,AL ... farmer

Balma H Mcmurtrey ...... 34 ... AL,AL,AL ... married age age 23

A Spencer Mcmurtrey ... 10 ... AL,AL,AL

Harlond L Mcmurtrey ..... 6 ... AL,AL,AL

Grady Mcmurtrey ............ 3 ... AL,AL,AL

Eva L Mcmurtrey ........ 10m ... AL,AL,AL

1940 (cannot locate census)

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