Dooly County GaArchives Biographies.....Lessie Robertson February 24 1901 - February 10 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Olivia Terjesen terjesen@adelphia.net January 30, 2004, 6:02 pm Author: Olivia Terjesen Lessie Robertson (parents Rufus Erastus Robertson and Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) Harp) was born February 24, 1901 in Pinehurst, GA. She died February 10, 1973 in Hawkinsville, GA (Pulaski County). Lessie was the second child born to Rufus and Sarah Robertson. Lessie ran off and married Samuel Bowen in 1924 without her father's approval. Samuel and Lessie had three children. They moved to Miami, Florida; where, Samuel worked as a manager of an ice plant. He was killed at the ice plant when a roof collapsed after it had weakened during a hurricane in September 1928 in Miami, FL. Lessie and her children moved back to live with her parents till she was able to finish nursing school. She then moved to Hawkinsville, GA where she worked as a nurse. The 1930 Federal Census, taken on April 11th, shows Lessie Bowen (age 29) living with her three children, George Lewis Bowen (age 5), Sallie Melissa Bowen (age 3.5), and Emmie Odome Bowen (age 2.5) at her parent's farm in Pinehurst, GA. The census also showed that George was born in Georgia, Sallie and Emmie were born in Florida. Lessie remarried to Arthur Cross, who was the brother of Ernest Cross. Ernest Cross was married to Lessie's sister, Myrtice. She is buried at the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Pinehurst, GA. Lessie Robertson and Samuel Bowen had the following children: 1. Emmy Odone (Odie) Bowen was born February 28, 1928 in Miami, FL. 2. George Lewis Bowen was born April 12, 1925 in GA. 3. Sallie Melissa (Boots) Bowen was born January 9,1927 in Florida. She died April 23, 2001 in Vienna, Dooly County, GA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lessie married Arthur Lee Cross. Arthur Lee was born March 13, 1898 in GA. He died December 9, 1963 in Hawkinsville, GA. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb