May/Brewer Family Bible 1865 – Panola Co., MS Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dana Kennedy kimjamy22@earthlink.net Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** This bible belonged to my beloved grandmother who was always trying to get us “youngins” to sit still long enough to hear her tell stories of her childhood growing up in Water Valley, MS. I wish I had been smart enough then to listen when I had the chance. I’m contributing this in memory of her, Bertha Van Simmons Bryant Fussell Parsons b. 1909 d. 1992. I’ve copied all entries as written and also included some notes written on the backs of some blank bible pages. Also, everything is copied from the bible exactly how it is spelled there. Notes I’ve included are marked by an *. *********************************************************************** Surnames: May/Brewer/Simmons/Williams/Shields/Bryant/Fussell/Parsons Includes marriage, birth and death dates for family members. Family Register Harden Cooper May and Lucy Laverne Brewer were united in Holy Matrimony on the 18th day of January in the year of our Lord 1886 at the home of the Bride: Mother: Mrs. Frances Adeline Brewer Panola County, Miss. Births Hardin Cooper May 12 Jan 1865 Lucy Laverne May 8 April 1870 Phyllis Ethel May 10 Feb 1893 Jettie Gurtrude May 13 Mar 1896 Hester Berlen May 15 June 1901 Dovie Idell May 15 Feb 1904 Birdie Estell May 15 Feb 1904 Bertha Van Simmons 18Jul 1909 *d/o Phyllis May Simmons Herbert Creath Simmons 16 Apr 1912 *s/o Phyllis May Simmons Elbert Cooper Simmons 11 Feb 1913 * s/oPhyllis May Simmons Robert Roscoe Williams 8 Aug 1896 *2nd h/o Phyllis May Birdie Lavon Shields Williams 6 Jan 1932 *d/o Birdie E. May, who is listed under deaths as Birdie E. Shields, adopted by Phyllis May and her 2nd husband. Marriages Phyllis E. May to Bert Simmons 17 Sept 1908 Phyllis E. May Simmons to Robert R. Williams 27 Jun 1920 Deaths Lucy L. May 13 May 1932 Hardin C. May 12 Jan 1948 Elbert C. Simmons 18 Dec 1915 Birdie E. Shields 11 May 1934 *Birdie Estell May Bobby M. Bryant 15 Nov 1959 *s/o Bertha Simmons Bryant P. Ethel Williams 26 Oct. 1963 *buried in Ft. Walton Beach, Fl. Robert R. Williams 6 Sept 1971 *buried beside Phyllis Ethel Clyde D. Parsons 11 Nov 1982 *3rd h/o Bertha Simmons Stanley Seth Lester Fussell 30 Jun 1986 *2nd h/o Bertha Simmons Bibian Simmons 21 Nov 1989 *w/o Herbert C. Simmons Bertha Parsons 14 Jun 1992 *buried beside her Phyllis Ethel Notes made by my grandmother, Bertha Van Simmons, on the back of blank bible page: “on my grandmother’s side Lucy, Martha, Joe and Fea Brewer. On my grandfather’s side Hardin, Ben, West, and Emm, Sue and Laverne May.”