Luella Pickett
Abt 1905 -
Generation: 1
1. Luella Pickett was born about 1905 in Missouri. Notes:
MRH gives her name as Luella Cody.
LKH note:
Social Security application of Joan, the daughter of James and Luella gives Luella's maiden name as Pickett.
LKH note:
just a possible clue.
Unconfirmed if this is the same Luella who was married to James S. Hedges.
The Luella in this listing for marriage licenses is the right age and from the right location.
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Marriage Licenses
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Black-Hedges - In Reno, George H. Black, 73, of Redding, and Luella Hedges, 70, of Hermiston, Ore.
Record Searchlight, Redding, California. Tuesday, 16 March 1976.
LKH note:
following the previous clues points to this being the correct obituary
Luella Black
Services for Luella Black, 77, of Keswick will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lawncrest Chapel in Redding.
The Rev. T.W. Hendrix of the Christian Church in Redding will officiate. Burial will be at Lawncrest Memorial Park in Redding. Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. today.
Mrs. Black died Friday at memorial Hospital in Redding.
Born April 14, 1905, in Joplin, Mo., Mrs. Black moved to Shasta County in 1954 from Chico. She was a homemaker and a member of the Christian Church in Redding.
She is survived by husband George; daughter Joan Hall of Othello, Wash.; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Redding Christian Church Building Fund.
Record Searchlight, Redding, California. Monday 25 October 1982.
Luella married James Sanford Hedges on 21 Mar 1931. James (son of Isaac Sylvester Hedges and Medora Ethel "Dora" Dubree) was born on 24 Jun 1905 in Colorado; died on 23 Oct 1973 in Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Lane Memorial Gardens, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Joan Hedges was born on 20 Feb 1935 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York; died on 21 Apr 2004 in Adams County, Washington.