hmtl5 Myrtle Minnie Brown b. 7 Mar 1897 Vermilion County, Illinois d. 7 Mar 1992 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee: Hedges Genealogy
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Myrtle Minnie Brown

Female 1897 - 1992  (95 years)

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  • Name Myrtle Minnie Brown 
    Born 7 Mar 1897  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Mar 1992  Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I941  Hedges
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2023 

    Father Hiram Brown,   b. 30 Jul 1862, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1915, Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Rosa "Blanche" Hedges,   b. 9 Oct 1867, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1953, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1891  Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hardy Benson Blaylock,   b. 12 Jan 1897, Montgomery County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1975, Grenada, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1922  Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Dorothy Marie Blaylock,   b. 5 Feb 1923, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 2014, Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. William Thompson Blaylock,   b. 5 Jun 1924, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 2004, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Louise Blaylock,   b. 24 Jan 1926, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 2004  (Age 78 years)
     4. Rev Ralph Hedges Blaylock,   b. 7 May 1927, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 2015  (Age 88 years)
     5. Mary Elizabeth Blaylock,   b. 30 Dec 1928, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 2006  (Age 77 years)
     6. Joyce Blaylock,   b. 15 Sep 1930, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 2021, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     7. Robert Arlington Blaylock,   b. 15 Jan 1934, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 2020, Saint Cloud, Benton County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Mar 1897 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Apr 1922 - Grenada County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Mar 1992 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Rosa and Hiram Brown family    		Rosa and Hiram Brown family
    Brown family    		Brown family

    Documents
    Moberly Monitor     		Moberly Monitor
    Moberly Monitor, Moberly, Missouri. 4 August 1965
    The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.pdf    		The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.pdf
    Lieut. William Hedges, 4th Company, 33rd Battalion, Maryland Militia In the American Revolution
    Compiled by Mary (Hedges) Reiner 1955

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: Myrtle taught school for five years in Mississippi before her marriage.

      Myrtle and Hardy are both members of the Christian Church.

      They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary 2 April 1970 in Grenada, Mississippi. All ten of their living children attended. Guests numbered 75.
      [1]
    • Memphis
      Myrtle Minnie Blaylock, 95, of Memphis died Saturday at her home. Services will be at noon Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Duck Hill, Miss. Mrs. Blaylock, the widow of Hardy B. Blaylock, leaves six daughters, Dorothy M. Counts, Joyce Maness and Pearl Rose Sparks, all of Memphis, Louise Counts of St. Charles, Mo., Mary Elliott of Hickory Flat, Miss., and Emeline Payne of Potts Camp, Miss.; four sons, Ruby B. Blaylock and William T. Blaylock, both of Grenada, Miss., Ralph H. Blaylock of Southaven and Robert A. Blaylock of Cahokia, Ill., 34 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
      The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee. Sunday, 8 March 1992.
      [4, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S6] Find a Grave.

    4. [S9] Obituary.

    5. [S87] Newspaper article.


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