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- Nellie Mae's first husband was Robert Lee Bryant, father of Myra, Thelma and Gertie. Information from a personal Interview in 1949. Nellie Mae's birth date was verified by actual records in Courthouse, Vermilion, IL; Marriage license Robert Lee - Nellie May Blakeney-Bryant also in Vermilion County, IL, Book 6-55 #23510. Records of parents, Harriet Elizabeth and Harvey Blakeney, Book 2, page 5. DEATH Vermilion County Clerk, 11. Certificate #9072.
OBITUARY. Mrs. Nellie May Carpenter, 74, of Chrisman, died at 4 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, 1963 in the Adkins Nursing Home at Charleston where she had been a patient one month. She had resided most of her life in Chrisman. Born July 7, 1889, in Westville, she was the daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth Galbreath Blakeney. She was married to LeRoy Carpenter who survives. Also surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Salts of Dana, IN, Mrs. Myra Sheldon of Bloomington, IL , Mrs. Luella Newlin of Fithian, Mrs. Gladys Sides of Congerville, IL, and Mrs. Thelma Bryant of Santa Monica, CA. Also two sons, Lyman of Beaumont, TX., and LeRoy of Siloam Springs, AR; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Vasser and Mrs. Edna Rice both of Westville; 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The body is at the Scott Funeral Home in Chrisman.
Nellie Mae also married on 25 Dec 1910 in Danville, Vermilion, IL, Robert Lee Bryant, son of Stevens Bryant and Margaret Ann White, who was born 8 Jul 1890 in Madison, KY. Robert Lee died on 11 Jan 1923 in Vermilion, IL and was buried on 13 Jan 1923 in Sandusky Cemetery, Westville, Vermilion Co., IL.
Nellie Mae Blakeney Carpenter Birth: Jul. 7, 1889 Vermilion County Illinois, USA Death: Nov. 4, 1963 Coles County Illinois, USA Nellie Mae Blakeney was born 7 JUL 1889 in Westville, IL, and died 4 NOV 1963 in Charleston, IL. She was the daughter of Harvey Blakeney and Harriett Elizabeth Galbreath. She married 1st Robert Lee Bryant, son of Stevens Bryant and Margaret Ann Wite. She married 2nd LeRoy Fremont Carpenter 2 MAY 1923 in Danville, Illinois, son of John McNair Carpenter and Phebe Ellen Griffing. He was born 24 OCT 1878 in Marshall, IL, and died 24 MAR 1964. Family links: Parents: Harvey Blakeney (1865 - 1939) Harriet Elizabeth Galbreath Blakeney (1865 - 1911) Spouses: LeRoy Fremont Carpenter (1878 - 1964) Robert Lee Bryant (1890 - 1923)* Children: Myra M. Sheldon (1911 - 1985)* Gertrude Louise Bryant Saults (1918 - 1984)* Lyman Wesley Carpenter (1924 - 1983)* Luella May Carpenter Rebel (1929 - 2011)* Gladys Loraine Carpenter Sides (1931 - 2008)* Siblings: Wilbur Blakeney (1884 - 1920)* Edna Ethel Blakeney Rice (1887 - 1974)* Nellie Mae Blakeney Carpenter (1889 - 1963) Bertha Olive Blakeney Vasser (1893 - 1977)* Myra McKinley Blakeney Brooks (1896 - 1924)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Woodland Cemetery Chrisman Edgar County Illinois, USA Maintained by: Dorothy Parke Originally Created by: Ron Yates Record added: Sep 18, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15791530
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