Tombstone Tuesday - Ludie McIver Messer

Ludie Emaline McIver

Born on October 5, 1905

Daughter of

Evander Wilder McIver and Lillie Tufford

Sister to

Donald, Robert Lee, Arabelle Philips, Minnie, Flora Jane, 

Matthew Ranson and Coy Howard

Wife of

Clifford Messer

Mother to

Donald Clifford, Patsy, Kenneth and Frederick

Died on March 15, 1989

Buried in Highland Cemetery

Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi

Ludie Emaline McIver Messer was my maternal grand aunt.  Her sister, Flora Jane McIver Bynum, was my grandmother.

Tombstone photograph was taken by FindAGrave member, Stephen Rogers.

Sunday's Obituary ~ Matthew Ranson McIver

South Mississippi Sun - 5/12/1976

Matthew Ranson McIver

Born on January 11, 1901

Son of

Evander Wilder McIver and Lillie Tufford.

Brother to

Donald John (half brother), Robert Lee, Arabelle Philips, Minnie,

Flora Jane, Ludie Emaline and Coy Howard

Died on May 10, 1976

Sibling Saturday - Ludie and Flora McIver

Ludie Emaline and Flora Jane McIver

Ludie and Flora were the daughters of Evander Wilder McIver and Lillie Tufford.  Flora was born in 1898 when the family was living in North Carolina.  Ludie was born in 1903 after the family had moved to Mississippi.

Ludie married Clifford Messer in the mid 1920s.  They made their home in Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi where they had the following children:

Donald Clifford, 1927-2011 (m. Annette Davis)
Patsy, 1929 (m. David Sanders)
Kenneth, 1933-2004 (m. Phyllis Phadelia)
Frederick C, 1941

Flora married John Buel Bynum in 1921 and had the following children:

Jessie Lois, 1922-2006 (m. Lloyd Livingston)
Johnnie Louise, 1922-2013 (m. 1. William Riley; 2. Edwin Luper)
Mildred Annette, 1926-2012 (m. Bruce Alfonso Edmonds)
James Wilder "Jimmie", 1928-2012 (m. Virginia Mikell)