Tombstone Tuesday - Bessie Lee Anna Bynum

Bessie Lee Anna Bynum McQueen

Born on November 22, 1908

Daughter of

James Benjamin Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall

Sister to

John Buel, Minnie Frances, Narvel Houston, Thomas Terrell,

Robert Earl, Bertha Rebecca, Annie Roberta, Nancy Arella,

Daniel Gordon, Howard Ben, Margaret Evelyn and Mary Lois Bynum

Wife of

Benton Carraway McQueen

Mother to

Eunice Nell, Benton Ellis, John Wayne and Gerald Richard McQueen

Died on January 28, 1981

Buried in Roseland Park Cemetery

Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi

Tombstone photograph taken by FindAGrave member, Stephen Rogers

Sunday's Obituary - Mary Ann Steele Bennett

Mexia Weekly Herald - 6/28/1940

Mary Ann Steele was born on February 4, 1854 to the marriage of Alfonso Parcutt Steele and Mary Ann "Polly" Powell.

Her siblings included:

Hampton
Alonzo Leo
Alvarado "Rado"
Francis Marion "Frank"
Leonard
Missouri Alice

Mary Ann married Townsend Bennett in 1868 and had the following children:

James
Eveleen Pearl
Frederick
Roy Lee
Harvey Steele

Mary Ann Steele Bennett died on June 21, 1940 and is buried alongside her husband in the Mexia City Cemetery in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas.

Photograph taken by FindAGrave member, James Coston

Mary Ann Steele Bennett was a sister to my great-great grandfather, Francis Marion "Frank" Steele.

Steele and Zuber Address Texas State Legislators

Shreveport Caucasian - 2/14/1909

Alfonso Steele was my 3-great grandfather through his son, Francis Marion "Frank"; grandson, Isham Alfonso "Al"; great granddaughter, Mary Allye Steele Edmonds; great-great grandson, Bruce Alfonso Edmonds.

Family Recipe Friday - Uncle Coy's Pancakes

Coy Howard McIver was the son of Evander Wilder McIver and Lillie Tufford.  He was a brother to my maternal grandmother, Flora Jane McIver Bynum.

Toby, Sandy and Coy McIver

Treasure Chest Thursday - Birthday Wishes

My mother's scrapbook from 1944

Birthday wishes and a box of candy for my mother from her best friend, Brookie.  They nicknamed each other "Wit" during their years at Pearl River College in Poplarville, Mississippi.