Dezzie Demonie Bobbitt

Notes:

AKA Destamony

The digital image of her actual Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows her as the daughter of A.T. L. Bobbitt and Lucy Barnes of San Augustine. The informant was D. A. Bell. Her cause of death was listed as "shock caused by the death of her husband."

Name: Dezzie Bell
Death Date: 07 Feb 1940
Death Place: Sabine Co., Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 54 years 8 months 17 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 May 1885
Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Thomas Edward Bell
Father's Name: A. T. L. Bobbitt
Father's Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Texas
Mother's Name: Lucy Barnes
Mother's Birthplace: San Augustine Co., Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Brookland, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Brookland
Burial Date: 08 Feb 1940
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2118472
Digital Film Number: 4030458
Image Number: 570
Reference Number: Item 2 cn 10961
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


In her annotated transcription of Brookeland Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary instead has her year of birth as 1884.

Dezzie married Thomas Edward Bell about 1904. Thomas (son of John Henry Bell and Frances "Fannie" Benena Easley) was born on 8 May 1881 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 7 Feb 1940 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The digital image of his actual Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as the son of Edward Bell and Dezzie Bobbitt. The informant was his wife, Eunice Bell. His occupation was shown as flooring grader at a lumber mill, and his usual residence was 4 miles N. of Pineland on Fm Rd. 1.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

The digital image of his actual Texas Death Certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as the son of Thomas Edward Bell and Dezzie Bobbitt. He was shown as married, and a pipeliner for an oil pipeline. The informant was Mrs. Donald Greene, relationship not indicated.

Family/Spouse: Ora Fuller. Ora (daughter of Clyde Lewis Fuller and Fannie Gilchrist) was born on 29 Dec 1913; died on 4 Dec 1992; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]