Individual Details

Nellie Beatrice Brown

(28 Sep 1892 - 8 Jan 1973)



23 Apr 1912 M. V. Ford married Miss Nellie B. Brown were married by B. E. Williams, Minister.

1920 Census. Denison, Grayson Co, TX, Hh 437
Mack Ford, 38, b. TX, Farmer
Nell, wife, 27, b. TX
Elizabeth, dau, 6, b. TX
Elizabeth, mother, 79 widow, b. AR
Elwood, brother, 53, b. TX, Farmer

1930 Census. Prec 2, Grayson, TX, Hh 6
Malcomb Ford, 48, married at age 30, Farmer
Nellie B., wife, 37, married at 19
Elizabeth, dau, 16
Katherine, dau, 9
Elwood F., brother, 62, Contractor, Road Work

1940 Census. Grayson Co, TX, Hh 13
Pink Hill, same house in 1935
Elmer D. Reynolds, 30, Farm Operator
Elizabeth, wife, 26
M. V. Ford, father-in-law, 58, Operator, Maintainer, county road work
Nell Ford, mother-in-law, 47
Catherine, sister-in-law, 18

1950 Census. Grayson Co, TX, Hh 35
Elmer Reynold, 40, b. TX, Lineman
Elizabeth, wife, 36, b. TX
M. V. Ford, Lodger, 68, b. TX, Laborer, Service Station
Nellie B., wife, 57, b. TX, Cook, Restaurant

Texas Death Certificate #02581
Nellie Beatrice Ford died 8 Jan 1973 at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX of cancer. Her usual residence was Rt 1, Bells, Grayson Co, TX. She was born 28 Sep 1892 in Texas and was widowed. Her father was W. T. Brown; mother, Emma Hogan. Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds was the informant. Buried Pink Hill Cemetery, Bells, on Jan 9th.
FindAGrave has the marker at Antioch Baptist Cemetery, Bells.

The Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, TX, 8 Jan 1973, Monday, p. 6
Nellie B. Ford services to Be Held Tuesday
BELLS - Mrs. Nellie B. Ford, 90, a life-long resident of the Pink Hill community, died in a sherman hospital at 12:10 am, Monday, Jan. 8, 1973.
Funeral services will be held at the Mullican-Little Funeral Chapel at 2:30 pm Tuesday with the Rev. Keith Gant, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Pink Hill Cemetery,
Mrs. Ford was born Sep 28, 1892, in the Pink Hill community, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown. She married Malcolm Ford, apr 21, 1912. He preceded her in death in 1958.
A member fo the Antioch Baptist Church, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Reynolds and Mrs. Catherine Clark, both of Bells, Marvin Brown of sherman and Paul Brown of Denver, Colo. Three sisters, Miss Velma Brown and Mrs. Wayne Brown both of Bells and Mrs. Lillie Dillon whitewright and two grandchildren.

Events

Birth28 Sep 1892Grayson County, Texas
Marriage21 Apr 1912Grayson County, Texas - Malcolm Vincent Ford
Death8 Jan 1973Grayson County, Texas

Families

SpouseMalcolm Vincent Ford (1881 - 1958)
ChildKatherine Belle Ford (1920 - 1984)
FatherWilliam Thomas Brown (1864 - 1945)
MotherEmma Josephine Hogan (1876 - 1940)
SiblingCecil Earl Brown (1894 - 1975)
SiblingVernon J. Brown (1896 - )
SiblingIrrel Edward Brown (1898 - 1967)
SiblingOtha Roy Brown (1900 - 1964)
SiblingVelma Brown (1903 - )
SiblingJohn Marvin Brown (1905 - )
SiblingLillie Evelyn Brown (1906 - 1995)
SiblingWilliam Coy Brown (1910 - 1966)
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