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Northwest Arkansas Times, 2 Jun 1951
"Miss Delzell to Be Bride of Cpl. Wasson"
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Delzell announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Bobbie Jean, to Cpl. Marion K. Wasson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wasson. the wedding will be an event of fall.
The bride-elect attended Fayetteville High School and graduated from Clarksville High School. She now attends the University where she is a member of Delta Delta Delta soroity and Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education sorority.
corporal Wasson is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa. He is now stationed at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyette, Wyo.
1 Sep 1951
"Mrs. Ferguson and Miss Lane Give Tea"
Mrs. Oliver Ferguson and Miss Nancy Lane entertained Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Edwin O'Kelly with a tea honoring Miss Bobbie Jean Delzell, bride-elect of Marion K. Wasson, Mrs. Ernest Stanberry, and Mrs. Dwight Dodson.
Receiving with the honorees and the hostessses were Mrs. Herman Tuck and Mrs. F. D. Delzell. Mrs. Olive Lane and Miss Pat Smith assisted.
On 17 Sep 1951
"Miss Delzell Honored at Afternoon Teas"
[teas were at the homes of Miss Elizabeth Morris and Miss Pat Smith]
...about 40 friends and sorority sisters were present.
24 Sep 1951 [Monday]
"Miss Bobbie Jean Delzell Weds Marion K. Wasson"
[The wedding was at 3 pm on Sunday afternoon. Sister Betty Ann was a junior bridesmaid. Among the out of town guests - Mrs. Lester Delzell and L. C. Delzell attended from Miami, OK - that would be Aunt Edna and her son.]

16 Aug 1952
Mrs. Marion Wasson Jr. of Cheyenne, Wyo. is here for the wedding of Miss Pat Smith and is visiting with the Marion Wasson Srs and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Delzell. She plans to return Monday to Cheyeen, where her husband is stationed at the Francis Warren Air Force Base.

The Wassons may have lost a child. Fred Delzell's obituary says he has five granchildren, but they were not named. When Mabel Delzell died in 2000, her four grandchildren were named, only one of which was a Wasson. I believe that Bobbie's sister Betty had only three children.

(Fayetteville, AR)
Date of Publication: 30 Dec 2022
Bobbie Jean Delzell Wasson, age 92, of Fayetteville, AR, passed from this life Monday, December 19, 2022, after a brief
illness. She was born April 17, 1930, in Rudy, AR, to the late Fred Eugene Delzell and Mabel Long Delzell. Bobbie was a
graduate of the University of Arkansas where she was a member of the Tri Delta sorority. She was a past State President of Arkansas P.E.O. and served on the International Board of P.E.O. Educational Loan Fund. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and was married to Marion Wasson for seventy-one years. Anyone who knew Bobbie Jean Wasson, would be hard pressed to find words to describe the positive influence and love she shared. Whether one met her through the twenty years she ran the certified Red Cross learn to swim program in Siloam Springs, the Girl Scouts, the Cub
Scouts, as an MYF counselor, both a state and international PEO officer, an aunt, a mother, a wife, a teacher, a
traveler, or a friend, Bobbie Jean Wasson touched lives and her touch will be forever remembered. Those close to her
will miss her, but we know she will greet us with her beautiful smile and open arms when we join her in the place of
peace and love which our Creator has promised to us all. Survivors are her husband, Marion Wasson, a daughter, Debbie Wasson, a son, David Wasson, a sister, Betty Solis and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2023, in the Performance Hall at Butterfield Trail Village, 1923 East Joyce Street, Fayetteville, AR, 72703. Memorials may be made to the P.E. O. Educational Loan Fund, 3700 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA,
50312.

Birth	17 Apr 1930	Rudy, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	23 Sep 1951	Washington County, Arkansas - Marion Wasson
Death	19 Dec 2022	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse	Marion Wasson ( - )
Child	Living

Father	Fred E. Delzell (1901 - 1982)
Mother	Mabel J. Long (1902 - 2000)
Sibling	Betty Ann Delzell (1938 - )