Individual Details
Benjamin Lewis Southall
(9 Feb 1907 - 12 Nov 1954)
Benjamin Lewis Southall
The Oklahoman, Sunday, Nov 14, 1954:
Services for Benjamin J. (L.) Southall, of 1313 N. May, will be at 1 pm Monday in the Watts Funeral Chapel, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He died after a short illness in Mercy Hospital on Friday. Southall was a mechanic and operated a brake shop near his home at NW 23 and May. Born in Altus, he has been a city resident since 1948.
---------------
1910 federal census, Altus, Jackson Co, OK:
William P Southall 37 TN, Mary E Southall 29 OK, Etta E Southall 5 OK, Benjamin L (Lewis) Southall 3 OK, Luna A Southall 1 OK
Parents:
William Palmer Southall 1869–1925
Mary Eugenia Gibson Southall 1881–1957
The Oklahoman, Sunday, Nov 14, 1954:
Services for Benjamin J. (L.) Southall, of 1313 N. May, will be at 1 pm Monday in the Watts Funeral Chapel, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He died after a short illness in Mercy Hospital on Friday. Southall was a mechanic and operated a brake shop near his home at NW 23 and May. Born in Altus, he has been a city resident since 1948.
---------------
1910 federal census, Altus, Jackson Co, OK:
William P Southall 37 TN, Mary E Southall 29 OK, Etta E Southall 5 OK, Benjamin L (Lewis) Southall 3 OK, Luna A Southall 1 OK
Parents:
William Palmer Southall 1869–1925
Mary Eugenia Gibson Southall 1881–1957
Events
| Birth | 9 Feb 1907 | Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma | |||
| Census (family) | 9 Apr 1930 | Baucum, Jackson County, Oklahoma - Essie Lee Couch |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 9 Apr 1940 | Baucum, Jackson County, Oklahoma - Essie Lee Couch | | | |
| Death | 12 Nov 1954 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma | |||
| Burial | Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma |
Families
| Spouse | Essie Lee Couch (1907 - 1997) |
| Child | Betty Louise Southall (1929 - 2014) |
| Child | Patsy Ann Southall (1934 - 2010) |
Notes
Census (family)
B L Southall Head Male 23 Oklahoma - Meat cutter, butcher shopEssie Lee Southall Wife Female 22 Texas
Bettie Louise Southall Daughter Female 1 Oklahoma
Floyd Maynard Roomer Male 28 Oklahoma - Mixer, mortar
Josie Maynard Roomer Female 26 Oklahoma - Cook, cafe
Clifford Maynard Roomer Male 6 Oklahoma
Census (family)
Benjaman L Southall Head Male 33 Oklahoma - Laborer, farmEssie Lee Southall Wife Female 32 Texas
Betty Southall Daughter Female 11 Oklahoma
Patsy Ann Southall Daughter Female 6 Oklahoma
Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKK3-ZHMS.
2. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBVC-4Z9.