Individual Details
Mary Zera Zelea Rhudy
(1 Aug 1907 - 29 Mar 1961)
Services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon (Thur. March 30) at Union Baptist for Mrs. Zera Rhudy Owens, who died early Wednesday morning in the Methodist Hospital at Memphis following surgery last week. She had been ill for thwe past several weeks. The Rev. Lawrence Simmons of Hamilton, Ala.,will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Rupert Towry Ware, pastor. Burial will be in Boone's Chapel Cemetery with Barry Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Owens, wife of Charlie L. Owens, had lived most of her life in Chickasaw County. She was 54 and was a Baptist.
She leaves her husband , three sons, H. D. Owens, James Harold Owens, Charlers Edward Owens of Tupelo, two daughters, Mrs. RIchard Bryant, Miss Peggy Dean Owens of Okolona and West Point her father, James H. Rhudy of Nettleton;two brothers, Clifton Rhudy, Carles Rhudy of Nettleton; five sisters, Mrs. Essie Deaton of VanVleet, Mrs. Laura McCaskill of Plantersville, Mrs. Ethel Edwards, Mrs. Vera McCormick and Mrs. Jimmy Edwards, all of Nettleton, nine grandchildren.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, March 30, 1961, Page 9.
Mrs. Owens, wife of Charlie L. Owens, had lived most of her life in Chickasaw County. She was 54 and was a Baptist.
She leaves her husband , three sons, H. D. Owens, James Harold Owens, Charlers Edward Owens of Tupelo, two daughters, Mrs. RIchard Bryant, Miss Peggy Dean Owens of Okolona and West Point her father, James H. Rhudy of Nettleton;two brothers, Clifton Rhudy, Carles Rhudy of Nettleton; five sisters, Mrs. Essie Deaton of VanVleet, Mrs. Laura McCaskill of Plantersville, Mrs. Ethel Edwards, Mrs. Vera McCormick and Mrs. Jimmy Edwards, all of Nettleton, nine grandchildren.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, March 30, 1961, Page 9.
Events
| Birth | 1 Aug 1907 | Chickasaw County, Mississippi | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 9 May 1910 | (James Henry Rhudy and Mary Lee Porter) Calhoun County, Mississippi |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 29 Jan 1920 | (James Henry Rhudy and Mary Lee Porter) Verona, Lee County, Mississippi | | | |
| Death | 29 Mar 1961 | Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee | | | |
| Burial | 30 Mar 1961 | Boone's Chapel Cemetery, Chickasaw County, Mississippi | |
Families
| Spouse | Charlie Lee Owen Sr. (1905 - 1976) |
| Father | James Henry Rhudy (1872 - 1963) |
| Mother | Mary Lee Porter (1873 - 1952) |
| Sibling | George Carlos Rhudy (1894 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Essie May Rhudy (1896 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Clifton Thomas Rhudy (1898 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Roy M. Rhudy (1900 - ) |
| Sibling | Ethel Rhudy (1902 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Vera V. Rhudy (1910 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Laura L. Rhudy (1912 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Jimmie Leona Rhudy (1915 - 2000) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
James H Rhudy Husband M 36 Mississippi - Farmer, general farmMary L Rhudy Wife F 35 Mississippi
Geo C Rhudy Son M 15 Mississippi - Laborer, general farm
Essie Rhudy Daughter F 14 Mississippi
Clifton Rhudy Son M 12 Mississippi - Laborer, general farm
Ray M Rhudy Son M 10 Mississippi - Laborer, general farm
Ethel Rhudy Daughter F 7 Mississippi
Jera Rhudy Daughter F 4 Mississippi
Vera V Rhudy Daughter F 3/12 Mississippi
Mary Mortin mother-in-law F 65 Mississippi (divorced)
Census (family)-shared
James H Rhudy Husband M 47 Mississippi - Farmer, general farmMary L Rhudy Wife F 46 Mississippi - Farm laborer, home farm
Ethel Rhudy Daughter F 17 Mississippi - Farm laborer, home farm
Zera Rhudy Daughter F 12 Mississippi - Farm laborer, home farm
Vera Rhudy Daughter F 10 Mississippi - Farm laborer, home farm
Laura L Rhudy Daughter F 7 Mississippi
Jasmin Rhudy Daughter F 4 3/12 Mississippi
Death
Mary OwenSex Female
Age 53
Birth Year (Estimated) 1908
Race White
Father's Name James H Rhudy
Mother's Name Mary Lee Porter
Spouse's Name C L Owen
Spouse's Sex Male
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Mar 1961
Event Place Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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