Individual Details

Jessie Brown

(December 27, 1882 - June 15, 1979)

1910 Tax Rolls, Nacogdoches Co., TX. Owner George Greer Estate, Value, Abstract # 20, Original Grantee-Jose Cordova, Acres rendered-50.

1910 Census Nacogdoches Co., TX, Pct. 1. Household 72-75, Head of household, Mrs. George Greer, age 27, widow, mother of 2 children with living, born TX, father born TX, mother born GA; Harvell, son, age 4, bornTX; Alice, dau., age 2, born TX; Mrs. M.A> Brown, mother, age 68, widow, mother of 8 children with 8 living, born TX, father born TN, mother born NC.

"Funeral for Mrs. Jessie Brown Greer, 97 of Nacogdoches Convolescent Center will be held 2 pm Sunday in the Cason Monk and Co. Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She died Friday. Officiating will be Elder W.V. Stanaland of the Primitive Baptist Church of Appleby and the Rev. Dr. Neil Cannon, a retired minister. Mrs Greer was born in Martinsville on Dec 27, 1882. She was the widow of George Greer and a retired homemaker. She was the daughter of John Brown and the former Mattie Walker. Mrs. Greer was a lifelong resident of Nacogdoches County. She was a member of the Baptist church. Survivors include a nephew, G.L. Brown of Fort Worth and five nieces, Mrs. McNeil Grimes, Sr., and Mrs. Vera Brown both of Nacogdoches; T.C. Polk of Elkhart, Mrs. Henry Groll of Mooringsport, LA, and Mrs Hertha Smith of San Diego, Calif. Pallbearers will be Wilton Boyett, Bryant Faulkner, McNeil Grimes, Sr., Stan Sisco, and Jerry Polk. Cason Monk and Co. Funeral Home is directing." ("The Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches, TX, Sat., June 16, 1979, Obituaries 8A.)

"After Jessie's husband, George E. Greer, died of TB she lived with Nat Sisco for awhile and then moved to Newton, Newton Co., TX, where she had a small farm and lived there for many years. She moved back to Nacogdoches in 1970 at age 87." (Information courtesy of Betty Zoe Sisco White, Nacogdoches, TX, Dec 1994, as per Jan Greer.).

Events

BirthDecember 27, 1882Martinsville, Nacogdoches County, Texas
MarriageAugust 31, 1904Nacogdoches County, Texas - George E. Greer
DeathJune 15, 1979Nacogdoches County, Texas
BurialJune 17, 1979Fairview Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas

Families

SpouseGeorge E. Greer (1878 - 1909)
ChildHarwell John Greer (1905 - 1968)
ChildAlice Greer (1907 - )
FatherJohn Oslin Brown ( - )
MotherMartha Ann "Mattie" Martin ( - )