Sixth Generation

270. Mary Ellen "Mahalia" ROBERTS was born on 30 June 1879 in Tennessee.^591,885 She died Cholelithiasis on 20 November 1917 at the age of 38 in Germantown, Shelby, TN.⁸⁸⁶ Cholelithiasis: a pigment stone, is formed from excess bilirubin, a waste product created by the breakdown of the red blood cells in the liver. The size and number of gallstones varies in cholelithiasis; the gallbladder can form many small stones or one large stone. She was buried in New Bethel Cemetery, Shelby Co, TN.⁵⁹¹

Mary Ellen "Mahalia" ROBERTS and Thornton REED were married on 8 May 1905 in Shelby Co, TN.^842,887,888 They^{^842,887,888} appeared in the census in 1910 in Memphis Ward 1, Shelby, TN.⁸⁴² Thornton REED, son of Eli REED and Malvina HOWARD, was born on 22 February 1880 in Shelby Co, TN.^842,889 He appeared in the census in 1920 at Civil Dist 3 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁹⁰ He died Natural causes on 11 June 1961 at the age of 81 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁸⁹

Mary Ellen "Mahalia" ROBERTS-489 and Thornton REED-320 had the following children:

+376	i.	Emma Louise REED was born on 19 March 1907 in Shelby Co, TN.^890,891 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁹⁰ She died Puerpural Septicemia on 14 June 1928 at the age of 21 in Germantown, Shelby, TN.⁸⁹¹
377	ii.	Edwin Preston Thornton REED was born on 4 July 1909 in Shelby Co, TN.^890,892,893 He died on 9 November 1966 at the age of 57 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁹⁴ He was buried after 9 November 1966 at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Germantown, Shelby, TN.⁸⁹⁴
378	iii.	Edward REED was born on 7 February 1910 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁹⁵
+379	iv.	Arthur Travis REED was born on 2 October 1911 in Shelby Co, TN.^890,896,897 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁹⁸ He served in the military Enlistment, US Army on 23 February 1942 in Fort Custer, MI.⁸⁹⁹ Arthur died on 26 April 1999 at the age of 87 in Lithonia, Dekalb, GA.⁹⁰⁰
380	v.	Ellen "Millie" REED was born on 28 April 1914 in Shelby Co, TN.^890,901 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Shelby Co, TN.⁸⁹⁸
+381	vi.	Myla Bell REED was born on 20 April 1915 in Shelby Co, TN.⁹⁰² She died on 31 May 2012 at the age of 97 in Memphis, Shelby, TN.⁹⁰³