Third Generation


44. Mary Ellen "Mahalia" ROBERTS was born on 30 June 1879 in Tennessee.106,312 She died Cholelithiasis on 20 November 1917 at the age of 38 in Germantown, Shelby, TN.313 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.106

Mary Ellen "Mahalia" ROBERTS and Thornton REED were married on 8 May 1905 in Shelby Co, TN.269,314,315 They269,314,315 appeared in the census in 1910 in Memphis Ward 1, Shelby, TN.269 Thornton REED, son of Eli REED and Malvina HOWARD, was born on 22 February 1880 in Shelby Co, TN.269,316 He appeared in the census in 1920 at Civil Dist 3 in Shelby Co, TN.317 He died Natural causes on 11 June 1961 at the age of 81 in Shelby Co, TN.316

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

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Emma Louise REED was born on 19 March 1907 in Shelby Co, TN.317,318 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Shelby Co, TN.317 She died Puerpural Septicemia on 14 June 1928 at the age of 21 in Germantown, Shelby, TN.318

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Edwin Preston Thornton REED was born on 4 July 1909 in Shelby Co, TN.317,319,320 He died on 9 November 1966 at the age of 57 in Shelby Co, TN.321 He was buried after 9 November 1966 at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Germantown, Shelby, TN.321

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Edward REED was born on 7 February 1910 in Shelby Co, TN.322

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Arthur Travis REED was born on 2 October 1911 in Shelby Co, TN.317,323,324 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Shelby Co, TN.325 He served in the military Enlistment, US Army on 23 February 1942 in Fort Custer, MI.326 Arthur died on 26 April 1999 at the age of 87 in Lithonia, Dekalb, GA.327

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Ellen "Millie" REED was born on 28 April 1914 in Shelby Co, TN.317,328 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Shelby Co, TN.325

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Myla Bell REED was born on 20 April 1915 in Shelby Co, TN.329 She died on 31 May 2012 at the age of 97 in Memphis, Shelby, TN.330