Sara Louise Whatley
(1918-2004)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Lee Turner
2. Lt. Col. Leroy Colter Pierson

Sara Louise Whatley 2 3

  • Born: 17 Nov 1918, , , TX 4 5
  • Marriage (1): William Lee Turner
  • Marriage (2): Lt. Col. Leroy Colter Pierson on 27 Aug 1974 in Virginia City, Storey, NV 1
  • Died: 6 Dec 2004, Lakeside, San Diego, CA at age 86 3 4
  • Buried: El Cajon: Singing Hills Memorial Park, San Diego, CA 3

   Another name for Sara was Sally Watley.

   FamilySearch ID: LX92-M87.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Roswell, Chaves, NM. 6 The 1920 census recorded Thomas C. Whately, 65, born in Alabama, living with wife Sarah, 52, son J. Vernon Whatley, 23; son William H. Whatley, 25, and his wife Bess, 23; and William's children Sarah L., 2, and Billie Whately, 0, born in New Mexico. Everyone else was born in Texas.

2. Census in 1930 in Roswell, Chaves, NM. 5 The 1930 census recorded at 513 E. 2nd Street: William H. Whatley, produce shop proprietor, 35, living with wife Bess, 33; daughter Sarah L., 12. All were born in Texas. Their youngest daughter Billie, 10, was born in New Mexico. Also living with them was a lodger, Fanny Francis, 19.

3. Residence: 8475 Sunset Ave, Fair Oaks, CA in Dec 1996 in Fair Oaks, Sacramento, CA. 2


Sara married William Lee Turner. (William Lee Turner was born on 19 Mar 1918 in , , MO,7 died on 11 Sep 1971 in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 7 and was buried in Fair Oaks: Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA 7.)


Sara next married Lt. Col. Leroy Colter Pierson on 27 Aug 1974 in Virginia City, Storey, NV.1 (Lt. Col. Leroy Colter Pierson was born on 28 Feb 1913 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH,8 died on 2 Sep 1999 in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 8 and was buried on 16 Sep 1999 in Santa Nella: San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Merced, CA 8.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005 (Clark County, Nevada Marriage Bureau. Clark County, Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-1966. Las Vegas, Nevada: Clark County, Nevada Marriage Bureau.), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVBC-434 L Colter Purson and Sara W Turner, 27 Aug 1974; from "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005," index, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Virginia City, , Nevada, United States.

2 Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), 5 Sep 1999, obituary of Leroy Colter Pierson.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17007065.

4 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JP93-F6L null, 06 Dec 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

5 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH1Y-PHB William H Whatley, Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0006, sheet 6B, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1393.

6 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4VL-1YN Thomas C Whatley, Roswell Ward 1, Chaves, New Mexico, United States; citing sheet 7A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821074.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114059940.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1081061.


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