

| Holy Bible containing both the old and new Testaments, King James Version, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978. Certificate of Marriage Certificate of Marriage, this Certifies That Veletia G. Mairel and James H. Morris were united in Holy Matrimony on the 4th day of June, 1953 in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and 53 at home, 1215 Washington St., Little Rock, Ark. by Bro. Jones, Witness: Juanita Webb Witness: Robert morris Husband's Genealogy James Hugh Morris, Birth: Little Rock, AR Baptism:Antioch Baptist by Ben M. Bogard 1938 Church Membership: Antioch Baptist Military Service: Navy Jan 1943-Jan 1946 , N.G. Army 1947-1975 Rank: S7C-7 Father: Hugh Morris Mother: Lillian B. Jones Morris Paternal Grandfather: George Washington Morris Maternal Grandfather: Robert E. Lee Jones. Wife's Genealogy Veletia Genice Mairel Morris Born: Opolo, Ark. 8-29-1925 Baptism: Unity Baptist by Paul Goodwin Church Membership: Unity Baptist Father: Edgar Mairel Mother Bessie Ana Laura Forrester, May 30, 1900 at Boston Mts. Maternal Grandfather: Mark M. Forrester, b. 11-26-1866, d. 5-3-1903 Maternal Grandmother: Leatha Modonna Passmore b. 11-17-1866 d. 12-30-1957. Obituary Inserted in the Bible Arkansas Gazette Sunday Jan. 15, 1978, page 16A Atkins Edgar Mairel, aged 81, of Atkins died January 8. He was a disabled veteran of World War I and a retired farmer. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Anna Sorrells Mairel; a daughter, Mrs. Veletia Genice Morris of Little Rock; three stepsons, William L. and Billy Harold Sorrells and Willard Spurgeon, all of Atkins; two step-daughters, Mrs. Vivian Godwin and Mrs. Mildred Marshall, both of Atkins, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Funeral was Wednesday by Lemley Funeral Service here. This Bible is now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library. |