Lena Mae Murry

  Noted events in her life were:

• Notes. Story told by Lena Mae's sister, Bessie Slayter - - Lena Mae was deaf, with little or no training in speech. People thought that since she was deaf, that she was also dumb. Someone took advantage of her affliction; she became pregnant and had a son.

• census, 1920, Grant Parish, LA. Name: Lena Mae Murry
Home in 1920: Police Jury Ward 4, Grant, Louisiana
Age: 19 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Geo W
Father's Birth Place: Louisiana
Mother's name: Minnie
Mother's Birth Place: Louisiana
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Image: 189

• census, 1930, Grant Parish, LA. Name: Lillie M Murry
Home in 1930: Police Jury Ward 4, Grant, Louisiana
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1911
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: G W
Mother's name: Minnie

• census, 1940, Ward 4, Grant Parish, LA. Name: Lena Mae Murray
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Louisiana
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Grant, Louisiana
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Inferred Residence in 1935: Sp, Grant, Louisiana
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Sheet Number: 7A
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 6th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No

• Obituary, Dec 1950. From: December 38, 1950 Winn Parish, LA
Funeral Services Held Sunday For Miss Lena Murry
Funeral services were held Sunday in Liberty Chapel for Miss Lena Mae Murry, 41, of Williana, who died Saturday at her residence here.
Rev. O. D. Walters, pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, officiated, with burial under direction of Hixson, Winnfield.
Survivors include three brothers, Clyde, Ollie, and Obie Murry, all of Dry Prong; four sisters, Mrs. T. E. Hyde, Mrs. F. M. Lowe, and Mrs. J. E. Slater, all of Dry Prong, and Mrs. H. S. Sanders of Forest Hill; and her father, George Murry of Route Two, Dry Prong.
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• Tombstone: Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Williana, Grant Parish , LA.

Lena married.