Life History

Other facts

Notes

• There is no date on the index record for tNBora's marriage to Elvis Lee Dempsey.
  
  Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  Nora Criswell
  Age 17, Birth Year abt 1926
  Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Spouse's Name Elvis L Dempsey
  Spouse's Age 21
  Spouse's Residence Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Marriage 24 Dec 1943 Arkansas County
  Marriage License Date 24 Dec 1943
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Nora M Dempsey
  Birth Date 25 Feb 1926
  Dempsey Rd, Saint Charles, AR, 72140
  
  In the 1958 St Louis County Directory, Nora was reported as the widow of Elvis (spelled Alvis), but his grave says he did not die until 2012.  They apparetnly, then, were divorced, but she must have reported herself widowed or the directory personnel misunderstood her.  Perhaps also, the Missouri record is a conincidentally similar record for a different couple.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  St Louis, Missouri, County Directory, 1958, p 274
  Nora (wid Alvis L) Dempsey r 5346 Gladstone pl apt D, Normandy
  
  Their joint burial headstone had no death date for Nora, as of the photo of 13 May 2017, which may mean she was buried elsewhere.
  
  Gravestones of St Charles Cemetery
  Dempsey  Elvis Lee  Dec 4, 1922  Aug 13, 2012
  Nora Mae  Feb 25, 1926 --
  Marriied Dec 24, 1943
  St Charles Cemetery, St Charles, Arkansas
  Photo by Orville Boyd Jenkins 12 May 2017

Sources

• 1. Gravestones of St Charles Cemetery
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 3. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • St Louis, Missouri, County Directory, 1958, p 274
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry