Life History
3rd Oct 1918 |
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23rd Dec 1933 |
Married Lester Lee DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.19,2 |
30th Sep 1934 |
Birth of daughter Louie Mae DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.3,8 |
1st Jul 1936 |
Birth of son Walter Lee DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.9 |
24th Sep 1938 |
Birth of son John DeWayne DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.2 |
1st Nov 1938 |
Death of son John DeWayne DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.2 |
5th Apr 1940 |
Birth of daughter Delores DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.3,9,10 |
19th Jun 1942 |
Birth of daughter Beulah Ann DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.11,12 |
about 1944 |
Birth of daughter Billie Ruth DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas |
28th Dec 1946 |
Birth of daughter Katie Lu DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.12,1,6,2 |
4th Jan 1949 |
Birth of son Lester Ray DUMOND in Arkansas County, Arkansas.9,13,12 |
1st May 1950 |
Birth of son David Richard DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.14,15,16,2 |
7th Jul 1989 |
Death of son David Richard DUMOND in Traskwood, Grant, Arkansas.14,15,2,2 |
after 1998 |
Married Lemuel RAWLS in Arkansas County, Arkansas |
11th Nov 1998 |
Death of Lester Lee DUMOND in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.17,18,2,2 |
26th Sep 2003 |
Death of daughter Louie Mae DUMOND in St Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas.2,6,8 |
before Feb 2005 |
Death of Lemuel RAWLS in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas.2 |
7th Feb 2005 |
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after 7th Feb 2005 |
Buried in DeWitt Cemetery, DeWitt, Arkansas County, Arkansas.2 |
Notes
- Billie S Gossom
Birth 3 October 1918 [grave says 2 Oct 1918]
Death 7 February 2005 in Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Parents:
Elijah Lewis Gossom b 1885
Lula 1893-1980
Spouse Lester Lee Dumond 1915-1998
Children:
Buelah [Beulah] Ann Dumond
David Richard Dumond
John DeWayne Dumond
Louie Mae Dumond
Katie Lou Dumond b 1946
-- Byers, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8967591/person/1381079314?ssrc=&ftm=1
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 February, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 6, page 14B, South Union St, Hse #288, Fam #301
Gossam, Louis E Head Owns M W 35 AR ME AR Carpenter [b abt 1885]
Gossam, Lula M Wife F W 26 IL IL IL [b abt 1894]
Gossam, Billie S Dau F W 1 AR AR IL [b abt 1919]
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 9 April, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 16, Page 11A, Hse #239, Fam #256
Gossom, Louie Head Owns M W 45 First married as age 27 AR ME KY Millwright, Saw Mill
Gossom, Lula Wife F W 26 First married at age 17 IL IL IL
Gossom, Billy Dau F W 11 AR AR IL
Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
Volume #0001, Certificate 00068
Lester Dumond
Spouse Billie Gossom
License 23 Dec 1933 Arkansas County
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 26 April, LaGrue Township, District 1-17, page 16A, Vitteton Rd to Sunny Side Rd, Hse #294, Rents $8
Dumond, Lester Head M W 26 Grade 8 b Ark same place in 1935 Farm Laborer
Dumond, Billie Gossom Wife F W 23 Grade H-2 b Ark same place in 1935
Dumond, Louie Mae Dau F W 5 Single b Ark same place in 1935
Dumond, Walter Lee Son M W 3 b Ark
Dumond, Delores Dau F W 0months Single b Ark
"I'm working on the Gossom, Dumond,Griffith family history. Delores Dumond Padgett, my friend, is tracing her mother's family! She was Billie Shaw Gossom she married Lester Dumond. Her parents were Elijah Louis Gossom and Lula Griffith."
-- "sncanaw," Ancestry Messaging to orville Body Jenkins, 8 March 2017
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Billie Shaw Gossom DuMond Rawls
Birth Oct 3, 1918 Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas
Death Feb 7, 2005 Arkansas
[The grave photo by Jerry Grisham included with this memorial says the birth date was 2 Oct 1918.]
Daughter of Elijah Lewis Gossom and his wife, Lula May Griffith. Billie worked as a tugboat cook and was a member of the Belleview Baptist Church in Ethel.
Billie was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Lester Lee DuMond and Lemuel Rawls; sons John DeWayne and David Richard Dumond; daughter Louie May Dumond Ryan Burnett; her brother, Edward Gossom; and 3 grandchildren, Leo J. Padgett Jr., Gregory A. Padgett, and Marcus Ryan.
Survivors include her children, Walter L. DuMond of Ethel, Delores (Leo) Padgett of Ethel, Ann (Daniel) Robinson of Lagarto, Texas, Ruth (Charles) Cunningham of St. Charles, Kay (David) Steiner of Escatawpa, Mississippi, and Lester R. (Mary Ann) DuMond of Reydel; her sister, Stella Champion of Stuttgart; her brother Walter Gossom of Pine Bluff; 19 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
Burial De Witt Cemetery, De Witt, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by Richard S. Clark Dec 19, 2010
-- Find A Grave Memorial #63081834, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63081834
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Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- Byers, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8967591/person/1381079314?ssrc=&ftm=1
- 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 3. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 26 April, LaGrue Township, District 1-17, page 16A, Vitteton Rd to Sunny Side Rd, Hse #294, Rents $8
- 4. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 9 April, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 16, Page 11A, Hse #239, Fam #256
- 5. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 February, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 6, page 14B, South Union St, Hse #288, Fam #301
- 6. Obituary of Katie Lu Dumond Stenier, The Mississippi Press, 25 February 2007
- 7. Ancestry Messaging
- 8. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- 9. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
- 10. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
- 11. Obituaries from Texas
- 12. Social Security Death Index
- 13. Obituary of Lester Ray DuMond, Stuttgart Daily Leader, 27 February 2012
- 14. Ancestry Trees
- Du Mond Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12953529/person/-151115545?ssrc=&ftm=1
- 15. Gravestone of David Richard and Jerri A Dumond, Traskwood Cemetery, Traskwood, Saline, Arkansas
- 16. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 17. Social Security Death Index
- Lester L Dumond
- 18. Obituary of Lester Lee Dumond, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , 13 Nov 1998
- Name: Name: http://victorian.fortunecity.com/canterbury/478/obitdo.htm;;
- 19. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Volume #0001, Certificate 00068