Life History
25th Oct 1920 |
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8th Jan 1937 |
Married James Elvin HOOD in Cross County, Arkansas.5,6 |
before 1945 |
Divorced from James Elvin HOOD.6 |
18th May 1945 |
Married Thelmer DEMPSEY in Arkansas County, Arkansas.6,1 |
29th Nov 1993 |
Death of James Elvin HOOD in Tulare County, California.8 |
5th Oct 1999 |
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7th Oct 1999 |
Buried in Forrest Park Cemetery, Forrest City, st Francis County, Arkansas.1 |
Other facts
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Also Known As2: Clara Louise Hood.3,5,6 |
Notes
- Clara married her first husband in 1937.
Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
Volume 1, Certificate #08671
Clara L Bieber
Spouse James E Hood
License Date 8 Jan 1937
Cross County
There was a second marriage record for these same two, in 1941. Clara's name there is Clara Louise Hood. Did they just have a second ceremony? It is in the same county.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Clara Louise Hood
Age 20, Birth Year abt 1921
Residence Saint Francis, Arkansas
Spouse's Name James Elvin Hood
Spouse's Age 22
Spouse's Residence Colt, St Francis, Arkansas
Marriage Date 22 May 1941 Cross County
Marriage License Date 21 May 1941
1940 Federal Census, St Francis County, Arkansas, 9 April, L'Anguille, District 62-73A, page 3A, Jackson Rd, Hse #44, Owns $200
Hood, James Head F W 21 Married Grade 8 b Georgia Denton, Comanche Co OK in 1935 farmer [b abt 1819]
Hood, Clara Wife F W 20 Married Grade 7 b Arkansas, Mississippi Co, Arkansas in 1935 [b abt 1820]
Hood, Margaret Dau F W 2 Single Grade 0 b Arkansas [b abt 1938]
Hood, Bessie Dau F W 3mos Single Grade 0 b Arkansas [b abt Jan 1940]
In this census, her brother Claud is enumerated next door to them. Clara's parents Clarence and Bessie are living on the other side of Claud.
Clara married her second husband Thelmer Dempsey in 1945. I have not found a divorce record for her first husband James Elvin Hood. But he died in California in 1993, so they must have been divorced. She married her second husband in the St Francis County and died there in 1999.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Thelmer Dempsey
Gender Male
Age 24, Birth Year abt 1921
Spouse Clara Hood
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 24
Marriage Date 18 May 1945
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Clara L Dempsey
Birth Date 25 Oct 1920
Address 257 Sfc, Colt, AR, 72326
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DEMPSEY CLARA LOUISE MRS, BIEBER
Next to Thelmer Dempsey-Married May 18,1945
Clara Louise Dempsey, age 78, of Pine Tree, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1999, at her home. She was born Oct. 25, 1920, in Helena and was the daughter of A.C. Bieber and Bessie Harris Bieber. She was a resident of Pine Tree for most of her life where she was a housewife and a member of the Pine Tree Baptist Church.
She married Thelmer Dempsey in 1945, and he survives her along with a son, Wayne Dempsey of Pine Tree; two daughters, Margaret Garrett of Forrest City and Nita Kennedy of Colt; one brother, Leroy Bieber of Forrest City; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Barnes in 1987.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999, at 2 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Yates officiating with burial following at Forrest Park Cemetery in Forrest City under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
-- Arkansas GenWeb, St Francis County, http://www.argenweb.net/stfrancis/OBIT/D.htm?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Clara Dempsey
BORN 25 Oct 1920
Died 5 Oct 1999
Last Residence Colt, Saint Francis, Arkansas 72326
SSN 429-36-3790 issued Arkansas (Before 1951)
Sources
- 1. Obituaries from Arkansas
- 2. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 3. 1940 Federal Census, St Francis County, Arkansas
- 9 April, L'Anguille, District 62-73A, page 3A, Jackson Rd, Hse #44, Owns $200
- 4. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 5. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- Volume 1, Certificate #08671
- 6. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 7. Obituary of Thelmer Dempsey, Forrest City (Arkansas) Times-Herald, Friday, 14 July 2006
- 8. California, Death Index, 1940-1997