20th Aug 19201,2,3,4 - 3rd Oct 20112,4
Life History
20th Aug 1920 |
Born in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.1,2,3,4 |
26th Feb 1936 |
Married Lawrence A POWELL in Arkansas County, Arkansas.5 |
12th May 1944 |
Death of Lawrence A POWELL in Arkansas County, Arkansas.6 |
12th Sep 1946 |
Married W T CHAMPION in Saline County, Arkansas.3 |
12th Sep 1946 |
Married Julius Eugene PETTY in Saline County, Arkansas.3 |
21st Dec 1956 |
Death of Julius Eugene PETTY.2,2 |
before Feb 2005 |
Death of W T CHAMPION.2 |
3rd Oct 2011 |
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas.2,4 |
after 3rd Oct 2011 |
Buried in Lone Tree Cemetery, Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Arkansas.2 |
Notes
- 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, Stella Dau F W 9 AR AR IL
Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
Lawrence A Powell
Arkansas County
Spouse Stella Gossom
License Date 26 Feb 1936
Certificate #00264
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Stella Powell
Age 26, Birth Year abt 1920
Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name J E Petty
Spouse's Gender Male
Spouse's Age 35
Spouse's Residence England, Lonoke, Arkansas
Marriage 12 Sep 1946 Saline County
Marriage License Date 12 Sep 1946
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Stella Champion
Born 20 Aug 1920
Died 3 Oct 2011
SSN issued Arkansas (Before 1951)
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Stella Petty Gossom Champion
Birth Aug. 20, 1920
Death Oct. 3, 2011, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Stella Gossom Petty Champion was born in DeWitt, AR., 91 years ago, the daughter of E.L. and Lula Gossom.
Stella Gossom Petty Champion passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011, at Arkansas Home Care in Little Rock.
Adventurous, opinionated and well-traveled are a few words to describe Stella Champion. She loved the outdoors and hunting and trapshooting.
Champion, who was married to Hall of Fame inductee Julius Petty when he recognized that she could shoot pretty good and entered her in trapshooting competitions. In 1948 she had the highest score ever made by a woman in the Grand American Handicap event. In 1951 she topped 243 other men and women to win the handicap preliminary event of the Grand American Trapshoot. In December of 1949 she was featured in an article titled "Life Goes Hunting in Stuttgart, Arkansas" in LIFE magazine.
She owned and operated a beauty shop, but you might go in and she would be in New York seeing a Broadway show. She loved to travel.
After marriage to Dr. W.T. Champion, they would travel to "met the first snow" anywhere. But dancing was her all-time favorite and she did some competition ballroom dancing in the 1980s.
To relax, she loved to paint pictures of animals on rocks. Her granddaughter, Joy Lovett, always said she was a special, one-of-a-kind grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Julius Petty and Dr. W.T. Champion; a son, Larry Powell; two brothers; and one sister.
Survivors include a daughter, Lois Lovett of Little Rock; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Arrangments were by Turpin Funeral Home with a graveside service at Lone Tree Cemetery chapel.
Spouse Julius Eugene Petty (1911 - 1956)
Burial Lone Tree Cemetery, Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Created by Sandra Oct 15, 2011
-- Find A Grave Memorial #78479399, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78479399
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Sources
- 1. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 9 April, LaGrue Township, DeWitt Town, District 16, Page 11A, Hse #239, Fam #256
- 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 3. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 5. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939
- 6. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
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