Ollie Ruth Shorter 1 2 3
She was listed as age 5, on 1940 census taken on 20 Apr 1940, while living in Beat 4. Copiah County, Mississippi, USA. 3 In Dec 2004 she had a residence in Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 5
Ollie married Hill. |
1 Obituary - Jerlean Shorter-Hill (Prot Gibson,Reveille - November 29, 2007), Preceded in Death.
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Obtiuary - Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett (Delta Democrat-Times - December 11, 2004). GREENVILLE - Funeral services for Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett, 67, of Greenville will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem MB Church, Greenville. She died Dec. 5, 2004, at Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville. Burial will be in Delta Memorial Garden, Greenville, under the direction of Byas Funeral Home, Greenville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Brackett; her father, Henry Spiller Sr; a brother, Willie E. Spiller; and a devoted son, John F. Brackett.
She leaves to cherish her memory and celebrate her life: three daughters, Ruth (the Rev. Lewis) Thomas, Sandra (Zachary) Scott and Tammie Brackett all of Greenville; eight sons, Willie Brackett Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., and Henry (Betty) Brackett, J.B. (Arlease) Brackett, Willie Brackett, Ernest Brackett, Larry (Doretha) Brackett, Marshall Brackett and Markeist Brackett, all of Greenville; three godsons, John (Angela) Alexander, Anton Pennington and David Alexander all of Greenville; her loving mother, Mary L. Spiller of Greenville; one sister, Virginia Wheeler of Greenville; two brothers, Henry (Ruth) Spiller of Greenville and James (Bobbie) Spiller of Grand Prairie, Texas; seven aunts, Marie Shorter and Bessie People, both of Greenville, and Jerlean Hill, Martha Crystain, Louella Johnson, Ollie Ruth Hill and Dorothy Jenkins, all of Hermanville; three uncles, Jessie (Alice) Bruce and Gill (Bertha) Shorter of Greenville, and Matthew (Candice) Shorter of Hermanville; 27 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; five grandchildren she raised, Beatrice Butler, James Brackett, Sharnell Hardison, Ernest Brackett and Bryan Hardison; three sisters-in-law, Nora Spiller of Greenville, Lilly Brown of Waukegan, Ill., and Louella Brackett of Tuscaloosa, Ala; one brother-in-law, Earnest Brackett of Greenville; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Visitation will be Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Byas Funeral Home chapel, Greenville. Pastor Robert E. Young will officiate.
3 (20 April 1940 - Beat 4, Copiah County, Mississippi).
4 Obituary - Martha Shorter Crystain (Port Gibson Reveille - January 26, 2006).
5 Obtiuary - Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett (Delta Democrat-Times - December 11, 2004).
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Another name for Ollie was Ollie Shorter.