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| Redus L Shorter
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Redus L Shorter 1
He was listed as age 10 months (Aug 1919), on 15-16 Jun 1920, while living in Brandywine, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 4 Born: Feb 1919, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 4 Redus had 13 children with wife Charolette and 13 outside children. 5
Redus married Charolete Butler. |
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Obituary - Helen Frances Shorter (The Vicksburg Post - 18 June 2011 / Death in Chicago), Preceded daughter Helen Frances Shorter in death. Helen Frances Shorter died Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Baptist Hospital in Southaven. She was 56.
Ms. Shorter was a retired school teacher and a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her father, Redus L. Earl Shorter Sr; four sisters, Dorothy M. Lofton, Martha A. Shorter, Mary Louise Shorter and Charlotte Mecene; and one grandchild, Shakira Shorter.
Survivors include her mother, Charlotte Butler of Port Gibson; two sons, Orlandus Shorter and Dehaven Shorter, both of Chicago; five brothers, Redus L. Shorter Jr. of Hill Side, N.J., Richard Shorter of Buffalo, N.Y., Dexter Shorter of Port Gibson, Eddie L. Shorter of Jackson and Micheal Shorter of Sara, Miss; two sisters, Mary E. Eggeston of Oak Park, Ill., and Annie L. Brown of Columbia, S.C; five grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Rollins Funeral Home in Port Gibson with the Rev. Hugh Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be tonight from 4 until 7 at the funeral home.
2 Shorter, Acy - Census 1920, 15-16 June 1920 - Brandywine, Claiborne County, Mississippi - ED 43, Page 5A, Line 21. Acy Shorter (20) head of household and wife Annie (20) have living with them on son Redus Shoter (10 months). Only Annie can read and write. All family members were born in Mississippi.
3 Obituary - Helen Frances Shorter (The Vicksburg Post - 18 June 2011 / Death in Chicago), Preceded daughter Helen Frances Shorter in death.
4 Shorter, Acy - Census 1920, 15-16 June 1920 - Brandywine, Claiborne County, Mississippi - ED 43, Page 5A, Line 21.
5 Kenneth Lofton (Phone conversation on Tuesday 2 August 2011, email received on Wednesday 3 August 2011. Listing 13 of 26 chidren and approximately 22 grandchildren of Redus Shorter Sr.).
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Another name for Redus was Redus Shorter.