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Mary L. Shorter
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Mary L. Shorter 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Born: Sep 1916, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA 2
- Marriage: Henry Spiller Sr. on 21 Dec 1937 in Greenville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA 1
- Died: Bef Nov 2007 5
 Other names for Mary were Ma Lee Shorter, Mary (Twin Marthe) Shorter 10 and Marley Wilson.
Events in her life were:
She has conflicting birth information of Alt. Birth and Mississippi, USA. 10 Twin: Sister - Martha Shorter Crystain, Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 11 She was listed as 3 years 4 months (Sept 1916), on 15-16 Jan 1920, while living in Brandywine, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 9 In Dec 2004 she had a residence in Greenville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 8
Mary married Henry Spiller Sr., son of Fred Spiller and Lou Ellis, on 21 Dec 1937 in Greenville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA.1 (Henry Spiller Sr. was born on 21 Feb 1917 in McBride, Mississippi, USA 1 4 and died on 21 Oct 1976 in Hollandale, Washington County, Mississippi, USA 1.)
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Sources
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Website - Ancestry Tree: Shorter-Spiller Family Tree.
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Shorter, Jackson & Mary - Census 1930 (5 May 1930 - Beat 1, Claiborne County Mississippi - ED 11 Sheet 15A, Line 3).
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Obituary - DeMicheal DeShawn Jenkins (Port Gibson Reveille - Thrusday, April 18, 2006
Newspaper Article - Oral, written & personal memory of family members.).
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Interview - Oral History: Henry Spiller, Jr (2006-11-04) (Phone conversation 4 November 2006
Oral history and personal memory
Interview - by phon e).
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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.
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Shorter, Jackson & Mary - Census 1920 (9-10 January 1920 - Beat 1, Jefferson, Mississippi - ED 75, Page: 4A, Line 31). Jackson Shorter (26) head of household and wife Mary (25) have living with them three children: twins Mary & Martha (3 years, 4 months) and Matthew Shorter (5 months). Also living with them arre Jackson's mother Litha Shorter (50) who is listed as an widow. Both Jackson & Mary can read and write. All family members were born in Mississippi.
Jackson & Mary live two houses down from cousins Pearlie Wilson Roach and husband William.
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Obtiuary - Bessie Mae Spiller Brackett (Delta Democrat-Times - December 11, 2004).
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Shorter, Jackson & Mary - Census 1920 (9-10 January 1920 - Beat 1, Jefferson, Mississippi - ED 75, Page: 4A, Line 31).
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Interview - Oral History: Ollie Lue (Wilson) Shorter (Phone conversation 1999-2000
Per phone conversation since September 1999 (Oral history and personal memory).
Interview - by phone).
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Obituary - Martha Shorter Crystain (Port Gibson Reveille - January 26, 2006).
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