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Jerlean Shorter
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Jerlean Shorter 1 2 3 4
- Born: Cir 1922, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA 1
- Marriage: James Hill Sr.
- Died: 25 Nov 2007, River Region Medical Center, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA about age 85 3
- Buried: 30 Nov 2007, Hermanville Cementary, Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA 3
 Other names for Jerlean were Geraline Shorter,5 Gerlene Shorter 6 and Jearline Shorter.4
Events in her life were:
Visitation: Thursday 1pm - 6pm and Friday 1pm until service time at church, 29-30 Nov 2007, Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 3 She was born about 1923 in Mississippi, USA. 4 She was listed as age 17, on 1940 census taken on 20 Apr 1940, while living in Beat 4. Copiah County, Mississippi, USA. 4 In Dec 2004 she had a residence in Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 7 Age at death was 86 years old, 25 Nov 2007, in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA. 3 Jerlean had 3 children, 20 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren, recorded on 30 Nov 2007. 3 Her funeral was held 2p.m. on 30 Nov 2007 in Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah Witnesses, Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA. 3 Officiate by Elder Glenn Peterson, on 30 Nov 2007. 3
Jerlean married James Hill Sr. (James Hill Sr. died before Nov 2007 in Mississippi, USA 8.)
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Sources
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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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Obituary - Jerlean Shorter-Hill (Prot Gibson,Reveille - November 29, 2007).
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(20 April 1940 - Beat 4, Copiah County, Mississippi).
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Website - Ancestry Tree: Shorter-Spiller Family Tree.
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Obituary - Eph Crystai n (Port Gibson Reveille - December 7, 2006
Newspaper Article - Oral, written & personal memory of family members.).
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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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Obituary - Jerlean Shorter-Hill (Prot Gibson,Reveille - November 29, 2007), Preceded in Death.
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