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Fleming, Alta Dezoria

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  • Name Fleming, Alta Dezoria 
    Birth 21 Dec 1901  Dwale, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Feb 1970  Pike, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Mullins-Farmers Cemetery, Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10271  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 8 May 2019 

    Father Fleming, Elbie Garnet,   b. 18 Nov 1880, Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mullins, Rose Ann,   b. 22 Oct 1881, Isom, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1961, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1897  Isom, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phipps, John Bunyon II,   b. 23 Dec 1893, Dwale, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1982, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1915  Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Mary Ruth Phipps tells this about her mom and dad.

      My dad, J. B. Phipps told me about my mom.
      They met in December and had their first date on Christmas day of
      1914. My mother had turned 13 yrs old on the 21st of December. They
      saw
      each other every saturday except for one until they got married on
      December 2, 1915 which was three weeks before my mother turned 14 yrs
      old. The Saturday that they had missed seeing each other was because
      my
      dad's brother-in-law, Joseph Robert Stanley, had borrowed my dad's
      horse and had not returned it in time for him to get to see her. He
      said
      that was the longest week of his life. He also said that he would
      have
      waited until she was a year older but he was afraid that her brothers
      Nelson and Glenn would beat her to death. Dad sait that they were
      terribly mean to her and he said that he had made up his mind that
      when
      they got married that no one else wold ever be mean to her again and
      he
      really ment it. Dad was so kind and compassionate . My mother adored
      him and treated him like a king and raised us to feel the same way.
      She
      made me feel like it was an honor to polish his shoes. She raised us
      children to love each other. She would say "love each other while you
      are all together, some day all you will have is memories". I am so
      glad
      she did that because I have so many, many happy memories. My
      grandmother
      Fleming often said that my dad was better to her then her own sons
      were,
      he loved her. My grand mother was a special Person. She had the
      ability
      to make each of her grand children feel they were her favorite
      grandchild
      and that takes some doing. She really built happy memories for me. I
      really loved Alice Pearl. She could tell the most amazing stories and
      she could sing like a bird. I always thought she was beautiful.
      I don't know if you ever knew that my mother kept Betty and Nettie
      and the three of us nursed my mothers breasts untill they were old
      enough
      to be weaned. They were a month and two days older then me.(MRP)
    Children 
    +1. Phipps, Buenos Myrl,   b. 24 Aug 1917, Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 2013, Orrville, Wayne, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    +2. Phipps, Ruby Pearl,   b. 4 Apr 1919, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 2007, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +3. Phipps, Boyd Ray,   b. 7 Dec 1920, Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1985, Elkhorn City, Pike, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +4. Phipps, Fitchue Morrison,   b. 19 Nov 1926, Ashcamp, Pike, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 2014, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +5. Phipps, Helen Grace
     6. Phipps, Mary Ruth,   b. 24 Jul 1932, Ashcamp, Pike, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 2010, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +7. Phipps, John Bunyon III
    +8. Phipps, Roy Allen
    Family ID F4278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Dec 1901 - Dwale, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Dec 1915 - Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Feb 1970 - Pike, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mullins-Farmers Cemetery, Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Populated Place Township Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Mary Ruth Phipps tells this about her mom and dad.

      My dad, J. B. Phipps told me about my mom.
      They met in December and had their first date on Christmas day of
      1914. My mother had turned 13 yrs old on the 21st of December. They
      saw
      each other every saturday except for one until they got married on
      December 2, 1915 which was three weeks before my mother turned 14 yrs
      old. The Saturday that they had missed seeing each other was because
      my
      dad's brother-in-law Rob Stanley had borrowed my dad's horse and had
      not
      returned it in time for him to get to see her. He said that was the
      longest week of his life. He also said that he would have waited
      until
      she was a year older but he was afraid that her brothers Nelson and
      Glenn
      would beat her to death. Dad sait that they were terribly mean to her
      and he said that he had made up his mind that when they got married
      that
      no one else wold ever be mean to her again and he really ment it. Dad
      was so kind and compassionate . My mother adored him and treated him
      like a king and raised us to feel the same way. She made me feel like
      it
      was an honor to polish his shoes. She raised us children to love each
      other. She would say "love each other while you are all together,
      some
      day all you will have is memories". I am so glad she did that because
      I
      have so many, many happy memories. My grandmother Fleming often said
      that my dad was better to her then her own sons were, he loved her. My
      grand mother was a special Person. She had the ability to make each
      of
      her grand children feel they were her favorite grandchild and that
      takes
      some doing. She really built happy memories for me. I really loved
      Alice Pearl. She could tell the most amazing stories and she could
      sing
      like a bird. I always thought she was beautiful.
      I don't know if you ever knew that my mother kept Betty and Nettie
      and the three of us nursed my mothers breasts untill they were old
      enough
      to be weaned. They were a month and two days older then me. End.

      I have been to aunt Alta's grandma Rose Ann's, grandpa Garn's,
      uncle Grady's, and aunt Venia's grave site at the old Mullins
      cemetary,
      now called the Farmer cemetary, on mountain road off of Brush Creek
      Rd.
      Many thanks to Hester Swindall who was kind enough to guide us. (LTF)

  • Sources 
    1. [S322] KY Death Records RootsWeb, Vol. 010, Cert. #04828, Deathvol. 1970, hv.