Bessie Gertrude Mays

1898 - 1978  (80 years)

• Name	Bessie Gertrude Mays  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	31 Jan 1898	Alabama, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1930	Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama, USA   [2]
  Burial	1978	Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Death	2 Mar 1978	Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I83633	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family	Peyton Hale Montgomery,   b. 22 Sep 1888, Alabama, USA d. 11 Dec 1953, Vincent, Shelby, Alabama, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1920	Shelby, Alabama, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Mays Elliott Montgomery,   b. 30 Nov 1920, Vincent, Shelby, Alabama, USA d. 22 Sep 2013, Bonita Springs, Lee, Florida, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F30499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 31 Jan 1898 - Alabama, USA Marriage - 26 May 1920 - Shelby, Alabama, USA Residence - 1930 - Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama, USA Burial - 1978 - Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA Death - 2 Mar 1978 - Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Peyton Hale Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=77658530&indiv=try [S2911] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: 48; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 538.0; FHL microfilm: 2339783. Record for Peyton H Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=118431834&indiv=try [S2913] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for Bessie Gertrude Mays https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61365&h=900881282&indiv=try