Family of James Monroe (“Bud”) MINYARD

Birth: 20 DEC 1885 (Holcomb, Grenada Co., MS)
Death: 31 JUL 1951 (Holcomb, Grenada Co., MS)
Burial: Sparta United Methodist Church Cemetery (Grenada Co., MS)

Grandparents	Parents	Siblings
William MINYARD b. about 1797 (GA) d. between 1870-1880 Annis CARPENTER b. about 1811 (GA) d. between 1860-1870	Everett Edward MINYARD b. MAR 1846 (MS) d. after 1920	Alice HIGHTOWER b. 1863 (MS) d. between 1880-1900 John A. HIGHTOWER b. 31 MAY 1866 (MS) d. 22 AUG 1936 Annie Adelia HIGHTOWER b. 6 APR 1869 (MS) d. 17 DEC 1957 Harriet Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) HIGHTOWER b. 23 FEB 1870 (MS) d. 16 FEB 1954 (Child) MINYARD* b. between 1872-1880 (MS) d. before 1880	(Child) MINYARD* b. between 1872-1880 (MS) d. before 1880 Minnie MINYARD b. about 1876 (MS) d. between 1880-1900 Mattie MINYARD b. about 1879 (MS) d. between 1880-1900 Fannie Josephine MINYARD b. 20 NOV 1880 (MS) d. 31 MAR 1967 Mary Clemmie MINYARD b. JUL 1883 (MS) d. 13 OCT 1957
Green C. EMMONS b. 1825 (MS) d. 20 MAR 1862 Margaret LESLIE b. 26 MAR 1824 (MS) d. 16 JAN 1859	Frances L. (“Fannie”) EMMONS b. 12 NOV 1846 (MS) d. 26 NOV 1946

Spouse	Marriage	Children
Clara GIBSON b. 12 APR 1889 (MS) d. 27 DEC 1978	15 NOV 1906 Grenada Co., MS	Floyd Ray MINYARD b. 2 MAR 1908 (MS) d. 29 OCT 1975 Juanita Aileen MINYARD b. 17 NOV 1909 (MS) d. 12 JAN 2003	Ralph Waymon MINYARD b. 28 AUG 1912 (MS) d. 4 OCT 1976

*The 1900 and 1910 census records show that Fannie EMMONS gave birth to 11 children with 6 living in 1900 and 1910. The information given here for birth and death dates of the two unknown siblings are speculation. It is also uncertain whether the two unknown siblings were fathered by Pleasant HIGHTOWER or Everett MINYARD.

Obituary for James Monroe (“Bud”) MINYARD
Tombstone of James Monroe (“Bud”) MINYARD
Tombstone of Clara GIBSON

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