Family of Jesse James SAVELL, Sr.


Birth: 10 JAN 1896* (Van Zandt Co., TX)
Death: 17 JAN 1969 (Memphis, Shelby Co., TN)
Burial: Memphis Memory Gardens (Memphis, Shelby Co., TN)

Grandparents Parents Siblings
Aaron J. SAVELL
b. 12 SEP 1830 (MS)
d. between 1880-1900

Susan MASSEY
b. 1837 (AL)
d. between 1866-1870

E. M. (“Alec”) SAVELL
b. JUL 1868 (MS)
d. 23 JUN 1923
Ashley Jackson SAVELL, Sr.
b. 21 NOV 1889 (MS)
d. after 1947

Annie Eliza SAVELL
b. 18 MAR 1892 (LA)
d. 24 DEC 1965

Charles Lee
(“Charley”) SAVELL

b. 18 APR 1894 (TX)
d. 22 JAN 1991

Ann SAVELL
b. JUN 1897
d. after 1900

William Detress
(“Willie”) SAVELL

b. 27 AUG 1900 (TX)
d. 24 DEC 1954

Isaac SAVELL
b. 1904 (LA)
d. after 1920

Daniel Manuel SAVELL
b. 14 JUN 1907 (LA)
d. 12 JUL 1975

Mr. BRASWELL
b. unknown (AL)
d. unknown

Eliza J.
b. about 1842 (MS)
d. after 1880

Georgia Ann BRASWELL
b. about 1871 (MS)
d. about 1898

Spouse Marriage Children
Eunice Elvie MCGOWEN
b. 17 DEC 1905 (LA)
d. 14 JAN 1990
about 1923
Richland Parish, LA
Bernice Elouise SAVELL
b. 21 MAR 1924 (LA)
d. 4 JAN 1995

Jesse James SAVELL, Jr.
b. 16 AUG 1926 (LA)
d. 3 JAN 1996

Helen Joyce SAVELL
b. 23 FEB 1930 (LA)
d. 26 SEP 2016

Lasley Bernard (“Las”) SAVELL
b. 3 DEC 1934 (LA)
d. 7 AUG 2011

*Records from Jesse's birthdate are somewhat inconsistent. His 1900 census record lists his date of birth as JAN 1896 whereas his WWI draft registration gives his birthdate as 10 JAN 1897 while his SSDI record gives his birthdate as 10 JAN 1898.

Photo of Jesse James SAVELL, Sr. and Annie Eliza SAVELL
Photo of Jesse James SAVELL, Sr.
Photo of Jesse James SAVELL, Sr.
Photo of Jesse James SAVELL, Sr. and Eunice Elvie MCGOWEN
SAVELL group photo (SEP 1962)
Obituary for Jesse James SAVELL, Sr.
Obituary for Bernice Elouise SAVELL
Obituary for Jesse James SAVELL, Jr.
Tombstone of Jesse James SAVELL, Jr. and Georgia Jeanette THORN
Obituary for Helen Joyce SAVELL
Death of Lasley Bernard (“Las”) SAVELL
Obituary for Lasley Bernard (“Las”) SAVELL

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Last updated on July 31, 2017.