• Benjamin Amos Harris Jr.

Wilson Daily Times, 5 October 1950.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 312 Finch Street, brick mason foreman Benjamin Harris, 55; wife Pauline, 49; and children William, 24, brickmason, Agnes, 18, and Ben Jr., 15.

• Odell Thomas Simmons

Wilson Daily Times, 5 October 1950.

In the 1940 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: farmer Junius Simmons, 44; wife Clara, 39; and children Levi, 21, Joseph, 20, Frank, 15, Julia, 10, Lettie, 5, Thomas, 1, and Edward, 9.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: in New Grabneck, carpenter Junious Simmons, 50; wife Clara J., 49, nurse; children Julia M., 20, “clean house and wash and iron,” Lettie L., 16, and Thomas, 10; and grandson William E., 2.

• James Battle

Wilson Daily Times, 5 October 1950.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 908 East Nash, widow Mamie Hill, 43; nephew Bobbie Becton, 10; and lodgers Willie Battle, 48, and sons Willie Jr., 17, and James, 16.

Clippings courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.