Wilson Daily Times, 9 March 1950.

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In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Vick Street, dredge boat laborer Wiley Oats, 32; wife Nettie, 28; and daughters Dollena, 8, and Dottie Lee, 13 months. Wily Oates died 23 July 1913 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 26 September 1879 to Adam and Amanda Oates; was a farmer; and was married.

In the 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Roberts Dollie (c) dom r 1000 Wainwright av

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1000 Wainwright Avenue, Frank Battle, 42, minister at Good Hope Church; wife Rosetta, 43; daughter Mary C., 15; and roomers Dollena Roberts, 30, cook, and her children Virginia D., 7, and Jesse Jr., 4, Laura Bogins, 42, widow, and Margaret Morrison, 17.

In the 1947 and 1949 Montclair, New Jersey, city directories: Roberts Dollie wid Jesse laundry worker h 69 Mission

Dollie Roberts’ father Wiley Oates’ lovely grave marker is adjacent to the Vick family plot at the eastern edge of Odd Fellows Cemetery. Was she buried there, too?