Wilson Daily Times, 20 March 1950.
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In the 1920 census of Cokey township, Edgecombe County, N.C.: farmer Rosette Dunn, 42; son Joe, 19; daughter-in-law Bettie; sons Clarence, 17, and Paul, 13; daughter Caroline, 11; and grandson Jesse Lee, 8 months.
In the 1930 census of Upper Town Creek township, Edgecombe County: farmer Joe Dunn, 28; wife Bettie, 26; children Jesse L., 10, Lenora, 9, T[illegible] E., 5, and Elisha, 1; brother Paul, 24; and boarder Niza Williams, 20.
In 1940, Jesse Lee Dunn registered for the World War II draft in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Per his registration card, he was born in 1919 in Wilson County; lived at Route 2, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County; his contact was friend Anna Hines, Rocky Mount; and he worked for Eugene Bone.
On 6 February 1946, Jesse Lee Dunn, 25, son of Joe and Bettie Dunn, married Annie McDowell, 19, daughter of Charlie and Ethel McDowell, in Tarboro, North Carolina.
Jessie Lee Dunn died 18 March 1950 in Black Creek, Wilson County. Per his death certificate, he was born 11 March 1919 in Edgecombe County, N.C., to Joe Dunn and Bettie Dunn; was married; and worked in farming. Henry Fobbs was informant.