Gurtha Myrtice Taylor was born on 24 Dec 1906 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA as the first child of Charles Washington Taylor and Vada Lou Guice. She had two siblings, namely: Lattrice, and John Guice. She died on 05 Oct 1991 in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, USA. When she was 20, she married Edward Tully Allen,son of Andrew Jackson Allen Jr. and Mattie L. Wallace, on 05 May 1927 in Crossett Camp, Ashley Co., Arkansas.
Gurtha Myrtice Taylor lived in Ouachita, Bradley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. She lived in River, Bradley, Arkansas, USA in 1920. Marriage Licenses: 04 May 1927 She lived in Elon, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1930. She lived in Crossett, Ashley, Arkansas, USA on 01 Apr 1940 (Age: 33; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She was buried in Pinewood Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas. Her 1910 and 1920 census records are on the page for her father, Charles Washington Taylor. Her 1930 and 1940 census records are below.
Edward Tully Allen and Gurtha Myrtice Taylor had the following children:
1. Mary Ann Allen was born on 23 May 1930 in Crossett, Ashley, Arkansas, USA. She married Waylon Boyce Ferguson on 18 Aug 1950.
2. Charles Jackson Allen was born on 12 May 1934 in Monticello, Drew, Arkansas, USA. He married Joyce Ann Emory on 25 Aug 1955.
Notes:
Her children could still be living, so I'm going to stop here and go to her siblings. Note that the "Ashley County Tombstone Inscriptions" book lists Cross Road Cemetery as Gurtha's burial place, however she is actually buried in Pinewood Cemetery. [Gurtha's son-in-law, via Viginia Hagen 2007]
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| 1930 US Federal Census |
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| 1940 US Federal Census |
