Bernetta Octavia MCSWAIN8,1,9,2,3,4,5,5,6,9,7
13th Sep 19051,2,3,4,5,5,6,7 - 13th Dec 19948,1,3,7
Life History
13th Sep 1905 |
Born in Arkansas.1,2,3,4,5,5,6,7 |
21st Sep 1924 |
Married Benjamin Franklin NOBLE in Arkansas County, Arkansas.5 |
about Apr 1925 |
Birth of daughter Lorene MCSWAIN in DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas.6,11 |
6th Oct 1940 |
Married Herbert Spencer NORSWORTHY in Arkansas County, Arkansas.5 |
16th Jun 1967 |
Death of Benjamin Franklin NOBLE in Arkansas County, Arkansas.12,7 |
4th Feb 1981 |
Death of Herbert Spencer NORSWORTHY in Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia.10,1,7 |
13th Dec 1994 |
Died in Gwinnett County, Georgia.8,1,3,7 |
after 13th Dec 1994 |
Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.7 |
Notes
- In 1999, at the time of Wirt Barnard McSwain's death, Bernetta was living in Atlanta, Georgia.
-- Obituary of WB McSwain
"Bernetta pioneered the concept of thrift stores like Goodwill Stores and at one time was worth more than $1 Million while running her private branded thrift store in Atlanta. Goodwill Stores still gives Rita Kay all kinds of perks and gifts as a result of her being Bernetta's daughter. Apparently Bernetta helped Goodwill Stores get their business started nationwide."
-- George Oliver McSwain, email correspondence, January 2007
1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 20 April, Prairie Township, District 13, Page 3A, House #121
Fam #125, McSwain, James Head M W 25 Married 5 years AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Ruth L Wife F W 33 Married 5 years AR IN AR
McSwain, Bernetta Dau F W 4 AR AR AR
1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 4 February, District 16, Page 7A, Ethel & Chute Rd, House #121
Fam #125, McSwain, James M Head M W 35 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Ruth L Wife F W 33 OK IN AR
McSwain, Bernetta O Dau F W 14 AR AR OK Farm Laborer
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Bernetta McSwain
Gender: Female
Age 19, Birth Year abt 1905
Residence: Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Ben Noble
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Residence: Ethel, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 21 Sep 1924 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date: 20 Sep 1924
I have not found Bernetta in the 1930 census, but her husband Benny Noble is reported as Divorced and is living with his parents in Ethel, Arkansas.
1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 11 April, Prairie Township, District 24, page 3A, Hse #49, Fam #50
Noble, William E Head Owns No Radio M W 74 Married at 29 AR NC England Farmer
Noble, Elizabeth Wife F W 64 Married at 19 England England England
Noble, Benjamin Rents Son M W 26 Divorced AR AR England Farmer
In 1940 Benjamin is again reported in his now widowed mother's home as Divorced. But his former wife Bernetta, now going by her maiden name, and having renamed her daughter as a McSwain, is reproted as married, though there is no husband in the home. She and her daughter Lorene have moved to Stuttgart, where Bernetta is working as a waitress in the local hotel.
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 16 April, Stuttgart Ward 1, District 1-8, page 26A, Hse #642, Rents $20
McSwain, Bernetta Head F W 34 Married Grade 8 b Arkansas DeWitt AR in 1935 Waitress, hotel coffee shop
McSwain, Lorene Dau F W 15 Single Grade HS-1 b Arkansas DeWitt AR in 1935
Later that year Bernetta married Herbert Norsworthy in DeWitt.
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Bernetta Octavia McSwain
Gender: Female
Age 35, Birth Year abt 1905
Residence: Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Herbert Spencer Norsworthy
Spouse's Gender: Male
Spouse's Age: 34
Spouse's Residence DeWitt, Arkansas, Arkansas
Marriage 6 Oct 1940 Arkansas County
Marriage License Date: 6 Oct 1940
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
Bernetta Norsworthy
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1905
Address: 2749 Amelia Ave, Decatur, GA, 30032-4302
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Atlanta, Georgia, City Directory, 1944, p 739
Norsworthy Herbert S (Bernetto O) emp US Eng h 2644 Knox
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Atlanta, Georgia, City Directory, 1950
Norsworthy Herbert S (Bernetta M) Agt Independent Life & Accdnt Ins h 750 Bonner SE
Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
Certificate #053673
Bernetta O Norsworthy
Death 13 Dec 1994 Gwinnett County
White Female
Age: 89 Years
Residence DeKalb County
Filed 28 Dec 1994
Social Security Death Index
Bernetta O. Norsworthy
Born 13 Sep 1905
Died 13 Dec 1994
Last Residence Decatur, Dekalb, Georgia 30032
SSN 430-18-5153 issued Arkansas (Before 1951)
Gravestone of Herbert S and Bernetta McSwain Norsworthy, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
Herbert S
Sept 12, 1906
Feb 4, 1981
Bernetta McSwain
Sept 13, 1905
Dec 13, 1994
Dale Houghton, who had created a number of memorials of McSwain and Dumond individuals, offered to transfer those to me. Bernetta's was noe of those.
Bernetta McSwain Norsworthy
Birth Sep. 13, 1905
Death Dec. 13, 1994
Spouse Herbert S. Norsworthy (1906 - 1981)
Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Maintained by Orville Jenkins, Originally Created by Dale HoughtonJun 05, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #91377595,
Sources
- 1. Social Security Death Index
- 2. 1910 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 20 April, Prairie Township, District 18, Page 3A, Hse/Fam #42
- 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
- 4. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 4 February, District 16, Page 7A, Ethel & Chute Rd, House #121, Fam #125
- 5. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 6. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 16 April, Stuttgart Ward 1, District 1-8, page 26A, Hse #642, Rents $20
- 7. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
- 8. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
- 9. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
- Atlanta, Georgia, City Directory, 1950
- 10. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
- 11. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 21 April, Prairie Township, District 7, Page 6B, Ethel & Chute Rd, Hse #115, Fam #116
- 12. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 17 April, Prairie Township, District 24, page 7A, Ethel Rd, Hse #105, Owns Farm, Value $1000
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