Cerrena Lina "Renie", daughter of James Monroe Bryant & Roxie Gordon, was born Aug 4, 1902 Conway Co AR, died Aug 14, 1984 Hale Center, Hale Co TX & buried at Hale Center Cemetery, Hale Co TX.
Married: Granville Alva Childress July 10, 1918 Center Ridge, Conway Co AR. He is the son of James Y. & Sarah C. Childress & was born Sep 14, 1899 AR, died Oct 19, 1977 Hale Center, Hale Co TX & buried at Hale Center Cemetery, Hale Co TX.

Children of Cerrena & Granville:
1. Naoma born 1917 Conway Co AR
2. Gustine
3. Jack "Jackie"
4. Jimmie
5. Franklyn D. "Frank" born Nov 9, 1932 Coweta OK, died Feb 1, 1988 Arlington, Hale Co TX & buried at Hale Center Cemetery, Hale Co TX.

Notes:
1. June 9, 1900 Conway Co AR census record shows Granville Childress age 8 months living with his parents on their farm in Lick Mountain township. He was born Sep 1899. (pg 80a, #88)
2. Apr 30, 1910 Conway Co AR census record shows Cerrena Bryant age 7 living with her parents in Lick Mountain township, Center Ridge & Bee Branch. She attended school. (pg 103b, #281)
3. Jan 17, 1920 Conway Co AR census record shows Granville Childress age 20 & Cerrena age 17 living on their farm in Lick Mountain township with daughter Naoma age 3. (pg 227b, #248)
4. June 4, 1931, pg 2 Morrilton Democrat newspaper - "Hill Creek - Miss Adell Lindsey left the 24th of May for Coweta, Okla., to visit her cousin Granville Childress."
5. Oct 19, 1977 Granville Childress died in Hale Center, Hale Co TX & buried at Hale Center Cemetery, Block B, Lot 32, Space 2.
6. Aug 14, 1988 Cerrena Childress died in Hale Center, Hale Co TX & buried at Hale Center Cemetery Block B, Lot 32, Space 1.
7. Feb 1, 1988 Frank Childress died in Arlington, Tarrant Co TX & buried at Hale Center Cemetery, Block B, Lot 32, Space 5.
8. Last residence for Granville Childress was Hale Center TX. The ssn was issued in Texas. (SSDI)
9. Birth/death dates & places for Cerrena Bryant-Childress are from SSDI. Her first name was spelled Cerreno in the ssn record.
10. Cerrena Bryant-Childress is my half 1C2R.

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