John Wesley Sowards and Rosetta Johnson

John Wesley Sowards
and Rosetta Johnson

John Wesley Sowards b 25 Aug 1881 Pike Co KY d 22 Apr 1941 Pike Co KY, s/o George Sowards and Diana Mullins. (John was an invalid confined to his bed the last 17 years of his life). John Wesley Sowards m. 27 Mar 1903 Pike Co KY to Rosetta Johnson b 13 Apr 1886 Long Fork, KY d 25 Mar 1965 Long Fork, Pike Co KY at age 78, d/o Benjamin Johnson and Elizabeth Wright. Children of John Wesley Sowards and Rosetta Johnson;

1. Bertha Sowards b 10 Aug 1900 (alternate b 25 Jun 1906) d Nov 1973 South Shore, Greenup Co KY m. Marcus McKinley Greer b 18 Aug 1896 Myra, Pike Co KY d 18/19 May 1964 Pike Co KY, s/o Marcus DeLafayette Greer and Drusilla Mullins. Children of Bertha Sowards and Marcus McKinley Greer;

ii. June Greer b about 1916 m. Male Newsome

iii. Bonnie Greer b about 1918 m. Male Hale

iv. Mildred Greer b about 1920 m. Male Johnson

v. Joe Maurice Greer b about 1922

vi. Audrey Greer m. Male Johnson

vii. Gale Greer m. Male Collins

viii. Morris Greer Belleville, MI,

ix. Hubert Greer of Dayton, OH,

x. Glenn Greer

Marcus McKinley Greer m. 1st to Lilly Ison. Child of Lilly Ison and Marcus McKinley Greer;

i. Guy J Greer b 28 Jun 1919 KY d 30 May 2002 Spring City Rhea Co TN.

ii. Mary Louise Greer b 4 Feb 1918 Myra KY d 21 Jul 1972 Jenkins Clinic Hospital, Jenkins, Letcher Co KY age 54 years, 5 months and 17 days of age; buried Riley Bentley Cemetery, Deane, KY, m. 21 Nov 1942 Detroit MI to Asa Wright. Children of Mary Louise Greer and Asa Wright;

I. Nancy Wright m. Male Jones

II. Ronnie Wright

Obituary: Wright, Mary Louise daughter of Lily (Ison) and McKinnley Greer was born at Myra, KY February 4, 1918, passed from this life at the Jenkins Clinic Hospital July 21, 1972, being only 54 years, 5 months and 17 days of age at her passing. Louise's mother passed away when she was just a baby and was raised by her stepmother Bertha Sowards Greer of Pike County, KY, and Husband Asa Wright whom she married November 21, 1942 while in Detroit, MI. Daughter Nancy Jones of Neon, KY son Ronnie Wright of Neon, 2 grandchildren with another expected, two brothers: Guy Greer of Ypsilanti, MI. and Bill Greer of Grundy, VA half sisters: June Newsome of Dorton, KY Mildred Johnson, Audrey Johnson of Belleville, MI, Gale Collins of Myra, KY. Bonnie Hale of Jenkins, KY. half brothers: Morris Greer Belleville, MI, Hubert Greer of Dayton, OH, Marcus and Glenn Greer of Ypsilanti, MI and a large number of relatives and friends. Burial in Riley Bentley Cemetery Deane, KY.

iii. Bill Greer

2. Icy Sowards b 7 Oct 1904 m. McKinley Johnson

3. Grace Sowards b 12 Feb 1908 m. Charlie Greer s/o Marcus DeLafayette Greer and Drucilla Mullins.

4. Willie Sowards b 16 Apr 1913 Pike Co KY m. Elsie Johnson

5. Frances Sowards b 11 Nov 1915 Pike Co KY.

6. George Sowards b 20 Nov 1920 m. Jacqueline Burke b about 1920.

7. John Wesley "Junior" Sowards b 24 Sept 1923 Pike Co KY d 1961.