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Descendants of Susan Emeline Edwards

8. NANCY CLEMENTINE³ GODBEHERE (SUSAN EMELINE² EDWARDS, LUCIEN WILLIS¹) was born January 12, 1889 in Owens Prairie, Indian Territory, and died November 03, 1980 in Ada, Oklahoma. She married WILLIAM GROVER CLEVELAND DORSEY April 07, 1907, son of JULIUS DORSEY and REBECCAH RICHARDSON. He was born September 19, 1884 in Marlow, Oklahoma, and died December 23, 1951 in Ada, Oklahoma.

Notes for NANCY CLEMENTINE GODBEHERE:
Obit for Nancy Dorsey: "Funeral services for Nancy C. Dorsey, 91, 300 W. 6th, will be 2:30pm, Wenesday in the Smith Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Don Jones, assisted by Rev. Holt Sodeman will officiate and burial will followin Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Dorsey died Yesterday in a local hospital. She was born Jan 12, 1889, in Owens Prairie, Indian Territory, to Thomas H. and Susan Edwards Godbehere. She and william T. Dorsey were married April 7, 1907 in Bailey, Oklahoma. He died in 1951. She was a member of the Oak Avenue Baptist Church where she was secretary of Ruth Sunday School Class. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs Ona Flinn, Fittstown, Mrs. Beulah Mae Cox, Ada, four sons; Lt. Col ret Herman W. Dorsey, Hampton, Va., Major Ret Elmer L. Dorsey, Hendersonville, N. C., Seaman First Class Ret Raymond A. Dorsey, Milton, Fla., Dill Dorsey Jr., of the home; 12 Grandchildren and 17 Great-grandchildren...."

More About NANCY CLEMENTINE GODBEHERE:
Burial: November 05, 1980, Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma

More About WILLIAM GROVER CLEVELAND DORSEY:
Burial: Rosedaloe Cemetary, Ada, Oklahoma

Children of NANCY GODBEHERE and WILLIAM DORSEY are:

	i.	MILTON BYRON⁴ DORSEY, b. April 20, 1908; d. November 05, 1956; m. MARY EDITH DAVIS, May 05, 1934.
30.	ii.	HERMAN WILLIAM DORSEY, b. June 22, 1911, Roff, Oklahoma; d. September 19, 1984, Norfolk, Virginia.
31.	iii.	BEULAH MAE DORSEY, b. December 04, 1913.
32.	iv.	ELMER LYMON DORSEY, b. August 17, 1917.
33.	v.	ONA EVON DORSEY, b. July 02, 1920.
	vi.	WILLIAM GROVER CLEVELAND DORSEY, b. December 15, 1925.
34.	vii.	RAYMOND ARTHUR DORSEY, b. July 10, 1927.
	viii.	JIMMY MACK DORSEY, b. May 10, 1930; d. April 09, 1961; m. PATRICIA.

9. GEORGE WASHINGTON³ GODBEHERE (SUSAN EMELINE² EDWARDS, LUCIEN WILLIS¹) was born December 15, 1891 in Owens Prairie, Indian Territory, and died January 05, 1961 in Orange Grove, California. He married KATIE CLEO GIBSON October 27, 1915 in Duncan, Oklahoma. She was born November 20, 1894 in Robinson County, Texas, and died May 02, 1960 in Orange Grove, California.

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON GODBEHERE:
Obit for George Washington Godbehere: "Local Man Dies Suddenly. Cairnss Funeral Home will announce funeral rites for George Godbehere 69, who was found dead in his home at 766 Third St. Jan. 2, by his dauther Mrs. Pauline Whitmer. Godbehere apparently died suddenly of a heart attack. He was born, Dec. 15, 1891 in Oklahoma and had lived 16 years in Orange Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife who passed away last May after a lenghty illness. Survivors are his five daughters, Mrs. Edna May Walker and Mrs Sonya Smith of La Puente , Mrs Dorotha Gregory of Brisbane, Mrs Pauline Whitmer of Orange Grove and Mrs Iva Lois Damron of Zephyr, Texas, three sisters Mrs. Nancy Dorsey and Mrs Ellen Welliver of Oklahoma and Mrs Sara Taylor of San Jose, Calif. One son Lonza Godbehere of Brisbane, Calif., 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild."

The 1920 census list his place of birth as Oklahoma. S.E. McClain and Essie Flemmons were witnesses at their marriage.

On the 1920 Census for Hope Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, there is a Douglas Fleetwood, age, 22, born in Texas, (father-Louisiana, Mother - georgia), listed with George and Kattie. He is listed as a cousin but don't know whose. George's SS# 447-01-8957

More About GEORGE WASHINGTON GODBEHERE:
Burial: January 06, 1961, Smith Mountain Cemetery, California

More About KATIE CLEO GIBSON:
Burial: May 06, 1960, Smith Mountain Cemetery, California

Children of GEORGE GODBEHERE and KATIE GIBSON are:

35.	i.	EDNA MAE⁴ GODBEHERE, b. October 28, 1922, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.
36.	ii.	DOROTHY ALENE GODBEHERE, b. April 19, 1926, Marlow Stephens County, Oklahoma.
37.	iii.	PAULINE VIRGINIA GODBEHERE, b. February 28, 1928, Marlow Stephens County, Oklahoma.
38.	iv.	LONZO TRUMAN GODBEHERE, b. April 08, 1930, Doyle, Oklahoma.
39.	v.	IVA LOIS GODBEHERE, b. April 09, 1932, Doyle, Oklahoma.
40.	vi.	SONYA ESTELLE GODBEHERE, b. April 02, 1934, Marlow Stephens County, Oklahoma.

10. THOMAS RICHARD³ GODBEHERE (SUSAN EMELINE² EDWARDS, LUCIEN WILLIS¹) was born February 20, 1893 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, and died April 11, 1955 in Marlow , Oklahoma. He married ROSIE MAUDE SULLIVAN December 09, 1915 in Bray, Stephens County, OK. She was born January 05, 1900, and died April 14, 1976.

Notes for THOMAS RICHARD GODBEHERE:
Obit for Thomas Richard Godbehere: "Services for Thomas Richard Godbehere, who suffered a fatal heart attack Monday were held in the Callaway South Chapel at 2:00 PM today, April 14, conducted by Rev Henry Sehested and Rev. J. Lee Fincher, Cox City. Godbehere, 62 died at 8:00a.m., on Monday in a local Hospital, where he had been confined since March 23, when he suffered a heart attack. He was a Mason and a member of Marlow Lodge 103. A resident of the Marlow vicinity since 1896, he was a retired railroad workman and was employed as caretaker at Talley Walker Hospital. He was born in Bowie Texas on February 20 1893.

More About THOMAS RICHARD GODBEHERE:
Burial: April 14, 1955, Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Ok

Children of THOMAS GODBEHERE and ROSIE SULLIVAN are:

	i.		EDITH⁴ GODBEHERE, b. February 28, 1918; m. NELSON.
	ii.		RAYMOND C. GODBEHERE, b. July 30, 1921, Oklahoma; d. March 11, 1968, California.
	iii.		FREEMAN LAVERNE GODBEHERE, b. January 23, 1925, Oklahoma; d. August 19, 1991, San Diego, California.
	iv.		TRAVIS GODBEHERE, b. February 09, 1929.
	v.		LORETTA JEAN GODBEHERE, b. January 02, 1935, Oklahoma; d. February 09, 1997, San Bernardino, California; m. UNKNOWN HARRIS.
	vi.		JOEL DEAN GODBEHERE, b. March 21, 1938; d. June 14, 1998, Beliflower, Los Angles, CA.