BRUCE Zelphia Anstis

1892 - 1983  (91 years)

• Name	BRUCE Zelphia Anstis
  Born	26 Jan 1892	Clanton, Chilton Co., AL
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 May 1983	Clanton , Chilton Co., AL
  Buried	UNKNOWN	Clanton City Cemetery, Chilton Co., AL   [1]
  Person ID	I0167	Combo
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	BRUCE Spartan Edward,   b. 20 Aug 1866, AL ,   d. 11 Mar 1936, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	LOWE Amanda Caroline,   b. 2 Nov 1866, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL ,   d. 7 Jul 1935, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL  (Age 68 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1887	Chilton Co., AL per family bible
  Family ID	F0044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SIMS Benjamin Harrison,   b. 21 Jul 1889, Village Springs, Blount Co., AL ,   d. 14 Feb 1974, Clanton , Chilton Co., AL  (Age 84 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1919	Chilton County, AL
  Children	1. SIMS Benjamin Harrison, Jr.,   b. Private   2. SIMS James Coplin,   b. 6 May 1922, Clanton, Chilton County, AL ,   d. 12 Aug 2009, Gardendale, AL  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F0100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Ben Sims & Anstis Bruce Sims At their home in Clanton, AL
  		Ed Bruce Family Bruce Family: Ida Bell, Ed, Homer, Amanda, Anstis

  
  

  Documents		1919 marriage license for Ben Sims to Anstis Bruce
  		1983 death certificate for Anstis Bruce Sims

  
  

  Headstones

  Anstis Bruce Sims

  
  

• Notes

  [May 25, 2002 from James C. Sims, son of Anstis and Ben Sims] Anstis, along with her two siblings, collected money from the estate of Robert E. Lee's farm in Coosa County. It wasn't much, but she received a small sum "because she was a direct descendant of his." Update 12/23/2005: When trying to trackour LEE family back to Robert E. Lee, I ran across a LOWE/LEE cousin {Garey Brown, glbown@flash.net] who said one of his LEE cousins years ago had a letter from Robert E. Lee to that person's grandmother. Funeral Arrangements made through Martin Funeral Home, Clanton, AL Copy of death certificate in file. 1900 Census Anstis still a child living with her parents AL/Chilton/Beat 4 1910 Census Anstis still a child living with her parents AL/Chilton/Precinct 4 Jamile has a picture of a blue ribbon Anstis won at the Chilton County Fair years ago. Anstis' son James said he remembers that her women's club set up a display inside a hangar at the Clanton Airport, and she and her sister Ida Bell won a blue ribbon for their work.

  
  

• Sources

  Jamile has photo of headstone.