WALKER Alma Hortense b. 17 Jul 1919 Wappapello, Butler, MO d. 12 Aug 1972 Flint, Genesse, MI: Jamile's Genealogy Site

1919 - 1972 (53 years)

Name	WALKER Alma Hortense
Born	17 Jul 1919	Wappapello, Butler, MO
Gender	Female
Died	12 Aug 1972	Flint, Genesse, MI
Buried	16 Aug 1972	Dexter Memorial Cemetery, Dexter, MO [1]
Person ID	I1850	Combo
Last Modified	22 Aug 2009

Father	WALKER William Bailey, b. 14 Jun 1876, Crittenden County, Kentucky , d. 13 Feb 1947, Lutesville, Bollinger, MO (Age 70 years)
Mother	BOLLINGER Martha Louisa, b. 9 May 1884, Patton, Bollinger, MO , d. 20 Nov 1969, Malden, Dunklin, MO (Age 85 years)
Married	Abt 1900
Notes	Common law partners, per Vicci Sweeney 8/2002. Bailey and Martha separated about 1934, when Pearl was 12 years old.
Family ID	F0729	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	DENNISON Neal D., b. 30 Mar 1911, Parsons, Decatur County,TN , d. 20 Dec 2000, St. Francis Hospital, Memphis (Shelby County), TN (Age 89 years)
Married	14 May 1940	Piggott, Clay County, AR
Family ID	F0746	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2	SIMS James Coplin, b. 6 May 1922, Clanton, Chilton County, AL , d. 12 Aug 2009, Gardendale, AL (Age 87 years)
Married	8 May 1945	Piggott, Clay County, AR by R. W. Turner [2]
Notes	Marriage license lists James C. Sims of Clanton, Chilton County, AL, aged 23, and Miss Alma Walker of Dexter, County of Stoddard, Missouri, aged 23. The license was issued by Clay County Clerk W. F. Irby. Marriage ceremony was performed by R. W. Turner, Justice of the Peace. They were married the same day they purchased the marriage license. (Record on page 242 of Book 24 of Marriage Records in Clay County, AR.)
Family ID	F0452	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 3 SIMS James Coplin, b. 6 May 1922, Clanton, Chilton County, AL , d. 12 Aug 2009, Gardendale, AL (Age 87 years)

Married 25 Jun 1947 Piggot, Clay County, Arkansas by T. A. French [3]

Notes

License shows that James C. Sims of Birmingham, County of Jefferson, State of Alabama, aged 25, and Mrs. Alma Hortense Sims of Birmingham, County of Jefferson, State of Alabama, aged 25 were married by T. A. French, County Judge. Witness was B. E. Shannon, Clerk.

James C. Sims (Complainant) was given a FINAL DECREE of divorce No. 23017 on June 5, 1967, in the Circuit Court, Tenth Juidicial, Circuit of Alabama, Equity Division, Jefferson County, Bessemer Division. He was awarded custody and control over Alma Jamile, age 18 years, with reasonable visitation rights to the Respondent. He was to pay Respondent $100 per month as alimony, beginning June 1, 1967.

Children

1. SIMS A. J., b. Private

Family ID F0453 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 4	DENNISON Neal D., b. 30 Mar 1911, Parsons, Decatur County,TN , d. 20 Dec 2000, St. Francis Hospital, Memphis (Shelby County), TN (Age 89 years)
Married	Abt 1967
Notes	Paid States to Research Marriage of Neal & Alma around 1968 MichiganYears 1967, 1968, 1969 Nothing Found
Family ID	F0747	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Alma and Neal were married May 14, 1940 in Piggott, Arkansas[from Stoddard Divorce records], then divorced on May 7, 1945. [Stoddard County Court records, book 17, page 96]. Alma and James were married May 8, 1945 in Arkansas, then divorced. They remarried June 25, 1947 in Arkansas. Alma and Neal remarried about 1967. You read this correctly; she was married twice each to two different men.

Jamile has a copy of the divorce papers from 1945 (Neal Dennison).
The second divorce (James Sims) was in Ensley, Jefferson Couty, AL, by attorney Herond Lowe.
The third divorce (James Sims) was in Bessemer, Jefferson Couty, AL on June 5, 1967, Record Number 23017.

Alma's birth certificate was not applied for until 1943, at which time she applied for an official "delayed" certificate in Stoddard County, MO. As proof of her age, she presented three pieces of information: an insurance policy with Prudential, a State of Illinois driver's license number 2-230-517, and an affidavit signed by her mother, Martha Walker. She was 27 at the time she applied for this birth certificate. Certificate number was 137206 issued April 26, 1943.

June 1947 Alma suffered a miscarriage and lost two male babies. She and James had divorced and she was living in Missouri. After the miscarriage, James went to Missouri to see her, and they decided to get married for a second time.

Cemetery lot: North half of Lot 181, along with Neal Dennison. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home, 125 West Stoddard, Dexter, MO 63841, 573.624.4533 6/13/02: Chris Mofield said we could stop by Rainey Funeral Home when we visit Dexter and someone will take us out to the site. Chris said he did not find Martha or William Bailey Walker, but Vicci Sweeney knows for a fact that Martha is buried there.

Alma said that her family's house burned when she was a small child, while they were away on a picnic.

From Vicci Medler Sweeney in 2002: Clayborn Landers was her love and solemate when he left for WWII. While he was away, Alma married Neal Dennison. When Clayton returned from the war, Alma divorced Neal, thinking that she could then marry Clayton. However, while away during the war, Clayton had decided to become a minister, and he would not marry Alma because she was now a divorced woman.

Alma lived with her brother Theo and his family in Bakersfield, CA during the mid 1940's.

From Mildred Walker September 2002: Thanks for the picture of Granny Walker. I love that picture of her. She was about 59 or 60 when that was taken. Harman was overseas - France, Germany, etc. - and Granny lived with me that year in Dexter. Your mother, Alma, was working for Mr. Thompson's Studio in Dexter and took this picture of her. I fixed her hair and took her down to the studio. She's so pretty in this picture.