Floy Louise Magness

Female 1927 - 2012  (84 years)


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  • Name Floy Louise Magness 
    Birth 4 Feb 1927  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Jan 2012  Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial DeKalb Memorial Gardens, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I48989  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2017 

    Father Clay Magness,   b. 11 Nov 1891, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1956, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Euna Cantrell,   b. 3 Feb 1897, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1980, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage (DeKalb County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1930  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F5596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Shirley Beshearse,   b. 0___ 1923   d. 0___ 1992 (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Children 
     1. Carolyn Beshearse
     2. Wayne Beshearse,   b. (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F18095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Feb 1927 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jan 2012 - Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - DeKalb Memorial Gardens, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Birth: Feb. 4, 1927
      Death: Jan. 11, 2012
      Smithville
      DeKalb County
      Tennessee, USA


      Floy Louise Beshearse was born on February 4, 1927, & passed away at the age of 84 on January 11, 2012 at DeKalb Community Hospital.

      She was a member of Mt Pisgah Freewill Baptist Church, had worked in a shirt factory & was a homemaker.

      Floy was preceded in death by her parents Clay and Euna Cantrell Magness; her husband Shirley Bershearse; son Wayne Beshearse; & brothers Austin, Gene, John, Don & Claborn Magness.

      She is survived by her daughter Carolyn & her husband Bobby Reynolds of Smithville; granddaughter Andrea Beshearse of Hendersonville; & 2 great-grandsons Anthony Beshearse & Austin House.

      Funeral Services will be conducted on Friday, January 13, 2012 at the DeKalb Funeral Chapel at 1:00pm with Bro Bernard Houk officiating.

      Burial will follow in DeKalb Memorial Gardens.

      Visitation will be on Friday from 11:00am until time of the service at 1:00pm at the funeral home.



      Family links:
      Spouse:
      John Benjamin Beshears (1923 - 1992)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      DeKalb Memorial Gardens
      Smithville
      DeKalb County
      Tennessee, USA

      Created by: Syd Gardner
      Record added: Jan 30, 2013
      Find A Grave Memorial# 104409076 [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S11229] "Floy Louise Magness Beshearse", Cemetery Profile, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Magness&GSiman.

    2. [S11230] "Clay Magness", 1930 DeKalb County, Tennessee, US Census, "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySear.

    3. [S809] 1900 DeKalb Co.,TN Census, Transcribed & Indexed from a Microfilm Copy of the, p. 54 (Reliability: 3).