Bessie Cornelia Townsend Pleasants (1887-1975)

Bessie Cornelia Townsend Pleasants

Birth

28 Nov 1887

North Carolina, USA

Death

3 Jan 1975 (aged 87)

Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Burial

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Show Map

Plot

Section: 10 Lot: 85 Grave: 3

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87 years of age. Daughter of Christopher Columbus and Emma Freeman Pleasants. Widow of John Boone Pleasants, Sr.

Family Members

Parents

Christopher Columbus Townsend

1849–1929
Emma Elizabeth Freeman Townsend

1852–1932

Spouse

John Boone Pleasants Sr

1881–1963 (m. 1917)

Siblings

James W Townsend

1875–1876
Sallie Bet Townsend

1879–1880
Edward Carney Townsend

1881–1900
Della Blanche Townsend Lambe

1883–1978
Eugene Townsend

1885–1886
Virginia Townsend Hayes

1890–1973
James Richard Townsend

1893–1982
William Freeman Townsend

1895–1968

Children

Elizabeth Emma Pleasants Foster

1920–2007
Carolyn Pleasants Harris

1926–2021
Robert Townsend Pleasants Sr

1928–1997

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Bessie Cornelia Townsend Pleasants

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Christopher Columbus Townsend

Emma Elizabeth Freeman Townsend

John Boone Pleasants Sr

James W Townsend

Sallie Bet Townsend

Edward Carney Townsend

Della Blanche Townsend Lambe

Eugene Townsend

Virginia Townsend Hayes

James Richard Townsend

William Freeman Townsend

Elizabeth Emma Pleasants Foster

Carolyn Pleasants Harris

Robert Townsend Pleasants Sr

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