Edna Lee Gant

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Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
Name: Edna Lee Gant
Age at Death: 91
Birth Date: Abt 1906
Death Date: abt 1997
Death Place: Richmond VA
Publication or Record Date: 29 Jan 1997

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Edna Lee Gant
Death Date: 27 Jan 1997
Death Place: Richmond, Virginia

From www.findagrave.com
Edna Lee Gant
Birth: Mar. 12, 1905
Death: Jan. 27, 1997
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, 3101 Nine Mile Road, Richmond, VA

The 1940 Federal Census for Bermuda, Chesterfield Co., Virginia records Edna L. Gant (35 - NC) living with her widowed mother, Estelle Gant (55 - NC), They are living with Estelle's parents William H. (77 - NC) and Lillie L. (73 - NC) Smith on Park Dab Road. Edna is the only one working and she is employed as a Clerk at a Tobacco Factory earning $1,250 while working 50 weeks during the last year.

The 1930 Federal Census for Richmond, Virginia, District 89, page records Edna L. Gant (24 - NC) living with her parents N. Butler (46 - NC) and Estelle A. (45 - NC) Gant. Edna is an office clerk at a tobacco plant and Butler is a driller at a quarry. Also in the household is Verga Selph (18), daughter of Butler and Estelle and George Burgess, Jr. (6), adopted son of Butler and Estelle who have been married for 23 years. Verga Selph was married at 16. Edna became Alvah Hagen's companion sometime in the 1950s and remained with him throughout the remainder of his life.

Butler Gant (b May 1879) is the son of Alexander L. (b ca 1846 in South Carolina) and Sarah E. (b ca 1852 in North Carolina) Gant and was born in Reems Creek, Buncombe Co., N.C. Butler's siblings include William H. (ca 1873), John (ca 1875), Larie or Laura (ca 1876), Zebulon E. (ca 1877), Robert Lee (ca 1878), Cora (ca 1882), Jerome (ca 1884), Major D. (ca 1886), Mary A. (ca 1889-twin), James R. (ca 1889-twin), Jethro (ca 1894-twin), and Minnie B. (ca 1894-twin) Gant. Alexander was born in Pickens Co., S.C. in 1846 to Rutherford (b ca 1822) and Sarah (b ca 1819) Gant.

The 1900 census records Butler lodging in Anderson Co., Tennessee and working as a coal miner. It is of interest that he is also recorded with his parents in Buncombe Co., N.C. : The 1900 Federal Census for Ashville, Buncombe Co., NC, District 132, page 58A/B records Butler (indexed as Buttie at ancestry.com) Gant (May 1881) living with his parents, Alexander (Oct 1855) and Sarah (Dec 1852) Gant, and siblings William H. (Feb 1873), John F. (April 1875), Laura J. (May 1876), Zeb E. (May 1877), Robert L. (Aug 1878), Cora L. (July 1882), Jerome (June 1884), Major B. (Aug 1886), Mary A. (June 1889), James R. (June 1889), Jethro (May 1894), Minnie C. (May 1894). All working family members are day laborers.

The 1920 Federal Census for Hendersonville, Henderson Co., NC, District 94 records Butler Gant (indexed as Grant) (37) with wife Estelle (34) and daughters Edna (14) and Verga (7).

Butler's WWI Draft Registration records his name as Namon Butler Gant. He lists his birth date as May 6, 1881 and his wife as Estelle Smith Gant. His place of residence is Balfour, Henderson Co., N.C.

Edna married Alvah Charles Hagen Sr., son of Edwin Walter Hagen II and Mary Elizabeth (Maime) Rannels (Reynolds), circa 1950 in Richmond , VA. (Alvah Charles Hagen Sr. was born on 16 Jun 1895 in Philadelphia, PA, died on 10 Feb 1968 in Highland Springs, VA. and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA. E184.) The cause of his death was Toxemia (2 wks)/ Urinary Tract Infection (2yrs) / Severe Parkinson's Disease.