Teddie McDowell

  General Notes:

The death certificate for her son, Robey Jennings Adkins, gave his mother's surname as McDowell. The death certificate records:
Robey Jennings Adkins
Wife: Louise Hughey of Durham, NC
Date of Birth: Aug 7, 1918 in Virginia
Date of Death: Sept 4, 1973
Place of Death: Veterans Administration Hospital, Durham, NC
Father: Posey Adkins
Mother: Teddie McDowell
Occupation: Electrician
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest / Chronic Renal Failure / Diabetes
Burial: Sept 6, 1973 at Leemont Cemetery in Danville, VA

Teddie McDowell's family: The 1910 Federal Census for Pigg River, Pittsylvania Co., Va., District 101, page 209A, dated May 6, 1910 records Teddie M. McDowell (13) living with her parents Joe P. (38 - VA/VA/VA) and Bettie (36 - VA/VA/VA) McDowell and siblings Lonnie C. (14) Daniel T. (12), Mary F. (11), Russel (9), Willie J. (6), Joseph G. (3), and Reaver A. (1 7/12). Joe and Bettie have been married for 15 years and have had 8 children of whom all are still living. Joe is a farmer.

The 1900 Federal Census for Pigg River, Pittsylvania Co., Va., District 82, page 111A, dated June 26, 1900 records Teddie McDowell (Oct 1896) living with her parents Joseph P. (June 1872 - VA/VA/VA) and Bettie (May 1874 - VA/VA/VA) McDowell and siblings Lonie (May 1895), Daniel T. (Sept 1897), and Mary (Jan 1899. Joseph and Bettie have been married for 5 years and have had 4 children of whom all are still living. Joe is a farmer. Next door are Joseph's parents.

Teddie married Posey Jennings Adkins, son of Mastin Adkins and Emma Francis Mahan, circa 1917 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. (Posey Jennings Adkins was born on 23 Nov 1896 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. and died in Jul 1969 in Danville City, (Pittsylvania Co.), Virginia.)