Sunday's Obituary: Ida Lee (Gatlin) Andrews

Nashville Tennesseean and Nashville American, 13 October 1916, page 13

MRS. IDA LEE ANDREWS.

   Mrs. Ida Lee Andrews died at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Bomar, 305 Eighteenth avenue, north, Thursday afternoon at 12:40 o'clock. She was the widow of Sam Andrews and mother of Perry Lee Andrews, who survive her. A complete funeral notice will be announced later.

Nashville Tennesseean and Nashville American, 14 October 1916, page 9

MRS. IDA LEE ANDREWS.

   The funeral services for Mrs. Ida Lee Andrews who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Bowman [Bomar], 305 Eighteenth avenue, north, will be held from the residence this morning at 9:30 o'clock, with services at the West End Methodist church at 10 o'clock by Rev. W. T. Haggard. The interment will take place at Mt. Olivet.
   The following are the pallbearers: W. I. Lightfoot, Joseph Cliff, Joe Kerrigan, Dr. W. H. Bailey, Samuel Hagle, Lyle Andrews, R. L. Hamilton, Arthur Hamby.

Ida Lee Gatlin was the daughter of my 3rd-great-grandparents William Dow Gatlin and Mary Nevins. She was born in August 1864 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. She married William Samuel Andrews on 15 February 1881. Their son Perry Lee Andrews was born on 2 January 1883. Ida died in Nashville on 12 October 1916. She was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery on 14 October 1916.

Wednesday's Child: Melvin Thomas Bomar

Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Roll #: M-15. Death certificate no. 1045, Melvin Thomas Bomar. 30 May 1911.

Mattie Gertrude Gatlin, the daughter of my 3rd-great-grandparents William Dow Gatlin and Mary Nevins, and her husband John B. Bomar had another child who died young. Their son Melvin Thomas Bomar was born on 22 May 1911 and died 8 days later, on 30 May 1911 in Nashville, Tennessee. Like his brother Alfred Joseph Bomar, he died of spasms. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.

Wednesday's Child: Alfred Joseph Bomar

Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Roll #: M-13. Death certificate no. 593, Alfred Joseph Bomar. 16 April 1909. 

 Alfred Joseph Bomar was the son of John B. Bomar and Mattie Gertrude Gatlin. Mattie was the daughter of my 3rd-great-grandparents William Dow Gatlin and Mary Nevins. Alfred lived for only six days. He was born on 10 April 1909, and he died of spasms at 4:30 AM on 16 April 1909 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.