Bettie Joyce Munson1

b. 18 June 1929
Bettie Joyce Munson|b. 18 Jun 1929|p181.htm|Milam Stephen Munson Jr.|b. 27 Jun 1904\nd. 27 Dec 1993|p171.htm|Emily Elizabeth Burnaby|b. c 1907\nd. 4 Nov 1946|p180.htm|Milam S. Munson|b. 26 Sep 1869\nd. 15 Oct 1950|p124.htm|Carrie Diggs|b. 20 Apr 1876\nd. 12 Jan 1965|p128.htm|||||||

1st cousin 2 times removed of George Poindexter Munson Sr.
1st cousin 2 times removed of Louise Underwood.
3rd cousin of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Munson and Allied Families
Underwood and Allied Families
     Bettie Joyce Munson was born on 18 June 1929 in Wharton County, Texas.2 She is the daughter of Milam Stephen Munson Jr. and Emily Elizabeth Burnaby.1 She married Lieut. Ward C. Patton Jr. on 26 February 1952 in James Connally AFB, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, upon Ward's graduation from flight training.3
     
     Bettie Joyce has spent her married life in the Midwest, first as a mother and officer's wife and later as a rural pastor's wife. She and Ward celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary in 2006, and are enjoying retirement in Appleton, Wisconsin.3

Additional Data

Bettie Joyce Munson appeared on the 1 April 1930 Federal Census of Wharton, Wharton County, Texas, in the household of her parents, Milam S. and Emily E.B. Munson.4 Click to view image

Children of Bettie Joyce Munson and Lieut. Ward C. Patton Jr.

Citations

  1. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 292.
  2. [S12] Ancestry.com, Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997, [database online] (Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005).
  3. [S1057] Ward and Bettie Patton, "Correction of M.S. Munson Jr. Family," e-mail message from <e-mail address> (Appleton, Wisconsin) to Laura M. Cooper, 14 June 2006.
  4. [S101] Milam S. Munson Jr. household, 1930 U.S. Census, Wharton County, Texas, population schedule, City Wharton, Fulton Street, enumeration district (ED) 241-1, sheet 13A/13, dwelling 275, family 322; National Archives micropublication T626, roll 2408.
  5. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, Munsons of Texas, 294.