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     He was born on 21 August 1913 at Norris City, White County, Illinois, USA.¹ Alternatively, he may have been born circa 1916 at Illinois, USA, since he was age 14 in the 1930 census and 34 in the 1950 census.^3,2,4 Dean married Mary Kathryn Cushman, in the Methodist Church, on 25 January 1938 at Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA.^5,6,7,8,4
     Following is other selected information from a newspaper article about their wedding:
Dean Wakefield Christian and Mary Kathryn Cushman were divorced on 25 November 1950 at Crittenden Chancery Court, Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA. He petitioned for divorce on the grounds of indignities.⁹ Dean married Fay Loretta Benn Bullard, at the Methodist Church, on 10 December 1950 at Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, USA.^3,10,11
     Following is other selected information from a newspaper article about their wedding:
Dean Wakefield Christian and an unknown person were divorced on 27 June 1951 at Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA. She petitioned for divorce on the grounds of indignities.¹⁰ Dean married Lena Mae Taylor on 16 July 1951 at Thynne, Cross County, Arkansas, USA.^12,13
     Dean Wakefield Christian died on 15 August 2001 at Grenada Lake Medical Center, Grenada, Missouri, USA, at age 87.¹⁴
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Dean Wakefield Christian.
     Dean Wakefield Christian was buried on 17 August 2001 at Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA.^16,17
     Dean W. appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Lonoke, Lonoke County, Arkansas in the household of his parents, Fred and Monah M. Christian.²
     The engagement of Mary Kathryn Cushman and Dean Wakefield Christian was announced by Walter Humbert Cushman and Mrs. Walter Humbert Cushman on 20 January 1938 at the newspape, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;
     
     Cushman-Christian Engagement Announced[:CR:]     Special in The Commercial Appeal
     MARION, Ark., Jan 19 — Mr. and Mrs. Walter Humbert Cushman of Marion announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Kathryn Cushman, to Dean Wakefield Christian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dean Christian, also of Marion.
     The marriage will be solemnized Jan. 25 at the Marion Methodist Churrh with the Rev. W. W. Allbright officiating.
     Miss Cushman is a graduate of Marion High School. She later attended Millcr-Hawkins Secretarial School in Memphis.
     Mr. Christian, who formerly made his home at Lonoke, is a graduate of Lonoke High School. He is affiliated with the Arkansas Power and Light Company at Marion, where the young couple will live.¹⁸
     The following article appeared in the Memphis, Tennessee The Commercial Appeal, 24 January 1938 :

     Dean W. and Mary K. Christian appeared on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census of Parkin, Cross County, Arkansas, enumerated 8 April 1940 Their son, Dean W., was listed as living with them.¹⁹
     Dean W. and Mary C. Christian appeared on the 1950 U.S. Federal Census of Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, enumerated 11 April 1950, described as a repairman for Power & Light Co., and she was a bookkeeper for a Butane Co.. Their children: Dean W., were listed as living with them.⁴
     In the obituary of Nathan Dye who died 5 November 2000, his great-grandfather, Dean Christian, of Vardaman, was listed as a survivor.²⁰
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Greenwood Commonwealth published in Greenwood, Mississippi, 16 August 2001.¹⁷
     In the obituary of Dean Christian Jr. who died 17 November 2021, his parents, Dean Wakefield Christian and Mary Katherine Cushman Christian were listed or implied as predeceased.²¹

     She was born circa 1912.² Fay married Dean Wakefield Christian, at the Methodist Church, on 10 December 1950 at Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, USA.^2,3,1
     Following is other selected information from a newspaper article about their wedding:

     She was born on 18 June 1920 at Arkansas, USA.^4,5,6 Mary married Dean Wakefield Christian, in the Methodist Church, on 25 January 1938 at Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA.^1,7,8,3,6
     Following is other selected information from a newspaper article about their wedding:
Mary Kathryn Cushman and Dean Wakefield Christian were divorced on 25 November 1950 at Crittenden Chancery Court, Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA. He petitioned for divorce on the grounds of indignities.⁹ Mary married Valton Hampton Rhodes on 28 December 1950 at Logan County, Arkansas, USA.¹⁰ Mary married Rex Cleveland on 19 August 1980 at Montgomery County, Texas, USA.^11,2
     Mary Kathryn Cleveland died on 3 December 1991 at Hillcrest Hospital, Calhoun City, Mississippi, USA, at age 71.^4,12,2
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Mary Kathryn Cleveland was buried on 6 December 1991 at Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas, USA.^4,2
     The engagement of Mary Kathryn Cushman and Dean Wakefield Christian was announced by Walter Humbert Cushman and Mrs. Walter Humbert Cushman on 20 January 1938 at the newspape, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;
     
     Cushman-Christian Engagement Announced[:CR:]     Special in The Commercial Appeal
     MARION, Ark., Jan 19 — Mr. and Mrs. Walter Humbert Cushman of Marion announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Kathryn Cushman, to Dean Wakefield Christian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dean Christian, also of Marion.
     The marriage will be solemnized Jan. 25 at the Marion Methodist Churrh with the Rev. W. W. Allbright officiating.
     Miss Cushman is a graduate of Marion High School. She later attended Millcr-Hawkins Secretarial School in Memphis.
     Mr. Christian, who formerly made his home at Lonoke, is a graduate of Lonoke High School. He is affiliated with the Arkansas Power and Light Company at Marion, where the young couple will live.¹³
     The following article appeared in the Memphis, Tennessee The Commercial Appeal, 24 January 1938 :

     Dean W. and Mary K. Christian appeared on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census of Parkin, Cross County, Arkansas, enumerated 8 April 1940 Their son, Dean W., was listed as living with them.⁵
     Dean W. and Mary C. Christian appeared on the 1950 U.S. Federal Census of Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, enumerated 11 April 1950, described as a repairman for Power & Light Co., and she was a bookkeeper for a Butane Co.. Their children: Dean W., were listed as living with them.⁶
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspape The Commercial Appeal published in Memphis, Tennessee, 5 December 1991.²
     In the obituary of Dean Christian Jr. who died 17 November 2021, his parents, Dean Wakefield Christian and Mary Katherine Cushman Christian were listed or implied as predeceased.¹⁴

     He was born in September 1939 at Arkansas, USA.^1,3
     Dean W. Christian died on 17 November 2021 at Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA, at age 82.²
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Dean Christian Jr..
     Dean W. Christian was buried on 21 November 2021 at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA.⁵
     Dean W. appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Parkin, Cross County, Arkansas in the household of his parents, Dean and Mary K. Christian.¹

Dean W. appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas in the household of his parents, Dean and Mary C. Christian.³
     In the obituary of Lena Mae Fudge Christian who died 11 December 1989, her son (or step-son), Dean W. Christian Jr., of Greenwood, was listed as a survivor.⁴
     In the obituary of Mary Kathryn Cushman who died 3 December 1991, her son, Dean Christian Jr., of Greenwood, was listed as a survivor.⁶
     In the obituary of Dean Wakefield Christian who died 15 August 2001, his son, Dean W. Christian Jr., of Greenwood, was listed as a survivor.⁷
     In the obituary of Dean Wakefield Christian III who died 7 October 2021, his parents, Dean Christian were listed as surviving him.⁸
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in his memorial page on the web site of Southern Funeral Home published in Lexington, Mississippi, circa 18 November 2021.⁵

     He was born circa 1898.¹ Valton married Mary Kathryn Cushman on 28 December 1950 at Logan County, Arkansas, USA.¹

     Nasie married Rose (?).¹
     In the obituary of George Schnell who died 23 June 2011, his father, Nasie Schnell Sr., was listed as predeceased.¹

     Rose married Nasie Schnell Sr..¹
     In the obituary of George Schnell who died 23 June 2011, his mother, Rose Schnell, was listed as predeceased.¹

     He was born on 10 November 1938 at Grace Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.^1,2
     Herbert Lorne Rheaume died on 11 November 1938 at Grace Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.^1,2
     Herbert Lorne Rheaume was buried on 12 November 1938 at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa East of the Rideau, Ontario, Canada.^1,2

     She was born on 15 April 1915 at Charleston, Arkansas, USA.^1,2,3 Katy married Fred Pelfrey.^1,3 Katy married John Paul Gillespie on 7 November 1953.⁴
     Katy Estell Flynn died on 6 February 2003 at age 87.^2,1
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Katy Estell Flynn was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, Wynnewood, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.⁵
     Fred and Kate Pelfrey appeared on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census of Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 15 April 1940, described as a laborer on a W.P.A. Project Bridge. This census indicates that they lived in the same place in 1935, but then shows that he resided in Alabama and she in Arkasas.. Their children: Jerry Dean, Paul Irving and Veda Beth, were listed as living with them.³
     In the obituary of Paul Ervin Pelfrey who died 15 November 1995, Katy Gillespie, was listed as a survivor.⁶
     In the obituary of Treva Lavon Pelfrey who died 21 July 1997, her mother-in-law, Katy Gillespie, was listed as a survivor.⁷
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the Reagan County, Texas Obituary Collection, Texas, circa 8 February 2003.¹
     In the obituary of Veda Beth Fanning who died 10 November 2013, her parents, Fred Pelfrey and Katy Gillespie were listed or implied as predeceased.⁸

     John married Rosa Anna Woods.¹
     In the obituary of Katy Estell Flynn who died 6 February 2003, John Flynn, was listed as predeceased.¹

     Rosa married John Flynn.¹
     In the obituary of Katy Estell Flynn who died 6 February 2003, Rosa Anna Woods, was listed as predeceased.¹