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[[Central Gospel Chapel, Bessemer, AL|Central Gospel Chapel]], Bessemer, Jefferson Co., [[Alabama|AL]] (OB) +1958-1960
=Correspondents=
* J.A. McLaren +1958-1960
=Notable Families=
==McLaren family==
From 1957-1960, the McLaren family resided at 1420 5th Ave. N. J.A. was employed as a salesman for [https://bhamwiki.com/w/Newberry's Newberry's] Department Store in Birmingham all of those years.
* J.A. McLaren '''+1958-1960'''
* Cordie Lois Ansley Waldrop-Davenport-McLaren '''+1958-1960''' (b. 1892; m. 1950; d. 1972 Bessemer, AL), daughter of William Barton Ansley (b. 1862 AL - d. 1918 Bessemer, AL) & Mary Alice Stuart Ansley (b. 1867 AL - d. 1921 Bessemer, AL).
Lois' 1st husband (1907): Purser Waldrop (1887-1922 Jeff Co., AL), son of Rev. Otis Judson Waldrop (b. 1847 Jeff Co., AL - d. 1927 Demopolis, Marengo, AL) & Nancy Elizabeth Lacy Waldrop (1854-1895 Jeff Co., AL). Lois & Purser had two children die as infants, including a daughter in 1910. They also had a son Woodrow Wilson Waldrop (1913-1988), whose wife was Clara Ammons Waldrop (1912-2015). Lois' 2nd husband (1923): John Walter Davenport (1880-1944). In 1950, Lois resided in Long Beach, L.A., California with her step-son Theodore Roosevelt Davenport (1916-1975), who was employed as a mechanical engineer for a steel fabrication plant.
=Sources=
* OB AAB's 1958 & 1960
=Correspondents=
* J.A. McLaren +1958-1960
=Notable Families=
==McLaren family==
From 1957-1960, the McLaren family resided at 1420 5th Ave. N. J.A. was employed as a salesman for [https://bhamwiki.com/w/Newberry's Newberry's] Department Store in Birmingham all of those years.
* J.A. McLaren '''+1958-1960'''
* Cordie Lois Ansley Waldrop-Davenport-McLaren '''+1958-1960''' (b. 1892; m. 1950; d. 1972 Bessemer, AL), daughter of William Barton Ansley (b. 1862 AL - d. 1918 Bessemer, AL) & Mary Alice Stuart Ansley (b. 1867 AL - d. 1921 Bessemer, AL).
Lois' 1st husband (1907): Purser Waldrop (1887-1922 Jeff Co., AL), son of Rev. Otis Judson Waldrop (b. 1847 Jeff Co., AL - d. 1927 Demopolis, Marengo, AL) & Nancy Elizabeth Lacy Waldrop (1854-1895 Jeff Co., AL). Lois & Purser had two children die as infants, including a daughter in 1910. They also had a son Woodrow Wilson Waldrop (1913-1988), whose wife was Clara Ammons Waldrop (1912-2015). Lois' 2nd husband (1923): John Walter Davenport (1880-1944). In 1950, Lois resided in Long Beach, L.A., California with her step-son Theodore Roosevelt Davenport (1916-1975), who was employed as a mechanical engineer for a steel fabrication plant.
=Sources=
* OB AAB's 1958 & 1960