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Jan. 25th, 2008 06:17 pmIt only took me a week to find it.
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Jessie Mae Mingus, 88, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at Hempstead Manor.
She was born May 1, 1919, in Genoa, Wayne County, W.Va., to the late Sam Sweeney and Opal Cornwell Sweeney Asche Mowery. Jessie Mae was a homemaker and member of Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union.
Her husband, James Arthur Mingus, whom she married June 9, 1936, in Portsmouth, preceded her in death on March 15, 1993.
Surviving are two sons, James D. (Mary) Mingus of Minford, and Joseph B. (Perry) Mingus of Firebrick, Ky.; a sister, Mary Elizabeth Heil of Cincinnati; a former daughter-in-law, Sharon Walters of Lucasville; 15 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were a son, Earl R. �Boots� Mingus; and five brothers, Earl, Oliver, John Edward, Paul Ray and James Donald Sweeney.
Funeral services will take place Friday at 11 a.m. at Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home in Portsmouth, with the Rev. Gary Heimbach officiating and interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m., and Friday from 10 am until the funeral hour at the funeral home.
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This is my great grandma, yes I am one of 32 great-grandchildren. It made for interesting Christmases when we were little. I was named for her, and it appears that Jessie really was her first name, not Jessica, like I had assumed. She's been declining for the past fifteen years so this was not nearly the shock of Granny dying last year. Soon the generations will start with my grandparents....there are advantages to having short generational gaps, hopefully it will be another twenty years before another generation starts to slip away.
I've asked Mamaw to gather family history things for me, as I want records of things for myself in case something happens. So at some point I will have geneologies and documents to prove exactly how long my family has been here in Ohio and the country.
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Jessie Mae Mingus, 88, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at Hempstead Manor.
She was born May 1, 1919, in Genoa, Wayne County, W.Va., to the late Sam Sweeney and Opal Cornwell Sweeney Asche Mowery. Jessie Mae was a homemaker and member of Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union.
Her husband, James Arthur Mingus, whom she married June 9, 1936, in Portsmouth, preceded her in death on March 15, 1993.
Surviving are two sons, James D. (Mary) Mingus of Minford, and Joseph B. (Perry) Mingus of Firebrick, Ky.; a sister, Mary Elizabeth Heil of Cincinnati; a former daughter-in-law, Sharon Walters of Lucasville; 15 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were a son, Earl R. �Boots� Mingus; and five brothers, Earl, Oliver, John Edward, Paul Ray and James Donald Sweeney.
Funeral services will take place Friday at 11 a.m. at Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home in Portsmouth, with the Rev. Gary Heimbach officiating and interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m., and Friday from 10 am until the funeral hour at the funeral home.
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This is my great grandma, yes I am one of 32 great-grandchildren. It made for interesting Christmases when we were little. I was named for her, and it appears that Jessie really was her first name, not Jessica, like I had assumed. She's been declining for the past fifteen years so this was not nearly the shock of Granny dying last year. Soon the generations will start with my grandparents....there are advantages to having short generational gaps, hopefully it will be another twenty years before another generation starts to slip away.
I've asked Mamaw to gather family history things for me, as I want records of things for myself in case something happens. So at some point I will have geneologies and documents to prove exactly how long my family has been here in Ohio and the country.