Betty Jean Hales

Brief Life History of Betty Jean

When Betty Jean Hales was born on 23 August 1929, in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, United States, her father, Rev Jonathan Thomas Hales Sr, was 55 and her mother, Dovie Ann Brindle, was 39. She married Billie Kylus Campbell on 23 August 1952, in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 15 Pine Grove, DeKalb, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 January 2007, at the age of 77, and was buried in DeKalb, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Billie Kylus Campbell
1923–2010
Betty Jean Hales
1929–2007
Marriage: 23 August 1952

Sources (7)

  • Betty Jean Hales, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Betty Jean Hales, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Betty Jean Campbell in entry for Mr Billie K Campbell, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1950

United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.

Name Meaning

English (widespread, especially in the southeast): from the genitive singular or nominative plural form of Old English halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Hale ).

Irish: when not of English origin, this may be a variant of Healy or McHale .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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