Lloyd Alfred Jett

Lloyd Alfred Jett, son of Robert Payne Jett and Nannie Parrom Swift, born 09 Aug 1875, TN, died 02 Dec 1966, Dallas CO, TX, married 29 Nov 1905 Hohenwald, Lewis CO, TN to Edna Earle Williams, dau of Septimus Williams and Laura Frances Basford, born 25 Jan 1881 Hohenwald, Lewis CO, TN, died 03 Apr 1938 Brownfield, Terry CO, TX. Texas.

See family sketch on Septimus Williams for additional information on her family.

The family is listed on page 18 of the 1920 census of Flagler County with his occupation given as "Contractor-Builder." Living in the household was his mother, Nannie Jett, age 68 and a widow.

According to an article in the Bunnell Home Builder of Jan 1914, Mr and Mrs L.A. Jett and children of Clarksville, Tenn moved to Bunnell. Accounts of his purchasing land to farm, activities in the construction business, the construction of their home east of Bunnell, are found in the Bunnell Home Builder. He later was the rural route mail carrier on the Haw Creek route.

He was Worshipful Master of Bunnell Lodge 200, Free & Accepted Masons in Dec 1927.

Due to his wife's health, he was transferred to El Paso, Texas in the late 1920's, then to Brownfield, Texas. In the 1930 census of El Paso, TX, she is shown as head of the household with the three children living with her. The family were members of the Methodist Church. He and his 1st wife were the parents of three children:

1. Robert Septimus (RS) Jett, born 28 Jan 1907, Hohenwald, Lewis CO, TN, died 02 Jul 1987, Tallahassee, Leon CO, FL, married 10 July 1931, El Paso, El Paso CO, TX to Claribel Brandon, dau of M E Brandon, born 02 May 1907, died 19 Jan 1996, Bartow CO, GA.

Claribel was an accomplished artist and she painted a number of the past Governors of Florida whose portraits now hang in the Capitol at Tallahassee. Issue;

(1) Robert Septimus Jett II, born 30 Sept 1933, El Paso, El Paso CO, TX, married 19 Mar 1954, Tallahassee, Leon CO, FL, Charlotte Ann McCarts, born 24 Dec 1934, died 12 Jun 2006, Havana, Gadsden CO, FL (probably). Issue;

A. Robert Septimus Jett III, born 11 May 1956, FL, married 11 Oct 1980, Leon CO, FL, Deborah Ann Mayo, born Aug 1953

B. Debra Lynn Jett, born, 09 Mar 1958, FL, married 16 Jun 1979, Leon CO, FL, Thomas Edward Potter, born 27 Jul 1956

C. William Brandon Jett, born 04 Jun 1961, FL, married Maria L LNU, born 25 Sep 1965

(2) William Lloyd Jett, born 29 Aug 1936, Albuquerque, Bernalillo CO, NM, died 18 Sep 2010, Greensboro, Gadsden CO, FL, buried Culley's Meadow Wood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Leon CO, FL, married 20 July 1956, Jean Marie Bullard, (Div). Issue;

A. Rebecca Lea Jett married Bernie de la Rionda, Issue;

a. Susanna de la Rionda

b. Beth de la Rionda

c. Caroline de la Rionda

B. William Lloyd Jett II, born 16 Jun 1965

a. Preston Jett

b. Dalton Jett

William Lloyd Jett married 2nd, 17 Apr 1993, Leon CO, FL Sally Jane Negus

(3) Claire Elizabeth Jett, born 03 Jan 1940, Jacksonville, Duval CO, FL, died 14 Jan 2009, Cartersville Medical Center, Cartersville, Bartow CO, GA, married Apr 1966, Miami, Dade CO, FL, James Ellison (Jimmy) Herring (Div-Jul 1969). Issue;

A. Jett Elizabeth Herring, born 10 Nov 1966, FL, married 16 Dec 1988, Leon CO, FL, Andrew Allen Bocz, born 03 Jan 1967. Issue:

a. Andrew Allen Bocz, Jr.

b. Samuel Bocz

c. Elijah Bocz

d. Elizabeth Bocz

Claire Elizabeth Jett married 2nd Charles G. Wyrick, Jr., born 07 Nov 1935. Issue;

B. Rachel C. Wyrick

2. Felix Gordon Jett, born 28 Nov 1909, Hohenwald, Lewis CO, TN, died 01 Jan 2000, Mesa, Maricopa CO, AZ, married 21 Mar 1937, El Paso, El Paso, TX Texas to Mildred Carolyn Hearn, born 07 Mar 1912, El Paso, El Paso CO, TX, died 11 Jul 2000, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles CO, CA (probably) (Div-16 Aug 1966). Issue;

(1)Thomas Jett, born about 1946

Felix Gordon Jett married again.

3. Nannie Laura Jett, born 27 Nov 1911, Hohenwald, Lewis CO, TN, died 27 Apr 1998, Kaufman CO, TX, married 28 Mar 1932, Brownfield, Terry CO, TX to Clarence Jay Reiver, born 19 Jun 1908, IN, died 17 Jan 1989, Honolulu, Honolulu CO, HI, buried National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Honolulu CO, HI (Div).

Clarence graduated from high school in Shebyville, IN and attended the College of Mines and Art at El Paso, TX after which be became employed with the T & N O railroad there. He served in the U. S. Navy during WW II.

Nannie attended grammar and the first year of high school in Bunnell, FL after which she moved to El Paso, TX and graduated from El Paso High School. She then attended the College of Mines and Arts of that city. Issue;

(1) Nancy Ruth Reiver, born 23 Feb 1933, Terry CO, TX, died 20 Apr 1937, El Paso CO, TX

(2) Carolyn Jay Reiver, born 16 May 1936, El Paso CO, TX, died 03 Apr 1994, TX, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Irving, Dallas CO, TX

Nannie Jett Reiver married 2nd, 20 Aug 1949 El Paso, El Paso CO, TX to John J. Perkins (Div).

Nannie Jett Perkins married 3rd, 03 Oct 1979, Dallas CO, TX, Robert H Zeigler, born 16 Oct 1904, died 21 Oct 1999, Nueces CO, TX. They lived in Irving, TX.

 

Source: The First Families of Flagler by Mary Ketus Deen Holland who cites as her sources, Census, Published Articles and Lillo Johnson Townsend.

Additional sources used by the compiler were: 1910 United States Federal Census, Civil District 11, Montgomery, Tennessee; 1910 United States Federal Census, Shelbyville Ward 4, Shelby CO, IN; 1920 United States Federal Census, Shelbyville Ward 4, Shelby CO, IN; 1930 United States Federal Census, El Paso, El Paso, Texas; World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; WWI Civilian Draft Registrations; Florida Marriage Collection, 1927-2001; Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001; Social Security Death Index; Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000; U. S. Headstone Photos; The Flagler Tribune, 07 Apr 1932, 04 Aug 1932; Who's Who of American Women, 10th Edition, 1977-1978 and 11th Edition 1979-1980 and The U. S. Public Records Index

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