CARTER, Cecial Virginia (Cleveland OH)

CECIAL VIRGINIA CARTER

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Cecial Virginia Carter, 8 weeks old - 1903"
PHOTO TAKEN: The Elton Studio, Cleveland Ohio, 1903
PURCHASED: 2016 Midway KY, The Eagle's Nest Antiques

What a lovely portrait of a beautiful mother and happy child!

This is Cecial Virginia Carter, born in Cleveland on 11 Jan 1903 to parents Joseph Carter and Bessie Clyde Moore (1881-1982). Her step father was Christopher Columbus Cox (1888).

Mother Bessie was a daughter of Samuel Augusta Moore and Mary Belle Stewart (dau of Rbt Chambers Stewart and Elizabeth Hunter Alford) of Danville Ky. Bessie lived to age 101. She died 21 May 1982 in Tampa FL.

Cecial married Joseph H. Myrick (1900-1989) and the couple were living in Tampa by 1930. Cecial and Joseph were divorced in 1946.  He is buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Tampa FL. His double headstone also mentioned Bernadeane Myrick (assuming this is 2nd wife).

1930 Federal Census > FL > Hillsborough > Tampa
MYRICK, Joseph H., head, 29, born in VA of NC & VA parents, Superintendent at Motor Company
MYRICK, Cecial V., wife, 27, born in OH of KY parents
MYRICK, Joseph C., son, 5, born in FL
MYRICK, Marilyn J., dau, 3, born in FL
MYRICK, Lucien L., son, 0 mo, born in FL
COX, Christopher C., Step-father-in-law, 42, born in NC of NC parents, salesman for Drug Company
COX, Bessie C., mother-in-law, 48, born in KY of KY parents

Daughter Marilyn at some point submitted genealogical information to petition for membership into the Alford American Family Association, proving her descent from James Alford of Virginia, as follows:

5th Great Grand Parents -
  James Alford b. 1715/20, Virginia, m. about 1745, VA, 249. Lucy Bailey, b. 1715/25, Virginia. James died May 26 1782, Fluvanna Co., VA.

4th Great Grand Parents -
  Charles Alford b. about 1752, Virginia, m. about 1783, 125. Mary "Polly" B. _____, b. about 1763, d. before 1863, KY. Charles died bef 3 Nov 1819, Garrard Co., KY.

3rd Great Grand Parents -
  Morgan Alford b. Sep 30 1783, Garrard Co., KY, m. Jun 20 1815, Garrard Co., KY, 63. Mary "Polly" Butler Robinson, b. Jan 7 1793, d. Aug 14 1856, Garrard Co., KY. Morgan died Apr 20 1854, Garrard Co., KY, buried: Alford Cemetery, Garrard Co., KY.

Great Great Grand Parents -
  Robert Chambers Stewart b. Apr 6 1820, Kentucky, m. Oct 3 1842, Garrard Co., KY, 31. Elizabeth Hunter Alford, b. Oct 18 1824, KY, d. Jan 15 1899, KY, buried: Danville, Boyle Co., KY. Robert died Dec 19 1882, buried: Bellevue Cem., Danville, Boyle Co., KY.

Great Grand Parents -
  Samuel Augusta Moore b. May 5 1842, m. 15. Mary Belle Stewart, b. Jul 2 1848, d. Nov 6 1897, Danville, Boyle Co., KY. Samuel died May 3 1916, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL, buried: Bellevue Cem., Danville, Boyle Co., KY.

Grand Parents -
  Joseph Carter m. 7. Bessie Clyde Moore, b. Oct 28 1881, Danville, Boyle Co., KY, d. May 21 1982, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL. Bessie also m. (2) C.C. Cox.

Parents -
  Joseph H. Myrick b. May 13 1900, Princess Ann Co., VA, m. Jul 25 1923, 3. Cecial V. Carter, b. Jan 11 1903, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, d. Mar 25 1998, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL. Cecial also m. (2) H. Samuel Kennedy. Joseph died Nov 26 1989, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL.

Self -
  Marilyn Jean Myrick b. Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL, m. (1) Edgar W. Ralston, m. (2) Ralph J. Human.

Cecial remarried Sam Kennedy (1903-1963) and lived in Clearwater FL.

Cecial died 15 Mar 1998 at the age of 95. This death notice, which appeared in the Tampa Tribune 27 Mar 1998, indicates that she was a member of a boating club in Clearwater.