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     Dewetta Willie Hornsby was born on 26 November 1888 (the 1900 census says November 1890) in Alabama.^6,7,2,1 She married Harold Daniels Bruce, son of John Henry Bruce and Matilda Glover, on 29 December 1907 at the home of the bride's cousin W. E. Wren in Natchez, Adams Co., Mississippi.^3,4 She died on 9 November 1929 at home in Lee Bayou, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, at age 40 from uterine cancer.^8,5,7 She was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish.⁶
     In 1900 she was living with her grandparents Gordrum and Tabitha Davis in Ward 2, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.²
     She and her husband Henry are listed in Ward 1, Catahoula Parish, in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.^1,9 She was working as a schoolteacher in 1910.

     Catherine Meyers was born on 26 April 1901 in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.^3,4,2 She married Harold Daniels Bruce, son of John Henry Bruce and Matilda Glover, on 30 February 1930 [sic] in Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana.^1,5,6,7,8 She died on 24 February 1992 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at age 90.² She was buried at Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish.³
     She and her husband Henry are listed in Ward 1, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the 1930 census, along with Henry's daughter Catherine from his first marriage, and a nephew, Hal McGee.⁷ Sometime before 1935, after her husband's death, she moved in with her mother-in-law Mittie Bruce, and is listed with her in Catahoula Parish in the 1940 census.⁹ In 1950 she was living with her parents in Catahoula Parish.¹⁰

     Pansy Blossom Thomas was born on 30 September 1907 in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., Kansas.^3,2 She married first John Medine Bruce (license dated 4 August 1923 in Jefferson Co., Texas), son of John Henry Bruce and Matilda Glover.^5,2 (The Vick genealogy says they were married 5 August 1923 in Sour Lake, Hardin Co., Texas.)² They were later divorced, probably between 1935 and 1940.⁶ She married second Frank Wyman Nelson on 23 December 1941 at the minister's house of the First Presbyterian Church in Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas.^7,8 She married third Harold R. Vrooman on 28 April 1972 in Nueces Co.^9,10 She died on 17 July 1976 at Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi at age 68 from cancer.³ She was interred on 19 July 1976 at Seaside Mausoleum in Corpus Christi.³
     In 1930 she and her first husband John are listed in DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, along with their daughter Helaine and her mother Ruby Hamilton.¹¹ John is again listed in DeQuincy in 1940, as a lodger with the family of John Cutrer. He's listed as married, but with his spouse not present.¹² Pansy is listed as divorced in 1940, and she and their children Helane and John were living with Sue Farrior in Ward 3, Calcasieu Parish.¹³ She was then working as a musician at a dance school, no doubt run by Sue Farrior, who is listed as a dance teacher in the census, and Pansy is listed as her partner.¹³ She later worked as secretary to the Dean of Music at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas, retiring in 1972.¹⁰

     Lucy Lee Froelich was born on 3 September 1907 in Texas.⁴ She married first George Wallace.^5,6 She married second John Medine Bruce, son of John Henry Bruce and Matilda Glover, on 16 February 1946 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul White in Sour Lake, Hardin Co., Texas.^7,8 They were later divorced.⁴ She died on 29 September 1975 at Saint Joseph Hospital in Houston, Harris Co., Texas, at age 68 from liver failure.⁴ She was buried on 30 September 1975 at Rigmaiden Cemetery in DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.^9,4
     She served in the Womens' Army Corps, 3812th Service Co., during World War II, enlisting as a private on 19 February 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana.^10,11 On 18 March she left for basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.¹² She served at the induction station in New Orleans for 16 months¹³, and was discharged as a corporal on 22 September 1945.¹¹
     She and her second husband John are listed in DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, in the 1950 census.¹⁴
     In July 1951 she and her husband John bought 57 acres of farmland near DeQuincy, and over the next four years cleared the land for grazing cattle and growing hay, and repaired and restored their home there. Their progress was slowed by health issues; he had a heart attack, and she underwent a major operation.¹⁵
     She worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in DeQuincy starting in 1926, and planned to return to her job there as car distributor after recovering from her operation.¹⁵

     Eva Katherine Matthews was born on 18 November 1889 in Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., Arkansas.^1,2 She married first Charlie M. Hart on 14 February 1912 in Lawrence Co.³ She married second George Lescher Leopard on 10 March 1914 in Garland Co., Arkansas.⁴ She married third George Glover Bruce, son of John Henry Bruce and Matilda Glover, on 14 September 1949 in Marion, Crittenden Co., Arkansas.^2,5 She died on 7 January 1990 at age 100.⁶ She was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas.⁶
     In April 1950, seven months after her marriage to George Bruce, she was enumerated on her own in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, while George was enumerated in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.^7,8
     She was a matron (one who assists female passengers) for the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Union Station in Little Rock.^6,2