Susan Emma Brice

b. 14 September 1878, d. 8 November 1966
  • Susan Emma Brice was born on 14 September 1878 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
  • She married William Eddins Bay, son of Thomas Bowen Bay and Caledonia Peebles, circa 1903.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery County. Other members of the household included Evelyn Mae Bay, William James Bay and Emory Earl Bay.
  • William Eddins Bay registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 while living with his wife Sue in Anderson, and employed there as a clerk by Hair & Brown.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelyn Mae Bay, William James Bay, Emory Earl Bay and Ernest Hulon Bay.
  • The following appeared on 4 March 1923 in The Houston Post: (Anderson) Miss Evelyn Bay who teaches at Singleton spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bay.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Emory Earl Bay and Ernest Hulon Bay.
  • William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ernest Hulon Bay and Evelyn Jane Ficklin. There is little doubt that "daughter" Evelyn Bay (age 29) actually is the widow of son William James "Jim" Bay, who died the previous year.
  • William Eddins Bay registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife in Anderson, and self-employed there.
  • Susan Emma Brice became a widow at the 9 June 1949 death of her husband William Eddins Bay.
  • She was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
  • At the time of her death Susan Emma Brice was living in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Susan Emma Brice died on 8 November 1966 at age 88 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Grimes Memorial Hospital.
  • Last Edited: 16 Jan 2016

Family: William Eddins Bay b. 30 June 1877, d. 9 June 1949