Charles Edward Waller Jr.

b. 21 July 1881, d. 24 February 1951
  • Charles Edward Waller Jr. was born on 21 July 1881 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
  • Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Charles Edward Waller Jr., Alexander Ellerbe Waller, Catherine A. Waller and Herbert Ellerbe Waller. Also in the household were four servants.
  • Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Charles Edward Waller Jr., Alexander Ellerbe Waller, Catherine A. Waller and Herbert Ellerbe Waller.
  • He was employed as a bookkeeper by a national bank, according to the 1910 census.
  • Charles Edward Waller Jr. registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Hale County, Alabama, while living in Greensboro, self-employed there farming.
  • Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama, at Main Street. Other members of the household included Charles Edward Waller Jr., Alexander Ellerbe Waller.
  • He was farming, according to the 1920 census.
  • He married Manie Grace Turpin, daughter of Louis Washington Turpin and Sarah Archer Christian, circa 1922.
  • Charles Edward Waller Jr. and Manie Grace Turpin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama, at 27 Demopolis.
  • He was employed as an insurance salesman, according to the 1930 census.
  • Charles Edward Waller Jr. and Manie Grace Turpin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama, at 25 Demopolis.
  • He was self-employed as a cotton-insurance buyer-agent, according to the 1940 census.
  • Charles Edward Waller Jr. became a widower at the 28 March 1942 death of his wife Manie Grace Turpin.
  • He married Clara Eola Day.
  • Charles Edward Waller Jr. died on 24 February 1951 at age 69 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
  • His wife Clara Eola Day became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
  • The following appeared on 24 February 1951 in The Tuscaloosa News: Charles Edward Waller, 69, prominent plantation owner, insurance man and cotton broker, died early this morning at Greensboro, Hale County, after an illnes of a week.
         Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Sunday from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Greensboro, with the Rev. L. P. Arsnault, rector, officiating. Burial will be in the Greensboro Cemetery by Jones and Spigener.
         Mr. Waller was a native of Greensboro. He was a graduate of the Old Southern University there, a vestryman and secretary of the Parish of the Episcopal Church and a member of S. A. E. Fraternity.
         He was a son of the late Judge Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Ellerbe, Greensboro.
         Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Clara Waller; a brother, Alexander Waller, Greensboro; and several nieces and nephews.
         Mr. Waller operated an insurance business in Greensboro and was the holder of large real estate properties in Hale County.
         Active pallbearers for the funeral will be Walter K. Johnson, Winn Coleman, Heck Seales, George Sledge, Lewis Lawson, Cecil Cothran, Sr., H. H. Hughes, and Gwaltney McCollum.
  • Last Edited: 13 Sep 2015

Family 1: Manie Grace Turpin b. September 1877, d. 28 March 1942

Family 2: Clara Eola Day b. 14 October 1902, d. 27 December 1961