Bessie Randolph EDWARDS^[1]

1933 - 2008  (74 years)

• Name	Bessie Randolph EDWARDS
  Nickname	Bessie
  Birth	22 Sep 1933	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [1]
  	Bessie was delivered at 6:30 pm by Dr. Thomas Leslie Lee at Memorial General Hospital.
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Jun 2008  [2]
  	She died on 13 June 2008. She was 74 years old at the time of her death. Her last residence was Inverness, Florida.
  Person ID	I33835	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Archie Zadok EDWARDS, Jr.,   b. 31 Oct 1906, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC d. 14 Jan 1946, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Elvira Adelaide HUDSON,   b. 30 Apr 1908, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC d. 3 Aug 1969, Havelock, Craven Co, NC (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1932	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [3]
  	Adelaide and Archie were married by Rev. Robert E. Brown, a Methodist minister. Mrs. Theo. E. Stainback, Mrs. J.C. Lupton, and Mrs. B.A. Hoft, signed as witnesses to the ceremony.
  Family ID	F1749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Webster GOODING, Jr.,   b. 9 Nov 1933, Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC d. 13 Jul 1998 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1952	Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   [4]
  	Bessie and Robert were married by M.W. Lawrence, minister Queen Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Luby L. Edwards, Mrs. Henry Johnson, and Miss Nellie Avery signed as witnesses to the marriage.
  Children	1. infant GOODING   bur. Kinston, Lenoir Co, NC   2. Robert Webster GOODING, III   3. Archie Edwards GOODING
  Family ID	F1761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Charles Kenneth MILEY,   b. 9 May 1914, Bremen, Fairfiled Co, OH d. 31 Oct 1994 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1965	Miami, Dade Co, FL   [5]
  Family ID	F1795	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3949] Bessie Randolph Edwards, Lenoir County birth certificate no. 176 (1933). [S3147] Bessie Randolph Miley. SSDI. Ancestry.com. [S3957] A. Z. Edwards, Jr. - Elvira Hudson, Lenoir Co, NC marriage record no. 151 (1932). [S3956] Robert Webster Gooding, Jr. - Bessie Randolph Edwards, Lenoir Co, NC marriage record no. 342 (1952). [S3914] Bessie Edwards Miley, "Bessie Addie Randolph - John Edgar Hudson descendants information".