Sarah Palmer NESBIT^[1]

c.1916 - 1971

• Name	Sarah Palmer NESBIT
  Birth	c.1916	Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Education	Williamsburg City, VA   [3]
  	Sarah's obituary noted that she was a graduate of William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  Death	15 Jul 1971	Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL   [1]
  	Sarah died in Birmingham, Alabama on 15 July 1971. She was approximately 55 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	17 Jul 1971	Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL   [3]
  	Her body was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham following a 10:30am graveside service on 17 July 1971.
  Person ID	I62962	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Valentine Jordan NESBIT,   b. 20 Jan 1883, Camden, Kershaw Co, SC d. 7 Feb 1938, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Virginia Preston MEANS,   b. 9 Dec 1887, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL d. 24 Sep 1972, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	c. 1911  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F7186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Robert HENDRIX
  Marriage	27 Apr 1940	Jefferson Co, AL   [6]
  	The couple was married in Jefferson County, Alabama on 27 April 1940.
  Children	1. James Coburn HENDRIX   2. Virginia Nesbit HENDRIX
  Family ID	F7196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1920 US Census / Nesbit, Val 3214 Lane Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama.
  		1930 US Census / Nesbit, Valentine J. 3542 Lennox Road, Birmingham, Alabama.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2854] Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881 - 1974. FHL film no. 2051653; Sarah Nesbit Hendrix entry. [S2850] 1920 US Census / Nesbit, Val. [S2879] Sarah Hendrix obituary, The Birmingham News, (Birmingham, AL) 16 July 1971. [S2851] Valentine Jordan Nesbit. WWI draft registration card. [S2852] 1930 US Census / Nesbit, Valentine J. [S2880] Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800 - 1969. James R. Hendrix - Sarah Nesbit marriage entry.