Cecelia Suggs

Cecelia Suggs

Lifespan: 1904 - 1978

Birth: 01 Mar 1904 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi

Occupation: Farm labor, "Mangle girl", Domestic worker

Marriage: Frank Alexander

Children: Musett Alexander, Bernice Alexander, Celestine Alexander, Frank Alexander Jr, Lester Lee Alexander, Lucille Ruth Alexander, Dixie Gale Alexander, Essex Alexander, Barbara Jean Alexander

Parents: Essex Suggs & Jewel "Missy" King

Death: 21 Jul 1978 in Chicago, Illinois

Burial: Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, USA

Cecelia Suggs Alexander (1904–1978)

Cecelia Suggs was born March 1, 1904, in Marshall County, Mississippi, to Essex Suggs and Jewell “Missy” King. The Frank and Cecelia family booklet describes her as the second of eight children—five girls and three boys—and remembers a childhood on the family farm in which a strong work ethic was central.

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