Elijah Ray Moody and Pearl Dodson

Pearl Dodson

Dates and place of burial taken from Ridgeway Funeral Home records Note: listed as Louislie Pearl Moody

Children of Elijah Ray and Pearl

  1. Velma F. (Note: refer to 1930 census for the family.)
  2. Geraldyne D.
  3. Mary H.
  4. Nathan C.
  5. Earl R.
  6. Elna R.
  7. James A.
  8. Other children born after 1920, some of whom have a fair probability of still being alive

Elijah Ray Moody

Married Pearl Dodson [Ray Moody to Miss Pearl Dodson, 8 July 19171, Henry Co. --- M. Huddlesston, JP]

Dates and place of burial taken from Ridgeway Funeral Home records and date of birth from WWI Draft Registration
I believe the draft registration card date is more likely to be correct.

1920CensusCallowayKYp2b: Ray Moody, 25, Pearl, 23, Velma, 1 & 7mo Note: listed as next family after his parents

1930CensusCallowayKYp13b: Elija R. Moody, 33, Pearl, 32, Velma F., 11, Geraldyne D., 10, Mary H., 9, Nathan C., 7, Earl R., 6, Elna R., 4, James A., 1 & 10mo

1The application for the marriage license gives the date as 6 June 1917, apparently mistakenly since application with numbers preceding and following give July as the month.