Family:Frank Bourie and Beulah Wade (1)

Parents: William Bourie and Alice Stevens Frank Bourie b. 4 Sep 1873 Ligonier, Noble Co., Indiana d. 9 Sep 1951 Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida

Parents: Oglethorpe Wade and Flora McInnis Beulah Leola Wade b. 22 Nov 1908 Lafayette County, Florida d. 30 Jul 1999 Mayo,LafayetteCo,Florida

m. 23 Dec 1923 ,Dixie County, Florida

Beulah Leola Wade

Beulah Leola Wade was born November 22, 1908 in Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida. Beulah was the third of seven children of Flora McInnis and Oglethorpe T. Wade. Beulah’s nineteen month old baby brother died in August of 1912. Beulah’s mother, her 3 year old baby brother and her 3 month old baby sister died in a railroad crossing accident when a train hit their car on April 6, 1919. So Beulah experienced much tragedy in her early life. Beulah did have an older sister and brother and another younger brother who survived and they were very close.

Frank Bourie and Beulah Wade Marriage

Frank Bourie may be still married to Ada Morrow with four children in January 6, 1920 US Census. Ada and the Family are in Jonesboro, Grant County, Indiana, but Frank is not living with the family. Frank has not yet been located in the 1920 Census. It is not known what happens in the next four years.

However, on December 23, 1923, Beulah Bourie married Frank Bourie in Dixie County, Florida. Frank Bourie was about 15 years older than Beulah’s father, O.T. Wade, but they were good friends. Frank and Beulah had nine children. Five are deceased. Three daughters and a son are living in Florida. The deceased children are:

Flora Alice Bourie Abbott

Flora Alice Bourie was born September 6, 1924 in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida. She was named for her two grandmothers, Flora McInnis and Alice Stevens. Her family nickname was “Punkin”.

Flora Alice Bourie married J. Theron Abbott and had two children. Flora Alice Bourie died May 22, 2003 in Perry, Florida and is buried in Bethel Cemetery at Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida. A memorial page with a photo of her cemetery marker is shown on the Find-A-Grave website. Theron Abbott is also buried in Bethel Cemetery at Mayo,. Theron also has a memorial page with a photo of the grave marker on the Find-A-Grave website.

Frank Bourie, Jr.

Frank Bourie, Jr. was born November 6, 1925 in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida. Frank Bourie, Jr. family nickname was “Buck”. Frank Bourie served in the US Navy during WWII. In 1945, Frank Bourie, Jr. married Geneva Wyatt in Duval County, Florida. Frank and Geneva have eight children. The Family lived many years in Miami where Buck was an aircraft mechanic for Pan American Airways. In retirement, the family moved to Jacksonville. Frank Bourie, Jr. died 15 February 1996 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Jacksonville. A memorial page on the Find-A-Grave website has a photo of his cemetery marker on the Find-A-Grave website. Geneva Wyatt Bourie died February 14, 2001 and is also buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Geneva Bourie also has a memorial page with photo of the grave marker on the Find-A-Grave website.

Betty Jean Bourie

Betty Jean Bourie was born October 2, 1927 in Trenton, Florida. In 1943, Betty Jean Bourie first married Donald E. Lovett in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. They had two children and later divorced.

Betty Jean then married Arthur E. Meunier. They lived many years in Rhode Island where they had three children. One daughter, Carol died in September 1979 in a auto accident in Rhode Island. Carol is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville. A memorial page with a photo of her grave marker is shown on the Find-A-Grave website.

Betty Jean Bourie Meunier died September 6, 2006 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville. A memorial page with a photo of her grave marker is shown on the Find-A-Grave website.

Wanda Jane Bourie

The fifth child, Wanda Jane Bourie, was born in May 1932 in Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida. Wanda died an infant in 1934 in Lafayette County and is buried in Wayfare Cemetery at Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida. A memorial page with a photo of her grave marker is shown on the Find-A-Grave website.

Daniel Wade Bourie

The sixth child of Beulah Wade and Frank Bourie, Daniel Wade Bourie, was born October 14, 1934 in Mayo, Lafayette, Florida. Wade married Azeal King. They have three children. In June 1969, Connie graduated from Georgia State University at Atlanta, Georgia. Wade died at his home in Lafayette County on April 28, 2011.

Constance Virginia Bourie

The eighth child, Constance Virginia Bourie, was born November 10, 1942 in Jacksonville, Duval County. Connie married A. Holmes on June 3, 1961 at Hollyford Baptist Church at Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. They have two children. In June 1969, Connie graduated from Georgia State University at Atlanta, Georgia. Living in Savannah, Georgia, Connie died 25 February, 1991 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. A memorial page on the Find-A-Grave website has a photo of her cemetery marker in Bourie family section of Evergreen Cemetery at Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.

Beulah and Frank's later years

Frank Bourie, Sr. died in Lake City, Columbia County Florida on September 9, 1951. A memorial page on the Find-A-Grave website has a photo of his cemetery marker in Wayfare Cemetery at Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida. Beulah never re-married and lived most of her later life in Jacksonville near her children. Beulah Wade Bourie died in Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida on July 30, 1999. A memorial page on the Find-A-Grave website includes a photo of her cemetery marker next to her husband, Frank, in Wayfare Cemetery at Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida.