Velma Lee Alsup ^{2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth information of 1933. ²

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Slick, OK on 26 April 1940. ⁵

1940 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 19-52, Family 44, Roll 3289
Slick, Creek County, Oklahoma
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Creek, Oklahoma
Home rented, $3
Velma Lee Alsup..Daughter..3..OK

(Living with parents.)
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• She resided in Bristow, OK on 30 September 1950.
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• Her obituary was published after 15 April 2015 in Fritch, TX. Velma Lee Betts, 78, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

Funeral service will be held 2 PM Monday, April 20, 2015 at First Assembly of God Church in Fritch, with Pastor Justin Unwin, officiating. Burial will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. In lieu of flowers, her memory may be honored with a gift to the First Assembly of God Building Fund, PO Box 1494, Fritch, Texas, 79036.

Velma was born July 17, 1936 in Slick, Oklahoma to Clyde and Velma Alsup. She married Ollie Leon Betts April 15, 1981 in Seminole, Texas. Velma enjoyed baking, sewing and gardening. She was a true servant who loved giving her time to the church.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Clifford Leroy Baileys, Ollie Leon Betts; sister, Leatrice Nunamaker; and brother, Tommy Alsup.

Survivors include her daughter, Linda Bentley and husband, Bill of Amarillo, Barbara Pryor and husband, Joe of Burleson, Glenna Pool and husband, Bryan of Perryton; son, Clifford Baileys and wife Vanessa of Edmond, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; brothers, Clyde Alsup and wife Barbara of Bristow, Oklahoma, Johnny Alsup and wife Marilyn of Edmond, Oklahoma; sisters, Donna Pinkey and husband Vernon of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Connie McCullough and husband Reid of Bristow, Oklahoma; and a host of extended family.

(Source; obituary by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors)
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• She was buried on 20 April 2015 in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Borger, TX.

Velma married Clifford LeRoy Baileys Sr on 30 September 1950 in , Franklin County, AR.^{1 2} (Clifford LeRoy Baileys Sr was born in 1929 ² and died before 15 April 2015.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 30 September 1950, in , Franklin County, AR. ²

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Clifford L Baileys
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Sep 1950
Event Place: Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Event Place (Original): , Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1929
Spouse's Name: Velma Lee Alsup
Spouse's Residence Place: Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
Spouse's Residence City: Bristow
Spouse's Residence County: Creek
Spouse's Residence State: Oklahoma
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1933
Page: 414

Other information in the record of Clifford L Baileys
Name: Clifford L Baileys
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Sep 1950
Event Place: Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Event Place (Original): , Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1929
Spouse's Name: Velma Lee Alsup
Spouse's Residence Place: Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
Spouse's Residence City: Bristow
Spouse's Residence County: Creek
Spouse's Residence State: Oklahoma
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1933
Page: 414

Citing this Record
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N97P-VM8 : 18 March 2019), Velma Lee Alsup in entry for Clifford L Baileys, 30 Sep 1950; citing Marriage, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,057,471.
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The marriage record indicates that Velma was 17 years old at the time of the marriage but other records, notably census records, seem to indicate that she would have been only 13 or 14 years old at the time.
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Velma next married Ollie Leon Betts on 15 April 1981 in Seminole, TX. (Ollie Leon Betts was born in 1937 and died in 2009.)