Elizabeth Bethena Waters

Elizabeth Bethena "Bettie" Lipham first married Joe Reaves.

Elizabeth Bethena "Bettie" (Lipham) Reaves second married William Albert Waters.

Elizabeth Bethena "Bettie" Lipham Reaves and Joseph Franklin Reaves had five known children before Joseph was killed in a hunting accident:
1. Lera Reaves Stacy, b. 7/9/1906, d. 1/4/1994, Memorial #81286297.
2. Lessie Reaves Braden, b. 1908, d. 1974.
3. Robert Cecil Reaves, b. 1910, d. 1971, Memorial #31646640.
4. Stell Vernice Reaves, b. 1/8/1913, d. 5/6/1997, Memorial #142045965.
5. Jothenia (Reaves) Bowers, White, Burnett, Otwell, b. 1/8/1916, d. 12/15/1987, Memorial #146934752. Jothena first married Howard Bowers on 4 Mar 1933. She second married John Durwood White, her 2nd cousin, on 4 Jan 1951. She third married Unknown Burnett. She fourth married Earl Otwell of Oxford, AL. 1936 - 2007 SSI Index Claims lists: Jul 1938: Name listed as JOETHENA REEVES BOWERS; Mar 1951: Name listed as JOTHENIA WHITE; Jul 1974: Name listed as JOTHENIA REAVES BURNETT; 08 Mar 1978: Name listed as JOTHENIA R OTWELL
These five known children are step siblings to the children born to Mary Frances Lindley and William Albert Waters, and half siblings to the children born to William Albert Waters and Elizabeth Bethena "Bettie" Lipham Reaves.

Children of William Albert and Elizabeth Bethena "Bettie" Lipham Reaves Waters:
1. Winnie Mae Waters Brown, b. 10/7/1920, d. 9/26/2012, Randolph Co., AL, Memorial #103548456.
2. Ira Belle Waters Gaston Capps, b. 11/3/1922, d. 11/11/2000, Weaver, Calhoun Co., AL, Memorial #35707142.
3. Thermon Newton Waters, b. 5/8/1926, d. 10/3/2015, Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., AL, Memorial #153213096.
4. Mary Ezelle Waters Cross, b. 4/3/1928, d. 1/29/2009, Franklin Co., AL, Memorial #62853715.
5. Estelle Waters Haynes, b. 3/10/1930, d. 3/10/2009, Calhoun Co., AL, Memorial #128566632.
These five children are half siblings to the seven children born to William Albert Waters and Mary Frances Lindley, and half siblings to the five children born to Elizabeth Bethena "Bettie" Lipham Reaves and Joseph Franklin Reaves.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 25 2023, 19:28:57 UTC