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IDA JANE MELVIN married, second, Bennie Franklin DeVane, born
1877 and died in 1961. Children of IDA JANE MELVIN and Bennie
Franklin DeVane:
 
dau. Ella Ruth DeVane, born 1909 at White Oak, N.C., died 15
     Jan. 1936. Married E.W. Musslewhite. Children:
     dau. Geraldine Musslewhite, born 12 Jan. 1928 in White
          Oak, N.C. Married 2 June 1945 Julian C. Odum. C
          dau. Ella Ruth Odum, born 28 March 1946. Married
               28 Dec. 1966 B. Thomas Morgan. Children:
               son, B. Thomas Morgan, Jr., born 23 Feb. 1969.
               dau. Deanne Ruth Morgan, born 18 Feb. 1972.
          dau. Rhonda Mae Odom. Married Dr. W.K. Fergason.
               dau. Tara Kristen Fergason, born 20 Dec. 1973
                    in Ogden, Utah.
               son, Ashley Alone Fergason, born 17 Feb. 1977.
          dau. Julia Ann Odom, born 4 March 1953. Married
               30 June 1976 Dr. Ben Siy-Hian.
          dau. Edna Lou Odom, born 1 March 1958 in Fayette-
               ville, N.C.
     son, Abner Murray Musslewhite, born 2 Sept. 1930. Mar-
          ried Shelby Bryant. Children:
          son, Benny Musslewhite, born in Robeson County, N.C.
     dau. Ruth Joyce Musslewhite, born 11 May 1932 in Bladen
          County, N.C. Married 5 June 1952 Purnis Thomas.
          son, Purnis Edward Thomas, born 16 July 1953 in
               Lumberton, N.C.
     son, Edward Raymond Musslewhite, born 29 Dec. 1935 in
          Bladen County, N.C. Married Leigh Nora Powers.
          dau. Leigh Musslewhite, born 12 April 1959.
dau. Selma DeVane, born 14 Feb. 1912 in White Oak, N.C. Mar-
     ried James Nash Whitted, son of Thomas Robeson Whitted
     and Frances Monroe. The Whitted family of Bladen descend
     from the marriage of William Nash Whitted of Hillsboro,
     N.C., and Emeline McKay, only surviving child of Archi-
     bald Salter McKay and Mary Smith - see McKAY-SALTER-
     ROBESON-BARTRAM Families of Bladen County, N.C., as
     shown elsewhere in this genealogical work. Children of
     Selma Devane and James Nash Whitted:
     dau. Anita Eloise Whitted, born 9 Nov. 1931 in Lumber-
          ton, N.C. Married in the first Baptist Church of
          Brunswick, Georgia, 15 Aug. 1930 Neil Edward West
          of Houston, Texas. Children:
          dau. Gloria Diane West, born 3 nov. 1952 in Glynn
               County, Georgia. Married 8 Jan. 1977 in the
               Presbyterian Church of The Covenant, Houston,
               Texas, Fred Roberts.
          dau. Pamela Sue West, born 3 May 1957.
     son, James Nash Whitted, Jr., born 11 Oct. 1955 in Bla-
          den County, N.C. Married 11 Sept. 1955 in Lancas-
          ter. S.C., Julia McManus, married, second, 25 Sept.
          1976 Ann McDonald.
          son, Terry Lee Whitted (by first marriage), born
               1 June 1956 in Brunswick, Georgia.
 
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HTML Editor's note regarding the names in red:

The names are usually spelled "Odom" and Musselwhite" and
"Ferguson" in the Bladen County area. -Ed.