1930 Irby Singleton (age 17, born in South Carolina, single), son, lived in Wetappo, Bay County, Florida, in a household with John L Singleton (age 50), Emma Singleton (age 55), Lillian Singleton (age 22), and Malissa Singleton (age 78). Irby Singleton's father was born in South Carolina and his mother was born in Indiana. Irby Singleton was a farmer. [1]
1940 Irby Singleton (age 27, born in South Carolina), lodger, single, lived at 445 SW 6th Street, Miami Twp, Dade County, Florida, in a household with Anna W Ensey (age 53), Winnefred Ensey (age 19), and Grace C Ensey (age 16). Irby Singleton's father was born in South Carolina and his mother was born in Indiana. Irby Singleton's occupation was bus driver, wage or salary worker in private work. Irby Singleton's residence was not a farm. The highest grade of school he had completed was high school, 1st year. [2] [3]
1940 Jack I Singleton, son of John Lewis Singleton, and Edith Marie Olson were married on May 31 in Stuart, Florida. [4] [5] [6]
1940 J Irby Singleton, age 28, registered for the draft on October 16 in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida. He was born on June 28, 1912, in Walhalla, South Carolina. He had characteristics: Brown hair, Brown eyes, and 5 9 height. [7]
1950 J Irvy Singleton (age 37, born in South Carolina, married) lived in Dade County, Florida, in a household with Edith M Singleton (age 28), Phyllis J Singleton (age 8), Lester B Singleton (age 7), and Kenneth A Singleton (age 6). J Irvy Singleton was a bus driver. [8]
2003 Jack I Singleton died on April 14. He was born on June 28, 1912, in Walhalla, South Carolina, son of John Singleton and Emma Good. [9] [10]
2003 An obituary reports [11] [12]
J. Irby "Jack" Singleton, 90, Bradenton, died April 14, 2003. He was born June 28, 1912, in Walhalla, S.C., and came to Bradenton in 2003 from Titusville. He worked in real estate. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Edith; daughters Phyllis Gray of Orlando, Diane Woodrow of Bradenton and Carolyn Bryington of Wesley Chapel; sons Lester of Micanopy, Kenneth of Clearwater, Richard of Sarasota, and Arthur of Palm Harbor; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. May 18 at Church of the Mediator in Micanopy. Ellenton Funeral Home is in charge. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34238.
A descendant reports:
Irby Singleton, my father, worked at a gas station in Miami, and no one could remember his name "Irby" so he just started telling his customers...call me Jack. He was Jack when he met my mother. In later years, the only one to call him Irby was his sister Lillian Singleton Grinslade, who lived most of her adult life in Wewahitchka, FL.
Irby Singleton's parents were Emma Good Singleton and John Singleton. She is buried in a cemetery named Pleasant Grove, near Overstreet, Florida (which is near Wewahitchka, Florida)
2016 Edith Marie Olsson Singleton died on May 24 at age 94 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. She was cremated. She was born on May 29, 1921 at Newport County, Rhode Island. [13][14] [15]
2016 An obituary for Edith Marie Singleton was published. [16]
Edith Marie Singleton 94, of Bradenton, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Tidewell Hospice House with family at her side. She was born May 29, 1921, Newport, RI, daughter of Carl O. W. Olsson and Sina Nielsen Olsson. Baptized at Trinity Episcopal Church, Newport, and a lifelong Christian. Edith was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Irby “Jack” Singleton in 2003, a sister Pauline Olsson Adamek and her brother, Carl Olsson. She is survived by seven children: Phyllis Gray, Orlando; Les (Addie) Singleton, Micanopy; Ken (Cindy) Singleton, Clearwater; Diane (James “Woody”) Woodrow, Bradenton; Richard (Bonnie) Singleton, Sarasota; Carolyn (Scott) Bryington, Wesley Chapel; Art (Beth) Singleton, Palm Harbor. She is also survived by eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Additionally she is survived by her sisters, Claire Roberts and Nancy O’Connell and many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.
Edith moved from Rhode Island to Miami in time for the 1926 hurricane – the roof was blown off her family’s apartment. She graduated from Miami High School in 1938 and worked as a secretary in a Miami Beach law office. She met Jack Singleton, a Miami street car operator, on her way to church. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother and grandmother, and was actively involved in her community’s church. The family traveled the USA extensively, visiting nearly all 50 states. The family relocated to Sarasota in 1965 where Edith and Jack established Singleton Realty which they operated until their retirement in 1978. After retiring Edith and Jack made numerous trips to Europe, the Holy Land, Australia (her favorite), Hawaii, San Diego, among many other places. One of Edith’s and Jack’s favorite pastimes, aside from playing Scrabble, was spending time at the beach where they enjoyed taking long walks. After Jack passed away in 2003, Edith moved to Bradenton’s Mount Vernon Community overlooking beautiful Sarasota Bay, where she enjoyed bird watching and she loved participating in the numerous activities offered by Mount Vernon. She also enjoyed attending plays and concerts with family and friends. For the last seven months, Edith lived at Windsor Oaks of Bradenton, where she made many friends and was particularly fond of the staff. She enjoyed attending family get-togethers and keeping in contact with her friends and family via email and Facebook. She was an avid letter-writer, at one time having more than 100 pen pals. A family tradition is to pick one’s birthday cake: fortuitously she requested angel food cake for her upcoming 95th birthday … she enjoyed it in Heaven with Angels! Ask and you shall receive, Matthew 21:22.
A public celebration of Edith’s life will be held Saturday, June 25th at 2:00p.m., Mount Vernon Clubhouse, 4701 Independence Drive, Bradenton, FL 34210. Be sure to share smiles, laughter, encouragement and your faith in Christ. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tidewell Hospice, 3355 26th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205 or a charity of choice. Covell Funeral Home handled the cremation. Please visit Guestbook at www.legacy.com
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[2] United States Federal Census, 1940, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, June 6, 1940, page 12, [NewspapersClip].
[5] Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, [AncestryRecord].
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[8] United States Federal Census, 1950, [AncestryRecord].
[9] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, [AncestryRecord].
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[11] Newspaper, Herald Tribune April 19, 2003.
[12] Herald Tribune April 19, 2003, [URL].
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[14] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[15] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].
[16] The Bradenton Herald, Bradenton, Florida, 05 Jun 2016, Sun, page Page B2, [NewspapersClip].