AUGUSTA “GUSSIE” SCHOOLEY HULSEY

AAFA #1176

1914 MO – 2014 AZ

 

 

Photo from AAFA files

 

 

IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

El Centro, Imperial Co., CA—16 January 2014

 

Aug. 21, 1914 - Jan. 6, 2014

 

            Augusta Hulsey passed away on Monday, January 6, 2014 in Yuma, Arizona at Palm View.

            She worked for the I.I.D. in the Heavy Equipment Department for many years before moving to Colorado. She was a member of the Valley Christian Church, Eastern Star and Oasis Shrine.

            Augusta was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel Hulsey; son, Herschel Neal Hulsey; brother, Jim Schooley; father, James Arthur Schooley and stepmother, Winifred Schooley.

            Augusta is survived by her daughters, Elizabeth Simpson of Imperial and Nancy Martin of Brawley; [half-]sister, Roberta Peachey [AAFA #0763], Sonoma; sister-in-law, Marie Schooley of Phoenix; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

            She was looking forward to turning 100 years old this year. No services will be held.

 

AAFA NOTES: SSDI records show that Augusta Hulsey (SS# issued in CA) was born 21 Aug 1914, last residence not listed.

            Augusta was the daughter of James Arthur Schooley and his first wife, Effie Sexton.

            She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Centro, Imperial Co., CA.

            For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Descendants of John & Mary Alford of Frederick County Virginia.

            Her Alford lineage, from her paternal great-grandmother: Indiana 1826 IN⁴, James 1791 VA⁵, John 1768 VA⁶, Thomas 1736 VA⁷, John 1696 ??⁸.