From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Subject
Military Branch
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Active Duty Entered
December 19, 1942
Notes
Marie Bell Gurton was born in Forks of Elkhorn (Franklin County), KY, the daughter of Lonnie and Laura Beechman Gurton. The family is enumerated in the 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Census. In 1930, Lonnie Gurton was a widower who was employed as a truck driver. He cared for his nine children with the help of his mother Lucy Gurton. In 1940, Lonnie Gurton had remarried. Marie B. Gurton was the oldest of the last three children in the home.
In 1942, Marie B. Gurton was a waitress living in Frankfort, KY, according to her entry in the Frankfort city directory. That same year, she was married and enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in Cincinnati, OH as Marie G. Sanders, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. After her military service, she returned to Kentucky. She married Zack Woodard. In 1951, the family lived in Frankfort, KY. Marie would become employed as a typist at the Kentucky Department of Transportation. Marie Bell Gurton Sanders Woodard died in Frankfort, KY. She is buried in the Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Frankfort, KY.
Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Ancestry); Polk's Frankfort (Franklin County, KY.) City Directory, 1942, p.96; Polk's Frankfort (Franklin County, KY.) City Directory, 1951-52, p.250; "Obituaries: Frankfort - Marie Gurton Woodard," Lexington Herald-Leader, 01/04/1998, p.20; see Marie Gurton Woodard at Find A Grave.
In 1942, Marie B. Gurton was a waitress living in Frankfort, KY, according to her entry in the Frankfort city directory. That same year, she was married and enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in Cincinnati, OH as Marie G. Sanders, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. After her military service, she returned to Kentucky. She married Zack Woodard. In 1951, the family lived in Frankfort, KY. Marie would become employed as a typist at the Kentucky Department of Transportation. Marie Bell Gurton Sanders Woodard died in Frankfort, KY. She is buried in the Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Frankfort, KY.
Sources: Kentucky Birth Index in Ancestry; Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Ancestry); Polk's Frankfort (Franklin County, KY.) City Directory, 1942, p.96; Polk's Frankfort (Franklin County, KY.) City Directory, 1951-52, p.250; "Obituaries: Frankfort - Marie Gurton Woodard," Lexington Herald-Leader, 01/04/1998, p.20; see Marie Gurton Woodard at Find A Grave.
Kentucky County & Region
Read about Franklin County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Kentucky Place (Town or City)
Read about Forks of Elkhorn, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
Read about Frankfort, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
References
Cited in this Entry
| NKAA Source: | National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: | Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: | Lexington herald-leader (newspaper) |
| NKAA Source: | Polk's Frankfort (Franklin County, Ky) city directory |
Cite This NKAA Entry:
“Woodard, Marie Bell Gurton Sanders,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed March 28, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004540.
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