Zelda Bell (Morris) Armstrong was 1 of 9 children born to James Isom "J.I." Morris and Griselda Bell (Kirby) Morris. (A NOTE about Zelda... her full name is Zelda Bell (Morris) Armstrong...NOT Griselda! Zelda's mother was Griselda Bell (Kirby) Morris. Griselda was the daughter of James Porter Kirby and Adeline (Davis) Kirby, who lived in Grand Prairie, near Dallas TX. Griselda Bell was named after her aunt Griselda Orlena (Kirby) Jarnagan, buried in Copper Canyon, Lewisville TX.)

Zelda married Wayne Arthur Armstrong, son of Henry Hamilton Armstrong and Ora Ann (Norton) Armstrong. Zelda and Wayne had only 3 children, 1) Wayne Armstrong Jr. born 1927 died young. 2) Billy Sue Armstrong b. 5/5/1928. She was born prematurely and died the same day living only 8 hours per Texas death cert # 22655. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Midland, Texas. 3) Third child was Bobby Joe "BJ" Armstrong, born March 4, 1937 in Abilene, TX . His details are as follows...

Bob married #1 Mary Frances (Powell) in Sept 1956 in Abilene, TX. They had 3 children and divorced in 1973. He married 2 times after Mary but had no other children with these wives. Bob died Feb 26, 2003 in Burnet, Texas. His ashes were scattered over his favorite deer hunting location in central Texas. Zelda passed away on Oct 26, 2004 at the home that she and Wayne had built in 1941 in Abilene, Texas.

Zelda's siblings were:

Lena "Ethel" (Morris) Married Jack Lightfoot, no children.

"Adeline" (Morris) Widener married "Ikey" Widener. They had 1 daughter Sue. Adeline was named after

her mother.

James Christopher Morris married Hattie Davis

Myrtle "Mirt" (Morris) Cline married "Bill" Cline. They raised a family in Odessa TX.

Bessie (Morris) married Wilburn Mansell

Margie G. (Morris) ____

Claude Aubrey "Hoss" Morris married Earlene in Abilene. Hoss died young. Earlene never re-married.

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