Anna was born in Okolona, Mississippi, dau.of Charles and Margaret Hadley. She had 3 brothers: Carl, Cecil and Durley Hadley.
Her family moved to Memphis when she was a young girl. Her father, a surveyor, has one of the streets named for him: Hadley Rd.
Her maternal grandfather, Mr. Riefer was one of the founders of Calhoun City, Miss.
She married Charles Phillip Ditto at the age of 17 and had one son,
Charles Phillip, Ditto, Jr. During WW II she became a Liscensed Vocational Nurse while living in Chicago. She decided nursing wasn't the vocation she wanted to pursue, so she enrolled in a Beautician course. Charles died and she relocated to Dallas, Texas to live with her mother.
She met Rayford Brister, a widower with two sons and they were married in 1954. Her husband bought her a beauty shop. She traveled extensively throughout the U.S. with her husband, an electrician. She took beautician board exams to work in Tennessee, Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma. Her husband died of a heart attack in 1971.
She married Rocco D'Amato on May 17, 1975 and lived in Catskill, N.Y. She became ill with Alzheimer's and spent her last days in a Memphis Nursing Home to be near her son and grandchilden. She died in 1985 and was buried in Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Arkansas.
Her family moved to Memphis when she was a young girl. Her father, a surveyor, has one of the streets named for him: Hadley Rd.
Her maternal grandfather, Mr. Riefer was one of the founders of Calhoun City, Miss.
She married Charles Phillip Ditto at the age of 17 and had one son,
Charles Phillip, Ditto, Jr. During WW II she became a Liscensed Vocational Nurse while living in Chicago. She decided nursing wasn't the vocation she wanted to pursue, so she enrolled in a Beautician course. Charles died and she relocated to Dallas, Texas to live with her mother.
She met Rayford Brister, a widower with two sons and they were married in 1954. Her husband bought her a beauty shop. She traveled extensively throughout the U.S. with her husband, an electrician. She took beautician board exams to work in Tennessee, Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma. Her husband died of a heart attack in 1971.
She married Rocco D'Amato on May 17, 1975 and lived in Catskill, N.Y. She became ill with Alzheimer's and spent her last days in a Memphis Nursing Home to be near her son and grandchilden. She died in 1985 and was buried in Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Arkansas.
Anna was born in Okolona, Mississippi, dau.of Charles and Margaret Hadley. She had 3 brothers: Carl, Cecil and Durley Hadley.
Her family moved to Memphis when she was a young girl. Her father, a surveyor, has one of the streets named for him: Hadley Rd.
Her maternal grandfather, Mr. Riefer was one of the founders of Calhoun City, Miss.
She married Charles Phillip Ditto at the age of 17 and had one son,
Charles Phillip, Ditto, Jr. During WW II she became a Liscensed Vocational Nurse while living in Chicago. She decided nursing wasn't the vocation she wanted to pursue, so she enrolled in a Beautician course. Charles died and she relocated to Dallas, Texas to live with her mother.
She met Rayford Brister, a widower with two sons and they were married in 1954. Her husband bought her a beauty shop. She traveled extensively throughout the U.S. with her husband, an electrician. She took beautician board exams to work in Tennessee, Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma. Her husband died of a heart attack in 1971.
She married Rocco D'Amato on May 17, 1975 and lived in Catskill, N.Y. She became ill with Alzheimer's and spent her last days in a Memphis Nursing Home to be near her son and grandchilden. She died in 1985 and was buried in Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Arkansas.
Her family moved to Memphis when she was a young girl. Her father, a surveyor, has one of the streets named for him: Hadley Rd.
Her maternal grandfather, Mr. Riefer was one of the founders of Calhoun City, Miss.
She married Charles Phillip Ditto at the age of 17 and had one son,
Charles Phillip, Ditto, Jr. During WW II she became a Liscensed Vocational Nurse while living in Chicago. She decided nursing wasn't the vocation she wanted to pursue, so she enrolled in a Beautician course. Charles died and she relocated to Dallas, Texas to live with her mother.
She met Rayford Brister, a widower with two sons and they were married in 1954. Her husband bought her a beauty shop. She traveled extensively throughout the U.S. with her husband, an electrician. She took beautician board exams to work in Tennessee, Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma. Her husband died of a heart attack in 1971.
She married Rocco D'Amato on May 17, 1975 and lived in Catskill, N.Y. She became ill with Alzheimer's and spent her last days in a Memphis Nursing Home to be near her son and grandchilden. She died in 1985 and was buried in Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Arkansas.
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