Daughter of Charlie Ponders and
Annie Lily Mae Buchanan

Marriages
1. To Bernece Bunn Higdon
On 10 Jun 1933 at Madison Co., Tennessee
2. To Andrew J Schnieder
On 24 Mar 1977 at Los Angeles Co., California

Shares stone with husband,
Bernece "Bernnie" Bunn Higdon (1908-1972).
And burial beside mother Annie Lily Mae Ponders.

Obituary Daily Times Index
Name: Mildred Higdon-Schneider
Age: 83 (b. 1915)
Birth Place: AL
Death: 1998 Harbor City CA
Published: 4 Apr 1998

Social Security Death Index
Name: Mildred H. Schneider
Last Residence: Lomita, Los Angeles, CA
Born 15 Feb 1915
Died: 28 Mar 1998
SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

Social Security Applications and Claims Index
Name: Mildred Schneider
Birth: 15 Feb 1915 Bessemere, Alabama
Death: 28 Mar 1998
Father: Charlie Ponders
Mother: Lily M Buchanan
Aug 1980: Listed Mildred Schneider
Aug 1975: Listed Mildred E Higdon

Madison County, Alabama Marriage Record
Groom: Bernice Higdon, 25; born AL; resides Lincoln Co., TN; 5'7", 157 lbs; Farmer; religion Protestant; 1st marriage
Bride: Mildred Ponders, 21 [18]; born AL; resides Lincoln Co., TN; 5', 117 lbs; religion Protestant; 1st marriage
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1933
Marriage Place: Madison Co., Alabama
Officiator: Rev. B.E. Franklin

License first sought in TN
Lincoln Co., TN Marriage Licenses
Groom: BB Higdon, 25; resides Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN, Rt 4.
Bride: Mildred Ponders, 18; resides Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN, Rt 4.
Bride's Mother: Mrs May Ansten, Tullo Lama, Texas [hard to read place]

Son
Robert Higdon (1936-1953)
Died age 16 accidental gunshot wound
Maywood, IL

Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970
Name: Bob Ervin Higdon
Birth: 16 Dec 1936 Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father: Bernice B Higdon
Mother: Mildred E Ponders
Hire Date: Apr 1953
Record Date: 7 Apr 1953
Record Place: Melrose Park, Illinois
Death: 13 Aug 1953
Occupation: Laborer

Daughter 67614882
Mitzi was born in Fayetteville, TN and moved to Chicago at the age of one year.She graduated from Proviso Township High School in Maywood, IL in June of 1954. Mitzi married John C. (Jack) Kells in June of 1954. They moved to Lomita, CA in 1971 and she worked at Harbor Occupational Center, Adult School Clerk; Martin-Marietta, Secretary and Office Administrator. Mitzi was active in the Torrance Civic Chorale until becoming disabled in 2003 from heart disease. Survived by her husband, Jack; son, John Jr.; daughter, Laura; 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Memorial service will be held Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 1:00 pm at Crenshaw Baptist Church,188th and Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance. (Published in Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA, March 29, 2011)

Mother
California Death Records
Name: Annie Mae Anders
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1896
Birth Place: Tennessee
Death Date: 22 Aug 1988
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Weaver
Father's Surname: Buchanan
SSDI: Last residence Torrance, CA
SSN Issued: Ilinois (before 1951)
(Born in Franklin Co., TN; daughter of Andrew J Buchanan & Susan Weaver)

Alabama, Marriage Index
Bride: Lilly Mae Buchanan
Groom: Charlie Ponders
Marriage Date: 13 May 1914
Marriage Place: Etowah, Alabama