Sarah Ann Bumgardner
and James Joshua Gillespie Navey
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| Sarah Ann Bumgardner was born June 22, 1871, in Cleveland County, N.C., the daughter of Susan Ann Newton and William Bumgardner. On Nov. 2, 1890, she married James Joshua Gillespie Navey, who was born Dec. 22, 1865, in Burke County, N.C. |
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| Joshua and Sarah, date unknown. Sarah Ann died Feb. 3, 1938, in Cleveland County, and Joshua died Oct. 9, 1955, in Cleveland County. They are buried in the Linwood Section of Sunset Cemetery in Shelby, N.C.
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| Joshua on Feb. 16, 1946, age 80.
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| Four generations of Navey men: Josh, center, with grandson Gene, great-grandson Bobby, and son Ernest. Bobby was born Sept. 13, 1954. This photo was taken just days before Joshua's death.
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