Bessie married Thomas Pleasant "Pleas" SHEPHERD in Apr 1910. Thomas (son of Thomas Ellison "Ell" SHEPHERD and Cornelia Lawson PICKETT) was born on 4 Aug 1881 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina; died on 14 Mar 1963 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina; was buried in Woodlawn Memoria, Durham, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]