BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

8-370 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIES. . . Ira Roy Akers, Jr., b. August 14, 1955, Baird, Texas. . . Barbara Gay Akers, b. April 17, 1957, Baird, Texas. . . Brenda Elaine Akers, b. January 29, 1961, Abilene, Texas. . . Archie Gerald Akers, b. November 13, 1962, Baird, TexasIra Roy Akers, Sr. died on February 11, 1974 in Clyde, Texas while fighting anoil well fire. Ira Arkers was buried in Baird, Texas. Gayle (Dyer) Akers livesin Clyde, Texas and her two sons live close by to help with the ranch. OnAugust 6, 1977, Ira Roy “Iky” Akers married Debra Ann Williams and they livein Clyde, Texas. Iky and Debra Akers have three children: - Christine AnnAkers, b. August 27, 1979, Abilene, Texas, - Catherine May Akers, b. August25, 1979, Abilene, Texas, - Ira Roy Akers, III, b. September 5, 1984, Abilene,Texas. Barbara Akers is single and lives in Fort Worth, Texas where sheteaches school. On November 9, 1985, Brenda Akers married Robert MorrisWindham. Robert and Brenda live in Flower Mound, Texas and both work inDallas, Texas. On June 8, 1985, Archie Gerald Akers married Lori DeniseMoreland. They live in Clyde, Texas where Archie ranches and Lori works inAbilene for a dentist.Reference: 1) Family Group Sheet by Gayle (Dyer) AkersBELLE ERNESTINE BRYAN (4.7) is the daughter of Finus Ewing Bryan andCaledonia Ann (Revere) Bryan. Belle was born on November 17, 1874 nearBrandon, Texas. On December 11, 1892, Belle Bryan was married to WileyPierce in Hill County, Texas by J. K. Walling, minister. Wiley was born in1873 in Blooming Grove, Navarro County, Texas and is the son of ThomasPierce (1827 - 1902) and Mary (Pevehouse) Pierce (1832 - 1902). Wiley andBelle Pierce lived near Hillsboro, Texas and were the parents of four children:. . . Riley Cleveland Pierce (4.7.1), b. January 7, 1891, Hillsboro, Texas. . . William Nelson Pierce (4.7.2), b. October 3, 1898, Hillsboro, Texas. . . Mary Jo Pierce (4.7.3), b. May 25, 1901, Brandon, Texas. . . Anna Belle Pierce (4.7.4), b. August 15, 1904, TexasIn 1900, Wiley and Belle Pierce were living in Hill County, Texas. Belle(Bryan) Pierce died in childbirth on August 15, 1904 and was buried in theBrandon Cemetery near Brandon, Texas. Wiley Pierce married a second time toMelinda “Linnie” Lloyd. Linnie was born 1885 in Cameron, Milan County,Texas and is the daughter of George Washington Lloyd and Anna Catherine(Dees) Lloyd. Wiley and Linnie Pierce had two children: Thelma Faye Pierce(born March 29, 1911, Memphis, Texas) and Homer Dwight Pierce (born May20, 1914, Friona, Texas). Wiley Pierce was a rancher. Wiley Pierce died onJuly 31, 1915 in Clovis, New Mexico and was buried in the Brandon Cemeterybeside his first wife, Belle. Melinda (Loyd) Pierce died in 1925 at in Waco,Texas and was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.In 1925, Thelma Pierce married Vernon A. Evans. Vernon was born on June 9,1903 and is the son of David Laurence Evans (1863 - 1949) and Fannie France(Langley) Evans (1865 - 1963). Vernon and Thelma had no children. Thelmaworked as a saleslady at Goldstein-Megal, a department store in Waco, Texas,for twenty nine years. Thelma was a family history researcher. She was a