Back row, L to R: Thomas Louis Kirby, Ida B. Kirby Carter, Emma Lousetta Kirby Birdwell, Lizzie Spurlock Kirby (Obbie's wife), Cleony Kirby & Jessie Marvin Kirby. Front row, L to R: Rev. Jessie Kirby, Leonard Kirby, Nancy Louvicia Davidson Kirby (Jessie's wife), Nancy S. Brown Kirby (Jessie's mother), Obbie Kirby & his dau. Annie Kirby.
Photo courtesy of Ann Kaye Birdwell Mahan.

Emma Lousetta "Emie" (Kirby) Birdwell

b. 6 October 1879, TN
d. 30 March 1942
Husband: Thomas Wilson Birdwell
Father: Rev. Jessie Kirby
Mother: Nancy Louvicia Davidson
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN
See Chapter 4

Gone Until We Meet Again