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Female Bessie Lanier Click to view Bessie Lanier in the family tree

Bessie's father was James Lanier and her mother was Viney Holland.  Her paternal grandparents were Berry Lanier and Weltha Bird; her maternal grandparents were David Henry Holland and Sarah Ann Jane Boyet. She had nine brothers and four sisters, named Thomas Jefferson "Tom", Ottis, Wyley, Wiley Jackson, John Frank, Thomas Jefferson, Grady, William Frederick, Frank, Weltha Gertrude, Ida Pearl, Fannie Burdell and Annie Elizabeth.

Sources/Citations
World Family Tree Vol. 7, Ed. 1 @ Tree #2971, kilbly.FTW