Background
Ness, Lottye Gray Van was born on November 14, 1925 in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Charles Robert and Willie (Murphy) Gray.
Ness, Lottye Gray Van was born on November 14, 1925 in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Charles Robert and Willie (Murphy) Gray.
Student, Austin Peay State University, 1946. Student, Murray State University, 1963.
Civilian secretary, United States Army, 1944-1948; manager, Associated Underwriters, Inc., Louisville, 1948-1951; executive secretary to the pricing director, Reynolds Metals Company, Louisville, 1951-1953. Instructor classes on genealogy, Paducah, Kentucky, 1962-1964, Louisville, 1970.
Cookbook judge various organizations, Louisville, 1986. Member National Society Southern Dames of America, Northfield Garden Club (vice president 1976-1977, various chairmanships), Filson History Club, United Daughters of Confederacy, Beta Sigma Phi.
Married Robert Parmelee Van Ness, January 3, 1947. 1 child, Marc Robert.