Mary Lee Dykes in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Mary Lee Dykes's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Mary Lee Dykes was born about 1924, her father, John, was 31, and her mother, Mary, was 32. In 1940, she was 16 years old and lived in Jasper, Mississippi, with her father, mother, and 4 brothers.