Birth Name: Brenda Mae Tarpley
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Date of Birth: December 11, 1944
Ethnicity: English, some French
Brenda Lee is an American singer. She is the daughter of Annie Grayce (Yarbrough) and Reuben Lindsey Tarpley.
Brenda’s paternal grandfather was Richard Arthur Tarpley.
Brenda’s paternal grandmother was Nanny Lee Almond (the daughter of George M. Almond and Mattie Bouchelle). George was the son of Reuben C. Almand and Malinda Adline Fambrough. Mattie was the daughter of John Bouchelle and Nannie Doster.
Source: Genealogy of Brenda Lee (through her sister, Linda Emmalee Tarpley Hutchison; focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=167178837
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