My family and I have been despearately searching for my great-aunt for over 40 years to no avail. I recently learned that she may have been living in Noel, Missouri area in the 1950's. She was circus performer for many, many years and I'm trying to figure out if this area was where performers maybe stayed during off-season. My great-aunt's name was Bernice Pea Timberlake. She had a few different "stage" names. Billie Lake, Billie Timberlake, or Billie Silverlake. I guess I'm sort of hoping/praying someone in this area maybe able to give me some information on her or possibly the circus people. Thanks in advance.

If you will google "billie Timberlake" with the quotation marks around it you will see several genealogy sites come up with that lady's name in it. Good luck

Thank you for your reply, but I've tried that already and gleamed what little bit of ifnormation I could from those entries. None tell where she died or when.

Noel, MO, is a very small town. There is also a small resort area along Indian Creek, but not much else goes on. I have never run across any of these names in McDonald County. My mother grew up in that area, and she did not remember any of the names.

I have an old address and phone number of the McDonald County Library from several years ago. The address is Rt. 2, Box 2035, Pineville, MO 64856. The phone number is 417-223-4489. They might be able to help you.

Christie Setser