Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameWayne Franklin SESSIONS 
OccupationR J Knipe ; architectural firms; award-winning watercolor artist
EducationUniversity of Florida School of Architecture 1950
FatherEdward W. SESSIONS (1893-1981)
MotherEdith L. BECKER (~1884-1977)
Census notes for Wayne Franklin SESSIONS
1930 California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City, Wilmington District, 15 precinct, assembly district 72, E.D. 19-378, sheet 23B
923 Ronan, dwelling 300, family 300
Sessions, Edward W., head, rents $35, radio, male, white, age 36, married at age 21, born Illinois, parents born Illinois, laborer, Borax Co.
————, Edith L., wife, female, white, age 36, married at age 29, born Nevada, parents born Germany
————, Wayne, son, male, white, age 5, single, born California, father born Illinois, mother born Nevada
Becker, Harry F., brother, male, white, age 49, single, born Nevada, parents born Germany, gasoline distributor, oil co.
1940 Florida, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg City, E.P. 15, E.D. 52-16, sheet 2A, stamped page 271 (taken 3 Apr 1940)
2300 Andalusia Way, household 29, owns, $9000
Franklin, Kathryn, head, female, white, age 67, widow, 1 year college, born Washington, lived in same house in 1935
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Sessions, Edith, lodger, female, white, age 56, widow, 4 yrs college, born Nevada, lived in Washington, D.C. in 1935
————, Wayne, lodger’s son, male, white, age 15, single, 2 yrs high school, born Nevada, lived in Washington, D.C. in 1935
923 Ronan, dwelling 300, family 300
Sessions, Edward W., head, rents $35, radio, male, white, age 36, married at age 21, born Illinois, parents born Illinois, laborer, Borax Co.
————, Edith L., wife, female, white, age 36, married at age 29, born Nevada, parents born Germany
————, Wayne, son, male, white, age 5, single, born California, father born Illinois, mother born Nevada
Becker, Harry F., brother, male, white, age 49, single, born Nevada, parents born Germany, gasoline distributor, oil co.
1940 Florida, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg City, E.P. 15, E.D. 52-16, sheet 2A, stamped page 271 (taken 3 Apr 1940)
2300 Andalusia Way, household 29, owns, $9000
Franklin, Kathryn, head, female, white, age 67, widow, 1 year college, born Washington, lived in same house in 1935
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Sessions, Edith, lodger, female, white, age 56, widow, 4 yrs college, born Nevada, lived in Washington, D.C. in 1935
————, Wayne, lodger’s son, male, white, age 15, single, 2 yrs high school, born Nevada, lived in Washington, D.C. in 1935
Obituary notes for Wayne Franklin SESSIONS
The Crowley Post-Signal (Crowley, Louisiana), 7 August 1984, Tuesday, page 2
WAYNE F. SESSIONS
Wayne Franklin Sessions, 60, award winning watercolor artist died Sunday, July 29 at his home in Coral Gables.
Mr. Sessions was born in 1924 in San Francisco, California and was a graduate of the University of Florida School of architecture in 1950.
In World War II he was a carrier based naval aviator. When he came to Miami in 1949, he joined the architectural firm of Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels and Burnham. He later worked with Walston and Company as a stock broker and financial analyst.
Watercolor painting began as an aid to his architectural renderings and became a successful full time career in 1974. His bright paintings, collages and graphics have won over 300 major awards including the Society of Four Arts, Coconut Grove, Las Olas and Key West. They hang in private collections of Southeast Bank, Flagler Federal and Norton Gallery.
Interior designers Henry End and Kenneth Hurd have chosen his art works for their clients. The new Miami Airport Hilton is decorated with Sessions’ paintings. In 1983, the Coconut Grove art show selected his sailboat scene for the annual poster.
Mr. Sessions was past president of the Florida Watercolor Society, the Miami Watercolor Society, Bachelor and MACH 1. He was an active member of Viscayans, Benedicts, Lowe and Metropolitan Museum and International Wine and Food Society.
Survivors include his widow, Wahneta Trotter Sessions, and three sons, Wayne, Jr., James Edward and William Trotter Sessions.
There were no formal services.
WAYNE F. SESSIONS
Wayne Franklin Sessions, 60, award winning watercolor artist died Sunday, July 29 at his home in Coral Gables.
Mr. Sessions was born in 1924 in San Francisco, California and was a graduate of the University of Florida School of architecture in 1950.
In World War II he was a carrier based naval aviator. When he came to Miami in 1949, he joined the architectural firm of Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels and Burnham. He later worked with Walston and Company as a stock broker and financial analyst.
Watercolor painting began as an aid to his architectural renderings and became a successful full time career in 1974. His bright paintings, collages and graphics have won over 300 major awards including the Society of Four Arts, Coconut Grove, Las Olas and Key West. They hang in private collections of Southeast Bank, Flagler Federal and Norton Gallery.
Interior designers Henry End and Kenneth Hurd have chosen his art works for their clients. The new Miami Airport Hilton is decorated with Sessions’ paintings. In 1983, the Coconut Grove art show selected his sailboat scene for the annual poster.
Mr. Sessions was past president of the Florida Watercolor Society, the Miami Watercolor Society, Bachelor and MACH 1. He was an active member of Viscayans, Benedicts, Lowe and Metropolitan Museum and International Wine and Food Society.
Survivors include his widow, Wahneta Trotter Sessions, and three sons, Wayne, Jr., James Edward and William Trotter Sessions.
There were no formal services.